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Is Beyoncé’s Skin Tone Too Light In This New Promo For 4?
In re-promotion of her album 4, this is the photo of Beyoncé being used to remind those of us who haven’t bought it to pick it up stat. When the photo was released this week it stunned critics and fans alike because of the lightness of her skin. The New York Post has called the photo “shocking” while other sites are condemning the artist and new mother for not “representing” her African American ethnicity. More »
Sasha Grey Reads To Children, Sparking Outrage Among Parents
Former adult film star and current non-adult film actress Sasha Grey caused numerous parental panties to bunch up when she read to a group of first and third graders at Compton, CA’s Emerson Elementary School last week as part of the Read Across America program. But she was not about to take this criticism lying down! (I’m sorry.) More »
Anti-Rape Group Accuses Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ Video Of Glorifying Abusive Relationships
I’m kind of surprised this didn’t happen sooner. More »
Video: Here’s The Trailer For Angelina Jolie’s Directorial Debut
The trailer for Angelina Jolie‘s directorial debut In The Land Of Blood And Honey came out today, and man, is it intense. I feel like this movie is going to make me cry even more than I usually cry at movies. More »
Rihanna Forgives Chris Brown For Beating The Crap Out Of Her, Wishes Him Well
The just-released Rihanna cover story in the November issue of Esquire contains much to be uncomfortable about. More »
Did Angelina Jolie Steal Material For Her Upcoming Directorial Debut?
Angelina Jolie’s first effort as a director, In the Land of Milk and Honey, will come out in December of this year. The film, shot in 2010 using regional actors, tells a love story set during the Bosnian War. The film sparked controversy during its filming, and now Bosnian-Croatian writer named James J. Braddock has accused Angelina of stealing source material from his own novel. More »
Gloria Steinem Calls For A Boycott Of ‘The Playboy Club’
One might think that feminist icon Gloria Steinem has more important things to do than criticize a television show she hasn’t even seen. One would be wrong. More »
Former Spice Girl Mel C Thinks Rihanna Is Too Sexual
She also thinks you should remember she exists and buy her new album. More »
Kat Von D Will Walk Out Of Your Interview If You Mention Jesse James Too Much
Newly single TV tattoo artist Kat Von D walked out of an interview with “Good Day L.A.” today before it even started after they violated her request not to mention her break-up with Jesse James in the introduction to her segment. Hasn’t she heard of the Streisand effect? More »
The ‘Black Swan’ Dance Double Controversy By the Numbers
What’s more interesting than the grueling details of an actor’s process of getting into character? Discovering that that Oscar-winning performance may not have been as difficult as previously thought. Once Sarah Lane, Natalie Portman‘s dance double for Black Swan, brought to light the fact that she wasn’t properly credited for her extensive work in the film, defenders and opponents rose up on both sides to argue her claims. As Dlisted points out, it’s become something of a numbers game. More »
Darren Aronofsky Denies ‘Black Swan’ Body-Double Controversy
Last week a minor controversy rose up around Black Swan, when Natalie Portman‘s body double Sarah Lane claimed that Fox Searchlight had prohibited her from doing interviews before the Oscars so that voters would believe that Portman had done the majority of her dancing in the film. Portman’s fiance/baby-daddy Benjamin Millepied responded to the original article, claiming that the Academy Award winner had done “85%” of her dancing. Now, director Darren Aronofsky has issued a statement defending his star and himself. More »
Megan Phelps-Roper and Family Attend Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Screening, Walk Out
Less than a week after Kevin Smith invited fundamentalist pastor Fred Phelps and his family/congregation to attend a screening of Red State — a horror film inspired in part by the Westboro Baptist Church’s antics — Phelps’ Twitter-savvy daughter Megan Phelps-Roper brought several members of the clan to the Kansas City, KS, screening.
In a blog post prior to the screening on March 12, Smith warned attendees of the Phelps’ intention to join in, comparing it to watching Star Wars with Darth Vader in the audience. He briefly turned serious and added, If they’re on my stage, that’s one less bereaved family they’re harassing for a few hours. Then it was back to snark, as he dutifully livetweeted the experience. More »
Biker Tattoo or 4th-Grader Backup? Crazy Dad Stirs Up Elementary Controversy
We’re not prudes or anything, and we’re the first ones in line to rail against public schools that don’t let kids dye their hair or be lesbians at prom, but we’re kind of okay with the Texas principal telling a 9-year-old not to carry around a backpack with a naked chick on it through school.
Funnily enough, the kid agreed with him. More »
In Trouble, Perez Hilton Now Claims Miley Cyrus Crotch-Shot Was Faked
In an attempt to backpedal on this whole Miley Cyrus no-underwear debacle, Perez Hilton is now claiming that the picture was obviously a fake, and that the underage star whose up-skirt pics he posted on his side was definitely wearing panties. (She definitely owns enough.)
And in a ballsy move, Perez puts the onus on his readers for thinking that just because he posted a pixelated shot of Miley’s nether-regions with a “warning label,” that they would automatically assume that would… More »
Lohan Family Are The World’s Worst Liars
For all their personal differences, Lindsay Lohan’s clan all have one thing in common: They are all terrible at lying. Which wouldn’t be a bad thing, if they weren’t called on the carpet for it so often. In the past several weeks alone, we’ve had Lindsay claiming she lot her passport at Cannes (which the police have no record of), which prevented her from attending her court-mandated hearing and causing a warrant out for her arrest. Then Michael Lohan tried… More »
10 Other Names Michael Lohan Could Give His Bar Besides ‘Controversy’
So Michael Lohan, king of all things classy, is opening up a nightclub with a noble mission: He’ll be making sure that in his bar, there will be car service for anyone to drunk to drive home. Way to turn your DUI into a get rich quick scheme, Michael. Oh, and just so you think Lindsay Lohan’s father was finally above using his daughter’s multitude of drug and alcohol problems to market his own brand, the club will also “screen… More »
Video: Russian Ice Dancing Debacle
We can’t stop thinking about the ice dancing debacle involving Russian team Oksana Domnina and Maksim Shabalin and their Aboriginal-themed dance. (If you haven’t been keeping up with your Olympics news, the dance has garnered a lot of criticism worldwide, and from Aboriginal groups who said that it was “cultural theft.”) The pair decided to drop the face paint from their costumes, but the entire situation is just one un-PC bundle of wrong. (Note: subtracting the blackface from the equation… More »
Kim Kardashian Unmasks Air Marshal
Kim Kardashian, quit helping the terrorists win! The reality star tweeted last night about how she was seated next to an air marshal on her flight to Los Angeles. One problem: air marshals aren’t really supposed to flaunt their identity around, let alone to 3 million Twitter followers. (Though the very reliable source justanswer.com says “It is neither illegal to identify oneself as an air marshall , nor is it grounds for termination.” So there’s that.)
Maybe it’s highly unlikely that… More »
Britney Spears video for “If U Seek Amy” debuts March 12th!
Here’s some exciting news for Britney Spears fans! Brit’s new video for her latest single, “If U Seek Amy” will premiere online on Thursday, March 12th. The video will be available for a limited 24-hour period on a few selected sites before being pulled back down in anticipation of the video’s proper full release.
You’ll be able to find it on BritneySpears.com, Britney.com, and the Virgin Mobile USA site; Virgin is sponsoring the Circus tour.
In the video… More »
Controversy raining down on Britney Spears single
There’s always some sort of scandal or controversy for poor Britney Spears isn’t there? Right now radio stations are dealing with the outfall of the announcement that Britney’s newest single would be “If U Seek Amy”.
Stations are really unsure as to how to handle the song, according to MTV. Although there are no outright expletives used in the song, people are very aware that it’s really meant as “F-U-C-K Me”. In particular the problem comes with the… More »