Sorry for the misleading headline. There is no new Kim Kardashian sex tape on the market. But the reality TV star has decided to end the year with a fresh look, Tweeting it to her millions of followers yesterday along with a series of photos that chronicle stylist Chris McMillan’s work. “Fun shoot today @mrchrismcmillan He just can’t control his scissor hands! #bangs’,” wrote Kardashian as a caption to the following images: McMillan is also responsible for the “Rachel” on Jennifer Aniston many years ago, along with the new Miley Cyrus hair that continues to generate opinions on both sides. Are you down with Kim’s revamped look? Do you like Kardashian with bangs? Yes, she looks great! No, I hate it! Only with her clothes off! View Poll »
Complaints flooded in from celebs, bloggers, and the every day user. And according to CNN , Instagram was real quick to shut down the ‘confusing language’: (CNN) — Faced with a loud and angry backlash from some of its most active users, photo-sharing app Instagram backtracked Tuesday on new language that appeared to give the company ownership of their images. “The language we proposed … raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement,” Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom wrote in a blog post. “We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we’re going to remove the language that raised the question.” An update Monday to Instagram’s terms of service had stated that data collected through the app can be shared with Facebook. That’s not a surprising move, considering Facebook paid an estimated $1 billion for the photo-sharing service earlier this year. But the language that upset some of the app’s more than 100 million users said that “a business or other entity may pay” Instagram for the use of user images and may do so “without any compensation to you.” Even CNN’s own Anderson Cooper was expressing some concern on the site. “#Instagram will now be able to use anyone’s photos in ads? Without consent?” he wrote on Twitter. “Come on! Is there another photo app people recommend?” Cooper wasn’t the only one considering his options. Bloggers also were spotlighting tools like Hipstamatic and Camera Awesome, as well as Twitter’s own new photo service that includes Instagram-like filters. A year-and-a-half-old blog post from photo-sharing site Flickr was also making the rounds. In it, Yahoo, which owns Flickr, uses language, perhaps aimed at Facebook, that says “(w)e feel very strongly that sharing online shouldn’t mean giving up rights to your photos.” Systrom said Instagram agrees. “Instagram users own their content and Instagram does not claim any ownership rights over your photos,” he wrote. “Nothing about this has changed. We respect that there are creative artists and hobbyists alike that pour their heart into creating beautiful photos, and we respect that your photos are your photos. Period.” It is, of course, too early to know how many people were fleeing Instagram on Tuesday. But anecdotal evidence suggested a movement was afoot. Instaport, a tool that lets users export and and download their Instagram images, was reporting overtaxed servers Tuesday morning. “Our servers are very busy right now, so it may show you some errors,” the company wrote to a user on its Twitter feed. “Please try again later or tomorrow.” So basically, they’ll still use your info and photos to target ads specifically towards you and your followers…and for now, they’re not going to sell your images to anyone, for free. Question is, do you care? Images via Instagram
Miley Cyrus left the pop very much at home last night, appearing on the VH1 Divas concert special and rocking out. Big time. Donning a stomach-revealing, metal spike-filled leather jacket and leather pants, the 20-year old covered Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell,” squeezing her breasts and grabbing her crotch at various times during the performance. She also crowd surfaced, fully embracing the new bad girl image that has caused such headlines around the Internet. Watch now: Miley Cyrus – “Rebel Yell” (VH1 Divas Special) Over the weekend, Miley retweeted a message that pretty much referred to Taylor Swift as a slut . It’s hard not to wonder if this will be included among the many Miley Cyrus scandals the singer has battled over the years.
Jennifer Lopez is most definitely feeling the Christmas Spirit in 2012. “I love going and shopping for Christmas presents for everybody and making gifts and seeing their faces light up and surprising them; that’s where I get my joy,” she said last week. And she means it. The 43-year-old star recently launched her ” J. Lo’s Christmas Gift ” drive, asking fans to donate to her three favorite charities this year. Those include: The Boys & Girls Club The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles The American Red Cross In exchange, she’ll give someone two tickets to the last show of her “Dance Again” world tour in Puerto Rico on Saturday; she’ll also pay airfare and hotel costs. “It’s just that kind of doing something nice for somebody, and they do something nice back and kind of paying it forward,” she said in a phone interview. In a rare piece of celebrity news you can feel good about, she’s promoting the contest, ending Monday, on Twitter with the hashtag #JLOSCHRISTMASGIFT. She got the idea to use social media to encourage her fans to give back since becoming more in Twitter and Facebook and seeing a huge response to contests. “I was thinking about it, ‘What if every person I tweeted and asked for a follow donated a dollar?’ I have 13½ million followers (on Twitter),” she said. “We can collect a lot of money for these charities that are literally close to my heart.” Part of the reason Lopez chose the Red Cross is because of its relief work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which devastated parts of N.Y. City, where Lopez is from. Lopez added that her recent tour has been a “life-changing experience,” but acknowledged it could also be grueling at times, with the constant travel. For that reason, she said she identified with Jenni Rivera , the Latin music superstar who was killed December 8 in a plane crash en route home from a concert. “I didn’t know her personally but I knew of her. For me, just being on tour right now, you live the same type of life. You know what I mean? It’s traveling, it’s doing shows,” Lopez said. “She considered herself a businesswoman as well, besides an artist, and she had kids and I’m sure she was rushing home to get home to her kids.” “So you go like, wow, it’s just like a wake-up call for everybody. It’s tragic. She was so young, so young, and she had five kids. It just wasn’t her time.”
Magic Mike star and reigning Sexiest Man Alive Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum, who have been married three years, are expecting their first child! In other words, Jenna Dewan is pregnant, the couple’s rep announced. It’s unclear how far along Jenna is, but you know she’ll look amazing. “Jenna Dewan-Tatum and Channing Tatum are pleased to announce that they are expecting the birth of their first child next year,” the rep confirmed. “It was a total surprise,” an insider tells celebrity news magazine Us . Tatum, 32, one of the most in-demand actors of the past two years, is taking a full year off to be with his expectant spouse and their baby, due sometime in 2013. If you’ve read any movie news in 2011-12, you know he’s earned it! The couple met on the set of Step Up in 2006 and married in Malibu, Calif., on July 11, 2009. Earlier this year, Dewan, also 32, opened up about her family plan. “I would hope so!” the dancer-turned-actress said when asked if kids were in the couple’s future. “I just don’t know when. When it’s meant to be, it will happen.” Congratulations to the happy, expectant couple!
Brooke Mueller is either in denial. Or is just really good at kicking this whole substance abuse thing. The ex-wife of Charlie Sheen, who entered rehab last week for the 19th time – no, that is not a typo – after an assistant found her passed out and dialed 911, is already out and back in the real world, just six days after admission. Sources tell TMZ Mueller’s goal this time around was simply to detox (from an admitted Adderall addiction ), which can typically take just a few days to accomplish… but it’s rather clear Mueller has an overarching problem here. Brooke will continue to undergo psychological outpatient treatment and she’s also regained custody of her twin boys, who had been under the care of her mother. For their sake, we sincerely hope Muller has her act together.
Paz de la Huerta is naked in this month’s Playboy . In related news, the sky is blue and Brooke Mueller just left rehab again. We kid (sort of), viewers of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire are well aware that the actress has no problem at all with nudity. She says as much in an interview with the iconic magazine. “I celebrate nudity every day,” de la Huerta says. “It’s our first wardrobe… We did the photos with no makeup, and we both wanted them to have a very natural feeling.” Based on the above cover, it’s safe to say she’s accomplished that. Assuming one’s natural state is to be spread eagle on the beach, that is. The star posed for photographer Mario Sorrenti, and it’s clear she’s a big fan of his work. Says de la Huerta: “I did my first nude shoot with Mario when I was 17. He made me feel beautiful, and I really feel it was on that shoot that I overcame my fear of being naked. Mario is such an artist. He has taken photographs of me in which my body looks like a sculpture.”
Evelyn Lozada reunited with her ex-husband Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson this morning when they appeared in court before a judge. TMZ is reporting that Evelyn asked…
Bieber sat down with his friend Ellen and told her his feelings about the Grammy nominations, and the story behind meeting the Canadian Prime Minister in a pair of overalls. http://www.youtube.com/v/i9OjcxfcUkE?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Go here to read the rest: Justin Bieber on the Grammys
