If you've even paid a minute amount of attention to the media this week, most likely you've heard that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have graced their newborn daughter with quite a "directional" name -- North West.

Even before I sat down to write this, I felt very apprehensive because I just couldn't imagine someone naming their child this. When I first got the news I simply denied it. "Maybe TMZ needs to do another fact check," I said. It almost seems like I'm going through the four stages of grief at this point, and to a degree you may be correct.

I immediately went to Twitter and along with thousands of other users, expressed my slight disgust over another case of "Celebrity Baby Names Gone Wrong." What urged Kimye to do this? Like most teenagers today would say, I was a little bit "salty."

Acceptance took the wheel and I took a step back.

Kim and Kanye are celebrities. At this point in their lives they're essentially household names. To be in their position is really a rare thing -- regardless of what they did to get there. Maybe by naming their child something so unusual -- and frankly unacceptable by many -- they're really just trying to mirror their desire for their child to have a life like theirs. Their daughter can't verbally communicate with them at this point, so isn't the granting of a highly uncommon combination of names a superficial way of defining her future? The stranger the name the more unique of a path she'll take in life?

Now obviously, most parents hope that their child will have a unique life experience (and considering there are about 7 billion unique individuals out there, that shouldn't be a problem) but there are still a great deal of Johns and Janes out there. But why? Well, it can be said that a common name doesn't necessarily denote a common future.

Did Kim and Kanye hope that by naming North West uniquely, she'll be a superstar? President? Saver of the galaxy? Well, probably not but then again she is the daughter of two A-listers so the superstar epithet isn't necessarily too far off.

Most people will tell you that Kimye's decision was simply narcissistic. That they developed a child's name like no other, simply to say that their child is more special than other children -- so a special or unique name is befitting. This kind of "narcissism" has certainly been called into question many times. Gwyneth Paltrow and the naming of her daughter Apple, as well as the naming of Jermaine Jackson's son Jermajesty -- have often been targeted. And if you've even once indulged in the media in the past year, you would know that Beyonce and Jay-Z gave birth to a baby girl whom they named Blue Ivy.

I took a more positive look into the situation and realized that the majority of celebrities are artists. The media is infatuated with famous actors, singers, musicians, etc., so is it their inherent creativity that led them to developing such eccentric names? There are many parents who aren't famous and still give their children out-of-the-ordinary names and I'm sure you'll meet at least one of these people in your life if you haven't already. Are these ordinary people simply being creative too?

Whether or not these celebrities named their children out of narcissism or just pure creativity, let's just take a step back and look into these kids' futures. I mean, seriously, bullying is not exempt from affecting the children of the famous. Whether you're a celebrity or not, thinking about a child's future should be the most important factor of all.

Let's hope all goes well for the future directions, decorative plants, and tree fruits of Hollywood.

Channing Tatum and Joey King, who plays his daughter in the new movie "White House Down," sat down with Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer on "Good Morning America" to discuss the film and their energy was palpable.

"You guys have so much fun together," Spencer noted.

"She's just like my little buddy," new dad Tatum explained. "When my daughter grows up, I hope she's half the girl that she is. I love her."

King said Tatum "did a great job" in his first on-screen role as a father. "He was so fun and playful. I'm so happy for him and Jenna [Dewan-Tatum] for little Everly," she said. "She's very lucky to have parents like [them]. He's gonna make a great dad."

Though Tatum and King were reluctant to reveal their no-longer secret "Channshake," after doing some stretching, they performed the entire 45-second routine, complete with the robot, the Carlton, jazz hands, faux-fighting, beat boxing, chest bumping, booty shaking and much, much more.

"You guys are up next," Tatum told the "GMA" co-hosts when they were through. "It's really funny -- that's exactly how Lara and I say hello every morning," Elliott joked.

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Good news for all you wine connoisseurs out there: A collection of "Downton Abbey" wine is being released.

According to Fox News, Wines That Rock -- also responsible for Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones wines -- is releasing a collection of "vintage" wine that is "typical of the clarets and whites are the type of imported by the British aristocracy from France in the early 1900s."

"We are working with The Dulong Grands Vins De Bordeaux vineyards, which have been in the same family for five generations," Bill Zysblat, co-owner of Wines That Rock, said in a statement. "They have over 130 years of experience in creating the world's best wines so these are wines the Crawley family would have been proud to serve at Downton."

The Masterpiece series isn't just inspiring bottles of wine these days. In May, Diddy did a "Downton Abbey" Funny Or Die spoof titled "Downton Diddy" and Paul Giammati hopped on board the "Downton" train on Monday.

"We're excited that Paul Giamatti will be joining us on 'Downton' to play Cora's brother Harold, the rather free-spirited uncle to Mary and Edith," Gareth Neame, managing director of Carnival Films, said in a statement. "We can't wait to see him work alongside Shirley MacLaine, who are both sure to upset the Grantham's apple cart in this year's finale.”

"Downton Abbey" Season 4 premieres on Sun., January 5, 2014 on PBS.

Tomorrow's Supreme Court decision isn't just political. Each of us has a very personal reason that our stomach is filled with butterflies today. Here's mine.

Five and a half years ago, while making Milk, my big brother, who was living in Virginia, came out to me. I remember wishing I could hold him that day, but I was in California. Being far apart was never easy for us, so for years we wore simple, white gold bands to keep each other close when we were too far for an embrace.

Then, four and a half years ago, after a devastating loss over Proposition 8, Cleve Jones and I declared in the San Francisco Chronicle that "now is the time" for full federal equality for LGBT citizens, the time to demand that our gains in one state apply to every citizen... including my beautiful big brother way out in Virginia.

I reaffirmed that promise on an Oscar stage months later, we marched on Washington to demand action, and I got to work helping build the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) in order to challenge Proposition 8 in federal court. It has been the honor of my life to be involved with this case. So as I walked up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year, I wanted nothing more than to call my big brother and let him know that the freedom I might feel with a win could also be his... but I couldn't make that call.

Last year, late in the evening of Jan. 24, my big brother slipped his ring off his middle finger, and I slid it onto my left hand. I remember being surprised that it fit so perfectly, that we had the same ring size. I'd always thought of him as so much bigger than I. A few hours later he lost his battle with cancer and left this Earth, never knowing what it might feel like to be a full and equal citizen in the country he loved.

For the past year, I've worn my family ring on my right hand and his on my left, never taking them off, never letting him be too far away, looking to him whenever I take a stage to give a speech or need the courage to make a tough call.

Today, on the eve of the Supreme Court's historic decisions on our case, I've been fidgeting from nerves and anticipation, taking his ring on and off and on and off. And then, without thinking, I slid his ring onto the same finger as mine. It stayed there for some time before I finally gave it my full attention, but when I did, I couldn't help but notice that together they form a perfect equality symbol... and I felt certain and strong again.

My big brother is with me still in this fight. I know it. And regardless of the decision tomorrow, I know that together we will soon be equal in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states. Because this is personal. I know we as a people will not stop fighting until we live in a nation where we no longer leave a single one of our brothers or sisters behind, no matter whom they love or what state they call home.

For so many of us, for so many reasons and for so long now, tomorrow is, was and has always been about family... those we've loved, those we've lost, those we were born to, the families we've built and the families we still dream of building.

And for me, tomorrow is about my big brother.

LOS ANGELES — Max Joseph, co-host of MTV's "Catfish: The TV Show," says he has Manti Te'o to thank for catapulting his series into the national spotlight.

"Manti Te'o got catfished. It happens. We see it happen every week," Joseph said. "I mean it was amazing for the show, not so amazing for Manti Te'o."

The term, which refers to someone using a fake identity to seduce another person online, gained momentum as the title of a 2010 documentary on the topic. It has since become mainstream lingo and was used in a story line on Fox's "Glee" after the former Notre Dame linebacker's fake girlfriend episode.

Now Joseph and his pal Nev Schulman travel the country to film people embroiled in catfish scenarios.

"You've got the catfish, who has been lying and is nervous and doesn't necessarily love the idea of meeting the other person, but maybe realizes to some degree they need to (do so) in order to move on with their life," said Joseph, explaining the show's premise. "And you've got the hopeful, who is in love with someone who has kind of evaded them, and they desperately want to meet that person to see if their love is real."

In a recent interview, the Los Angeles filmmaker discussed what's in store for the series' second season, premiering Tuesday, and why "The Great Gatsby" may be the original catfish.

AP: Why would someone who suspects their love interest is a fraud or someone lying about their identity decide to be on your show?

Joseph: Most people come on the show because that's their only opportunity to either meet the other person or to come out of the catfish closet and tell the other person the truth in a kind of protected safe environment where they know that we are going to be there and we are going to mediate and kind of make sure that the other person doesn't judge them immediately. It gives them an opportunity to say their piece.

AP: Why are catfish schemes so easy to pull off?

Joseph: The more we are involved in social media, the easier it is for someone to lie about who they are and to kind of fabricate a story about them, fabricate a life that is grander than the one that they lead. That is the story of `The Great Gatsby,' which is a film that just came out. And obviously this has been kind of an American trope since at least since the 1920s, but definitely before then. This idea that in America you can be anyone you want. You can reinvent yourself. Well, I think that the Internet has maybe taken that kind of American idea and has democratized it for the world.

AP: What are the lessons here?

Joseph: I think it's an amazing lesson for everyone out there that you got to be careful online. I don't think the Internet is necessarily a dangerous place. It's only dangerous if you don't make people earn your trust. You can't take people at their word. You got to do a little digging and make sure to verify that you are talking to a real person or the person that you think you're talking to.

AP: Do you ever get upset with people on the show?

Joseph: This season we definitely met people who don't feel guilty at all and are doing it for really terrible reasons and aren't repentant about it. And there are times when Nev and I have gotten really angry with people. And it's hard because you want to maintain kind of an open-mindedness and you want to not judge anyone and to be compassionate. But there are some people who really test that, especially this season.

AP: After filming season one, do the stories still surprise you?

Joseph: The variety of stories in season two kind of blows season one out of the water. ... The stories are crazier. More complicated, more interesting. ... Just when you think you understand why people do what they do or why a catfish would lie to someone that they're talking to and you pretty much think you know the range of reasons, along comes a story that really turns the whole thing on its head.

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Just 10 days after Tish Cyrus filed for divorce from her husband of 19 years, Billy Ray Cyrus, the two were seen out together in Los Angeles looking quite cozy.

On June 23, Tish and Billy Ray accompanied their youngest daughter, Noah, and an unidentified female to Little Toni's, a restaurant in North Hollywood. The pair was photographed leaving the eatery arm-in-arm, with Tish resting her head on Billy Ray's shoulder (watch the video above to see the couple together).

We wouldn't be surprised if this family outing is an indication that the couple is planning to work out their differences: The Cyrus' have previously split before getting back together. Billy Ray first filed for divorce in October 2010, before reconciling with his wife in March 2011.

Tish and Billy Ray's outing isn't the only thing that has people speculating on the Cyrus divorce this week. Miley Cyrus posted a bizarre tweet on June 24th that seems to be an ultimatum directed at her father. She tweeted: "@billyraycyrus since you won’t reply to my texts I’m giving you an hour to tell the truth or ill tell it for you," accompanied by a photo of herself and Dylis Croman who costarred with Billy Ray in "Chicago" on Broadway last year.

The tweet was later deleted and the starlet followed up with a tweet that declared: "Wtf? My twitter was just actin all types of cray!"

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Not everyone is turned off by chef Paula Deen's recently publicized admission that she has used racial slurs.

Despite a backlash that involved her being fired from the Food Network, getting ditched by Smithfield Foods Inc. and potentially blacklisted by other one-time sponsors, interest in Deen's annual Paula Deen Cruise has been so great that its organizer has added an extra departure for 2014.

A representative for the cruise organizer, Alice Travel, backed Deen in an interview with the FOX411 blog. "It’s always an amazing time with Paula, her family and fans. If she goes –- we go," said the rep.

The Huffington Post reached out to Alice Travel representative Julie Goodman Cook, who revealed that about 500 people attend each cruise. "We are expecting that number to increase," she said. (Deen's first cruise with Alice Travel set sail in 2010. Prior to this, she used different agencies.)

Next year's cruises with Deen include an eight-day voyage beginning Jan. 18 on Celebrity Reflection, Celebrity Cruises' newest ship. A summertime cruise -- recently added by Alice Travel to accomodate increased demand -- will take place on a Royal Caribbean vessel, either Oasis or Allure of the Seas.

Deen is not associated with any cruise line, Goodman Cook noted. Alice Travel books rooms in a section of the ship, and Deen's events are inaccessible to other cruise patrons.

Goodman Cook said previous Deen cruises have attracted a diverse bunch. "We have a group of gay people who go," she said. "There are people in their 90s that go. ... Black, white. I mean everything. Everyone enjoys it." A number of families have already signed up for the summer cruise, Goodman Cook said. In 2010, Paula Deen Cruises hosted a boy through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Past onboard activities include cooking demos led by Deen and her family, photo sessions, pajama parties, cocktail parties and barbecues. Deen also participates in a summer camp-style event aptly called the "Deen family Olympics," which involves G-rated activities like balloon-popping and stringing yarn through teammates' shirts.

Last year, the cruise price started at $1,440 per person for an inside cabin, based on double occupancy.

Goodman Cook said that she had not spoken to Deen since the scandal, but had been in contact with Deen's bodyguard and assistant. They relayed that Deen hopes her Wednesday appearance on the "Today" show will help assuage some of the damage to her reputation.

"Everyone is just keeping a positive outlook on the future," said Goodman Cook. "There will be better understanding about how things were taken out of context."

The Paula Deen Cruise, though, doesn't have a perfect track record itself. In January, Deen's assistant, Brandon Branch, posted questionable Tweets about a trip that set sail Jan. 27. "This is a floating nursing home!!!!" Branch wrote.

WASHINGTON -- Embattled celebrity cook Paula Deen may be losing sponsors and TV shows, but she still has at least one major backer: The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show.

In a statement on its website, MetroCooking said Deen, who admitted in a recent court deposition that she had used the N-word, is still scheduled to attend its upcoming shows in Washington, Houston and Dallas:

Paula Deen has been a friend of The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show for many years. She has apologized and we are taking her apology at her word and moving forward accordingly. The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show does not condone or believe in the use of derogatory slurs by anyone. This is a nation of forgiveness and second chances. In that spirit we intend to go forward with the MetroCooking Shows in Houston, Dallas and Washington, DC as planned with Paula as a presenter. At this time we have no plans to do otherwise.

A spokesperson for the Annandale-based MetroCooking told The Huffington Post that the show "has received scores of positive emails, Facebook posts and calls regarding the decision to keep Paula in the show line-ups. Paula has legions of fans."

Of the 25,000 tickets typically sold for each of the Dallas, Houston and D.C. shows, three people have asked for their money back since Friday, the rep told HuffPost.

Deen will appear at MetroCooking D.C. on Saturday, November 2, as a "Celebrity Theater Presenter"; meet-and-greet options include a Paula Photo Op & Brunch and a Paula VIP Platinum ticket, which comes with an autographed copy of Deen's upcoming cookbook, New Testament.

The soon-to-be-former Food Network star also attended at MetroCooking D.C. in 2011.

Don't be surprised if Deen's sessions sell out. Many Food Network fans are sticking by the Southern star:

A day after announcing that it's dropping Deen from its roster of celebrity cooks, the cable network was served heaping portions of Southern fried outrage by her fans.

Angry messages piled up Saturday on the network's Facebook page, with many Deen fans threatening to change the channel for good. "So good-bye Food Network," one viewer wrote. "I hope you fold like an accordion!!!"

After 15 years together, Melissa McCarthy and her husband, actor Ben Falcone, are as in love as ever.

In the July/August issue of More magazizne, McCarthy said that she "got hit with the lucky stick" with Falcone.

"I feel like I have two great kids and the dreamiest husband on the planet, and everything else is just a work in progress," McCarthy said, according to Us Weekly.

Falcone also had sweet words to say about his wife.

"We got hit with the same lucky stick. From the very first time we spoke, we were on the same page. We love each other, respect each other and try not to sweat the small stuff. And we really make each other laugh," he said.

The couple met in 1998 in a comedy writing class at the Groundlings comedy school in Los Angeles and married in 2005. They now have two daughters together. The two co-starred together in "Bridesmaids" in 2011, and last year they announced that they will co-star in an upcoming pilot for CBS.

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"Lone Ranger" star Armie Hammer has been a married man since 2010, and his wife, bakery owner Elizabeth Chambers, recently revealed how he popped the question.

“When we finally got together, Armie really wanted to get married," Chambers said in an interview in Town & Country magazine's August 2013 issue. "He sat me down and said, ‘Look, we don’t have to do this. We could just go our own ways, and then one day you’ll be 40 and divorced and we’ll run into each other, and we’ll laugh and go out to dinner and have this same connection, and we’ll wonder why we wasted all of that time. Or we could just do it now and enjoy the ride.’”

Hammer and Chambers met in 2006, a moment Hammer has described as "love at first sight." They began dating in 2008. In 2012, they opened Bird Bakery in San Antonio, which Chambers runs day-to-day.

Hammer recently revealed to Playboy that he used to enjoy being a "dominant lover," but since getting married he has realized that he respects Chambers too much to "do the things I kind of want to do."

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Recently, I have become obsessed with some of Hollywood's most obsessive: The Bling Ring, the now-infamous group of California teens who launched themselves to stardom by burglarizing the homes of the likes of Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, and Orlando Bloom. There's been enough hype surrounding the Louboutin-wearing, Chanel-snatching brigade to produce a box office success, and the rumors run rampant about what, and even more intriguing, how much, the clique stole: About three million dollars worth in cash, drugs, and belongings. But compared to what they were really chasing, that was chump change. The Bling Ring wanted the lives of celebrities, and the wardrobe to match. They were obsessed.

But sitting there in the audience, watching The Bling Ring flaunt their stolen wealth via Facebook and photograph after photograph, I was left with a probing aftertaste presented in the form of a question: Are we all obsessed? With ourselves?

Aside from the carelessness and utter delusional the members of The Bling Ring operated under, I wondered how much their world mirrored the worlds of thousands of young adults across the country, simply on an amped-up, more diabolical scale. That's what stuck with me: Not what they stole, not who they were, but how much they had to say about it. And how they said it.

That, to me, was easily the most disturbing facet of the story. They didn't care if you knew about what they took from Paris'...they cared if you knew about them. Who they were. How they dressed. What they did. What they got away with. What they had to say. Burglaries and heavy drug usage aside, how are we much different?

We often stray from social media use to downright self-advertising, a line that becomes more and more blurred as technology advances. The benefits of the Internet and social media are virtually limitless; there are young artists, writers, athletes, and thinkers around the world who get their start learning the invaluable skill of self-marketing, something that could arguably benefit any future career endeavor. But where oh where is the space where we drift away from showing the best of ourselves to our "followers" and "friends" -- our work, our funniest anecdotes, our best stories -- to merely being obsessed with ourselves, and assuming everyone else is too?

Most would argue that celebrity enthrallment is now a cultural staple, something that fuels us and intrigues us, something we all engage in. That's true. But I would argue back that the standard for being a "celebrity" has sunk lower and lower, to the extent that our culture no longer idolizes celebrities; we act as if we are celebrities.

With the invention of Vine and the rise of the seflie, it is now possible for the formerly-average human being to become a walking, talking, posting version of US Weekly. Vine is essentially offering the opportunity for every user to produce their own 15-second reality show. Instagram lets users publicize a daily "Who Wore What" edition, outlining their every outfit and accessory. Twitter, slowly but surely, has led us to believe that our every thought must be interesting.

It sounds as though I am against social media, or making an argument against the use of it. I am not; you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and I am active on all three accounts. But I am curious about how we, as a collective whole, are using it. Some think that we're a population that looks at, and thinks about, ourselves far too much. But I disagree, and I don't think that's the cause of our obsession. I don't think we look at ourselves enough, and I do not mean through a filter on Instagram or in a full-length mirror.

We live in a world of trend and obsession. Not all these trends will be materialistic, just as not all obsessions are negative. Things with power, like social media, are a fascinating blend of virtue and vice: the ability to be an incredible thing or a profoundly bad one. But we live in just that: A world. A world of problems, chaos, and exceptionally bad things. That same world is also full of good, compassion, and notably amazing things. Through social media, we have the power to show who we are to the world. We have the power of our own self-image, but I think we forget to use it. Just as The Bling Ring fell so far down the rabbit hole of glitz and glamour that they seemed to forget their actions were illegal, we've gotten lost between ourselves and our celebrity-selves, the ones we show the world.

It's strange, because you can officially have a record without being arrested. Misunderstandings come and go, celebrity fades away, but social media is forever. And in a sense, so are we. When the whole world is watching... what do you want them to see?

Anyone watching "Skywire" on Discovery Channel on Sunday noticed something: Nik Wallenda certainly has a strong belief in Jesus.

During his 1,500-foot high climb on a two-inch wire across a gorge near the Grand Canyon, Wallenda was heard praying to Jesus quite often. At one point in his nearly 23-minute walk across Little Colorado River Gorge, Wallenda said, “Definitely whipping that cable .... Golly, wind. Go away, in the name of Jesus ... Thank you, Lord. Thank you for calming that cable, Lord ... Oh, yeah. That's my savior. That's Jesus."

The tightrope walker opened up about his religious beliefs on "The View" this week, explaining (above), "I have a fear of God. And that's my fear. I respect him deeply and I believe he's given me this unique talent ... I don't believe that God is keeping me on that wire in any way, no ... I know where I'm gonna go if I do fall ... I just feel confident in my beliefs that I'm gonna go to heaven."

Wallenda told The Christian Post that he often talks to God during his tightrope walks. "I find that peaceful and relaxing and He's the only one up there listening to me," Wallenda said. "My life is based on my faith. I guess the biggest role that it plays is that if I do fall and die I know where I'm going."

The Christian Science Monitor noted that Wallenda's new memoir, “Balance: A Story of Faith, Family, and Life on the Line,” released this week, includes passages like, “God’s grace is the balancing pole that keeps me from falling into self-obsession and self-deception. Whatever I have achieved -- and will ever achieve -- is the result of my relationship with Him.”

From Neil Patrick Harris to "Modern Family" creator Steve Levitan, to comedians Ricky Gervais and Doug Benson, Twitter had a field day with Wallenda's constant prayer.

Proud of Nik Wallenda for his epic high wire walk. Less proud of agreeing to drink a shot every time he said ‘Jesus’. I can’t feel my face.

— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) June 24, 2013

Apparently this is why there isn't a rich tradition of Jewish wire walkers. #lotsofJesus#skywire

— Steve Levitan (@SteveLevitan) June 24, 2013

Well done Jesus for getting that bloke across the Grand Canyon safely. I bet he feels silly for wasting so much time practicing now.

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) June 24, 2013

Do you think Discovery Channel knew how Jesus-y Wallenda was gonna get on that wire? #HelpMeToRelaxLord#GodYouAreSoGood#Skywire

— Doug Benson (@DougBenson) June 24, 2013

And YouTuber Kevin Conklin made this video of all 152 religious mentions Wallenda made during his walk over the canyon. Enjoy!

As a local blog called Franklin Avenue points out today, Don Draper's childhood home -- a Pennsylvania brothel, in the show's universe -- is actually located on Carroll Avenue, a street in Los Angeles' historic Angelino Heights neighborhood. The real estate database Zillow says that the six-bedroom, 126-year-old building is worth just under $600,000, which sounds like a steal -- especially considering how all the grime covering it in Sunday's finale was added in post-production (and, evidently, after AMC took the photo above).

Jackie Chan is very much alive.

Squashing a rumor about his death that began circulating around the Internet earlier this month, Chan took to Facebook last week to provide proof of his continued vitality.

"... Everybody called me to see if I was alive," Chan wrote on his Facebook wall on June 21. "If I died, I would probably tell the world! I took a photo with today's date, just in case you don't believe me! However, thank you all for your concern."

Many fans of the "Rush Hour" star have taken to the Web to express their relief that their idol is still alive, with more than 230,000 of them "liking" Chan's Facebook post.

"I idolized you more than Bruce Lee. So better be safe at all times. Thanks for entertaining all of us. God bless," wrote one Facebook user on Tuesday in response to Chan's recent snap.

This isn't the first time that a Jackie Chan death hoax has made its way around the Internet. In 2011, a Facebook page called "Jackie Chan R.I.P 08/17/2011" went viral as flocks of fans memorialized the action star, who was said to have died from a heart attack.

If Shaun White's latest career move is any indication, the 26-year-old Olympic gold medalist refuses to be remembered as simply The Flying Tomato. The snowboarder/skateboarder has now signed his first major-labor record deal.

White's band, Bad Things, is expected to release its debut album later this year on Warner Bros. Records, according to The Hollywood Reporter. White is one-fifth of Bad Things, which he formed in Los Angeles with childhood pals Anthony Sanudo (guitar) and Lena Zawaideh (drums). David LeDuke, formerly the lead singer of glam-punk band Billy Boy on Poison, will serve as frontman, while former Augustana member Jared Palomar will play bass.

Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith, Tokyo Police Club) will produce the album. The band's first single, the indie rock-sounding track "Caught Inside," is currently streaming on SoundCould.

Bad Things also announced their first headlining tour, which kicks off July 11 in New York City and concludes Aug. 9 in Minneapolis. Check out the band's Facebook page for a full list of stops.

Listen to "Caught Inside" here:

Sophia Vergara is immortal. We have the proof in the photos below. She might be technically 40 but Vergara really just does not age.

This was 1999.

This is in February of 2000.

And here she is on June 26 in Mexico City.

WTF?!

Just lounging. Looking at least a decade younger.

So many questions. Mainly how does she do it?

She might be saying goodbye, but she'll be around a long time. Because she's immortal.

No wonder she gets confused for her 20-year-old son's girlfriend and sister.

Kendall Jenner's star has been slowly rising, as the Kardashian half-sister earns more and more modeling jobs (enough to score her a New York Times profile). So how is she paying her newfound success forward? By helping out her big bro, Rob Kardashian.

Kendall and her younger sister, Kylie, posed for new promo photos for Arthur George, Rob's sock line. Yes, Rob's collection of blindingly colorful socks is still in existence and growing: Kendall posted the photos on her blog with the note, "There are so many styles available online and they’re coming out with even more at Neiman Marcus stores on July 1st!"

We'll consider it, Kendall, next time we're in the market for blue and purple zebra-stripe socks. In the meantime, maybe you can help Rob out with some design advice? That Kendall & Kylie for PacSun collection wasn't half bad...

PHOTOS:

There's always more Kendall:

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Miranda July wants to send you emails from famous people. Sign up here and the writer and filmmaker will convey secret transmissions every week from July until November. It's part of an art exhibition called "We Think Alone," and it takes place in your inbox.

The performance artist is best known for writing, directing and starring in the 2005 film, "Me and You and Everyone We Know" as well as 2011's "The Future." But she's also famous for her crowd-sourced projects; in 2010, SFMOMA purchased her seven-year online artwork titled, "Learning To Love You More," in which July created assignments like "Make an encouraging banner" and "Make a field guide to your yard." Thousands of user-generated results rolled in.

A similar mission guides her latest project, "We Think Alone," where strangers become privy to the private emails of Lena Dunham, Catherine Opie, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kirsten Dunst, Sheila Heti, Etgar Keret, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Lee Smolin and Danh Vo. In this banal yet confidential space, emails become striking self-portraits.

"A quiet person might !!!! a lot," she explains on her website. "A person with a busy mind might write almost nothing."

We reached out to her to learn more about the project. (Scroll down for the interview.)

Huffington Post: How did you come up with the idea for "We Think Alone"?

Miranda July: I was invited by the museum Magasin 3 to do a project in the medium of email. They were fans of another project I had done in email where people could subscribe for fortunes; I would send written fortunes to them each week. For this one I didn't want to have to write anything -- I am writing a novel right now -- and I have always loved reading other people's emails.

I've tried to get friends to do this with me before: let's send each other emails that we've sent to our moms or our boyfriends or something. There is something about the mundane-ness that feels very intimate to me. I thought I would do that idea on a grand scale. At first I thought I'd do it with my friends but then I realized no one would care about them as much as I did. So I chose some of my more famous friends, or famous people that weren't friends. I came up with 10 topics and they had to scavenge through their inboxes for an email that fit each topic.

HP: So every week we receive an email from each of the participants?

MJ: Every week there is a topic; for the first week the topic is money.

HP: How did you choose the people involved?

MJ: I started with people I knew that were somewhat famous and that ended up being a lot of artists and writers so I tried to reach outside of that and invited a theoretical physicist that I didn't know, Lee Smolin. And I thought I should have someone from sports so that is how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became involved. It was about trying to make a diverse group. Actually, the reason I knew Kareem knew who I was was because he mentioned me in a Huffington Post blog and I was like, well, I guess he knows who I am, so I looked him up online and emailed him.

HP: Was anyone hesitant?

MJ: No, I mean with Kareem there was an issue because he doesn't write all his own emails, which is understandable. You probably wouldn't either if you were him. But that was interesting to me too; I thought people would be curious to see whatever his reality is. There was some kind of negotiating about that, but really everyone kind of jumped into it.

HP: Next question... Does self-awareness leads to creativity or conformity?

MJ: It is interesting because not everyone has the same goals for their self-portrait. I think some people's goals were to share as little as possible and in a way that is a portrait. It's like, Oh, that's a private person. With other people you could see they were sharing things that they were proud of -- of all the emails they chose this one. Then again, not all the categories allow everyone to show themselves in the best light, and that was interesting too, the points where people really had to reveal themselves. People use email so differently also; Catherine Opie has these long correspondences that are very integral to her relationships, which is something I identify with. But then there are other people who almost use them like texts. That juxtaposition was very interesting.

HP: Can you recall a particular work of art that shook you when you were younger?

MJ: I remember staring at some pointilist painting in an Impressionist exhibition when I was younger and thinking that I was being really moved by it. I felt like I was in the painting. But gradually I realized what was happening was the sound of the air conditioning and the perfume of the woman next to me were combining with the image to create this immersive experience. I remember thinking that was interesting. The whole thing is the art; the painting would be nothing without the cooling system.

HP: Do you find it harder to connect with your audience the bigger you become?

MJ: Not really, it just shifts a little. Now there is such ample opportunity to connect with fans; I mean, I could do it all day long on Twitter if I wanted to. I am intersted in projects like this where every single person is going to get something from me in their inbox. I like that bizarre intimacy.

HP: What tip would you have to help others become less self-conscious?

MJ: You have to let go of watching yourself to make something, at least at the beginning. Everyone knows the difference between being inside yourself and watching from the outside. The important thing is realizing you have a choice.

Get more information on "We Think Alone" here; the first email arrives on July 1.

Before he was Frodo, Elijah Wood was a child model. The "Lord of the Rings" and "Wilfred" star discussed his child model past on "Conan."

There weren't a lot of acting roles for a young boy in Iowa, so Wood's mother signed him up for some modeling gigs.

“Like, I did some print work and then I did, like, I walked a catwalk at, like, a mall," Wood told Conan O'Brien. “I think I was, like, 6? Or 5 or 6?”

O'Brien then showed one of Wood's vintage catwalk photos. "What is imprinted into my mind, at that age, to do that?” Wood asked, mimicking his pose.

"Conan" airs weeknights, 11 p.m. ET on TBS.

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NEW YORK — The Broadway-bound musical "The Bridges of Madison County" has its new lovers – Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale.

Producers said Wednesday that O'Hara, last on Broadway in "Nice Work If You Can Get It," will star opposite Pasquale, who was in "Reasons To Be Pretty."

The show, with songs by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Marsha Norman, will debut at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts this August and then land at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in January. Previews begin Jan. 13.

Based on Robert Waller's best-selling novel, the story features Iowa's covered bridges as the focal point for a romance between a woman and a photographer.

Norman won a Tony for writing "`night, Mother" and Brown wrote the Tony nominated "Parade" and "The Last Five Years."