Just last week , I was complimenting Selena Gomez on finally living up to her hottie potential, and now here she is hiding from the paps in New York and covering her face like she’s Vanessa Hudgens or something. On the plus side, at least she forgot to cover her legs, so I’m willing to let Selena off with a warning this time. But if she wants to stay at the top of the charts as my new #1 pop star, I expect a whole lot more. Or rather, her wearing a whole lot less. Photos: PacificCoastNews
Mariah Carey Engaged To James Packer After rumors swirled that the two were already secretly heading to the altar , Mariah Carey just got a HUGE rock from billionaire boyfriend James Packer. Things have been getting more and more serious for the couple since they started dating last summer…and it seems that these two think that after 7 long months, the time is right to go ahead and put it on paper. Via TMZ : Mariah Carey has a brand new piece of jewelry — a massive engagement ring — ’cause her billionaire boyfriend James Packer just popped the question … and Mariah said YESSSSS!!!! It all went down in NYC — where Packer secretly rounded up a bunch of Mariah’s close friends for a private dinner at Eleven Madison Park … so he could get down on one knee and propose in front of the most special people in her life. Carey and Packer have only been dating since June 2015 — but their relationship heated up real quick … with the two famously spending several consecutive weeks together on his yacht over the summer. Packer is Australia’s 4th richest man — thanks to a combination of family money and success in real estate, casinos and entertainment. As for the wedding, no word on when it’s set to go down … but at the rate these two are moving, it will probably happen in 2016. These two aren’t wasting any time, huh? TMZ / Splash
Sad news out of Detroit today, as the family of hip hop icon Eminem (real name: Marshall Mathers) is mourning one of their own. Dawn Scott – the sister of Mathers’ ex-wife, Kim Scott (later Kim Mathers) – has passed away at the age of 40. In addition to being Mathers’ former sister in law, Dawn was the mother of his adopted daughter, Alaina. A statement from police in Warren, Michigan reveals that Scott appears to have died of a heroin overdose. A toxicology report will likely be released within the next week. Sadly, Scott’s longtime struggle with addiction has been well documented over the years. In August of 2015, Scott gave an interview to Radar Online in which she blamed her sister and famous brother-in-law for refusing to help her get off the streets: “I have a millionaire brother-in-law and a sister with money up the ass, but they’re refusing to give me any help,” Scott said. “It’s a betrayal. He’s been part of our family since he was 15!” Scott said at the time that she’d been homeless since 2014 and had repeatedly asked for help from her more fortunate relatives: “One night I called my sister and told her I had nowhere to go,” Scott claimed. “She said, ‘That’s not my problem. Don’t bother me,’ and hung up.” Scott’s longtime on-again, off-again boyfriend, Les Martin, says the mother of one became increasingly reliant on a number of substances in recent years: “Heroin, cocaine, Adderall. If it was a pill, she would take it,” Martin says. “Klonopin were her downfall. She was swallowing them things like candy.” At this time, Mathers has not yet spoken publicly on the matter. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Passed Away in 2016
Despite their best efforts, it seems there’s nothing the Duggar family can do to avoid controversy this year. Obviously, the Josh Duggar sex scandals are still fresh in the minds of many former fans, but lately Jill Duggar and her husband, Derick Dillard, have been drawing almost as much criticism. The latest dust-up concerns the above photo that was posted to the Duggar family’s official Facebook page last week. As you can see, baby Israel appears to be sporting a small bruise above his eye, and Duggar fans are pouncing on the opportunity to point out what they see as further evidence of Jill and Derick’s negligent parenting. Obviously, kids bump and bruise themselves all the time, and this shouldn’t really be a big deal on its own, but with the response she’s been getting from her photos lately, you’d think Jill would know enough to just take a break from social media for a while. Last month, Jill posted a photo of Israel in which he appeared to be sporting a different facial bruise. Followers attacked her both for the injury and for the fact that he was seated in front of non-baby-proofed electrical outlet. Prior to that, Jill shared a photo that prompted Duggar fans to launch a series of bizarre conspiracy theories regarding Derick Dillard’s changing appearance . View Slideshow: Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard Photos Like we said, social media has not been Jill’s friend lately. Really the only thing Jill can do now is step away from Instagram and Facebook until this trend of criticizing her every move dies down. Is it fair? Not really, but we’re sure the Dillards are sick of the criticism, and rational discussion has no place in an Internet comment thread. Trust us, Jill. Right now, someone is posting an all-caps, 1,000-word screed about this article without having read a single word of it. We feel your pain. View Slideshow: Jill Duggar Baby Photos
Kanye West Will Not Be Recording Rumored David Bowie Cover Album Cool your t!t$ ladies and gentlemen. Kanye West will not be sullying your beloved David Bowie music with his 808’s and shenanigans according to TMZ . Apparently a British tabloid sparked a rumor that Mr. West would be recording a cover album of the recently deceased rocker’s most popular tunes. The idea of such a thing sent many into a faux-outrage frenzy via social media. People were so incensed that they started a petition that garnered 5,000 signatures (how the hell a petition would stop an album, we have NO idea). A source close to Kanye says there was never any talk of ever making Bowie cover LP. David Bowie was one of my most important inspirations, so fearless, so creative, he gave us magic for a lifetime. — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 11, 2016 Kanye posted this tweet upon learning of Bowie’s death and appeared that he had the utmost respect for him. Relax, folks. Image via Splash/AKM-GSI
Is Michael Strahan’s New Girlfriend A Criminal Wow Michael Strahan sure knows how to pick em ! Radar is reporting that his new girlfriend is a grandma robbing criminal! “It remains to be seen how much Michael really knows about his girlfriend’s past!” a source told Radar. The 44-year-old Live! With Kelly and Michael star has been seen with the 27-year-old Florida resident, Kayla, on numerous occasions after calling off his engagement to Eddie Murphy‘s ex-wife Nicole in 2014. Former NFL star, worth an estimated $45 million, took his new girlfriend on a romantic vacation to St. Bart’s last year, and the pair was also seen on a romantic date in Manhattan on Jan. 7. Kayla was a “good girl,” her high school sweetheart Justin Hundley, 28, told Radar, but at some point she changed. “It was like a switch was flipped,” he said. “Almost overnight she became this huge partier.” At age 14, Kayla was arrested for disorderly conduct after getting into a fight in her Port Charlotte, FL., hometown, according to official documents obtained by Radar. Because it was in juvenile court, Radar is unable to determine the outcome of the case. However, an arrest affidavit filed by the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office in May 2005 shows Kayla was involved in a burglary and charged with grand theft. Justin and Kayla, 18 at the time, were accused of breaking into the Port Charlotte home of her then 83-year-old grandma, Margaret Cox, and stealing about $6,000 worth of jewelry. Margaret discovered the shocking theft after coming home where she was recuperating from an illness. She told police she wanted to press charges after a next-door neighbor witnessed Kayla and Justin hanging out inside the home. The next day Kayla called police and confessed her crime. Though it was categorized as a felony, Kayla’s deed was turned over to juvenile authorities once again and Radar is unable to determine the case’s outcome. Damn that’s lowdown. How do you justify robbing your 83-year-old sick grandmother? Sadly Kayla isn’t the only bad apple in the family: Her father, Gerald Quick, was arrested 19 times for crimes including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and drug possession. He died in 2012 at the age of 54. Kayla’s sister, Kara Lee Quick, now 31, has also been arrested in the past on drug charges. When Kayla was 18, Radar learned that she spent four months working a cocktail waitress at a Tampa strip joint called Thee DollHouse, where a source said she knew “how to hustle customers and could clear up to $2,000 a week.” Ooooh a cocktail waitress? SCANDALOUS! We kid. But seriously Strahan should watch his back. From what we recall his first wife really did a number in their divorce. RadarOnline/AKM-GSI
Katt Williams Addresses Rumors Of Cocaine Abuse We haven’t heard much good about Katt Williams in quite awhile . In fact most of the headlines we’ve posted have either been about Hazel-E or some kind of bizarre behavior but Complex sent a writer to his Nashville , Tennessee tour stop last month and the interview included a visit to a golf course and some rare gems about Katt (including Luenell’s revelation that he didn’t have front teeth until after he did Friday After Next in 2002). Interestingly enough Katt chose the interview as the time to dispute longtime rumors that he’s a drug addict. Check some excerpts below: On his rumored drug use If I had ever even tried cocaine, I wouldn’t have made it to this level. I’m not built that way. I can’t take those types of sidetracks in life. It’s already difficult enough for me sober.” “Drugs may get you as high and hyper as you think I am, but don’t worry—you won’t be able to keep that up. You’re going to have to go back and recharge. And I don’t. So it’s going to be rough for you, keeping up with this energy, because it’s not manufactured. It’s just a dude going on stage and giving an audience everything he has.” On his career-defining special, The Pimp Chronicles Part 1 “I finally crafted a set nobody would steal. I am talking about terrible, awful things for an hour, and we do nothing but laugh. It’s hilarious.” On the job of a comedian “That is the job of a comedian. To take unpleasant subject matter and forcibly, with his hands, wring the funny out of it.” “If you didn’t laugh at Jared Fogle, then you would cry.” Soooo do you believe him about the drugs or nah? PHOTO CREDIT: COMPLEX/ALYSSE GAFKJEN
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