Justin Bieber is a distant cousin of several other celebs you are quite familiar with. Call it a Canadian dynasty of music (and a little acting) stardom. According to Ancestry (dot) com, Biebs is related to … … Celine Dion, Ryan Gosling and Avril Lavigne! Wow! We’re talking 10th, 11th and 12th cousins, but still. Researchers begun tracing Bieber’s family lineage about a year ago by paging through teen celebrity gossip magazines to find biographical tidbits from the pop star. “The great thing about family history is that you never know what you’re going to find,” said Ancestry’s Michelle Ercanback. “It was a very pleasant surprise.” Bieber, Gosling and Lavigne share common relatives Mathurin Roy and Marguerite Bire, born in France in the early 1600s. They later moved to Quebec. JB and Celine are 10th cousins three times removed because they’re linked to French couple Jacques Vezina and Marie Boisdon, also from the 1600s. They moved to Quebec, where they died in 1687. Ercanback said she didn’t know if these celebrity links are “sufficient to point to the existence of a superstar gene.” Either way, it’s pretty cool.
Move over, Ian Somerhalder. There’s a new CW hottie in town. With The Vampire Diaries Season 4 set to debut this evening, Stephen Amell introduced network viewers to a new brand of hero last night, as well as the most ridiculous six-pack on television. Arrow opened to huge numbers, for The CW at least. Over four million viewers tuned in, meaning folks in Mystic Falls suddenly have competition for most popular teenage show. And Somerhalder has competition for hottest network hunk. Drool over both actors below and decide which you most like to ride:
The Bachelor’s Molly Mesnick is pregnant with her first child. It will be the second for her husband, Jason Mesnick, who was the first single dad to star on the ABC reality show. He has a seven-year-old son, Ty, with ex-wife Hillary. Jason and Molly tied the knot in 2010. “Our family is getting a little bit bigger!” Molly Mesnick (nee Malaney) confirmed to People magazine. “I’m into my second trimester and I feel really good.” The couple met on The Bachelor and endured major media scrutiny after Jason initially gave the final rose to Melissa Rycroft , only to break up with her for Molly. They weathered the storm, however, and soon got engaged, swapped vows in an ABC special and moved in together in Jason’s native Washington State. Happiest of all about the growing family? Little Ty. “He’s been so excited to be a big brother,” Jason says , explaining that the expectant couple broke the news to an excited Ty via a game of hang man. “The answer was ‘Tyler is going to be a big brother,’” Jason says. Molly also made him a t-shirt that says ‘Big Brother’ on it. Cute. This welcome news comes on the heels of two huge Bachelor breakups: Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson, and more surprisingly, Emily Maynard and Jef Holm . Congratulations to Jason and Molly on their impending arrival!
In today’s episode, Molly gives us the low down on such out of place artifacts as Greek Fire and the Antikythera device. Click here for show credits. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom! Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos! Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Rocketboom Discovery Date : 03/02/2011 23:11 Number of articles : 2
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