George Michael has been forced to postpone two concerts after being hospitalised with pneumonia, his publicist confirmed on Wednesday.

The British singer called off his Vienna concert on Monday a mere two hours before it was due to start. He is currently receiving treatment at Vienna's AKH hospital, an Austrian state broadcaster reported, although this was not confirmed due to privacy rules.

Michael was also scheduled to perform gigs in Cardiff this weekend as part of his Symphonica tour.

His publicist Connie Filippello said on Wednesday Michael's upcoming tours in Vienna, Strasbourg, France, and Cardiff will all be rescheduled after the former Wham! star has recovered.

Her statement said future dates "will be provided when available".

Earlier this month the star played a special gig to a star-studded audience which included Sir Elton John, David Walliams and Kylie Minogue. The concert, which was at London's Royal Opera House, raised money for Sir Elton John's Aids Foundation.

Michael Fassbender, it's fair to say, has become the breakout actor of the year. This is cause to celebrate. While hugely charismatic, Fassbender does not trade on personality, presenting an Everyman who resonates with the public and stays recognizable from film to film. Think George Clooney and Tom Hanks. Rather, Fassbender manages the feat of disappearing his own person into a character. In the words of Steve Mcqueen, who directed him in the forthcoming provocation Shame, "Michael is an artist."

Currently, he can be seen in A Dangerous Method, David Cronenberg's intellectual thriller set during the birth of pyschoanalysis. Fassbender brings a steely brilliance to his portrayal of Carl Jung, an ambitious young doctor and a disciple of Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen in a droll casting choice). After treating the troubled but gifted Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) with the new "talking cure," Jung eventually becomes her lover, delivering the thrashings that turn her on. On the scientific front, he crosses swords with the more cautious Freud by insisting that the burgeoning science delve into myth and religion, while his S&M-tinged affair with Sabina also contributes to the breach with his mentor.

A few years ago, I interviewed Fassbender about Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold, in which he plays a hunky low life who moves into his girlfriend's flat in a Brit version of the projects and seduces her under-age daughter. So we're old buddies, he and I. He has a leonine head, mischievous greenish eyes that keep a secret, and an unexpected Irish accent. He's also as unassuming as when he was not quite on the radar. From the Fish Tank interview I remember him reflecting that fame is fickle and the hot boy on the block can quickly fade from view.

Erica Abeel: Wow, you've made six films in twenty months: Haywire, Jane Eyre, X Men: First Class, A Dangerous Method, Shame, Prometheus, a Ridley Scott tentpole. Since Fish Tank you've come a ways.

Michael Fassbender: Yet early on I was still very privileged to be working with great people. I seemed to be on movie makers' radar, if not the public's. I've always been very lucky to continue to work with great filmmakers and to learn as much as I can from them.

EA: With his chilly, cerebral demeanor, Jung is almost the opposite exteme from some of the virile rogues you've played. How did you build such a reined-in character?

MF: It was just an element of Jung, so you respect it and embody it. It's always nice to take something on board physically. Like the way you move as a character. Remember, they were wearing clothes with starched collars. Europe at that time was super civilized. Of course WWI on the doorstep proved that was wrong. Jung also had a sensual side. Jung is always eating a lot, when he's at Freud's place he loads his plate with food. I tried to bring in some humor. Viggo and I played around with that. When we pick Jung up in this portion of his life, he was very ambitious, determined, and insecure. Like anyone who's starting off with a belief system. But Freud and Jung also both had massive egos. Anyone who questioned their work was dismissed.

EA: How do you explain the rift between them?

MF: Freud wanted to establish boundaries for psychoanalysis. Jung believed there should be no boundaries, anything goes, any type of idea. Freud, who's coming from a Jewish background, from Austria, had an element of paranoia, which was there for a reason. Already people were saying psychoanalysis is a Jewish thing, not relevant to the Aryans. And Freud was wary of anything outside the realm of science.

EA: Were you bothered by the spanking scenes with Sabina?

MF: No

EA: Some viewers will be,

MF: I think it's part of the story. People do it. Whatever you think of, somebody somewhere is interested in it and into it, whether you're it's a foot fetish or spanking or being tied up. The Sabina we see comes to recognize what her desires are, what stimulates her sexually. Before, she found that dirty or something she needed to hide; it wasn't socially acceptable for a woman to be feeling those things. There's a very deep bond between Jung and Sabina: she's the patient, he's the doctor, and together they're trying out this new talking cure. That she was such an intelligent person intrigued him even more. He also feels he's really fulfilling her desires by spanking her. I think he's turned on by her getting turned on.

EA: Over the course of the film there's an intriguing power shift between Jung and Sabina. How would you describe it?

MF: Well, she arrives as this hysteric and Jung is very much the doctor who's in control. By the end of the film, though, when he has somewhat unraveled, the roles have sort of reversed. She's become an analyst in her own right, which is such a cool thing, that someone can come in as a patient and leave as a doctor.

EA: At the end, it's implied that Jung feels he missed out on the great passion of his life. Why did he remain with his wife?

MF: Well, she was super-wealthy. Without her he couldn't pursue his teaching. Besides, it was not uncommon in Europe for men to be married and have mistresses. Though of course the whole thing blew up in his face: Sabina was a patient and there were ethical codes he had to follow. Jung later had a mistress who was a student and lived in the house with the Jung family.

EA: That's another movie.

MF: That's the sequel. I see a franchise here! The Jung Trilogy!

EA: What was it like playing against Viggo Mortensen and Keira Knightley?

MF: These are people at the top of their game. Everyone came to work prepared. Did their homework. We had fun, played around with things. When you're working with such people, you get to heights you wouldn't reach on your own. They pull you up, it's like a little dance. They take risks but don't bring you into their process. Everyone just comes and does their thing. And Cronenberg has a great sense of humor. He's very light and nurturing. His method is like carpentry: you do little sections of a table and then at the end put the table together. As he works, he's putting the pieces together in his head.

EA: What do you do to stay in shape?

MF: I'm lucky I take after my mum's side of the family and have a really fast metabolism. When I do get into the gym whenever possible, I tend to do boxing training. Jump rope, focus mitts, heavy bag, push ups, reps, high intensity. I love to dance. I was obsessed with Michael Jackson at a young age.

EA: Who's at the top of your wish list among directors to work with?

MF: I've always been a big fan of the Coen brothers. The Big Lebowski is one of my all time faves. And Steve McQueen -- he's family to me now. We're so close on and off set. He changed my life, giving me the opportunity in Hunger. If I didn't get that break ... We were heading into a recession. There were fewer roles for fewer actors. For me, a thirty year old unknown to get a leading role, and somebody willing to take a risk -- that was a big deal and allowed me to show potential within the craft. I'm forever indebted.

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Life is good for Thomas Jane -- or it should be anyway. The 42-year-old actor has a flourishing TV career starring as a recession-era gigolo on HBO's "Hung" and has a handful of feature films on the way. But despite all his success, the former punk rocker still has a few bones to pick with society.

"There's no socially-acceptable middle age," Jane raged in a recent chat with The Huffington Post. "We have to lie about our age to get jobs, we have to dress the way we did in our 20s, with blue jeans and a t-shirt and f*cking tennis shoes. Really? I'm 40 years old and still wearing the same goddamn uniform that I wore in my 20s? So what's the new uniform -- a suit? Well, okay, everyone wears a f*cking suit. With that, you're just a suit, you're a zombie, there's no self-expression. There's no individuality within that. So it's either blend in and become a zombie, or revert to your 20s. We got nothing."

Before you write off Jane as just another 40-something man with a midlife crises, consider that his words are at least partly inspired by his new film "I Melt With You." Directed by Mark Pellington, the movie follows four high school buddies -- a depressed high-school teacher (Jane), a Wall Street shark (Jeremy Piven), a pill-pushing doctor (Rob Lowe) and a self-hating gay man (Christian McKay) -- on a trip to Big Sur for a yearly hedonistic escape that devolves into a painful reckoning.

Shot in a style reminiscent of Pellington's music videos for artists such as Pearl Jam, U2 and Bruce Springsteen, "I Melt With You" assaults the senses of the viewer -- and the nasal canals of its protagonists. But beneath all the cocaine and blaring music is a story about how men become alienated and consumed by regret as they grow older. It's a story that Jane, for one, can relate to.

"I think when you get into your 40s, you run into all this kind of crazy shit, where you're like, 'Woah, what? Wait a second, what happened? You mean I'm no longer viable, I'm no longer vital?'" said the actor, who prides himself on being edgier than most of Hollywood. "But in my 40s, I'm as sharp as I've ever been, I'm wiser than I've ever been, I'm physically in great health -- but now I'm being passed over because I'm in my f*cking 40s, by society as a whole? I'm being passed over and becoming irrelevant. You turn on the computer or you turn on the TV, all the problems are about being in your 20s and 30s. You say, 'Well, it's not sexy? Bullshit. It's as sexy as you want to make it.'"

How exactly Jane has been passed over is unclear, both in real life and on the screen. His character, a struggling author, seems to need an attitude adjustment, not affirmative action. And his friends are even more self-defeating: Lowe's doctor is the kind of quack who trades painkillers for bribes, and Piven's character is a Madoff-like con man. Still, they have redeeming qualities. At one point in the movie, Piven's character stares into the mirror and, sounding a bit like Ari Gold, tells himself, "At least I'm a good father, and faithful to my wife."

Talking to The Huffington Post, Piven likened the experience of playing the role to having "an emotional root canal." And yet, he added, "I knew that I needed to go and do this. It's just a feeling that you have. A buddy of mine is doing a documentary on decisions and they're not based on a ton of logic. It's mostly how you relate to them emotionally. I just knew in my soul that I have to go do this -- and it's going to be painful."

In an age of skyrocketing unemployment, Tea Parties and Occupy encampments, audiences may find it equally painful to try to sympathize with the wealthy, upper-middle-class white men of "I Melt With You." To their credit, however, the actors settled for nothing less than cutting themselves open and exposing the ugly truth.

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VIENNA — George Michael's publicist says the British singer has been hospitalized in Vienna with pneumonia.

Connie Filippello said Wednesday that Michael's upcoming tours in Vienna, Strasbourg, France, and Cardiff, Wales, have been postponed as a result and will be rescheduled.

Her statement said the singer has been "diagnosed with pneumonia and he is currently receiving treatment."

Austrian state broadcaster says that is happening at Vienna's AKH hospital. A woman who answered the phone there refused to comment due to privacy rules. She also did not give her name.

Michael, 48, canceled his planned Vienna concert on Monday two hours before it was due to start.

Super friendly exes!

Olivia Wilde and Italian prince Tao Ruspoli finalized their divorce in October, but on Friday, the exes reunited for a walk in NYC.

Jennifer Hudson has avoided speaking publicly about the horrific murders of her mother and brother, but in a rare moment of candor she's opened up about why she believes her life was spared that day in October 2008.

It was her fiancé, David Otunga, who inadvertently kept Hudson out of Chicago – all because he implored her to visit him in Florida where he was working with the World Wrestling Entertainment franchise.

While the march from 77th street to Macy's Herald Square on Thanksgiving morning is the main attraction, real New Yorkers get an exciting private show the night before the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Now you can get in on the fun, too.

From 3pm to 10pm, the massive balloons get blown up near the Museum of Natural History on Central Park West. Classics and fan favorites go from limp bags to gorgeous, colorful characters. All the classics (like Kermit, Mickey Mouse and Snoopy) and more contemporary stars (amongst them, Sonic and Po from "Kung Fu Panda") are coming to life in NYC.

Oh, and creating fantastic photo opportunities like the worker with his popping out underneath the balloon as its being blown up.

Check out all the photos we've got of the preparation for the 85th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Court records show a financial settlement has been agreed upon between wrestler Terry Bollea – better known as Hulk Hogan – and his ex-wife.

He agreed to give his ex-wife 40 percent ownership in his various companies and pay her an additional $3 million property settlement. Linda Bollea filed for divorce in 2009.

The settlement was confidential but came to light this week after it was attached to a new motion filed in court records.

The paper reports Linda Bollea received $7.44 million of the couple's $10.41 million that was held in bank and investment accounts. Terry Bollea will not pay his ex-wife alimony.

In Martin Scorsese's homage to cinema history, Hugo, there's a delicious moment, one of many in this stunning 3D epic, when two children, Hugo and Isabelle, attend a black and white silent Harold Lloyd movie and the actor dangles from the hands of a giant clock. Of course, this image prefigures a scene when Hugo (Asa Butterfield, the accomplished star of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) who works the clocks at Paris' Gare Montparnasse ends up in a similar posture hanging on a snowy ledge, hiding from the station's inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen). But the delight of this old movie for the children, the happiness in their faces, is truly what Scorsese is going for and achieves so masterfully in Hugo, arriving in time for the holidays and an assured "Best Picture" contender this season. "Hugo is a family movie," introduced Scorsese at Monday night's Ziegfeld premiere, and it took a beat to realize precisely what kind of family he had in mind.

The after party at the Metropolitan Club on Monday had an epic quality of its own, overshadowing even Lady Gaga's presence at Barney's down the street. Tony Bennett and Sylvia Miles commanded their own tables in the bar room as Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola and their 8-year-old filed into the larger dining room, soon crowded: cast members Sir Ben Kingsley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Michael Stuhlbarg, writers Brian Selznick, the author of the magical book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret on which the movie is based, John Logan, the screenwriter, and many others: Patricia Clarkson, Vera Farmiga, Steve Buscemi, Bob Balaban, Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova, Paul Haggis, Courtney Love, Albert Maysles, Tony Danza, Montego Glover, Amir Bar-Lev, all congratulated "Marty" as he took honors with editor Thelma Schoonmaker by his side.

By happy circumstance, The Artist is a black and white silent film, and the very few parts that are not play brilliantly with the classics of that era. Many are now asking, is The Artist a masterpiece? At last week's premiere party at 44 at the Royalton, sponsored by Hugo Boss and HP, the stars Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo and her husband, director Michel Hazanavicius chatted with well-wishers, some struggling with their French. Producer Thomas Langmann spoke about the luscious elegance of the black and white, achieved by dipping color out. In one serendipitous moment observed in the ladies' room, Parker Posey broke into a dance duet with Penelope Ann Miller. You've got to love a movie that brings such bonhomie.

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Betty White is not into "animal activism." The actress, best known for her work on "Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," is not the type to march with a sign in protest of mistreatment at zoos.

She'd rather join forces with zoos to find a solution from within.

A lifelong animal lover, White is a self-proclaimed "zoophile," appreciating the "good zoos" for what they have to offer both people and the environment, she explains in her new book, "Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo."

White acknowledges that not everyone is a fan of zoos. Organizations such as PETA have spoken out against them, writing that "cages and cramped enclosures at zoos deprive animals of the opportunity to satisfy their most basic needs ... In general, zoos and wildlife parks preclude or severely restrict natural behavior."

White feels the problems are fixable, though, and she says she has witnessed change firsthand. She recalled to The Huffington Post visiting what would become the Los Angeles Zoo at Griffith Park. "I was really kind of appalled that a city like Los Angeles had such a poor zoo ... I've never been a big demonstrator from the outside criticizing. I'd much rather get inside and help. So I started to work with the zoo and got hooked, and they haven't been able to get rid of me since."

When asked how others can work to improve zoos, White suggested, "Write an article and put it in your local newspaper." Then her voice strengthened as she declared with conviction, "Rather than just demonstrate and march along and kind of irritate everyone, try to pull people together and say, 'Look, we have this potential, let's try to improve it.' Sometimes going for the positive to defeat the negative carries a lot more weight than just celebrating the negative."

White's convictions are solidified by her belief that zoos play an important role in protecting threatened animals.

In October, the last Javan rhino in Vietnam was reportedly killed for its horn. The Associated Press wrote at the time that according to WWF, the rhino's population had been dwindling due to land conversion, a rising human population, and lack of effective management.

"Once we lose the last rhino in Vietnam, it ain't coming back," White stated matter-of-factly. "Once they're gone, you can't restore that population." There are now only 40 to 60 Javan rhinos in Indonesia, the last known rhinos that remain of the species.

While poaching continues to pose a threat, White says animals are also losing their habitats "because we're moving into their territory and taking their land away."

One reason people are encroaching on animal habitats is due to the growing human population, which recently hit 7 billion. White said, "This planet doesn't get any bigger, but the population gets bigger, which gives us a real problem."

The Center for Biological Diversity's Kieran Suckling blogged for HuffPost, "Species around the globe are being driven toward extinction at more than 100 times the natural rate as the human footprint expands. Our growing numbers gobble up pristine wildlife habitat, suck waters dry, pollute the air, poison with pesticides and alter the climate in a way that makes life -- especially for plants and animals already on the brink -- more difficult than ever."

For White, zoos are part of the answer, because without them, species would be lost. She explained, with a hint of frustration, that many people "get very irate, say, 'Animals should be in their natural habitat, they shouldn't be in captivity.' Well, in the meantime, we've taken much of that natural habitat away. It doesn't exist anymore."

View photos of Betty White with some of her favorite animals in the slideshow below. All photos and captions courtesy of "Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo."

Sure, it was J.R. Martinez who got the big trophy on Tuesday night, but career-wise, all of the top finalists on "Dancing With The Stars" were winners. So it was no surprise to see them all smiles a day after the big finale.

Along with Martinez and his partner Karina Smirnoff, Rob Kardashian (and Cheryl Burke), Ricki Lake (and Derek Hough) and Carson Kressley (well, he wasn't a finalist, but who could say no to him?!) got together on "Good Morning America" to do a little dancing for the New York City audience. There was joking and jiving, as well as some Mirror Ball Trophy waving -- though the Crystal Ball, Nancy Grace's special prize, was nowhere to be found -- and good times had by all.

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Maybe save this one for after your delicious Thanksgiving festivities.

Never one to reign in her intensity, Angelina Jolie has jumped into this directing thing from the sharpest of angles. Instead of maybe making a small romantic comedy or drama in which she could star, she decided to make a four language film about the ethnic cleansing and civil wars of the early-to-mid 90s in Bosnia. Instead of using big Hollywood stars, she used local actors.

And now, instead of selling the film with a gorgeous poster that somehow works in her face, she went with no photo at all, presenting just an old map and a blood splatter that outlines a man and a woman, kissing. And she's barely using her name to sell it; it appears only in small-ish print underneath the film's title in the bottom right corner.

It's a bold move, but when you're telling the story of the tumultuous relationship between a Serbian rape camp administrator and a Bosnian-Muslim woman and war victim, you might as well go all in.

The film hits theaters on December 23rd. Check out the trailer by clicking here.

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As the Thanksgiving Day Parade winds from 77th street to Macy's at Herald Square, most eyes tend to gravitate toward the gigantic balloons that line the New York City sky. And why not? They're gorgeous, cheerful, throwbacks to happier times -- and did we mention gigantic? But along with the great balloons and floats, there are plenty of celebrities taking part in the festivities.

Joining in on the fun are a whole host of big names. Fans with great spots along the route -- or staying warm and watching on TV -- get to see Cee Lo Green, Daniel Radcliffe, Jane Krakowski, "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery, a whole host of Muppets (along with the customary Kermit balloon), Mary J. Blige, Cobra Starship and more. The parade is also featuring some amazing performances, to boot. If you can't be there, or watch on TV, don't worry: we've got you covered.

Oh, and while we're bringing you the fun, here are some fun historical facts about the parade (and here are some great historical pictures from parades past).

• This is the 85th iteration of the parade; in 1924, the parade's first year, it was called Macy’s Christmas Parade, even though it happened on Thanksgiving. The parade was canceled in 1942-44, as the United States fought World War II.
• The 1933 parade was the first to be seen in motion by people around the world, as it was filmed for newsreels and shown in theaters.
• 1948 saw the first televised broadcast of the parade.
• The parade's Dino balloon is an honorary member of the Natural History Museum.

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Are you ready for some football?

It's Thanksgiving, and anyone spending the holiday with a sports fan knows that this weekend is all about two things: Food and football.

So before you gear up for all the big games, get to know some celebrities who will be rooting for certain NFL teams. Though some celebs have financial interests at stake -- we're looking at you, Jennifer Lopez -- many celebrities have stuck with certain teams for years.

So grab some refreshments and get the TV on the right channel and enjoy!

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Yoda, one of the greatest Jedi masters of them all, used the last year or so of his life to teach Luke Skywalker the ways of the Force, preparing him to use his mind to eventually defeat the Galactic Empire. Fast forward a couple decades and a trio of maligned sequels later, and Yoda is back to his teaching ways. Just... perhaps for a cause that doesn't quite stack up to saving the galaxy.

Then again, even a Jedi has to eat, right?

The green Dagobah resident has made his way to Japan to promote the college student-favorite Cup of Noodles. In this new commercial, he uses his mind's power to lift a massive kettle filled with boiling water, taking the task as seriously as his visions of disturbances in the Force.

Boil Japan, indeed.

We're not sure if this helps or hurts Carrie Fisher in her ongoing "Star Wars" vs. "Star Trek" fight with William Shatner, it certainly isn't as cool as San Francisco's gigantic Lego Yoda Santa statue.

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Before her death by drowning in 1981, Natalie Wood eerily spoke of her fear of the water and her relationship with husband Robert Wagner.

And E! News has exclusively obtained audio and video footage from famed Hollywood columnist Shirley Eder, a close friend of Wood and Wagner, who interviewed the couple in 1977 at their home, and then sat down with Wood again in 1979. Eder died in 2005.

On Thanksgiving, we always break out our bandage dresses and Louboutins to belly up to the dinner table.

Kidding! Everyone knows that for a huge turkey dinner spread, comfort is key. Jeans, pencil skirts, skinny pants: all of these have waistbands, which can be pretty painful if you're nursing a post-feast "food baby."

These celebs have got it right in their elastic waistband and drawstring pants. From Julia Roberts and Elle Macpherson to Gwen Stefani and SJP, it seems the stars haven't been afraid to venture out in sweats over the years. Perhaps they're doing the same today -- or if not, at least they're giving us a little inspiration for choosing our own Turkey Day ensembles.

Check out our slideshow of celebs wearing their sweats in public below. Happy Thanksgiving!

It's a big world out there, with plenty of things clamouring for our attention. But there are the things we keep returning to, the ones we can't get enough of. Each week, Attention Getter shows you what's charming the Huffington Post Canada Living team and what we think will charm you too.

Enter Suri's World

In a world where every other person (alright, 5 per cent of people) puts their child on Facebook and Hollywood's baby pictures fetch upwards of seven digits, some backlash is inevitable.

We're thankful it's come in the form of Suri's Burn Book, a brilliant Tumblr account written from the perspective of Suri Cruise, complete with all the inside jokes and less than-thinly veiled insults one could hope for from this queen of the toddler set. Making the rounds since July and currently searched more than ever, Suri's Burn Book numerous fans include Time, Jezebel, and of course, HuffPost. The author of the page remains a mystery, but 'Suri's' sense of humour and knowledge of the minutiae of celeb lives is unsurpassed.

Some Choice Excerpts

On Harlow Madden's ballet outfit:

The tights are too big, the sleeves are unflattering, and if she's trying to channel Natalie Portman here, let's just be honest -- in the celebrity child realm, I am the White Swan and the Black Swan.

On Honor Warren with a pinata:

I'm onto you, Honor Warren. I think lately she's been calculating photo-ops to make herself appear aggressively fearless in the press. I mean, taking out a pinata at the ankles while wearing fashionable mid-calf boots? This girl is clearly challenging me.

Why We Love It

Is it mean? Oh yes. Is it preying on innocent kids whose parents just happen to be famous? You betcha. But it's also speaking to that huge portion of the population that is simultaneously drawn to and disdainful of celebrity culture, taking all of that pop culture knowledge that clogs up our brains and turning into a daily laugh that just happens to dole out some handy fashion tips along the way.

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