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Lindsay Lohan Suing Grand Theft Auto V Makers For Using Her Likeness (REPORT)

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Lindsay Lohan reportedly plans to sue the makers of popular video game "Grand Theft Auto V" for using her likeness in promotional material.

The actress has allegedly reached out to her lawyers to pursue legal action against Rockstar Games, the developer behind the "Grand Theft Auto" franchise, according to TMZ. The point of contention is purportedly their use of Lohan's image in promos for GTA V.

The game features a supposed Lohan look-alike attempting to escape the paparazzi and being cajoled into filming a sex tape at a hotel that resembles the Chateau Marmont, TMZ noted. The cover of the game is also in question. It shows a blonde woman dressed in a red bikini taking a selfie that could be the former "Mean Girls" star.

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Forbes has some issues with the purported Lohan lawsuit.

"The paparazzi missions obviously do satirize people like Lohan, and the game’s writers may have even had Lohan in mind when they wrote those scenes," Forbes' Erik Kain wrote. "It’s more likely that they are amalgams of various generic celebrities, though, rather than Lohan specifically. Certainly I think it would be very difficult to prove."

And the cover girl illustration is actually meant to resemble model Shelby Welinder, who was hired by Rockstar in 2012 for the advertisement, the Daily Dot previously reported.

It will likely be tough for Lohan to prove that GTA V, which scored $1 billion in sales in just three days after its release back in September, blatantly used her image. Plus, she already has one failed lawsuit under her belt.

In February, Lohan sued Pitbull for using a "disparaging and defamatory" lyric about her in his song "Give Me Everything." A judge threw the suit out as the song is a work of art protected under the First Amendment.

A representative for Rockstar Games could not be immediately reached for comment.

The Coen Brothers Talk 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' Maturity, And Inspiration

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NEW YORK (AP) — "If you're trying to assign the trait of maturity to us, frankly, it won't wash."

A conversation with the filmmaking brothers Ethan and Joel Coen has only just gotten started when Ethan, quite gleefully, puts a stop to any discussion of growth, evolution or development. Now in their late 50s, the Coens have a host of awards, including best picture for their tense, bone-dry Cormac McCarthy adaptation "No Country for Old Men." Their last film, the much Oscar-nominated Charles Portis adaptation "True Grit," was an unexpected box-office hit, earning $250 million worldwide. Somewhat shockingly, they are — to use the much sought-after label in their "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" — bona fide.

Their latest, the folk music tale "Inside Llewyn Davis," continues the trend of awards-season releases with more realism than, say, the screwball of "The Hudsucker Proxy" or the surrealism of "The Big Lebowski."

The Coens don't dismiss the trend. They just predict its imminent expiration date.

"If you're trying to make a developmental statement about us," Ethan explains, "it might not ..."

"It might not stand the test of the next movie," says Joel, finishing the sentence. They chuckle with tickled delight, like boys who are getting away with something, at the thought of their next opus. (More on that later.)

For now, there's "Inside Llewyn Davis," the latest zag in a career full of wholly unpredictable hopscotching through noir ("Blood Simple," ''Miller's Crossing"), farce ("Burn After Reading," ''The Ladykillers") and less categorical quandaries ("A Serious Man").

Tracking the Coens is, famously, a fool's game. What leads them down Los Angeles bowling alleys? Or into a '50s-era barber shop? Aided by the Dave Van Ronk memoir "The Mayor of MacDougal Street," they arrived at specifically 1960-61 Greenwich Village for "Inside Llewyn Davis" because it exists on the cusp of history, ahead of Bob Dylan's arrival.

Oscar Isaac stars as the title character, a folk guitar player and singer whose beautiful playing is contrasted by his foul-mouthed, cynical downtown life, which he spends hopping from couch to couch, gig to gig. The Coens, with T Bone Burnett, fill the film with full performances of less famous songs from the era, all but one of which was filmed live (rather than to playback).

On a recent fall afternoon, the Coens granted an interview with The Associated Press at their Tribeca office, a narrow three-story apartment with editors working on the bottom floor on a concert documentary of the movie's music, to air on Showtime on Dec. 13. To accommodate a reporter, Ethan lugged a chair up to the small top-floor perch where the brothers brainstorm and script. An Oscar statuette, though perhaps not one of their real awards, sat in the adjoining bathroom.

From here their movies are born, generated from the pingponging between their similarly imaginative, comic minds.

They also start most films in an unusually specific way. "Miller's Crossing" began with a hat floating away into the woods. "Burn After Reading" started when they pronounced that they would never, ever open a film "CIA Headquarters: Langley, Virginia." But the sheer antithesis of the idea became its greatest attraction: They peopled their version of a hyper-techno spy thriller with the most emphatically human characters.

Some openings don't immediately lead anywhere. They had the start of "O Brother" — "three dopes chained together" — but didn't know where it went for three or four years.

Often, their genre hopping is predicated more on books than movies. "Miller's Crossing" was an attempt to do Dashiell Hammett, says Ethan. "The Man Who Wasn't There" was self-consciously James M. Cain. "Big Lebowski" was their version of Raymond Chandler: "It was kind of a Raymond Chandler goof, but it IS Raymond Chandler," says Ethan.

What draws them to a certain place and time? Says Joel: "Sometimes, it's having a vague recollection of (a period), but not actually having lived through it."

The look of "Inside Llewyn Davis" (cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel stepped in for their usual director of photography, Roger Deakins, while he worked on "Skyfall") was inspired by things like the album cover of "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" and a YouTube video of Jack Kerouac wandering around the Village.

It's the fifth film for the Coens with Burnett, who describes his role as "the piano player in the theater."

"The beautiful part about it is how surprising they always are," says Burnett.

But the Coens' way of working is preternaturally calm and steady. Their scripts are usually set before shooting, the dialogue made precise. (Ethan, who has written plays on his own, once penned a poem "to the English language" in which he thanked it for all it had given him, especially its help in picking up girls.)

Says Isaac, "There's no vanity. They don't even tell you if it's good." Justin Timberlake, who plays a more chipper folk singer, says "They're laser focused, but they keep the blood pressure right at the same level." Carey Mulligan, who plays a singer bitter from a regretful night with Llewyn, says, "They kind of want you to just do your job."

"Inside Llewyn Davis" is in many ways a film about the vagaries of show business success: Llewyn's fate hinges on catching a break. But the Coens' fate was never much in question. Not long after Joel graduated from film school, he and Ethan were able to find funding for their debut, "Blood Simple," which was received well.

"It could have gone the other way," says Ethan. "We're on the other side of the coin than this character."

"We had enough success and enough stroking early on that we never felt like we were struggling and about to get bitter," says Joel. "We were incredibly lucky that way. But look around at all the people you know who do all kinds of things, a lot of those people are just as good as you are at what they do. And some of them really struggle. What is the reason for that?"

Right now, the brothers are plainly excited about what they're writing, which they proudly explain, is set in ancient Rome. It's the allure of the unexpected, all over again.

"It's like: Would you ever do a sandal movie?" laughs Joel. "It's big," says Ethan, grinning.

Though their movies usually revel in the absurdity of life's predicaments, Ethan promises this film has answers: "It's not like our piddly 'A Serious Man.'" Chimes Joel: "That was a cop-out. We just totally chickened out on that one."

"We hadn't grown up," says Ethan. "In that respect, OK, we have matured. We're ready to answer the big questions now."

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Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jake_coyle

Michael Bublé Discusses Recording a Unique Christmas Album: "A Dream Come True and Years in the Planning"

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This question originally appeared on Quora.
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Answer by Michael Bublé, Grammy Winning Singer/Songwriter


It's no secret that I love the holidays, all the traditions and especially Christmas music, so for me creating my Christmas album was a dream come true and years in the planning. I thought about how and what I would record for on my Christmas album for ages. I always keep in mind how much these songs meant to me and still do to me and my family while I was growing up so when I went into the studio to make the record, I kept imagining how it would sound playing it surrounded by my family.

I played Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas" all year around. We decorated the recording studio - yes it was summertime -- but it was the perfect atmosphere to get into the holiday spirit.

This will be my new son's very first Christmas so he'll be the ultimate judge on how good a job I did when we play the album over the holidays. Let's hope he smiles or falls asleep. If he screams, I'm going to have to put on that Bing Crosby record instead

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J.J. Abrams Admits 'Star Trek' Khan Secret Was Mistake

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One of the worst kept secrets in recent Hollywood memory was that Benedict Cumberbatch had been cast as Khan in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness." Not only was Cumberbatch listed as Khan on the film's IMDb page before "Star Trek Into Darkness" was even released, but the notion that Khan was the "Star Trek" villain pre-dated the actor's involvement: Both Vulture and Latino Review reported that the famed "Star Trek" baddie was the sequel's antagonist back in December of 2011, a full 17 months before "Star Trek Into Darkness" opened in theaters.

Despite all of that existing information, Abrams and Paramount, the studio behind the film's release, hid Cumberbatch's identity. Speaking to MTV's Josh Horowitz in a recent interview, Abrams admitted that may have been an error.

"The truth is I think it probably would have been smarter just to say upfront 'This is who it is.' It was only trying to preserve the fun of it, and it might have given more time to acclimate and accept that’s what the thing was," Abrams said. "The truth is because it was so important to the studio that we not angle this thing for existing fans. If we said it was Khan, it would feel like you’ve really got to know what ‘Star Trek’ is about to see this movie. That would have been limiting. I can understand their argument to try to keep that quiet, but I do wonder if it would have seemed a little bit less like an attempt at deception if we had just come out with it."

Abrams admission contradicts at least one report about the "Star Trek Into Darkness" marketing campaign. Back in May, before the "Into Darkness" release, Badass Digest's Devin Faraci wrote that "there was a move to reveal [Khan] during March Madness, but that never happened." How close that was to being a reality, however, is unclear: Faraci made no mention of the scrapped Khan campaign in writing about Abrams' recent comments to MTV.

For more on Abrams, including his thoughts on who should direct "Star Trek 3," head to MTV.

Paul Walker's Childhood Friends Remember A 'Fun And Carefree' Guy

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"Fast & Furious" actor and humanitarian Paul Walker, who was killed in a fiery solo car crash in Valencia on Saturday, was mourned by friends from the San Fernando Valley area Sunday as a kind soul with a carefree, fun-loving attitude.


Walker, who was born in Glendale and raised largely in nearby Sunland, and race car driver Roger Rodas were killed after Rodas lost control of a 2005 red Porsche and the car slammed into a light pole, hit a tree and exploded into flames, according to authorities and witnesses.


The two, who were good friends, died during a car show and toy drive held at a custom car shop in Valencia for Walker's Burbank-based organization Reach Out Worldwide, a nonprofit disaster relief organization the actor co-founded in 2010.


"I'm a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was always saying, I should be there; I should be helping out," Walker, 40, is quoted as saying on the nonprofit's website.


Walker rose to international stardom when he starred opposite Vin Diesel in the action film "Fast & Furious" and played the lead role in a number of subsequent action-adventure films, including "2 Fast 2 Furious" in 2003. In 2002, the blondish haired, blue-eyed actor was chosen by People Magazine as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world."


Walker, who was raised a Mormon, began his career as a child model at the age of 2, and as a young adult took supporting roles in films including "She's All That" and "Varsity Blues." He also starred in the suspense drama, "Hours," which is set for release this month.


Walker was one of four children and attended Village Christian School in Sun Valley and graduated from its high school in 1991.


"The entire Village Christian School family is saddened by the loss of our alum Paul Walker," said Tom Konjoyan, head of schools at Village Christian Schools, in a written statement. "He represented his school well in his charitable pursuits and kindness to all who knew him."


Former schoolmate Davy Muxlow, who along with his younger brother, Andy, grew up with Walker, said he will most remember how "funny, fun and carefree" their close friend was.


"He was a real great, happy guy," Muxlow, 43, of Santa Clarita said. "He mellowed a little in his older age but he's still a funny, fun guy."


Walker had a passion for surfing and snowboarding and Muxlow and his brother would often savor riding the waves together.


"He loves the ocean. He loves surfing. He loves sharks. He loves everything about it," Muxlow said, still using the present tense to describe his friend.


Andy Muxlow, who said the two were best friends while growing up, said "he's just so likeable and really cares about others. He thinks about other people before himself most of the time."


Andy Muxlow, 40, of Kingsburg, Calif., said he had last spoken to Walker a few weeks ago when the actor called him while he was shooting "Fast & Furious 7" in Georgia. His daughter Meadow, 15, had recently relocated from Hawaii to California to live with her dad.


"He said 'I love my daughter and I don't want to miss out on her life and family and caring for her'" despite his hectic schedule, he said. "He was trying to see how he can be relocated more in the L.A. area" to better care for her.


Staff Writer Kelly Goff contributed to this report. ___



Josh Brolin And Diane Lane Are Officially Divorced

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It's over.

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Josh Brolin and Diane Lane are officially divorced. Lane first filed divorce papers back in Feb. 2013, citing irreconcilable differences.

The documents were filed in Los Angeles Country Superior Court on Nov. 27 and stated that Brolin, 45, and Lane, 48, have a private financial agreement and the actress will not seek spousal support outside of that arrangement. She will however change her name back to Diane Lane -- she legally went by Diane Lane Brolin while they were married.

Brolin is currently dealing with other legal issues after he was arrested for public intoxication just before midnight on New Year's Day of this year. He has since had several drunken incidents and checked himself into rehab last month.

Brolin and Lane, who married in Aug. 2004, have no children together.

Reese Witherspoon Cuts Hair Into Long Bob For Fresh New Look

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Reese Witherspoon is the latest celebrity to get a fresh new 'do by going shorter this holiday season.

Witherspoon showed off her chic haircut this weekend when she stepped out Saturday, Nov. 30, in Santa Monica, Calif. The actress was photographed leaving a Whole Foods after grabbing some lettuce and almond nog, according to the photo agency that secured the snapshots. Her new bright blond style, which falls just above her collarbones, looked great paired with her green plaid button-down top.

This is the latest hair change-up for the 37-year-old, who went brunette back in March for her role in "The Good Lie." Her strands have been back to blond for some months now, and she still has her signature side bangs intact.

In November, Jennifer Aniston chopped six inches off her famous mane for a new look. Jennifer Lawrence also cropped her long locks in favor of a pixie cut last month and said she went short because her hair was "fried from being dyed too much."

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Mara Wilson On 'Matilda' Reunion: It Was 'Just Heartwarming'

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Former child actress Mara Wilson stopped by HuffPost Live on Monday to discuss her relationship with Hollywood, and her recent reunion with the cast of "Matilda."

Wilson, who spoke of her "mutual breakup" with the film industry, dished on the "Matilda" reunion footage, which is included on the latest Blu-ray edition of the 1996 movie.

"Oh my gosh, that was so much fun," Wilson said. "We shot it in Danny DeVito's backyard. We had a tea party and it was wonderful."

"We had a big chocolate cake, of course," Wilson continued, referencing the cake that Bruce (Jimmy Karz) is forced to eat the entirety of in the film. "Everybody was there. Pam Ferris was there, Kiami [Davael] was there ... Embeth [Davidtz] was there. It was so nice and it was just really, I mean, it was just heartwarming to see everybody and see everybody grown up and see what they'd gone through and seeing their children. I just loved every minute of it. It felt so familial."

Catch the 26-year-old actress speaking about the reunion above, and watch her full interview with HuffPost Live below.


The Kardashian Family Christmas Card 2013 Is Sort Of Bizarre

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Another holiday season, another Kardashian family Christmas card ... and 2013's is, well, over-the-top.

In the photo, shot by David LaChappelle, the ladies of the Kardashian-Jenner clan pose in a carnival-inspired room, which features neon lights, pop art, graffiti and mannequins. (Not to mention tabloids cover the already-trashed floor.) The picture presumably represents the media circus the family is constantly in.




All the women wear black as they take on their individual personas -- Kim rocks a revealing gown while Khloe and Kourtney pose with Mason and Penelope. Kris wears a leggy look and a head-piece as she sits next to Bruce Jenner, who's trapped in a glass tube labeled, "cashier." Kendall and Kylie look glamorous as they stand atop a mountain of magazines.



Noticeably absent from the holiday card are most of the Kardashian men, Rob Kardashian, Scott Disick, Lamar Odom and Kanye West, as well as Kimye's daughter, North West. (Although, there is a floating baby above Khloe's head.)

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The Sad Ironies in Paul Walker's Life and Death

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The death of actor Paul Walker over the Thanksgiving holiday is as full of sad ironies as any of the scripts of the many movies he might have made in the years to come.

The first, obvious and most powerful ironic comparison, especially to those of us in southern California's car culture, is to James Dean. Dean was killed in a powerful and rare, limited edition Porsche, not unlike, for its time, the car Walker was in on that wide Valencia boulevard just days ago.

Dean was the young actor of his times, a powerful influence on a then-burgeoning youth culture, literally a Rebel Without A Cause. His death in that Porsche outside of Bakersfield brought together youth from around the world in grief and sadness. There were other young celebrity deaths in those years, including Richie Valens and the Big Bopper, but Dean's, who drove hot rods in his films and wore leather jackets and peg-leg chino pants, touched a chord with the new post-war generation which hadn't been mined before.

Hot rods were called a scourge of that generation and used as an example by the nation's elders of everything that was wrong with the then-teenaged crowd. In response to this criticism, the National Hot Rod Association was formed in order to keep racing off the streets and on 1/4-mile drag strips such as those which then soon included Santa Ana, Pomona and Lions. The N.H.R.A. was created in southern California by automotive businessmen who were to become industry legends, including Wally Parks and Robert Petersen, founder and publisher of Hot Rod magazine.

And here was James Dean, a bone fide movie star, using hot rods as a prop, perhaps among the first time a car was used as much as a character in movies as we'd see in the future, from the police cruiser in Adam-12 to the Ferrari Dino in Magnum, P.I., custom hot rods like the Monkeemobile (a Pontiac G.T.O.) and Firebirds galore, from those in the Rockford Files to K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider to Smokey and his Bandit.

And here was Dean dying in, not an American-bred hot rod but a European car which most people in the country had never heard of back then, much less driven.

And decades later, Paul Walker would do the same thing, known for driving outrageously-prepared and -powered European and Asian hot rods in his film series, to die in a Porsche, a custom model, one of just a few hundred ever made.

And it's touching a nerve.

Immediately, Walker's death site became a shrine to all things young, fast and furious, especially the cars Walker promoted in his films.

Walker's films were not imbued with the angst of Dean's, mostly because a generation of slackers doesn't have a lot of angst to begin with. But they do have money and that money translates into small high-performance cars which have more horsepower, more powerful braking and better handling than the hot rods in Dean's films could ever dream of.

But those cars, derisively at first called Rice Rockets, came nonetheless to represent the current youth generation. I was on-the-air at Los Angeles' KTLA/TV5 reporting about cars and writing an automotive column for the Times-Mirror Syndicate when these cars were just coming of age.

And young people, starting in the 1980s, were no longer interested in the traditional hot rod; they wanted a signature car of their own generation. Hot rods, the domestic cars of the '50s and '60s with the big V8 engines, were now housed in collections owned by businessmen in their 50s and 60s.

And the ironic sad fact is that Walker's movies, the custom car magazines, even my own work encouraged the building and driving of these cars, on and off race tracks. There were and are no doubt serious wrecks involving these kinds of cars, with people hurt and even killed, but as in the days of the original hot rods, it was all considered the price we pay for our sport, the collateral damage casualties of a youth culture with the brains and the money to build an entirely new kind of car.

There's no doubt that cars, film, TV and youth culture -- and tragedy -- have traditionally been closely bound in America and that James Dean's and Paul Walker's young deaths only remind us of this.

Miranda Kerr Is Reportedly Dating Billionaire James Packer

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Fresh off her split from Orlando Bloom, Miranda Kerr has reportedly moved on with a billionaire.

Kerr is allegedly romancing James Packer, an Australian business mogul whose net worth tops $7 billion, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. On Monday (Dec. 2), Woman’s Day magazine -- which was previously owned by Packer's family -- ran a cover story about the supposed relationship with the headline "Head Over Heels: The Billionaire, The Supermodel and Their Red Hot Romance."

While neither party has officially confirmed the romance, Women's Day editor Fiona Connolly is "standing behind the story 100 percent," according to the SMH. The two are supposedly treading lightly because each is coming out of a marriage.

Kerr announced her split from Bloom in October after three years of seemingly wedded bliss. In September, Packer and his wife of six years, Erica Baxter, ended their marriage. She got a $100 million payout in November, according to the Daily Telegraph.

The moneyed Aussie and the Victoria's Secret bombshell were apparently good friends while they were both married to their significant others. The New York Post's Page Six reported Kerr, Packer and their families vacationed together in Tahiti last year. He also allegedly gave her advice when she was starting her beauty line, Kora Organics.

Still, the 30-year-old stunner seems to be on great terms with her ex. The former couple reunited in New York City this weekend when she took their son, Flynn, to watch the actor rehearse for "Romeo and Juliet" Saturday.

A rep for Kerr was not immediately available for comment.

'Matilda' Star Mara Wilson On Her 'Breakup' With Hollywood: 'I Was 13, Awkward And Gawky'

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"Matilda" star Mara Wilson's "breakup" with Hollywood was a mutual one.

"It was sort of a slow realization," the 26-year-old told HuffPost Live's Caitlyn Becker Monday (Dec. 2) about her transition away from Hollywood after reaching child stardom. "I think it was the realization that I didn't have to do it anymore. It felt like a constant in my life for a very long time ... but I was never really that crazy about it after 'Matilda,' I would say."

"After that, I wasn't as passionate about it anymore," she continued. "And people grow out of things. That's something people don't really understand."

Wilson got her start in the 1993 family flick "Mrs. Doubtfire" and then moved onto roles in "Melrose Place," "Miracle On 34th Street," "Matilda" and "Batman Beyond." But, by the time she was a teenager, she was done.

"I was 13 and I was awkward, and I was gawky, and I was not a very cute kid anymore," she added. "So, Hollywood didn't really want me at that point, and I was kind of over it, too. So, after a while, it feels like a mutual breakup. That's the way that I'd describe it."

Wilson has previously spoken out about child stars and how the fame game can change people.

Back in May -- in the midst of Lindsay Lohan's legal issues and Amanda Bynes' breakdown -- she penned a blog post on Cracked about why child stars go crazy. She cited reasons like lack of parental guidance, exploitation and the fleeting nature of celebrity.

"It's basically a real-life version of 'Logan's Run.' A child actor who is no longer cute is no longer monetarily viable and is discarded. He or she is then replaced by someone younger and cuter, and fan bases accordingly forget that the previous object of affection ever existed," Wilson wrote.

"Most of you reading this felt pretty disgusting and useless while you were going through puberty. But imagine that people you once relied on and trusted -- as well as millions of people you'd never met, who had previously liked you -- had told you then, 'Yeah, it's true. You are exactly as ugly and worthless as you feel.'"

Although she is no longer basking in the limelight, Wilson continues to share her life and insights with fans on her blog, Mara Wilson Writes Stuff.

Paris Hilton Breaks Out Her Bikini In Dubai

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December might be here, but Paris Hilton is miles away from the cold weather, yucking it up in a bikini in Dubai.

On Tuesday, the hotel heiress posted photos to her Instagram account that were snapped during her holiday in the Middle East. In the pics, Hilton wears a leopard print bikini top and matching sarong as she lounges poolside and on a sandy beach at the One&Only The Palm resort on the Palm Jumeirah, an artificial archipelago on the coast of Dubai.

"Dubai is my new Hawaii," she wrote.

The 32-year-old showcased her DJing skills on Sunday when she performed at Dubai's Cavalli Club, according to Gulf News. On Monday, she headed to the Arabian Centre to promote her new handbag line, Rouge by Paris Hilton.





Giada's Finger Fought a Knife and the Knife Won

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Last week while filming a live Thanksgiving special on the Food Network, Giada De Laurentiis experienced a slip of the knife, and sliced her finger on live television. After whispering to Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa herself!) that it was bad, Giada became a bit pale and the program cut to commercial.

Maybe "cut" is the wrong word at present moment. Sorry, Giada.

After receiving medical attention for her wounded digit, Giada came back to finish the show. But not before tweeting a photo of her finger that nearly caused us to blow chunks.





Here's hoping that Giada De Laurentiis is recovering quickly and using her pointer finger sans bandage soon! Sure, it's not a great fashion statement to wear a standard issue "finger cot" (also lovingly known in the food biz as a "finger condom") but it's really hard to say if it's less appealing to witness one of those gross accessories, or a plain-old bandage touching our food.

Well wishes aside, maybe it's just us but did anyone else think of the classic SNL skit with Dan Aykroyd as "The French Chef" a.k.a. Julia Child? It's so close to what happened to Giada that it's almost uncanny. You know, apart from Aykroyd's chicken mangling to De Laurentiis' turkey incision incident. Oh, and also there was a slight difference in blood loss, I guess. Thank goodness Giada didn't have to rely on a prop phone to get proper medical attention.


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Maybe Giada is a huge Dan Aykroyd fan pulling an homage with her finger-otomy? Or more likely she was just having an off day. Seriously. Don't ask one of us to carve a turkey. That's Dad's job.

If you need a new pointer finger in the meantime, Giada, I'm sure Miley Cyrus would be glad to lend you her foam one. Seems like that is getting little use since the VMAs.

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Lorde's Favorite Songs Of 2013 Include Daft Punk, Drake

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The singer of our favorite song of the year has now provided us with her favorite songs of the year. Lorde, Billboard champion and Queen Bee, has named Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" among her most beloved songs of 2013. Not listed in Lorde's rankings, however, are other chart-toppers, such as Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake and Jay Z. (Leave those to the stodgy music critics whose palettes aren't as dynamic as our 17-year-old powerhouse.) Here's her top 10, as seen on Triple J Radio.

Jungle -- "Drops"


Lo-Fang -- #88"


Deptford Goth -- "Feel Real"


Kanye West -- "Hold My Liquor" (feat. Chief Keef and Justin Vernon)


Major Lazer -- "You're No Good" (feat. Santigold, Vybz Kartel, Danielle Haim & Yasmin)


Majical Cloudz -- "I Do Sing For You"


Drake -- "Hold On, We're Going Home"


Daft Punk -- "Doin' It Right" (feat. Panda Bear)


Daft Punk -- "Get Lucky" (feat. Pharrell Williams)


James Blake -- "Overgrown"


[via Triple J Radio]

The Rich And The Poor Celebrate Thanksgiving So, So Differently

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The holidays are supposed to bring us all together, but sometimes they expose our differences. At Thanksgiving, for example, the monumental gap between rich and poor became even more painfully obvious than usual.

While wages have stagnated for most Americans since the economic crisis, the rich have just kept getting richer. The folks at Rich Kids Of Instagram offer a daily-curated portrait of the wretched excess of the wealthy, including proof that Thanksgiving 2013 was not an equal holiday:

While the rich traveled to Thanksgiving feasts by luxury vehicle...
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Some members working class were transported from Walmart by ambulance.



While shoppers stampeded for deals...
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The wealthy could hover above in a helicopter.
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While the rich were swinging clubs in Bermuda...
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Many Americans were fighting over discounted electronics.
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While the wealthy were dining with lavish spreads...
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Workers, like those at this Ohio Walmart, resorted to food drives for their own employees.
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Joe Manganiello Talks Alcohol Problem, Reveals He Hasn't Had A Drink In 11 Years

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Joe Manganiello wasn't always the buff werewolf you see today on "True Blood."

The 36-year-old actor stopped by HuffPost Live today (Dec. 3) to discuss his new book, "Evolution: The Cutting Edge Guide to Breaking Down Mental Walls and Building the Body You've Always Wanted," and revealed that he struggled with alcohol problem in his 20s.

"There was a period of about four years where I needed to quit drinking. And the drinking got in the way [of my career]," he told host Alyona Minkovski. "And I talk about that a lot in the book. It was one of those obstacles that I had to get over and once again I needed to clear the road in order for these things to happen, so it really is an inside job. I had to clean up my act and figure that whole situation out."

When asked if he drinks anymore, Manganiello said, "No, it's been over 11 years."

"My life was ruined," he added of his struggle. "I was homeless, careless and broke with no career, so yes, it was worth it [to get sober]."

The 6-foot-5 hunk used his newfound strength to get healthy and take care of his body. Believe it or not, Manganiello was once a skinny little kid, as you can see in the below photo.

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He told HuffPost Live that he was bullied as a teen, but that the pressure to be better made him stronger.

"Failure became a huge part of my success story," he explained. "Now, you hear about these soccer games kids play when goals aren't counted. Everybody gets the orange slice and the pat on the back and everybody says 'Good job!' And that wasn't the case for me and I think I benefited from that. I'm glad that I lost, I'm glad that I failed, I'm glad that I felt that way and decided to do something about it ... I never wanted to feel that way again and it drove me."

Paul Walker Did 'The Most Generous Thing' One Woman Had Ever Seen

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Paul Walker -- who died on Saturday in a car crash -- won't just be remembered for his starring role in the "Fast and the Furious" film franchise or his love of cars, but also for his philanthropy.

The 40-year-old actor spent the day of his death taking part in a holiday toy drive to benefit those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Phillippines, which was put on by his charity, Reach Out Worldwide.

And while it is no secret that Walker was deeply committed to helping others, an anecdote from more than a decade ago illustrates exactly the kind of man he was.

Santa Barbara jewelry saleswoman Irene King recently recounted a heartwarming story to CNN in which the actor went above and beyond to help a young U.S. military veteran who was shopping for wedding rings with his fiance.

The groom was just back from duty in Iraq, and he was going to be deployed again soon and wanted to buy a wedding ring, but he said he just could not afford it. I don't think the soldier realized how expensive those rings are, about $10,000. Walker called the manager over and said, "Put that girl's ring on my tab." Walker left all his billing info, and it was a done deal. The couple was stunned. She was thrilled and could not believe someone did this.


King said it was "the most generous thing [she had] ever seen."

Walker was in the passenger seat of a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT driven by his friend Roger Rodas when the car hit a light pole and burst into flames in Valencia, Calif. Both men died on the scene. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, speed was a factor in the crash.

The actor and his friend Roger Rodas died after the Porsche Carrera GT hit a light pole and burst into flames in Valencia, Calif. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, speed was a factor in the crash.

Head over to CNN for the full story.

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Watch Lorde's 'Team' Video Right Now: 'Holla Acne!'

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Lorde has released the new music video to her song, "Team," the latest single of her smash-hit album, "Pure Heroine." The video, which was shot in Red Hook, Brooklyn and directed by Young Replicant (The xx), is one of Lorde's favorites. "Probably the diversity of the casting!" Lorde said on Twitter when asked why she loved the "Team" video so much. "It was important to me that we cast real people with real faces. [H]olla acne!"

Lorde took to Facebook to publicize the new clip, explaining her inspiration for the video.

This video was born from a dream I had a few months ago about teenagers in their own world, a world with hierarchies and initiations, where the boy who was second in command had acne on his face, and so did the girl who was queen. I dreamt about this world being so different to anything anyone had ever seen, a dark world full of tropical plants and ruins and sweat. And of this world, I dreamt about tests that didn't need to be passed in order to be allowed in: sometimes the person who loses is stronger.


Watch the "Team" video below.

Billy Joel To Play Madison Square Garden Residency

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NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel will perform once a month at Madison Square Garden — as long as the fans will have him.

The Grammy Award-winning icon announced Tuesday that he'll perform a residency at the famed NYC venue every month for as long as New Yorkers demand. He's set to perform sold-out shows on Jan. 27, Feb. 3, March 21 and April 28. He will also perform on his 65th birthday, which is May 9. Tickets go on sale Saturday. "We're gonna dust off some stuff. We're gonna feature more of the album tracks, more obscure songs. We'll still do some songs people are familiar with and like, but we're gonna change it up. It gives you an edge," he said in an interview after the press conference.

Joel was introduced by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called the singer a "worldwide superstar who values most that he is a hometown hero," citing Joel's participation in the Concert for New York City after the Sept. 11 attacks and the 12-12-12 concert for Hurricane Sandy relief.

The Bronx-born Joel first performed at MSG in 1978. Since then, he has played at the venue 46 times.

"I said it in '78, and I'll say it again, there is no better venue in the world," he said.

Joel will perform at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on New Year's Eve. He said that show and previous shows are prepping him for his MSG run.

"We did a series of gigs in England and Ireland and they went well. That's kind of how we warmed up to this," he said.

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