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Week in Review: Play Ball, You April Fools!

Another April Fools’ Day in the books, and your friendly editors at Movieline HQ didn’t succumb to one prank. (Well, except for that for that URL promising hot casting news that led to a website shouting “PORN FREAK. “) With that in mind, let’s get out of here while the getting is good! Check back over the weekend for regular updates from Dixon Gaines, and stick around for bonus coverage of WonderCon from Jen Yamato . In the meantime, have a drink on us and click ahead for the Week in Review.

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Dree Hemingway Topless in Numero of the Day

The thing I like about Dree Hemingway is not that she doesn’t go by her actual last name, but instead uses the last name of her great grandfather on her mother’s side, like every bottom feeding pig who needs something bigger than themselves to associate with, and who rides that shit as far as it will take them, cuz it is the only relevance they have in the world, so everyone asks or knows that maybe you’re related to Hemingway, like a tattoo on your fucking head that says “I’m Ernest Hemingway’s Great Granddaughter so give me work and listen to me even though I’ve never met him, but have read his books and have heard stories” …. and I’m guessing it works…. The thing I like about Dree Hemingway is that she still has to show her tits to get work, like a common whore…proving that it doesn’t matter who your famous, possibly legendary ancestors are, you still gotta be a fuckin’ whore, even after whoring out his name like it was a teen runaway looking for a warm bed to sleep in mid winter…. The whole thing is pretty fucking tacky. I’m sure if Hemingway knew his distant relatives would have been name dropping his shit decades after his death, he woulda killed himself sooner… FOLLOW ME

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Elizabeth Berkley’s ‘Ask Elizabeth’ Book Tells Girls They’re ‘Not Alone’

‘I think this was, honestly, the perfect time to write this book,’ the ‘Saved by the Bell’ alum tells MTV News. By Patrick Hester, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi Elizabeth Berkley’s “Ask Elizabeth” Photo: Rogers & Cowan/Penguin Books Elizabeth Berkley told MTV News it’s “the perfect time” for her latest project, “Ask Elizabeth,” a self-help book for teenage girls that dropped Tuesday (March 21). The book is an expansion of her website of the same name launched back in 2006. Berkley, who has been married to actor Greg Lauren since 2008, started the venture after her husband mentioned the amount of teen girls coming up to her for advice. “I think this was, honestly, the perfect time to write this book, because as we all know, in the media, for years now, people have been talking about the issues with our teen girls, but no one has really been talking about how to help our girls,” the actress told MTV News. “I think now more than ever, there’s a great need. The ability to know that they’re not alone, and other girls are going through it too and how they can help each other.” The “Showgirls” actress also mentions that good relationships between girls are important, saying that “friendship is a really big core part of the book, because I know for girls … friendships run so deep and I know that girls identify themselves some much by the group of friends they hang out with.” When Berkley played Jessie Spano on the ’90s hit “Saved by the Bell,” friendship was a big theme of the show. But while she still gets approached by fans who want her to re-create the now-famous “I’m so excited, I’m so excited, I’m so … scared” scene from “Saved by the Bell,” she said that period of her life isn’t addressed in “Ask Elizabeth.” “I don’t talk about the ‘Saved by the Bell’ time in the book,” she said. “I talk about other periods in my professional life, but more having to do with me now as a woman.” Will you buy Elizabeth Berkeley’s new book? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Soulja Boy Mourns Death Of 14-Year-Old Brother

Rapper’s half-brother, Deion Jenkins, died after car accident in Charleston, Mississippi. By James Dinh Soulja Boy Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Soulja Boy took to Twitter on Monday (March 21) to express grief over the death of his half-brother Deion Jenkins. The 14-year-old died on Sunday in a car accident in Charleston, Mississippi, according to XXLmag.com . The “Pretty Boy Swag” MC remembered his sibling online, tweeting , “at home crying my eyes out I can’t believe my Lil bro is gone… today is so not my day.. RIP lil brother love you always :(” In addition to Soulja Boy, an associate of the rapper, Michael “Miami Mike” Sykes, also sent his condolences. “The Flags are @ Half Staff @ the Offices of SODMG & PTE, R.I.P. to @Souljaboy little brother who passed-way in a auto crash last nite :-(,” he tweeted . Sean Kingston, who has worked with the MC, was saddened by the news, writing , “Smh life is really short man.. Why do the good die young smh @SouljaBoy keep your head up stay strong..Ima keep u in my prayers bro realtalk.” While further details regarding Jenkins’ accident are still unknown, a rep for Soulja Boy told XXLmag.com funeral proceedings for the 14-year-old will be held on Saturday. Send your well-wishes and condolences to Soulja Boy and his family by leaving them in the comments below. Related Artists Soulja Boy Tell’em

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30 Seconds To Mars, Linkin Park Survive To March Madness Round 2

Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco also advance; second-round voting opens Tuesday on the Newsroom blog. By James Montgomery Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty The first round of MTV’s Musical March Madness 2011 tournament is in the books, and, unlike the actual NCAA bracket, ours has been relatively free of upsets so far. In fact, about the closest thing we’ve got to a VCU is Sum 41, who shocked the world by knocking off #1 seed Arcade Fire in the battle of Canada. Check out our updated MMM Bracket right here!

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justin bieber us magazine cover 2011

Justin Bieber Us Magazine 2011 Collectors Edition Justin Bieber is on the cover of the new Us Magazine Collectors edition. Will Justin Bieber Be On The Cover Of Vanity Fair

Are You a ‘Crazy’ Baby Mama Authors Max-Laine and Melanie Bent Aim to Break the Cycle

It is no secret that being a single mom is no easy task and to outsiders looking in, the cliche saying, “you may think you know but you have no idea” is a reality. It’s so much of a reality for single mothers, Max-Laine and Melanie Bent, they decided to write a book about it! While the title Are You a “Crazy” Baby Mama: A Handbook for Single Moms may strike a potential reader as being overly provocative or perpetuating a stereo type, they were aiming to do quite the opposite! The question that Laine and Bent asked themselves before committing their philosophy to paper was this: “How do we encourage single mothers to improve their lives when we are dealing with our own personal issues?” To put it plainly, this book is not your average run-of-the-mill “how to/ self-help” manual, but it comes from a place of relating and understanding without judgement! Bossip had a chance to chat with the Max and Mel about their experience being a “baby mama” and guess what? They’re not “crazy!” Bossip: What made you ladies team up and write this book? Bent: Circumstance, really. I was going through a bout of depression. I was overwhelmed, feeling underappreciated and I didn’t have anyone to turn to, in terms of being able to relate to someone. At the time, Max and I weren’t really close but we had mutual friends and I knew she was a single mom and going through different things so I reached out to her. We ended up speaking on the phone and we both vented and it turns out we were both experiencing some of the same things and I said, jokingly, ‘we should write a book!’ The next day, Max emailed me and said, ‘let’s team up and write that book’ and it went on from there! Bossip: How did you come up with the title of your book and do you feel the term “baby mama” sends the wrong message? Laine: Ugh! We hate that term and when we first started talking about writing the book, we both agreed that we hate saying that or having to identify with being a ‘baby mama’ because of it’s negative connotations and we didn’t want anything to do with it. So, for a while, we were like we don’t even want to mention that term or be affiliated with it. But we started to think: why not redefine the term while we catch people’s attention, you know? Make them listen! All the books that are written about being a single mom don’t talk about the time in between the break-up or divorce to moving on. They were all pretty much focused on how to get back into the dating scene after the relationship is over. Then, there were a few crazy baby mama books from the perspective of the new girlfriend. Bossip: Oh, no she did not! Bent: Yes, there was one particular book by a woman who said she was in a loving relationship with her new husband but the baby’s mother was in the way of them growing as a couple and that she was ‘crazy’ and acting irrationally. But she never stopped to question why? Bossip: These kind of situations are awful and, ultimately, the child suffers. So, what do you think it’s going to take to break the cycle? Because it seems like there’s hardly any ambition to get married or be a dual parent family. Laine: One of the things that we should do is making sure to have positive male figures in your children’s lives. Let them see Dads who are in their kids’ lives and let them see what the workings of a household should be. Try to show them examples of a two parent family and encourage that.

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Totally Normal Guy Has 82 Tattoos of Julia Roberts’ Face

Leona Lewis Bathing Suit Pictures of the DAy

Leona Lewis has fat tits and apparently a fat ass..cuz she’s on the beach and she’s not wearing a fucking bikini….like it’s the 1800s or some other bullshit that is stopping this bitch from being half naked…I mean maybe she’s doing us all a favor…cuz sometimes bitches shouldn’t be in a bikini….and she is wearing something that would probably be see through if wet…which kinda makes her alright in my books…pretty accommodating of her…giving us the goods, leaving out or hiding the bad….more fat people should take her lead…especially when in public…. Then again, it could just be a British thing, cuz British people fear the sun. Either way, here are the pics of her tits in a white one-piece…

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Another Day, Another Lawsuit: Ne-Yo Sued By Former Manager For Lack Of Royalty Payment

Damn Shaffer, pay your peoples!! R&B singer Ne-Yo is being sued by his former personal manager – for the second time in five years – for allegedly stiffing him out of royalty payments. In court papers, exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com, Munir Mahmud is suing for breach of settlement agreement and accounting, and demanding a trial by jury. “This is a civil action for breach of settlement agreement which resolved prior action,” Mahmud’s attorney states in the lawsuit documents. “This is the second time Plaintiff has been forced to file suit against Defendants for failing to pay monies expressly due to Plaintiff.” Mahmud says he previously filed a lawsuit against Ne-Yo, known as Shaffer Smith, but they came to an out of court settlement in 2006, and that lawsuit was ultimately dismissed. But, Mahmud says terms of that settlement have not been met: “in violation of the terms of the settlement agreement, despite repeated inquiries from Plaintiff, Defendants failed to submit to royalty settlements to Plaintiff identifying the amount of royalties paid to Smith in connection with the publishing and performance income, as required.” The suit is seeking a court order for “specific performance in the form of an order requiring Defendants to allow Plaintiff to audit and inspect their books…for the purposes of determining and verifying precision the amounts due and payable to Plaintiff.” Mahmud is also seeking compensatory damages and attorneys fees among other things. Via Radaronline

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