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- Taylor Armstrong Filed For Divorce So Bravo Would Let Her Back On Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills
- Watch Justin Bieber Duet With His Baby Sister
- Matisyahu Freaks Out, Attacks A Photographer
- Is This Sitcom About Crossdressing Offensive To Transgender People?
- See A Hundred-Year-Old Letter To Santa Claus
- Video: Take A Tour Of Courtney Love’s Closet
- R. Kelly’s ‘Trapped in the Closet’ Led to At Least One Marriage
- Miley Cyrus Clarifies: She Doesn’t Curse At Fans, But Non-Fans Are Fair Game
- Video: Kris Humphries Gets Booed His First Game Back
- JWOWW Launched A Bikini Line And It Looks Like Underwear
| Taylor Armstrong Filed For Divorce So Bravo Would Let Her Back On Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST We already knew that Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong filed for divorce before her husband Russell‘s suicide. This was probably a wise move; their marriage was deeply troubled, and Russell had become physically abusive towards her. But apparently, the thing that finally made her want to go through with it was not her fear for her own personal safety, but fear of being booted from the Real Housewives franchise. According to Radar, the show’s producers did not want the Armstrongs on the show anymore after the currently airing season finished filming, because Russell was constantly threatening to sue over public discussion of his marital problems. (I suppose fear of being held responsible for injuries inflicted on Taylor did not cross their minds.) “Bravo and NBC decided that Russell and Taylor were more trouble than they were worth, and decided to end filming with them, as soon as it became apparent that Russell was going to continue down that path,” a source told Radar. “Taylor decided to pursue the separation first, but then she thought to get back on the show, she would need to file for divorce, so that she could appear on the show again, if she promised executives that she was leaving him for good.” This sounds believable, considering recent episodes of RHBH have focused on Russell’s litigiousness; on the most recent one, Russell sent Camille Grammer a letter saying he was going to sue her for defamation for her discussion of his abusive behavior towards his wife. It’s sad that it took the threat of being cast from the spotlight to get Taylor to leave an abusive marriage, but maybe this just adds heft to her assertion that being on reality tv saved her life. (Via Radar) Related posts: Post from: Crushable  |
| Watch Justin Bieber Duet With His Baby Sister Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST Look, I don’t care what your feelings about Justin Bieber are — I don’t care if you find him manufactured or overly sugary or kind of a jerk — you will find this video of him singing with his three-year-old sister Jazmyn sweet and adorable. Justin’s back at home in Canada spending some time with his family, which includes his pop, little Jazmyn and a two-year-old brother. He brought his little sis up on stage at a show in Toronto and the two sang a couple of Justin’s songs and chat about her life as a toddler. What does Jazmyn want to be when she grows up? “Bigger.” Kid, that seems pretty doable. (via Huffington Post) Post from: Crushable  |
| Matisyahu Freaks Out, Attacks A Photographer Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:55 AM PST Just a week after shaving his beard and renouncing his Hasidism, Jewish rapper Matisyahu has made headlines again, this time for attacking a photographer at a show. The report comes courtesy of photographer Rebecca Smeyne, who (full disclosure!) is a friend and sometime collaborator of mine. According to the account she wrote for Paper, Smeyne was just doing her job, shooting photos of his special Hanukkah concert at The Music Hall of Williamsburg, when he decided to kick her in the face and damage her camera:
Smeyne did what any reasonable person would do and called the cops to file a report so as to increase her chances of being reimbursed for the damages. But before that could happen, Matisyahu’s manager gave her “a fat stack of bills” and apologized for Matisyahu’s behavior, calling it “out of character.” She accepted the compensation, declined to file a report, and went home. Happy Hannukah! Why did Matisyahu freak out like this? Smeyne speculates that the recent attention could be stressing him out; others suggest he has issues with women. Who knows what’s been causing him to re-think his religious affiliation and stance on facial hair? Whatever it is, I hope he gets his anger problem under control before he injures someone. As both a friend and a fan of her work, I’m glad Rebecca is okay. (Via Paper Magazine) Related posts: Post from: Crushable  |
| Is This Sitcom About Crossdressing Offensive To Transgender People? Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:13 AM PST A new sitcom called Work It has drawn ire from LGBT groups for having crossdressing as its central comedic premise. It’s true that it looks pretty terrible, but is it offensive to transgender people? The show follows the lives of two straight men who decide to dress up as women in order to get jobs. (Because straight men are discriminated against so much in the workforce.) Much (all?) of the comedy comes from these guys’ bumbling efforts to impersonate women, or at least what they think women are like. They speak in high voices! They don’t eat! They have to hide the charade from their wives! GLAAD and The Human Rights Campaign are saying that this show is offensive to transgender people because it “invites the audience to laugh at images of men trying to adopt a feminine appearance,” making it “easier to mock” transgender people in general. This seems like a bit of a stretch. GLAAD should know better than anyone that a guy wearing a dress is not automatically an m-to-f trans person; the identity goes much deeper than that. The guys on the show are portrayed as straight-identifying, so I think it would be more accurate to say that the humor comes from straight men trying to act like women. Don’t get me wrong, this sitcom looks terrible. It has a premise (and theme song!) taken straight from 1993, and there are some pretty heinous racial and gender stereotypes at play. But as far as transgender people in particular go, I don’t think the show makes them look bad at all, because none of the characters are transgender. It’s hard to shit on a group of people without even mentioning them. But perhaps the sitcom’s writers will take this controversy as an opportunity to educate people about what it means to be transgender. I would like to see the guys meet an actual trans person, and have their ignorance made the butt of the joke. (Via Jezebel) Related posts: Post from: Crushable  |
| See A Hundred-Year-Old Letter To Santa Claus Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:12 AM PST Are you so totally charmed by this? A man in Dublin, Ireland was cleaning his fireplace when he found this letter to Santa written in 1911 by two kids, brother Fred and sister Hannah. The kids placed it on a shelf inside the fireplace, and somehow it remained there relatively unscathed for a century. Adorable, but guys? You’ve got to get Santa your letter before he slides down your chimney. Or maybe it was different back then. (via Jezebel) Post from: Crushable  |
| Video: Take A Tour Of Courtney Love’s Closet Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:56 AM PST Courtney Love‘s closet looks pretty much exactly as you’d imagine it would, except there are no hidden vials of cocaine or NA big books. Interesting Courtney fact: she used to work in the costume department of a studio lot, where she was tasked with going through ancient garments and throwing away the ones that had rotted. Or course she didn’t, and now she owns a whole bunch of cool, albeit rotten, hundred-year-old dresses. There’s also something pretty hilarious about the fact that Court’s unabashedly smoking a cigarette next to all these delicate, ancient garments. It probably just makes them look cooler? (via Stylist) Post from: Crushable  |
| R. Kelly’s ‘Trapped in the Closet’ Led to At Least One Marriage Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:56 AM PST Crushable reported yesterday “Trapped in a Closet” might be getting up to 32 new chapters, and now we have at least two people who would be super excited to see the videos continue-”Trapped” stars Rolando Boyce and LeShay Tomlinson, who met while tapping the music epic and are now married. Boyce said of the potential extension, “we’d love to film with him again … especially after everything that happened to us because of the video.” His enthusiasm for the project is cute, like the old couple in your town petitioning against the bulldozing of the pizza place where they first met. I’m still trying to figure out how sparks can fly between co-stars working on a project that features so much infidelity and firearms. Sometimes it’s easy to picture the moment in a movie that might have lead the two leads to hook up off screen. Ryan Gosling looks at a soaking wet Rachel McAdams and decides to propose an off camera love scene. Kristen Stewart sees Robert Pattison glitter for the first time and thinks, “I can’t wait for the fourth movie.” And Rolando Boyce and LeShay Tomlinson lie on the carpet in fear of gunfire when Boyce whispers, “You want to get coffee sometime?” Related posts: Post from: Crushable  |
| Miley Cyrus Clarifies: She Doesn’t Curse At Fans, But Non-Fans Are Fair Game Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:53 AM PST
Miley tweeted:
OK, so it’s good that she wasn’t snapping at one of the adoring girls with the camera phones. Can you imagine how sad that would be to see a child’s hopes get crushed to learn that her idol is a jerk? So we’re glad that Miley wasn’t trying to bitch out the kids. However, she’s still a role model for the girls trailing her even on vacation, so she should probably can the language even if it’s in response to an adult being a jerk. Maybe it was one of the mothers who was upset that Miley was so dismissive; it’s not clear. Related posts: Post from: Crushable  |
| Video: Kris Humphries Gets Booed His First Game Back Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:56 AM PST Poor Kris Humphries. Following his failed bid at becoming a reality star, he’s retreated to that which he knows best: mother basketball. But, like a bird who senses her baby has been touched by human hands, basketball simply does not want him anymore. In his first game since re-signing to the New Jersey Nets (and, not insignificantly, since his divorce from one of the most hated women in America), Humphries was booed by the spirited crowd each time he dared to do anything. Why were they booing? I’m no expert in the psyches of basketball fans, but shouldn’t they be happy he got out of his fake marriage to that round-assed succubus? Something to the effect of “Congrats on getting your balls back, bro! Now it’s time to focus on the most important activity of all, putting a basketball through that circular net-like thing.” I guess Humphries seemed like he wanted to stay married to Kim Kardashian, so that’s a point against him. Or maybe they simply did not much appreciate his constant compulsion to fart in girls’ faces. (Via People) Related posts: Post from: Crushable  |
| JWOWW Launched A Bikini Line And It Looks Like Underwear Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:42 AM PST Jenni Farley‘s got a new line of bikinis called, appropriately enough, JWOWW by Perfect Tan. And with their lace trim and lack of straps, these suits totally look like lingerie! Although I suppose they’re for lying on the beach and tanning for days on end and not for any kind of actual swimming. Here’s the big draw of the line, other than the celebrity name: the bikinis use some sort of silicone technology that keeps the tops of the suits adhered to your body even if you remove the straps. About the wares, Jenni said: “I wanted my line to be stylish and functional, so getting the perfect tan could be hassle-free. Now you can be sexy and tan-line-free at the same time,” Farley says of her designs. (via Too Fab) Post from: Crushable  |
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