'Scandal' Mid-Season 3 Catch Up: Where Do We Go From Here?

February 26, 2014, 5:29 am

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It feels like "Scandal" has been on hiatus forever. The Season 3 winter finale, "A Door Marked Exit," aired Dec. 12 and left so many questions unanswered. "Scandal" returns on Thursday (Feb. 27) for the second half of Season 3, and will hopefully bring answers, passionate monologues and, if we know Shonda Rhimes, more questions.

Before then, take the time to get reacquainted with Olivia Pope and her associates. Spoilers lie ahead and they may not be pretty. But, here are all the questions still left unanswered, as we head into the final half of "Scandal" Season 3.

Will Sally get away with literal murder?
Sally Langston killed Daniel Douglas. The bible-thumping Vice President was about to make a run for president with her closeted husband by her side. But after finding out he slept with James, Sally lost it. In a fit of rage she stabbed him and called Cyrus, who helped her cover up the crime. With the help Quinn, Charlie and a doctor who doesn't look too closely -- he just assumed his heart stopped earlier -- it seems like Sally might get away with murder. But as "Scandal" viewers know, nothing is as it seems in Shondaland.

What will David Rosen do with Sally's recorded near-confession?
When Sally called Cyrus to confess/ tell him the devil got inside her, she didn't know that tech hot-shot Shelby Moss had coded the NSA software to hack into cell phones. Apparently the hack extends to the VP and President's chief of staff. Sure, we'll go along with that. In the preview below of Thursday's episode, David lets James -- now the White House Press Secretary -- listen to the conversation, but what will they do with it?



Where exactly is Mama Pope?
Olivia sent her mother on a plane to Hong Kong to keep her safe from Papa Pope, which is all well and good until -- MAJOR TWIST -- Mama Pope hijacks the plane and takes it to Mongolia. From there, she's in the wind. Olivia and the audience learn she's actually a hired gun who's been using an alias since age 16. The last time we saw her she was dumping a prepaid burner cell (we assume) in a trash can outside the White House. Who knows when we'll see her next, or what she'll do in the meantime.

Whose side is Quinn really on?
Quinn, Quinn, Quinn. What are we going to do with her? Quinn ripped out the tracking device Huck popped in her tooth (remember "YOLO"?), which makes it seem like she's playing for Charlie. "You're not a gladiator anymore," Huck told her. But when she hugged Charlie, something was off. Could she be plotting to kill him? Or someone in B613 to show her loyalty to Huck, Olivia and the gladiators? How can she bounce back from this?

Will Jake lose all of his humanity as leader of B613? Is he really in command?
The end of "A Door Marked Exit" saw Jake take command of B613. We're led to believe that Fitz put him in position after being told certain information was "above his pay grade, Mr. President." But, it's hard to believe he's really in charge.

What will happen to the first family with Fitz and Mellie's other kids in the mix?
TVLine reported that Shonda Rhimes cast guest-starring roles for Mellie and Fitz's older kids, Jerry and Karen, and they will appear in Episode 15. Since we learned Mellie was raped by Fitz's father, viewers were left with the question: Is Fitz's son really his brother? Due to the fast-paced nature of "Scandal," we can hope for answers.

It's time for Harrison's backstory! What's in store for Adnan Salif's return?
Harrison's mysterious backstory has been described as a "gun on the wall," and Rhimes promised we'd learn more about it as the season progressed. In "YOLO" we learned that Cyrus Beene put wheels in motion to have Adnan Salif, who has something to do with Harrison, back in the U.S. and it's prompted Harrison to want a gun (see clip below).



What else do you want to know before "Scandal" returns?

"Scandal" Season 3 returns on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 10 p.m. EST on ABC.

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February 26, 2014, 5:47 am

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Kat Dennings made quite the appearance in a dress with a plunging neckline at the "Late Show with David Letterman."

Dennings stunned in the dark, fitted frock and red lipstick while at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on Tuesday (Feb. 25). The 27-year-old actress is currently promoting Season 3 of "2 Broke Girls."

While chatting with Letterman, Dennings explained how that show apparently helped her get some immediate treatment in an emergency room after she cut her hand with a butcher knife.

"My mom goes up to the lady and goes, 'Um, I don't know if you watch television, [but] my daughter has a very bad flesh wound and she's on a show on CBS,'" she said. "And the lady actually knew it and she took me in. But isn't it messed up ... that I, because I'm on a show, got to go before everybody else? It's messed up."

Kristen Wiig Is Reportedly Selling Her SoHo Home For $2.6 Million

February 26, 2014, 5:52 am

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Kristen Wiig was so ready to move out of her SoHo loft, she emptied the place even before she put it on the market.
The barren apartment may not look like much, but the price tag says otherwise.

It’s all yours for $2.595 million, CB! has confirmed.

Jackée Harry Talks About Her Son Frank, Motherhood And Prioritizing Her Career (VIDEO)

February 26, 2014, 6:01 am

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When comedian Jackée Harry first appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1995, she had already become the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for a supporting role in a comedy series, had starred alongside Oprah in "The Color Purple" and was starring on the hit sitcom "Sister, Sister." Her career was progressing, but there was a personal journey Harry desperately wanted to take: motherhood.

Harry told Oprah back then that she wanted to have a child and was looking into the possibility of finding a donor. Oprah didn't think Harry's desire to be a mother would last long, but two years after that interview, Harry adopted her son Frank. She reflects on the experience on an episode of "Oprah: Where Are They Now?"

"When I was last on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' she said, 'You want a child?'" Harry remembers. "I said, 'Yeah!' I mean, I was in that zone. She said, 'It'll pass.' I said, 'No, it won't.' She said, 'It will.' Only because she knew I was a career woman."

The working mother has no qualms about prioritizing her career, then or now. "My career [came] first -- and it still does," Harry says plainly. "And I don't mind talking about it. I ain't got no big shakes about it because it's a choice. I like what I do."

Frank is now all grown up and Harry says that she was smitten with him the second she saw him as an 8-month-old almost two decades ago. "When I saw him it was love at first sight," Harry remembers. "Just instant."

For his part, Frank loves having Harry as his mom. "I love her very much," he says, hugging her tightly.

"Oprah: Where Are They Now?" airs on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Rihanna's New Bob Is A Nod To 'Pulp Fiction'

February 26, 2014, 6:03 am

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Rihanna graced the cover of Vogue's March issue with a stylish pixie, but the singer was spotted in Paris on Tuesday, Feb. 25, looking quite different.

RiRi was seen arriving at the Bercy arena for Drake's concert, whom she also joined on stage. The star, who just turned 26, is now sporting a shoulder-length bob with bangs.

If her prolific Instagram is any indication, the singer has been wearing her hair in a Mia Wallace fashion since mid-February and has stuck to it all throughout her birthday celebrations.

This isn't the first time Rihanna has tried on the bob-bangs combo. Back in November 2013, she shared the look on Instagram, after wearing her hair in a mullet on tour. It was speculated to be a wig then, and may possibly be a wig now, but does it matter? Look how fab she looks.

Such an inspiring hair chameleon you are, Ri.



Rih and her bob on stage with Drake:

This Better, Better, Better Not Be Real, Kylie Jenner

February 26, 2014, 6:08 am

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Kylie Jenner has had lots and lots of fake, drawn-on Sharpie tattoos over the last few months, friends, but this one looks ... well, it looks kind of permanent. While it wouldn't be a big deal if it were, say, Kendall Jenner (who's 18), Kylie still is only 16 years old, and don't you think that's a little young to make a longer-term commitment like permanent ink on a very visible area of your arm?

National Enquirer Will Apologize For Philip Seymour Hoffman Rumor

February 26, 2014, 6:13 am

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The National Enquirer and its publisher, American Media Incorporated, will make a formal apology and be required to fund a playwriting organization after falsely claiming that playwright David Bar Katz was the late Philip Seymour Hoffman’s gay lover in a story first debunked by Gossip Cop.

Charlotte Rampling Is The New Face Of NARS Cosmetics

February 26, 2014, 6:15 am

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If you watched the last season of "Dexter" and some good French thrillers, then you know who Charlotte Rampling is.

Well, you'll be seeing a lot more of her as she will star in the next NARS Cosmetics campaign, just in time for the beauty brand's 20th anniversary happening in September. Women's Wear Daily reports that the 68-year-old actress has been an influential face for the brand, noting that NARS' founder and creative director François Nars will oversee the entire production, down to the photography.

This isn't the first time a young model hasn't been booked for a major campaign this year. Earlier this month, 45-year-old supermodel Stephanie Seymour was announced as the new spokesmodel for Estée Lauder. And age proves to be nothing but a number for greats like Carmen Dell'Orefice, 82, and Jacky O'Shaughnessy, 62, who has posed for American Apparel.

While there are no photos of the campaign as of yet, we can't wait to see Rampling radiate her classic beauty for the cosmetics line.

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'The Missing Picture' Oscars Win Would Be Historic For Cambodia

February 27, 2014, 5:15 am

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The office of Cambodia's most celebrated filmmaker is filled with books on the Khmer Rouge. On his desk, on the walls, in the filing cabinets and in every corner of Rithy Panh's dimly lit office are memories of his country's greatest tragedy.

Probing the painful past started as a coping mechanism for Panh and evolved into a career. For the past two and a half decades, Panh has made movies that he considers his duty as a survivor, and his debt to the dead. His latest, "The Missing Picture," is the first time he has focused on his own story of loss and tormented survival. It's also the first Cambodian film to be nominated for an Academy Award, and could win Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars this weekend.

The 51-year-old filmmaker said he makes movies because "I had to find a way to work with my memories."

"When you survive a genocide, it's like you've been radiated by a nuclear bomb," Panh said during an interview at his Phnom Penh office, which is inside a film preservation center that he runs. "It's like you've been killed once already, and you come back with death inside of you."

Many of Pahn's movies have been documentaries that have earned critical acclaim but limited commercial success. He has interviewed the regime's former torturers, prison guards and survivors as part of his conviction that Cambodia must face its past to build a better future.

"The Missing Picture" is a poetic and highly original film in which the starring roles are played by static clay figures. It may be his most celebrated work yet: Even before the historic Oscar nomination, it won the top prize in the "Un Certain Regard" competition at last year's Cannes Film Festival, an award for especially creative or thought-provoking films.

The nomination itself is a victory for Panh and for Cambodia, where a film industry is only now re-emerging after Pol Pot's reign of terror from 1975 to 1979.

"I don't have the impression of going to Los Angeles all alone," said Panh, describing himself as brimming with "enormous pride" a few days before leaving for Hollywood. "I feel like I'm going with my whole country."

The Khmer Rouge era left more than 1.7 million people dead, mostly from starvation, medical neglect, slave-like working conditions and execution. The regime executed artists, writers and filmmakers as part of its Maoist vision to eliminate the educated elite and transform the country into an agrarian utopia.

Panh was 13 when Pol Pot's army entered Phnom Penh, the capital, on April 17, 1975. It emptied the cities, shut schools and hospitals and forced the entire population to labor in the countryside.

During the four-year genocide, Panh watched his parents, his sisters and several young nieces and nephews die of illness and hunger.

After the regime fell in 1979, Panh fled to Thailand and then took refuge in Paris, a place that remains for him "a kind of womb," a city at the right distance from his haunted memories that nurtured his intellect. It was there he discovered his passion for making movies and studied filmmaking. Most of his films, including "The Missing Picture," are joint French-Cambodian productions.

After a decade abroad, Panh returned home to start making movies with the unique perspective of both an insider and an outsider, say those who have studied his work.

"Rithy Panh has a special way of looking straight back into the nightmare," said Thai filmmaker and movie critic Kong Rithdee. "He looks back and remains very calm and honest about the subject matter. He never rushes to judge."

Kong calls "The Missing Picture" one of the most memorable movies ever made about the Khmer Rouge era.

"You hardly sense any anger," Kong said. "As the viewer, you feel angry, but the film doesn't feel angry."

The film, based on Panh's 2012 memoir, "The Elimination," intertwines Cambodia's national nightmare with Panh's personal story. It mixes archival video footage, Khmer Rouge propaganda clips and a first-person narration in French.

To represent his deceased relatives, Panh used hundreds of carefully carved clay figures — an idea that came to him only after he started filming. After initially struggling to find a way to portray people and places that no longer exist, Panh discovered that one of his set designers could sculpt brilliantly with clay.

"I saw something pure in it," he said. "We all come from dust and earth. And after the filming my characters returned to the earth and dust. I found that idea to be beautiful."

The title "The Missing Picture" was partly inspired by Panh's search for a photograph of an execution that a Khmer Rouge guard once told him about.

"The missing picture — maybe it's the images of genocide that don't exist. Maybe they're lost, maybe they're buried somewhere, maybe someone hid them," said Panh. "What interested me was the search for this image, which is what led me to tell the story."

The title also refers to a more personal picture he will never get to see.

"It's the one that I miss the most. It's to see my parents get older, to be able to share time with them now, to help them, to love them, to give them back what they gave me," he said, lowering his voice. "I would prefer to have my parents with me than to make movies about the Khmer Rouge."

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February 27, 2014, 5:18 am

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Meet Henry Aitken.

The Wolf of Wall Street actress Margot Robbie has reportedly found love on the set of her new film Z for Zachariah with a member of the production team.

'Non-Stop' Review: Liam Neeson Churns Out Another One

February 27, 2014, 5:20 am

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Settling in for a film that takes place almost entirely on an airplane, as does the latest Liam Neeson action flick "Non-Stop," one's instinct is to search for the nearest sleeping pill.

The prospect of nearly two hours on an airliner, without the complimentary peanuts, is not quite the sensory experience we typically seek in the movies. After federal air marshal Bill Marks (Neeson) morosely guzzles some whiskey in his car outside JFK Airport, he boards the plane headed for Heathrow that he's to protect, that will be the setting from here on out. If you're now hitting the "call flight attendant" button for help, you'll be pleased with the results. Things pick up when down the aisle strolls stewardesses Michelle Dockery and Lupita Nyong'o. The plane populates with our cast: Julianne Moore (Marks' chatty seatmate), a school teacher (Scoot McNairy), a tough New Yorker (Corey Stroll) and a Muslim doctor (Omar Metwally).

Neeson begins getting mysterious text messages from a hijacker on board — a snake on the plane, if you will — who says someone will die every 20 minutes until $150 million is sent to an off-shore account.

The cabin pressure steadily rises. It could be anyone on the plane, a clever little conceit reflective of today's air travel: Everyone is treated like a suspect. In the film's best image, Marks has all the passengers hold their hands up.

But, as with so many high-concept films, it takes an awful lot of implausibility to keep the story airborne. The manner of the deaths turns suspicion to Marks, himself, and even his boss (via phone) believes he's the terrorist. Most incredulously, the plot is propelled by the live coverage of the incident by NY1, that cute little local New York cable channel.

Moore breathes life into the claustrophobia, as does Dockery — both helpful aids to Marks. Nyong'o, the young Oscar-nominated actress of "12 Years a Slave," has barely a line, but sports a cool flat top.

But the question is — as was with the similarly European-backed, one-word titled thrillers "Taken," ''Taken 2" and "Unknown" — what to make of this unlikely action hero turn for Neeson at 61? "Non-Stop" is directed by the Spanish-born filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra, who also helmed "Unknown." Now they're churning them out.

The movies, "Non-Stop" included, are simple, mostly serviceable genre flicks that are smart enough to dispense with exposition but not witty enough to put three acts together.

Neeson's presence — wounded, intelligent, honorable — is much sturdier than these films, which he elevates with ease. It's not an issue of him lowering himself to them, but of these films not raising themselves to Neeson.

On "60 Minutes" recently, Neeson was himself bemused and rather sheepish about this career turn to movies he acknowledged were "straight-to-video" stuff. But his suggestion that he came to "Taken" and the rest because it allowed him to busy himself after the death of his wife, Natasha Richardson, gives these movies a melancholy poetry: The weary Neeson, kicking butt to keep the demons at bay.

"Non-Stop," a Universal Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "intense sequences of action and violence, some language, sensuality and drug references." Running time: 106 minutes. Two stars out of four.

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MPAA definition of PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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

The Unexpected Phone Call Tika Sumpter Got From Oprah (VIDEO)

February 27, 2014, 5:25 am

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On Tuesday nights, millions tune in to watch "Tyler Perry's The Haves and The Have Nots," a drama series on OWN that explores the complicated dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work in their opulent mansion in Savannah, Ga.

When Perry was casting the series, he knew who he wanted to play the female lead. He had worked with actress Tika Sumpter ("Gossip Girl," "One Life to Live") on his film "Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas," and asked if she'd join the cast of his TV series as Candace Young, the vixen.

Perry says Sumpter told him she needed to think about it -- a "no," in his book. What changed her mind? In the above clip from "The Tyler Perry Show," he asked Sumpter to explain.

"Well, Oprah did call me," Sumpter says. "She called me twice, actually."

Sumpter says she was at an awards show when she got the call. "People were loud," she says. "I wanted to say, 'Oprah's on the phone, shut up!'"

Oprah called back a second time, when Sumpter was in her car. Rather than trying to convince Sumpter to take the role, she says Oprah told her she is the captain of her own ship. "She even said, 'Honey, I don't talk people into doing anything they don't want to do,'" Sumpter says. "She said, 'But I feel special about this one.'"

"And she was right," Sumpter agrees.

Part 2 of "The Tyler Perry Show," a three-part special airs Tuesday, March 4, at 10 p.m. ET on OWN.

Chiwetel Ejiofor And Oprah Discuss The True Story Of '12 Years A Slave' (VIDEO)

February 27, 2014, 5:26 am

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Chiwetel Ejiofor is nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Solomon Northup, a free man who was sold into slavery, in "12 Years a Slave."

Ejiofor says the "detail and the humility and the poetry," in Northrup's autobiography inspired his performance. While reading the script for the first time, Ejiofor says he couldn't believe he hadn't heard Northrup's story before.

The film's director, Steve McQueen, felt it was important to bring Northrup's story to light. McQueen told The New York Times recently, "I made this film because I wanted to visualize a time in history that hadn't been visualized that way. I wanted to see the lash on someone's back. I wanted to see the aftermath of that psychological and physical. I feel sometimes people take slavery very lightly, to be honest."

Ejiofor agrees McQueen accomplished that. "I think it was that combination," he says in the above video from "Oprah's Next Chapter." "That combination of the physical and the psychological is such an interesting part of the film and part of the book … Solomon Northrup is a man who sort of, in one sense, believes in the beginning of the film that he is trying to regain his freedom. But he comes to realize, in a way, that actually this is all a struggle for his mind."

"To keep his sanity," Oprah says.

"What you do so brilliantly is you allow us in to feel and experience that through Solomon Northrup," she tells Ejiofor. "You really do."

"Oprah's Next Chapter" airs on OWN.

Adam Sandler Sings To Pregnant Drew Barrymore On ‘Fallon'

February 27, 2014, 5:27 am

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Adam Sandler sings a song to his friend and frequent co-star Drew Barrymore while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday evening (February 26) in New York City.

Jon Gosselin: Kate 'Can Go and F--king Die'

February 27, 2014, 5:34 am

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Jon Gosselin destroys his ex-wife Kate on the next “Couples Therapy” in an explosive, explicit rant.

In the clip (see below), the father of eight unloads on his “narcissistic” ex, whose lawsuit against him and their years of fighting boil over in some brutally honest moments on the reality show.

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Jeff Goldblum Hasn't Been Called For 'Jurassic World'

February 27, 2014, 5:36 am

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While doing press for his new film, Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (the full interview will publish closer to the film's March 7 release), the topic of our conversation with Jeff Goldblum drifted toward his illustrious career and the fact that two of his most well known blockbusters -- "Independence Day" and "Jurassic Park" -- will be adding new sequels soon.

"Independence Day" director Roland Emmerich had already revealed that Goldblum was in talks to reprise his role in the upcoming sequel, but it's surprising to hear Goldblum admit why he's not appearing in the upcoming "Jurassic World." It's the same reason he didn't appear in "Jurassic Park III" ... nobody called him.

When you hear about "Jurassic World," do you think to yourself, I could still do that? I know you didn't come back for "Jurassic Park III."
Yeah, and they haven't called me for "4," I know Steven Spielberg isn't directing it ...

Is that why you didn't do the third movie, because Spielberg didn't direct it?
No. Nobody asked me.

I didn't know that. I always assumed it was your decision.
No, nobody asked me, but I was perfectly satisfied with the two that I did. I'm still satisfied with that and I'll be the first in line to see anything else, so, you know. But, "Independence Day" ...

When I spoke to Roland Emmerich last summer, he was adamant you were coming back, along with Judd Hirsch and everyone else except Will Smith.
Oh, good, so he's talked about it. Yeah, they've talked to me about it and I've talked to them about it and they're excited and I'm anxious and eager to see -- I haven't read anything -- what they cook up. You know, I think they're trying to put it together.

Mike Ryan is senior writer for Huffington Post Entertainment. You can contact him directly on Twitter.

When Julia Roberts Was A First-Time Oscar Nominee

February 27, 2014, 5:45 am

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Julia Roberts is a 2014 Oscar nominee for her role in "August: Osage County," but in honor of Throwback Thursday (or #tbt as the kids say), we wanted to remember a simpler time. Back in 1990, at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards, Roberts was a first-time nominee for her performance in "Steel Magnolias." Her date for the evening was Kiefer Sutherland. They looked like this:



The 86th Annual Academy Awards are set for March 2.

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February 27, 2014, 6:07 am

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Beyonce sure knows how to vacation.

The "XO" superstar posted a bunch of photos to her Tumblr page from a recent trip, and it looks like the Carters had an amazing family vacation. Along with stunning landscape shots, Beyonce posted a collection of swimsuit poses.

She also shared a snapshot of little Blue Ivy playing at the beach in an adorable ruffled swimsuit of her own.

It's understandable why Beyonce needs a holiday every now and then. She is currently in London on the European leg of The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, which kicked off last year. She'll wrap up in Portugal come March.

Why I Just Can't Quit 'Grey's Anatomy'

February 27, 2014, 6:19 am

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I have been a loyal follower and die-hard tween fan of "Grey's Anatomy" since it first aired in 2005. Now, as a discerning adult, I've heard and deflected every charge against the show -- from "it's way too dramatic" to "it's downright ridiculous." Shonda Rhimes would tell all of the haters to sit down, because "Grey's" has been on the air for almost a decade and has a very faithful fan following.

I don't care if you're a fictional character or real person, there is no better friendship than that of Meredith Grey and Christina Yang. McDreamy, McSteamy (RIP in my heart forever and always) and Major McHottie are the best looking men on television and I would marry any of them in a hot second. And honestly, where else are you going to find non-stop medical mysteries, natural disasters and freak accidents? That's right, nowhere.

To those who have either fallen off the "Grey's Anatomy" bandwagon or refused to get on it in the first place (and to my fellow loyal Greyers), here are 13 reasons why I've stuck around and followed the show's characters through life's most tumultuous, dramatic and bizarre hurdles:

1. Meredith and Christina's friendship is the perfect depiction of BFFs.



2. It boasts one of the most diverse casts on television.



3. You have absolutely no idea what natural disaster/medical mystery/life-threatening emergency will happen next.



Seriously though, where else can you find a ticking bomb in a live dude's chest?



4. The cast is downright smoldering.



I mean c'mon...



No, but really...



5. Meredith and Derek's relationship has been marked by many ups and downs -- a surprise visit from Derek's previous unresolved marriage and breaking up said marriage, just to name two -- but I happily board the emotional roller coaster season after season.



6. Christina Yang is the biggest badass and I want to be her when I grow up.



7. The relationships portrayed are as diverse as the cast.



8. The characters deal with serious, real-life issues, like Richard's alcoholism and Izzy losing the love of her life, Denny.



9. The characters deal with completely ridiculous, dramatic issues that would never happen in real life. (Who would say no to a man like that stopping your wedding? C'mon people.)



10. Non. Stop. Drama.



11. The soundtracks are always amazing and inevitably end up on repeat on my iTunes.



12. Bailey is everything I would want in a real-life doctor (unlike the rest of the characters, who I would love to be BFFs with, but would run away from if they came near me in a hospital).



13. The amount of sex that goes down in "Grey's Anatomy" on-call rooms is inconceivable and awesome. Two hours in an on-call room with McSteamy? Sign me up ASAP.





So Ms. Rhimes, don't even think of ending my beloved "Grey's Anatomy." Or you'll have to deal with this...

Neil Patrick Harris Tweets About His Last Time Playing Barney On 'How I Met Your Mother'

February 27, 2014, 6:21 am

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Looks like this is the end of the road for Barney Stinson.

Neil Patrick Harris, who has played Barney for the last nine years on "How I Met Your Mother," sent out a tweet after delivering his last lines as everyone's favorite ladies' man:

I just uttered my last word as Barney "Awesomepants" Stinson today. Nine years. Man, time sure flies when you're having fun...

— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) February 26, 2014

On top of Alyson Hannigan's teary-eyed finale script reading, this proves that the final hour of "How I Met Your Mother" is going to be emotional, to say the least.

The series finale of "How I Met Your Mother" airs March 31 on CBS.