Avril Lavigne’s new Japanese-themed music video for her song “Hello Kitty” received criticism and backlash for being racist as soon as it popped up on the internet. “RACIST??? LOLOLOL!!!” Lavigne…
Sick of toggling through Kim Kardashian photos on the Internet? Think you’ve seen one paparazzi shot of this reality star, you’ve seen them all? Consider the following unique gallery. For reasons that remain unexplained, many artists like to draw caricatures and/or cartoons of Kardashian – and Kardashian, in turn, likes to share her favorites on Instagram. There’s the recreation of her Vogue cover picture, for example; and the one of her infamous butt selfie alongside good friend Blac Chyna . Toggle through a few now and sound off: Would you ever purchase these works of large-breasted art? Kim Kardashian Caricatures: Works of Busty Art Open Slideshow 1. Kim Kardashian Caricature This is a fun caricature of Kim Kardashian walking down the aisle while holding North West. Will she do so in real life? View As List 1. Kim Kardashian Caricature This is a fun caricature of Kim Kardashian walking down the aisle while holding North West. Will she do so in real life? 2. Kim Kardashian-Kanye West Vogue Cover Recreation An artist recreated the Kim Kardashian-Kanye West Vogue cover for this caricature. A job well done! 3. Kim Kardashian Sketch Folks love to draw caricatures of Kim Kardashian. And she loves to post a few on Instagram. 4. Kim Kardashian Butt Drawing Kim Kardashian does enjoy showing off her butt. This caricature captures that fact well. 5. Kim Kardashian Drawing We approve of this Kim Kardashian drawing. Why? Because it captured her cleavage so well! 6. Kardashians Artwork Kim Kardashian, her sisters and her mothers are featured in this caricature that someone drew for some reason.
We’re all for splashy headlines in the name of good celebrity gossip , but this latest effort from the venerable tabloid In Touch might take the misleading cake. It’s probably a good thing, in the end … but the magazine’s promises of Teen Mom BABY NEWS advertised on this latest issue turn out to be anything but: Perhaps forgetting that Jenelle Evans is on the show, or that Farrah Abraham used to be, the publication brings us up to date on three other starlets: Kailyn Lowry is in a better place with Jo Rivera than at times in their combative past. Leah Messer and Corey Simms continue to battle adversity regarding Leah’s health. Catelynn Lowell is … still around, four years after she gave her kid up for adoption! Yeah, no actual baby news there. Kailyn’s got her two, Leah’s got her three, and Cate hasn’t had a second since she gave up the first. No one’s pregnant. Yet. We’d bet on Leah Messer in that category … though we’re hoping she’ll slow things down, especially after the events of this past season. Clearly, she and Jeremy (and she and Corey, separately) have their hands full as is. So no actual baby news is good news in this case … but come on In Touch . Someone from the franchise is due shortly, though … and you all know her well: Jenelle Evans Baby Bump Photos Open Slideshow 1. Jenelle Evans: Pregnant Selfie Jenelle posted this pic to Instagram. She’s currently 29 weeks pregnant. View As List 1. Jenelle Evans: Pregnant Selfie Jenelle posted this pic to Instagram. She’s currently 29 weeks pregnant. 2. Jenelle Evans: Baby Bump Image Jenelle just a few weeks pregnant. She’s been posting selfies every step of the way. 3. Jenelle Evans’ Pierced Baby Bump Leave it to Jenelle Evans to post a baby bump photo like this one. 4. Jenelle Evans Bump Jenelle Evans’ baby bump would be cuter if we weren’t petrified for the actual baby once he’s born. Nice photo though. 5. Jenelle Evans Bump Pic Jenelle Evans showing off her baby bump. She and Nathan Griffith are expecting. 6. Jenelle Evans Nude Baby Bump Jenelle Evans just posted this nude baby bump pic on the Internet. Because obviously. 7. Jenelle Evans Pregnant Jenelle Evans was pregnant at the time this picture was taken. She was also like 16. 8. Nathan Griffith and Jenelle Nathan Griffith and Jenelle Evans have already been through a ton together. 9. Jenelle Evans Baby Bump at the Gym Jenelle Evans just posted this gym-themed baby bump pic on the Internet. Because obviously. 10. Jenelle Evans Baby Bump Pics Jenelle Evans posted these early baby bump pics on Instagram. So cute. 11. Jenelle Evans: Baby Bump Collage Jenelle’s self-made collage of selfies. This girl really likes taking pictures of herself.
Facebook is an ideal destinations for fails and faux pas. Consider all the ways parents humiliate their kids on this social media network; and/or these 11 annoying couples who really need to get an offline life. But all 33 of the following Facebook miscues take the hilariously awkward cake. From not knowing the date on which July 4 falls… to mistaking Facebook for Google… to being totally owned by a former teacher… the following individuals will go down in Internet history infamy. Sit back, click around now and prepare for a few tear-inducing laughs at the expense of some ignorant Facebook users: 33 Most Epic Facebook Fails of All Time Open Slideshow 1. Weird-Looking Parrot! Who chose that bird to put over an American flag pic, honestly? And why? View As List 1. Weird-Looking Parrot! Who chose that bird to put over an American flag pic, honestly? And why? 2. WTH, Time?!? The time went… backwards? What the heck happened here?!? 3. No Reception It may be 2014, but that doesn’t mean everyone owns a cell phone. 4. A Shocking Fact THIS JUST IN: Africa is not a country. Story developming… 5. Vegetarian Fail You’re a vegetarian who eats turkey burgers? That seems hard to pull off. 6. Comma vs. Coma All it takes is one letter to give a word a very different meaning from another word. 7. Exchaning Vowels Do you, anonymous woman, promise to give this anonymous man an E in exchange for his U? 8. Empire (Building) State of Mind This is the Statue of Liberty. 9. A Sinking Feeling Yes, this person believed James Cameron’s Titanic was a real-life documentary. 10. RIP, Michael Jordan He had quite the run, but Michael Jordan has apparently passed away. 11. Non-Penguins 1. You misspelled “penguins.” 2. These are not penguins. 12. Trippy! Whoa, bros. Where is the W in this tennis racket shadow? 13. Coolest. Teacher. Ever. Mrs. Johanson 2, Larry 0. 14. Capri Sun FTW! Capri Sun and Mrs. Johanson should totally date. 15. Dead Dawg Yeah. This is a bit awkward. 16. Aunt or Uncle? It’s always exciting to learn whether one is gonna be an aunt or an uncle. 17. Halloween on October 13? PHEW! Can you imagine what will happen the year Halloween falls on October 13? 18. Who is Feat?!? Forget Kanye. Who is this impressive rapper named “Feat.?” 19. Google vs. Facebook If at first parents don’t learn… just humor them. 20. A Lack of Manors Where have all the good manors gone? Blame the economy. 21. Confused About Hitler Let’s give Holly a break: people have said MUCH worse things about Hitler. 22. BJ Confusion One type of blow job may be considered a sin. The other is just a type of beauty enhancement. 23. What a Dumb Elevator! Seriously, what is this elevator thinking?!? 24. A Billion Here, A Billion There… Give this person a break! Is there really a big difference between 7 and 20 billion? 25. Credit Card Rejection Maybe this person just has the wrong kind of computer. 26. Was the Titanic Real? Who knew there was so much confusion on the Internet about the Titanic? 27. A Parent’s Revenge Let’s just say we’re glad we aren’t a member of this family. 28. Burned by the Sun Just keep digging that hole, Facebook user… 29. Hashtag Confusion Because all phones created nowadays have the Hashtag sign on them. 30. Marveling at Nature If you ever doubt the existence of God, just look at… Mount Rushmore? 31. July 3 or 4? Come on. July 4 only falls on the 3rd when Halloween falls on October 13. 32. Happy Birthday, Earth! Seriously, buddy, you’ve come a long way. Well done!
James Franco is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, teacher, author and poet, according to the stirring first line of his Wikipedia page. He is also 36 years old today, born one day before what would have been the most appropriate celebrity birthday ever. Just missed 4/20, man. So close. When he’s not making out with Seth Rogen , trying to pick up underage girls on Instagram or calling N.Y. Times critics bitches , he does actual work, and lots of it. He’s as educated and versatile as he is talented, awkward and hilarious, making for a rare combination in today’s often banal, celebrity-obsessed culture. It’s hard not to think foundly of the guy. Check out the photo gallery below as we pay tribute to some of our favorite pics of Franco and the many reasons we love him … 22 Lovably Weird Photos of James Franco Open Slideshow 1. James Franco Picture James Franco is a jack of all trades. Send him your birthday wishes now! View As List
The bombshell sex tape starring Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta fame is already shaping up to be a huge seller, according to reports. According to Steve Hirsch, the Mimi Faust sex tape is one of the hottest pre-sellers his company, Vivid Entertainment, has ever seen in his years at the helm. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Sex Tape Photos Open Slideshow 1. Mimi Faust, Nikko Smith Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith of Love & Hip Hop fame are boning. On camera. The two made a sexual tape, because obviously. View As List 1. Mimi Faust, Nikko Smith Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith of Love & Hip Hop fame are boning. On camera. The two made a sexual tape, because obviously. 2. Nikko Smith, Mimi Faust Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star Mimi Faust and co-star Nikko Smith in their sex tape – Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 3. Mimi Faust Sex Tape Photo Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star Mimi Faust gets taken by co-star Nikko Smith star in the new sex tape Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 4. Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith Photo Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta co-stars and lovers Mimi Faust and Nikki Smith star in a new sex tape. As evidenced here. 5. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Sex Tape Pic Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast members Mimi Faust and Nikki Smith in the new sex tape Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 6. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Stars Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’s Mimi Faust and Nikki Smith star in the new sex tape Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 7. Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith star in the new sex tape Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 8. Mimi Sex Tape: Shower Rod Photo! Mimi Faust has one serious heavy duty shower rod up in that shower. 9. Shower Rod Sale Get ’em while they’re hot, hot, HOT like Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith! Make no mistake, this tape is big … and things get bigger , we’re told. The CEO says the company made more than $400,000 in pre-sales this week alone simply by releasing some stills (above) and one very NSFW trailer . Vivid has never seen pre-orders at this level, he says, amazed. Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta is set to drop Monday in full on Vivid’s website, and Hirsch says he’s expecting sales to be massive. We don’t disagree. Just how high will the Mimi sex tape sales go, though? The Kim Kardashian sex tape remains the gold standard for such things, both in terms of sales and the stratosphere to which it catapulted its celebrity star. However, last year’s Farrah Abraham’s “leaked” Backdoor Teen Mom production gave Kim a run for her money, crashing Vivid’s site with its massive demand. Before that, Paris Hilton was something of a pioneer. Suffice it to say, Mimi and Nikko are all in and know just what they’re doing, basking in the publicity of the tape with Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta set to return May 5. She’s even Tweeted at the Mimi shower rod handle. Asked at the airport yesterday (before pre-sales were reported ), if she thinks her tape will be as big as Kim’s, Mimi’s eyes practically turned to dollar signs. Gotta aim high, right? While Faust is clearly going to do very well for herself here, Kim would probably break the Internet if she filmed a sequel with Kanye. Just saying. The queen will not be dethroned easily. On the bright side, Mimi and Nikko should easily eclipse the popularity of most of these amateur porn stars, though … if they haven’t done so already: 15 Celebrity Sex Tape Stars Open Slideshow 1. Kendra Wilkinson Before Hugh Hefner and before Hank Baskett, Kendra Wilkinson got freaky on video with an old boyfriend. And she’s got a real talent for rodeo. View As List 1. Kendra Wilkinson Before Hugh Hefner and before Hank Baskett, Kendra Wilkinson got freaky on video with an old boyfriend. And she’s got a real talent for rodeo. 2. Kim Kardashian Need we say more? Ray J hit it first and made her a star. 3. Paris Hilton Paris Hilton was Kim Kardashian before Kim Kardashian was Kim Kardashian. In other words, she got famous from a guy doing her on camera. She and Kim were also friends once! 4. Farrah Abraham Okay, there’s nothing amateur about getting paid by a porn company to shoot an X-rated video called Backdoor Teen Mom. But she’s far from a pro when it comes to everything else. 5. Pamela Anderson Pamela Anderson’s sex tape was one of the first, and most infamous. And hardest core. 6. Octomom Octomom: Home Alone was the self-pleasure hit of 2012. It may be more pleasurable to hit yourself in the head with a 2×4, but so be it. 7. Hulk Hogan The Hulk Hogan sex tape with Heather Clem supposedly left him feeling betrayed. He felt incredibly exposed … literally and otherwise. 8. Tila Tequila Tila Tequila was uncorked on video. And also sort of uncomfortable to look at. 9. Tami Erin Tami Erin put the schlong in Pippi Longstocking. Wait, that doesn’t make any sense. Whatever. 10. Leighton Meester An old Leighton Meester sex tape rocked the web a few years back. She has talented feet. 11. Mindy McCready Mindy McCready’s sex tape was called Baseball Mistress because she had an affair with MLB star Roger Clemens, who was not on the sex tape at all. Some other dude hit it then. That’s just funny. 12. Johnny Carson Heeeeeere’s Johnny’s mono-LOG! 13. Joe Francis Girls Gone Wild kingpin Joe Francis was also a sex tape star in his own right, although he kept it from the public … thank goodness. 14. Myla Sinanaj Myla Sinanaj, the girl Kris Humphries dated after Kim Kardashian dumped him, billed herself as the anti-Kim K. Ironic, since she is kind of obsessed with Kim K. 15. John Edwards A John Edwards-Rielle Hunter sex tape actually existed, a fun (we guess) side note to the sad, shocking sex scandal that torpedoed his career.
The bombshell sex tape starring Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta fame is already shaping up to be a huge seller, according to reports. According to Steve Hirsch, the Mimi Faust sex tape is one of the hottest pre-sellers his company, Vivid Entertainment, has ever seen in his years at the helm. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Sex Tape Photos Open Slideshow 1. Mimi Faust, Nikko Smith Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith of Love & Hip Hop fame are boning. On camera. The two made a sexual tape, because obviously. View As List 1. Mimi Faust, Nikko Smith Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith of Love & Hip Hop fame are boning. On camera. The two made a sexual tape, because obviously. 2. Nikko Smith, Mimi Faust Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star Mimi Faust and co-star Nikko Smith in their sex tape – Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 3. Mimi Faust Sex Tape Photo Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star Mimi Faust gets taken by co-star Nikko Smith star in the new sex tape Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 4. Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith Photo Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta co-stars and lovers Mimi Faust and Nikki Smith star in a new sex tape. As evidenced here. 5. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Sex Tape Pic Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast members Mimi Faust and Nikki Smith in the new sex tape Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 6. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Stars Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’s Mimi Faust and Nikki Smith star in the new sex tape Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 7. Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith star in the new sex tape Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. 8. Mimi Sex Tape: Shower Rod Photo! Mimi Faust has one serious heavy duty shower rod up in that shower. 9. Shower Rod Sale Get ’em while they’re hot, hot, HOT like Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith! Make no mistake, this tape is big … and things get bigger , we’re told. The CEO says the company made more than $400,000 in pre-sales this week alone simply by releasing some stills (above) and one very NSFW trailer . Vivid has never seen pre-orders at this level, he says, amazed. Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta is set to drop Monday in full on Vivid’s website, and Hirsch says he’s expecting sales to be massive. We don’t disagree. Just how high will the Mimi sex tape sales go, though? The Kim Kardashian sex tape remains the gold standard for such things, both in terms of sales and the stratosphere to which it catapulted its celebrity star. However, last year’s Farrah Abraham’s “leaked” Backdoor Teen Mom production gave Kim a run for her money, crashing Vivid’s site with its massive demand. Before that, Paris Hilton was something of a pioneer. Suffice it to say, Mimi and Nikko are all in and know just what they’re doing, basking in the publicity of the tape with Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta set to return May 5. She’s even Tweeted at the Mimi shower rod handle. Asked at the airport yesterday (before pre-sales were reported ), if she thinks her tape will be as big as Kim’s, Mimi’s eyes practically turned to dollar signs. Gotta aim high, right? While Faust is clearly going to do very well for herself here, Kim would probably break the Internet if she filmed a sequel with Kanye. Just saying. The queen will not be dethroned easily. On the bright side, Mimi and Nikko should easily eclipse the popularity of most of these amateur porn stars, though … if they haven’t done so already: 15 Celebrity Sex Tape Stars Open Slideshow 1. Kendra Wilkinson Before Hugh Hefner and before Hank Baskett, Kendra Wilkinson got freaky on video with an old boyfriend. And she’s got a real talent for rodeo. View As List 1. Kendra Wilkinson Before Hugh Hefner and before Hank Baskett, Kendra Wilkinson got freaky on video with an old boyfriend. And she’s got a real talent for rodeo. 2. Kim Kardashian Need we say more? Ray J hit it first and made her a star. 3. Paris Hilton Paris Hilton was Kim Kardashian before Kim Kardashian was Kim Kardashian. In other words, she got famous from a guy doing her on camera. She and Kim were also friends once! 4. Farrah Abraham Okay, there’s nothing amateur about getting paid by a porn company to shoot an X-rated video called Backdoor Teen Mom. But she’s far from a pro when it comes to everything else. 5. Pamela Anderson Pamela Anderson’s sex tape was one of the first, and most infamous. And hardest core. 6. Octomom Octomom: Home Alone was the self-pleasure hit of 2012. It may be more pleasurable to hit yourself in the head with a 2×4, but so be it. 7. Hulk Hogan The Hulk Hogan sex tape with Heather Clem supposedly left him feeling betrayed. He felt incredibly exposed … literally and otherwise. 8. Tila Tequila Tila Tequila was uncorked on video. And also sort of uncomfortable to look at. 9. Tami Erin Tami Erin put the schlong in Pippi Longstocking. Wait, that doesn’t make any sense. Whatever. 10. Leighton Meester An old Leighton Meester sex tape rocked the web a few years back. She has talented feet. 11. Mindy McCready Mindy McCready’s sex tape was called Baseball Mistress because she had an affair with MLB star Roger Clemens, who was not on the sex tape at all. Some other dude hit it then. That’s just funny. 12. Johnny Carson Heeeeeere’s Johnny’s mono-LOG! 13. Joe Francis Girls Gone Wild kingpin Joe Francis was also a sex tape star in his own right, although he kept it from the public … thank goodness. 14. Myla Sinanaj Myla Sinanaj, the girl Kris Humphries dated after Kim Kardashian dumped him, billed herself as the anti-Kim K. Ironic, since she is kind of obsessed with Kim K. 15. John Edwards A John Edwards-Rielle Hunter sex tape actually existed, a fun (we guess) side note to the sad, shocking sex scandal that torpedoed his career.
When Hollywood legend Kim Novak presented at the Academy Awards in February, the iconic actress didn’t receive quite the reaction she expected from her rare public appearance. Kim Novak Presents at Academy Awards Jokes and rumors about Novak’s plastic surgery and slurred speech were seemingly everywhere on the Internet in the days to follow the Oscars. Now, the actress is speaking out against the “bullies” and “jabs.” In a lengthy post on her Facebook page, Novak admits to receiving “fat injections” in her face in order to smooth out her skin and blames her speech difficulties on the fact that she had “taken a pill to relax.” “After the Oscars, I was bullied by the press and the public on the Internet and TV,” Novak writes. “However, I will no longer hold myself back from speaking out against bullies. We can’t let people get away with affecting our lives.” Novak claims the cruel criticism she received triggered a personal “tailspin” and she goes on to specifically call out Donald Trump who tweeted that Kim should “sue her plastic surgeon” during her presentation. The Donald ragging on other peoples appearances? We’re definitely Team Kim on this one. She may have not brought her A-game on Oscar night, but Kim is 81! At that age, we can definitely understand the desire to pop a Xanax and visit the plastic surgeon before appearing on TV in front of millions. Donald has no such excuse for that flattened tabby cat he calls a hairpiece. 25 Heinous Celebrity Plastic Surgery Fails Open Slideshow 1. Heidi Montag Boob Job! The queen of plastic surgery. It’s shocking how different Heidi Montag used to look and how badly this obsession turned out for her. View As List 1. Heidi Montag Boob Job! The queen of plastic surgery. It’s shocking how different Heidi Montag used to look and how badly this obsession turned out for her. 2. Heidi Montag Nose Job! Yup, she had the nose job done too. 3. Heidi Montag Pre-Boob Job Here’s a full-length shot before she altered her appearance forever. 4. The Princess of Plastic Surgery And this is what happened. Unreal. 5. Bristol Palin Before Plastic Surgery Well, before she reportedly had plastic surgery, anyway. You have to admit, she looks different than this now. Very different. 6. Bristol Palin After Plastic Surgery We don’t know for a fact that Bristol Palin had plastic surgery. But she looks a lot different in the face nowadays. Just saying. 7. Alexa Ray Joel Astonishingly, that’s Alexa Ray Joel on the right AND left. 8. Michael Jackson Plastic Surgery Not a lot needs to be said about this freak of nature. But come on, what a crazy dude! 9. Lindsay Lohan Plastic Surgery? Did Lindsay Lohan get plastic surgery? Look at these then-and-now pics and decide. 10. Ashley Horn Plastic Surgery Pics Ashley Horn shows off her plastic surgery to look like half-sister Lindsay Lohan. That is wrong. Just wrong. 11. Farrah Abraham Plastic Surgery Farrah Abraham’s plastic surgery is not exactly a secret. 12. Plastic Surgery Cover Did Kim Kardashian get plastic surgery? The answer to that question is obvious, according to this tabloid cover story. 13. Plastic Surgery Addicts Teen Mom stars Amber Portwood, Jenelle Evans and Maci Bookout are a bunch of plastic surgery addicts. At least according to this tabloid. 14. Jenelle Evans Before Boob Job Jenelle Evans poses in a bikini before getting a boob job. What a cute girl … is something you might think if you didn’t know her. 15. Jenelle Evans’ Boob Job Check out the results of Jenelle Evans’ boob job … according to some talented photoshop artists at least. We’re not sure if this pic is authentic … but then again neither is that rack. 16. Anna Faris Plastic Surgery Anna Faris’ lips got a little bigger between 2002 and 2008, don’t you think? Is that the only plastic surgery this actress got? 17. Justin Bieber Fan Plastic Surgery This Justin Bieber fan got plastic surgery to look like his idol. That is scary, scary stuff. 18. Nikki Cox: Bad Plastic Surgery Good grief, what the hell happened to Nikki Cox’s lips? Ick. 19. Tara Reid: The Plastic Surgery Debacle Yes, she’s pretty up front about it. Her chest is pretty up front most of the time, too. 20. Jessica Simpson Lip Injections Holy crap. Jessica Simpson has looked better. That’s as nicely as we can put it. 21. Lindsay Lohan Lips They’re not small or non-plump. Good grief lady. 22. Lara Flynn Boyle Photo Lara Flynn Boyle has had some plastic surgery it would appear. That face? Not looking so natural. 23. Vienna Girardi Nose Job Pic Yes, Vienna Girardi got a nose job. Check out the before-and-after shots of the reality star now. 24. Ashley Tisdale Nose Job Pics Ashley Tisdale has a new nose. Job well done, surgeons. Look at the High School Musical star before and after she got all hacked up. The difference is like so obvious. 25. Lisa Rinna, Husband WOW
Bout time the cops cleaned up those filthy Florida streets 44 Arrested In Florida Human Trafficking Sting Via OrlandoSentinel An offer of a drink and snacks was all it took to lure the 14-year-old Orlando girl into a man’s car. She quickly found out she had made a terrible mistake. Less than seven hours later, Lake deputies rescued the terrified and confused teenager after she had been kidnapped and forced to have sex by an assailant who then tried to use her as a prostitute, authorities said. Gregory Lionel Foster, 28, of Orlando faces numerous charges, including human trafficking and kidnapping. He was among 44 people arrested in a three-day sex sting operation. “It’s unacceptable,” Lake Sheriff Gary Borders said in announcing his agency’s first human-trafficking bust. “Those people need to be in jail and we’re glad to put them in jail.” Human trafficking includes commercial, for-profit sex where one person benefits while another is forced to perform acts, said Lake sheriff’s Det. Amber Warren, who handled the Foster case. Warren said such cases take months to investigate and pin down. Victims usually underreport what’s happening to them, she said, so the cases require a lot of rapport building for victims to trust law officers. What happened to the 14-year-old is all too common, said Tomas Lares, who chairs the Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force. Lares said human traffickers take the time necessary to “groom” victims by getting to know them, calling them beautiful and developing “dysfunctional” relationships. Traffickers target vulnerable victims with low self-esteem who are easily manipulated, he said. Although his group doesn’t yet have firm statistics on trafficking of minors, Lares said it seems as if “the demand is growing to have sex with children.” Gross. In the case involving the 14-year-old, she and Foster had connected on Facebook, Warren said. He saw her at a gas station about 7 p.m. April 9 in Orlando, bought her a drink and snacks and offered her a ride home. But Warren saidFoster had no intention of taking her there. Within hours, Foster twice tried to force the girl he called a “baby” to have sex with other people against her will — all before her mother realized the teen had left home. The girl was scared and tried to run away before Foster took her to an Orlando motel and had sex with her, according to an arrest affidavit. Then, responding to an Internet ad for sex hookups, Foster took her to a Clermont hotel. He planned to force the girl to have sex with a stranger for $270, the affidavit said, a price that included $50 in gas money. Fortunately for her, that turned out to be where Lake detectives were running the prostitution sting. Thank God for that ad, who knows what kind of sick and disgusting isht this scumbag would have had this little girl doin’. Flip the page to peep the sad, guilty, and shameful mugshots of some the 44 people arrested in the sting. Images via Lake Sheriff’s Office/ Shutterstock
Those who watch Mad Men online or on television rarely see Don Draper express the feeling of guilt. Or frustration. Or amazement. This marketing genius is a pretty even-keeled fella, though we’ve obviously seen him be drunk and angry. But in a guest spot Sesame Street this week, Hamm shows off his acting range opposite Murray, teaching this character all about a variety of emotions. Watch now to see what we mean: Jon Hamm on Sesame Street Hamm, meanwhile, faced the emotion of embarrassment recently when a very old clip of him on a dating show hit the Internet a couple weeks ago. But, as always, the Emmy nominee handled it all with charm and humor . Laugh at other stars on Sesame Street now: Celebrities Who Have Made Us Laugh on Sesame Street Open Slideshow 1. Benedict Cumberbatch on Sesame Street Benedict Cumberbatch appears here on Sesame Street. And totally cracks us up in the process. View As List 1. Benedict Cumberbatch on Sesame Street Benedict Cumberbatch appears here on Sesame Street. And totally cracks us up in the process. 2. Kellan Lutz on Sesame Street Kellan Lutz appears here on Sesame Street. And teaches Cookie Monster about the word… vibrate?!? 3. Mitt Romney on Sesame Street Mitt Romney visits Sesame Street … okay not really, but you gotta hear this audio mashup of how that might go down. 4. Zac Efron on Sesame Street Zac Efron is here to teach you all about patience. He and Elmo present the Word of the Day in this Sesame Street clip. 5. Katy Perry on Sesame Street Katy Perry is apparently too hot for Sesame Street. We can sort of see it with the dress she’s got on up in this piece. 6. Jon Hamm on Sesame Street Jon Hamm appears here for a Sesame Street sketch. And, no shocker to anyone familiar with the actor, he kills it.
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