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Levi's Girlfriend Weighs In On Palin's 'Deadbeat Dad' Portrayal

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Levi Johnston and his pregnant girlfriend, Sunny Oglesby, appeared on Inside Edition Wednesday to talk about their relationship and family planning.

The couple said they will name their baby girl after a gun and call her Breeze Beretta. The child was conceived in cabin during a birth control-free getaway.

When Oglesby revealed that she was pregnant, the Christian school where she taught suggested that she resign due to her unmarried status. Oglesby followed their advice, and now works as a preschool teacher at a public school in Wasilla, Alaska.

Johnston, who fathered a child with Bristol Palin in 2008, believes his new relationship will be different.

"I'm actually in love, not doing it just because we had a kid together," Johnston said.

The Alaska native also revealed his tattoos, one for each of his children. His latest tattoo, in honor of unborn daughter Breeze, is partially hot pink to signify the child's gender.

Tuesday night after a press release from the taped interview surfaced, Palin took to Facebook to show off a photo of Tripp, her son with Levi.

"So grown up!!!" she wrote.

While Palin has blasted him in the press as a dead-beat dad, Johnston maintains that Palin is responsible for his lack of contact with Tripp.

The host asked Oglesby if she was "angered" by the Palins' portrayal of her boyfriend.

"Yes, it bothers me a lot," Oglesby said. She says she has spoken to Palin a "couple times" since discovering she was pregnant, but cut off communication after "she tried to turn me against Levi."

Below, other unusual baby names:


Marital Bliss

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Ah, the picture of marital bliss: LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian celebrated their one-year anniversary more than a week ago and made sure everybody knew about it. Twenty-nine-year-old Rimes, in particular, took to Twitter to post lovey-dovey commentary about their anniversary vacation in Mexico and photos of her scantily-clad body on the beach.

Now the country singer has posted a joyous photo from her wedding vow renewal ceremony, which shows Rimes walking barefoot in a casual, strapless dress and Cibrian wearing flip-flops. "Thought I'd share a few smiles and a special moment. Thank you @joebuissink for our beautiful vow renewal pics," Rimes wrote.

Rimes and Cibrian married April 22, 2011, in an intimate ceremony at a private Californian home. This is the second marriage for both parties; Rimes split from backup dancer Dean Sheremet, while Cibrian left then-wife Brandi Glanville, each allegedly to be with the other after having met on the 2009 television movie "Northern Lights."

See Emma Watson's 'Bling Ring' Look

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Emma Watson's "Bling Ring" look has already been spied by the paparazzi (nice lower-back tattoo, EmWats!), but the actress took it upon herself to offer fans an extensive peek at her very un-Hermione-like character, the rebellious Nicki.

The new film -- from director Sofia Coppola -- was inspired by the actual Bling Ring, a group of teenagers who robbed the homes of celebrities. Among the offending teens was Alexis Neiers, a reality television star best known for the E! show "Pretty Wild."

Watson tweeted a pic that shows Nicki in full L.A. regalia: pink jumpsuit, UGGs, and tattoos on her hip and arms. The "Harry Potter" actress wrapped shooting the film on Friday, and had previously expressed great joy at making the drama.

Co-starring Kirsten Dunst, Leslie Mann, Israel Broussard and Gavin Rossdale (!), "The Bling Ring" is due out in theaters next year. Click the link in the embedded tweet below to see Watson's look:

PHOTOS: Emma Watson at Tribeca Film Festival Premiere of "Struck By Lightning"

'True Blood' Season 5 Teaser Poster Revealed!

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Waiting sucks ... but here's a little something to tide you over. The teaser poster for Season 5 of HBO's "True Blood" has been released, and it has a bloody tearfulness to it.

A lot of supernatural drama is coming up with the 12 episodes ordered for this summer, including an emotional fight between vampires Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) and Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten).

Season 4 closed with a series of cliffhangers,
as Russell Eddington (Denis O'Hare) escaped from the concrete Bill and Sookie buried him under at the end of Season 3, Tara (Rutina Wesley) was shot, and the ghost of Rene (Michael Raymond-James) returned with a warning.

"True Blood" returns on Sunday, June 10 at 9 p.m. on HBO.

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What do you think of the "True Blood" teaser poster? Let us know in the comments.


Is This Ashton Kutcher Ad Racist?

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UPDATE: The ad featuring Ashton Kutcher in brownface has been pulled, with the video now being labeled "private" in YouTube. Anil Dash, one of the first people to raise concerns about the video, has written a blog post where he says he has spoken to Keith Belling, the founder of PopChips.

"I just got off the phone with Popchips founder Keith Belling, who was sincere and contrite as he offered a thoughtful, apologetic response that indicates he understood much of what I was trying to say here. I'm cautiously optimistic to see the company's response, and willing to give them time to do it properly," Dash wrote on his blog.

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Actor Ashton Kutcher may have gotten himself in hot water because of an ad for PopChips. The comedian stars in a series of ads for the snack company that sees him dressing up as a biker, a stoner and other cultural stereotypes.

In one of the ads, Kutcher appears in brownface as Raj, a Bollywood producer, in search for "the most delicious thing on the planet."

The ad continues with Kutcher speaking in a thick 'Indian' accent and making jokes about Snooki and J-Woww of Jersey Shore.

The ad has unleashed a torrent of criticism online.

Rappers Das Racist sent out a series of tweets calling out Kutcher on his racism and telling people to call the company.

"Hey if you care, call popchips at 18662179327, hit 2 and register your concern, they got to pull this s*** and apologize, that's it," the group tweeted.

"The social media team at @popchips is gonna be sending out a series of copy & paste "we're sorry our ad offended" tweets in 2 hrs or so," tweeted Anil Dash, a well-known tech expert in New York.

"oh @popchips. delicious chips. racist ads," wrote Afrolicious on Twitter.

"Sweet, I love racism! Racism and PopChips go great together! Can you do a watermelon eating sambo next?," wrote YouTube user YouTD83 on the video site. The comment, the top comment on the page, had 34 likes on it shortly after 4:00 on Wednesday.

The PopChips twitter account has not responded to the backlash, the account has retweeted tweets from other celebrities pointing to the ads including Ryan Seacrest, Kim Kardashian and rapper P. Diddy.

Read a selection of the the reactions on twitter:

VOTE: Who Is The Worst Celebrity Ex?

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Think your ex is difficult?

After reading about the cheating, bad-mouthing ways of the famous exes below, you may want to count your blessings.

Click through our picks and vote on which celeb ex you think is the worst of the worst.

Keep in touch! Check out HuffPost Divorce on Facebook and Twitter .

Emma Gray: 'Friends'' Monica Geller Was A 'Slut' And A 'Trollop,' According To NBC's Former West Coast President

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This month's Vanity Fair includes an oral history of everyone's favorite ten-season sitcom, "Friends," an excerpt from former NBC president's upcoming book "Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV." And according to the piece, Monica Geller's sex life became something of an issue for the network -- specifically Don Ohlmeyer, NBC's West Coast president at the time.

Marta Kauffman, one of the show's co-creators, discusses testing out the 1994 pilot of "Friends" in front of an audience:

One subplot in the pilot has Monica going on a first date with "Paul the wine guy." She brings him home for the night after he confesses that he hasn't been able to sleep with anyone for two years, since his wife left him. The next day, Monica learns this was just a line.

MARTA KAUFFMAN: We were doing the network run-through with an audience, and Don said that when Monica slept with Paul the wine guy she got what she deserved -- that's how he rationalized it. Fire began to come out of my nose.
They handed out a questionnaire to the audience: Do you think Monica sleeping with wine guy makes her (a) a slut, (b) a whore, (c) a trollop. And even with the deck stacked that way, the audience didn't care [about the sex].

Slut, whore, trollop? Since these aren't words that I'd use to describe any woman -- and since no one has used the word "trollop" since approximately 1907 -- it's easy to understand why Kauffman and her team were furious. That "Friends" made such an effort to put its female characters on comedic par with their female counterparts had to have made that poll even more frustrating. Phoebe, Rachel and Monica had just as many hilarious gaffes, one-liners and slapstick scenes as Joey, Chandler and Ross did.

For Kauffman, who'd faced many hurdles building her career as a funny woman writing funny female characters, Ohlmeyer's attitude probably hit especially close to home. "It's a boys club," she told the New York Times in December 1997. "I think it has been harder for women to identify themselves as funny. I feel like I'm alone at times, fighting against a wall."

Luckily, it seems like the "Should women be having casual sex?" debate has become a moot issue in the TV industry, the way the "Are women funny?" conversation hopefully has as well. In the years since "Friends" debuted (and in the years before it premiered -- hello, "Beverly Hills 90210"), we've seen dozens of other comedies featuring funny women who had casual sex and didn't feel guilty -- or get guilt-tripped -- about it. "Sex and the City" may be the most iconic, and "Girls" the most recent, but let's not forget "How I Met Your Mother," "Desperate Housewives," "Weeds," "Will & Grace," "The L Word," "The Good Wife," "Bones," "Grey's Anatomy," "Ally McBeal" ... and on and on.

Fortunately for viewers, Ohlmeyer's sentiments didn't win out. And we got to watch Monica Geller's (often hilarious) sexcapades for ten great years.

Also, in case you're curious, here's the "wine guy" in question:

Camille Grammer Not Returning To 'Housewives'

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Despite rumors, ex-"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" ringleader Camille Grammer is not returning to the hit reality show after parting ways with Bravo in March. Though Camille has turned up at several events where cameras have been rolling, she is not an official housewife and is no longer on the network's payroll.

"If Camille interacts with her past cast mates in a natural fashion at events they throw, she will turn up on camera," an insider tells me. "However, she has no story line in the season that is now being filmed and doesn't have a production schedule or even know when or where the ladies are filming, unless one of the cast members invites her to attend."

Kelsey Grammer's ex-wife did attend Kyle Richards' Bravo-filmed birthday party over the weekend and might pop up at other parties.

"The producers have no idea if Camille will show up, she is not part of the cast," the insider continues. "Obviously she has close relationships with a few of the ladies and anyone who is close with these girls will end up on camera in the background."

Love her or hate her, Camille is one Housewife we can't imagine being in "the background" of any shot.

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Will Jessica Sell Baby's First Pics?

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Although Jessica Simpson's baby girl, Maxwell Drew Johnson, was in no rush to enter the world, the media race to get her first photos is well underway.

“Photo agencies and magazines have been courting Jessica’s manager and father, Joe Simpson, for months to lock down the exclusive rights to take the first images of the baby,” one magazine insider tells me. “Ultimately, it will come down to who offers the most money, but it will also be taken into account that the Simpsons have had long relationships with all the weekly magazines, some great and some very bad.”

In March, Jessica divulged the sex of her baby when she posed nude on the cover of ELLE magazine, making some media insiders wonder if she will take the same route with her little girl's first photos. In 2006, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes debuted Suri, for no fee, on the cover of a Vanity Fair, rather than selling the images to a weekly.

“It’s not like Jessica needs the money," another insider tells me. "Her clothing business has made her a fortune. The $100,000 - $500,000 that she could make from selling pictures doesn’t mean that much to her. Instead, she might be better off going with a high-end photographer that magazines like Vanity Fair and Elle use to create an image that, in the long run, would be worth whatever amount a weekly is offering.”

Whatever Jessica decides to do, we can’t wait to see baby Max!

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WATCH: Justin Bieber's Surprise High School Graduation Ceremony

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2012 has been a big year for Justin Bieber -- he turned 18, bought a multimillion dollar home, and he graduated from high school.

Though the pop star earned his degree on the road with the help of tutors, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres wanted to make sure his educational accomplishments were properly celebrated. On Wednesday, DeGeneres surprised Bieber with a graduation ceremony in front of her entire audience, which included Bieber's mother and managers.

After handing him the traditional graduation robe, Ellen noted that she knows how important his hair is to him, and so she had a special cap created that hovered above his head and thus wouldn't interfere with his famous tresses.

Ellen gave a joke-filled speech before handing Bieber his diploma:

"We're here to honor the accomplishments of the Biebs, a great American who happens to be from Canada. Justin, you finally made it, you're graduating and I'm so proud of you, because I always said 'there ain't nothing more better than an education,'" she said as the audience burst into laughter. "You've accomplished so much in a short time, you're only 18 and an international superstar. When I was 18, my biggest accomplishment was drinking a whole bottle of boysenberry syrup from the International House of Pancakes."

DeGeneres had a few words of advice for Justin as he embarks on the next chapter of his life, telling the pop star, "So now that you're graduating, you're going to have to survive on your own. You're going to need a strong character, a good business sense, and you're going to need suspenders -- honestly, your pants need to be pulled up at some point."

In early May, Bieber first revealed the good news to the Australian newspaper The Telegraph: "I just finished high school. I passed my test -- I'm free! It was hard doing school and work every day," he said, adding that he made sure to finish his schooling for his mother, who really wanted him to earn his high school diploma.

Bristol's Back This June

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NEW YORK — Lifetime network has set a premiere date for its new reality series about Bristol Palin's home life in Alaska.

The network says "Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp" will debut June 19 with two new half-hours airing weekly.

The 14-episode series stars the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and will explore her pressures raising toddler son Tripp as she maintains her close relationship with the larger Palin clan.

The former first daughter of Alaska, Palin became one of the nation's most prominent single mothers after the 2008 birth of Tripp. In 2010, she competed on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." Last June she published a best-selling memoir.

Adam Lambert Makes History As The First Openly Gay Male Artist To Top Album Charts

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Adam Lambert is making history this week by reportedly becoming the first openly gay male artist to top the Billboard album charts.

As Billboard's Keith Caulfield is reporting, Lambert snagged the No. 1 spot with his sophomore effort, "Trespassing," which sold 77,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Interestingly, it's a case of one "American Idol" alum replacing another, as Lambert's chart debut toppled Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away," which drops to No. 3.

Including Underwood, Lambert is the seventh "American Idol" finalist to reach No. 1, following Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry (of Daughtry) and Scotty McCreery, according to Billboard.

But Lambert's chart triumph is also historic, as it marks the first time an openly gay male performer accomplishes that feat. As AfterElton notes, "Other gay performers such as Elton John and George Michael have hit No. 1, but only before they came out, and they haven't managed that honor since."

Lambert seemingly acknowledged that accomplishment, tweeting, "Thank you to the Glamily for helping me make HISTORY!"

It's also been a challenging road for "Trespassing," which includes collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, Nile Rodgers and Sam Sparro, among others. The album's first single, "Better Than I Know Myself," stalled at No. 76 on the Billboard singles chart after its December 2011 release. Co-written by Bruno Mars, second single "Never Close Our Eyes" should fare better.

Lambert told AOL Music the album's title was "figuratively" inspired by his own life. "I do feel like a trespasser, but not in a literal sense, because I don't think I've broken into any property recently," he said. "I'm pretty eccentric, and as far as the music industry is concerned, I feel like a bit of an outsider. There are times when I feel like I'm breaking new ground by breaking in."

View some other memorable Adam Lambert moments below:

Steve Sparrow: The West Coast, F***ed up Narnia and Back to Europe...

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We left Austin and the mania of SXSW with sore heads, dashed through an airport or two and found ourselves in the northwest, Portland, OR.

I took a little rest and stayed out of town with family and met the boys in Portland early on Monday. After a morning of promo and a session at Kink FM's Bing lounge I was greeted with tales of debauchery from their previous night, and rumour of a 'special' burrito house they had discovered in downtown Portland.

They didn't lie, they were hands down the best burritos any of us had discovered on our US travels, but the restaurant itself, was by a long shot, one of the strangest establishments we found. After being plied with all manner of Mexican food and cocktails nature was banging heavily on the inside of our bladders. The boys kept asking if I needed the toilet and kept pointing to the door with "RESTROOMS" signed above.

Opening the restroom door we were greeted into a weird fucked up Narnia where the lions and witches had been replaced by naked women, and the wardrobe replaced by poles. One of the stranger places to find yourself on a Monday afternoon at 3pm.

We played a small show at the Doug Fir in Portland and then began the epic drive to San Francisco. I say epic not just because it takes so long, but because you cover such vast and varied landscapes and weather conditions. From mountains and snow covered passes to vast flatlands, rolling green and beautiful Californian sunshine. I really get why people get so excited about the west coast of America.

We took a day off in San Francisco where we were gutted to be unable to get on a boat to Alcatraz... damn tourists... I decided to take a bit of time to myself. For the first time on the tour I went it alone and wandered the Embarcaderos and rode the trams in blissful solitude. I'm normally terrible left with just my own company but San Francisco had me around its little finger or 'pinky' I should say.

The photos I took on my BlackBerry will never show the bluey-green beauty of the Pacific or the warmth-on-your-face feeling that enveloped me when I was there. You just have to go. I met up with the boys in a bar where we caught our favourite premiership clubs in action... Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham if you're asking... and then began our final epic drive of the trip, this time to LA.

We arrived late in LA in an area known as 'Boys Town' on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood.

Our plans for the next 48 hours? Two Radio Shows, A gig at the Roxy and dinner at the Rainbow, wow. Sounds just like the movies. We were living the American dream. I think I felt like the tourists do in London when they go to Buckingham palace and all the other places we take for granted as we walk past them.

I was shattered and went straight to bed leaving the other boys the task of settling into our new surroundings. Unbeknown to them, Boys Town is the gay district of Santa Monica blvd and I believe Ben's first experience of a bar in LA was nude oiled men dancing on tables to the sound of C&C Music Factory's Everybody dance now.

Welcome to boys town. Make yourself at home.

My first day in LA was one I'll never forget. I started the day as I did with most days in America, with a morning of promo. What followed was an experience that I will be eternally grateful for. We were invited to the Capitol building, a historical monument in music and the home of our west coast based record label EMI.

We were shown the studios where many of music history's greats had performed endless amounts of timeless classics. They aren't the best shots in the world but here are a sneak peak from my blackberry of the inside of Capitol records and the view from the roof over the Hollywood hills.

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We spent the afternoon familiarising ourselves with Boys Town's best bars, the locals were friendly as you'd imagine and the frozen margaritas weren't bad either. I'd say we fit right in.

Our last US show was at the infamous Roxy on Sunset blvd. A tidy show to finish our US travels and much fun was had at the Rainbow and various other bars afterwards, it was our last US show afterall.

We spent our last day in LA as tourists. We visited the Observatory for the best and most majestic views of the city and then watched the sun drop into the ocean at Venice beach before heading to LAX for some sleeping pills and a 10 hour flight back to London.

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We had just one day at home to wash our clothes and fight the jetlag before heading straight out to Cologne, Germany to begin our European tour.

Europe is a mad blur. We spent the first three days so jetlagged and confused that we don't remember very much of the start. Nobody was sleeping at night but the support and love we received from our European followers was unbelievable. The best fan gifts yet, fan tattoos, sold out shows, five cities in five days. We couldn't have asked for more, except for the evil Laryngitis to leave my poor voice alone. Coughing blood is cool though right?

Here are a bunch of phone pics from the tour:

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It's been a period to remember, or maybe just try to remember. We've traveled thousands of miles and met so many incredible people whilst taking in these incredible experiences. The warmth of our fans and the response of people hearing and seeing us for the first time is always overwhelming, we won't be stopping anytime soon.

It all starts again in just a few weeks, the festivals have kicked off and another US tour is on the horizon. I'll leave you with a few shots of our recent trip to Holland last weekend, we headlined the Life I Live festival in Den Haag.

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Enjoy. S x

Life I Live Festival Photos by Craig Thomas www.craigthomas.net

PHOTOS: 'Before They Were Famous' Soap Opera Hair

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Did you know that before Julianne Moore starred in films such as, "Crazy Stupid Love" and "The Kids Are Alright," she played Frannie Hughes Crawford on the soap opera "As the World Turns"? Or, that before Kelly Ripa hosted "Live! with Kelly" every morning, she starred on "All My Children" as Hayley Vaughan? These two Hollywood A-Listers aren't the only stars who paid their dues on the soap opera circuit before making it big. And by big, we don't just mean their careers, we're talking hair. Lots of hair. In fact, you might not even recognize some of these stars from their soap opera days.

Take a peek in our gallery below to see Teri Hatcher, Alec Baldwin, Ricky Martin, Demi Moore and more celebrities with wild soap opera hair:

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Kim Kardashian's Sex Tape Or Your Freedom?

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Typing "Kim Kardashian sex tape" into Google may make Americans feel dirty, but at least it won't get them arrested.

The same can't be said for residents of countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey and China, where downloading or possessing pornography can land you on a list -- or behind bars.

That hasn't stopped hot-blooded Web surfers around the world from typing those four fateful words into search engines, if the number of results available to users of international versions of Google is any indication. Sure, the U.S. leads the world with a whopping 38 million returned entries, but China -- where porn and even sexting are against the law -- comes in second with 6.43 million.

Holding down the three spot is Singapore (1.45 million results), where possession of pornography is punishable by up to a year in prison.

Not even Canada or the United Kingdom can match those numbers, even though virtually every Canuck and Brit we know admits to having watched Kim and her onscreen lover, Ray J, in flagrante delicto.

Check out the chart below to find out which global populations are risking their freedom for a forbidden glimpse of the hottest woman in the world.

*Search results were gathered at time of publication and are subject to change.


'Smash' Cast Sounds Off On Shake-Up

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"Smash" Season 2 will look very different (that's pretty much a good thing) and several cast members have taken to Twitter to react to the shake-up.

Raza Jaffrey (Dev), Jaime Cepero (Ellis), Brian d'Arcy James (Frank) and Will Chase (Michael Swift) are exiting stage left for Season 2. The departures come as former "Gossip Girl" executive producer Josh Safran takes control of the series from outgoing creator/showrunner Theresa Rebeck.

Some of the cast took to Twitter to respond to the big changes.

A source close to the series told HuffPost TV that characters may appear to wrap up their storylines, but they will not be series regulars when the show returns to NBC midseason.

In the Season 1 finale, Dev was last seen watching his former fiancee Karen (Katharine McPhee) take the stage as Marilyn Monroe hours, which was just hours after she found out about his affair with Ivy (Megan Hilty). Eileen (Anjelica Huston) fired Ellis, but vowed revenge and Frank was getting his relationship with wife Julia (Debra Messing) back on track after her affair with Michael.

When HuffPost TV visited the "Smash" set in January 2012, Season 1 was already well underway and McPhee was thinking ahead to guest stars for future seasons.

"Some young, hunky guy to come in maybe the second or third season to have a really quick moment with," she said. "Whether it's a dream sequence or not, but I just get to make out with him. Maybe Ryan Gosling. RYAN GOSLING! That's who it is!"

Check out photos from "Smash" Season 1 below:

Robert Pattinson For 'Hunger Games' Sequel?

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Robert Pattinson as heartthrob and fan favorite Finnick Odair in "Hunger Games" sequel "Catching Fire"? Probably not even a little, but that's the rumor making the rounds on Wednesday.

The report comes courtesy of the blog Think McFly Think, which claims that Lionsgate -- the studio behind "The Hunger Games" -- is "chasing" Pattinson for the key "Catching Fire" role.

While it might seem totally ridiculous that Pattinson -- finally free from his obligations to the uber-popular "Twilight" franchise and tackling films like David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" -- would join Team Hunger Games, he does have one connection to the world of Panem: "Catching Fire" will be directed by Francis Lawrence, who worked with the star on "Water For Elephants." (Lawrence replaced Gary Ross as shepherd of the franchise earlier this year.)

"As with the first film, we won't be confirming, denying or commenting any casting rumors for this title," Lionsgate told HuffPost Entertainment in a statement. "We will announce news wide when there is official casting news to announce."

Finnick, who first appears in "Catching Fire," plays a key role in Suzanne Collins' best-selling "Hunger Games" trilogy. From District 4, he was the winner of the 65th annual Hunger Games and forms a friendly relationship with Katniss Everdeen following her victory at the 74th iteration of the Games.

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, "Catching Fire" will arrive in theaters on Nov. 22, 2013. The film will begin shooting this summer.

[via Think McFly Think]

Snooki's $100 Million Deal Backfired

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Court documents examined by HuffPost Celebrity reveal new details about Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's October 2011 lawsuit: The star claims that a licensing company led her to believe that she could make $100 million over three years if she signed with the firm. Instead, she earned just $250,000 and decided to sue.

SRG Ventures fought back in December, filing a $7 million counterclaim against Snooki that accuses her of sabotaging the deals the firm was trying to make with several brands.

Snooki's original legal filing also claims (rather surprisingly) that any association with an alcohol brand would be unacceptable to her and inappropriate for her image. In the filing, Snooki is described as "a crowd favorite" who "is now one of the most recognizable faces in the entertainment industry."

"Snooki filed a suit in October 2011 to end her relationship with SRG, as they didn’t deliver the deals or money they had led her to expect she would receive," a friend of the "Jersey Shore" star tells me. "Now she’s fighting back against the counterclaim that she didn't hold up her side of the agreement."

According to court documents cited by the New York Post, SRG is arguing that Snooki's unladylike behavior, culminating in her 2010 arrest for disorderly conduct, made it difficult to find brands that wanted to be associated with her. Disney, Macy's and Target were among those the firm claims to have approached.

But Snooki's lawyers contend that's just an excuse. "Ms. Polizzi recently filed claims for fraud and breach of contract against SRG," Snooki's attorney Brian Procel told me. "The court papers allege that SRG lied about their connections in the industry and failed to secure licensing agreements in accordance with the parties' written contract. We intend to litigate this case aggressively -- SRG's attempt to take advantage of Ms. Polizzi will not be tolerated."

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See Priscilla Chan's Unusual Wedding Ring

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If Mark Zuckerberg's new wife was expecting a MASSIVE diamond on her wedding ring ... she was SORELY disappointed.

Just days after the surprise wedding of the century, Priscilla Chan-Zuckerberg took her brand new ruby rock on the road ... flashing her piece during a lunch date with a friend in Palo Alto, CA yesterday.

Cheryl For 'American Idol'?

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Everyone knows what happened the last time Cheryl Cole got involved with a US talent show. Let's just say it didn't end well.

But that hasn't put the producers of American Idol off, as they've reportedly asked her to become a judge on the next series.

Bosses of the show - rival to The X Factor USA, which Cheryl was axed from last year - have reportedly made a multi-million dollar offer to her.

The New York Post reports she is being touted as a fourth judge for the show, which is just about to crown its 11th winner.

A source told the paper: "It will be interesting to see how Jennifer deals with another beautiful woman sitting alongside her."

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However, it is also thought she could replace Jennifer Lopez, after she sparked rumours she's about to quit the show.

J.Lo recently told The Ellen DeGeneres Show: "Now this is my second year - I don't know if I can go for a third year. I miss doing other things.

"It really does lock you down, which was nice the first year with the babies being three, but now they're getting more mobile, they're about to go into school ... so I just don't know."

Cheryl would be a considerably cheaper option as bosses are said to be willing to pay her in the region of $5m to $10m, compared to J.Lo's rumoured $15m to $20m.

It would also be a swipe at Simon Cowell by American Idol's creator Simon Fuller, as the pair have famously had an on-going feud.

Regardless, we'd love Cheryl back on our screens on a weekly basis, so we've got all of our fingers and toes crossed this turns out to be true.

> CHERYL DAZZLES ON THE RED CARPET OF WHAT TO EXPECT...

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