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FOUND: Kanye West Rapping As A Teenager

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Long before winning Grammys, ages before he took to The Throne and a decade and a half before Donda was a sparkle in his eye, Kanye West was a precocious 19-year-old with a microphone.

In this fantastic video from 1996 posted on DDotmen.com (via VideoGum), a fresh faced Yeezy grabbed the mic and let it rip, showing off the rhyming skills that would one day make him a global sensation. Spinning verses in his hometown of Chicago, he let loose on stage with then-partner Phenom and let the world know he was on his way.








Paula Patton Rocks Super Tight Pants

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Click through to see Paula Patton's form-fitting getup.

The Golden Globes' Most Awkward Moments

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During a relatively uneventful Golden Globe awards, Seth Rogen apparently couldn't resist the opportunity to liven things up a bit.

When the comedic actor stepped on stage to present the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical with Kate Beckinsale, he started off by simply introducing himself. But it only went downhill from there.

"Hello, I'm Seth Rogen and I am currently trying to conceal a massive erection," he seemingly read of the teleprompter. A clearly uncomfortable Beckinsale chuckled nervously and mouthed, "How nice" as the audience laughed uproariously.

And though that might have been the highest level of awkwardness the Golden Globes achieved -- sorry, Ricky Gervais -- there certainly were others. From Rob Lowe and Julianne Moore's teleprompter malfunction to a "Downton Abbey" winner's trip up the stairs, check out the video above to see which moments from the ceremony left the audience cringing.

PHOTOS: Inside Dwyane Wade's 30th Birthday Bash

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If you have to turn 30, it's good to be Dwyane Wade.

The Miami Heat superstar celebrated his big day Sunday night with a private party at the Setai Hotel in South Beach, where actress girlfriend Gabrielle Union and artists Usher, T.I., Rick Ross, Common, and Kelly Rowland helped Heat friends LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem, Alonzo Mourning, and Pat Riley toast the birthday boy. While Belvedere and Hennessy flowed like milk and honey, T.I., Ross, and Common hopped on stage for special surprise performances, and to top it all off, Rowland serenaded a blushing D-Wade with a seductive "Happy Birthday."

What does one get the guy who has everything? Since the cover of Essence was already taken, Wade was bestowed with a 2012 McLaren MP4-12C, a vintage 1982 bottle of Dom Perignon, and a diamond-encrusted Hublot 3000 watch. The cake wasn't too shabby, either -- check out the towering silver confection in the photos below.

Obamas Attend 'Let Freedom Ring' Tribute To MLK (PHOTOS)

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WASHINGTON -- On Monday evening, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended a musical program celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Let Freedom Ring Celebration, hosted by the Kennedy Center and Georgetown University, featured vocalist Bobby McFerrin and included the Let Freedom Ring Choir.

Politico reports that during the program, Rev. Nolan Williams Jr., music director for the Let Freedom Ring Choir, made a campaign suggestion for the president:

At one point during the musical tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, The Rev. Nolan Williams, Jr., music director for Let Freedom Ring, told the story of the 1961 "Freedom Riders" who rode interstate buses to make their point that it was illegal to discriminate in public transportation. The riders were arrested when they crossed into Mississippi and confined behind bars in Jackson, Miss., where they sang "Buses Are A-coming" to taunt their jailers. The Rev. Williams suggested to the president that this song might be tweaked into a good campaign slogan, as in "Buses Are Still A-coming."

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Rev. Al Sharpton were also in attendance.

RELATED VIDEO: The Chicago Freedom Singers Sing Buses Are A-coming at a 2007 performance.

LeAnn Rimes Show Off New Tattoo

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We're used to LeAnn Rimes showing off her fit body on beaches across the globe, but now she's acquainting her fans with one specific body part -- her foot. The country crooner tweeted a photo of her new foot tattoo which reads, "The only one that matters."

On Sunday, the string bikini aficionado tweeted, "Ok....here it is! It's dainty. All of my tattoos are very feminine" along with the photo of her fresh ink.

But this isn't the only piece of permanent art that Rimes has gone under the needle for. The singer also has a tattoo on her pelvis which reads, "Still I Rise" -- the title of a Maya Angelou poem.

Check out LeAnn's new ink below:

LeAnn isn't the only celeb who's a tattoo fan. Check out Miley Cyrus' permanent pieces:

PHOTOS: January Jones Steps Out With Baby Xander

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Baby Xander is growing up so fast!

January Jones bonded with her four-month-old son, as she ran errands and stopped by Jamba Juice in Los Angeles.

Pro-Colbert Group: 'A Vote For Herman Cain Is A Vote For America'

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The Colbert Super PAC -- recently renamed The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC -- has released a new ad appealing to voters in South Carolina.

Jon Stewart, who took over the Colbert Super PAC after the comedian decided to explore a presidential run, emailed Colbert supporters Monday night touting the ad, which was "released in advance of the upcoming underfunded GOP Primary." Though the ad -- titled "Not Abel" -- was released by a pro-Colbert group, it encourages South Carolina residents to vote for another Republican in the upcoming primary -- Herman Cain.

"A vote for Herman Cain is a vote for America," the ad says. "He's such a Washington outsider, he's not even running for president."

The ad comes as Colbert pushes forth with his campaign despite the fact that he technically can't run in the South Carolina primary. HuffPost's Amanda Terkel reports:

"South Carolina state law does not allow write-in ballots in presidential primaries. There is no 'blank' space on voting machines to write-in a candidate," said South Carolina GOP Executive Director Matt Moore. "Stephen Colbert has about as much a chance at being elected president in South Carolina as he does of being elected Pope. Zero. It didn't work four years ago, and it won't work now. The gag is worn out."

South Carolina GOP Chair Chad Connelly told The Huffington Post that one upside of Colbert's stunt could be that "maybe some of his audience will watch some of our candidates and learn they're better than Obama and we get some votes out of it."

Though he suspended his presidential campaign in early December 2012, Cain continues to spread his message. He plans to make an appearance at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference on January 19, where he said will make an "unconventional endorsement" in an email to supporters.


Diddy Drops His Drawers

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Click through to see Diddy in his boxers.

Christina Patterson: Why Is Madonna A 'Hopeless Romantic'?

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She's one of the most powerful women in the world. According to TIME -- which is very keen on lists -- she is one of the 25 most powerful women of the last century. She looks a million dollars, and is worth several hundred million more. But there's one thing Madonna's millions can't buy her. Yup, you've guessed it: love.

"Every girl," she told Graham Norton this week, "wants to be swept off her feet by a knight in shining armor." We "like to think," she said, "that Mr. Right" is going to "take us into the sunset, and we're going to live happily ever after." She would like, she said, to get married again.

The top-selling female artist of all time, who once appeared at the MTV Music Awards on a giant wedding cake wearing a wedding dress and bridal veil (which people at the time took to be ironic) was speaking at the premiere of her film, W.E.

It's about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. It's about, in other words, a social-climbing American divorcee who tried to break into English society and did rather well. But that, apparently, wasn't what made Madonna want to make the film. "I know what it feels like to be loved a lot," she told another interviewer, "but no one's ever given up their kingdom for me." She was trying, she said, "to understand the nature of their love story" and to "figure out" if there was "such a thing as perfect love."

You might think that a woman who has been married twice, and divorced twice, and who's 53 (but who could, according to the Daily Mail, "easily pass for 15 years younger" apart from the "wrinkly hands" which give away her great and shameful age), might have worked out by now that even love stories that involve giving up kingdoms have their moments of disappointment. Since they also involve, you know, human beings. But you might, in that case, be wrong. "I am," says Madonna, "a hopeless romantic."

Some people might be a little bit disappointed that a woman who always said that writhing around without many clothes on, or being photographed without any clothes on, was about something called "female empowerment," still dreams of being rescued by a man. They might think that a woman who has sold more than 300 million records and has built a massive business empire, and directed films, and written books, and turned herself into a bestselling global brand, might look at her life and think it looked pretty good. They might think, in fact, that it was the kind of life that showed that women in the 21st century didn't actually need a man to survive, or thrive.

They might also think that someone who had done all these things and still hoped to be rescued by a man, when she was not just over 40 but over 50 (which puts you in the category of "older" women that men seem to want to be given a medal for saying they fancy), was being rather optimistic. They might want to suggest that she reads some of the studies that say, for example, that a woman's marriage prospects fall by 40 percent in relation to each 16-point rise in her IQ, and that show that men don't like women who earn more than them. They might think that the word she needs to stress isn't "romantic," but "hopeless."

And they might also want to point out that while romantic love has been a theme of art and literature for a very long time, and pretty much the only theme of pop (which may be part of the problem), it has only rarely been the basis of marriage. That, throughout history, in the West as well as the East, marriage has been largely a practical and economic arrangement which meant that two people could pool their (usually very limited) economic resources, and use these to feed the children which were the inevitable by-product of sex.

They might want to add that the pursuit of romantic love is, for the most part, a hobby for those with time and money to spare, and that there are certain things, like, for example, being "swept off your feet," that can't always be found by looking. That seem, in fact, to suggest an element of surprise.

But they might also note that while heels have got higher, and skirts have got shorter, and necklines have got lower, and while more and more women are wearing "vintage" clothes and boasting about the scarves they've knitted and the cupcakes they've baked, something seems to have happened to female desire. That women who said, for a while, that what they wanted was a partnership of equals, even if this was difficult to find, now talk about their power as if it was something they want to give up. Something they want to give up for a man.

It has taken women centuries to get a little bit of power. It seems a shame to want to give it up so soon. It seems a shame, too, to hear one of the few women in our culture who's got an awful lot of it fantasize about having less.

Madonna, by the way, has a boyfriend. He's a dancer. He's 24. I think we can assume that he isn't her "knight in shining armor." And if he ever dreamt he might be, he sure as hell won't now.

Madonna is, whatever her fantasies, behaving as powerful people have always behaved. She has entered into a transaction where youth is balanced by power. She's behaving, in other words -- though it's strangely reassuring -- like a man.

Peter Dreier: The Greatest -- Muhammad Ali -- Turns 70

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At the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, Muhammad Ali suddenly appeared on a platform in the stadium. Janet Evans, a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, passed the heavy Olympic torch to Ali. Shaking from Parkinson's disease and perhaps from nervousness, he stood for a moment acknowledging the cheering crowd. Then he lit the cauldron that symbolized the official start of the Olympics. His role had not been announced in advance, so his appearance was a surprise to all but a handful of the spectators in the stadium and to the billions around the world watching on television. Already one of the most recognizable figures in the world, Ali had been selected to represent the United States, the host country.

This was a long way from the 1960s and 1970s, when, to many white Americans, Ali -- the former Cassius Clay and one-time heavyweight champion of the world -- was vilified as a menacing black man, a symbol of a "foreign" religion (Islam), and a fierce opponent of America's war in Vietnam who defied his government by refusing to be drafted, risking prison and the withdrawal of his boxing title.

Ali, who turns 70 today, is regarded as one of the greatest boxers in history, even though his career was interrupted for more than three years. At his peak, powerful figures in government, media, and sports inflicted great hardship on the boxer-turned-activist for following his religious and political convictions. But eventually, Ali transcended his role as a sports figure to become a man acclaimed around the world as a person of conscience.

He was born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, part of the Jim Crow South. His father was a house painter and his mother was a domestic worker. When he was twelve, Clay's bike was stolen. He told a police officer, Joe Martin, that he wanted to beat up the thief. Martin, who also trained young boxers at a local gym, started working with Clay and quickly recognized his raw talent. Clay won the 1956 Golden Gloves Championship for light heavyweight novices and three years later won the Golden Gloves Tournament and the Amateur Athletic Union's light heavyweight national title. In 1960 the eighteen-year-old Clay won a spot on the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team and returned from Rome a hero with the gold medal. The next week, Clay went to a Louisville restaurant with his medal swinging around his neck and was denied service. He threw his medal in the Ohio River.

Clay quickly turned professional and seemed unbeatable. He won his first nineteen bouts, most of them by knockouts. In 1964, in a match in which he was considered an underdog, he knocked out Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight champion of the world at age twenty-two.

Unlike most boxers, Clay was brash, articulate, and colorful outside the ring. He referred to himself as "The Greatest." He wrote poems predicting which round he would knock out his opponents. As a fighter, Ali was incredibly fast, powerful, and graceful. He told reporters he could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

In his personal life, however, he was on a spiritual quest. In 1962 Malcolm X recruited him to the Nation of Islam, which was known to the public as the "black Muslims" and was almost universally condemned by the mainstream media, by white politicians, and by most civil rights leaders, who disagreed with the Nation of Islam's belief in black separatism. Clay waited until the day after he beat Liston in 1964 to announce that he had joined the Nation of Islam and that he had changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

At that point, the public turned against Ali with even deeper hostility. Most reporters initially refused to call him by his new name and attacked his association with Malcolm X. Even Martin Luther King Jr. told the press, "When Cassius Clay joined the Black Muslims, became a champion of racial segregation and that is what we are fighting against."

Many black Americans who disagreed with the Nation of Islam nevertheless admired Ali's defiance. In 1965, when some Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteers in Alabama launched an independent political party, the Lowdes County Freedom Organization, using the symbol of a black panther, the slogan on their bumper stickers and T-shirts came straight from Ali: "We Are the Greatest."

Ali's announcement jeopardized many commercial endorsement opportunities. The media pressed Ali to explain his convictions. "I'm the heavyweight champion," he said, "but right now there are some neighborhoods I can't move into."

Despite the controversy, he continued to dominate in the ring, besting all opponents who sought to topple him off his heavyweight throne.

Ali also found himself in another fight -- a battle within the Nation of Islam between Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad. When Muhammad suspended Malcolm X, Ali sided with Muhammad and broke off all relations with his mentor, with whom he had become close friends. When Malcolm X was assassinated in February 1965, Ali's public comments were chilling: "Malcolm X was my friend and he was the friend of everybody as long as he was a member of Islam... Now I don't want to talk about him."

Despite this break, Ali had absorbed Malcolm X's political views, which were more radical than those of the Nation of Islam. In 1966 Ali was drafted by the U.S. Army. Had he agreed to join the military, he would not have had to fight in Vietnam, but would instead have served as an entertainer for the troops. But Ali refused military service, asserting that his religious beliefs prohibited him from fighting in Vietnam. "I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong," Ali explained. Another Ali explanation -- "No Vietcong ever called me nigger," which suggested that U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia was a form of colonialism and racism -- became one of the most famous one-line statements of the 20th century.

"When Ali refused to take that symbolic step forward everyone knew about it moments later," explained Julian Bond, an SNCC leader and later head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). "You could hear people talking about it on street corners. It was on everybody's lips. People who had never thought about the war -- Black and white -- began to think it through because of Ali."

The U.S. government denied Ali's claim for conscientious objector status on the grounds that his objections were political, not religious. Ali reported to the induction center but refused to respond when his name was called. He was arrested and found guilty of refusing to be inducted into the military. He was sentenced to five years in prison, and his passport was revoked. He remained free pending many appeals. Even though he was not in prison, he was banned from boxing after its governing body stripped him of his boxing title and suspended his boxing license--an act that inspired antiwar feelings in the United States and around the world.

Ali was not permitted to box for over three years at the height of his athletic ability, from age twenty-five to twenty-eight. During those years he was a frequent speaker on college campuses, speaking out against the ongoing Vietnam War.

By 1970 public opinion about Vietnam, and about Ali, was changing, and the boxing establishment allowed Ali to fight again. Ali beat Oscar Bonavena at Madison Square Garden. But on March 8, 1971, also at Madison Square Garden, Ali failed in his attempt to regain the heavyweight title from the undefeated Joe Frazier.

Three months later, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 8-0 to reverse his draft evasion conviction. But the Court could not give him back the three years and millions of dollars he lost during his boxing exile.

Ali kept fighting. Between 1971 and 1973, he beat Ken Norton, George Chuvalo, Floyd Patterson, and Frazier in a 1974 rematch. In October of that year the underdog Ali defeated the younger, hard-hitting champion George Foreman with an eighth-round knockout and reclaimed the heavyweight crown, in a fight in Zaire that the media called the "Rumble in the Jungle." The next year Ali defeated Frazier in the "Thrilla in Manila," one of the greatest battles in boxing history. In both Africa and the Philippines, Ali was greeted as a hero by people in the streets.

In February 1978 an overconfident Ali lost his championship belt to Leon Spinks, the 1976 Olympic champion. Friends urged Ali to retire, but he wanted to keep fighting. That September Ali defeated Spinks, becoming boxing's first three-time heavyweight champion. The next June he announced his retirement. He came out of retirement to fight again, revealing a dramatic decline in his skills. He retired for good in 1981 with an overall professional record of fifty-six wins and five losses.

By then, Ali was possibly the most recognized individual in the world, not only for his boxing achievements but also for his political views and courage. He left the Nation of Islam in 1975 (at the death of Elijah Muhammad), converting to Sunni Islam in 1982. He announced that he has Parkinson's disease in 1984. His physical condition has deteriorated since then, but he has remained active.

Since his retirement, he has devoted much of his time to world travel and humanitarian work, such as his efforts with Amnesty International. In 1990 Ali traveled to Baghdad to negotiate for the release of U.S. hostages held by Saddam Hussein. After ten days of negotiations, which included Ali's submitting to the indignity of a strip search prior to meeting with Saddam, he returned to the United States with the fifteen former captives.

In 1998 he was chosen to be a UN Messenger of Peace because of his work in developing countries. In 2005 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and in 2009 the President's Award from the NAACP for his public service efforts.

Political activism has never been widespread among athletes. Since the 1950s, only a handful of athletes have challenged the political status quo. Perhaps not surprisingly, most dissident athletes have been African Americans. Jackie Robinson used his celebrity as first black in modern major league baseball as a platform to speak out for civil rights). Bill Russell led his teammates on boycotts of segregated facilities while starring for the Boston Celtics. Olympic track medalists John Carlos and Tommie Smith created an international furor with their black power salute at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, which hurt their subsequent professional careers.

In 1969 All-Star St. Louis Cardinal outfielder Curt Flood refused to accept being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. He objected to being treated like a piece of property and to the restriction placed on his freedom by the reserve clause, which allowed teams to trade players without their having any say in the matter. Flood, an African American, considered himself a "well-paid slave." With support from the players union, Flood sued Major League Baseball. In 1970 the US Supreme Court ruled against Flood, but five years later the reserve clause had been abolished and players became free agents, paid according to their abilities and their value to their teams.

In the 1970s tennis great Arthur Ashe campaigned against apartheid well before the movement gained widespread support. In 1992 he was arrested outside the White House in a protest against American treatment of Haitian refugees. In the 1970s and 1980s, Billie Jean King, followed by Martina Navratilova -- both white tennis stars -- spoke out for women's rights and gay and lesbian rights.

In 2003, just before the United States invaded Iraq, Dallas Mavericks guard Steve Nash wore a T-shirt during the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star weekend that said "No War. Shoot for Peace." Several other pro athletes -- including NBA players Etan Thomas, Josh Howard, Adam Morrison, and Adonal Foyle, baseball's Carlos Delgado, and tennis star Martina Navratilova -- raised their voices against the war in Iraq. In 2010 a number of baseball players publicly opposed Arizona's controversial anti-immigration law.

With the exception of Robinson, none of these jocks for justice had the impact that Ali had on public opinion. His fame, his sacrifice, and his lifetime commitment to peace and human rights is unequaled in the sports world.

Peter Dreier teaches politics and chairs the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. His next book, The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame, will be published by Nation Books in May. Muhammad Ali is one of the 100.

Kristen Wiig Finally Reveals The Fate Of The 'Bridesmaids' Sequel

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Looks like the "Bridesmaids" won't be taking any more walks down the aisle.

After weeks of speculation and comments from various co-stars and crew, the hit comedy's co-writer, producer and star Kristen Wiig has nixed the idea of a sequel, telling E! Online that, "We'e not planning on doing one. We had a special time making the first one, but we're really excited to try something else."

Back in September, co-star Jon Hamm shot down the idea of a sequel, saying that he didn't think Wiig was too interested in a revisiting of what became a Golden Globe-nominated film. That clashed with more recent statements from director Paul Feig, in an interview published earlier this month in Vanity Fair, seemed a little bit more optimistic -- and perhaps less updated -- about the potential for a sequel.

"Everyone is up for it, and yet it's hard to say," Feig said. "Everyone's very busy right now is one of the problems, and kind of doing their own thing, but we're very open to it. My only stipulation is I just want to make sure it's as good or better than the first one. You definitely don't want people to be like, 'Oh, shoot, I wish they didn't make that."

Earlier in the month, The Hollywood Reporter relayed the news that Wiig was said to not be interested but that Universal was interested in pursuing a sequel without her, which is perhaps what Feig was referring to. Still, he probably won't have much luck convincing the supporting cast to come back if Wiig maintains her opposition; co-star Melissa McCarthy has said it would be "a terrible idea" to do a "Bridesmaids" film without its main star.

Wiig will next star in another film she wrote and produced, the indie flick "Imogen," in which she'll star as a troubled writer who goes back to live with her even more troubled mother (Annette Bening) and strikes up a romance with a younger man (Darren Criss).

For more, click over to E! Online.

Domenick Scudera: A Letter To Madonna From A Concerned Gay

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Dear Madge:

Over the years, I was "crazy for you" just as much as the next gay, but lately I am worried. You had a solid handle on the pulse of pop culture once. Now you seem out-of-step. What happened?

Case in point: the Golden Globes. Ricky Gervais, when introducing you, rolled his eyes as he said you were "like a virgin." You are a 53-year-old woman with several children who published an erotic book titled Sex. You are obviously not a virgin. Ricky's joke was a poor attempt at humor. But what did you do in response to this "insult"? Tit for tat, you said, "If I'm still just like a virgin, Ricky, then why don't you come over here and do something about it? I haven't kissed a girl in a few years on TV."

That's the best you could come up with? Your rejoinder is calling him a girl? Is there something wrong with being a girl?

Oh, Madonna, I am so disappointed in you.

I know, I know, at the Golden Globes, Ricky pretends to be offensive and awful, and the Hollywood elite acts all scandalized and attempts some good zingers to one-up him. You always wanted to be part of that Hollywood A-list crowd -- you were an "actor" once and now you fancy yourself a "filmmaker" -- so it makes sense that you would join this game of outrage. But a comedian you are not. If you wanted a solid one-liner, you should have consulted Joan Rivers or Kathy Griffin.

I always thought you were a champion of female empowerment. Calling Ricky a "girl" seems beneath you. You, of all people, should know what it feels like for a girl in this world. Women like you are symbols of strength and confidence, helping to erode pervasive gender stereotypes. Have you seen those ridiculous new Legos for girls, for instance? Talk about reductive.

Yes, I said reductive. I can use that word, too. I looked it up. You used it to describe Lady Gaga's music. Must you really get in a public feud with Lady Gaga, another symbol of tenacity and might for today's girls? Madonna don't preach. You should be honored that Gaga is taking a page from your playbook. After all, didn't you do a little "borrowing" yourself back in the day? Remember when you stole Marilyn Monroe's looks and moves? I thought you were trying to ally yourself with another woman who used her sexuality and smarts to succeed, but now I am not so sure.

Pop culture is full of disgraceful stereotypes right now, so why are you feeding into it yourself? Did you see that awful Work It sitcom? That show teaches little girls that appearing as a woman makes you an object of ridicule and hilarity. There was a time, in your videos and stage shows, when you dressed men in female attire -- thigh-highs, high-heels, bras. You weren't ridiculing them, were you? I always thought you were allowing them to explore their hidden feminine side for empowerment. Maybe I was giving you too much credit. Were you just out to grab attention?

When I was a boy, the worst, most scathing taunt on the playground was to be called a girl. Once, a librarian mistook me for a girl, and I ran quickly out of the building before anyone heard her. I was young at the time, maybe 5 or 6, but I knew intuitively that it was shameful. It took me many years to understand that being feminine or effeminate was not a bad thing. As an adult, blurring genders is not a problem for me. But I believe it is still a problem for our kids. Look at that transgender child, assigned to be a boy at birth, who wants to join the Girl Scouts. I am sure that kid is not having an easy time of it. She is brave, yes, but we still live in a world where expressing yourself is not always welcome.

Oh, Madonna, don't reduce yourself to being catty, bitter, and pretentious. Who's that girl? I am desperately seeking the Madonna of yesteryear: daring, a ray of light, in a league of her own. That girl is still inside you somewhere, I bet. Please bring her back. Open you heart, express yourself like you used to do, so that I can justify my love for you again.

PHOTOS: Jessica Alba Wears The (Insanely Colorful) Pants

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After bumming us out with a disappointingly neutral (albeit lovely) dress at the Golden Globes, Jessica Alba decided to kick her color palette up a notch on Tuesday.

The star stepped out in New York City wearing multicolored floral pants, an orange top, a jade ombre jacket and a pair of matching jade sandals with white cuffs around the ankles.

Oh, and a large black leather bag. But who could notice with the wild garden party going on?

It's definitely a bold choice, but we're generally inclined to forgive Jess the occasional sartorial misstep, given how flawless her off-duty style usually is. (When she's getting styled by magazines, well, that's a whole other story.)

Check out Jessica's ensemble below -- how do you feel about the springy look?


'Celebrity Wife Swap': Tina Yothers Gets Niecy Nash Makeover

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It was a case of city celebrity meets country celebrity on "Celebrity Wife Swap" (Tue., 9 p.m. EST on ABC) this week. Niecy Nash brought her self-proclaimed diva personality out to the country where Tina Yothers lived a more relaxed country lifestyle. She was completely out of sorts trying to go camping with the family. While she was willing to try her hand at fishing and eating outdoors, she drew the line at actually sleeping outside. So she called a cab and headed for a hotel.

Yothers was just as overwhelmed in Nash's more glamorous world. "I feel like I have a rat on my head," she said while getting styled with a wig. After a few failed makeover attempts in the wardrobe department, she was fitted with tight jeans and a look that wasn't as outrageous.

"I'm happy in my flip-flops," she said. "This whole Hollywood thing and the pampering, it's just not for me." She backed that claim up with falling to the ground in stiletto heels when going out to lunch with two of Niecy's friends.

But the fun wouldn't last as after the rules changes, Nash prepped Yothers friends for a red carpet event, while Yothers took Nash's family to a ranch to learn how to ride horses. Both learned that opening their horizons a bit can only enhance their life experiences, and that of their families.

See who switches place next Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST on ABC's "Celebrity Wife Swap."

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'Jimmy Kimmel Live': Katherine Heigl Introduces Her Daughter

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Talking about her three-year old daughter, proud mom Katherine Heigl told "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (Weeknights, 12 a.m. EST on ABC) that "she's very hammy, and she loves applause."

Right on cue Heigl's husband Josh Kelley ran out from the wings and handed little Naleigh over to her mom. However, the bright lights and studio audience seemed to overawe the child.

Forgetting the old adage to never work with children or animals, Heigl plowed on, and she encouraged the audience to clap, saying her daughter would respond.

However, Naleigh wasn't playing ball and was content to sit quietly and suck her thumb instead.

As Kelley yelled encouragement to his daughter, Heigl quipped, "Daddy says 'just be yourself!' Maybe not."

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs weeknights at 12 a.m. EST on ABC.

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Look Who's Playing Rachel's Dads On 'Glee'!

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As far as parental cliffhangers go, it's second only to the identity of the Mother on a certain CBS sitcom: "Glee" has finally cast Rachel's gay dads, and TVLine can reveal which musically-inclined actors landed the plum parts.

A show insider confirms to TVLine exclusively that onetime "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" detective Jeff Goldblum and Broadway veteran Brian Stokes Mitchell have been tapped to play Hiram and LeRoy Berry, the adoptive parents of Lea Michele's character.

'Late Late Show': Colin Firth On Attending Golden Globes As Presenter, Not Nominee

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Last year, Colin Firth won a Golden Globe Award for his role in "The King's Speech."

This year, he attended the ceremony as a presenter, which, he told "Late Late Show" (Weeknights., 12:30 a.m. EST on CBS) host Craig Ferguson, was far less stressful.

In fact, the only thing he fretted over was what host Ricky Gervais might say, which he thought lent "a wonderful frisson" to the event.

Firth and Ferguson went on to ponder the role of awards show host, with Firth speculating that as host "you could probably open up an envelope and say anything you want, probably." Even give yourself an award, which is what Firth's young son suggested he do.

"What would stop a person doing that?" mused Firth.

Catch up with Craig and his guests on "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" each weeknight at 12:30 a.m. EST on CBS.

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'Dance Moms': Things Turn Ugly With The Return Of Cathy And The Candy Apples

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Last night on "Dance Moms" (Tue., 9 p.m. EST on Lifetime) there was a showdown in Ohio between Abby Lee Miller and her nemesis, Cathy Nesbitt.

Abby's dancers were going head-to-head against Cathy's Candy Apple Girls in a contest, and things turned really ugly between the so-called adults.

With accusations of cheating, over-age girls competing and industrial espionage conducted with the aid of cocktails, Cathy and Abby faced off in front of the moms.

Cue some awesome apple-related insults -- "that woman [is] rotten to the core!" -- and put-downs.

Accused of deliberately aping the Candy Apples' color scheme for her dancer's costumes, Abby can't remember exactly when she started dressing her girls in red and black, but thinks it was some time in the 1980s. Cathy sweetly jabs a finger in her direction and says "better give me a birth certificate on that!" Me-ow.

When Abby accuses Cathy of dissing her behind her back, Chloe's mom Christi wades into the fray and the insults really start to fly.

Cathy (a.k.a. "Granny") takes on Christi ("The Nose") in a no-holds barred slanging match in front of the other moms and some of the kids.

After a heated debate over the merits of Christi's dress, "The Nose" finally dismisses her opponent with the somewhat confusing order to "Go back to Junior High, Grandma!"

Follow the antics of Abby and the girls on "Dance Moms" every Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST on Lifetime.

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Rihanna Tweets Provocative Photo

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Rihanna is showing off all kinds of skin as of late -- and we're loving it!

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