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9 Weird Celeb Addictions

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:56:48 CDT

You often hear about celebrities struggling with addictions … but usually those addictions involve drugs, alcohol, or sex. Not so with these nine stars, rounded up by The Frisky : Scarlett Johansson: She's "addicted" to buffalo wings, she admitted recently. "I can't stop eating them, I just can't get enough," she...

AMA Fashion: the Good, the Bad, the Wacky

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:15:05 CST

Yeah, yeah, yeah—Justin Bieber took home the top prize last night at the American Music Awards. But more importantly, who looked hottest on the red carpet? Radar offers up a list of the best, worst, and wackiest fashions. Browse through a sampling in the gallery or click here for...

Thirst Is the 'Anti- Twilight '

Nick McMaster — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:37:46 CST

The Twilight series found its remarkable success in subverting the traditional vampire story, turning the monsters of legend into symbols of teenage narcissism and self-pity—another “youth tribe” like jocks and geeks, writes Brendan O’Neill at Spiked. If that treatment leaves you well, cold, check out the "brilliant new film"...

Some UK Tabloid Stories Are Fake: Documentary

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:45:59 CDT

The upcoming British documentary Starsuckers proves what we’ve always suspected: Tabloids—at least, UK tabloids—will print just about anything, including “complete and utter babble,” the director tells the Guardian . Among the fake stories he got published—and, often, reprinted around the world: Avril Lavigne passed out at a nightclub,...

Paramore's Latest One of Year's Best

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:42:29 CDT

Paramore’s third album will likely enter the charts at No. 1—and it deserves to. Not only is it “the group’s best record yet,” Brand New Eyes is “one of 2009’s most exhilarating releases,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. “That sense of exhilaration” is there because of “a reassuring, masterfully...

Lavigne, Hubby Headed for Split

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:17:37 CDT

Rocker couple Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley are headed for divorce, sources tell the New York Daily News . The two, married since 2006, haven’t been photographed together since last December, and have been spotted at events and on vacations alone. Lavigne recently “wanted to get away from Deryck and have...

Paparazzi Punk Plan Doesn't Scare Mags

Kate Rockwood — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:12:00 CDT

Avril Lavigne with a baby bump. Paris Hilton out with a monk. Ashton Kutcher's plans to punk gossip rags by teaming up with celebrity friends to serve fake news stories doesn't have many editors shaking in their boots, the New York Daily News reports. “A fake belly doesn’t get by...