Billy Eichner Finds One More Reason to Praise The Golden Girls
In today's Tweet Beat, Britney Spears gives a good girl a spanking, Miles Teller suggests a new app and Billy Eichner is marathoning The Golden Girls.
Listen to Britney Spears Without Autotune
A non-autotoned version of Britney Spears' "Alien," from her latest album Britney Jean, has been leaked. Not surprisingly, her voice falls flat in many places, either because Britney Spears is not known for her vocal prowess, or because this version wasn't meant to be a "take" for engineers to refine anyway.
Keira Knightley Says Sometimes She Gets Mistaken for Britney Spears(!?)
Keira Knightley told Graham Norton that she often gets mistaken for other female celebrities, "but the one that's quite surprising is Britney Spears." WHO CAN'T TELL KEIRA KNIGHTLEY AND BRITNEY SPEARS APART? WHAT WORLD IS THIS.
Surprise: Britney Spears Has Been Lip Syncing Her Las Vegas Show
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In what comes as a shock to absolutely nobody, Britney Spears' manager confirmed that she indeed is not singing live at her Las Vegas Piece of Me show despite the pop industry's steadfast commitment to live and unaltered performances*. The greatest mystery of 1999 has finally come to a close.
Vegas Britney Spears Might Be the Healthiest Britney Spears
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Does Britney Spears' Vegas residency make her a “feminist role model for single working mothers everywhere"?
Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Joe Biden Cavort around DC
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Last night was the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, DC's biggest annual fire hazard (from politicians, journalists, and celebrities rubbing elbows so damn hard). Host Joel McHale said some things (including a quip about paying potential first female president Hillary Clinton 30% less! lolol get it?!),…
No One Wants Gum Anymore, Probably Because It's Gross
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The popularity of chewing gum has plummeted in the last four years, with sales dropping 11 percent. Can there be any explanation other than the decades-long campaign by right-thinking moms, etiquette experts, theater attendants and sound-sensitives who just cannot deal with your smacking right now?
Chris Brown Thrown Out Of Rehab, Back in Jail
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Only a few weeks ago it seemed that Chris Brown was doing so well. He had been undergoing residential treatment for anger issues (as well as recently diagnosed Bipolar and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and was said to be cooperating and progressing. But yesterday, Brown was discharged from the treatment facility in…
Mindy Kaling on Diversity Complaints: 'I'm a Fucking Indian Woman'
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At an otherwise friendly panel at SXSW today, one audience member asked Mindy Kaling about the perceived lack of diversity on The Mindy Project—why was she the only female doctor and the only doctor of color? Kaling reportedly lost patience and called the criticisms "insulting."
Kanye West's Wedding Planning Is Out of Control
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Kanye West is allegedly going out of control planning his big day. The singer/actor/designer/messiah was expected to have a quiet family wedding (lol, no), but recent reports from various insiders suggest that West's ideas are running to much more extravagant places.
Noted Word Thief Shia LaBeouf Storms Out of Berlin Press Conference
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Shia LaBeouf, that dust devil of celebrity angst, swirled out of a press conference in Berlin for Lars von Trier's new sex movie Nymphomaniac after a reporter asked him a seemingly obvious question about doing a movie with so many sex scenes. LaBeouf, apparently nonplussed by the sex query, gave a characteristically…
DMX May Not Lay The Smackdown on George Zimmerman After All
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There was absolutely nothing good about the announcement that certified awful person George Zimmerman (no celebrity bold for you!) would appear on an episode of Celebrity Boxing to square off against rapper DMX (on what would have been Trayvon Martin's 19th birthday, no less). This news was actually so not good that…
Britney Spears and Lady Gaga Worry Us With Duet Rumor
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Today in things that make us nervous, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga are supposedly planning a duet. Do we really need this?
Your Evening Jam: Britney and Sia Strip Down Perfume
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Ok, I have to admit something: I love this song and I have no idea what it's about. I've listened at least thirty times (today, sorry) and I still can't tell whether Britney is singing this from the point of view of two women into the same dude or whether she is trying to decide which is better: Fantasy or Curious.…
Pantsless Miley Cyrus Booted From French TV Before 10 P.M.
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It turns out Miley Cyrus is too scandalous even for France, a country whose greatest natural resource is eroticism. The video for "Wrecking Ball" is no longer allowed on television before 10 p.m., when more adult-oriented programming starts.
Ke$ha's Mom: My Daughter Is Bulimic and Her Producer Was a Bully
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As if going to rehab for bulimia isn't enough, Ke$ha's mom Pebe Sebert told People that super producer Dr. Luke pushed her there.
Britney Spears' Delusional 'Documentary' Is a Hot, Glittered Mess
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In case you live under a rock made out of socially valuable things like your family, real news and various important social causes you are devoted to, you know that Britney Spears debuted in Las Vegas this weekend.
Justin Bieber's Totally Not Retiring, Say Justin Bieber's Party People
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Sure, Justin Bieber said he's retiring, but how much can we really trust Justin Bieber? He drives around in a customized Batmobile and abandons pet monkeys in German airports. I'll bet he told that monkey, "Hang out here, bro. I'll be right back. Here's a hundo for the duty-free." That monkey is probably still…
Britney Spears Began Her Career in Las Vegas Purgatory Last Night
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This is who Britney Spears is now: a Las Vegas performer who's ripped off some Cirque de Soleil productions so she can tread water in our collective pop culture consciousness with a show called "Piece of Me." Are you sad? Do you feel old? Or did you somehow always know things would go down like this for Britney,…
Kanye West Vows to Be Quiet for at Least Six Months
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Hahahahahahaahahaahahahaahahaahaaha. I don't want him to be quiet, but I love that headline. After being raked over the coals over and over in 2013 (for saying TOTALLY LEGIT SHIT, BY THE WAY), Kanye West has vowed to pour his 2014 energy into creativity instead of talking.