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Michigan Utility ‘Duck Dynasty’ Contest Dropped Over LGBT Fears

Michigan’s largest municipally-owned utility, the Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL), decided to cancel an upcoming Duck Dynasty look-alike contest, reports Fox News. Why is the Duck Dynasty contest being canceled? It might be offensive to some people. A spokesman from the utility explained their reasoning in a statement: “The decision was made in […]

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Charlize Theron Will Work With Sean Penn On New Film

Charlize Theron, 38, will be working on a new film with boyfriend, Sean Penn, 53, reports E! Online. The upcoming film is titled, The Last Face. Penn will be directing the film, while Theron stars in it. The African drama will also star Javier Bardem. The film is also in the process of getting the […]

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Ellen DeGeneres At The Top Of ‘Out’ Magazine’s Power 50 List

Ellen DeGeneres was named the most powerful gay celebrity in America when she was awarded the number one spot on Out magazine’s 2014 Power List, reports E! Online. The Power List is Out‘s annual ranking of the most influential LGBT voices within American culture. The magazine’s reasoning behind giving DeGeneres, 56, the number one spot? […]

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James Franco Recreates Cindy Sherman’s ‘Untitled Film Stills’ Series

James Franco, actor turned artist, has unveiled his latest exhibit titled, ‘New York Film Stills’ at Pace in New York, reports artlyst.com. This new exhibit of Franco’s is following a successful showing of his painting at the Gagosian Gallery. Franco, 36, is thought to be a leading actor for his generation. Acting, however, is not […]

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Channing Tatum Accepts Trailblazer Award At MTV Movie Awards 2014

Channing Tatum received this year’s Trailblazer Award during the annual MTV Movie Awards on April 13th, reports CBS News. For Tatum, 33, it was a high honor. He is the first male actor ever to receive the award. Previous winners of the Trailblazer Award were Emma Stone and Emma Watson. The award was presented to […]

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David Guetta Kills It With His Zombie-Themed Lyric Video [Video]

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Jackie Chan And Jaden Smith Are Back For ‘Karate Kid 2’

Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith will both be back for ‘Karate Kid 2,’ reports Deadline. The sequel, however, has a new director – Breck Eisner. The 2010 original was directed by Harald Zwart and grossed $56 million in its opening weekend. According to The Guardian, ‘Karate Kid 2’ will once again follow 15-year-old kung fu […]

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Channing Tatum’s Accent Fail In First ’22 Jump Street’ Clip

Jonah Hill may be doing most of the talking in the first clip of ’22 Jump Street’ posted by MTV, but what has caught most people’s attention is Channing Tatum‘s accent – or rather, his character, Jenko’s accent. Why is it receiving so much attention? It is getting a lot of attention simply because Tatum’s […]

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Alonzo Mourning Selected For The Basketball Hall Of Fame

Alonzo Mourning, former Miami Heat center, has been named a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014, reports Fox Sports. Mourning, 44, will be inducted to the Hall of Fame on August 8th at Springfield, Massachusetts. Joining Mourning for induction will be former Golden State/Sacramento guard and Fort Lauderdale product […]

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Julianne Hough’s Comments Anger ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Fans And Dancers

Julianne Hough returned to ‘Dancing with the Stars’ as a guest judge on Monday night (April 7th), but her comments on the show ended up angering many of the show’s fans and dancers, reports The Star Ledger. Hough gave some harsh critiques to the competitors. The harshest critique she gave was to competitor, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. […]

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Ellen DeGeneres Takes Over The University Of Washington

The ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ appeared on the campus of the University of Washington on Monday (April 7th), reports KING 5 News. While she was not there in person, Ellen sent a whole team to the UW campus. One member of the team was Jeannie, who is normally Ellen’s receptionist. On Monday, however, she got to […]

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Britney Spears Dissed By Blake Shelton At The ACM Awards

Blake Shelton, Voice mentor, gave his take on Britney Spears’ ability to perform, while he was on stage at the 49th ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards on Sunday (April 6th), reports E! Online. He apparently is not a fan of Spears. “If you don’t like live music, then you need to go down the […]

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Emilia Clarke Spills ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season Four Secrets

Emilia Clarke recently spilled some secrets about ‘Game of Thrones,’ as well as what it is like to play a strong female role, reports WebProNews. ‘Game of Thrones’ made its big return to HBO on Sunday night (April 6th) in what will be the shows fourth season. Clarke plays the part of Daenarys Targaryen on […]

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Justin Timberlake Gives Advice To The Voice Finalist Jamie Johnson

Justin Timberlake took time out of his rehearsal to give some words of advice to The Voice finalist, Jamie Johnson, reports, Daily Mail. The advice was given by superstar Timberlake as Johnson was preparing for this weekend’s ending of The Voice. Kylie Minogue, Johnoson’s coach, took the hopeful pop singer to meet Timberlake. At the […]

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Janelle Monae Pays Homage To David Bowie

Janelle Monae paid homage to David Bowie in a new Pepsi MAX advert and said it was “truly a dream,” reports Contactmusic.com. Monae, an R&B singer, appears in the Pepsi MAX commercial as a busker singing Bowie’s famous track ‘Heroes’ for small change. This is a scene Monae can understand as she began her career […]

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‘Big Bang Theory’ Teams Up With Lucasfilm For Star Wars Episode

The Big Bang Theory, a CBS comedy show, is teaming up with Lucasfilm to produce a Star Wars episode celebrating Star Wars Day, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The episode tilted, “The Proton Transmogrification” is set to air May 1st and is timed to the annual May 4th Star WArs Day. The Big Bang Theory gang […]

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Baby Panda, Bao Bao, Has A Big First Day Outside

Giant panda cub Bao Bao (pronounced bow bow) was allowed outside for the fist time at Washington D.C.’s National Zoo, reports Daily Mail. Bao Bao was outside for about two hours on Tuesday (April 1) with her mother Mei Xiang. Bao Bao spent her time outside trying to climb on one of the smaller trees […]

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Richard Black, Man Behind “Mr. Clean” And “Smokey Bear”, Dead At 92

Richard Black, the man who played a major part in two of the nation’s most iconic advertising figures, passed away on Sunday (March 30) at the age of 92, reports Dayton Daily News. Black passed away at his home after a brief illness. Artist and educator, Harry Richard “Dick” Black was best known for his […]

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Nick Cannon Attempts To Explain White-Face Photos

Nick Cannon stirred a lot of people up last week when he posted photos of himself on Instagram wearing white makeup as his Caucasian alter ego, Connor Smallnut, according to USA Today. Comedian and musician Cannon appeared in a live interview with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America on Monday (March 31st), in an attempt […]

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Ford Mustang Gets A Ride To The Top Of The Empire State Building For Its 50th

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang, Ford will be parking one of the cars on top of the Empire State Building, according to Fox Business. This is actually something that the car company has done before. In fact, it was a stunt that Ford pulled in order to launch the first version […]

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