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WATCH: A Rare Look Inside Motown's Private Meetings

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As the legendary founder of Motown, Berry Gordy is the mastermind behind some of music's biggest names and hit records -- but he didn't do it all on his own. In Hitsville, USA, Motown's first headquarters created in 1959, Gordy decided on a democratic but fiercely competitive approach to the staff meetings that would determine which songs to release next. He called them "quality control" meetings.

Gordy opened up about what went on behind closed doors of those quality control meetings during his interview on "Oprah's Master Class." Though there were fights as Motown producers and workers pushed for their favorite records, Gordy says the unrestricted ability to challenge one another was key in releasing hit after hit.

"One of my philosophies or sayings was that competition breeds champions," he says. "We competed on the songs. [But] they knew in that quality control meeting that they were immune to any kind of repercussions or anything."

Rather, there was a sense of safety during the Motown meetings, which allowed everyone to freely express themselves and argue their points. "In my company, I created this whole atmosphere of safety of ideas and thoughts," Gordy explains. "I was in charge, but I made logic the boss."

Gordy even encouraged his Motown colleagues to attack him during the meetings if they disagreed. "We were on equal ground there, in these meetings," he says. "We had major fights. 'My record's better than yours!' And [I'd say], 'So put it up! Put it up there, baby. Be my guest.'"

During these meetings, there was one question Gordy posed to the group to help determine if a record was truly a hit: If you had one dollar and you were hungry, would you buy the record or a hot dog? "People would say, 'Oh, that record, by far.' And somebody would say, 'I'd buy the hot dog,'" Gordy recalls. "It worked very, very well for a while."

In the video, Gordy also talks about how love and collaboration factored into the competition, revealing what could make the process fall apart, even after its long-standing success.

"Oprah's Master Class" airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on OWN.


Romanian Pop Star Claims Manager Beat Her Up

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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romanian prosecutors say they are investigating a claim made by a popular singer that she was beaten up by her manager after a dispute over money.

Alexandra Stan, whose 2010 hit "Mr. Saxobeat" sold almost 1 million copies in less than a year and reached the top five in over twenty countries, filed a complaint with prosecutors Tuesday alleging she was beaten by her manager, Marcel Prodan, after she had asked for her earnings.

Police spokesman Gelu Manolescu told The Associated Press police has picked up Stan from a side of the road where she was having an argument with Prodan, and took the bruised 24-year-old singer to hospital Saturday where she was treated and released.

Television interviews with the diminutive singer – who had black eyes and bruises on her body – and broadcast on national channels, have shocked many Romanians. Attempts to reach Prodan were not immediately successful.

'Breaking Bad's' Dean Norris: 'I Didn't Want The Show To Die'

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"Breaking Bad's" inimitable Dean Norris portrays James "Big Jim" Rennie in "Under the Dome," CBS' blockbuster summer series based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.

In preparation for the show's June 24 premiere, The Huffington Post will take you inside the epic CBS drama, introducing you to each of the show's major players through our series of on-set interviews, conducted around the filming of the fourth episode. Whether you're a fan of the book or a newcomer to King's world, the series has plenty of surprises in store. For the uninitiated, "Under the Dome" centers around the fictional town of Chester's Mill, and explores what happens to its inhabitants after an impenetrable dome of unknown origin cuts them off from the rest of the world. Will they rise to the occasion or devolve into chaos as they try to find a way out?

Norris has gained acclaim from critics and fans alike for his role as DEA agent Hank Schrader, the brother-in-law of Bryan Cranston's Walter White in AMC's "Breaking Bad," which begins airing its final eight episodes in August. Below, the actor discusses about what attracted him to "Under the Dome," the show's differences from and similarities to "Breaking Bad," and who he based his duplicitous character on. Light spoilers ahead.

What are the most important things to know about Big Jim Rennie, for those who aren't familiar with the book?
Big Jim, he's a great character. He loves his town, but I think he's probably, at some level, psychopathic. He likes to be in charge. Stephen King told me I was Dick Cheney. [Big Jim's] reading Winston Churchill's biography in the story ... And everybody else is freaked out by the dome and Big Jim seems to be like, "Wow, my time has come.” He's fun because ... he's the only one that interacts with every other character. They have their own things, the groupings and people that interact, but Big Jim interacts with all of them and he interacts differently with all of them because he has a different personality ...

He's lizard-like in his strategy; he's amoral. I don’t know if he's immoral, but he's amoral. He's a "The ends justify the means, keep the trains running," kind of guy. And it really comes out with his poor son, who has his own issues, and you can see why. He has a dad like me. We have this hug in the first episode and we talked about how it's maybe the first time he's ever hugged his son. It's a real awkward kind of thing and poor Junior's always waiting for his dad to say “I love you,” and his dad always says, "Toughen up, pussy.” He's that kind of guy. But it seems like he's the most evil or mean when he is with his son, because everybody else he's kind of charming with.

Let's talk a little more about his relationship with his son, Junior [Alexander Koch]. Junior's mother is gone, so he and Big Jim are stuck together, but it's clear that their unhealthy dynamic is probably the root of many of Junior's issues and questionable deicisions. What can you reveal about their relationship at this stage?
First of all, I love him as an actor. He's a really good young kid. And it's so good because what he brings to it is kind of innocent, but it's also super creepy that way.

It sounds like Big Jim relishes the opportunities presented by being trapped under the dome, so what's his motivation at the beginning of the season?
[The producers] have arced the show as "faith," "fear," and "fascism." And I think Big Jim's the fascism part. But he starts, early on, to co-opt people. He gets Barbie [Mike Vogel] on his side and he does it by complimenting them. “Man, we really need a guy like you to help keep the order.” He's not pounding anybody over the head. And Linda [Natalie Martinez], the deputy, he's very fatherly to her and trying to get everyone on his side. Right now, I think he sees this as an opportunity to start getting his ducks in order, at least start taking charge and getting people on his side. He's always talking to the townspeople and telling them, “Hey, listen to me. If we all work together, everything's going to be fine. I'm the guy.”

I know that you avoided reading the book once you got the role, so what did you do to prepare? Was it all based on what was already there in the scripts?
I get it from the scripts. Every script I get, I get more stuff about him. [Episode] 3 was really good. It gave me a lot more stuff about him. I talked to [executive producer] Jack Bender a lot, talked to [executive producer] Neal Baer about where we want to go, and Brian K. Vaughan [who developed the series], and talked about who this guy is, where we want to go with him. It was very important to me that I told them early on -- and they agreed -- that the more I can bring out the charm early on, the better it'll be -- more interesting and complex down the line. We want people to actually kind of be on his side, which will make it even worse when you're like, “God, that fucker.” [Laughs.]

It's like if you do Shakespeare or you do David Mamet, they're so different. At some level, there's a core, but both of them are languages that are not natural, and you have to just find the tone and the feel of the script and the stuff that they're giving you, and it just kind of comes along from that. I thought of Alexander Haig with the “I'm in charge here,” and the Dick Cheney concept. I imagine that his character actually recites some of these Churchill speeches at home to himself in the mirror. So I just kind of keep an eye on thinking about those kind of guys -- guys who like power. What it's like to be a guy who loves power and is obsessed with it? That's what his thing is: He's obsessed with power.

Are you tempted to go back to the book? Not even for the story, but just because there's so much interior characterization that Stephen's put down that might give you insight into who Big Jim is?
Yeah, I got a hard copy that I had him sign, which was nice. I was a fanboy when I met him ... I had him sign "The Shining" and "Under the Dome." Then I have a soft copy that I started a little bit and then said, "Oh shit, better not." What I might do is go read some other stuff of Stephen King's just to kind of go back, just for the hell of it, just to kind of get into the head.

What attracted you to the role of Big Jim, aside from the strength of the writing?
It was the fact that I wanted to do something completely opposite of “Breaking Bad” in all ways -- character, genre. I didn't want to even do another cable drama. And this is 180 degrees different. The character could not be more different. The genre could not be more different. The only thing about it is that it is character-driven and for a CBS show, it feels like a cable show. You end it and you're, "Whoa, OK.” It would end and you would want to get to the next episode. It's intense and the quality of actors they got are just great. These young kids are really, really good. So all of that feels like I'm doing a cable show. It is like the best of both worlds, even though on paper, it seems like completely opposite. Every script I get, I'm even more excited.

If a dome really came down and trapped us all, do you think that you'd be a power player like Big Jim, or would you be a first responder and try to help people?
I think I'd just lock my family away and hope for the best. "Leave me alone." [Laughs.] True to life, I think I would be worried that the constraints of society, once they're gone ... human beings are some mean fuckers, they really are, without constraints. And I think that's what we see in "Under the Dome" -- things go to shit pretty quick.

I think one of the producers recently noted that the world is like the dome itself already -- look what we've done to our environment and what we do to each other without even being trapped.
I think so. I mean, there is that element of -- .I think it's in Harvard Law School, they talk about "the wise constraints that make men free." You really can't be free unless you have certain kinds of constraints in the world. So I think it turns to totalitarianism pretty quick in "Under the Dome," because those restraints are gone now. There's nobody to keep power in check, so power wins. I mean, power wins anyway in the world, doesn't it? So like you're saying, it's the world we live in anyway. But we're always worried that something like a dome-like event is going to happen. When I was growing up, it was always going to be a nuclear war -- which could be now too. But now, it's kind of shifted towards terrorism; all of a sudden, buildings are going to fall down. So you always have this impending sense that you're going to turn the news on and shit's blowing up. So I think that is part of it too.

If a dome-like scenario happened, do you think the outcome would be exactly as Stephen envisioned it? Would anarchy reign?
I think pretty quickly. I think they do have the "faith" part of this -- which is the first five episodes -- where you think, "OK, we're going to get out somehow. We have technology. We'll figure this out. We're smart. We're Americans." Supposedly, we're smart. But then, they try to blow it up and it doesn't work. And all the best minds from the outside are not figuring out how to do this and then people start going, "Fuck." And fear sets in and somebody has to come along and create order.

Let's discuss the end of "Breaking Bad," because the last episode that aired ended up with Hank finally realizing what's been under his nose this whole time; where does the next episode find him? Is he just beating himself up for not figuring Walt out sooner?
There's some of that. But I tell you, the last eight are the best eight of the whole series. Because once that secret is out, it just [explodes] ... Hank has some issues of losing his job or whether he could be culpable. So there's a lot of that stuff. And [Walt] also had been paying for Hank's medical stuff so he actually is culpable, because he's taking his money. But really it's a Hank-Walt showdown now, because it's opened up. It's like boom, and that's what it starts with. And just like “Breaking” has always done, it heads right into that, and it's a good ride.

I know that there were quotes circulating a while back when you allegedly said that you wanted Hank to die in the final eight episodes -- was that accurate?
It was kind of misquoted ... When they first picked it up, they picked it up for 16 episodes, and that would have been shot straight. And that's how we thought it was going to be shot. So I could have done a pilot, shot the episodes. If they pick up the pilot, I'm on another show. Somewhere in between there, they decided they were going to split it ... I was like, "Not only can I not do a pilot this year, I can't do a pilot next year." So Vince [Gilligan] is a really great guy, and we talked about it and he said, "I can't [write you out]. We need you. But the schedule says you'll be out in time to do a pilot." I said, "That's all I needed." He gave me his word and he was right. Literally, I finished a scene on “Breaking Bad” in the morning and flew here in the afternoon. And then I came back a few times. "Breaking Bad" were very cool to work with the schedule. So he was a great man of his word, always has been, so it all worked out fine.

From a character standpoint, would you want Hank to die in service of the plot?
No, I didn’t want him to die. I didn't want the show to die. We all would like to do that show for another 10 years, but we know it needs to end. I mean, it's smart that it ends and needs to end. But no, it was more of just a business decision. I know fans, and I'm a fan of the show too as well as being in it, and they're all, "Oh, how could you possibly want to be off that great show?" At the end of the day, I'm not an actor just for the fun of it. It's my job. And that was eight and it ended. This goes on. This is already 13. So it was a very practical kind of situation.

And "Under the Dome" has so much potential, because the book only takes place over a certain amount of days, but the scope of the show is already much larger -- you can see ways for it to stretch out over multiple seasons.
Yeah, and they've got a lot of interesting characters that they can figure out how to interact with each other. And I'm sure we can discover more people under the dome when we need them.

What has been your favorite part of the "Under the Dome" experience so far?
Man, they write this great stuff ... We had this speech in Episode 3 where it's so fun because they're smart enough to allow him to suck you in. And for a moment, I said, "All I'm going to do on this speech is, for the first half of it, make people almost feel sorry for Big Jim," and then it twists, and you're like, "What a fuck!" It's fun from an acting point of view to do that, and have them just be, "Oh, poor Jim," and then, "Oh, what a fucker." [Laughs.] They're starting to write this really great stuff, and my scenes with my son have been really delicious because it's just underplayed meanness and you just feel for him.

It only seems like a matter of time before some of the characters wise up to his games, though. The town's reporter, Julia [Rachelle Lefevre] seems too smart to fall for his act. What can you preview about their dynamic?
She's on to him, I think, and that's going to be an interesting thing. Also, the Barbie relationship is going to be really fun because he needs him as an Iraq war veteran, all those kind of skills, and yet, he can also be a threat to Big Jim, so he's got to play that one real coyly. He's got to figure that one out. That's what Big Jim spends a lot of time doing: strategizing. He's a super smart guy because he gets them on his side so they think Big Jim's the hero ... With Barbie, I say, "Hey, I need you on my side. I need your skills." I'm not threatening him. I'm saying, "Please come join me" as opposed to, "You'd better join me."

The book goes to some pretty dark places, but since this is obviously broadcast and not cable, do you have a sense of how dark it's going to get?
It's darker than I thought they could go. From what I saw so far, it's like, "Wow, are you sure it's not on cable?" But it's on 10 p.m. on a Monday in the summer. They're telling you what it's going to be ahead of time. It's not 8 p.m.

It's the new economics of the shows. You need to have shows that people will go to Amazon and Netflix and go because they're paying now for it, half of it ... You don’t go to Netflix to watch "CSI" because it's the same every week, or you can see it on rerun any time you want. But you do to go Netflix to watch all of "Breaking Bad" in a row and all of "Under the Dome" in a row ... which didn’t used to be the case 10 years ago. I remember when they did "24," it was like, "Whoa, you can't do a serialized drama on network. We can't sell syndication rights," or something like that. And then "Lost" and everything else kind of opened it up. Now cable, I think, is forcing them to do it with even more shows -- destination TV.

Right, audiences have come to expect darkness and gore and adult themes.
And the intensity of the drama. Not just the goriness, although that comes along with it a lot of times, but I think it's the intensity. I mean, [what goes on] between me and Junior is creepier than any cut-off leg that you can find, you know what I'm saying? The psychological creepiness of it ...

How much input has Stephen had on an episode-to-episode basis so far?
Yeah, he's been on the set and he sends me emails, so he's watching dailies ... I don’t know how much he then tells [the producers], but I know that he sends me a couple emails about how it's going, and he likes it and likes this. The last thing he said to me before he left was, "Remember to keep the sparkle in your eye." It was a good note. Even though you're playing a bad guy, make sure you keep that sparkle in your eye. So I think about that once in awhile. Am I sparkling? Just to keep him charming and an interesting guy because you can't just have a bad guy. That'd be no good.

"Under the Dome" premieres Monday, June 24 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS. Come back to HuffPost TV every morning for a new interview with a member of the cast.

Previous "Under the Dome" set interviews:
Mike Vogel as Dale "Barbie" Barbara

WATCH: The Most Overused Movie Cliche?

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For being such a cliche, the phrase "We're not so different, you and I" shows up in the dialogue of a lot of films. And Slacktory has created this supercut to point out all the great utterances of this famous line.

Via Blame It On The Voices

Chris Brown: Healthcare Should Be Free

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Chris Brown seems to be in a pretty good mood lately, buoyed by the release of "Don't Think They Know," a track which features vocals from the late, great Aaliyah. In the music video for the song, Brown plays the role of a grand unifier, bringing together Los Angeles' Bloods and Crips by walking around and singing a song about a relationship.

It's a nice message, if campy as hell. However, even the many folks who find Brown -- who viciously assaulted Rihanna in 2009 and has had a string of bottle-throwing and otherwise ne'er-do-well moments in the intervening years -- a completely irredeemable human being can't argue with the notion that reduced gang violence would be good for the community.

Starting from that footing, then, it appears as though Brown has some more lofty goals on his mind. Namely, the R&B singer and dancer wants to get free healthcare to all Americans. That's right, Team Breezy is Team ObamaCare. Brown announced his platform on Twitter on Tuesday:

Since granting true universal healthcare is something Obama himself couldn't accomplish, Brown has a more general goal in mind as well. He hopes his actions "inspired change in positivity":

In short, it's been a pretty good 24-hours on Twitter for Brown, who even re-tweeted HuffPost's writeup of his "Don't Think They Know" video, despite the fact that the intro to that article described the video as an "awkward appropriation of a dead singer's image." Humility, what a virtue!

James Cameron Talks Vegan Diets During Acceptance Speech

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From Mother Nature Network's Michael d'Estries:

James Cameron is still a vegan — and he picked a massive celebration to remind the world.

The 58-year-old filmmaker and ocean explorer was honored on June 13 during the National Geographic Society's 125th anniversary gala with “Explorer of the Year” for his successful solo dive last year to the deepest point of the Pacific Ocean. During his speech, Cameron urged the packed house of scientists and explorers to consider dropping animal products and reap the benefits.

“I’ve had an epiphany recently,” Cameron said. “I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and oceans … By changing what you eat, you will change the entire contract between the human species and the natural world."

Cameron, who announced he'd gone vegan in October of last year, told the crowd that the switch had a huge impact on him. “I felt like I was waking up from a long sleepwalk. I believe we are all sleepwalking off a cliff if we don’t do this.”

The "Avatar" director's decision to go vegan isn't much of a surprise. Back in July of last year, he revealed that his wife, Suzy Amis, was gradually shifting the family toward a more plant-based diet, something that impacted their decision to transform their new farm in New Zealand from dairy to crop-based. “I don’t want to be a hypocrite," Cameron told the NY Times, adding that they were moving to organically improve the soil on their 2,500-acre spread.

Up next for June's National Geographic cover boy? The "Avatar" sequels — potentially followed by some more deep sea ocean dives.

“You already own the most important thing to do anything you want do in life," he told Variety earlier this month. "It’s the most sophisticated computer ever created. And there are a couple of apps that run on that computer that you all have. One’s called curiosity, and the other’s called imagination. You put those two powerful apps running on this little three-pound computer, you can do just about anything you put your mind to.”

Major 'Client' Drama

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Jennifer Love Hewitt isn't happy about what's going on on "The Client List," according to Deadline.

Pregnant Hewitt is battling with Lifetime over the plot line of Season 3, should the network decide to order another season, the website reports.

Hewitt, who is an executive producer on "The Client List," has reportedly requested that Kyle (Brian Hallisay, her real-life fiance) be the father of her character Riley's baby, while showrunner Suzanne Martin is gunning for Evan, played by the series’ male lead Colin Egglesfield.

“There are many story lines we are exploring,” Hewitt’s rep said. “So any suggestion that we are not doing our best to develop a great season is simply not accurate.”

Sunday night marked the Season 2 finale of the Lifetime series, and on Twitter, Hewitt thanked fans for their support and crossed her fingers for a third season.

The situation with Hewitt is reportedly holding up a potential Season 3 pickup, but the ratings might also be a factor. The show's numbers slipped a bit in its sophomore season.

For more click, over to Deadline.

Who do you think should play Riley's baby daddy? Sound off in the comments.

Former Olympic Diving Champ Getting Married

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NEW YORK -- Former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis plans to get married this fall.

People magazine says the 53-year-old Louganis will marry paralegal Johnny Chaillot.

The four-time gold medalist is the only man to win consecutive Olympic titles in springboard and platform diving – in 1984 at Los Angeles and 1988 at Seoul.

After his diving career ended, Louganis revealed he was gay in 1994 and announced he was HIV-positive a year later.

Louganis is helping Olympic hopefuls as an athlete mentor for USA Diving. He's also been featured as a coach on ABC's reality diving competition "Splash."


PHOTOS: Sarah Palin Makes Triumphant Return In Studded Snakeskin Heels

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Sarah Palin is returning to TV -- and not just any shoes will do. The notoriously stylish former Alaska governor returned to Fox News on Monday morning sporting some statement-making footwear.

Palin's high-heeled kicks showed off two trends at once: studs and snakeskin. Reminiscent of Valentino's beloved Rockstud shoes -- but with an added animal flair -- the politician's shoes did not disappoint her style supporters. The reflective wraparound sunglasses? Those are another story.

With her taste for the expensive (remember her $150,000 spending habit?) and the extreme, not to mention her affinity for animal print, we look forward to more Palin appearances in the near future. What do you think of her latest fashion statement?

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'AGT': Judges Blown Away By Unicycle Bowl Balancing Act

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You never know what you'll see on "America's Got Talent," which makes it exciting when the unexpected truly happens. Even better when it's an amazing feat that's never been seen before. That's what 42-year-old Rong Niu was hoping to accomplish, blowing the judges away from on top of a very tall unicycle.

Her routine had her balancing on the unicycle with a bowl balance on her head. She then stacked additional bowls on her foot -- some right-side up and some upside-down. With a kick, the bowls all flipped and landed inside one another on hear head. By the end, she launched four bowls from her foot to the stack on her head, all while perched atop the teetering unicycle.

“Rong, we don’t know what you have up your sleeve for your next act — but we are counting down the days until we see you next," wrote Hollywood Life of her performance, which they dubbed their favorite of the night. Buddy TV was suspicious, though, saying that what she did had to be a trick -- there's no way that's actually possible!

But of course, it was. And Rong Niu easily moved on to Las Vegas as "America's Got Talent" continues, Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

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Heather Locklear Says She Never Dated Him!

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Heather Locklear explained her relationship -- or more specifically her nonhttp://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/06/tom-cruise-penelope-cruz-church-scientology-documentary/-relationship -- with Tom Cruise on "Chelsea Lately." Apparently, this has been turned into a bit of something by the press, and yet it never really was. The two are regularly listed as "famous exes" and yet Locklear says they never dated.

They went out together one time after auditioning for something together. "We were dancing at a club and he went into that..." she started, before stopping. Even Locklear wasn't sure how to explain what was going on. "You just kind of stand there and don’t know what to do," she said finally. "Do you dance around him?"

She was referring to Tom's infamous underwear dance from "Risky Business." Locklear said she just sat down and let him do his thing and that was pretty much the end of this so-called "relationship."

While she was clearing up rumors, she set the record straight on another thing. She doesn't use semen on her face to keep her youthful appearance. She just said that jokingly to TMZ so they would stop bothering her, and that kind of makes us love her even more.

Catch Heather Locklear looking stunning and youthful on "Franklin & Bash" when its third season premieres on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on TNT. "Chelsea Lately" airs every weeknight at 11 p.m. ET on E!

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'Family S.O.S.': Husband Refuses To Do 'Homework,' Tries To Quit

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The Mitchell family was in trouble on "Family S.O.S.," and they proved resistant to Jo Frost's attempts to help them work through their problems. Specifically, husband Mitch had no interest in doing her "homework" assignments.

“We’re not in high school no more," he told her. When she insisted that he was there to learn from her and this was part of the process, Mitch pulled out a terrible excuse, saying, "“But I was tired.”

“I don’t care! I don’t care! OK? I don’t care whether you’re tired," Jo said. "I have an expectation. I expect you both to do the homework.”

But Jo's no-nonsense approach didn't sit well with the couple. They they decided they didn't want her help anymore. But Jo wasn't willing to give up so quickly. She went back in hopes of helping the couple, and they did eventually come around and listen to her advice. By the end of the week, the family said they felt closer than ever.

Frost told Channel Guide Magazine that she likes the format of her new show better than she did with 'Supernanny," because it allows her to use her skills to help entire families, and not just kids. She said the show feels more raw, more real, because of it. Even when it's not easy.

See more families in crisis on "Family S.O.S." every Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on TLC.

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WATCH: Rihanna Hits Fan With Mic

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If you're going to see Rihanna in concert on her current 'Diamonds' world tour, take our advice and don't get too hands-on with the singer or you could end up getting clobbered.

That's exactly what happened to one over-excited fan during Ri-Ri's recent show in Birmingham.

The singer got up close and personal with the crowd as she belted out her hit 'We Found Love' but one fan took the opportunity to grab the star and, after they refused to let go, Rihanna smacked the unidentified individual with her mic. In the face.

Ouch.

And don't go thinking it was an accident either. One fan later tweeted: "[Rihanna] just hit someone with her mic on accident haha oops."

To which Rihanna replied: "Purpose! That bitch won't let me go."

Two words: Don't mess.

Watch a fan-recorded video of the incident above.

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Jaimie Etkin: The Devil Wore Manolos

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Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 4, Episode 2 of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars," titled "Turn of the Shoe."

At The Brew, which now serves crudité, mozzarella sticks and french fries, apparently, the girls are trying to figure out with the woman with the lace veil was at Wilden's funeral; Aria is worried about what Officer Mumblesalot Holbrook knows since their prints are all over Wilden's car; Spencer's building a map of the now burn-to-a-crisp cabin out of aforementioned snacks (because God forbid they eat it); and Hanna's still stuck on the fact that "Ali" saved her life. ("We never saw a body," she reminds the ever-incredulous Aria.)

MonA arrives late for the PLL pow-wow, but Hanna wishes she hadn't come at all since she's convinced MonA's the one that put her mom's phone in Wilden's casket. But the artist formerly known as A assures them it wasn't her -- she's being honest this time. Don't believe her? Go out there and search that RV for yourselves, bitches.

The girls all take a ride to the desolate area that Hanna and MonA parked and locked up the RV. But Emily isn't really sure she likes this idea. "I'm just saying, I don't even know what we're supposed to be looking for," she tells Spencer. No one does, Em. No one does.

When MonA unlocks the gates, the RV is mysteriously missing. "Somebody stole it," she says. "That somebody wasn't me," she shouts desperately as the girls storm off, unconvinced.

Hanna and Spencer get in their car and drive away, while Aria and Em stay back to watch MonA get in her car for some unbeknownst reason. Perhaps Aria is "so Raven" because when MonA doesn't start to drive away immediately, Aria realizes something is amiss. Sure enough, a mAsked figure is choking MonA from the back seat of her car. She finally knocks A out with a flashlight and rolls out of the car door. As Aria and Em run over to her, A does a U-ey and puts his/her petal to the metal, heading straight for the girls. Emily dives to protect the Littlest Little Liars (success) and slams her shoulder on a rock as she tries to get out of the way (fail).

The next day, Hanna comes downstairs -- in slippers, Spencer's old polo and a silky skirt that makes no sense for the rest of the outfit or Hanna in general -- to find her mom rummaging through their refrigerator, throwing things away, of course. Hanna asks her how New York was, but Ashley "didn't see much of it," being stuck in a windowless conference room and all.

When Ashley asks about the funeral, Hanna worries her mom thinks she had something to do with Wilden's murder. Ashley assures her the thought never crossed her mind. "I think that Detective Wilden had more enemies than friends and I think one of those people decided to do us all a favor," Ashley says.

When Hanna alerts her that she lost her cell, Ashley looks stunned. "Where did you find that?" she asks suspiciously. Hanna tells her it was in the mailbox. Lie. Ashley explains she must've left it at the front desk while checking out of the hotel and they messengered it back. Lie. And Hanna knows it.

Over at the Parentless Hastings Household, Spencer -- who's really looking like her old self again -- rummages through the mail and sees something from the University of Pennsylvania. It's a little envelope so she should know what that means (though don't colleges do this all on the Internet these days?), but she opens it and gets the bad news that she's been rejected. What did she expect? Girl's been too busy dealing with being blackmailed, getting backstabbed and being institutionalized to focus on her studies. Still, I feel you, Spence.

Me: "Oh noo! Spencer got rejected from Penn. Just like me."
Mom: "You, Spencer and a gazillion others."

She makes me feel so special. Anyway, Hanna starts freaking out to Aria about A framing her mom for murder. She wonders who it could be: Melissa? Jenna? Shana? Conveniently, the final option is sitting right behind her at The Brew. Han walks right up to Shana and confronts her about her "gal-pal" JEN-NA. Han straight up accuses Shana and JEN-NA of murdering Wilden since the former didn't even bother coming to funeral (she claims she had swim practice). Aria eventually convinces Hanna to simmer down -- she slowly walks away, backwards, with a head shake, as if to say, "Come at me, bro!"

Over at Rosewood High, Paige is in an empty classroom, creating a model of her and Emily's future dorm room with some sort of Sims-like online interior design program. A) No one gets to design their own dorm room. B) They do not look like that. C) Two twin extra long beds? Dream bigger, Paige. When Emily makes a joke about C) (atta girl), Paige wraps her arms around her and hurts Em's badly bruised shoulder. Em attempts to dismiss her agony by saying she slept weird and diverting Paige's attention to puffy drapes.

Back at the PHH, Spencer is hiding her Penn rejection letter amongst her books when TobAy storms in and he is in a seriously foul mood. Spencer, who we now see is wearing a sweater with a horse on (Ol' Spence really is back!), tells TobAy what happened, but he doesn't seem surprised. "Why does this not seem like breaking news to you?" she asks. "Because I have to go," a jittery, stern, nonsensical TobAy replies. Poor, Spencer. On the bright side, this means we won't have to watch any nauseating Spoby breakfast scenes this week.

Mom: "I feel like they are talking soo fast and jumping around to make it all over the place -- Toby popping with the mystery call, Paige and virtual designing, the rejection letter, and can we talk about Melissa doing an internship??? Is she in college?"

At school, Mr. Fitz is making "doomed romance" jokes in a class full of Spencer, Hanna, Emily, MonA and, of course, Aria. Classy guy. Spence stays back when the bell rings and after the classroom has emptied, she comes clean about her Penn rejection to Fitz. "I'll be the first one not to go," she tearily tells Mr. Fitz, who promises not to tell her family or friends. He offers to help her write her essays for her next batch of college applications. "Maybe we can work on it over the weekend," he says creepily, assuring her that "it's their loss." I really hope we are not going down this road.

Mom: "Why didn't she get wait listed?"
Me: "BECAUSE SHE HASN'T STUDIED IN TWO YEARS."
Mom: "Hahaha. So true! What time of year is this in Rosewood?"
Me: "Perpetually fall, duh."
Mom: "Real life she would hear from the school early December. Why doesn't Spencer have a private college counselor?"

Back home, Em is panicking about her shoulder with a swim meet on the horizon and only one spot left on the Stanford swim team. She finds a solution: a shit-ton of pain pills. Meanwhile, Hanna's got her own issues: She's just found a bag with her mom's silk Manolo Blahniks ... her very muddy silk Manolos, to be precise. Either Hanna's in denial or she really is dumb, wondering how heels could get so muddy in Manhatthan.

Aria is worried that A is trying to pick off the little ones in the PLL pack and she's determined to defend herself. She stops by a karate studio and meets instructor Jake ("Step Up Revolution" star Ryan Guzman), who agrees to give her a private lesson tomorrow a.m. Subtle.

Back at Hanna's later that night, the Blondest Little Liar is trying to do her homework for Mr. Fitz's class and struggling because "the last book [she] finished was 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar.'" When Ashley comes in, she inquires about the muddy Manolos. "How'd they get so trashed? Did you go on a hike through New York?" she asks, leading Ashley to jump down her throat. She's really not good at playing this cool.

Mom: "Geez, Ashley. You dragged your kid into this mess with Wilden and now you are pulling the mother card? No. Not OK, Ashley."

The next day, Hanna stops by Spencer's to discuss Operation: Muddy Manolos, but she isn't home and Mrs. DiLaurentis, who my mom says is "way too chipper," invites her over to her garden instead. As they chat roses, Hanna hears a voice and Mrs. D introduces her to Tippi, her late mother-in-law's parrot. "Careful what you say around her," she warns. "It might come back to haunt you." Turns out, Ali and Tippi shared a room when she stayed with her grandma in Georgia.

Hanna asks about the day Ali's body was found (still convinced no one's actually identified it), leading Mrs. D to have a flashback to one of the tensest conversations about a sleepover and Greek salad in all of history. When Ali doesn't get what she wants -- a revealing top and permission to have Emily, Spencer, Aria Hanna sleep over their Cape May house without parents -- she holds her breath until Mrs. D gives in. She can clearly still breathe through her nose so I don't see this as a threat of any kind. Honestly, I didn't even realize what she was doing -- it looked like she was trying to put a spell on her mom, not not breathe. Truly, it was one of the more ridiculous scenes in this show's history. And that's saying a lot.

Back to the present, where, turns out, Ali never even invited the other girls down to Cape May -- she was actually looking to hang out with an "older crowd, probably a boy." Suddenly, Tippi starts singing a tune that sounds kind of like a ring tone. When Hanna asks Mrs. D about the song, she couldn't be less interested. In fact, she wants to get rid of Tippi altogether because she has enough voices in her head, apparently.

Over at the karate studio, Aria is having fun kicking ass -- in wedge sneakers -- and learning the art of Tang Soo Do from Jake, who asks her for her trust. "I'm small. People look at me as an easy target. It's the law of the universe, right?" she explains. "We can't defend ourselves until we feel safe in our own skin," he explains. Gotta love a man who uses the royal "we" when he clearly means "you." As the practice continues, Aria leans in for a kiss. Clearly, this girl struggles with student-teacher boundaries.

On her way home, she notices MonA chatting with the Rosewood po-po over at the police station. To prevent MonA from saying too much, she pulls up in front and says, "Hurry, we're late." When they get out of the eyesight of the police, Aria lays down the law with a very enunciated, "You can't be chatting up any cops in broad daylight, Mo-nA." She explains that she overheard the cops behind her talking bout finding Waldin's footprints from the night he died -- and he wasn't alone. There were marks from some very high heels in the mud as well, like the kind Ali liked to wear, MonA notes. Of course, they don't know about Mama Marin's very muddy Manolos yet.

At school, Em is downing more pain pills in the locker room pre-meet when Shana comes into for some pre-game smack talk about getting that spot at Stanford, which prompts Em to take an extra pill for good measure. As she approaches the wall in her race, her vision is blurred and her judgment's impaired. She hits her head on the side of pool, leaving her motionless and bleeding.

While Em may have just ruined her chances at Stanford, TobAy wants to make sure he doesn't ruin his with Spencer. At the PHH, he comes clean about moving the RV so that he could give it to A in exchange for something he wanted. As Spencer berates him, he throws down what he got in exchange for the hate-mobile: a transcript from the doctors at Radley of the night his mom killed himself. Spencer reads the emotional report that doesn't seem to describe a woman who later jumped out a window. "This place is covering something up and I need to know more," an emotional TobAy shouts before making her promise to keep this a secret when Aria shows up.

Mom: "Toby is a bad crier."
Me: "You mean actor?"
Mom: "Agreed. And he didn't care when Spencer cried her eyes out over him. I can't take him."

After Sparia discusses the karate kiss and MonA as a fetus, Hanna shows up with Tippi in tow. She's convinced the bird can help them find out more about Ali's mysterious misadventures in Georgia that summer. But Aria is still freaking out about the police. "You guys weren't wearing pumps. The footprints the police are looking for are high heels," Spencer reassures Aria, not realizing she's now sending Hanna into a state of panic.

When she gets home, Ashley's standing in the dark house, alone. Hanna asks her if she was really in New York that whole time or if she came back to "have it out with Wilden." Ashley knows her daughter is onto her. She's not stupid -- she finished all of a "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." "I did not kill Detective Wilden," she tells Hanna with a horrifying look in her eyes.

Back at the PHH, Tippi is driving Spencer mad while she tries to do research on TobAy's mom. As she dials Hanna again and again, hoping she'll remove Tippi from her house, she realizes the bird isn't singing a song -- he's imitating the touch tones of a phone number.

Mom: "Why did Hanna leave the bird with Spencer? Because she has no parents and lives alone?" Me: "And because she is the smartest."

Meanwhile, at the Parentless Montgomery Household, Aria still hasn't showered post-karate when the doorbell rings. It's Jake, who magically has her address! "I had a hunch that you might not be coming back," he says, adding that he doesn't want her to think he's not interested because he is. (Of course.) "Maybe you're not comfortable with the whole student-teacher thing. Could be complicated," he notes. "Ha! Aria wrote the book," my mom notes. Despite her previous experience, she asks him on a coffee date. (Of course.)

Back in the comfort of her home, Emily is finally conscious and she decides to come clean to Paige about her shoulder and the pills. Why didn't she tell Paige earlier? "Because I don't want to live in that space anymore. And I don't want you to live there either. I want to live in that room on your computer," Em tells her girlfriend, clearly unaware of the aforementioned A) and B) and the fact that one cannot live inside a computer."At least it would be safe in there," my mom notes.

Aria and Hanna are back with Spencer at the PHH and Spencer's correlated Tippi's tune with a phone number. But when they call, the girls get no answer. They head back upstairs to listen to Tippi one more time, but all that's left of her is a feather. Someone came through the window and took her.

With Hanna gone, Ashley takes a swig of her Ramona Pinot Grigio, along with the opportunity to get rid of the evidence. She wraps the shoes up in newspaper and throws them in a garbage bag as someone peers through the window. Ashley goes outside, into the darkness to throw out the shoes.

Mom: "She is going to throw the shoes in her trash can? Come on -- at least go down to The Brew or something."

As the credits roll, A prepares a lovely meal of rice, string beans and a bird. But worry not -- Tippi is alive and well, feeding on the piece of poultry A's feeding her. Cannibalism. This is a new level.

Mom: "I feel like the things that link Ashley to Wilden's murder are so obvious and like they went out of the way to make her look so suspicious and creepy."
Me: "I assume she murdered or helped murder him, but she's not A."
Mom: "True -- besides, A was eating so she definitely isn't A."

Quotes of the Night

"Speaking of freaks, where's Melissa?" -Emily

"With who? Satan?"- Hanna

"I didn't really get a good look at her. I was trying not to wet myself when that new cop made a beeline over for us." -Aria

"Oh, so now I'm the crazy one. Give me my mozzarella back." -Hanna

"Why didn't she land on Mona?" -Hanna

"Don't act like you haven't heard that name before. JEN-NA!" -Hanna

"I was going for cozy, but then it looked like cozy with one puffy drape away from 'Grey Gardens.'" -Paige

"Well, maybe you can wear a swimsuit with sleeves. I mean, I spent two summers at fat camp swimming in a parka." -Hanna

"Don't worry, sweetie. I don't think she taught her Hefty Hanna." -Mrs. D

"Stop talking to me like I'm a bucket of rocks." -Mona

"What you should be asking is what I overheard before you screeched up like Chicken Fricken' Little." -Mona

"This is Mona. She started lying when she was a fetus." -Aria
"Go back to the fetus." -Spencer

"I don't know. I guess 'cause I miss Ezra and I almost got killed last Thursday and he smells like cinnamon." -Aria

"Hey, board shorts. Miss me?" -Tippi

"You can't ignore me!" -Spencer

Dean Norris Says Nothing About 'Breaking Bad,' For Fear Of Bodily Harm

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Dean Norris dropped by "Jimmy Kimmel Live," but he didn't offer up any juicy details about the new season of "Breaking Bad." As he explained it, though, he had a pretty good reason for keeping his mouth shut.

“One or both of my balls would be literally cut off," Norris explained. "That’s actually what they would do.”

“Is that in the contract?” Jimmy Kimmel asked him.

“Yes," Norris replied. So secret is the final season, Norris said that the crew was even given redacted scripts. His "Breaking Bad' co-star, Bryan Cranston, had a script stolen, so there's certainly reason to be concerned.

Norris already has another gig lined up, and the source material is already out there. He's starring in the CBS adaptation of Stephen King's "Under the Dome" this summer. The summer series premieres on June 24.

It's going to be a busy summer for Dean Norris, with "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan promising a finale so powerful that he cried while writing it.

"Under the Dome" premieres Monday, June 24 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS. The final season of "Breaking Bad" kicks off on August 11 on AMC. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.

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'Pretty Wicked Moms': Meredith Gets Surprise Makeover

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The moms ditched the "wicked" for a moment to do something nice for one of their own on "Pretty Wicked Moms." They decided to give Meredith a fashion makeover.

The idea came about after Meredith confided in them about the struggles she'd been going through. She'd been in a bad car accident a few years back. She was hit by a truck, and the severity of her injuries actually altered her personality. A writer for the Examiner called the accident reveal quite the bombshell.

The results were astonishing, with Meredith's husband perhaps the most excited, shouting, "That’s my wife!”

Meredith was thrilled with the results, but you didn't expect the "wicked" to stay out of this segment completely? The other women on the show said that Emily and Nicole made Meredith over ... to look just like them.

They can't help themselves. After all, they're "Pretty Wicked Moms," Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on Lifetime.

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'Storage Wars': Urinal Shaped Like A Mouth

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Most of the fun in shows like "Storage Wars" is seeing the wild and crazy things the buyers often find in storage lockers. On the latest episode, Jarrod and Brandi couldn't believe what they'd found.

“It’s a urinal mouth! Is that not the greatest thing?" Jarrod asked. "What else could you want in this world? I can’t believe how excited you are. You’re almost as excited as I am.”

“Oh my God, stop," Brandi said. "That’s disgusting.”

It was certainly ... eclectic. But, an expert said that the urinal was actually made by a female designer. They said that if the pair held out for the right buyer, the unique piece could fetch up to $5,000.

The urinal was actually used in a restaurant at one point in Australia. They were removed when they were seen as offensive by some. Now, they await a new home. Somehow, we doubt it's going to be at Brandi's house.

See more unusual finds on "Storage Wars" every Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on A&E.

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'Deadliest Catch': Jake Struggling To Find Place On New Ship

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Jake Anderson was living with his big decision to leave the Northwestern after five years on "Deadliest Catch." What he learned pretty quickly on his new boat, the Kiska-Sea, was that his previous experience on the Northwestern didn't really count for anything with his new crew.

The guys were giving him plenty of jabs -- razzing the new guy -- and he was struggling a little bit with his new situation. He was going to have to earn respect on this new boat.

He chatted with his old friend Ed Hansen about it. Hansen told him, "Just be you man. One day it’ll turn. I promise, it will."

“Thanks bro. That’s really encouraging," Jake said. "It really settles my stomach talking to ya. I love ya.”

His journey continues on "Deadliest Catch" every Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on Discovery.

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'Anchorman 2' Gets First Trailer

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This is a scientific fact: The first trailer for "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" arrived online late Tuesday night, putting the Channel 4 News Team back in action with help from Journey, Kristen Wiig and Baxter. "This just feels right," Paul Rudd's Brian Fantana says in the "Anchorman 2" trailer. "The news team is back."

Indeed they are, but it's a different time. Like the 1980s. Following what looks like a spell of bad choices on the level of milk, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and his pals (Rudd, Steve Carell and David Koechner) are asked to come back to the world of broadcasting for a brand-new, 24-hour news channel. They accept ("I'm going to do the thing that God put Ron Burgundy on this Earth to do: have salon-quality hair and read the news") and ... that's about all you'll get from this trailer beyond lots of lolz and the dulcet tones of Steve Perry stuck in your head. Of note: Ron's new girlfriend (Meagan Good), the adorable way Carell's Brick smiles at Wiig and this picture of Rudd:

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"Anchorman: The Legend Continues" is out in theaters on Dec. 20. Check out the film's trailer above. A new "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" poster for the film is below.

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WATCH: Rihanna Hits Fan With Microphone

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Rihanna is still touring in the U.K. and even though she's already had a busy week packed with sideboob and quality time with her brother, now she's making headlines for another reason. Last night as Rihanna walked through the crowd in Birmingham, she seemed to lash out violently and hit a fan. Here's the video of Rihanna whacking a fan with a microphone.

You can hear, "what the f*ck" and an "oh my god" in the crowd. This is pretty similar to when Amy Winehouse punched a fan in Glastonbury back in 2008.

According to MTV U.K., Rihanna tweeted, "Purpose! That b*tch won't let me go" in response to someone saying the hit was by accident but the tweet no longer seems to exist.

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