Just when we were all hoping that Amanda Bynes was doing better (despite the strange behavior, mysterious twitters and threats to sue the tabloids), her life has taken another devastating turn. TMZ reports that Bynes' parents and Sam Lutfi have tricked the troubled star into into a psychiatric hold.
Kelly Hyland—one of the moms on Lifetime's reality hit Dance Moms—was arrested and booked for assault and harassment way back in November for getting in a "cat fight" with the show's star Abby Lee Miller, according to TMZ. So why is this the first time we're hearing about it?
Abby Lee Miller, the hoarse-voiced choreographer who became a reality star by screaming at little girls and their mothers on Dance Moms, took part of an artsy photo shoot with In Touch in which she's wearing kabuki-like makeup and a black-feathered ballet costume while posing menacingly with her young…
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You have to hand it to Abby Lee Miller: She knows how to get attention. This week she's doing it by making her preteen dance students wear nude bras for a feather fan burlesque routine. Burlesque. One of the girls in the number is like 8 years old. When you instruct a little girl to dance like a man "can't afford"…
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This morning, the entire cast of Dance Moms were on not one, not two, but three different segments of The View. The children performed a routine and their moms had a chance to defend their choice to subject their kids to the tyranny of instructor Abby Lee Miller ("It's Stockholm Syndrome"). But first, Abby sat down…
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The walking, talking ashtray that is Abby Lee Miller returned to our television sets last night on the season premiere of Dance Moms. She's still screaming, she's still bitching, and she's still accusing her students' parents of being bad moms. Having had a taste of reality television success, Abby knows that she has…
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The overly made-up faces, overly sexed-up outfits, and vicarious living featured on Dance Moms all evoke easy comparisons to Toddlers & Tiaras. But what makes Dance Moms standout is that it's not just the kids who are yelled at till they cry—it's also the adults.
