Louis C.K.’s surprise return to stand-up — to the delight of some and dismay of others — has full support from some very important people in the comedy world … the guys running the clubs. TMZ’s learned several comedy hot spots in NYC would…
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Saturday, August 25, 2018
McSkillet, Popular YouTube Personality, Dies in High-Speed Crash
McSkillet, one of the more popular personalities on YouTibe, caused a wrong-way car crash on Thursday that killed himself, a woman and her 12-year-old daughter in San Diego.
News about the horrific incident only went public on Saturday afternoon.
The 18-year-old viral star, born Trevor Heitmann, was reportedly driving his black McLaren 650S at close to 100 miles per hour south into oncoming traffic in the northbound carpool lane near University City on the I-805 highway.
The vehicle struck a 2010 Hyundai SUV, causing it to burst into flames.
An unidentified 43-year old woman and her child died in the accident.
The California Highway Patrol confirmed the fatal crash took place on Thursday around 4:30 p.m. on August 23.
All three victims were pronounced dead at the scene, with The San Diego Medical Examiner reporting that Heitmann died due to “blunt force trauma.”
Heitmann is a wildly beloved presence on YouTube.
He has close to 900,000 subscribers on his channel.
The teenager first rose to popularity as a player of Counter Strike: Global Offensive, a first person video game.
He was later known for trading “skins,” which are digital files used to customize the appearance of the game’s players.
Incredibly, and very disturbingly, this car accident took place about 30 minutes after Heitmann also crashed his sports car into a gate at Ashley Falls Elementary School, San Diego Police have said.
After crashing through the gate, Heitmann exited his car and smashed a window at the school.
This is a photo from the scene of the deadly crash::
According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the crash impacted almost a dozen automobiles caught in rush hour traffic, with “multiple vehicles on fire,” CHP Officer Mary Bailey told the newspaper.
One individual was reportedly seriously injured but is expected to survive.
“People were running around … and someone was on the ground,” an eyewitness told this publication of what transpired on the highway, adding:
“They were trying to help him, he was raising his hand, and they were just surrounding him.”
It’s unclear right now whether or not McSkillet intentionally drove the wrong way down this road.
Thursday, August 9, 2018
"The Meg" Star Page Kennedy Explains Why "Popular" Oscars Are Needed
The Academy adding a “popular” category to the Oscars has a lot of people riled up, including this guy — who’s got a movie coming out that could win — and he’s all for it. We spoke to actor Page Kennedy on “TMZ Live” a day before his and Jason…
Lea Thompson says "Back to the Future" Would"ve Won the "Popular" Oscar
Lea Thompson has zero doubt “Back to the Future” would’ve dominated the Oscars competition if the Academy had dreamed up the new popular film categories 32 years ago. We got Marty McFly’s mom outside Avra in Bev Hills, where she weighed in on…
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Chinese Tourists Crushed After Ceiling Collapses at Popular Spot
Horrific scene out of Huayin City in China’s Shaanxi Province where a ceiling collapsed … crushing and trapping tourists riding down an escalator. The terrible incident happened inside the Huashan Mountain tourist center … a popular visitors’…
Chinese Tourists Crushed After Ceiling Collapses at Popular Spot
Horrific scene out of Huayin City in China’s Shaanxi Province where a ceiling collapsed … crushing and trapping tourists riding down an escalator. The terrible incident happened inside the Huashan Mountain tourist center … a popular visitors’…
Monday, February 5, 2018
Mathew Knowles Says Beyonce Wouldn"t Be as Popular with Darker Skin
Brace yourselves, Beyhive … Beyonce’s father says the Beyhive might not even exist if his daughter was darker skinned than she is. Mathew Knowles went off about race in the music biz, saying “When it comes to Black females, who are the people who…
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Fredo Santana Dies; Popular Rapper Was 27
Fredo Santana, a popular rapper who originally made a name for himself as part of the Chicago music scene, was found dead on Friday night.
He was 27 years old.
According to TMZ, per close family members of the late musician, Santana was discovered by his girlfriend around 11:30 p.m. in Los Angeles.
He has recently been hospitalized for kidney and liver problems, allegedly due to an addiction to the substance known as “lean.”
(Lean is a mixture of prescription-strength cough syrup and codeine. It is typically mixed with other ingredients, such as lemon-lime soda and/or pieces of hard candy, like Jolly Ranchers.)
Santana had talked openly about this addiction.
Lean is also believed to cause seizures, which is likely what led to the rapper’s death.
In response to this sad piece of news, a number of artists have taken to social media in tribute of Fredo Santana.
“Rest In Peace Santana,” wrote Drake as a caption to the following image, for example.
“RIP Fredo Santana f–kkkk man, @ChiefKeef is going to need a lot of love and support, Fredo was his number 1,” Milonakis added.
After going to the hospital in October for his lean problem, Santana posted the following message on Instagram:
“Been in here since Friday doctor say a nigga had kidney failure an liver failure. Thanks for everyone who prayed for a nigga I wouldn’t wish this on my worse enemy.”
He later admitted that he was thinking of checking into rehab.
“Hopefully I can be the face to sho niggas to slow down an we got our whole life ahead of us fuck being rock stars gettin high I got ptsd,” he Tweeted, adding:
“I was running from my old life tryna get high didn’t want to face them demons…I’m getting help I might just go to rehab.”
Alas, Santana never followed through on this consideration.
Fredo Santana was the cousin of Chief Keef.
He burst on to the scene via collaborations with his famous relative, but eventually carved his own niche via such mixtapes as “Fredo Kruger,” “It’s a Scary Site and his “Trappin Ain’t Dead” album.
Santana was working on the second installment in his Walking Legend mixtape series before he passed.
The rapper also became a father for the first time eight months ago.
He is survived by his young son, Legend.
Strangely enough, Santana is the latest big name to pass away at the age of 27, as noted below:
May Fredo Santana rest in peace.
UPDATE: Lil The Based God has also weighed in on the tragedy as follows:
“Let one off in the air for fredo santana !!
“For life they cudnt stop that man SSR for life CHICAGO for life Chief Keef chop durk Reese Gino sd the whole Chicago what it do joe we living it up joe Chicago joe for life too fredo.”
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Shane Dawson, Wildly Popular YouTube Star, Apologizes for Pedophilia Joke
You know what?
We’re starting to think these YouTube personalities only care about making money…
In the wake of Logan Paul being whacked in the wallet by this platform after he shared a video of a dead body on his account, Shane Dawson has now come out and issued an apology of his own.
Like Paul, Dawson is well known for having a popular YouTube account and for posting basically anything and everything on there.
He has over 11 million subscribers.
On Wednesday evening, however, a YouTube channel named “Pop Blast” posted footage to its 677,000 fans titled “I think Shane Dawson is a pedophile. Here’s my proof.”
Cue a troubling clip in which Dawson is heard making quips about a “sexy” child.
When followers started to voice their outrage at the star’s words, the YouTuber chose to respond with his own video, opening the 14-minute reply by sharing the controversial quotes in question.
“I went to Google and I didn’t want to see child porn,” says Dawson in the scandalous footage.
He continues:
“I just wanted to see, let me pretend I’m a pedophile for a second. So I typed in naked baby. First of all, I don’t understand why anybody would be turned on by that.
“But, they were sexy. I’m kidding.”
Few, though, found this attempt at a joke to be funny.
In his response, Dawson explained why he played it again for everyone.
“I wanted to play that clip in full – that moment especially in full – just for context because that seems to be missing nowadays,” he says in the video below, adding:
“I can’t believe I’m having this make this video. I’m going to start by saying I’m not a f-cking pedophile. I go on record saying I am not a f-cking pedophile. Got it? Great. There’s my statement.
“It’s disgusting that people are saying I’m a f-cking pedophile because of some s—ty ass f-cking jokes from six years ago on a podcast.”
Despite clearly being pissed that he’s in this situation, Dawson did acknowledge the misguided language he chose to use in the original clip.
“I’m going to apologize first. I’m sorry that I used to make really s—ty f–king jokes,” he said on Wednesday, going on as follows:
“I’m sorry that I was so f-cking insecure and playing this character of this guy who’s crazy and will say anything and tries to make people laugh by shocking them. That was my thing. That is what I did on YouTube.
“Back in the day, 2008-2012ish, that was my thing. I loved the feeling of making somebody shocked and laugh because they couldn’t believe what was coming out of my mouth.
“I wasn’t confident enough to make smarter jokes. I was making the easy jokes…I was doing some f-cked up comedy stuff that I’m not proud of.”
Dawson proceeded to remind fans that he, himself, has been molested and has evolved significantly over the years as a content creator.
He concluded:
“I think that’s why it hurts the most is having my name put next to the word pedophile is actually the most triggering and the most heartbreaking thing I’ve literally ever seen.
“I’ve been called everything. I’ve been on YouTube for a long time.
“I’m so sorry if that triggered you or offended you or hurt your feelings. It triggers me listening to that.”
In the end?
“I’m sorry for making offensive jokes. I’m sorry that these are making people uncomfortable but it’s also very out of context. When you listen to the full thing, it’s still s—ty and creepy and bad jokes but it’s not me being a pedophile.
“This is not proof of me being a pedophile.”
He probably has a point.
But still: perhaps fewer people ought to admire and support these random people who have nothing to offer the world except lots of attention-seeking videos.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Ty Dolla Sign Intentionally Blocks Traffic Outside Popular L.A. Club
Ty Dolla Sign thought he was all that Friday night outside a popular West Hollywood club, blocking traffic and ignoring the protestations of angry motorists … that is, until the cops entered the picture. Ty rolled up the Poppy at a snails pace in…
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Game of Thrones: Officially More Popular Than Porn!
On Sunday night, Game of Thrones set a ratings record.
With 10.1 million viewers tuning in for the original broadcast, “Dragonstone” became the most-watched season premiere in the history of HBO.
Heck, it even shattered the mark for the highest number of concurrent viewers on HBO Go and HBO Now.
This doesn’t really come as a shock, of course. We all know Game of Thrones is a big deal in pop culture.
But the above records only tell a small part of how popular Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 1 turned out to be.
For further, truly insightful analysis, we turn to the good folks at… Porn Hub?!?
Apparently!
The website has kept a running tally for years on the effect Game of Thrones episodes have on its traffic… and it just released a chart that depicts how viewership dropped 4.5% this past Sunday night when compared to typical Sunday nights on Porn Hub.
As you can see below, this is usually a popular evening for men (or women!) to log online and ogle some bare butts, boobs, penises or vaginas.
They may even masturbate to these body parts and/or to what these body parts are doing to each other.
But Game of Thrones has been known to feature its own fair share of boobs and butts.
Moreover, there are dragons!
And White Walkers!
And palace intrigue, murderous young members of the Stark family and even Ed Sheerhan!
This season’s opener provided a slightly more significant drop than last year’s premiere, when traffic was down only 4.1 percent.
However, if last season is any indication, every Sunday night will see a dip going forward, as the following Porn Hub chart illustrates:
Following a Game 6 finale in which hundreds of people died and Cersei took over the Iron Throne, the Game of Thrones Season 7 premiere was pretty tame.
But it did move various characters in various players, setting up clear battle lines and setting the stage for two major battles to come:
- Dany and company against Cersei and company.
- Everyone against The Night King.
Both of these storylines are interesting enough that people around the Internet would prefer to see how they play out instead of seeing how porn stars online scream out in ecstasy.
Winter is coming, indeed, but no one else is on Sunday nights.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Austin Jones, Popular YouTube Star, Arrested on Child Porn Charges
Austin Jones, a YouTube star with over 500,000 subscribers to his online channel, was arrested Monday night on child pornography charges.
Known for his a capella covers of pop songs, the 24-year old was charged this week with two counts of production of child pornography.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, which broke this disturbing piece of news, Jones is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow for a detention hearing.
He must remain in federal custody until then because, according to prosecutors, the singer is a “risk to the community and there’s a danger he’ll flee.”
Yikes.
If convicted, Jones could spend 15 years behind bars.
Court documents obtained by the aforementioned newspaper outline how Jones was allegedly in communication with a pair of underage females in August of 2016 and May of this year.
The exchanges took place via Facebook.
In one instance, a 14-year old told Austin that she was his biggest fan and he asked her to “prove” it by sending him sexually explicit videos.
A resident of Bloomingdale, Illinois, Jones was taken into custody at O’Hare Airport by Customs and Border Patrol and Homeland Security agents.
He reportedly gave a recorded interview at the scene in which he confessed to the charges against him.
In May of 2015, Jones issued a lengthy statement/apology in regard allegations that he lied about his age to solicit “twerking” videos from underage girls.
“I’m embarrassed,” Jones said on Facebook, adding at the time:
“I’d have conversations online with girls that would involve me asking them to create a video of themselves twerking. Sometimes I’d make videos of myself doing some twerk moves in return.
Here’s the truth: I NEVER asked them to do anything more than send a twerking video. Nothing EVER went beyond that.”
Continued Jones by way of explanation two years ago:
“I’ve been in therapy, seeking help to discover why I communicated with my fans in a way that I have come to fully realize was not appropriate…
“To anyone that I have made feel uncomfortable or awkward, I am deeply sorry for the hurt and shame I may have caused you.”
He concluded:
“To those who have and will continue to support me, please know I never meant to let you down and I am doing everything I can – with the help of my family and friends – to pick myself back up and be a better person.
“Thanks for believing in me. Please be good to each other and we’ll see each other soon.”
Austin has achieved viral fame by covering artists such as Justin Bieber, Twenty One Pilots and Fall Out Boy; his videos have garnered over 25 million views since he started his YouTube page in 2007.
In 2014, he released an EP titled “We’ll Fall Together.”
According to his Instagram, which boasts more than 300,000 followers, Jones was previously on tour and recently performed in Poland.
According to this criminal complaint, he asked one 14-year old girl to send him 10 videos of herself exposing her body, telling her what to wear and how to dance in them.
In a conversation last August with another victim, Jones allegedly acknowledged the girl was 14 and that he was 23 at the time.
He supposedly said to her that if she was “lucky,” she would get to perform a sex act on him.
Federal agents say this girl sent him 25 videos, including eight of her exposing her genitals.
After his arrest, Jones admitted requesting and receiving videos from the victims, and he admitted it was for sexual pleasure, based on the complaint.
Monday, May 29, 2017
King Bach"s Not Sorry for Making Vine Popular, Still Making Short Comedy Bits (VIDEO)
King Bach is the biggest Vine success story there is, and although the social media service is no more … he’ll never forget what got him here. We got the comedian and actor — real name Andrew Bachelor — outside Nightingale Plaza in L.A.…
Monday, November 28, 2016
Donald Trump: I Only Lost Popular Vote Because MILLIONS Illegally Voted for Clinton!
President-elect Donald Trump claims he only lost the popular vote to rival Hillary Clinton because of “millions of people who voted illegally.”
There is no evidence to support this absurd claim.
Trump’s bizarre outburst, even by his standards, comes after the Clinton campaign announced that it will participate in an election recount.
The Green Party, led by candidate Jill Stein, filed for a recount in Wisconsin, and has also called for recounts in Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Trump won the Electoral College and the presidency November 8 in a stunning but clear upset of the former U.S. Secretary of State.
However, if his razor thin margins in Wisconsin and Michigan, and close win in Pennsylvania, were flipped, Clinton would win the election.
Claiming that there my be evidence of tampering or error in the results of those three states, Stein has raised millions calling for a recount.
Clinton did not initiate this; Stein is leading the effort, and Clinton saying she will participate means little other than monitoring the situation.
There is also little to no chance of irregularities in the voting results changing the outcome of any of the three states, let alone all of them.
Still, our thin-skinned, bird-brained Turkey of the Year went OFF.
“Hillary Clinton conceded the election when she called me just prior to the victory speech and after the results were in,” Trump tweeted Sunday.
He then slammed Clinton for slamming him, during one of their presidential debates, for hedging on whether he’d accept the results.
“Nothing will change Hillary’s debate answer on delay: ‘That is horrifying. That is not the way our democracy works. Been around for 240 years."”
“‘We’ve had free and fair elections."”
“We’ve accepted the outcomes when we may not have liked them, and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a [debate stage] during a general election."”
“‘I, for one, am appalled that somebody that is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position."”
“‘Then, separately she stated, ‘He said something truly horrifying … he refused to say that he would respect the results of this election."”
“‘That is a direct threat to our democracy."”
“She then said, ‘We have to accept the results and look to the future, Donald Trump is going to be our President."”
“‘We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead.’ So much time and money will be spent – same result! Sad."”
Ridiculous to be tweeting about this? Absolutely, but nothing too over the top … yet. The reality TV star continued later in the day, though:
“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”
“It would have been much easier for me to win the so-called popular vote than the Electoral College in that I would only campaign in 3 or 4 states.”
“Instead of the 15 states that I visited. I would have won even more easily and convincingly (but smaller states are forgotten)!”
As is the case with many (most?) things Trump says, his allegation is bogus with absolutely no documented proof whatsoever.
Think about this for a moment:
Trump is denouncing a privately funded recount to ensure there was no fraud or error in three states he won by slim margins …
… yet alleges matter-of-factly that millions of ballots cast for Clinton, presumably in states where she prevailed, are invalid?
How could one be a concern and not the other? Why add a total lie to an unnecessary, but not entirely misguided, criticism of the recount effort?
Trump is right about one thing: Asking who won the popular vote (Clinton did) is irrelevant, because of the way the system is set up.
Four of the states with the biggest populations and the most Electoral Votes (California, Texas, New York and Illinois) were not contested.
If they had been, who knows how things would’ve turned out. Clinton and Trump both played by the same rules November 8, however.
Trump won, and barring an unprecedented Electoral College revolt, he will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States in January.
Nothing about Stein’s recount will change this … unless there was in fact major fraud or error, in which case, the situation is even worse.
Trump and his supporters will absolutely lose their minds, and the results of every other state will then be called into question as well.
Consider this: Trump won Michigan by around 12,000 votes, Wisconsin by around 22,000, and Pennsylvania by approximately 70,000.
Clinton won Minnesota and Nevada by fewer votes than Trump won Pennsylvania by … and she won New Hampshire by fewer than 3,000!
What’s stopping Trump legal challenges in those states, as well as an audit of California and its massive Clinton popular vote landslide?
Nothing. It would be anarchy, plunging an already polarized, bitterly divided nation into mass hysteria from which it might never recover.
Is anyone, Clinton included, rooting for that to happen? No. And it won’t, of course … so why can’t Trump stay above the fray for five minutes?
Baffling.
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Dwayne Johnson: Trashing Vin Diesel Made Fast 8 More Popular!
Dwayne Johnson is not a fan of Vin Diesel.
That much was confirmed earlier this year in an explosive rant about his Fast 8 costar.
Now, Dwayne has opened up about his rant to the Los Angeles Times and what it meant for the hit movie franchise.
“I was very clear with what I said. I’ve been in the game a long time,” Johnson said.
“Would Universal [Pictures] have preferred that didn’t happen? Sure, we talked about it. The irony is after that and as they do their tracking and all their analysis, the interest [in ‘Fast 8’] shot through the roof to a whole other level.”
Universal Pictures will no doubt be ecstatic if the feud resulted in more ticket sales for the movie. The series is already a huge hit worldwide, so it would be hard to imagine the feud ever putting the brakes on the franchise.
Dwayne’s Instagram post certainly got everyone talking as they tried to figure out whether it was really about Vin and also whether Johnson’s account had been hacked.
Have a look at the full post below:
The most interesting part has got to be the part in which he ripped Vin to shreds.
“Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t. The ones that don’t are too chicken sh*t to do anything about it anyway. Candy asses. When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I’m not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling — you’re right.”
Dwayne’s main issue with Vin was that Vin was a producer and apparently made decisions that didn’t make the former wrestling champ happy.
Being a producer no doubt gave Vin more power on set, so it sure sounds like Vin wanted to get under the former wrestler’s skin.
When you have two strong personalities on a set, there’s always going to be some conflicting opinions.
However, we don’t really like Vin Diesel’s chances if there was ever a fight between him and Dwayne Johnson.
Vin was probably bawling his eyes out when it was revealed that Johnson was the highest paid actor of 2016.
What do you think about all of this?
Sound off below!
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Who Won the Popular Vote? Election Results Continue to Spark Controversy
Donald Trump shocked the country and world when he captured the necessary 270 electoral college votes on Election Day, and then some.
As such, the hard-charging Republican will become the 45th President of the United States when he is inaugurated early next year.
But who won the popular vote last week?
Trump’s vanquished rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton, is winning the popular vote, and handily so, according to the latest 2016 election results.
Her lead, it seems is only growing.
Votes are still being counted, but the AP indicates that Clinton is up by 797,724 votes (0.62 percent of voters) as of Tuesday morning.
She earned 61,324,576 votes (47.85 percent) to Trump’s 60,526,852 votes (47.23 percent), with returns still coming in from some states.
The Cook Political Report suggest her lead may already be over 990,000; CNN, the N.Y. Times and Politico have her up slightly less.
In any case, Clinton leads Trump in the popular vote according to every news source, despite Trump being elected President last week.
How does that work?!
Because each state assigns electors based on its number of representatives in Congress, what we have are 50 winner-take-all elections.
Trump beat Clinton 290-232 (Michigan is still too close to call, with Trump expected to win 16 more electoral votes) to win the presidency.
Just the same, more people voted for Clinton, which has some of her fans crying foul and some scholars debating the merits of the system.
Trump’s take on the controversy?
The billionaire former Celebrity Apprentice host even took to Twitter on Tuesday, November 15, to address the popular vote totals, writing:
“If the election were based on total popular vote I would have campaigned in N.Y. Florida and California and won even bigger and more easily.”
“The Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. Campaigning is so much different!”
Trump is undeniably right to some degree.
Both sides know the rules and played by them; Trump won. If the race were a national popular vote, the landscape would be very different.
It’s impossible to know what the margins might be in such a scenario, because they weren’t tabulated under that system to begin with.
Nevertheless, the popular vote victor didn’t win in the electoral college for the second time in 16 years, or five presidential elections.
Al Gore also “won” the 2000 election.
Millions of people have signed a Change.org petition to ask their electors to honor the popular vote and declare Clinton the next POTUS.
Don’t bet on it happening.
“We are calling on the Electors to ignore their states’ votes and cast their ballots for Secretary Clinton,” the petition to change the system reads.
“Why? Mr. Trump is unfit to serve.”
The petition cites his “scapegoating of so many Americans, and his impulsivity, bullying, lying, admitted history of sexual assault, and utter lack of experience.”
Maybe that’s all true, or it’s not.
The fact of the matter, though:
Trump won decisively in a system that spreads power across 50 states, many of which typically lean Democratic, but rejected Clinton.
Moreover, citing a Clinton popular vote win rings hollow when you consider that Trump received fewer votes than Mitt Romney in 2012.
Yes, the man who sparked a populist revolt against the establishment won a few hundred thousand fewer votes than the previous Republican.
Romney, of course, lost decisively to President Barack Obama, who garnered millions more votes than his would-be Democratic successor.
Why did Obama’s voters change sides, stay home, write in third parties or otherwise not support Clinton in quite as robust numbers?
A question for the ages, but had they done so, asking who won the popular vote one week after Election Day would be a moot point.
Friday, October 14, 2016
TMZ Live: Oprah Winfrey: Accused of Jacking Popular OWN TV Show!
ON TODAY’S SHOW Monica Lewinsky Resurfaces Sean Kingston Goes After a Fan During a Concert Kendall Jenner’s Terrifying Stalker Experience Lindsay Lohan: Back to the Nightclub Scene SKYPE US TMZTVSHOW TWEET US Tweet to @TMZLIVE
Monday, January 11, 2016
Charlie Carver, Popular Teen Wolf Star, Comes Out as Gay
Charlie Carver, a 27-year old actor best known for roles on Teen Wolf and The Leftovers, has confirmed that he is gay.
The star made this reveal in a lengthy Instagram post
“As a young boy, I knew I wanted to be an actor. I knew I wanted to be a lot of things! I thought I wanted to be a painter, a soccer player, a stegosaurus… But the acting thing stuck,” Carver wrote.
He then got to the heart of the topic:
“It was around that age that I also knew, however abstractly, that I was different from some of the other boys in my grade.
“Over time, this abstract ‘knowing’ grew and articulated itself through a painful gestation marked by feelings of despair and alienation, ending in a climax of saying three words out loud: ‘I am gay.’
“I said them to myself at first, to see how they felt. They rang true, and I hated myself for them. I was twelve.
“It would take me a few years before I could repeat them to anyone else, in the meantime turning the phrase over and over in my mouth until I felt comfortable and sure enough to let the words pour out again, this time to my family.”
Along with his message, Carver shared a photo on social media of the following quote:
Be who you needed when you were younger.
Carver’s post is long, heartfelt and personal… and it concludes as follows:
“So now, let the record show this – I self-identify as gay. And does that really matter anymore?
“As a young man, I needed a young man in Hollywood to say that – and without being a dick about it, I owe it to myself, more than anything, to be who I needed when I was younger.”
We admire Carver’s courage in coming out and we wish him the best.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
10 Most Popular Baby Names of 2015: Girls, Girls, Girls!
The good folks at Baby Center have come out with their list of top baby names for 2015.
Which girls" names sit at the top? What might be the reasons behind the popularity of these names? Are they celebrity-inspired?
Scroll down and click through the Top 10 now!
10. Madison
Madison clocks in at #10. Because of Holly Madison?!? We don’t know why folks would name their child after a former Playboy centerfold, but Madison WAS in the news a lot in 2015 after releasing a memoir.
9. Emily
This is clearly due to the rise of Emily Ratajkowski. She starred in Gone Girl to end 2014 and appeared in the Entourage movie in 2015.
8. Lily
This is a tough one. But Lily did star in Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video!
7. Zoe
Zoe Saldana is really pretty. You’d do worse than to name your child after her.
6. Isabella
We’re still gonna assume this is based on The Twilight Saga and Kristen Stewart’s beloved character of Bella.
5. Mia
This is a tough one. But, hey, everyone loves former soccer star Mia Hamm!
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Farrah Abraham: My Third Boob Job Made Me More Popular Than EVER!!!
As we reported yesterday, Farrah Abraham underwent her third boob job this week.
Obviously, her long healing process has just begun, but this is Farrah we’re talking about, so she’s already tweeting like crazy, and she is, like, so psyched to be a trending topic:
On the right is a screenshot from Farrah’s Facebook page that she posted on Twitter. As you can see, she totally beat out Lamar Odom and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, you guys! #Blessed
As if that weren’t obnoxious enough, Farrah captioned the pic, “Thanks for all the love while I heal #3rdTimesACharm #trending”
Yes, Farrah is tweeting about her healing process and celebrating the fact that she’s a more popular topic of online conversation than Lamar Odom, who almost died!
To make matters worse, Farrah is still talking about becoming a plastic surgeon.
That’s not a joke. The woman whose current career mainly consists of selling plastic molds of her vagina and butthole (her “love tunnels,” as she calls them) wants to become a doctor who performs surgery on human beings.
Farrah recently posted snippets of an interview she gave to the hosts of Botched. When asked if she would ever consider a career in cosmetic surgery, she replied:
“I don’t think I know everything, I have a lot to learn, but yes, I am going to school to be a plastic surgeon.”
She doesn’t think she knows everything. Hey, who wants to sign up to be her first patient?
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