By her count, Jessica Walter has been a member of the Screen Actors Guild for 50 years, a period of time that encompasses a vast body of work — dramatic (“Grand Prix”), suspenseful (“Play Misty for Me”), supernatural (“Dr. Strange”) and, most recently, comedic (“Archer”). But for Walter, the forthcoming return of “Arrested Development” offers a reassuring reminder that her career has transcended not just different genres, but different generations.

“Certainly demographically, there are probably people who thought I was dead,” Walter says candidly. “I have people that are my age and older who know who I am, who remember some of my work from the old days, and then I used to get, ‘Wow, my mother really likes you.’ Then I’d get, ‘My grandma really likes you.’ And now I get, ‘I really like you!’ So how can I be unhappy about that?”

According to Walter, who plays boozy matriarch Lucille Bluth, virtually every line of dialogue in the 15 new episodes creator Mitchell Hurwitz wrote has a double (or even triple) meaning, much like those in the 53 episodes of the show that were broadcast during its three seasons on Fox. But because each episode now focuses on a different character instead of simply following Jason Bateman’s Michael Bluth, conversational contexts shifted frequently — a change that provided a considerable challenge for Walter and her co-stars as they navigated Hurwitz’s latticework of plot strands and one-liners. “We didn’t know a whole lot a lot of the time, which makes it much more difficult,” she admits. “In the end, it all worked out, but it’s a strange way to work because you don’t have all of the materials.”

Still, the actress says she slipped easily back into the role, even after a seven-year hiatus between the show’s cancellation and its rebirth on Netflix. “The thing about our show which I think you probably realize from watching it is that the writing is so character-specific,” she observes. “Once I heard Tony [Hale]‘s voice and once I saw him, there he was with the hook and his pathetic demeanor, he was my little Busty again.”

Between Lucille on “Arrested Development” and Mallory Archer on “Archer,” Walter finds herself in the midst of a remarkable career renaissance, a fact she’s grateful for, regardless of whether people know her prior to playing these cantankerous, irresistibly manipulative mothers. “I’m so glad they think of something,” she says humbly. “At my age I’m privileged that they think of something, so it doesn’t bother me a bit if they think of me as Lucille. And people have been really nice — they don’t seem to think of Lucille as horrible, thank God. But as long as they’re thinking of me, it makes me happy.”

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And, thank the gods of comedy and Internet buzz, it looks like it’s still funny. (What is also funny is how few people gave a crap about this show while it was on the air and how many, many, many people became invested in it once it was gone. But such is the way of these things.)

The gang’s all here in this trailer that looks like it picks up right where it abruptly left off seven years ago — Gob, Buster, Lucille, George Michael and co. haven’t missed a beat in their knack for dysfunctional hilarity and talent for non sequiturs. Plus, the awesome Judy Greer is back as Kitty Sanchez. It’s safe to say we’re as pleased about this as the rest of the world.

Now if only the cast of ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ would make good on those long-standing prequel rumors…

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Admittedly, for a time, said “hipsters” did like to go around wearing animal heads.

And “hipsters” also really like folksy songs … played by bearded British dudes … with … guitars? They like beards, right? Read that somewhere, maybe. (F’real though, the song by Alexi Murdoch that Sean and Mandy here chose to soundtrack this proposal video is super great. You guys have good taste in proposal video songs.)

But … that’s all we’ve got. Pretty sure getting married is not high on the list of ways to be nonconformist that the hipster canon demands, which brings us back to point A) The American Hipster is dead.

But we digress. The point here — that we were trying to make before getting distracted by spirit hoods and very decent indie-folk music — is that this proposal video, while undeniably adorable and heartwarming, if you’re into that kind of thing, is not hipster. We’d argue that enlisting a group of people in giant animal costumes to converge upon the unsuspecting object of your affection as a way of saying “I’ll love you forever and ever, want in?” is actually a little bit terrifying.

But maybe that’s just because that pink elephant is bringing back some disturbing flashbacks. But also, maybe that’s just us.

(Oh hey, Sean and Mandy, congrats by the way. You crazy kids are going to do great.)

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We’re suckers for a good photobomb.  And we’re even bigger suckers when it’s awesomely irreverent Jennifer Lawrence doing the bombing. Add Sarah Jessica Parker in a ridiculous freaking hat (that’s not “punk,” by the way. We’re talking to you, Sarah Jessica Parker’s stylist) to this frothy potion of awesome photobombery at last night’s Met Gala in NYC and we. are. SO INTO IT.

One of our fave celebs who just DGAF, Lawrence did her best to blow the feathers off of SJP’s misguided headgear at the punk-themed gala — an event that, in our opinion, far too many celebs take far too seriously. Not this gal. (Check out how much Marion Cotillard over there, stage left, is digging this.)

And, incidentally, not Joshua Jackson a/k/a Pacey from ‘Dawson’s Creek’ a/k/a one teen actor who grew up into a major babe. He had a photobomb of his own:

WE ARE ALL FOR THIS. Sorry, sorry — we know Anne Hathaway is a totally legitimate actress and totally killed it in Les Miz and is most likely a totally pleasant and likable gal, a peach even — but she really just irks us. Ruffles our headfeathers, you might say. (See what we did there?)

Bravo, you two. Y’all should get together and make beautiful photobombing babies.

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“Well, I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wroooong here. Dead giveaway. Dead giveaway. Deeeaaad giveaway.”

You can’t make this stuff up. (Also shout-out to the stone-faced guy to his right in the leather vest. Why so serious, bro?)

Internet meme trollers, we said, get thee to your auto-tune machines! And so they did.

So far, though, the Ramsey auto-tunes are not top-notch. Internet, you can do better. And you will, we know you will. Because you’ve brought us Lady in the Gas Station Backing Up. And Double Rainbow. We’ll be right here waiting.

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Oh dear god, no. We thought the recording industry had reached its lowest pit of scum-sucking despair when it allowed Rebecca Black’s “Friday” to enter the world. Then we thought that actually maybe “My Jeans” had that topped and we could close the book on this thing.

We thought wrong. Because today we heard Patricia Krentcil a/k/a “The Tanning Mom’s” new song a/k/a ”the aural equivalent of sucking pus from a homeless man’s infected big toe while listening to feral cats mate in a meat grinder.” It’s called “It’s Tan Mom” (points for cleverness!) and it is a rap song.

Well, it’s a rap song if your definition of the genre extends to a middle-aged woman who has tanned herself the color of motor oil — and apparently sun-fried her brains — slur robotically (a sonic feat we didn’t even know was possible, dubbing this strange new genre #drunkrobotgaze) about — you guessed it — gettin’ tan.

Choice drunken robot slurred lines include: “I’m sexier…than…the Teen….Mom….and….Octo….Mom.”

Also, she’s a pretty good rhymer: “I want you to get away….from me…every day.” “My name is tan mom, tanning is the bomb.”

Also, this is the worst thing. And you can purchase it for a mere $0.99 on iTunes as of right now.

We give up.

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We’ve all heard of latch-key kids, but backdoor teen moms? That’s a new one. (That’s a gross one.) It’s also the name of former Teen Mom “star” Farrah Abraham’s sex tape with porn star James Deen. “Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom” will be available for online viewing (ugh) tomorrow from Vivid Entertainment. (Side note: Abraham locked down a seven figure deal for this tape. Seven. Figures.) And — surprise, surprise — stills from the tape have already leaked online courtesy of TMZ.

Warning, these photos are by no means SFW but hey, it’s Sunday and you can leer at lurid photos of desperate young moms all damn day if you want, areweright?

On a serious note, though, this whole — increasingly creepy and tawdry — story of Abraham’s life post-Teen Mom (thanks MTV!) The latest in a string of misguided and obvious cries for attention (cries for help): Abraham took a pole dancing class…and invited a photog along to watch. (via HuffPo)

f/a/o of all young girls who want to be famous: please don’t do any of this.

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Pro tip for people without health insurance looking to cash in on thousands and thousands of dollars in medical treatment: tell the good medical folks at the hospital that you’re a gen-yoo-ine celebrity. Then they’ll do it for free! No questions asked. Literally no questions asked, apparently, in the case of this Minnesota man who strolled into a St. Cloud hospital and told everyone that he was Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour. To which they apparently replied something like, “Oh, hey, cool. Loved Dark Side of the Moon. Come on in and take advantage of our services, on the house!”

This man was in Pink Floyd / WENN.com

Um, what? According to this story in the St. Cloud Times, 53-year-old Phillip Michael Schaeffer racked up $100,000 in undisclosed treatment at the hospital — and signed an autograph for an employee’s son — all because he told them he was David Gilmour. Eventually, someone on the crack team became suspicious about why David Gilmour might be at a hospital, ID-less and health insurance-less (in Minne-freaking-sota no less) and decided to look further into the matter:  “So our security supervisor pulled up the security camera shots of when this man entered the hospital and compared them to pictures on the Internet of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and determined he was not David Gilmour.” That’s some expert sleuthing!

Schaeffer was later arrested when he returned to the scene of the crime and tried to present some phony insurance papers, whereupon another staffer thought that his accent seemed suspect. All of this is hilarious.

We’re planning on trying this out should we ever find ourselves in, say, a jewelry store in St. Cloud. “Hi, we’re Beyonce and we need all your diamonds, please thanks. Baiii!”

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Because she wore this Atlanta PD hat to LAX yesterday. LOL at this PR move, which somehow simultaneously comes off as Reese apologizing, poking fun at herself, and giving the Atlanta ‘po a delicate middle finger. Note the smirky little half-smile.

Still, hats off (HA) to Reese for putting something new out there for all us gossip-hungry Internet people to speculate about instead of this incredibly embarrassing (c’mon, Witherspoon, we legitimately thought you were better than that) police dashboard camera footage that trolliest of celebrity gossip trolls TMZ put on the web last week. Hey, everyone gets lousy drunk and yells at strangers about how Very Important they are from time to time, but most people aren’t A-list celebs with previously squeaky-clean public reps. Lesson learned, Reesey.

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Um, as if we needed further evidence that Kevin Spacey — most recently killin’ it as smarmy politico extraordinaire on Netflix’s House of Cards — was a cool dude, he went and did THIS. This young lady was out for a stroll through the Public Garden in Boston on Monday, and had stopped to take this touristy photo in front of the George Washington statue, when homeboy — out for a jog of his own — allegedly yelled “PHOTOBOMB” and jumped into the frame.

And while screaming the B-word around Boston while leaping unannounced into strangers’ personal spaces might not be the most prudent move right about now (as Gawker — and many others — have pointed out) awesome this remains. Reminds us of when Tom Hanks did this. Tom Hanks is also awesome.

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Most people might know Michael Shannon best for his portrayal of former federal agent Nelson Van Alden on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. From here on out, however, we’re going to know him as “that guy who did that amazing dramatic reading of that crazy Delta Gamma sorority letter.” Because that’s what this Funny or Die video [NSFW, natch] is: amazing.

The emailed letter, which immediately went viral after being leaked to the internet last Thursday, reads as a searing satire of how approximately every person in the world who is not in a sorority imagines that sororities operate. Except it was real, ya’ll. And, in its own horrible, ‘example of all that is wrong with young girls today’-way, it was also sort of amazing.

Shannon’s reading, now similarly gone viral, got us thinking about other awesome dramatic readings the internet has birthed. Like this one of Gary Oldman reading from R. Kelly’s autobiography Soulacoaster.

And this one of David Sedaris reading from Fifty Shades of Grey.

Hey, and Gilbert Gottfried reading from Fifty Shades of Grey. (Warning: you can never unhear Gottfried saying the words  “stroking the front wall of my vagina.”)

What other awesome dramatic readings are out there floating around the world wide web? Post ‘em in the comments, we’d love to watch them.

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Here are two things most everyone can agree on about Olympic swimming stud Ryan Lochte. He is easy on the eyes and he is not a member of the Mensa society. To put that in terms that even Ryan Lochte could understand, what we’re saying here is that he’s big hunk of not-so-smart but really buff man meat. One more thing that most everyone can probably agree on is that this video of Fox29 Good Day Philadelphia anchors Mike Jerrick and Sheinelle Jones interviewing (well, trying to interview – bit of a stone/blood thing going on here) Lochte – whose new reality show What Would Ryan Lochte Do? premieres tonight on E at 10 pm - then cracking the eff up over it when the camera stops rolling is really funny. As fellow journalists, we are required by the Society of Professional News People (that’s not a real thing) to shake a tsk tsk-ing finger at Jerrick and Jones over their rather unprofessional News People behavior. As internet consumers and supporters of things that are funny and make Sunday nights a little less painful, however, we’re similarly required to share this video with you. At least you can start off another long work week secure in the knowledge that you – probably – never made a lady almost laugh her fake eyelashes off at your expense. [The hilarity starts at 3:50, you're welcome.] For further hilarity, tune in to his show tonight. Or, you know, don’t.

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The soap opera between Chris Brown and Rihanna continues: The on-again, off-again couple with the rocky past has reportedly called it quits, according to E! News. While Brown has been spotted in New York entertaining a mystery blonde, Rihanna has finishing up her latest international tour and spending time in L.A. between gigs, but sources say there’s no new man in her life and that she’s shifting her focus off her love life and onto planning future tours and launching a new fragrance line.

Berry: ‘feels fantastic’
After confirming that she is pregnant with her second child, Halle Berry is speaking out herself about the joyous news. “I feel fantastic,” the Oscar-winner tells CNN of expecting a baby with fiancé Olivier Martinez. “This has been the biggest surprise of my life, to tell you the truth. I thought I was kind of past the point where this could be a reality for me. So it’s been a big surprise and the most wonderful.” While reports have claimed that Berry is expecting a boy, she’s playing coy about gender, saying only, “I don’t know, I don’t know.”

Drake takes on Bieber’s fans
Former “Drake & Josh” star Drake Bell is picking a fight with Justin Bieber’s fans online, which may not be the smartest move. “I don’t ‘hate’ Justin Bieber. His fans are the problem,” Bell tweeted last month, but this past weekend he really got into it. “I love when beliebers say they loved me on ['Drake & Josh'] but what happened to the old Drake,” he wrote. “[Bieber], you have the most insane fans in the world.” He also poked fun at Bieber himself, and the stunt inevitably earned him a slew of angry responses. “Putting a moratorium on tweets about beliebers,” he finally wrote. “Just wanted to show how sick and twisted people can get.”

Don’t mess with the ‘A-Team’
Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper are suing a pair of companies for allegedly using photos of the “A-Team” co-stars in advertisements without their permission, according to court documents procured by E! News. Neeson and Cooper claim Vutec Corporations and First Impressions Theme Theaters are guilty of trademark infringement, negligence and  violating their rights of privacy and publicity for using their images in print and online ads and in other promotional materials. The suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. The actors are seeking damages and attorney fees.

Bynes on her ‘fake’ stories
Amanda Bynes takes issue with Page Six’s story earlier this week that she her erratic behavior during a gymnastics class got her booted. “I’m suing every blog saying I was kicked out of gymnastics,” Bynes posted on Twitter. What is wrong with you people? What would you do if you found fake stories about you?” Also, to make good on her earlier request that online outlets only use photos from her Twitter account and not unflattering paparazzi shots when reporting on her, Bynes posted a slew of photos from the last few years to Twitter, nothing which ones are her favorites.

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Take off your shoes. Take your laptop out of your bag and place it in a plastic bin. Remove jewelry and any loose change you have in your pockets. Now walk through the detector, and if you’re lucky it won’t beep, prompting for an additional search by a TSA agent.

It’s a hassle, but everyone goes through the same process – even celebrities (you see, they really are just like us.)

A Tumblr blog appropriately titled Celebrities vs. the TSA chronicles that uncomfortable moment when celebrities have to pass through security like us common folk. Is it borderline intrusive and makes you feel like the paparazzi? Sure. Does it suck you in and before you know you’ve spent 45 minutes looking at celebrities passing through metal detectors? Absolutely.

Not only does this blog give us a glimpse of who looks as sloppy as we do when they travel (hooray for sweatpants and oversized T-shirts), but it also a way of seeing who travels the most. Hint: There are a lot of photos of the Kardashians and the guys of One Direction. Most photos seem to be taken at LAX or other California airports.

Here are some photos for your enjoyment. To view more, visit Celebrities vs. the TSA.

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Harry Styles of One Direction

We wish we looked as chic as Nicole Richie when we travel.

Pro jetsetter, Kourtney Kardashian.

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Amanda Bynes’ recent campaign of bizarre behavior during her stay in New York is continuing unabated, with the former Nickelodeon star reportedly shocking attendees at a gymnastic class by showing up “in fishnets and a leotard that looked like lingerie,” according to Page Six. “She immediately started acting strangely,” a source says. “She lined up with the other gymnasts, and each took their turn to perform a roll. But Amanda just walked out on the mat, was spinning around in circles and mumbling to herself.” Later, the source adds, Bynes “did a cartwheel, but her wig fell off, and she sat down and cried.” The source reveals that Bynes wasn’t long for this particular gymnastics class: “She went two weeks in a row, but the second time she was escorted out. Staff were concerned about her manner and worried she might be a hazard to other people in the class.”

Lindsay Lohan infamously scheduled her upcoming 90-day rehab stint to start next month so that she can hit up the Coachella music festival starting this weekend, but at least one friend thinks she should skip it. “I fear for her life if she goes to the festival,” Danish promoter Claus Hjelmbak tells Radar Online. “Lindsay is in a very dark place right now, and I’m absolutely scared for her life. Coachella is the last place she needs to be. For someone struggling with addiction, like Lindsay, the amount of drugs and alcohol at Coachella is just a recipe for disaster waiting to happen.” The music festival takes place over two weekends in the desert near Palm Springs, with a packed schedule of famous bands set to perform, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Moby and Airborne Toxic Event.

Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles may be in hot water for their lavish fifth wedding anniversary trip to Cuba last week, as it’s raising eyebrows with a few Florida politicians, according to Reuters. “Despite the clear prohibition against tourism in Cuba [for U.S. citizens], numerous press reports described the couple’s trip as tourism, and the Castro regime touted it as such in its propaganda,” Florida Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mara Dias-Balart say in a letter to the director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control. “We represent a community of many who have been deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime’s atrocities, including former political prisoners and families of murdered innocents.” A rep for Jay-Z and Beyonce was unavailable for comment.

Drew Barrymore is learning a lot now that she’s a mom. “I know it seems like I do everything, but there’s so much I had to give up. Things have to go and that’s unfortunate,” she tells Us Weekly. “You know that you’re going to miss out on your child’s upbringing or you realize that your relationship is going to suffer if you work night and day and weekends. Unfortunately, I was raised in this, like, generation of like, ‘Women can have it all,’ and I don’t think you can. I think some things fall off the table. The good news is, what does stay on the table becomes much more important.”

“American Idol” vet Adam Lambert is single again, having split up with boyfriend and Finnish “Big Brother” winner Sauli Koskinen, Lambert tells the South Florida Gay News. “It’s been kind of on its way out in the last couple of months,” Lambert says. “Sauli and I remain really good friends, and I know it’s a cliché to say, but it’s totally true. I just gave him a coffee and bagel earlier today. He’s a great person and we’ve had an amazing couple of years together. Things have just run their course.”

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Shain Gandee, the former trash collector who found fame as the star of the MTV reality hit “Buckwild,” was found dead along with his uncle and an unidentified person in a truck in West Virginia Monday morning.  Shain was last heard from around 3 a.m. on Sunday at a local bar,  when he and his uncle told people they planned to go 4-wheeling. The truck where they were found was stuck deep in mud, leading investigators to think the three died of carbon monoxide poisoning. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them,” MTV said in a statement, saying Shain “touched everyone he met.”

“Glee” star in rehab
“Glee” star Cory Monteith, 30, has “voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility” his representative told People magazine. The reason for the rehab stay is unspecified. He reportedly checked in Monday morning. Monteith, 30, plays Finn Hudson on the hit Fox series. His girlfriend and costar on the series, Lea Michele, 26,  gave the following quote to People: “I love and support Cory and will stand by him through this. I am grateful and proud he made this decision.” Monteith has struggled with substance abuse in the past.  In a 2011 interview with Parade magazine, Monteith admitted to a rehab stay when he was just 19.  “I burned a lot of bridges,” he said. “I was out of control.” At the time, he said he had a “serious problem” and was using “anything and everything, as much as possible.”  “Glee” is currently filming their latest season and has two more episodes left to shoot. Deadline Hollywood reports that filming will continue and Finn’s absence will be explained through plot lines.

Tick-tock goes the Bieber
The clock is ticking on Justin Bieber‘s career, according to top music manager Peter Mensch, who reps acts like Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Mensch doesn’t see much of a future for the Canadian pop star after a month of hospitalizations, canceled concerts and dust-ups with the paparazzi. “His manager, Scooter Braun, is scared s—less. I don’t know what Bieber’s problem is. His career is over in three years anyway,” Mensch tells the Sun. “I’d take Bieber to the woodshed and spank him.”

Schwarzenegger and Shriver: No drama?
There didn’t seem to be much tension between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver when the separated couple sat down this weekend an Easter brunch at a Santa Monica restaurant with their children, according to E! News. Dressed casually, Schwarzenegger and Shriver reportedly sat next to each other in a corner booth in Coast Cafe in the Shutters on the Beach hotel. While Schwarzenegger has admitted to hopes of a reconciliation with Shriver, he has reportedly been dating another woman, Heather Milligan, since the fall. Milligan was not present at the family brunch.

Adele might be fat, but you’re still old
Joan Rivers is doubling down on her criticisms of Adele‘s weight. Asked during a HuffPost Live chat to defend a joke she made at the British singer’s expense during a “Late Show with David Letterman” appearance, Rivers took things even further. “It’s not mean. She’s a chubby lady who’s very, very rich, and she should just calm down — or lose weight,” Rivers replied. “She wanted an apology, so I took an ad out on her ass. I said, ‘You are not fat.’ And then I had room for a lot of other ads. Adele is beautiful and successful and has what, $100 million? Let’s face reality: She’s fat!”

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“Glee” star Cory Monteith, 30, has “voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility” his representative told People magazine. The reason for the rehab stay is unspecified. He reportedly checked in Monday morning.

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Monteith, 30, plays Finn Hudson on the hit Fox series. His girlfriend and costar on the series, Lea Michele, 26,  gave the following quote to People: “I love and support Cory and will stand by him through this. I am grateful and proud he made this decision.”

Monteith has struggled with substance abuse in the past.  In a 2011 interview with Parade magazine, Monteith admitted to a rehab stay when he was just 19.  “I burned a lot of bridges,” he said. “I was out of control.” At the time, he said he had a “serious problem” and was using “anything and everything, as much as possible.”  Monteith spent his teen years attending up to 12 different schools, including alternative programs for troubled teens.

“I don’t want kids to think it’s okay to drop out of school and get high, and they’ll be famous actors, too,” he told Parade. “But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it.”

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“Glee” is currently filming their latest season and has two more episodes left to shoot. Deadline Hollywood reports that filming will continue and Finn’s absence will be explained through plot lines.

“Cory is a beloved member of the ‘Glee’ family and we fully support his decision to seek treatment,” Fox said in a statement. “Everyone at the show wishes him well and looks forward to his return.”

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Justin Bieber just can’t catch a break. Heading into Germany for the next leg of his European tour, the Canadian pop star was hit with an unsettling surprise when his prized Capuchin monkey was seized by German customs officials after he tried to bring the animal into the country without permission, according to People magazine. “Justin Biebr brought his monkey to Germany but had no official paperwork for him,” a customs spokesman says. “We were forced to confiscate the animal.”

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard welcomed a baby girl late last week, the first child for the couple. “Lincoln Bell Shepard is here,” Shepard posted to Twitter. “She has Mom’s beauty and Dad’s obsession with breasts. Hooray!” Not to be outdone, Bell also took to Twitter to jokingly celebrate the birth, posting, “My new roommate poops her pants and doesn’t pay rent. Basically Dax Shepard pre-sobriety. Welcome baby Lincoln.”

“Avengers” star Jeremy Renner and an ex-girlfriend welcomed the birth of daughter Ava Berlin Renner, according to Us Weekly. “They are beyond thrilled,” a rep for Renner says in a statement. “Mother and daughter are doing great.” Though the parents are no longer together, Renner had made a point of putting the mother-to-be up in his Los Angeles home as she awaited the birth. “They used to date but it wasn’t serious,” a source says, adding that Renner was “being ultra-secretive about it, but she has been going on about her life and not hiding it.”

What’s the worst insult a young actress can endure? This might be it. “Les Miserables” star Amanda Seyfried was mistaken at LAX for her “Mean Girls” co-star Lindsay Lohan. “I just got mistaken for a Ms. Lohan at Newark Airport,” Seyfried posted to Twitter. It’s probably not a comparison Seyfried welcomes, considering her previous comments about Lohan: “Lindsay was great on ‘Mean Girls.’ I think that was before she got a little nuts,” Seyfried previously told Teen Vogue. “I kind of don’t expect some of these girls, who’ve been working since they were 2, to be sane.”

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America’s favorite member of the Royal Family is coming to town.

The British royal family announced that the “Most Eligible Bachelor in the World” will be visiting the United States in May. He will make stops in Washington D.C., Denver, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.

Is there a city obviously missing from the list? That’s right, Prince Harry will not be visiting Las Vegas where he notoriously played a game of strip poker in which he lost and we all saw his naked photos, crashed a bachelorette party, and partied with the ultimate party-boy, Ryan Lochte.

One of the reasons Prince Harry is visiting is to go to the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs.

“Prince Harry wants to highlight once again the extraordinary commitment and sacrifice of our injured servicemen and women – our wounded warriors. Although a Prince, Harry is also an operational solder – indeed he’s a soldier’s soldier – therefore throughout his briefing the recurring theme is to help recognize and bring a spotlight onto the work being done to help these outstanding young men and women,” his private secretary said.

What Prince Harry will do when he visits New York isn’t yet known. We invite him to swing by the Metro office.

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Lindsay Lohan got some good legal news for once late last week, learning that she will not be facing any charges related to her arrest following a November nightclub brawl in New York City, according to E! News. The Manhattan District Attorney is reportedly dismissing the case altogether because witnesses close to the plaintiff, professional psychic Tiffany Mitchell, were uncooperative and surveillance footage of the fight was inconclusive. “Tiffany is very disappointed that the District Attorney has not decided to prosecute Lindsay,” Mitchell’s attorney, Gloria Allred says.

Ashton Kutcher has vowed to keep his mouth shut when it comes to dishing on his relationship with Mila Kunis after how things turned out with ex-wife Demi Moore. “You know, I’ve learned the hard way how valuable privacy is,” Kutcher tells Elle magazine. “I’ve learned that there are a lot of things in your life that really benefit from being private. And relationships are one of them. And I am going to do everything in my power to have this relationship [with Kunis] be private.”

Sources say that prior to Katy Perry and John Mayer’s recent split the pair had been “fighting,” possibly over how fast their relationship was moving, according to Us Weekly. Perry had even brought Mayer home for the holidays to Santa Barbara. “Introducing her to his dad was a big deal,” a source close to Mayer says. “It was just too much, too soon.” But don’t count the pair out completely: “They’ve broken up before so it’s hard to tell,” another source says. “She’s changed a lot since she’s been with him.” And Perry hasn’t been shy about her heartache, posting a link on Twitter to a song by Tristan Prettyman called “I Was Gonna Marry You” with the message, “Perfectly put.”

Amanda Bynes‘ family is reportedly very concerned about the troubled actress and wants her to move back to Los Angeles where they can keep a better eye on her, according to E! News. The accident-prone starlet has been living it up in New York, tweeting pictures of her outlandish recent makeover and a new cheek piercing along with bizarre and nonsensical declarations like “Baby corn and fried tofu,” “Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil” and “I created the phrase lly and lololol.” Bynes has reportedly refused her family’s requests that she move back to L.A.

Matthew McConaughey is sticking by buddy and disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong following Armstrong’s confession to doping. “He told a lie, he’s not a liar,” McConaughey tells Details magazine. “When it came out, I took it personally, but then I realized it ain’t personal to him. I was going, ‘That son of a bitch!’ but then I thought, ‘Well, what was he supposed to do? Call me to the side and go, ‘Hey, I did this’? But I’m happy for him now because despite all this outside conflict, he doesn’t have this inner conflict anymore.”

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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are reunited after his latest stint filming in Australia, and the couple reportedly celebrated by hitting up their favorite local dive bar, L.A.’s Ye Rustic Inn, according to E! News. “They seemed really happy to be with each other. Rob and Kristen were having so much fun together,” a source says. “They sat in the back of the bar in a booth and were laughing. At one point, they were standing at the bar and were just being normal, as any boyfriend and girlfriend would be with each other. They were touchy-feely. She was holding on to his jacket and had her hand on his back. They were just being cute.”

Just because Lindsay Lohan is facing 90 days in rehab doesn’t mean she can’t keep cultivating her love life. The troubled starlet is rumored to be dating NYC-based club promoter and musician Avi Snow, according to E! News, though sources say the pair’s relationship is still in “the early stages.” But he certainly seems to be getting a lot of time with Lohan before she gets locked up: Snow was reportedly one of the passengers on the private jet that whisked Lohan to court Monday morning, and after she had her latest mug shot taken the next day she hurried over to a show Snow’s band put on at a private Santa Monica club.

Taylor Swift has reportedly set her sights on 20-year-old pro surfer John John Florence, according to Life & Style, though their budding relationship is still mostly on a telecommunications level. “He and Taylor have been text messaging,” a source says. “Apparently she contacted him. I don’t think they have hung out yet. They’ve just been chatting. John John doesn’t want to ruin things, so he’s being careful not to say too much.” He’s apparently taking that job very seriously. When asked by an Australian TV reporter earlier this month about “a little bit of something” she had heard about him and Swift, Florence responded, “It’s kind of a secret thing going on right now. Can’t bust it out in the public just yet.”

Bad news for Ryan Gosling fans: “The Place Beyond the Pines” star plans to take a break from acting, according to the Huffington Post. “I’ve been doing it too much. I’ve lost perspective on what I’m doing. I think it’s good for me to take a break and reassess why I’m doing it and how I’m doing it,” he says. “I need a break from myself as much as I imagine the audience does.”

 Jon Hamm‘s physical attributes are causing quite a stir on the “Mad Men” set, according to the New York Daily News. “This season takes place in the 1960s, where the pants are very tight and leave little to the imagination,” a source tells the newspaper. “Jon’s impressive anatomy is so distracting that they politely insisted on underwear.” And while the wardrobe mandate is garnering plenty of giggles, Hamm’s rep is not amused. “It is ridiculous and not really funny at all,” the rep tells the newspaper. “I’d appreciate you taking the high road and not resorting to something childish like this that’s been blogged about 1,000 times.”

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Lil Wayne is not going to die, just drank too much sizzurp
Things looked pretty dark for Lil Wayne on Friday: TMZ reported that the “Lollipop” rapper was in a coma and and being read his last rites at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. after suffering multiple seizures. But don’t worry! “TMZ was so off base,” a source close to the star tells Us Weekly. “Wayne is fine.” The rapper took to Twitter a few hours after TMZ’s report to confirm his well-being: “I’m good everybody. Thx for the prayers and love.” His rep also told Us Weekly that “Wayne is doing well.”
Ah yes, it was all a misunderstanding. Wayne was “just coming down off the high” from sizzurp, the source says, and that he’s “not close to death or anything.”
Sizzurp, for those not well-versed in recreational drugs, is “a highly addictive, narcotic concoction of prescription-strength cough syrup, sugary sodas and hard candies, typically sipped out of Styrofoam cups,” the drug barons at Us Weekly explain. The cough syrups contain codeine and promethazine, which leads to what the mag calls a “sleepy high.” The kids these days enjoy it because it’s cheap and easy to make, Us says.
Hey, at least Wayne is honest: If we have to hear another report of a star being treated for “exhaustion,” we’re going to lose it.

Seacrest, out
Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough have split after more than two years together, People.com reported on Friday. Sources close to the couple said their busy work schedules contributed, but that they’ll remain friends (because that’s what everyone says at first). The duo — he’s 38, she’s 24 — lived together and were often seen jet-setting around the world, from Italy to St. Barts to Paris. On Saturday, in a classic “let’s make him jealous” move, Hough tweeted a photo of herself laughing with friends at the beach, with the hashtag “#friendsarethebesttherapy.”
Julianne, look on the bright side: At least now you don’t have to wait an hour for the bathroom mirror anymore.

TALKING POINTS

DeVito, Perlman back together
For once, some good news in the world of celebrity relationships: Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are reportedly back together after separating last fall, according to People magazine. “They love each other,” a friend of the couple says. “Always have and always will.” Their split stunned Hollywood, as the couple had been married for 30 years at the time of their split.

Should we believe Cyrus?
Miley Cyrus has an explanation for why she was spotted without her engagement ring recently amid rumors of trouble between her and fiancé Liam Hemsworth: The ring was off getting repaired. Cyrus responded to a friend on Twitter recently who was complaining about having to get her own engagement ring repaired, adding, “That’s the worst! I just had a similar situation except when it happens to me then everyone says my wedding is off.”

The royal squabbles
Apparently all couples fight, including Prince William and Kate Middleton. In the new documentary “Our Queen,” British Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo reveals that Middleton confided to him that both she and her husband have a competitive streak that comes out particularly when they’re playing Scrabble, according to the Daily Mail. “She said when they play Scrabble they don’t usually finish a game, because somebody got in a mood and slammed it shut,” Ogogo says.

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DAILY TWITTER UPDATE: March 18, 2013

Checking in with some of Hollywood’s biggest names to see what they’ve been up to — in their own words, in 140 characters or fewer.

Today, Emma Watson is dubious, Jason Mraz needs some loving, Seth Rogen has opinions and Sarah Silverman refuses to feel ashamed.

@EmWatson
Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.

@jason_mraz
Anybody got access to a kuala bear? Looking for a hug.

@Sethrogen
Call me crazy, but I prefer “Wrath of the Titans” over “Clash of the Titans.”

@SarahKSilverman
I’m not going to let the fact that there’s butter on my cell phone make me feel bad about myself & my choices

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Ryan Seacrest and “Safe Haven” star Julianne Hough have reportedly broken up after two years of dating, according to Us Weekly. So what brought on on the split? Apparently it was Seacrest’s nonstop work schedule as as a TV producer, host of “American Idol,” radio DJ and more. “Dude works all the time. He never sleeps,” a source close to Hough says. “It’s a lifestyle she couldn’t handle anymore. Work always, always came first [for Ryan]. She wants a more low-key life.”

For once, some good news in the world of celebrity relationships: Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are reportedly back together after separating last fall, according to People magazine. “They love each other,” a friend of the couple says. “Always have and always will.” Their split stunned Hollywood, as the couple had been married for 30 years at the time of their split.

Miley Cyrus has an explanation for why she was spotted without her engagement ring recently amid rumors of trouble between her and fiancé Liam Hemsworth: The ring was off getting repaired. Cyrus responded to a friend on Twitter recently who was complaining about having to get her own engagement ring repaired, adding, “That’s the worst! I just had a similar situation except when it happens to me then everyone says my wedding is off.”

Apparently all couples fight, including Prince William and Kate Middleton. In the new documentary “Our Queen,” British Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo reveals that Middleton confided to him that both she and her husband have a competitive streak that comes out particularly when they’re playing Scrabble, according to the Daily Mail. “She said when they play Scrabble they don’t usually finish a game, because somebody got in a mood and slammed it shut,” Ogogo says.

Morrissey has been forced to cancel the remaining dates on his current North American tour due to a “series of medical mishaps,” a rep for the singer announced. “Despite his best efforts to try to continue touring, Morrissey has to take a hiatus and will not be able to continue on the rest of the tour,” the statement reads. So far this year, those mishaps have included a bleeding ulcer that prompted Morrissey to postpone three concerts and a bout of double pneumonia earlier this month that caused the cancelation of another. The singer is also reportedly suffering from a condition in his esophagus linked to long-term acid reflux.

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The dizzying lights, coupled with fiery explosions on-stage during “Jump,” sometimes drowned out the singer’s vocal chords, still recovering from a bout with laryngitis that canceled tour stops in Boston and Baltimore. Rihanna was sipping from a water bottle by her fourth song, “Talk That Talk,” but she didn’t let it spoil the night for members of Rihanna Navy.

“Philly, what up!?,” Rihanna shouted Thursday, in what was supposed to be stop No. 4 on her sold-out Diamonds World Tour. “I love coming to Philadelphia, and I don’t say that to every city on the tour. I love you guys, y’all crazy as fuck!”

Rihanna’s performance was what we’ve come to expect from the Barbadian beauty: lavish, sexually charged and unapologetic. She controlled the stage, which was transformed into a Roman estate for her first few numbers, with seductive hip movements and violent, pelvic gyrations (she clearly took notes on Beyonce at the Super Bowl).

At one point, right in the middle of “Cake,” she pointed both hands at her lady parts and asked, “Do you want to put your name on it? Then put your mother fucking name on it.”

While Rihanna’s voice never really wavered, the pop star appeared to be making a conscious effort to protect her million-dollar pipes. She let prerecorded track vocals do the heavy lifting on quite a few chart-toppers, including “Umbrella,” “Cockiness,” and “Numb,” which was highlighted by keyboard and guitar solos.

The Rihanna Lap Dance, a signature on her Loud Tour, was scrapped. However, she did walk into the front row and mix it up with fans during “We Found Love.” The crowd — a diverse one featuring everything from high school girls in fishnets and high heels to 40-somethings and their kids — feasted on every minute as it brushed up on its idol, hoping to steal a bead of sweat from her overworked body.

Rihanna played for 1 hour, 45 minutes with limited interruption, save six quick wardrobe changes, as she belted out her entire catalog. In “What’s My Name,” she conveniently skipped over Drake’s prerecorded vocals (interestingly, Drake left Rihanna’s precorded vocals in on the same track at the Made In America festival last summer) and completely omitted her duet with Chris Brown, “Nobody’s Business,” from the set.

After “Rude Boy,” Rihanna proclaimed, with her Caribbean accent more noticeable than usual. “If you ain’t having a good time, then that sucks because I’m having a fucking great time … and you paid to be here.”

The most powerful moment came when Rihanna performed, “What Now.” It was only the second time she had performed it live (first was last week in Buffalo), a fact she made sure to mention. She owned every lyric, with no backup help, on a song that could serve as the soundtrack to her crazy, pour-it-up, love-starved lifestyle.

Rihanna closed the show with two hits off her newest album, Unapologetic. Wearing a dress inspired by Jennifer Lopez at the 2000 Grammy Awards (shiny and sequined, with plenty of side boob on display), she crooned “Stay” and “Diamonds” before an amped-up guitar solo sent the crowd into the cold night.

“Philadelphia, I will always come back here,” she said. “I love it here.”

Rocky wins over Philly

Rakim Mayer, better known as A$AP Rocky, probably should have been overwhelmed by the moment. Opening for Rihanna, in the middle of a worldwide tour, two months after his debut album dropped, could have spelled fuckin’ problems (see what we did there?).

It didn’t. The 24-year-old, clad in all white from cap to sneakers, delivered on his promise to be the country’s No. 1 MC (MTV ranked him No. 8 on its most recent list).

Rocky, who brought out and sat in a white throne, had the guys reaching for the Flyers banners in the rafters on “Wild for the Night” and the ladies screaming on “Fashion Killa.” He also left a few mothers and daughters with a nice conversation for the car ride home after throwing down, “PMW [Pussy, Money, Weed].” (Hey, mom, this was a rap concert, what did you expect?)

“Y’all shoulda seen the looks on the parents’ faces for that one,” Rocky joked.

Rocky’s set lasted for 45 minutes and ended it with his breakout, collab hit (with Drake, 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar — none were present Thursday), “Fuckin’ Problems” and mixtape anthem, “Peso.”

Rihanna, shown here at the Grammy Awards, wore a more revealing version of this red dress Thursday night in Philadelphia. The singer put on an electric show, despite relying on prerecorded vocals.

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OK, Abby Lee Miller, you have our attention
In the new In Touch Weekly, “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller swears she’s not the monster she’s portrayed to be on TV, despite this terrifying “Black Swan”-esque picture to the contrary.
“I’m a schoolgirl at heart,” says the Pittsburgh native. “There’s still an innocence to me. I’ve done a lot of nice things for my girls. I take them to dinners, to movies, to Broadway shows. Most of my kids, over the years, have never seen a plane or been to a five-star hotel. I teach them which fork to use and things they won’t learn in school.”

Lady Gaga recovers from surgery with a custom gold wheelchair because really, why not?
Did you really expect Lady Gaga to recuperate from her recent hip surgery in a boring wheelchair fit for plebeians? After all, this is Mother Monster, a woman who enjoys wearing Kermit the Frog puppets. So, she enlisted the help of designer Ken Borochov to create a custom 24-karat gold wheelchair, according to E! News. The chair features a leather seat that reclines (because all that time in a wheelchair is certainly exhausting), stylin’ spokes (in case she wants to go for a spin down the L.A. Freeway) and a canopy (too much sunlight is never good for a Lady of her stature).
“I certainly wasn’t expecting that phone call and have never done a wheelchair, but am always up for a challenge and was thrilled to create what I affectionately dubbed the Chariot, a chair fit only for a queen,” the designer said in a statement.
We hope Gaga donates her wheelchair to the local old folks’ home when she’s done with it. Lord knows Betty Ann in 3C could use a little sunshine in her life.

Kim Kardashian: Once more, with feeling
If you saw the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” episode when Kris Humphries proposed to Kim and thought to yourself, “My, what a perfect proposal,” know that it was all for the cameras. Life & Style claims they’ve got the court documents from “Keeping Up” producer Russell Jay’s deposition on Feb. 4 in the ongoing case to determine whether Kim and Kris’ union should be annulled.
Get a load of this transcription:
Q: More than once, you would film a scene and then have [it] be reshot?
A: I remember, like, Kim — she didn’t know that he was going to propose at that moment. And she came in and she was completely surprised, and I think she had a bad reaction or something and she was embarrassed. So she said “Can we just, like, have me come back in one more time and be, like, really surprised?” Because she had no idea it was going to happen. It was in her bedroom.
Kim, better start practicing those giving-birth faces now. You’ve only got one chance to get that shot right.

TALKING POINTS

Divorce has been good for TomKat
Apparently getting divorced was the best thing to happen to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, at least according to director Adam Shankman, who is friends with both. Shankman tells Us Weekly that since the couple’s high-profile split last summer, the two are doing just swell. “They are incredibly happy,” Shankman says. “I’ve just been e-mailing with him. He’s coming back. He’s shooting ["All You Need Is Kill"] in London and seems as happy as a clam. I know he sees his daughter.” As for Holmes? “Katie seems really happy,” Shankman adds. “You just fight through all the noise. And it’s noisy!”

Swift’s fan mail ends up in the trash
Taylor Swift may find herself with with fewer adoring fans once they find out their letters and cards to the country crooner have been ending up in the trash. Nashville resident Kaylee Francescan discovered a mass of Swift fan mail in a dumpster, she tells local station WKRN. “There were like hundreds of letters in there to Taylor Swift and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh!’ I didn’t know if they were stolen [or] discarded, so I threw them in a box,” she says. “And I’m like, ‘Somebody needs to let Taylor know.’ It did bother me [because] I know how much her fans mean to her.” A rep for the singer insists it was simply an error on the part of the mail sorter. “A small batch of mail that was supposed to be delivered to Taylor was accidentally put with letters headed for the recycling center,” the rep tells Us Weekly.

Steven Tyler writes the law
Hawaii’s state senate has passed the “Steven Tyler Act,” which gives celebrities the right to sue paparazzi over unwanted photos and videos taken of them, and the man for whom the act is named couldn’t be more thrilled. “[In Hawaii,] they are allowed in with their lenses and they get the most intimate of shots, which is what they are really looking for to make money. Not on my watch,” he tells Billboard. “Now at least Joe [Perry] and I can go to Maui and walk around naked in the back lawn and write some crazy songs.”

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DAILY TWITTER UPDATE: March 13, 2013

Checking in with some of Hollywood’s biggest names to see what they’ve been up to — in their own words, in 140 characters or fewer.

Today, Sylvester Stallone has some bad news about “Expendables 3,” Kirstie Alley is fine with profanity, Rebel Wilson is keeping it real and Charlie Sheen is… using Twitter.

@TheSlyStallone
No S. Seagal, sorry ,but maybe we get lucky with J. Chan! And some young bloods!!!

@kirstiealley
Oh who cares if we swear ?? They are just words … just letters arranged in a fashion to sound tough or cool or angry.

@RebelWilson
I’m not too famous to eat crumbs off my chest x

@charliesheen
hashtag chefkla hashtag winning hashtag grinning hashtag keptyourjob hashtag bravo hashtag breakfast

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Is the fairytale over for Miley Cyrus and fiancé Liam Hemsworth?

Page Six, citing multiple sources, is reporting that Cyrus and the 23-year-old “Hunger Games” star have official split.

Despite cheating rumors involving Hemsworth and actress January Jones, the reason behind the split was Cyrus’ party-girl ways.

“Miley and Liam are done; it’s over,” one source said. “She likes to party really hard and can be pretty wild. It became a problem for him.”

Hemsworth is currently in his native Australia to get away from Los Angeles and spend some time with his brother and friends, according to the Post.

On March 6, Cyrus tweeted, “I am so lick of La. And sick of the lies that come with it. I didn’t call of my wedding. Taking a break from social media. #draining.”

“They have problem up before, and are broken up again now. There was drama because she suspected he had a wandering eye. And she recently tweeted a denial that he cheated,” another source said.

Cyrus was also recently photographed outside a Los Angeles recording studio without her engagement ring. She is reportedly working on her fourth record.

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We’ve seen many hacking scandals in the past few months, but one hacker might have taken it a step too far.

Twelve big celebrities and political figures including Jay-Z, Beyonce and Hillary Clinton, were all victims of a hack. The person behind the stink posted detailed information about their finances.

A website posted social security numbers, credit card information, mortgage amounts, car loans, phone numbers and other banking information of Jay-Z, Beyonce, Hillary Clinton, Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, Joe Biden Robert Mueller, Eric Holder and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.

Biden and Clinton did not have much of their financial information compromised, though other personal information was posted on the website.

Though its police chief was also a victim, the LAPD has launched an investigation, according to TMZ.

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Prosecutors in Lindsay Lohan’s latest legal battle have reportedly offered the troubled starlet a plea deal that would let her avoid jail time — but she doesn’t want it, according to TMZ. Sources tell the Web site that if Lohan agrees to plead guilty to as-yet-unspecified charges, she’d only have to serve 90 days under house arrest and attend a mandatory rehab program. But Lohan is reportedly adamant that she will avoid any punishment whatsoever and has rejected the plea deal, the sources say. Her trial is set to begin March 18.

With Justin Bieber’s bummer of a week in London behind him, at least one mystery has been solved: the Canadian pop star’s penchant for wearing a gas mask in public. “The gas mask Justin has been wearing around London is a joke between his friends, but people are starting to take it seriously,” a source tells Us Weekly. “All his friends take turns wearing it as a joke to throw off the paparazzi. It’s not a serious thing, they’re just having fun around London with it.”

Taylor Swift is doing everything she can to avoid her fear of ending up alone. “I don’t want to end up being awful and intolerable. Alone. Laying in a marble bathtub by myself, like sad, with a glass of wine complaining that my life ended up alone because I pushed everyone away,” she tells InStyle UK. “The typical Hollywood sad cliché of the poor lonely starlet with no one because she put up all these walls and didn’t trust anyone, that’s my fear. And that’s why I live my life the way I live my life because I’d so much rather feel everything than end up like that.” She does have friends, though, she insists — but being friends with guys has proved problematic for her. “I’m a girls’ girl. I have guy friends but the problem with having guy friends is, like, I always get [romantically] linked to them,” Swift says. “And they’ll end up in a slide show of people I’ve apparently dated on the Internet.”

While her fiancée, Liam Hemsworth, is in his native Australia spending time with family, Miley Cyrus finds herself doing damage control, taking to Twitter to quash rumors that their relationship is in trouble. “I am so sick of L.A. And sick of the lies that come with it,” she posted last week. “I didn’t call of my wedding.” Of course, being spotted out and about in Hollywood without her engagement ring on probably don’t help. But a source assures E! News that all is well in the Hemsworth-Cyrus household. “She is not listening to what everyone is saying about her and Liam,” the source says. “Everything is find between them, as far as I know.”

Hilaria Thomas Baldwin is already making plans her for daughter that might not include husband Alec Baldwin. “We’re having a girl and we definitely want her to speak Spanish,” Baldwin Thomas tells Us Weekly. “It’s a little tricky because my husband doesn’t speak Spanish, so that’ll be a little tricky in the house. But maybe we will have our own conversation and he’ll have to learn. We can talk behind his back. I cannot wait.”

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