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Vanessa Grimaldi: The Bachelor Fan (and Nick) Favorite?

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Is Vanessa Grimaldi the dark horse choice to win Nick Viall's heart on Season 21? The Bachelor spoilers and common sense suggest so. The cute bilingual special education teacher from Canada had Nick captivated from the get-go, even if others stole a bit of her thunder. Talking to you, Corinne Olympios . While plenty of women have formed strong connections with Nick, Vanessa has quietly become one of his favorites, for good reason. She's gorgeous, but there's much more to her. Not one to brag about her “platinum vagine,” Grimaldi charms with her mind as well. What a concept. Check out some photos of her before and during her time on The Bachelor and tell us if you think she'll win: 1. Vanessa Grimaldi (The Bachelor) Vanessa Grimaldi, 29, is a special-education teacher from Montreal. 2. Vanessa Grimaldi Pic Vanessa Grimaldi is one of Nick Viall’s early favorites on The Bachelor. You can see why. 3. Vanessa Grimaldi Picture This is Vanessa Grimaldi. Nick Viall is rumored to take her to The Bachelor final four … and perhaps beyond! 4. The Perfect Woman Must love dogs and wine while smiling and looking blissfully, casually low-maintenance? If she and Nick ever break up, this is her Tinder pic. 5. This Just In … Vanessa Grimaldi is one hot ticket! 6. Meeting Her Man Vanessa Grimaldi and Nick Viall meet on The Bachelor season premiere. View Slideshow

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Kim Kardashian Goes Off HARD on Kourtney and Khloe: F–k You, A–holes!!!

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Kim Kardashian is pissed. Like seriously, intensely, royally pissed. At her sisters, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, no less. She’s so mad that she made a series of Snapchat videos to discuss her feelings — feelings that include things like “this is so rude” and “f-ck you.” What could have possibly set her off like that? She’s still been keeping relatively quiet since her robbery , so why would she get so intimate on social media after all this time? Well, as it turns out, Kim takes her workouts very, very seriously. She shares a trainer with Khloe and Kourtney, and on this particular day, the trainer, Joe, had scheduled back-to-back sessions with the sisters. Kim Kardashian: My Sisters Are A–holes! He was working with Khloe and Kourtney, then he was going over to Kim’s to work with her. But, as Kim complains, her sisters’ workout started 30 minutes late, so Joe was running 30 minutes late to her workout. And that displeased Kim greatly. She explains what’s going down in the video above, which ends with a lovely sarcastic “Thanks, a–holes,” but she really gets in her groove in this next video: Kim Kardashian Gives a Big “F-ck You” to Her Sisters “OK, seriously, Kourtney and Khloe, f-ck you,” she begins. And yeah, it’s a little hard to take her seriously when she’s airing her grievances while using that bunny filter, but still, she’s upset. “This is so rude,” she tells her sisters. “I’ve been sitting in my garage, waiting on the trainer for 30 minutes.” “I DO have a life.” And you’d think that’d be it, right? That she’s gotten all this off her chest and she’s ready to move on with her life. But come on, y’all. You know Kim is pettier than that . Kim Kardashian Confronts Her Trainer When Joe the Trainer finally does arrive, she interrogates him until he tells her which of her sisters made him so late. It was that dastardly Kourtney. Always trying to ruin Kim’s schedule. Always trying to ruin Kim’s life. So, OK, while this was fun and all — come on, Kim Kardashian said “f-ck you” to her sisters through a bunny filter on Snapchat, you know it’s good — it’s a little bit ridiculous, too. Is there only one trainer in all of Los Angeles? And can he only work during one time period, one day a week? Also, is this really something to get this worked up over? Wouldn’t a sassy text suffice? Did we all really need to hear about what that evil Kourtney did to Kim? We don’t have the answers to all these questions, but we do know that Kim going off on Snapchat is some mighty good entertainment . And for that, we thank her. View Slideshow: 13 Times Kim Kardashian Suffered from Serious #FirstWorldProblems

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Taylor Swift Performs Pre-Super Bowl Show: Her Only Show of 2017?!

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Today is a very special, very sacred day for the good ol' U.S.A. — it's Super Bowl Sunday, friends ! As people all across the country gather together to eat food and watch football (or the commercials that air in between the football bits), we must also give thanks to all the celebrities that make this such an important event. There's Lady Gaga, for instance, who will be performing for the halftime show. But there's also Taylor Swift, who did a pretty impressive pre-Super Bowl show herself last night in Houston. She performed some old classics like “Love Story” and “You Belong with Me,” and she also did some newer hits like “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space.” She even performed a solo acoustic version of her new song with Zayn Malik , “I Don't Wanna Live Forever,” which you can watch below. But the most interesting moment of the night was when she told the audience that she wasn't planning on doing another performance for a long, long time. “As far as I know,” Taylor said, “I'm only doing one show in 2017, and as far as I know, this is that show.” “So what I'm trying to tell you is, by coming here tonight, you're essentially attending 100 percent of my tour dates for the year, so thank you!” As you might recall, she only did one show in 2016, too. So what's up with Taylor? Is she over being a pop star? Is she just taking a long, long break? Either way, watch an apparently rare performance in the video below:

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Nicki Minaj: Pregnant?!?!

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

So this is a pretty interesting turn of events … Nicki Minaj may be pregnant. Like, several months pregnant. What a surprise, right? It’s so surprising that it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. But Nicki shared this photo on Instagram last night: So it has to be true, right? What are we supposed to believe?! In the caption of the photo, Nicki wrote “ATBIMS. y’all so childish. Omgskibbidybopbophjhddfnij – I was gonna wait to share the news but…” Sounds like she’s in no rush to clear up the confusion, huh? To break it down though “ATBIMS” stands for “all these bitches is my son,” which is something of a catchphrase for Nicki. The line appears many times in her songs. “Y’all so childish” seems to mean that this is a joke, but let’s remember that about a month ago, Meek Mill strongly implied that he’d impregnated Nicki. Right after the news broke that they’d broken up , Meek wrote this little thing on Snapchat that read “I ain’t tell y’all bout her being preg … Nvm lol.” It didn’t get a whole lot of attention at the time because hey, it’s Meek Mill’s Snapchat account, who really cares? But after Nicki’s baby bump pic, people sure are starting to pay attention. At this point, she’s got over 21,000 comments on the photo, many from people who believe she’s actually pregnant. “MY BABY IS PREGO! Congrats,” one fan wrote, just one of many messages of congratulations. “Take good care of little Nicki,” another said. “Omg,” yet another follower wrote, “this is so awesome whats gonna be the name and what is it boy or girl congrats nicki.” One sweet fan said “Wishing u Nicki a safe delivery much love to u and ur unborn child.” But while several commenters were excited about the possible pregnancy, plenty more weren’t buying it. “Don’t play with my emotions like that,” someone told her, “you know how happy this news would make me.” “As if,” another person wrote. “Show us your baby pictures then you are just being selfish because Beyonce is having a baby.” In fact, many people made the Beyonce connection — that Nicki was trying to steal attention from Beyonce’s big pregnancy announcement earlier this week. Others thought it was sweet that the two ladies would give birth around the same time. But while all the speculation is fun, let’s be real — Nicki’s almost certainly not pregnant. Though at least now we know how amazing she’d look if she was! View Slideshow: 34 Beautiful Celebrity Baby Bumps

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Airbnb Super Bowl Ad Takes Aim at Trump, Stirs Internet Debate

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Airbnb most definitely went there during Super Bowl LI. One of several Super Bowl commercials with a political bent, the following commercial aired during the first half of the Falcons-Patriots game, quickly causing its company and its affiliated hashtag to trend. And that hashtag was this “#WeAccept.” An outspoken corporate critic of Donald Trump and his recent Executive Order (aka the Muslim Ban), Airbnb has made its objection to the President's policies very clear over the past week or so. “We believe no matter who you are, where you’re from, who you love or who you worship, we all belong,” the commercial says. “The world is more beautiful the more you accept.” The Airbnb ad aired just nine days after President Trump signed an executive order to temporarily close America’s borders to all refugees, along with citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries. The commercial does not mention this controversial ruling (which has since been challenged in court) specifically… but it's obvious what the company is referring to in the spot. According to The New York Times, Airbnb did not even plan on advertising on the Super Bowl until its recently learned there was inventory remaining. In a memo to employees after the executive order, Airbnb’s chief executive, Brian Chesky wrote the following: “This is a policy I profoundly disagree with, and it is a direct obstacle to our mission at Airbnb.” That same weekend, the company started to provide free and subsidized temporary housing for those who had been affected by the immigration restrictions. The founders of Airbnb also penned a lengthy message on their official website soon after the ad aired. “These efforts are just the beginning, and we hope you consider joining us by sharing your home with someone who is displaced or donating to organizations that assist those in need,” it reads. “It’s possible that a child today will grow up in a different kind of world, one where they're accepted for who they are, no matter where they are. “Because we really do believe that the world is a better, more beautiful place the more we accept each other Watch the commercial below and then weigh in:

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Lady Gaga Halftime Performance: GRADE IT!

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

She didn’t wear a meat dress. But Lady Gaga still made quite the statement during halftime of Super Bowl LI on Sunday night. She performed all 13 minutes of her act solo, dedicating the show to “love, diversity and compassion,” based on a Tweet the artist sent not long before taking the field: But… wait! She didn’t actually take the field. At least not at the outset of her performance. We opened with Gaga standing on top of the NRG Stadium’s roof, singing a few verses of“God Bless America” and “This Land is Your Land.” She then recited the Pledge of Allegiance prior to dropping down off the roof and on to the field while suspended by wires in mid-air. It was quite the spectacle (and, really, quite the advertisement for whichever company made those cables.) Gaga was then lowered to the stage for a gravity-defying performance of “Poker Face,” flipping and turning in the air while singing. (Yes, singing. Gaga most definitely did not lip-synch.) From there, it was on to a smoke-and-lights rendition of “Born This Way,” with a bevy of backup dancers supporting the artist, who was front and center and doing her talented thing Viewers were also treated to a rendition of “Telephone,” which led into another classic Gaga jam, “Just Dance,” along with the emotional “Million Reasons.” The latter song included Gaga just sitting at a piano and giving a shout-out at one point to her mom and dad. She also asked America how it was doing ( HA! What a loaded question! ) and said she was on hand to make us feel “good.” To close out the impressive performance, which was very well received on Twitter, the star ditched her sparkle-laden outfit for a white football-inspired look, putting a unique and sexy twist on the concept of a shoulder pad. This look complemented a full-length version of the singer’s massive 2009 hit “Bad Romance.” While she belted out the lyrics, Gaga was flanked by dozens of dancers and massive stage explosives, bringing the show to a frenzied peak. Oh, and she ended things by hurling her microphone to the ground… catching a football… and leaping off the bleachers. Never one to be shy about speaking her mind, Gaga told a Las Vegas radio show last week that she did not plan on making a pointed political references on stage. We knew going in that she would not bring up Donald Trump or any of his policies. “No, that’s not what the show is about,” she said, explaining: “The show is something that is coming from my heart to everyone in America that I love so much. This is my country and I’m proud to be a pop star from this country. … “I want people that watch the Halftime show that Pepsi Zero Sugar is putting on with us to feel the greatness of the USA.” Did you feel the greatness of the USA while watching? WATCH THE FULL PERFORMANCE HERE… Lady Gaga Halftime Show … AND THEN GRADE IT HERE: A B C D F View Poll »

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Jinger Duggar Opens Up About Pregnancy Plans!

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s been three months since Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo got married , which means that by Duggar standards, they’re about two months and twenty-nine days overdue for a pregnancy announcement. We kid, of course. Modern Duggar women are permitted to enjoy married life for a while before they get knocked up – and by “a while,” we mean like 8 to 10 months. So it should come as no surprise that Jinge and Jer are already speaking publicly about their plans to start a family. The couple spoke with People magazine about married life in a recent interview, and of course, Jinger was asked about when we can expect her to be expecting. After a honeymoon in Australia , the Vuolos have settled in Laredo, Texas, where Jeremy was living before he and Jinger met. Not surprisingly (like Scientologists, Duggars aren’t allowed to express negative emotions), Jinger says they’re both loving married life, and she’s adjusted to her new city with ease. “We have just so perfectly adapted, it’s been incredible,” she tells the magazine. “The biggest blessing.” Jinger is the first member of her family to permanently relocate outside of Arkansas, but she says she hasn’t found living so far from the Duggar compound to be as difficult as she’d imagined it would be. “We FaceTime, and there’s always a family group message sharing what’s going on,” says Jinger, 23. “It’s been joyous.” She adds that visits are just “a flight away.” Jinger concedes that she misses her family, but also says that she’s made friends easily in Laredo. “I’ve definitely connected with the ladies here, and they have been so gracious,” she tells People. Of course, the big question on everyone’s mind is: when will Jinger get pregnant ? On that subject, the 23-year-old decided to play it a little coy: “We are just enjoying our life together,” says Jinger, adding: “We will see what the Lord does.” Okay, so not a ton of new information, but the fact that she’s willing to discuss pregnancy (In promotional interviews like this, the questions are usually vetted in advance.) means the topic is very much on her mind. We imagine the Duggar gals feel a lot of pressure to reproduce, what with coming from a family that’s famous almost exclusively for its fertility. Not only is Jinger expected to pop out a baby ASAP, she’s expected to do so in the public eye. That’s gotta put a bit of a damper on those heady early months of marriage. View Slideshow: Jinger Duggar-Jeremy Vuolo Engagement Photos!

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Al Roker Bids Emotional Farewell to Tamron Hall

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Well, that escalated quickly. And, based on what we've been hearing via the rumor mill, it also escalated in rather bitter fashion. Just a few weeks ago, Megyn Kelly left Fox News and joined NBC. Both the journalist and network executives then confirmed that Kelly would be hosting some kind of five-days-a-week series for her new home… and that it would air each morning, disrupting the four-hour block of Today Show programming that has been in place for yeas. Whether Kelly's show airs at 9am or 10am, it became public knowledge that Tamron Hall and Al Roker would no longer anchor their very own hour. Therefore, in response, Hall chose not to sign a new contract with NBC. “The last 10 years have been beyond anything I could have imagined, and I'm grateful. I'm also very excited about the next chapter,” Hall said via statement, adding: “To all my great colleagues, I will miss you and I will be rooting for you.” With Hall already gone from Today, Roker took a few moments this morning to address the awkward and unfortunate turn of events. “As some of you may have heard by now, our good friend Tamron Hall has decided to leave NBC News,” said the veteran weatherman. “Personally, Tamron has been not just a cohost on Today for the past three years, but a good friend – and to not just me, but to all of us here. “We want to wish her nothing but the best, much continued success, and we cannot wait to see what her next chapter is.” Watch Roker's full message in support of Hall below:

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Kylie Jenner to Fans: Shut Up About My Skin, You F–king Idiots!

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

As you’re probably aware, there are lots of frightening, controversial things going on in the news these days. At times like these, it’s important to put frivolity aside and focus on the real issues that affect everyday Americans the most. Obviously, we’re talking about the controversy surrounding Kylie Jenner’s wax figure at Madam Tussaud’s. Yes, Kylie is the latest member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan to be transformed into a plastic, vaguely life-like facsimile of an actual human being. And on top of that, they’re making a wax figure in her likeness! Zing! Naturally, Kylie is excited about the prospect of being immortalized in wax, and she’s being sharing her joy with fans in a series of social media posts: “You guys, we’re here doing the first measurements. I’m getting my very own wax figure. It takes like six months,” Kylie wrote on Snapchat yesterday. “Thanks Madame Tussaud’s can’t wait to live in Hollywood forever lol,” she added. She even shared a video of herself posing for the statue: Kylie Jenner Wax Figure Video Not as racy as the typical Kylie Jenner video , but it received plenty of positive attention nonetheless. But where there are fans, there are haters, and it seems that Kylie’s waxification has not been without its share of controversy. Some fans believe that Kylie has instructed the folks in charge of creating her statue to make her skin tone several shades darker than it is in real life. The theory stems from videos in which the skin tone pallet that sculptors are using can briefly be seen: Kylie Jenner: Darkening Her Skin? And why would Kylie’s desire to be depicted in a deep shade of Snooki bronze be controversial? Well, for a number of reasons… For one, Kylie’s slow transformation into Kim Kardashian has been regarded with puzzlement and consternation for years now. Unlike Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe, Kylie is not of Armenian descent, yet she seems to be doing her best to fit herself (through cosmetic procedures and photo re-touching) into the swarthy, curvy mold that her sisters owe to their Middle Eastern genes. On top of that, the ladies of the Kard clan have been accused of appropriating black culture on numerous occasions, and Kylie has arguably been the worst offender. Kylie has even been accused of wearing blackface in some confusing (and possibly very troubling) modeling photos. Natrually, the 19-year-old social media queen was less than pleased with the controversy surrounding her wax figure, and she took to Snapchat to address the criticism: “I’m not trying to make my wax figure darker than I am, you f**king idiots,” Kylie ranted in a video. “They were mixing all those colors on a palette, not me. Stop reaching. I don’t even have say in this, so let’s leave it to the professionals, people.”  We’re inclined to side with Kylie on this one. But that doesn’t mean she won’t do something profoundly stupid and racially insensitive before the week is out. View Slideshow: Kylie Jenner Selfies: A Kandid Kollection

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Tamron Hall to The Today Show: I Quit!

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Tamron Hall has sent a message to The Today Show. And the message basically goes like this: See ya! Wouldn’t want to be ya! The long-time anchor of the third hour of Today, Hall left her post today, about a week after news spread that she would lose her gig to NBC’s latest big hire, Megyn Kelly. “The last 10 years have been beyond anything I could have imagined, and I’m grateful. I’m also very excited about the next chapter,” Hall said via statement, adding: “To all my great colleagues, I will miss you and I will be rooting for you.” In news that broke last week, sources confirmed that Kelly – who left Fox News for NBC at the outset of 2017 – will host her own five-days-a-week program at either 9am EST or 10am EST on NBC. If she ends up in the earlier timeslot, then Kelly will bridge the gap between the first two hours of Today and the fourth hour, which has been hosted by a buzzed Hoda Kotb ad Kathie Lee Gifford for years. If Kelly ends up in the later timeslot, then Kotb and Gifford will move to 9am themselves. Either way, Hall and Al Roker will be the odd employees out. They will no longer head up their own 60 minutes of the popular morning series, despite being the top-rated program on broadcast television every week for the last seven weeks in their timeslot.  Hall is clearly peeved about this development. “Yesterday was her last day as an anchor on both networks,” the network said of Hall, referring to NBC and MSNBC. “Tamron is an exceptional journalist, we valued and enjoyed her work at Today and MSNBC and hoped that she would decide to stay. “We are disappointed that she has chosen to leave, but we wish her all the best.” Just how angry was Hall over being bumped due to Kelly’s arrival? “She was offered a lot of money to stay … a new multi-year, multi-million dollar deal to stay at the Today show and MSNBC and she turned it down,” a source tells People Magazine. Moreover, this same source says Hall doesn’t even have a landing spot at the moment. Her contract with NBC was up, but she hasn’t been offered any deals by any competing networks. At least not yet. She simply wanted out. Aside from the actual demotion, Hall is allegedly mad at the way she found out about NBC’s scheduling plans. On Friday, this People insider claims, Hall was informed that she and Roker were losing their gigs mere minutes before she was set to go on the MSNBC air. “In Tamron Hall style, she went on air and acted like the classy professional that she is,” the source says, although it’s clear she wasn’t happy with how everything played out. “She couldn’t believe they told her right before she had to go on air. She was definitely shocked.” Roker will still appear regularly during other hours of The Today Show. We’re guessing he isn’t pleased with this maneuvering by the network, either, but he’s practically an American icon at this point. He’ll be fine. Let’s hope Hall lands on her feet somewhere and proves to be more than fine in the near future as well.

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