In an interview with Ellen Degeneres Tuesday, Dax Shepard said that the sloth he got to surprise his now-wife Kristen Bell — and prompted Bell's legendary meltdown — for her 31st birthday "started a sloth industry," implying that before he and Kristen were into sloths, sloths were hardly the animal darlings they are now. …
Like throwing a lit match on a puddle of gasoline, Access Hollywood arranged a segment in which Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard — who have campaigned for magazines to stop publishing photographs of celebrity kids — sat down with the owner of a paparazzi agency. Kaboom.
On the heels of ET's announcement that they would no longer be publishing unauthorized paparazzi photos of celebrity children, two other outlets have joined the cause: People magazine and Just Jared.
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Since announcing that they wanted to stop media organizations from publishing photos of celebrity children without their consent, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have been campaigning hard to make that happen. And looks like they're actually getting somewhere.
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Earlier this week, Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell asked their fans to boycott magazines that use photos of celebrity children taken by the paparazzi. In a post that went up on his Tumblr Friday entitled "Celebrity Orgy," Shepard expanded on his rationale behind joining the ranks of celebrities who have gotten legislation…
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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are asking their fans to boycott magazines that pay for photographs of celebrity children, joining several other celebrities who have taken a public stand against the practice.
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I wish there were a way to loosen the death-grip that Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have on my heart, because I do not appreciate being helpless to the whims of complete strangers, just because they happen to be outwardly adorable. But I cannot help it. THEY JUST LIKE EACH OTHER SO MUCH. And, anyway, apparently they got …
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Supermodel Bar Refaeli spoke to Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth about the crushing existential pain of loneliness, or something, and it's honestly the saddest thing I've read today (it's early so I am assuming I'll read something sadder soon, but this is still HEART-BREAKING):
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In today's Tweet Beat, Dax Shepard expounds on the difference between sex and violence, Dina Eastwood has a remarkably chill outlook on her current (very public) relationship dramas and WHOA Diana Nyad.
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In today's Tweet Beat, Kristen Bell needs to find herself a sloth minister, the rest of Twitter celebrates DOMA and Prop 8 getting overturned, and Anthony Bourdain tweets some meat.
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Lololllooloolololollolollol! Lol. If you were to purchase all of Gwyneth Paltrow's "spring essentials" recommendations in the latest Goop, it would cost you more than $458,003. I love her so much. Brb, dying.
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And earlier, Bell wore a fedora with hers to go outside. Cute!
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Twitter is deluged with celebrities (and civilians) chiming in on the gun control "debate" following today's horrific school shooting. The one I saw retweeted the most ubiquitously was this, from Dax Shepard: "I love guns. I have several, but I would gladly get rid of them if it would help prevent anything like this from…
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This morning serves us up some Gossip Girl meta-theater. Rumors on the set of GG are that Blake Lively is "glowing," which is Hollywoodese for "Lookit, there might be a baby in that person." A source from the show adds, "Blake is usually really careful about what she eats, but since her wedding, she seems to be eating a lot …
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After being rushed to the hospital Tuesday, and then again last night, über-enceinte Reese Witherspoon is still pregnant, but totally fine. However, Tuesday's visit involved "complications" with the pregnancy, according to the source, making Witherspoon and husband Jim Toth very nervous. The baby is due in September, and…
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For Kristen Bell's 31st birthday, fiancé Dax Shepard decided to surprise her with a visit from her favorite animal, the sloth. The excitement of the introduction was too much for Kristen to handle and ended up sending her into a complete emotional breakdown. The whole thing caught on tape is truly something to behold.…
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[Rome, June 22. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
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[On the set of "When In Rome," New York, May 7. Images via Splash.]
