Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans has been through a lot lately, but hey, she can at least take solace in a nice new and improved pair of fake breasts. That appears to be what she’s conveying here, anyway. Unlike the Jenelle Evans nude before/after pics Kieffer Delp allegedly leaked, these aren’t rated NC-17, but are 100 percent Jenelle approved. Just look at that smile on her face. Yayyyyy boobs! It has been a turbulent week, even by Jenelle standards, but it doesn’t seem to be fazing her. She posted the pic writing, “Cute outfit today J.” If you don’t say so yourself. At the very least, that rack is a welcome distraction from J’s ongoing drama with Kieffer and/or Gary Head, or her mom Barbara saying she made a porno , or her sister Ashleigh calling her evil, or her random beef with Snooki , or her legal problems. It’s the little things. Or not so little in this case.
Jef Holm says he has no idea why his brother would accuse Emily Maynard of cheating on him and insists , adamantly, that The Bachelorette couple is fine. Earlier this week, Us broke the “story” that Emily was sexting behind Jef’s back, and that their family vacation ended early and tumultuously as a result. The couple quickly denied the tabloid cover story, only to learn that the source of the report was Jef’s brother Mike Holm … who stood by it a second time. That has Jef in disbelief – and denying it all over again. “My family all says they are shocked, and obviously I’m shocked,” Jef says of Mike, who vacationed with the Holms, Maynard and her daughter last weekend. But, he adds, if everybody knew the history he had with our family, no one would be surprised.” An emotional Jef Holm and Emily Maynard slammed the story, again . “This whole story is 100 percent false ,” he reiterates. “I like to give Mike the benefit of the doubt and think he’s changed, but obviously he hasn’t. He has a history of doing hurtful things to the family,” says Jef. After the cheating reports first surfaced, “I called every single member of my family and asked them if they’d said anything, and he promised he hadn’t.” “He’s been cut off from a lot of family things because he’s so dishonest. It’s so disturbing to think that a family member would do this.” Even so, he adds, “as hurt as I am, I love him and I love my family.” If there were trouble in paradise, Jef’s putting on one heck of a good front. He’s been Tweeting up a storm about how much he loves Emily Maynard. Not only that, he’s been gushing about little Ricki, going to school with her and even meeting Emily’s late fiance’s parents, “the nicest people ever.” Safe to say the lovebirds are on steady ground and then some. Emily Maynard and Jef Holm: Will it last?
Despite his denials, Jef Holm’s recent family vacation ended in tears and heartbreak after he caught Emily Maynard cheating , his brother swears. The 26-year-old stay-at-home mom and her daughter, Ricki, 7, recently joined Holm’s extended family for a beach vacation in South Carolina. On August 19, Holm was blindsided – according to Us Weekly – when he found explicit texts and photos to and from another man on Emily’s phone. Jef Holm ‘s brother, Mike Holm, insists Us is correct . “I can tell you that it’s all 100% true. I was there and I heard the fight and watched the whole thing go down, Emily leaving and everything,” Mike said. “I love my brother very much and, like the rest of our family, I just want him to be happy. We all love Emily, too. Mistakes happen, we all get that.” “I hope they work it out, but as far as your story goes, it’s all true.” Is it though? Emily and Jef have already denied the story, claiming the rumor is 100 percent false , then went on a PDA-filled trip to the grocery store. Jef denied it again on Twitter two hours ago, writing “It’s crazy what people will do, even family members, to see their name in a magazine.” What do you think? Will Emily and Jef last?
Seems Todd Akin’s comment had a huge impact on women brave enough to come out and tell their stories. Women everywhere, one after the other, have been taking their tragedies to the media in a heroic effort. Shauna R. Prewitt wrote about her experience and how, years later, she’s raising her daughter who was the product of a viscous act so many of us struggle to tell. While a student in my final year of college, at age 21, I was raped. I have dissected that moment — the horrifying moment that I became a “victim” — from every possible angle. I have poked and prodded, examined and re-examined. Regrettably, I have even suspected myself in a desperate, ultimately futile attempt to understand how I became a victim….People who did not even know me were quick to comment or speculate on my rape. What were you wearing? Did you scream loudly? Did this occur in public? Eight years after my rape, I find myself on trial against ignorance again. Rep. Todd Akin’s recent comments that “legitimate rape” rarely results in pregnancy not only flout scientific fact but, for me, cut deeper. Akin has de-legitimized my rape. You see, nine months after my rape, I gave birth to a beautiful little girl. You could say she was conceived in rape; she was. But she is also so much more than her beginnings. I blissfully believed that after I finally had decided to give birth to and to raise my daughter, life would be all roses and endless days at the playground. I was wrong again. It would not be long before I would learn firsthand that in the vast majority of states — 31 — men who father through rape are able to assert the same custody and visitation rights to their children that other fathers enjoy . When no law prohibits a rapist from exercising these rights, a woman may feel forced to bargain away her legal rights to a criminal trial in exchange for the rapist dropping the bid to have access to her child. For the sake of her child, the woman will sacrifice her need to see her once immensely powerful perpetrator humbled by the court. I know it because I lived it. I went to law school to learn how to stop it. Having fought this injustice for the past several years, I have come to believe that ignorance is to blame for this legal absence. Opponents argue no woman would ever choose to raise the child she conceived through rape. The only two studies to analyze the choices made by pregnant raped women indicate otherwise — at least 30% of women who conceive by rape make this choice. Others argue that no rapist would ever seek parental rights. Not only does my experience and that of others I know prove otherwise, but it is not surprising that a man who cruelly degrades a woman would also seek to torture her in an even more agonizing way, by seeking access to her child. Today, it seems we may face a new and unbelievable challenge: convincing legislators that women can conceive when they are raped. Our heart goes out to every Woman out there who’s ever felt that indescribable fear and struggles because she was violated. Make sure you Vote this year so we can keep Congress and Fat Cat Politicos out of our Crocthes! Source Images via Shutterstock
Margaret Jackson of Houston taught some young miscreant a lesson he will never forget … by chasing him off with a BBQ fork after he attempted to rob her daughter. The 73-year-old grandmother was at her daughter’s house when the dog started barking at the door. Outside, an intruder was trying to shimmy open the door. An intruder who never saw this coming. Margaret thought, “I need to get a strategy!” Oh, did she ever get a strategy … and a giant ass fork. Watch her reenact it below:
Kimbella Spotted Out Three Weeks After Giving Birth Love and Hip Hop New York cast member Kimbella has been on a mission to get her bangin baaaawdy back into tip top shape after giving birth to baby girl Bella less than a month ago. Since she’s no longer toting around a gut full of Dipset baby-daddy Juelz Santana, the reality star has been sharing her diet and exercise regime with her twitter followers along with keeping them updated on her progress. Kim posted this pic just 2 weeks after giving birth to her daughter with the caption “two weeks today tho!” Shortly after, her BFF shared the pic above of the two out on the town with Kimbella in a mid-drift top. What do you think of Kimbella’s “snapback” progress? Images via Twitter/Instagram
Diddy Takes His Daughter Chance To The Aquarium It seems like Diddy is as good at spreading his gene pool around as he is at making millions. He recently shared this adorable pic of himself alongside his eldest baby-girl Chance on a visit to the aquarium. Daddy-Diddy has been flickin it up quite a bit with his kiddies lately and we can’t be mad at that. As much as you hear about this man , one thing you don’ hear about is him being a deadbeat. Well done, sir Combs. Image via Twitter
Before she was cast in Gary Ross ‘s The Hunger Games as District 5’s elusive Tribute — known only by the nickname “Foxface,” per her wily dexterity and appearance — actress Jacqueline Emerson was a devoted fan of the YA series. Big time . “I was obsessed!” she told Movieline ahead of this week’s Hunger Games DVD/Blu-ray release. “It was my new book series that I was in love with.” Upon getting the part (a connection to Ross’s daughter put her in the director’s sights), the high schooler had to keep her secret from friends and concerned teachers for months — and now, over a year and $684 million in Hunger Games box office receipts later, the one-time child rocker looking for her next adventure with college and a Spike Lee project on the horizon. Emerson, who deferred enrollment at Stanford University for a year to tend to her burgeoning career as an actress and musician, rang Movieline to discuss her Hunger Games experience, the challenges of playing Foxface — Katniss’s most intelligent fellow Tribute, and therefore a dangerous, enigmatic rival — and her unique industry beginnings as a sixth-grade member of the Disney-backed Devo cover band Devo 2.0. You loved the books, but you also happened to have a connection to Gary through his daughter. How did your casting as Foxface come about? Claudia, who’s Gary’s daughter, told her dad that I’d read the books because we knew each other. So I came in and did an interview with Gary because he was interviewing kids who had read the book. A couple of weeks later he gave me a call and said, “Jackie, I really see you as Foxface – would you come in and audition?” And I absolutely flipped out. It’s my favorite book series of all time! I would kill to be in the movie! I slept like four hours the night before, I was tossing and turning, I had a physics test the next day and I don’t even remember it, and I went to my audition after school. I was hoping I did well but I wasn’t really sure, but a week later I got a call from Gary and he talked to my mom and said, “We really want Jackie for the part, it’s not set in stone but she should begin training.” And I died. I was so excited. I immediately started training and working out and getting toned down. Let’s keep in mind though that I found out about this in March, and I wasn’t able to say anything until mid-May. I don’t know how you did it! I had signed a ton of NDAs so I couldn’t tell anybody anything, and my friends were getting really worried about me because I’d be missing school, and I was working out all the time. They couldn’t figure out why because I’d never worked out before. I was losing weight and toning up and getting muscular, and they were all really worried about me – it was junior year and so it was very stressful, I had teachers who would call me into their office and be like, “Jackie, are you okay? Are you feeling alright?” What would you tell them? I would say, “Oh no, I’m fine. I’m just busy.” I’d skate around it. Finally it was announced and I hadn’t signed any contract yet so I wasn’t even entirely sure it was going to be me. And I told a couple of my best-best friends because I needed a few people to help defend me from the rest of my friends [laughs] and everyone was so excited. What was your initial audition like? Foxface is an unusual character in that she conveys so much with no known name and no dialogue, so your performance had to come through silently. Yes. They had me come in and do a lot of reaction stuff — they’d map out a scenario for me and be like, “Okay, you stop here and look around and take it in and think about the complexity of it, but you’re scared at the same time,” but all with the face and without dialogue. It was a very unorthodox audition. Did you always relate to Foxface when you read the books? Oh yes, she was always one of my favorite characters. I was always intrigued by her. Her intelligence is a great element to the character and to the book — she’s a character who adds a lot of mystery to the proceedings during the Games. I loved that. And I loved how you knew so little about her and yet Katniss was kind of scared of her in a way. She was one of the only people in the game that Katniss respected. There’s a point where Katniss goes, “Maybe Foxface is the real enemy here.” I thought that was interesting. And amid all the bloodshed, Foxface manages to get far in the Games without harming people. She’s only defeated by herself, by stealing Peeta’s poisonous berries. I think it’s definitely one of those movies you want to see more than once. I liked it so much better the second time I saw it, and I liked it even better the third time I saw it. By the fourth time I was like, okay, I get it now. [Laughs] But it’s got to many levels. You watch it again and pick up so many subtleties. You’ve previewed the new Blu-ray releases. What’s your favorite special feature? For The Tribute Diaries, all of us got Flip cameras and in the couple of weeks leading up to the premiere we filmed all of us hanging out, the mall tours, and stuff like that so that’s a cool insight into us hanging out. There’s also a lot of the Tributes on set, which was really nostalgic for me to watch. It’s like watching a documentary of my summer. Your summer yearbook. Exactly! This cast grew pretty close, which happens with these huge franchises as young performers bond together on the shoot and press tour. Did you get any great advice from the older castmembers who are a few years ahead into their own careers? Jen especially gave me really really great advice, and she was there for me when I was freaking out or nervous or confused. She was always really, really supportive, from the beginning – from the first day I met her. She was there to help me along, and I appreciated that so much. It was really wonderful to have that. Your next film, Son of the South , is an indie with impressive folks behind the camera – Spike Lee is producing, and his frequent editor is directing. When do you start and how did you come to the project? I’m very excited — I’m not sure when it shoots yet because I’m not sure it has full funding, but I’m just excited to be a part of this project because it’s a really important story. It’s the story of Bob Zellner, who’s a civil rights activist, and I’m honored to be a part of it. It’ll be really fun to bring to life. Did you get to audition for Spike Lee or talk with him? No, I didn’t! I did an interview with the director and talked to him, and he sounds great. I can’t wait to work with him. You also have a parallel career as a musician, and you have a music video out. In addition to this, you were accepted to Stanford. So what’s your plan for the next few years? I’m taking a year off — it’s interesting, because I’ve wanted to take a year off since 9th or 10th grade because high school’s been very intense for me. I went to a very hard prep school, and I’m also not ready to leave my family yet and I’m kinda young for my grade. So this is great because it really gave me an excuse to take a year off and pursue what I love for a year in my artistic side, which, even though I’d done a ton of stuff in high school and I was part of drama and stuff like that, I didn’t get to really pursue it. I recently signed with a new agent and I signed with managers a couple of months ago, so I’m really beginning this journey. It’ll be a lot of fun. I will say that I went to Berkeley, so I unfortunately can’t fully support your choice of school. [Laughs] You did? I’m supposed to hate you, but I can’t! I’m so sorry! I wish you luck at Stanford nonetheless! And finally, I must ask about one of your earliest credits in a band called Devo 2.0. Oh my god, yes. I’m so curious about it. Is it correct to describe it as a family-friendly Devo cover band made of kids? Yes! It was wonderful! I had such a good time. I was in sixth grade, and it was the first audition I ever went on. We did a DVD, and a bunch of music videos, we did a two-week tour around the East Coast to different schools on a tour bus, and it was so much fun. We finished out with a performance at the House of Blues, and then it was kind of over. But I thought it was a great experience. My mom kept telling me the whole time, “You know, every journey has a beginning, a middle, and an end — and this is not the most important thing that you’ll ever do.” And I think that was probably the best advice that I could have gotten when I was in that, because otherwise I may have gotten too attached to it and too caught up in my two minutes of… fame. [Laughs] It was so happy to have my mom there because she really kept me grounded, and I had such a great time. It’s a memory that I will always look back fondly on. So you were basically a rock star in sixth grade. I know, isn’t it funny? I always forget about it because it was only for like a year, and then it was over. But it was a really great experience. You played the keyboard but you also sang — does that make you the Mark Mothersbaugh or the Bob Casale of Devo 2.0? I think I was the Jerry Casale. I don’t really know — they changed all the parts around, but Jerry actually toured with us and we met Mark a couple of times. What do you remember most about meeting or working with them? Honestly… I do not remember. [Laughs] I was in sixth grade! All I know is I had a really good time. Do Devo’s lyrics have different meaning to you now that you’re older? Yes — completely. I definitely had a very skewed understanding of them when I was younger. Actually I have a theory that Devo 2.0 was made to prove the point of devolution, because their songs went from having a lot of meaning to, like, “It is a beautiful world!” That’s the theory I’ve come up with in recent years. [Laughs] The Hunger Games is on DVD and Blu-ray August 18 at 12:01 a.m. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Nene Leakes And Estranged Husband Gregg Attend Zoo Atlanta Fashion Show” Several of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast as well as Momma Dee, Scrappy, Erica Dixon and their daughter “E-Money” from “Love And Hip-Hop Atlanta” attended the Wonderland Safari Kids Fashion Show Saturday at Zoo Atlanta. Ayden is getting so big! We couldn’t help but notice that Nene brought along her hubby(?) Gregg and their son. Hit the flip for pictures of them and lots more shots from the show.
It’s safe to say that Emily Maynard and Jef Holm are going stronger than ever. The Bachelorette lovebirds recently celebrated Jef’s birthday in New York, looking happy as can be in one of their very first public appearances together. Jef Holm has been uploading photos galore – and Tweeting about his bride-to-be – constantly since their engagement aired on the season finale in July. “This was a fun night. #birthday #NYC (sic),” Jef tweeted with the pic below: Jef and Emily (a.k.a. Jem) recently returned from Ghana, where they visited villages that received wells thanks to Holm’s company, People Water. The duo shared many life-changing experiences on the ABC reality show, but compared to the Ghana trip, that just seems like … well, reality TV. Holm is reportedly in the process of relocating to Charlotte to be with Emily Maynard and her daughter, Ricki, 6. He will be getting his own place, for now. “We’re just going to live our lives together and get accustomed, plan a wedding, and when we get married, move in together,” he said last month. Emily Maynard and Jef Holm: Think they’ll last?
