Is Toni right to be worried? Braxton Family Values: Sisters Object To Tamar & Towanda’s Dirty Lyric [Video] On Braxton Family Values, the ladies try songwriting together, but it immediately goes wrong.
Good job, Cincinnati! Bengals Re-Sign Cut Player To Provide Him With Check, Medical Insurance For Daughter’s Cancer Treatment Bengals Defensive Tackle Devon Still was cut over the weekend due to poor performance …but the team knew he was distracted due to his 4-year-old daughter recently developing pediatric cancer . The team made the admirable move of adding him to their practice roster to make sure he had access to a steady check and health insurance to cover his little girl’s treatment. Via DailyMail : A player cut from the Cincinnati Bengals at the weekend has been re-signed by the team so that he can pay for his four-year-old daughter’s cancer treatment. Defensive tackle Devon Still, 25, said he understood why he was dropped from the 53-man roster because, since learning in June that his daughter Leah has stage 4 pediatric cancer, he has struggled to concentrate on his game. ‘My whole world turned upside down,’ he told ABC News. But after failing to make the team on Saturday, the Bengals brought him on to the practice squad instead, which means he will still get paid and receive health insurance. ‘They could have washed their hands with me and said they didn’t care about what I was going through off the field,’ Still said. ‘It’s like a blessing in disguise for me.’ The move means that he will receive a weekly salary of $6,300, will have to travel less and get to spend more time with Leah, who is being treated in Philadelphia. The support from the Bengals – which includes allowing Still to miss Sunday’s game in Baltimore – comes after he was out of six games last season for injuries to his elbow and back. Speaking with Bengals.com, he explained: ‘They said if I keep working on my physical… and mentally prepared myself to focus on football then they can move me back up to the roster so I am not all the way out of the loop… ‘Just them sticking by me through this whole time, they understand exactly what I am going through. It is a blessing I am on this organization.’ On ABC, Michael Strahan called it a ‘classy, classy’ move by the team. The proud father, who is engaged, has also shaved his head in support of his daughter, who has lost her hair to her treatment. Isn’t that amazing? Judging by Still’s Instagram, little Leah has a bright and happy little spirit despite her illness. Hopefully she can pull through! Instagram
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Bet she can smell everything… Woman Grows Nose On Back After Failed Paralysis Treatment This isn’t the first case we’ve seen of someone sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong in the name of science and all…but it doesn’t get any less freaky to hear about. Via MailOnline : A woman has developed a nose-like growth eight years after a stem cell treatment to cure her paralysis failed. At the Hospital de Egas Moniz in Lisbon, Portugal, the unnamed woman, a U.S. citizen, had tissue from her nose implanted in her spine. Doctors hoped the cells would develop into neural cells and help repair the nerve damage to the woman’s spine. But the treatment failed. However, last year, eight years after the stem cell operation, the woman, then 28, complained of increasing pain in the area. Doctors discovered a three-centimetre-long growth, which was found to be mainly nasal tissue, as well as bits of bone and nerve branches that had not connected with the spinal nerves. Stem cells – or ‘master cells’ – are capable of turning into other cell types, so are widely seen as a repair kit for the body. While often championed as the future of medicine, stem cells’ ability to metamorphasise and increase carries an inherent danger, namely that when when implanted into a person they could turn into dangerous cancer cells. Stem cells save lives and cure diseases and what not…but don’t sign us up until they work all the kinks out. SMH.
It doesn’t happen often, but Beyonce attended a birthday party this week at which she was not the most famous person in the room. Nope, that distinction instead belonged to a certain First Lady, as Michelle Obama celebrated her 50th birthday with close friends and family members. Beyonce looked positively stunning at the event, posting photos on her Tumblr page of herself in a gold dress , petting a very lucky Bo… and also of her leading Jay-Z and Blue Ivy into the White House: Of course, this was merely the second most important birthday party Beyonce and her loved ones attended this month. Little Blue turned 2 in early January and you can relive photos from her blow out now: Blue Ivy Birthday Party Photos Open Slideshow 1. Celebrating with Blue AWW! Blue Ivy is two years old. She celebrates here with her mom. View As List 1. Celebrating with Blue AWW! Blue Ivy is two years old. She celebrates here with her mom. 2. Beyonce at a Birthday Party Beyonce is all dressed up here and for good reason. She is attending her daughter’s birthday party. 3. A Blue Party Happy birthday, Blue Ivy! Mother and daughter celebrate the latter turning two here. 4. Beyonce Looks Fierce Beyonce looks all kinds of fierce in this birthday party photo. She’s on hand to celebrate her daughter turning two years old. 5. Blue Ivy Birthday Card Blue Ivy Carter is two years old! This is a photo from the toddler’s birthday celebration.
Phew! Looks like all is well in the world of female pop stars. For now, at least. Seventeen ‘s latest cover girl, Selena Gomez, recently revealed she’s got nothing but love for singer-songwriter sensation Lorde, even though they have had their differences in the past. Lorde called out the “Come & Get It” singer back in October for being anti-feminist, but Selena says she hopes the she and the New Zealand native will “be cool” in the future. “I recently did an interview and they asked me who I thought was up-and-coming and making a difference,” Selena told the mag regarding her feelings for the “Royals” crooner. “I said, ‘She doesn’t like me, but Lorde.’ I’m going to support her whether she likes me or not because I think she’s doing great things.” She continued to back her former feud partner by explaining: “I’ve never met her, but she’s extremely talented, and she has a voice that she likes to use, and I think that’s great.” Do we smell a duet in the future? One can only dream. And what other females does Seleners call herself a fan (and friend) of? “Some girls will drop you in five seconds for the right guy. That’s not how it’s supposed to be,” she says. “That’s why I love Demi [Lovato] and Taylor [Swift] — they support females and love to have that empowerment! I wish girls would stop hurting each other.” That’s right, Selena! Girl power, indeed.
Kate Gosselin and her twins Mady and Cara visited The View Monday, and things went only slightly better than their now-infamous Today Show interview Friday. Last week, the 13-year-old girls refused to speak in an extremely awkward Today interview . On The View, they were talkative and seemed happy to be there. Except when it came to one topic: Jon Gosselin. When Barbara Walters asked, “Do you talk to your father?” the two looked at their mom in discomfort. Kate urged them to answer. Mady turned red and did not. Awkward. Again. The twins, who have six younger siblings, also talked about their parents’ divorce, with Mady saying “it didn’t really affect me” because she was so young. The ongoing beef between Jon and Kate Gosselin resurfaced this month after Jon made a number of harsh comments about his ex , even by his standards. Kate Gosselin on Today: What a Trainwreck! Kate Gosselin Scolds Daughters The venerable hosts over at Today tried to get the kids to open up about the subject, but the kids clammed up faster than you can say Ed Hardy. The View didn’t get much more out of them Monday. However, Mady told the panel, “If I’m going to be 100 percent honest, I don’t like Justin Bieber.” Cara, meanwhile, said she wasn’t a fan of One Direction. At least Jon probably ranks about JB and 1D? 11 Terrible, Horrible No Good Very Bad Celebrity Mothers Open Slideshow 1. Kate Gosselin Kate Gosselin has eight children. And we feel sorry for each and every one of them. View As List 1. Kate Gosselin Kate Gosselin has eight children. And we feel sorry for each and every one of them. 2. Dina Lohan Dina Lohan is responsible for Lindsay Lohan. What else needs to be said? 3. Kris Jenner Kris Jenner is sort of evil. She likes using her kids to make a lot of money. 4. Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian has one child. For the sake of humanity, let’s hope it stays that way. 5. Jenelle Evans Jenelle Evans isn’t the best famous mother in the world. In fact, she could be the worst. 6. Farrah Abraham Farrah Abraham has starred in a sex tape AND brought a life into the world. Not many women can say that. 7. Nadya Suleman Nadya Suleman is best known as the Octomom. But it should be the SUCK-tomom. 8. Linda Hogan Linda Hogan as married to Hulk Hogan for many years. She has since dated a much younger man and made a mockery of herself. 9. Kourtney Kardashian Kourtney Kardashian has two kids. But she has exposed them often to Scott Disick. 10. Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Paltrow is as stuck up at they come. We feel pretty bad for her kids. 11. Brooke Mueller Brooke Mueller… yikes. She has been to rehab often and has twins with Charlie Sheen. Those poor twins.
First comes music industry super stardom, then comes perfectly picturesque Southern wedding , then comes the baby (girl!) in the baby carriage. Isn’t that how it works for everyone? Singing extraordinaire Kelly Clarkson revealed Monday via Twitter that she and new hubby Brandon Blackstone are expecting a little lady. Congrats to the gorgeous couple! The country crooner let her 9 million plus followers know her new baby’s gender and filled them in on some unsavory pregnancy details while she was at it. “We just found out we’re having a girl officially! I knew it! Only a girl could cause this much drama with all this vomiting ha!” she wrote. She knew it, alright. Kelly talked to Parade magazine about her maternal intuition in November. ” I’m totally gonna have a girl . I’m manifesting it!” she revealed. “And when I have a girl, you’re gonna be like, ‘That chick knew it!'” Clarkson wed her talent manager sweetheart in October last year and announced they were expecting shortly thereafter. In December, she took to Twitter to address cheating rumors . Oh, Kelly. Our life would truly, honestly suck without U.
Ke$ha’s mother, Pebe Sebert, is opening up further about her pop star daughter’s eating disorder battle. As Ke$ha receives treatment for anorexia and bulimia at an Illinois facility, Pebe spoke with PEOPLE about the ” ridicule” and “disrespect” that led the singer to seek help. “I’ve watched my beautiful, self-confident, brilliant daughter be berated and ridiculed for her looks and weight to the point that she almost died,” Sebert revealed. Although Pebe has said the “Tik Tok” singer’s body issues stem all the way back to middle school, she points to producer Dr. Luke and former manager David Sonenberg as only fueling the fire . “One time on a conference call, Sonenberg was screaming, ‘You need to lose weight! I don’t care what you do … take drugs, not eat, stick your finger down your throat!'” she recalled. “Ke$ha was just weeping. She drove around afterward thinking about killing herself.” Dr. Luke denies Sebert’s allegations and offered his “utmost support” to the world famous performer. Sebert also spoke about difficult days leading up to her daughter’s decision to check in to get help: “She called me and admitted how much she’d been throwing up, and I just said, ‘Okay.’ I called some centers and Ke$ha agreed to talk to them and liked what they said. She basically cried until we got there three days later.” Pebe recently visited her daughter in treatment and a result of post-traumatic stress disorder has decided to check in herself to “heal along with her.” We wish this pair the best of luck throughout their treatment.