Dakota Johnson Doesn't Need $3,000 Worth of Beauty Products to Play Anastasia Steele

donderdag 26 september 2013

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by Maressa Brown 1 hour ago

Dakota Johnson appears to already be gearing up for getting in front of the cameras to film Fifty Shades of Grey. The actress confirmed to portray Anastasia Steele was just spotted at Bergdorf Goodman in NYC with mom Melanie Griffith and, according to E!, reportedly spent "a considerable time in the cosmetics department and ended up splurging big time at the Orlane Paris counter -- $3,000, to be exact!" Oof!

The gossiphounds go on to dish that the mother-daughter duo walked away with products like the posh line's hydrating serum, super moisturizing light cream, and Vivifying cleanser. Huh. While I can understand wanting to drop some dough on a few high-quality, key skin care products that you feel make a major difference ... and I realize we're talkin' Hollywood royalty here who can afford to lay down serious cash for whatever beauty products they desire, I'm having trouble wrapping my head on the idea of thousands on skincare in one fell swoop!?

Especially for 23-year-old Dakota. We can't be sure if they were shopping for Dakota alone or Melanie or both of 'em, but if there's any chance the lion's share of the products were meant for her, that's kinda sad. I hope it isn't indicative of her getting super-self-conscious about how she looks in the wake of all this newfound attention? She's beautiful just the way she is!

Plus, as much of a product junkie as I can be at times, I really can't get behind spending that kind of money on any sort of serum, moisturizer, or cleanser. After all, what could a $75 cream possibly deliver that can't be accomplished with a clean diet, lots of water, and simple, natural skin care solutions like aloe or witch hazel? Products over a certain price really start to seem more and more like snake oil.

Oh well! At least it sounds like Dakota got a chance to share some quality time with her mama before cameras start rolling. I'd venture to guess that eating healthy and a lot of rest will go a lot further than any $50 cleanser to helping her look and feel her best when Sam Taylor-Johnson eventually yells "action!"

How do you feel about laying out a lot of cash on skincare products?

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Brandi Glanville's Latest Tweet Demonstrates Exactly Why She Doesn't Have a Man

vrijdag 13 september 2013

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by Nicole Fabian-Weber 15 hours ago

I'm starting to get the feeling that there's a reason Brandi Glanville isn't in a serious relationship. She's in love with Twitter, and she compares every man she meets to it. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star was rumored to be dating ex-flame Jonathan Ruiz, but that relationship seems to have gone to crap, because a little over a week ago, she tweeted: "Ex-boyfriends are ex for a reason #dontgoback." And now she just wrote: "I'm done with ALL men #lesbianpillplease."

Question: Would you want to be involved with someone who aired every single relationship grievance to their thousands of Twitter followers? You would? Oh, then let me introduce you to Brandi!

First of all, Brandi ought to cool it with the "I'm swearing off men forever" schtick, because A) she's obviously not, and B) that, quite frankly, is getting old. But moreover, Brandi needs to stop tweeting about her relationship issues all the time. Say she and some dude she was dating just got into a fight. And then she fired off this "I'm done with ALL men" tweet. If you were that guy, would you appreciate that? Who wants to read vague, passive-aggressive comments online about themselves all the time?

Brandi, I don't mean to overstep any boundaries here, but I'd like to make a suggestion. Stop tweeting about your love life for god's sake. Clearly, it's not doing you any good. You're a funny and intelligent enough person to be able to tweet about things other than dudes. Like your hair. Have you ever considered a tweet about your hair? Food for thought.

What do you think of Brandi's constant tweets about her relationships?

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Miley Cyrus’s Provocative VMA Performance Doesn’t Encourage a Rape Culture

woensdag 4 september 2013

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by Jenny Erikson 7 hours ago

Of all the dumb things people say … well this one is pretty dumb. Richard Cohen wrote a column for the Washington Post on Monday that somehow managed to link Miley Cyrus’s raunchy VMA performance with the Steubenville rape case.

So that just happened. A journalist suggested that performances like Miley’s are the real reason that two teenage boys sexually manhandled their drunk and passed out female peer. He implied that that’s how teens operate these days thanks to a “tawdry cable TV and celebrity culture.”

Cohen wrote:

Let me also suggest that acts such as hers not only objectify women but debase them. They encourage a teenage culture that has set the women’s movement back on its heels. What is being celebrated is not sexuality but sexual exploitation, a mean casualness that deprives intimacy of all intimacy.

I’m not here to defend the VMA performance, because I thought it was crass and I’ll thank God in heaven to never see Miley’s tongue again, but I’m hard-pressed to blame an obnoxious 20-year-old on TV for the sexual misconduct of teenage boys.

If a teenager watches a young lady (and I use the term loosely in this case) twerking and simulating sex with a foam finger on TV and somehow manages to translate that into permission to have sex with passed out drunk girls, then our culture is in worse shape than I thought.

It’s never ok to do something to another person without their explicit, sober consent -- no matter how many grown-up Disney starlets shake their hips in nude bikinis on cable TV.

As it is, I think the outrage over the VMA stunt is evidence that we are not a completely debased society. If this were the norm, then what’s all the fuss about? It seems that our culture doesn’t celebrate the sexual exploitation of young women after all.

Do you think Miley’s twerking encourages a rape culture?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jenny Erikson

is a conservative chick living in Southern California with her two daughters. She loves politics and hates laundry.

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Miley Cyrus Doesn't Owe Parents an Apology for Her Raunchy VMA Performance

dinsdag 27 augustus 2013

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Rut-ro. Miley Cyrus has gone and done it! Her raunchy VMAs performance has set the mommies' tongues a clucking!

Did you see her gyrating and twerking up there? Did you see her rip off that sexy teddy bear onesie and reveal her so pale they blended right into her skin undies? Did you see her letting Robin Thicke perform fake anal right out there in the middle of everything?

What are our kids supposed to think?

Well, how about nothing?

My 8-year-old is a Miley Cyrus fan. She danced to "Party in the USA" at her pre-school graduation, and she's seen her fair share of Hannah Montana episodes. Today I asked her what she thinks about Miley, and she said, quite simply, "She's cool. I love singing her music!"

She didn't, however, have an opinion about Miley's VMAs gyrations, for one simple reason: she didn't see it -- or any of the VMAs for that matter.

She didn't watch because she was in bed -- school starts soon, and we've reinstituted 8 p.m. bedtime to ready for early rising. She didn't watch because it was the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. It wasn't a show for kids. And when I myself finally pulled up videos of Miley letting it all hang out (I skipped the VMAs to catch up on Breaking Bad), I made sure she was in another room before I hit play. 

She can like Miley's songs, even like some of Miley's (kid-appropriate) acting. But it's not up to Miley to protect my kid from Miley acting out.

It's up to me.

So I have to ask: what is all the fuss about?

Did Miley act like an idiot up there on that stage? Sure. But then, she also acted a lot like a 20-year-old who is still figuring out who she is; a 20-year-old who has had to endure the judgment of an entire nation as she's transitioned from sweet little kid to teenager to young adult.

Miley Cyrus has not had it easy with the pressure of growing up in the spotlight. Do we really need to add "being a role model to our kids" onto her heavy burden?

Is that really her job?

I don't think so. It's no more her job to raise my kid and do right by my kid than it is Alex Rodriguez' job to stay off steroids so that my kid's love of baseball remains untainted, or any other celebrity's job to live a stained life just so my kid never has to learn that there are bad people and bad things in this world. 

That's why kids have parents. We're here to shield them from the bad things out there, to introduce those issues in kid-appropriate ways, to pick and choose what they learn about and when.

So to all the parents demanding Miley Cyrus' head on a platter, I have to ask: where were you when your kid was watching Miley grind on a foam finger? Why weren't YOU protecting your kid?

Do you really believe Miley Cyrus owes parents an apology here?

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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Reunion Doesn't Stand a Chance If She's Living With a New Man

maandag 26 augustus 2013

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by Maressa Brown 15 hours ago

Ever since Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson broke up, we've heard varying stories about each of them moving on with respective other people. There was KStew's rumored rebound relationship with Michael Pitt, and Rob's been linked with who knows how many other women including Elvis's granddaughter Riley Keough. Still, just as Robsten fans were holding out hope that the two were close to reuniting ... Kristen may be moving on -- and has already moved in! -- with another man. 

It's been obvious from photos on the set that Kristen gets along with her Camp X-Ray co-star Lane Garrison, but apparently they're getting along so well that they're now living together, according to a source who spoke with Yahoo! omg!.

The source explains, "Kristen was enjoying Lane's company, and he was spending a lot of time with her at her home. He doesn't live in LA so he moved out of his hotel when they became close and moved into the guest wing of her house in Los Feliz.''

So it's just the guest wing, and not her bedroom. But who knows ... Where there's smoke (or stars living in close quarters), there tends to be fire (or an AFFAIR!). And what the source had to say about Kristen's brother Cameron's take on the whole thing makes it seem like romance may be brewing ...

The insider claims, "Kristen's big brother, Cameron, has told her he's concerned about the new relationship, especially since [Lane Garrison's] recent arrest after his jail term ... But Kristen is trying to pull her life together and she's been leaning on Lane since they started filming together. She understands his past but trusts that he's changed and is really enjoying getting to know him.''

Sounds like trouble! Especially for anyone holding out for a Robsten reunion ...

What do you think is going on between Kristen and Lane? Would you want to see them together?

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Hey, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles Doesn’t Think You’re Finished With Him Yet

zaterdag 24 augustus 2013

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by Kiri Blakeley 14 hours ago

Of the long list of ex-boyfriends Taylor Swift has written songs about, one very important ex seems to be missing. Although rumor had it Taylor had written "I Knew You Were Trouble" about One Direction's Harry Styles, she actually wrote the song before hooking up with -- and being dumped by -- Hairy Harry. So the man (boy?) needs a song. Why should that smarmy pretty boy John Mayer get a song and not Harry?!! And we're not the only ones who think that Harry needs a Taylor Swift song. He thinks so too!

The One Directioner told US Weekly:

It would be hypocritical for me to say she couldn't do it because everybody writes songs based on personal experience. I can't say I'd have dated someone less famous to avoid it. At least she's a great songwriter!

Sounds like he's just waiting with bated breath for his damn song, amiright? You can't blame him. All these other dudes get songs. He needs his own stinkin' breakup song! And then for Taylor to sing it to him at the VMAs! This is what the world needs NOW!

I kind of wonder what a Harry ditty would sound like. Maybe sumpthin' like:

I remember making out

In Times Square

On New Year's Eve

With your hair ...

It was cold

But you kept me warm

In Times Square

You were so horn (y)

Well, okay, I didn't say I was a songwriter! But if she said all that, we'd totally know who it was about, right? And then Harry would be happy. And all would be well.

Do you want to hear a song about Harry?

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Hey, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles Doesn’t Think You’re Finished With Him Yet

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by Kiri Blakeley 14 hours ago

Of the long list of ex-boyfriends Taylor Swift has written songs about, one very important ex seems to be missing. Although rumor had it Taylor had written "I Knew You Were Trouble" about One Direction's Harry Styles, she actually wrote the song before hooking up with -- and being dumped by -- Hairy Harry. So the man (boy?) needs a song. Why should that smarmy pretty boy John Mayer get a song and not Harry?!! And we're not the only ones who think that Harry needs a Taylor Swift song. He thinks so too!

The One Directioner told US Weekly:

It would be hypocritical for me to say she couldn't do it because everybody writes songs based on personal experience. I can't say I'd have dated someone less famous to avoid it. At least she's a great songwriter!

Sounds like he's just waiting with bated breath for his damn song, amiright? You can't blame him. All these other dudes get songs. He needs his own stinkin' breakup song! And then for Taylor to sing it to him at the VMAs! This is what the world needs NOW!

I kind of wonder what a Harry ditty would sound like. Maybe sumpthin' like:

I remember making out

In Times Square

On New Year's Eve

With your hair ...

It was cold

But you kept me warm

In Times Square

You were so horn (y)

Well, okay, I didn't say I was a songwriter! But if she said all that, we'd totally know who it was about, right? And then Harry would be happy. And all would be well.

Do you want to hear a song about Harry?

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Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Have to Quit Smoking to Prove She's on the Mend

woensdag 21 augustus 2013

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by Maressa Brown 2 hours ago

Lindsay Lohan may have sworn up and down to Oprah that she's turning over a new leaf and striving to lead a clean, sober life post-rehab, but that hasn't stopped her from lighting up. Since her OWN interview aired, the actress has been photographed smoking cigarettes at various locations, my favorite of which has to be on an NYC sidewalk right after taking a Soul Cycle spin class. HA! 

So much for embracing a completely healthy lifestyle! But hey, baby steps, right?

I mean, let's be real here. While it would be awesome to think Lindsay might have walked out of rehab Adderall-, alcohol-, coke-, and nicotine-free, I'm actually not at all surprised that she's still having at the cancer sticks. It just wouldn't be realistic to expect LiLo to have dropped every single crappy habit she's battled over the past, what, 10+ years already. You can't expect someone who is battling various addiction demons to take on too much at once.

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When you have much bigger, more immediately pressing health issues/concerns to contend with -- like Lindsay does -- I don't see any point in freaking out about the slightly (key word -- cigarettes are still disgusting) less detrimental, more minor vices. One thing at a time! It's a little bit like trying to lose weight by eating frozen meals or 100-calorie snack bars. No, they're not ideal, whole, super-nutritious foods, but if they can help you learn basic portion control and calorie-counting, at least it's somewhere to start.

Sure, doing a "full clean sweep" and completely trading all of her toxic vices for green juice, chia seeds, and meditation straightaway would have probably been a bit too ambitious for Lindz. Of course I hope she'll kick the cigs at some point, but in the meantime, we should take heart in the fact that it looks like the worst thing she's doing right now is smoking her brains out. Which is totally gross, but it's not like it's going to keep her from moving on with her life. As long as she stays far away from falling back on the bottle and/or anything else illegal, she's in better shape than she was before!

How do you feel about LiLo continuing to light up?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Maressa Brown

has enjoyed reporting and writing for a variety of entertainment and women's magazines and websites. More often than not, you'll find her blogging, hitting the gym, reading, researching something on her iPhone, laughing, chatting at an above-"normal" volume, or getting her caffeine fix.

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Kim Kardashian's Biggest Fear Could Come True if She Doesn't Drop Her Demented Plan

dinsdag 13 augustus 2013

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by Adriana Velez 13 hours ago

You guys, Kim Kardashian is super worried about something. What if you forget about her while she's in Baby Weight Loss Lockdown 2013? A source says, "Kim has had this plan to show off how great she looks after giving birth and sell the pictures or videos for a lot of money, but she’s getting worried that it’s been too long and people aren’t as excited about seeing her anymore." I know it seems like yesterday, but it really has been two whole months since North West was born. The insider claims there's been a "shift in the fanbase." (I guess this would be the wrong time to mention a certain Schmince Schmorge ...)

I know what you're all thinking: Kim Kardashian who?!?

Hardy har har, of course we remember Kim Kardashian. She's only been gone for five minutes! Geez, what kind of flea-brained attention spans does she think we have? That's ridiculous. I know for a fact people are not forgetting Kim. How do I know? I cannot reveal details, but let me just say this: The reason we keep talking about Kim on The Stir is because so many people are still so obsessed with her. The minute people lose interest in KDash, we will stop writing about her, I ASSURE YOU. It's not happening any time soon.

But if Kim is so paranoid about losing our attention, there's a very obvious solution. She should get her ass out of the house. It's that easy. This idea of not appearing in public until she loses all the baby weight is just a big, foot-long insanity hoagie with extra crazy sauce.

It should take any healthy new mom a good six to nine months to lose the weight -- maybe longer if you gained more than the recommended 30 pounds, as Kim seems to have. I keep saying this! I think Kim's plan is to lose it all as soon as possible, but for the 90 millionth time, that's not healthy.

And anyway, Kim is missing an excellent opportunity to win some sympathy by showing up "in process." She should trust her fans to still love her and support her because it takes her time to lose the body weight -- not in spite of that. We don't need her to be superhuman. It's okay, Kim. You can act like a normal person this time, I swear.

Do you think Kim should stop hiding and just show up in public the way she is?

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'True Blood' Hunk Could Be Next Batman ... If Hottie Ryan Gosling Doesn't Win Role First!

dinsdag 6 augustus 2013

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by Jacqueline Burt 3 hours ago

Confession: I don't care about superheroes. Not one teensy weensy bit. I mean, sure, I can work up a mild interest in the genre for the sake of my son or whatever, but I've never given a second (or first) thought as to who might play Batman/Superman/Spider-Man/Whoeverelseman ... until now. Because on the short list to play the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman are -- check this out! -- Ryan Gosling and Joe Manganiello. That's right: Either Ryan Gosling or Joe Manganiello will be wearing tights on the big screen in the near future. Swoooooon!! (In case you're wondering, rumor has it director Zack Snyder wants John Hamm as Superman.)

Unfortunately, Gosling and Manganiello aren't the only two actors reportedly in the running ... 

Josh Brolin, Richard Armitage (The Hobbit), Matthew Goode (The Watchman), and Max Martini (Pacific Rim). But they're the only two actors we care about ... right? The big question now, of course, is WHICH super hot hottie should win the role. Holy Tough Choice, Batman! 

I honestly don't know if I could make this particular call. Manganiello and Gosling are equally sexy, they're just completely different types of sexy. So, let's start by figuring out which type of sexy Batman should be: Raw, dangerous werewolf sexy? Or Hey girl, I might be James Dean reincarnated sexy?

Hmmm. Y'all know I love myself some True Blood, but ... I'm leaning towards Alexander Skarsgard Ryan Gosling!! (Seriously, why NOT Alexander Skarsgard??)

Do you think Joe Manganiello or Ryan Gosling would make a better Batman? 

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Click the "Like" button below if you love vampires! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacqueline Burt

has written for numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites. She is easily bored and often tired, so she requires constant entertainment to keep her awake. Dance, Monkey! Dance! 

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Lauren Silverman's Past Doesn't Make Her a Homewrecker or Simon Cowell an Innocent Victim

maandag 5 augustus 2013

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by Linda Sharps 2 hours ago

So, have you heard about the craziness with Simon Cowell and how he's having a love child with socialite Lauren Silverman? That's not really the crazy part, of course. The reason this particular zygote has been dominating tabloid headlines is because Silverman is married -- to Cowell's friend, Andrew Silverman.

Er, his ex friend, that is. I'm assuming they're no longer BFFs, now that Cowell's been named in Andrew Silverman's divorce filings as a co-respondent, and Andrew's own brother was quoted as saying, "It is an unbelievable story of betrayal." But as the drama continues to swirl with ugly rumors of adultery, estrangement, and birth control trickery, one of the involved parties is getting a SERIOUSLY unfair amount of slut-shaming heat in this whole mess.

I'm talking about the babymama in question, Lauren Silverman. It's been revealed that when she was 16 and attending a private school in Florida, she had an affair with a married English teacher. The man was 26 at the time, and according to former classmates, the relationship went on for about a month and a half before Lauren's mother mother figured out what was going on. The teacher was asked to resign, and Lauren transferred to a different school.

Now, normally when you read about teachers engaged in illegal relationships with their minor students, the story isn't presented in a manner intended to make the underage teenager sound like a conniving whore. But in this case, we've got headlines like "PREGNANT LAUREN SILVERMAN'S VERY RACY PAST," and "LAUREN SILVERMAN'S HOMEWRECKING SEX SCANDAL!"

Even the father of the teacher has whined to the Daily Mail,

He had to leave town because of this bimbo.

Awww, did the poor 26-year-old man have to leave town because he was caught committing a CRIME? Let me just go ahead and quote from Florida's law regarding the age of consent:

A person 24 years of age or older who engages in sexual activity with a person 16 or 17 years of age commits a felony of the second degree.

This teacher should be counting his lucky stars he didn't go straight to JAIL for his relationship with Lauren Silverman. Being underage means that she couldn't legally give consent, full stop. It's beyond disgusting to cite this long-ago incident as proof Silverman is some sort of homewrecking scandal-monster.

Silverman's decision to hook up with Simon Cowell while she was still married certainly seems like bad decision-making to ME, but god knows this sort of thing happens all the time. It's almost like the media's looking for proof she's some sort of sex-crazy siren that trapped poor helpless Simon into his current situation. What about HIS involvement? What about HIS responsibility to use birth control? Why aren't HIS past morals being questioned in the same way Silverman's are? And by the way, wasn't HE the guy who was sleeping with a MARRIED WOMAN?

Do you think it's fair Silverman's past high school incident has been brought up recently?

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Kim Kardashian Doesn’t Want to Spoil Baby North -- No We’re Not Joking (VIDEO)

donderdag 1 augustus 2013

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by Adriana Velez 3 hours ago

When I picture Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter North, I picture an infant wrapped in a cloud of cashmere Hermes blankets sitting in a gold-plated Moses basket surrounded 24/7 by harp players. (Also surrounded by video cameras set up by Grandma Jenner, just in case Kanye changes his mind.) So when Kim Kardashian worries about spoiling North, I just have to giggle. Really, Kim? Think your baby is in danger of growing up spoiled?!? Snort.

Yes, really. In an episode of Keeping Up, Kim actually brings it up. Kourtney wants to help still-pregnant Kim design a playroom for the baby. But Kim actually questions why a baby would need a bedroom and a playroom. Couldn't the baby just play in her bedroom, like Kim did, and then clean up? How much stuff does this baby really need? "Like, how much do you give them, you know?" Kim mused.

Wow, let's give Kim some credit for actually giving this some thought. Here I assumed she'd just let the baby loot happen like a runaway train. With gifts like a Swarovski crystal-embedded high chair showing up, it must be hard to stay grounded. But she's actually thinking about how much is too much. Maybe Kim's idea of too much baby stuff isn't the same as yours or mine, but at least she thinks there should be a limit.

And she's right about the playroom. Once you have a few kids, and they start really collecting toys, then maybe a playroom makes sense. But babies do not need a separate room just for playing. Babies mostly eat and sleep for the first few months of their lives, and after that, everything is a toy, and every room is a playroom, really.

It's good that Kim was thinking about not spoiling North so soon -- she's smart to set her intentions, even if she does end up indulging her daughter. The real test will come when North gets older and actually starts asking for things. Saying "no" is a big part of parenting, and Kim had better prepare herself for that now. But not spoiling your kids isn't just about saying no to too much stuff -- it's also about raising your kids with values. And that's something else Kim should be thinking about right now. What values will she raise North with?

Do you think Kim and Kanye will end up spoiling North?

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Click the "Like" button below if you're Krazy for the Kardashians! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Adriana Velez

is a staff writer who dabbles in food, parenting, news, entertainment, molecular biology, and anything else that that pops into her head. She lives with her elementary school-aged son in Brooklyn, land of urban farms and artisan everything.  

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'Real Housewife' Melissa Gorga Doesn’t Appreciate Her Perfect Body

vrijdag 26 juli 2013

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by Ericka Sóuter 16 hours ago

Melissa Gorga isn't happy. But it's not mortal enemy Teresa Giudice that is causing her anguish this time. It's her rump -- or rather lack thereof. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star wants a bigger booty and is doing everything she can to pump up her posterior. Here's this woman with her gorgeous, slim figure. A physique most of us would die for and she wants to change it. It forces me to ask, are women ever happy with what they have?

“I want a bigger booty. I want a bigger booty!” she whined to Us Weekly. “There's a lot of women who try to minimize their backsides but I actually grab more weight when it comes to that.”

I guess that old adage is true -- the grass is always greener on the other side. Because striving for a bigger butt is the last thing I would ever do. In fact, I avoid clothes that make my backside look any bigger than it is. Don't get me wrong, I want a nice shape, but when you've always been curvy, the last thing you want to do is make something bigger.

Though, among African Americans, a bootlicious backside has long been a standard of sex appeal. But now that standard is mainstream. Probably because of stars like Kim Kardashian. She always made a point of accentuating her butt. In fact, she has clothes tailored to make her behind look bigger. No joke. To help reach her goal, Melissa says she is doing lunges and lifting heavier weights while squatting. If only we could swap bods. Well, good luck Melissa. I hope your bootiful dream comes true.

Do you want a bigger butt? How are you going about getting it?

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Click the "Like" button below if you're a fan of Real Housewives. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ericka Sóuter

is a veteran pop culture and celeb news writer. That experience boils down to two things: she knows way too much about the Kardashians and she dominates on Trivial Pursuit's arts and entertainment questions.

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Dad Says He Killed His 3-Year-Old Son But Doesn't 'Know Why'

donderdag 25 juli 2013

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by Kiri Blakeley 15 hours ago

A father is in jail after being arrested for killing his 3-year-old son. The man, Jeremy Cramer, took the boy from his estranged wife for a visit. She let him go even though there were signs that all was not right with Jeremy. Likely she never fathomed what Jeremy was capable of. In fact, in a jail house confession to his father that was recorded, it seems that Jeremy himself cannot fathom it. "I killed my own son and I don't know why," are the chilling words Jeremy reportedly said to his father while they spoke on the phone from jail. And more chilling words may have never been spoken. Because he likely does not know why.

Jeremy Cramer told his father that after he took his son, Brody, for a ride, he ran out of gas on a remote road in Montana. He took the boy, put him on his shoulders, and began walking. In a sometimes incoherent confession, he told his father that his son became "like some other kid when he was on my neck."

He also hinted that he'd taken too much of his generic Adderall medication, saying:

The thing was, it wasn't like I had a few beers or it was like something was up inside. Why did I take all my pills? Did I take all my pills?

Jeremy's brother told police that he was a former methamphetamine addict and someone who seemingly was addicted to Adderall.

After his wife couldn't reach him, she called police. He was eventually found with blood on his clothing, which he refused to explain. Brody was found stabbed repeatedly and beaten in a field not far from where his father's truck was located.

Jeremy also told his father during the conversation:

My son is dead, 100 percent, my son is dead, yes I did it, something did it of me but I didn't do it.

He probably feels like he didn't do it. If he's genuinely mentally ill, it must feel like he just woke up out of a nightmare where someone like him but not him killed his son. People are capable of extreme behavior when they are in the middle of a psychotic episode.

But it's hard to feel sorry for him because his son, a little person who trusted and loved him, was killed by him. His very last vision was of his father stabbing him. And he did not know why either.

Yet if he is truly psychotic (and that is IF), I feel compassion for him. Compassion doesn't mean he shouldn't be locked away for the rest of his life, however. There is also the possibility that he killed his son for revenge against his wife, with whom he was fighting over custody of Brody at the time. He could be faking psychosis.

Either way, little Brody was taken from this world too soon and in the worst way imaginable. Horrific and tragic.

What do you think happened?

Image via Anaconda, Montana Police Dept.

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