Growing up, I could remember being all kinds of frustrated and upset that celebrities got to go on these long vacations, spend summers on yachts, and party with other celebrities, but then social media came along. Now it’s like I’m there with Kate Hudson and her bikini and it is awesome. … read more
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In May, ABC wrapped up Grey’s Anatomy Season 12 . This fall, ABC will kick off Grey’s Anatomy Season 13. That’s an incredibly impressive run and it doesn’t appear as if the Thursday night juggernaut will be slowing down any time soon. At this point, it’s pretty clear Grey’s Anatomy will stick around for as long as creator Shonda Rhimes wants it to stick around. And, perhaps, for as long as Ellen Pompeo is still willing to portray Dr. Meredith Grey, practically the one stable main character on a series that has seen its share of big cast changes. But fans of the program can rest easy: Based on a new interview with People Magazine, it doesn’t appear as if Pompeo is going anywhere any time soon. “My decision to stay on Grey’s was based solely on age,” Pompeo admits . “At 33, I was wise enough to know my clock was already ticking in Hollywood.” You don’t see an actor or actress make that sort of confession very often, do you? Pompeo, who acknowledges she got a “super late start” in Hollywood, is shining a light here on the kinds of challenges older actresses often face. When contract negotiations came up recently she “was definitely aware of how challenging it would be to find other roles in my late 30s and early 40s.” View Slideshow: 27 Top Grey’s Anatomy Couples: RANKED! Patrick Dempsey departed Grey’s Anatomy toward the end of Season 11, while other original cast members (such as Katherine Heigl and Sandra Oh) have also left. But not Pompeo. “I thought, ‘Why would I leave something that is super successful and pays me great to search the landscape?’ “I decided that I would stay on Grey’s and be grateful and try to ride it out for as long as I could,” she says. “And I am very happy that I made the decision to stay. It’s only gotten better with time.” But while Pompeo is happy with this choice, she has been less than thrilled over the years with the way tabloids have covered her body. “I used to get a lot of criticism for how thin I was, and I didn’t have a lot confidence because of it. But I was naturally thin,” the 46-year-old says. “I always thought it was irresponsible of the media to portray me as someone with an eating disorder because if some girls look up to me and think that’s what you have to do to look like me, it’s a horrifying concept. “I listened to the criticism a little too much – and this was pre-social media. It’s even crazier to think what women have to deal with now.” It really is. Fortunately, she has a great attitude about her looks. “For me, personally, I don’t do Botox or anything like that,” the star tells People. “It can’t be what’s on the outside; it’s gotta be what’s on the inside.” View Slideshow: Grey’s Anatomy Cast: Before They Were Stars
Here’s a photoshopped to shit nude shoot for TREATS! of Ireland Baldwin, because I guess she’s tried everything and this is where she’s ended up.. I guess this is what Ireland’s been up to since blocking me on all her social media 3-4 years ago…. Unless she’s had serious surgery, which is possible, this is not what Ireland actually looks like, she is a big girl, which is the cause of her big tits, but everything else about her is a fucking cartoon….from no gut, to no monster jaw…. Nice tits though…but really…all tits are nice…. Unfortunately, I have been following her attempt at a career since she pretty much started out…I was semi-rooting for her while laughing at her desperation in an era before Kim Kardashian’s sisters and the Gigi Hadid and Ireland’s cousin really hustled the social media hustle, leveraging her mom – Kim Bassinger and her Dad who famously called her a little pig – and who could be a cause to this getting naked in photoshoots because traditionally modeling didn’t work out for her – Alec Baldwin… The funny think in Ireland Baldwin is that I have interacted with her – I don’t remember what was said – but at one point her dad stepped up from his charity account on twitter – which didn’t get me famous – but I guess he didn’t get Ireland famous either, he’s just helped her by giving her his name pull off finding people to take pictures of her… So…TREATS!…the Playboy of our generation that is far less successful than Playboy but that involves models and fame whores and sugar babies getting naked in expensive settings of decent quality….put this out for their new issue….and 98 percent of the people they use are trying to be the next EM RAT COW…like Ireland…but I don’t think Ireland has what it takes, she’s not hot enough, she wasn’t able to pull it off when she was cute enough and she’s too weak and has already been to rehab…poor little shadow of her parents… The sex tape strategy of desperation is always available to her.. The post Ireland Baldwin Naked of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepfather .
We already knew that Kylie Jenner likes old things. Just take a look at her boyfriend . But we had no idea she liked things this old… In her latest print on for Puma, the 18-year old reality star is using technology that hasn’t been around itself in about 18 years, posing for the camera while talking on a pay phone. Yes, a pay phone. For those unaware, a pay phone works just like an iPhone. Well, except that you can’t text from it. Or send photos with is. Or put it in your pocket. You can’t download Instagram off of it or use Snapchat or purchase Kim Kardashian: Hollywood with it or anything like that. You can only talk to other people with it. After putting coins in a slot in order to do so. If you watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians online , or were born after the year 2000, you probably have never seen one in use. Why is Kylie using such a contraption in 2016? Because Puma is celebrating an a milestone with this campaign. The PUMA Suede started its story in 1968,” reads the caption to the above photo. “Worn by athletes, b-boys, and hip hop stars of the day. Today, the story continues on the feet of another icon: PUMA Suede, meet @KylieJenner.” Yes, it just referred to Kylie Jenner as a an icon pretty much. Tragically, to those of her generation, this is fairly accurate. View Slideshow: Kylie Jenner Selfies: A Kandid Kollection
Back in 2014, shocking footage of then-Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his wife, Janay Palmer , was obtained by TMZ. Ray Rice-Janay Palmer Arrest Video Though league officials were previously aware that a violent incident involving Rice and Palmer had occurred, the three-time Pro Bowler was initially punished with a modest two-game suspension. However, when the footage of Rice brutally knocking out his then-fiancee went public, the Ravens terminated his contract, and league commissioner Roger Goodell announced a change in NFL policy with regard to domestic violence charges. Rice has made efforts to atone for his horrific act, but it seems that the incident may have effectively ended his career. Now, Rice is making what seems to be a last-ditch effort to get signed by an NFL team in time for the 2016 season. In an interview with USA Today , the 29-year-old pledged to donate his entire salary to charity if he lands a new contract: “All the scrutiny that I’ve got, it was deserved, because domestic violence is a horrible thing,” Rice says. “Me donating my salary is something that’ll be from the heart for me. I only want to play football so I can end it the right way for my kids and for the people that really believed in me.” He added that the pledge is not being offered as an incentive, but rather as proof to the league and its fans of how much he’s changed: “I’m not saying I’d be [donating the salary] to get on the field, but it’s something that will show where my heart is. My heart is about finishing the right way and helping people along the way.” As a seventh-year veteran, Rice’s minimum salary would be $885,000. Having not set foot on an NFL field for the past two seasons, Rice stated in a recent interview that he’s aware of the fact that his window of opportunity for a comeback is closing rapidly. So this may not be Rice’s attempt to bribe his way back into the league, as some detractors have claimed, but it’s certainly an act of desperation from a man who knows he has few options left.
Back in 2014, shocking footage of then-Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his wife, Janay Palmer , was obtained by TMZ. Ray Rice-Janay Palmer Arrest Video Though league officials were previously aware that a violent incident involving Rice and Palmer had occurred, the three-time Pro Bowler was initially punished with a modest two-game suspension. However, when the footage of Rice brutally knocking out his then-fiancee went public, the Ravens terminated his contract, and league commissioner Roger Goodell announced a change in NFL policy with regard to domestic violence charges. Rice has made efforts to atone for his horrific act, but it seems that the incident may have effectively ended his career. Now, Rice is making what seems to be a last-ditch effort to get signed by an NFL team in time for the 2016 season. In an interview with USA Today , the 29-year-old pledged to donate his entire salary to charity if he lands a new contract: “All the scrutiny that I’ve got, it was deserved, because domestic violence is a horrible thing,” Rice says. “Me donating my salary is something that’ll be from the heart for me. I only want to play football so I can end it the right way for my kids and for the people that really believed in me.” He added that the pledge is not being offered as an incentive, but rather as proof to the league and its fans of how much he’s changed: “I’m not saying I’d be [donating the salary] to get on the field, but it’s something that will show where my heart is. My heart is about finishing the right way and helping people along the way.” As a seventh-year veteran, Rice’s minimum salary would be $885,000. Having not set foot on an NFL field for the past two seasons, Rice stated in a recent interview that he’s aware of the fact that his window of opportunity for a comeback is closing rapidly. So this may not be Rice’s attempt to bribe his way back into the league, as some detractors have claimed, but it’s certainly an act of desperation from a man who knows he has few options left.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have a message for Taylor Swift. Well, another message for Taylor Swift. After warning the singer to basically never mess with them again, sources now say the power couple has issued a challenge to the singer. Go ahead and sue us , Kimye is saying. We dare you! On Sunday might, Kardashian released a series of Snapchat videos that featured her husband on the phone with Swift. They were discussing Kanye’s track “Famous” and at least one of the references he wanted to make about Taylor in it. Namely, the line about how he and his former rival “might still have sex” someday. As you can see below, Swift appeared to give the lyric her full approval. A video posted by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Jul 17, 2016 at 8:20pm PDT This conversation seems to make a liar out of Taylor Swift, who said in the past that she was shocked, angry and aghast over the lyrics in “Famous.” Swift came out on Monday morning and issued a statement that slammed Kim and Kanye for trying to destroy her reputation, noting that the phone conversation doesn’t make her a hypocrite. Her main problem with the song in question was the line about how Kanye made “that bitch famous,” and that line is NOT addressed in her chat with West. Either way, there’s been talk of Swift suing Kim and Kanye because it’s illegal in California for one party to record a phone call with the other, sans permission. According to an Us Weekly insider, the rapper and reality star were aware of the legal ramifications surrounding their taping. “They didn’t air it on [Keeping Up with the Kardashians] because it would have required Taylor to sign a release for the usage and they didn’t want it to affect the entire network,” the source says. “Taylor will sue Kanye personally.” Will she, though? We can’t say at the moment. View Slideshow: 9 Times Kim Kardashian Has Klashed with Kritics “Kim and Kanye consulted with their lawyers and still went ahead with releasing it,” the insider adds. “They are not worried. They are sick of Taylor’s manipulations and her good girl act.” “They just wanted to expose her as a fake and will let the lawyers deal with legal stuff.” According to TMZ, meanwhile, the taping was not illegal. In California, it’s a crime to tape a “confidential communication” behind someone’s back. However, if both parties are aware that the conversation “may be overheard,” then no crime is being committed. In this case, Swift was talking to Kanye on speaker phone, with producer Rick Rubin making his voice heard on multiple occasions. Therefore, Taylor did not have an expectation of privacy. It is still possible she could sue Kim for releasing the footage on Snapchat because there could be a privacy violation in play there… But we’re getting into shaky legal ground now at best. And does Swift really wish to propel this story any farther at this point? We doubt it, but tell us what you think in the comments. View Slideshow: 7 People Who Don’t Totally Love Taylor Swift
People are awful, as Leslie Jones is showing us. The Ghostbusters star has been the target of hatred on Twitter, and is doing something about it. According to E! News , rather than delete her account, Jones is going after every single user who has tweeted something vulgar or offensive. “I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart,” she wrote. “All this cause I did a movie.You can hate the movie but the shit I got today…wrong.” Exposing each user took its toll on the actress, who admitted that it was all getting to be too much. “I feel like I’m in a personal hell. I didn’t do anything to deserve this. It’s just too much. It shouldn’t be like this. So hurt right now.” The fact that the Saturday Night Live star has to endure such abuse (over and over and over again) is very tough to watch. Fortunately, other stars have come to Jones’ defense, including Reese Witherspoon and Loni Love, and a hashtag, #LoveForLeslieJ has been created in support. When some users claim that Jones was melting down by responding to the hateful tweets, she took them to task. View Slideshow: 14 of the Craziest Celebrity Twitter Feuds EVER “It’s not called a meltdown when [you’re] defining yourself. Pay attention,” she shot back. “So sad, these people have mothers and sisters and aunts. So f–king sickening.” Ever since the Ghostbusters trailer premiered back in March, Jones has been on the defense against racist and sexually offensive remarks. According to the star herself, she’s been called an “ape,” received pics of people’s butts, and one person sent an image with “semen” on her face. Instead of celebrating opening weekend of her movie, Jones has spent all of her time responding to and warding off venomous tweets from people who not only have a few brain cells floating around in their head, but have no problem tearing someone else down. This is bad. We need to do a better job at being human. View Slideshow: 21 Stars Who Spoke Out Against Sexism in Hollywood