We're used to seeing Lady Gaga dressed to the nines, often completely transforming her outward appearance to the point where she's unrecognizable. But the lauded entertainer took to Twitter to send a sweet message to her followers, along with a photo of herself without makeup.
Stodden is the latest celebrity to show her support for the anti-animal cruelty organization by filming a PETA PSA, educating her fans about animal rights and why vegetarianism is the way to go.
"I've never had a hamburger in my life," a cleavage-baring Stodden says in the video, while petting her dog, Bizarre. "I'm so glad I can say that. I never want to eat a hamburger."
We've seen enough of Stodden that it doesn't really surprise us that she's not chowing down on Big Macs on a regular basis.
Stodden's message also promotes animal adoption; the bombshell suggests that those looking to add a furry one to their family should check out animal shelters to find their pet -- "I saturate [Bizarre] with so much love," Stodden says of her own little friend.
Glee's John Stamos helped facilitate a steamy but sweet three-way kiss-off to raise money for LGBT issues.
People reports that, during the GLAAD Media Awards in New York City this past weekend, Stamos planted a smacker on a lucky male fan who paid $5,000 for the privilege.
It all started when Glee stars Naya Rivera and Cory Monteith started auctioning of their lips to the highest bidder. Stamos bid for Monteith, but he was out-dueled by Smash star Megan Hilty.
Stamos still wanted a piece of the action. He walked up on stage and offered to put his kissing skills on the auction block.
When it all went down, there were three smooches that raised $15,000, but Stamos insisted he got the best prize.
"Come to uncle Jesse!" the former Full House star said to his winning bidder.
Entertainment Weekly noted that the kiss-off should provide a guide for how the Oscars can "reenergize" itself.
Actor Val Kilmer's once illustrious career has grown dim in the past decade. But over tea at the Viceroy Hotel on an overcast Santa Monica afternoon, the blond and now slimmed-down actor revealed a light within him that is growing brighter and brighter by the day. In speaking about his newest project, Kilmer confessed, "hopefully I will be redeemed for all the years of people saying nasty or naughty things about me."
Not many people can see the similarities between author Mark Twain, a professional satirist, and Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science and a professed faith healer. The pair never met in person, and the famed American author was perhaps Eddy's most public critic, saying that the woman possessed a "crooked" character and was the founder of a "cult."
But Val Kilmer thinks that the antagonistic pair are cut from the same cloth. Twain "got to his insights by being an anti-religionist, if you will. But he never stopped studying." As for Eddy, "she too was a rebel. She rebelled against her own religion and she said of herself, 'My entire life I've been a heart wholly in protest.'"
For the past seven years, Kilmer has buried himself in the lives of Twain and Eddy, hoping to not only bring to light a fascinating and historically contentious relationship, but also to perhaps absolve himself of some spiritual burden. "It's very much like 'Amadeus.' It's a dual biography. I'm regretting that now, because it's really hard to do," Kilmer told The Huffington Post.
Just one week before the one-man show opens at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Kilmer, who is known for his roles in "The Doors," "Batman Forever," "The Saint," and "Heat," proved magnetic and acutely intelligent in person, and his fascination with Twain practically dripped from his very pores. "Twain's concept of autobiography was 'Donât you want to know how I think? Whatever pops into my head is who I am.' I'm trying to give you a feeling about his soul and his spirit."
But no good story is without scandal. And because Kilmer is writing, directing and starring in this project, he has all of the creative freedom in the world. "At the heart of a lot of Twain's slander of Mrs. Eddy was shoddy journalism. He acknowledged it privately but never did publicly," explained Kilmer. "I think he was just jealous. Thatâs what his daughter said."
For tickets and information about the eight showings of Kilmer's "Citizen Twain," click here.
HuffPost: Where were you in your life when you decided to take this on?
Val Kilmer: I got to a place in my career where I wasn't getting scripts. I was getting sort of action stuff with "Batman" and "The Saint," and it's easy then to secure your position as only that if you do two or three more. I don't think I ever secured my position as a star by Hollywood's standards.
HP: Was that intentional?
VK: No. It would have been nice to have bags of dough. My career is very strange unless you put in the timeline the fact that I never had a business objective. I always had very singular aims as an actor to get better at my job. But it also got me into trouble.
One time I was involved in a movie and we had no second act. It was a gigantic budget and I kept mentioning it more and more loudly â "we have no second act." And I didnât listen to my agent, who told me to stop. And he was right. I made a mistake. But I'm not embarrassed by how hard I tried to make the movie good. I wasnât involved in a dynamic way about being a movie star. I was trying to be good in the role.
HP: How much freedom do you feel now that you're writing and starring in this project? You're making all the decisions.
VK: I am so much more the boss that I want to be. Right now I'm doing everything. I like my ideas about directing, and I am directing the one-man show. If you just imagine how silly it sounds, "I'm directing myself in a one-man show that I wrote." And then I try to do it and just fall down and cry.
HP: So how does it work? How does one do that?
VK: You have to video everything because you can't really know what you're doing. And then I listen to it all day long, so I've really turned into Rupert Pupkin in my basement laughing at my own jokes.
HP: Do you enjoy the process of writing?
VK: Before I let Twain out of the box I had him in, it really was hard. Now he's a giant irritant. When I was writing the movie, he just wouldn't shut up. And Mrs. Eddy, I think she would describe herself in this way â relentless.
HP: Who are some of your favorite writers?
VK: Shakespeare comes to mind. Just the ability to make jokes all through Macbeth. He was a genius with irony. I love James Joyce. And Twain's okay [laughs].
HP: Did Twain consider himself an artist?
VK: I think he would make a really funny joke about it. I donât think Twain was intellectual about being brilliant.
HP: And were you good in school?
VK: No. And my son is 16, about to be 40. He's Huck Finn. He's tells me "Dad, I just can't do school." My daughter is 20 and loves learning, but she's a bossy-boots. She is a hellion. She's right a lot of the time.
I'm going to Missouri soon, and I can't say this without covering my face, but I'm getting an honorary doctorate. My brother is a doctor, he's a psychologist. And like a schmo, I called him up thinking he would be thrilled. But there was kind of a long pause and he said, "That's nice." I mean, seven years he's got to sweat for this and I goof around and fly around the world talking to funny, beautiful people and they give me a doctorate. He wasnât that excited about it. I said, "I'll always tell people it's not real!"
HP: What was Twain's family like?
VK: One of the saddest things I've written into the play is when Twain says, "I never made my father laugh, not once." And it's true. He never made him smile. The first time he saw his dad touch someone was his dead brother. These guys were stoic.
HP: What do you personally connect with the most about Mark Twain?
VK: My little brother had epilepsy and so did Twain's daughter. They died the same way â drowned. I just added that to the play today.
I want to tell stories. And I'm very lucky, I got enough success - until I kept buying my neighbor's ranches in New Mexico, but thatâs another part of my odd bunch of movies in the past five years. I was just paying rent. I decided I'm going to sacrifice the integrity of my career for the integrity of this land for my kids. It was from here to Malibu - that was the size of it. 6 miles. So I got a little carried away there [laughs]! And now I'm back.
On a personal level, because I spent so many years trying to keep it and ultimately not being able to, I have a lot of kinship with Twain, who lost his home. I donât think I lost everything. I wasnât ruined, I can still get a job, I got to keep what feels like a patio, but it's 140 acres. It's not nothing. Itâs pretty great. A lovely view.
HP: Are you an LA transplant or a native Angeleno?
VK: Native Angeleno. But I donât talk like I'm from Los Angeles, because I went to Juilliard and had it beaten out of me, by people with accents even though they were America. "Lie down on the floor nowâ¦" I was terribly abused there [laughs].
HP: What was growing up in Los Angeles like?
VK: I was raised in this traffic. It's all encompassing. I grew up grieving about LA. You see, I had some odd, instinctual feeling about the place â it's probably because my dad grew up in real wilderness. Thatâs where my affinity for New Mexico comes in.
I had this feeling that LA was off. And it is. "There is no there there," as Gertrude Stein said. There's no truer sentence about LA. When you get to downtown, it feels like the center is over there. You're never right there.
But we lived out in Chatsworth with wildlife all over the place, mountain lions and deer. It is the end of LA, literally. Our neighbors were the Mansons. Shorty, the one with the foot-long knife, used to give us rides occasionally. I have real weird LA cred. Another ranch my dad bought was Will Rogers' ranch. So we have both ends of the LA spectrum.
HP: And you live in Malibu now?
VK: Yes, and I can't say that without making a funny face. I have the right address, I bought the right car, I'm back! I'm wearing a Gucci jacket. I've got to get my hair cut. Of all the people who helped me love LA, it was Jim Morrison. He loved it! I was always asking all of his friends why?
What Jim Morrison loved about LA was the diversity. It's a shame he got addicted so early. Because he probably would have made a really good director. I think he had a great American novel in him. He used to drive around with his friend and look at all the great houses in the Bird streets. I just started doing it recently.
HP: Do you have a meal that will always remind of you LA?
VK: I'm trying to think of all the things I can no longer eat. I havenât had a Pink's hot dog in awhile. But I remember them from when I was three years old. Pink's was there, with the line.
HP: Do you stay out in Malibu usually?
VK: Yes, it's nice there. This morning there was a seal lying on his back just clapping. For minutes and minutes. And its little face would pop out of the water, it was just so goofy. I have no idea what it was doing. I must find out from a marine biologist.
HP: You've chosen an iconic Los Angeles venue for your one-man show: The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. How did you decide on it?
VK: There aren't a lot of places in the country that have big white signs - like the HOLLYWOOD sign - that mean nothing. We're just celebrating ourselves. It's truly just an idea; there's nothing there on that hillside. That Hollywood sign is so much better than Hollywood and Vine.
So the idea of the cemetery is that it actually delivers. There's a beautiful feeling in there and there's just something silly and poetic about it. Like calling the one-man show "Citizen Twain." It's not even my favorite title, I just keep renaming it.
HP: What were some of the other names?
VK: "Validation." See, now that's silly.
Many tickets for "Citizen Twain" are being donated to veterans returning from war, as well as to underprivileged children in Los Angeles. Kilmer apologizes for the high ticket price and wants to be able to give as many away as is possible.
According to a translation of Dutch newspaper The Telegraph, a man named Raffles van Exel came forward four days after Houston's death, admitting that he cleaned Houston's hotel room -- although he has not revealed what exactly he removed from the scene.
What I wouldn't have given to have been a fly on the wall when they cast The Hunger Games. The way I'd like to picture it in my mind is Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins sitting at a table, Gary saying, "So, Jennifer Lawrence?" and Suzanne saying, "Well, duh."
Apparently, this fantasy is not universal, and some people don't agree that Jennifer Lawrence conjures up the exact picture of the Katniss they know from the books.
But it's not Lawrence's acting chops that are called into question -- quite the opposite; she's almost universally praised for her ability to evoke the inner life of this complex, dark character. But there's something else about this award-winning actress that critics are evaluating and finding wanting: her weight.
So, I can't help but wonder if they actually think Lawrence doesn't portray Katniss correctly or if they're upset she doesn't portray the ideal we are all so used to seeing when young women star in blockbuster action films -- that of the quite literally starving actress.
Had hunger had nothing to do with Katniss's poverty in the movie, the disturbing truth is that Jennifer Lawrence's figure would likely still have been a point of criticism. Had Gary Ross cast someone as Katniss who looked emaciated, would the audience really have approved because it made her look more downtrodden -- or because it made her look more attractive?
As L.V. Anderson on Slate.com puts it: "Just as living in a world with abundant calories does not automatically make everyone fat, living in a dystopian world like Panem with sporadic food access would not automatically make everyone skinny. Some bodies, I daresay, would be even bigger than Lawrence's."
Moreover, whether or not Gary Ross's Katniss is actually starving is not made clear -- and it's also beside the point. The Hunger Games movie refocuses our attention from the symptom -- hunger -- to its root cause: poverty. Gary Ross does not focus on starvation as a stronger visual marker than anything else, which includes the clothing, physical labor, and dilapidated architecture of District 12. In fact, for all the times we see Katniss and Peeta sitting down for a meal in The Capitol, we barely see them touch their food, and the gluttony of the city is most powerfully depicted through the spectacle of its technology and its inhabitants' extravagant lifestyles.
I think the casting of Jennifer Lawrence was excellent because it meant they prioritized acting ability over body-type. Lawrence, though conventionally beautiful and -- yes -- very thin, does not embody the dangerous anorexic ideal we often see in our most fetishized female stars. In terms of the number of body-positive role models there are for young girls to look up to in the entertainment industry, the odds are already not in their favor -- let's not tear down one of the few they've finally been given.
Angelina Jolie is rumored to have a kind of infatuation with the newly crowned Duchess of Cambridge, and according to source close to the actress, wants to play her in a biopic. We think it's a great idea -- after all, in the world of Hollywood, Jolie is pretty much as close to royalty as you get.
Evidently, the rumor goes, if Jolie can't play the character, she at least wants to produce the film. Watch the video above!
Kristin Chenoweth and Anderson Cooper found a common ground, and almost forgot about the audience in the excitement on Monday's installment of "Anderson" (Weekdays, Syndicated). Chenoweth also started kicking herself for not tuning in to his show enough. Who knew both share such an avid love for reality television and the people featured thereon.
Chenoweth was upset that she hadn't know that Abby Lee Miller and the "Dance Moms" were on the show, but she did give the crowd her impression of the dance instructor Cooper described with one word. "Monster."
"I turn out stars, baby. I'm not here to make friends!" Chenoweth shouted in her best Miller voice. As to how she would have responded to that kind of instruction growing up? "I would have been in the corner in tears bawling."
The pair then talked about their fascination with "My Strange Addiction," with Chenoweth laughing in shock recalling the woman who was eating the ashes of her husband, which Cooper didn't seem to recall. But they both remembered Animal Planet's "Monsters Inside Me," featuring people with parasites living inside their bodies.
Their tastes seem to run toward the more outrageous reality fare, but these are top shows so they're certainly not alone. So next time something on the screen has stomachs turning, just think that it may have some famous stomachs rolling as well.
Kristin Chenoweth can be seen on "GCB," Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC. "Anderson" is syndicated nationally. Check local listings for time and channel.
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Paul Teutul Jr. certainly gave the fans and motorcyle enthusiasts at the International Motorcycle Show quite a shock on "American Choppers: Senior vs. Junior" (Mon., 9 p.m. ET on Discovery). His company, Paul Jr. Designs, partnered with Trans American Muscle and unveiled not a tricked out custom bike, but a tricked out custom car.
"Unquestionably they were expecting a bike, but I think it was good," Teutul said. "But, you know, this is where we're going. Other than the motorcycles, we're going to be expanding into things like this and we felt like this was a perfect first project."
It took the crowd a while to get over their surprise and shock and get on board what was unquestionably a beautiful car. In interviews afterward, several admitted that they weren't disappointed at all to see a car rather than a new bike.
"Our intention is to build 77 of these cars so it's a limited series," Teutul told the crowd, before introducing their partners in the project at Trans American Muscle. It's certainly a bold expansion of their signature line that could help Teutul find a whole new fan and customer base of car enthusiasts.
"American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior" airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on Discovery).
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Madonna was hosting a Twitter question and answer session to promote her album MDNA which was released Monday. Soon enough, a comment from Zimmerman's Twitter account appeared:
@MadonnaMDNAday You're a role model to 100's of millions. You have a powerful voice,EDM could use your positive influence, not "molly" talk.
Zimmerman was referring to an incident that took place at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. When Madonna took to the stage Saturday night to introduce Avicii, she asked, "How many people in this crowd have seen molly?"
Molly is a slang term for MDMA, the active chemical in ecstasy, a drug often associated with electronic dance music (EDM) concerts. The crowd erupted in cheers after Madge asked the question. When Zimmerman caught wind of the incident, he went on a multi-Tweet and Facebook status rant that blasted Madonna as, among other things, "a f-----g idiot" who was trying to stay relevant by trading on a negative and dangerous association.
He gathered his thoughts into a somewhat tamer blog post, in which he explained that he was offended by Madonna's recklessness (given that there were young fans in the crowd and the concert was being live-streamed on YouTube).
This time, though, Madge was prepared for his opinion. She quickly responded with a photo message:
The text of the photo reads: "From one mouse to another. I don't support drug use and I never have. I was referring to the song called 'Have You Seen Molly' written by my friend Cedric Gervais who I almost worked with on my last album ..."
The song she's referring to is a house music track. In a teaser video for the Gervais song, a computerized female voice says that "Molly" helps her dance and asks for help finding "Molly" at a chaotic rave. Though it's perhaps speculative, it would certainly not be surprising if the Gervais song is also about ecstasy.
Deadmau5 appeared somewhat satisfied with Madonna's explanation, tweeting, "fair enough, i was just voicing my concerns as i usually do. +1 respect for clearing it up personally." The two exchanged a few more tweets and Zimmerman sent a message to his own followers: "well there you have it kids. i've said what i needed to say, which ill still stand by, and so did she. life goes on. no more talk of that."
What do you make of Madonna's explanation? Is it possible that Madge didn't think the 150,000 or so people watching the concert wouldn't have thought she was referring to the drug? Let us know in the comments.
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Marc Cherryâs new ABC pilot âDevious Maidsâ already boasts four Latina stars â Ana Ortiz (âUgly Bettyâ), Dania Ramirez (âHeroesâ), Roselyn Sanchez (âWithout A Traceâ) and Judy Reyes (âScrubsâ). Now, say hello to Latina number five!
Deadline.com is reporting that Eva Longoria, who has been working with Cherry for seven seasons on the hit ABC dramedy "Desperate Housewives," will continue working with Cherry on the new ABC pilot as a co-executive producer.
Based on a Mexican telenovela format, âDevious Maidsâ follows four maids with ambition and dreams of their own who work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills.
Longoria, who is wrapping up work on "Housewives" in May, has been busy as of late. In February, the Mexican actress was named one of the co-chairs in President Barack Obamaâs re-election campaign, and earlier today, The New York Post reported that Longoria is developing a primetime NBC dating show titled âAll About Love,â where singles are set up by multiple topflight matchmakers.
Sources tell The New York Post the show goes into production next month, and NBC has ordered a full series.
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There were plenty of tantalizing answers left when "Alcatraz" (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on Fox) wrapped its first season on Monday night, but the biggest question for fans of the show is if there will even be a second season. "Alcatraz" kicked off with more than 10 million viewers, but has lost nearly half of them over its first eleven episodes.
Nevertheless, the show pulled out all the stops in these final two installments, returning Lucy to the team and reuniting Rebecca with her grandfather and '63 returnee Tommy Madsen. Lucy's return really solidified the team dynamic, making it even more glaring how cold things have been with her in that coma for so long. She was the heart that Hauser seems to have lost all those years ago.
As for Hauser, in his attempts to keep Lucy safe, he reluctantly brought Rebecca and Doc into the inner sanctum, thus putting everyone on the same page for the first time. Also revealed was what was behind the warden's door that took three keys to get into. When it was opened, there was a moment when it seemed Henry Ian Cusick would come rushing out talking about numbers, but it was more of a command center for whatever the '63 project is.
What they found was a map with lights indicating the inmate numbers scattered across the nation. Most of them are in San Francisco, but they're also across the nation. But what about the guards, and other personnel who've also returned? And the big question is still out there. What was the warden's endgame and did he come back as well?
As for Rebecca, she managed to track down Tommy Madsen, who was revealed as the handler for many of the previously seen convicts. She had him ready to go, but he managed to distract her by teasing that there may be more to the story of what happened to her parents than she knows. Are they dead?
It's an ironic question now, as in her moment of distraction, Tommy stabbed her in the gut. Doc arrived almost instantaneously, but there was nothing to be done. Rebecca died on the operating table. Of course, Lucy died once already, so it seems likely Rebecca will get an injection of that silver-bonded Alcatraz blood as well. They'll be silver-blood sisters!
That is, if "Alcatraz" comes back for more. Otherwise, the series is going to end on one heck of a downer.
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Her octuplets have just turned three, so what better occasion to show off her post-baby body and pose topless.
Dubbed "octomom" after giving birth to eight babies in 2009, Nadya Suleman has apparently pinged back into shape and wants everyone to know about it.
But although sheâs become a hate figure in her native America for choosing to have the babies through IVF â despite the fact she was already struggling as a single mother-of-six â her photo shoot for Closer magazine shows sheâs no shrinking violet.
Flaunting a flat stomach and a 34DD bust, Nadya boasts she still gets plenty of admiration from the opposite sex, despite admitting she has stretch marks and âslightly saggyâ assets.
Incredibly, Nadya claims sheâs been celibate for 13 years â her children were all conceived through a sperm donor â and reveals she has no interest in dating, hates male attention and has to work hard at âdisguising her beautyâ to put off men.
âI get way too much male attention, but I wonât date until the octuplets are 18 â I live for them now,â she insists.
Nadya put on over nine stone during her pregnancy, as these pictures courtesy of TMZ reveal
âI know a lot of women like male attention, but Iâll go out with no make-up on and wear tracksuits, a wig and even a fake pregnancy stomach to put them off.â
And the 5ft 7 mother â who insists the only cosmetic surgery sheâs had is a breast reduction when she was 17, which took her from a DD-cup to a C-cup â boasts she doesnât have to do much to retain her enviable figure.
âI just pinged back into shape like a rubber band after the kids â I donât know how I did it,â she shrugs.
âI eat like a horse, donât count calories and have never owned a set of scales. I gained an entire human when I was pregnant with the octuplets â going from 10st to over 19st â but, two months later, I was a size 8 again. Now, I never weigh myself.â
Nadya, 36, who lives with her brood in La Habra, California, already had six children â Elijah, now 10, Amerah, nine, Joshua, eight, Aiden, six, and twins Caleb and Calyssa, five, who were all born through IVF using a sperm donor â when she decided to have more embryos implanted in 2008, using the same donor.
Despite being shocked when she discovered she was carrying octuplets, as she insists she didnât realise so many embryos had been implanted, Nadya decided to go ahead with the pregnancy.
âI was grabbing my head and thinking: âOh God, please God donât let there be eightâ â but there was no way I could have aborted them, that would have been murder,â she explains.
The mother-of-14 says she's proud of her stretch marks
In 2009, she gave birth to six boys and two girls â Noah, Jonah, Jeremiah, Isiah, Josiah, McCai, Maliah and Nariah, who turned three in January â making them the longest-surviving set of octuplets in American history.
âI didnât really mind how I looked when I was pregnant. It happened gradually, so I got used to it. Itâs all part of being a mum, itâs natural,â she says.
âI got stretch marks on my stomach and a lot of veins came out. But it didnât matter to me. Even now, Iâm proud of my stretch marks, although theyâve faded.
âMy breasts had already grown back to a DD after the other kids, but they only sagged a bit with the octuplets and I breastfed them all â I donât know how my body did it!â
Despite insisting she âpingedâ back into shape, Nadya does admit that just two weeks after she gave birth, she began doing 50 sit-ups a day â even though she had a C-section and mums are advised not to exercise for six to eight weeks afterwards â and hit the gym three times a week for two-hour stints in the middle of the night while a friend babysat.
âIâd sneak off at 11pm, but it wasnât to get skinny, just to get stronger,â she insists. âIâve never believed in diets â I just eat healthily. Iâm a pescatarian and eat 15 portions of fruit or vegetables a day. I eat so much!â
She adds: âNow, I run 40 miles a week, whenever my mum or a friend will babysit, but itâs still just for stress relief. My eldest son even comes with me sometimes â he can manage a couple of miles.â
And, despite admitting caring for 14 kids alone is a struggle, she says she gets no help apart from when friends or her mum visit a few times a week. And Nadya is adamant she isnât looking for a man.
âIâve been celibate for 13 years and plan to remain so until the octuplets are 18. Iâve only ever slept with two men,â she reveals.
âThe first was when I was 20 â we stayed in touch and heâs been my sperm donor, but we donât talk now. The second was when I was 21. He was my boyfriend for five years. We tried for kids, but couldnât conceive.â
She adds: âI wouldnât rule out a relationship in the future. But now, when men look at me, I look away and they know not to approach me. I know Iâm beautiful â I donât need a man to tell me that.â
Meanwhile, Nadya maintains sheâs coping perfectly well with her brood alone. Claiming she doesnât take state handouts and relies solely on funds from publicity interviews and photo shoots â although sheâs eight months in arrears on her mortgage and facing eviction from her four-bed home â she completely denies previous interviews in which she was quoted as âhatingâ babies, describing her older kids as âanimalsâ and regretting her decision to have so many.
âI love looking after them, theyâre the least of my stresses. Iâm such a good mother,â she boasts. âIâm so loving and my kids are so happy. Thereâs never been a time Iâve regretted having so many.â
Incredibly, she adds: âI canât believe how fortunate they are, too. Iâd love to be an octuplet â their camaraderie and bond is amazing. They look out for each other, theyâre so lucky.â
And she insists thereâs little rivalry between them because her attention is not divided.
âMy love just grows. And Iâve trained them so well, they can brush their own teeth, dress themselves and scrub each otherâs backs â theyâre so independent,â she explains, adding that the older kids help with the housework, giving her time to do the familyâs five loads of washing a day. âItâs not chaotic,â she insists. âTheyâre very quiet and obedient and theyâre well-behaved and smart.â
She adds: âThe kids have structure and discipline and only eat healthily â they donât know what candy is! Iâve done a really great job with them â I donât get any credit.â
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The tragic death of 17-year-old Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has sparked waves of public outrage and re-opened the long-dormant discourse about race in America. On Monday, talk show host Wendy Williams spoke about her family's experience as African-Americans, and described the stress and worry that she said black men live with every day.
"I'm sure we're not the only black family that extra took time to talk to our son about being racially profiled," Williams said. "For me, as a black woman, I worry about my black father, my brother-in-law, my nephew who leaves for college in the fall, my husband, who I don't sleep until I hear the garage door go up and go down."
Williams told a story about dropping her 11-year-old son, who was wearing a hoodie, off at a party, and making a point to go inside to introduce herself to the parents "just so they would understand ... there's always some sort of underlying thought when you're raising a black son."
The talk show host took a serious turn when explaining that the experience of being a black man in America is one that comes with constant anxiety, even for the women who are close to them. "Even when justice is served, we as black people, for our boys and our fathers and our uncles, this is a day-to-day worry and occurrence, whether they graduated from Harvard or are digging ditches or anything in between," Williams said. "It's just a thing of being a black male in America."
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Stacy Ferguson, better known by her stage-name "Fergie," has worn some of the most outrageous outfits we've ever seen on the red carpet (including this ill-fitting Felix the Cat number). Did you know that these wild outfits are no recent development? In the late '90s, Fergie was in a girl group called Wild Orchid. In spite of struggling with addiction, she went on to join the Black Eyed Peas, launch a solo career and become the star we know her as today.
To celebrate the singer's 37th birthday on March 27th, take a look back at the matching metallic, midriff-revealing outfits of her past and the bright mini dresses of her present:
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Tim Tebow is Howdy Doody in a helmet. No, he is Opie Taylor running for touchdowns -- while reciting Bible verses, stopping to find a lost dog, visiting sick children in a hospital and helping a little old lady across the street, all before he reaches the end zone.
Now that Tebow has been traded to the Jets, New Jersey is about to experience a dose of wholesomeness it hasn't seen since milk trucks stopped delivering to your door.
Tebow is the God-fearing, All-American evangelical hero -- born to missionaries and delivered during a miraculous birth -- who pledged his life to Jesus at 6 years old.
His priorities? "Faith, family, football." He has overcome obstacle after obstacle to become the most popular athlete in the nation's most popular sport, all while waging a personal battle against sin, temptation and the American way.
But you don't have to know the "Our Father" to love him or admire him. He's a dyslexic who can read complicated football defenses. He's a home-schooled kid who could whup most prep-school prodigies in a battle of the SATs. Predicted to die at birth or before, he won two national championships as the "aw-shucks" quarterback at the University of Florida, and he is the only sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy.
He is the left-handed NFL quarterback with the weak arm that was ridiculed by scouts -- until the Denver Broncos inserted him as quarterback last season and won seven of the next eight games (three in overtime), en route to making the playoffs.
And the first thing Tebow did, while his teammates celebrated? He knelt and prayed. Or, as it's now known: He "Tebowed."
But he makes enemies, too. Because for every fan (or teammate) who loves that Tebow begins every interview by praising "my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ," there's another fan (or teammate) who wants a constitutional amendment imposing a separation of church and sports.
"He's a polarizing figure," said Tim Lucas, lead pastor of Liquid Church in Morristown, N.J. "But whether you're a fan or a critic, everyone agrees that his faith is authentic.
"Some players are flashy and invoke God when things go good. Tim Tebow seems to be the real deal. It's been baked into him from early on."
In one of those storybook victories last season, Tebow beat the brash-talking Jets by leading the Broncos on a last-minute 95-yard drive that some believed had given Jets coach Rex Ryan a heart attack.
Paramedics were called to the Jets' team bus as it headed for a Denver airport after the stunning 17-13 loss, capped by Tebow's 20-yard touchdown run with 58 seconds remaining.
As the charter flight idled, Ryan thought his life was ending. Turned out, it was only indigestion. But when paramedics asked how he was feeling, Tebow's future coach responded, "I was doing fine until (bleep-bleep) Tebow had that (bleeping) 95-yard drive."
How will Tebow's new teammates receive his godliness?
"That'll be very curious," Lucas, the pastor, said. "New Jersey is the land of 'The Sopranos' and Snooki. A lot of people say New Jersey is a graveyard for the Christian faith, but the graveyard is where resurrections take place."
Tebow might not find the local streets paved with rose petals. A recent poll of readers by the Daily News indicates fans are torn: 44 percent hated the trade (30 percent loved it), but 53 percent said Tebow should be the starter.
Yet those who know Tebow insist he will fight to be the starter.
"His work ethic is off the charts," said Nathan Whitaker, the co-author of Tebow's memoir, "Through My Eyes." "I walked away from each encounter with Tim thinking, 'Man I really should apply myself harder. This guy's really something.'"
Tebow's a self-professed virgin. He doesn't lie, cheat, drink or use drugs. He's handsome, goes to church regularly, has a foundation that builds hospitals, and he makes several million dollars a year. When he doesn't come right home after work, it's because he's doing charity work.
Every woman with a daughter knows that's code for: He'd make a great son-in-law. Ronn Torossian, CEO of 5W Public Relations in New York, has represented Sean "Diddy" Combs, Snoop Dogg, pro basketball players and a host of evangelical organizations, and he knows that when Tebow so much as hugs a woman, it's going to make front-page tabloid news.
"He has always been someone who's talked about being a private person," Torossian said. "Well, the concept of being private doesn't exactly exist in New York."
Until now, encounters with women have been, well, cute. In Denver, women -- single and married -- wore his jersey and held proposal signs. At a recent Q-and-A session in Butte, Mont., 17-year-old Ciera Schwartz came to pop her question: "Will you marry me?" Tebow blushed. Then moved on.
In January, Tebow told USA Today that he was "too busy with football and life" for a girlfriend. Within days of the December announcement that pop star Katy Perry was divorcing, her parents -- preachers Keith and Mary Hudson -- were trying to fix her up with the squeakiest guy on Earth.
Perry's mom told a friend: "The best cure for a heartache is to fall in love again," and why not Tebow? "He's handsome, charming, intelligent and, above all, a Christian."
The meeting hasn't happened yet, and Perry reportedly has a new beau.
"I'm blessed to have a close-knit (group) around me," Tebow told USA Today. "I love meeting and talking with people, socializing and hanging out. But people can read it the wrong way."
No matter how big Tebow gets in the biggest sports and media market in the world, his co-author doesn't believe it will affect him, because only a few people have his ear -- starting with God.
"People already watch everything he does and tweet about it," Whitaker said. "He's already so scrutinized and it doesn't affect him. I'm not sure how much more intense it can get."
(Kevin Manahan writes for The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J. Conor Orr and Matthew Stanmyre contributed to this report.)
Sometimes on "Dancing With the Stars," things just don't go the way you want them to. As much as I love Gladys Knight -- and Tristan MacManus -- I know that they're ultimately in jeopardy of going home after tonight's less-than-stellar performance.
Meanwhile, fan favorite Maksim Chmerkovskiy could also be in danger of exiting the ballroom earlier due to his partner Melissa Gilbert's nerves. The same could also be said for nice guy Toni Dovolani and his celebrity partner Martina Navratilova, who just can't seem to remember her steps.
However, "Dancing With the Stars" BFFs Mark Ballas and Derek Hough are sitting pretty together, at the top of the leaderboard with their gorgeous partners-in-crime, Katherine Jenkins and Maria Menounous, respectively. Plus, football player Donald Driver even received a shocking apology from Len, who said he "undermarked" him last week.
And despite a potentially major slip this week, "View" co-host Sherri Shepherd learned -- via judge Carrie Ann -- that she can ride her big personality for as long as possible. And thankfully, Latin hunk William Levy will probably stay in the game until the end -- or at least until angry husbands and boyfriends stage a "Dancing With the Stars" rebellion against him.
In fact, I really hope Maks and William can both stay long enough for "Dancing With the Stars" to organize a sexy dance-off between the two of them. And by dance-off, I really mean ass-off.
Shake it, shake it like a Polaroid picture. Shake it, shake it... This is obviously the best idea that I've ever had. Let's make this happen, ABC!
Now, back to the actual dancing. So where did everyone stack up this week? Let's look at the scores.
William Levy & Cheryl Burke Dance: Quickstep
As if any shred of criticism could be heard over the shrieks and screams in that ballroom, but Len surely tried. It was "good, not great," he said. But that really just fell on deaf ears because I'm pretty sure William's sex appeal can carry him for another few weeks. It probably doesn't hurt that Cheryl also promised that the "higher the scores get, the more clothes William will take off."
Ladies, we know what we must do. Vote! I mean, Carrie Ann even dubbed him the "Harry Connick Jr. of the ballroom." That's an automatic swoon.
Judges' score: 25
Maria Menounous & Derek Hough Dance: Quickstep
Gladys Knight could have taken a few tips from Maria -- a.k.a the Greek warrior -- this week. Her frame was pretty much perfect, but she didn't get a little off-step toward the middle.
It was a definite improvement from last week, with Maria amping up the sex appeal, as Bruno requested, and the Bonnie and Clyde theme was a nice touch. If Maria hadn't been suffering from a rib injury, she might have been able to tie Katherine and Roshon at the top.
Judges' score: 25
Jack Wagner & Anna Trebunskaya Dance: Jive
Jack Wagner, you fox. Where have you been all my life (besides on "General Hospital")? Since I'm pretty sure George Clooney will never step into the ballroom, Jack Wagner is the closest thing we have to a silver fox.
He may have lost a little control of his jive, according to Len and Bruno, but I'm willing to overlook this because I think Jack is one of the funnest dancers this season. He just looks like he's having the best time on that dance floor, and that almost means as much as nailing all of the right moves.
And you can't really blame a man for having extremely happy feet.
Judges' score: 21
Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd Dance: Quickstep
Donald, whose nickname used to be "Quickie" when he was younger, proved the judges' wrong this week. That's when Len made a shocking confession. "I watched last week's performance again, and I have to apologize," he said. "I undermarked you." Wait, did Len just really apologize for undermarking someone?! That's a "Dancing With the Stars" first!
It's not like the football player didn't deserve the judges' praises. He and his partner Peta had a phenomenal routine. It looks like all those years of watching "Dancing With the Stars" paid off for Donald Driver.
Judges' score: 24
Gavin DeGraw & Karina Smirnoff Dance: Jive
Gavin DeGraw wins the award for most improved this week. Sure, the kicks and flicks weren't perfect, but he won over the judges with his animated performance -- and Bruno really loved the leather. It looks like those 13 extra hours of practice really helped the struggling singer. Not to mention, he obviously read my open letter to him that I wrote last week.
But let's forget about the dancing for a second and talk about Gavin DeGraw's extensive hat collection. Why do you think he wears so many hats? Is that just his style? Or could the "We Belong Together" singer be going bald? Can anyone help me figure this out? I just have so many hat-related questions!
Judges' score: 21
Roshon Fegan & Chelsie Hightower Dance: Quickstep
Roshon and Chelsie -- a.k.a the new Mark Ballas and Chelsea Kane -- brought sophisticated swagger to the dance floor. Roshon brought the swag and Chelsie, the sophistication. Despite having the worst song of the night (I mean, have you ever heard a house band cover Good Charlotte's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous?), the two brought impeccable footwork to the ballroom.
Roshon was also laying on the charm extra thick this week. "She needs a swag upgrade," he told the cameras about his partner Chelsie. You know, I'm sure that Chelsie could get some swag advice from Justin Bieber. He's all about the "swaggy" right now. Maybe she can use his swagger coach?
Here's hoping that Roshon's next performance will be just as fun.
Judges' score: 26
Sherri Shepherd & Val Chrmerkovskiy Dance: Jive
Despite "her equipment being way too heavy" for Val to handle, Sherri pulled through the jive this week. Well, that is until the middle of her performance when she completely missed an important pass.
She's sort of like this season's Carson Kressley. Sherri may have missed one of Val's passes, but that didn't stop her from having fun. Even Carrie Ann agrees that "confidence can take you past mistakes."
Plus, she's still "THE HAPPIEST CONTESTANT THAT WE'VE HAD IN ALL 14 SEASONS!"
Judges' score: 23
Melissa Gilbert & Maksim Chmerkovskiy Dance: Quickstep
Melissa wants everyone to know that she dated bad boy Billy Idol in the '80s.
After a near catastrophic slip, Melissa redeemed herself, pulling off a pretty solid Quickstep. However, once again, Melissa's face is like an open book; she wears all of her nervousness on her face. Melissa's anxiety -- and muscle tightness -- is keeping her from reaching the top.
Now, I know that "Dancing With the Stars" can be a nerve-wracking experience, but all Melissa has to do is look at the chiseled Adonis dancing with her, and I'm sure she'll loosen up. I mean, how can you not go weak in the knees -- and hopefully in Melissa's case, shoulders -- when you look at Maks? Plus, he cried watching the "Lion King!" I think his exact words were "bawling."
Judges' score: 20
Martina Navratilova & Tony Dovolani Dance: Jive
I love Tony. I really do. And I want nothing more than to see Tony bring home the Mirror Ball, but I just don't think this is his year. Martina may be one hell of an athlete, but sometimes, athleticism doesn't translate into dance.
Martina was painful to watch on the dance floor. She would lose her footwork one minute and then find it the next -- and then she'd lose it again.
Once again, the tennis star was too careful for the judges. "Oh my darling, I think that serve hit the net," Bruno said. I don't think I could have said it any better myself.
Judges' score: 17
Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas Dance: Jive
Katherine -- a.k.a this season's ringer -- and Mark are total naturals on the dance floor. For being out of her comfort zone, Katherine knew how to shake "her naughty bits" quite well. Are we sure that this girl was just an opera singer? I would like to see a list of her extracurriculars.
My only problem? It's hard to watch Katherine when Mark is there, being his super amazing self. I mean, half the time I was too busy looking at Mark to actually realize that he was dancing with a partner.
Regardless, Katherine is obviously the one to beat this season. Of course, she could also be this season's Ricki Lake.
Judges' score: 26
Gladys Knight & Tristan MacManus Dance: Quickstep
Gladys didn't necessarily have her best night in the ballroom. It's not that she was bad. If I were judging the soul legend, I would have given her a 10 for her fiery attitude and desire to be the best. But her poor frame got the best of her, and it was Len who gave her his first -- and only -- 5 in the competition. Excuse me, Len, but Melissa was far worse than Gladys last week, and you gave her a 6. I'm not quite sure Gladys deserved a 5 -- and the crowd wasn't too pleased with that result either. Once again, Len was the most hated man in the ballroom.
You don't go from singing with Otis Redding to getting eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars." Gladys wants to win, and it looks like she's not giving up her Mirror Ball dreams anytime soon. You have to admire her for that.
And it wouldn't be a "Dancing With the Stars" recap if I didn't gush about how much I love Tristan. For those of you that don't understand my obsession, how did you not gush when Tristan told Brooke, "I have the benefit of when Gladys smiles, everyone else smiles."
I mean, swoon.
Judges score: 19
Jaleel White & Kym Johnson Dance: Quickstep
Jaleel and Kym are adorkable, but their jive wasn't up to the judges' standards. Carrie Ann said it lacked "sparkle," while Len thought it lacked technique. Meanwhile, Bruno really liked Jaleel's hat.
Sure, Jaleel's jive was good, but it wasn't great, and no number of chocolate milkshakes and red bow ties could make it memorable.
Meanwhile, the "Family Matters" star credits his history of physical comedy for his endurance. "Nobody can walk into a door like I can." Nope, Urkel, no one can embarrass themselves quite like you can.
Judges' score: 22
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To the surprise of Bethenny Frankel fans and skeptics everywhere, last week wasn't a total s---storm like we'd anticipated. Queen B kept her cool on the boat ride from hell, did a little role-playing with Hoppy and Dr. Armadillo (no, not that kind of role playing) and made it safe and sound to her beautiful baby Bryn. But just because the not-so-newlywed couple escaped a potentially rigged catastrophe death, doesn't mean their problems vanished into the Nantucket fog. Oh no, they've only just begun -- and this week it's coming from all angles, including her flesh and blood. Go ahead, read on ...
"Can't Get Enough of You" Bethenny
- Taking out her employees for drinks - because not every boss makes the effort.
- Cheerfully saying they were on solid ground when she and Hoppy left the boat, and not acknowledging the pun the producers she thought of.
- Stating the eye-opening realization that "not everything is going to be perfect in a relationship; you have to make it work." Not sure if this is the advice of Dr. Armadillo, Julie or coming straight from B, but I'll buy it!
- Explaining to Hoppy that a "behind grind" while she's sleeping is never wanted -- ever. And she's right.
- Laughing over Hoppy's impression of her in a mouthguard. Even when he's got his head tilted back with drool forming from his lips, she totally digs it. It even turns her on and gets her "stretching" for an impromptu quickie.
Quick pause for a "So True" moment: "All men have a jar of change." Think about it.
- Questioning the purpose of a hanky and rightfully twitching over the fact that men are still putting snot in their jacket pockets. Ew.
- Calling her interior designer her "design mom" because it's nice to see her say the word mom without coming to a boil or bursting into tears. B even, in her own way, says the she aspires to be like the designer one day.
-Fawning over Jack "the show dog" and comparing him to Gisele Bundchen. Not sure Gisele would appreciate the comment, but that dog really perked up.
- Reading a magazine story that quotes her mother saying God-awful things about her and not completely freaking out. Even when it says that she wasn't the original creator of the SkinnyGirl margarita and that B will "always put money before her family."
- Telling her architects that she can't move forward with a house plan until discussing it with Hoppy. Shocking move right there -- the couple's team building must be kicking in.
- Revealing that she saw her mother physically beaten to Dr. Armadillo and being honest about how it made her feel. And not just the feelings you'd expect to hear.
- Roller-skating on her new apartment's wooden floors. We love her fun side, even when she does a cartwheel on her skates, startling her employees.
Total: 12
"Run for Your Life" Bethenny
- Trying to keep a straight face when saying to her employees, "Jason likes therapy, he just won't ... admit it. He thinks he doesn't like it."
- Beginning to realize that her employees may be more insightful than Dr. Armadillo. And she's already paying them, so, perfect for her.
- Calling her dog a stripper and a b-tch. There's the B we know and run from.
- Spending her afternoon spying on her dog and dog walker to find out the real truth about what's been going on at the park. Funny, until B sports her platinum blonde wig circa RHONY rollerblading getup and crouches down on the perimeter of the fence to spy.
- Bickering over whether she and Hoppy would have sex on a romantic vacation to Mexico for her birthday. Why? Because Hoppy can't ask for sex, it's not his birthday -- and that's just rude.
- Admitting that wearing her mouthguard at night pretty much equates to no sex ... at all. I get the importance of caring for your teeth, but really? Every night?
- Going over her apartment design with the organization experts and explaining that she has OCD. Really explaining it. "Everything must go in a container. It needs to fit perfect, look perfect. I have a label that says 'skinny jeans' ..." Run.
- Going through Hoppy's closet with her team and making fun of miscellaneous items. We get that this is a very fun activity, but do it alone, not with perfect strangers. Some decency.
- Calmly saying that her baby could live in a shoebox as long as she has her closet. "That's the only thing I care about." Is she joking? I'm not sure.
- Enrolling herself and her employees in a self-defense class. Although I'm pretty sure this is just so B can get enough fight in her to scare away a granny from a matinee movie.
- Fuming when her architects tell her that the floor plan of her new closet "sucks." In fact, her facial expression is so terrifying; if I didn't know any better, I'd say she's devising a plan to murder each one of them and pour their ashes onto her designer shoes once they're placed neatly in the perfect closet. The perfect closet she will get.
- Delving into the problems of her marriage and her estranged mother with her architects until she finally realizes she's said too much and crawls into a tiny hole for SkinnyGirls and attempts to find her inner-Chi.
- Making Hoppy say goodbye to his idea for a "man cave" in their new apartment. Because her design team really thinks it's more suited for a larger closet to accommodate all her shoes ...
Total: 13
It wasn't by much, but "Run for Your Life" triumphed this week with a whopping 13 points. Though she had some comical moments, talking about hankies and coining the phrase "behind grind," Queen B went to loony town when she spied on her dog, admitted that her mouthguard is slowly but surely ruining her sex life, and illuminating the OCD we all know about but never get to see first-hand. Unfortunately, we knew it wouldn't be long before the trauma of Dr. Armadillo's couple's exercises came seeping out of her margarita-laced veins and onto those around her. Till next week, friends.
Admit it: Somewhere deep inside you, there's a part of you that really wants to know whether Rihanna actually paid a 4 a.m. visit to Ashton Kutcher's house (you wouldn't have otherwise clicked on this article, hmm?). But such tabloid fodder rarely gets vocalized to a celebrity's face, which makes this press conference with Rihanna, in London to promote her new film "Battleship," all the more painful. In it, the "We Found Love" singer rips an intrepid reporter named "Sarah," who dares question the nature of RiRi and Kutcher's relationship.
Asks Sarah: "You're so good with connecting with people, that I think that we actually feel we know you. Things are clearly going brilliantly in your career. I just wondered if you are as happy in your private life. Will we be seeing a certain Mr. Kutcher perhaps making a trip over here?"
"Wow, how disappointing was that question," Rihanna answers, shaking her head.
A moderator then leaps in to interject, but not before RiRi spits out: "I'm happy and I'm single, if that's what you're really asking."
