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This Black Woman Filmmaker Could Help Lead Alfre Woodard To An Oscar

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Young Black Kings: Watch This 11-Year-Old Reporter Nail An Impromptu Brad Pitt Interview For ‘Ellen’

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Demi Moore: Ashton Kutched Forced Me to Have Threesomes, Pushed Me Back Into Alcoholism

Remember that very brief period of time when Ashton Kutcher was an in-demand A-lister? Yeah, it turns out society was right to leave his trucker hat-wearing ass in the early 2000s trash heap alongside Avatar and Dick Cheney. Ashton married Demi Moore back in 2005, and there was a time when it looked like the couple might really make it work despite his relative youth. (Kutcher was just 27 when they got hitched; Moore, 43.) The actors remained married for 8 years, which was considerably longer than the celebrity prognosticators of the time predicted. Of course, we now know that Kutcher was cheating, partying, and generally acting like the kind of douche who owns a ton of ironic trucker hats throughout their time together. Moore has a new memoir coming out next week, and the excerpts that have been released thus far are not exactly flattering to the Kutch. For starters, Demi confirms that Kutcher cheated during their marriage, but arguably worse is the fact that he engaged in a weird gaslighting campaign in order to make her feel like it was her fault.  The trouble began, Moore writes, when she agreed to engage in a threesome with her then-husband. “I wanted to show him how great and fun I could be,” she says, adding that she now feels their two trysts with a third partner were “mistakes.” Moore reveals in the book that when Ashton was caught sleeping with Sara Leal  at Danny Masterson’s bachelor party (“I felt sick to my stomach,” Demi says of Leal’s confession. “I knew she wasn’t lying.”) the Punk’d host claimed he thought she wouldn’t have a problem with it, seeing as their marriage was no longer monogamous. “Because we had brought a third party into our relationship, Ashton said, that blurred the lines and, to some extent, justified what he’d done,” Moore writes. Elsewhere in the book, Moore says that her relapse after 20 years of sobriety was at partially due to Kutcher’s dismissive attitude toward her alcoholism. “I don’t know if alcoholism is a real thing — I think it’s all about moderation,” Kutcher reportedly said while sipping wine at dinner one night. “I didn’t think, ‘This is a kid in his twenties who has no idea what he’s talking about,’” she wrote. “Instead, I cast about for justifications for his argument.” That same night, Moore says, she had her first drink in more than two decades. During her split from Kutcher, Moore says her drinking quickly spiraled out of control. “Drinking became interwoven in my pain,” she writes. Based on what we now know about him, it’s no surprise that Kutcher was of little help in her recovery. In fact, it seems he made matters worse, shaming Moore by snapping embarrassing pics when she passed out intoxicated during a party. “It seemed like a good-natured joke at the time, but it was really just shaming.”,” the actress recalls. “It was also confusing: Ashton had encouraged me to go in this direction.” These days, Kutcher is married to Mila Kunis , and together, they’re working to help the That ’70s Show cast supplant Glee for the title of “most effed up group of teen actors from an early-2000s Fox show.” View Slideshow: 25 Couples With HUGE Age Differences

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Josiah Duggar & Lauren Swanson Share Baby Registry With Fans: Buy Us Stuff, Y’all!

If you’re a Counting On fan, then you’re probably already aware that we’re in the middle of a full-blown Duggar baby boom . No fewer than four Duggar couples are currently expecting, and Jessa Duggar just welcomed her third child in May. Of course, the bulk of the public’s attention is being paid to the couples who are expecting for the first time — couples like Josiah Duggar and Lauren Swanson. Back in May, the Duggars announced that Lauren is pregnant . The news was met with an even larger tidal wave of encouragement and enthusiasm than usual, owing to the fact that Swanson suffered a miscarriage in February. So despite the fact that half his freakin’ family has a kid on the way Josiah and Lauren are very much in the spotlight right now. In fact, more than any other time since their wedding, the couple is at the center of fans’ attention. And it looks as though they’re seeking to cash in on the opportunity. Yes, Josiah and Lauren are now participating in one of the most controversial Duggar traditions by posting their baby registry online so that fans can buy them items from the list. “Thank you for visiting our baby registry! We are so thankful and blessed for our sweet baby girl that’s on the way,” reads a greeting on the couple’s website. Most of the items are standard — such as diapers, baby monitors, and nursery decor, but there’s also an option to simply purchase Amazon gift cards for Josiah and Lauren. As for the nursery, Josiah and Lauren are expecting a girl , but they’ve encouraged fans not to go overboard on pink baby furniture. “As far as [the] nursery,” they wrote, “we are going with more of a gender neutral theme (black, white, wood).” Not surprisingly, the reaction to fans has been less than ebullient: “I may be wrong but TLC and their personal appearances [probably] pay them well,” wrote one visitor to the website. “Donate to a charity in their name [instead].”  The Duggars have been down this road before, such as when they took flak for posting Joseph Duggar and Kendra Caldwell’s baby registry on several websites related to family news and events/  “Very, very uncool. … There are ways to circulate this info to the guests. This is a gift solicitation for the FANS,” wrote one fan at the time. Many others echoed the sentiment, and the registry was eventually taken down. We guess Josiah and Lauren didn’t learn from that debacle. But hey, we guess it’s less shady than when Derick Dillard and Jill Duggar begged fans for cash , straight-out! Maybe the Duggars are very slowly learning how to not seem so desperate! View Slideshow: Josiah and Lauren Duggar Reveal Gender of First Baby (EEEEK!!!!!)

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Abby Lee Miller: I Was 10 Minutes From DEATH!

After well over a year of surguries, painful treatments, and intense physical therapy, Abby Lee Miller was able to walk again this month. Those few steps were a major accomplishment, and only now is Miller revealing how bad things truly got. Before her emergency surgery, she wasn’t just at risk of death — she was dying . Abby Lee Miller spoke to HollywoodLife at the Creative Arts Emmys. “I lived,” she begins, really setting the tone for how dire her situation was. Before surgery, Miller reveals, “the doctor said ‘we have 10 minutes or we are going to lose her.’” “And that is how close to death I was,” she grimly explains. Burkitt Lymphoma may have a high survival rate, but only among those who catch it in time. With Miller, it was a very close call for what doctors initially assumed was a mere infection. “This spinal cord injury, choking my spinal cord and all of that,” Miller says, came close to claiming her life. Even once she was out of the proverbial woods in that respect, she reveals, she remained paralyzed. “I can take just a few steps with the walker,” Miller detailed. Famously, she took a few steps on stage on The Doctors . We have included that video in this post. “I yell at friends all the time when I get frustrated and upset,” Miller admits. She explains: “I am like ‘why did you not just let me die? Dying’s easy, you just lay there, you know this is hard, it’s tough.’” Miller has expressed how her cancer battle made her want to die in the past. “And,” she continues. “They said ‘he did not give us a choice, he just said I am going in and we said oh, okay.’” Unless you have a DNR, that’s just how it goes. “I guess I have some more dreams to fulfill,” Miller reflects. “I have other things that I want to do,” she expresses. “And,” Miller reveals. “Doing other shows I am creating.” “And you know there is always a kid who needs to straighten their legs and point their feet,” Miller reasons. There’s the Miller we know and … know. Finding purpose in life through terrorizing children into dancing properly. “I was at the California Rehabilitation Institute. It’s amazing,” she says of her intense therapy to walk again. Miller shares: “It’s fabulous and you have therapy four times a day, four hours a day, every day, Saturday, and Sunday included.” “Now once they release you and your insurance says ‘that’s it’, then you’re an out patient and you go for an hour, three times a week,” she adds. “So you spend an hour getting there, you do it for an hour, and then you leave for an hour,” Miller admits. “And it’s really not the same intensity.” Even famous people have to deal with our absurd and nightmarish healthcare system. But through hard work, a refusal to give up, and expert care, Miller is alive and making improvements in her mobility. Her doctors have admitted that she has missed some screenings, but say that she is cancer-free. That is good news. Whatever we may think of her as a human being, no one deserves cancer. View Slideshow: Abby Lee Miller: I Was Abused in Prison!

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Scott Disick Explodes at Corey Gamble for Threat to Whip Daughter

We rarely take the same side as Scott Disick. He has always seemed rich, spoiled, entitled and never fully appreciative of Kourtney Kardashian. But this clip from Keeping Up with the Kardashian has us fully cheering on Team Lord, considering what Corey Gamble says about the reality star's daughter, Penelope. The drama kicks off when Kourtney reveals to some of her loved one  that her nanny quit after her middle child with Scott “scratched her face,” saying of the six-year old: “You guys, I don't have a nanny anymore,” she tells them, explaining what transpired as follows: “She said P was really upset. She was putting her in the car and Penelope scratched her face. But, P can be out of control. I think she almost blacks out and does these wild things.” Ummm… she blacks out and does wild things? That sounds like a major problem, Kourtney. Kris Jenner mostly agrees, telling her daughter in this sneak peek that she ought to take this development seriously. “I had six kids. Not one time in my entire life did anyone ever have a complaint like this,” the Kardashian-Jenner matriarch says. Kourtney responds by saying she has no real recourse because there's nothing material she can take away from Penelope. And this is when Jenner's boyfriend, Corey Gamble, steps in with some polarizing advice. “I'm sorry, but if P scratched me for no reason, I'm whipping her ass and I'll explain it to y'all later,” Corey says. “What? You would whoop Penelope's ass if she scratched you?” Scott responds in disbelief. Gamble doesn't back down here. He doubles down, in fact, reiterating what he says above, to which Disick fires back: “My daughter? What the hell are you talking about? You would whoop my daughter's ass if she touched you? A little six-year-old girl? What the f–k are you talking about? Stop it!” Whether or not you think spanking is proper punishment for a child, one must admit that someone who isn't the child's parent likely should not be making this sort of threat. “You're not going to beat my little daughter! Get the f-ck out of here,” Disick concludes in this footage. Check out another clip from this Sunday's brand-new episode HERE and then check out this Disick-Gamble exchange. Keeping Up With the Kardashians will air on Sunday at 9/8c on E!.

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Jenelle Evans Has Sold a Grand Total of 150 Eyebrow Kits

While the world continues to mourn poor little Nugget, the family bulldog David Eason shot and murdered a few weeks ago, we’ve now learned that something else close to the heart of Jenelle Evans may soon be dead: Her recently-launched makeup line. According to a new report, JE Cosmetics is bascially already a bust. As previously detailed, Evans launched this new business about a week ago . The eyebrow kit, which hilariously retails for $40, is meant to provide income for Jenelle and her family, with the embattled former reality star clearly hoping to strike it rich in this industry, just like billionaire Kylie Jenner. After several days of her product on the market, however, Evans may be closer to asking Kylie for a loan than actually being Kylie… based on the very slow sales. A source involved in Jenelle’s makeup busines has told Radar Online that Evans has only sold 150 kits since the launch earlier this month. On the official company website, customers are still able to purchase up to 2,822 eyebrow kits, which may indicate the amount of products still available — and which would therefore mean that Jenelle only moved about 5% of her inventory in a month. Ouch . “They will be doing more advertising and getting a better shipper,” this insider tells Radar, remarking on Jenelle’s plans to turn her business around. This may be a challenge, however, considering the online response to those that actually sold. “The brow pencil completely snapped off within a minute of using it, no matter how short I made it, it would snap off,” a Twitter review of the eyebrow kits reads. It concludes: “There was 1 inch of product in it to begin with, now there is none. Complete waste.” Teen Mom Young: & Pregnant star Ashley Jones, meanwhile, claimed she would review the product herself — but later opted out doing so because due to of color options. “I will NOT be buying Jenelle’s brow kit cause it only comes in 1 color and none of them are dark enough for my brows,” she Tweeted. “So, sorry guys.” Jenelle — whose kit is comprised of a brow wand, enhancement highlighter, brow powder and stay put wax — celebrated the business launch with an event during New York Fashion Week on Monday, September 9. She sounded pretty psyched about the company’s future at the time. “I’m just really happy that I can come out with something that can be universal for everyone,” Evans told Us Weekly at the opening, adding: “They don’t have to go match their shade. They can just by one kit and be done with it — and have everything they need.” To be clear, JE Cosmetics actually launched in 2017. The Instagram page promoted liquid lipstick and lip liner back then. However, Jenelle never really focused or promoted it because of her committment to Teen Mom 2. Now that she’s been fired , though? Due to all the ways in which she and Eason are awful parents? Jenelle has time to exploit her daughter (below) and try to sell her eyebrow kit to fans, assuming she actually has any, that is.  Getting her glam on , wrote Jenelle as a caption to this photo of young Ensley, tagging JE Cosmetics in the photo. “I was trying to groom my eyebrows and I knew that I used the pencil a lot,” explained Evans to Us Weekly of the motivation for this product, concluding: “[But I] sometimes used powder and then I had to go get wax for it. “And I was like, why didn’t someone just put this all in one kit? Then I wouldn’t need to go searching for it!” The good news here is that Eason has started BlackRiverMetalnWood on Etsy, selling handmade leather key chains and bracelets that range from $25 to $45. He also makes daggers for $65. The bad news for the couple? He’s only made 12 sales. View Slideshow: Jenelle Evans: David Killing My Dog Brought Us Closer Together!

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Howie Mandel on Meghan Markle: She’s a Scheming Social Climber!

It’s possible that no royal in modern history has inspired such a sharp division in public opinion as Meghan Markle. (Although we guess that depends on how you define “modern history.” Edward VIII received a mixed reaction from the peasantry when he abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson — but you didn’t come to The Hollywood Gossip for a freakin’ history lesson!) The point is, Meghan has millions of devoted fans — but an almost equal number of rabid haters. The main issue is that Meghan is black , and racism is alive and well in both the US and the UK. But adding to her image problem is the smear campaign spearheaded by Meghan’s wicked half-sister, Samantha Markle . It’s impossible to say if Samantha is motivated by bigotry or just plain old jealousy, but she’s fully evil, so it’s entirely possible that both forces factor in.  Sam’s main argument is that Meghan is a hyper-ambitious social climber — as though it’s possible to marry into the world’s most famous family without possessing those traits. Sadly, the worst people in the world recognize a kindred spirit in Samantha, which is why they’ve taken her batsh-t words to heart. We can’t stress enough that most of the Meg hate is just thinly-veiled racism, but it often takes the guise of concern about her background. After all, she’s not only an American (” too American !” some have nonsensically argued), but an actress as well. Just like that evil Wallis Simpson! Surely, the Meg-hating nutjobs argue, she’s not actually in love with the handsome prince that she married, but is instead using him so that she can … live a fishbowl existence in which her every move is scrutinized beyond belief? Yeah, that’s kinda where the argument falls apart. Anyway, before she landed the role of Rachel Zane on Suits , Meghan was “briefcase girl” on the popular game show Deal Or No Deal . And these days, even the show’s former host, Howie Mandel, is commenting on the insane allegations about her motives for marrying Harry. Fortunately, Mandel recognizes the insanity of the situation: “No, I don’t think she’ll ever [return to acting],” Howie told Us Weekly when the tabloid caught up with him at the America’s Got Talent finale taping this week. “Well, she’ll be seen on television, because she’s a duchess.”  “But that was her plan,” Mandel jokingly continued. “I used to say to her, ‘Meghan, open the case.’ And she used to say, ‘Not now, I’m doing some work on becoming a duchess.’ It was the master plan, so I don’t think she’ll come back for us.” The dude couldn’t be any more obviously joking — but don’t be surprised if Sammy and her cretinous followers run with that quote. Pretty much everyone who worked with Meghan in her Hollywood days has nothing but good things to say about the Duchess of Sussex, including Suits producer Aaron Korsh, who gushed about Archie’s mum in a recent interview: “Meghan is who she is. She’s a grown woman. She’s not in her 20s. I think she’s a fully formed woman,” Korsh said when asked about Meg’s ability to cope with the pressures of royal life “I’m sure that being in that position I’m sure would have some long-term changes but she’s the same. “I’m going to guess that she’s pretty much the same person she always was and adapting very nicely to the challenges … If you can handle yourself in Hollywood, you can handle yourself.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. View Slideshow: Meghan Markle’s Deleted Instagram Revealed: Booze, Boyfriends & Bedroom Selfies!

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Aaron Carter Accuses Late Sister Leslie Carter of Sexual Abuse

Earlier this week came the very upsetting news that  Nick Carter took out a restraining order against Aaron Carter . It’s brother against brother, Nick accuses Aaron of threatening his pregnant wife. Aaron accuses NIck of gaslighting and abuse. Now, Aaron has accused his late sister, Leslie Carter, of sexually abusing him when he was just a child. Content warning for some very upsetting content including childhood sexual abuse, folks. “My sister Leslie suffered from bipolar and took lithium to treat it,” Aaron announced in a tweet on Thursday. Leslie passed away in 2012 after a drug overdose. She was Aaron’s older sister by one eyar. “She never liked the way it made her feel,” the troubled singer wrote of his late sister. “And when she was off of it she did things that she never meant to do,” Aaron accused. “I truly believe that,” he affirmed. “I was 10 years old.” If you had a sinking feeling in the core of your being from reading what Aaron already wrote … your suspicions are confirmed by his next tweet. “My sister raped me from the age of 10 to 13 years old when she wasn’t on her medications,” Aaron alleged on Twitter. “And I was absused not only sexually by her,” he continued. “But by my first two back up dancers when I was 8 years old.” “And,” Aaron added. “My brother absused me my whole life.” Aaron has spoken of Nick allegedly being violent towards him before, and even shown video evidence. This is all very distressing. “Now it’s nicks turn to tell the tell the truth,” Aaron challenged his estranged older brother. He demands that Nick speak “of what he did to one of the girls in my family.” Aaron doesn’t spell out what he means by that accusation, but the implications are alarming and disturbing. “Since my truth is all out there,” Aaron continued. “And,” he added. “I hope all survivors of assault or rape find peace and justice.” Aaron may be speaking openly of this on Twitter, but he has made it very clear that he wants to advocate for abuse survivors. In particular, he has shown a lot of support and sympathy for several women who have accused Nick of sexual and physical abuse. “Hi @wendywilliams,” Aaron tweeted with a request. “When you do your hot topic segment,” he asked. “Please recognize the 3 girls in Three states who filed police reports against my brother.” “There are three police reports in three states,” Aaron noted in another tweet. “Sad but true. Talk to the [women] who filed the reports.” Some have accused Aaron of deep hypocrisy, since it was only earlier this year that Aaron threatened a Michael Jackson accuser . When a follower brought that up, Aaron replied: “I apologized to them.” He has certainly shown more acceptance of the idea that the man who treated him so well during his teens may have behaved differently towards others. But that is not the only challenge to Aaron’s credibility. His history of erratic statements and behavior due to mental illness may work against him in any accusations that he makes, against Nick or against Leslie. Aaron has even had multiple welfare checks by police, including some because friends and loved ones feared he migh ttake his life. However, it is important to recognize that a person can have any number of mental illnesses and still speak the truth. In fact, some worry that these will be turned against Aaron in order to unfairly discredit him. Our thoughts go out to all survivors of abuse of any kind as these difficult subjects surface in the news. View Slideshow: 27 Celebrities Who Suffer From Mental Illness

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Dunn Dunn: Law & Order SVU Turns 20 & Mariska Hargitay Is Still A Bad A** IRL

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