Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Dance Moms Reunion Recap: Farewell to a Legend

Last night’s reunion of #DanceMoms was all about saying goodbye to the golden sisters of Lifetime, Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler.


Basically, so was this entire season. But we digress …



If you watch Dance Moms online, prepare for a lot of tears as the women of the Abby Lee Dance Company pay tribute to the siblings.


Maddie reflects on the fact that Nia Frazier, Mackenzie and herself are the only original cast members, so there is, like, so much history.


Kendall Vertes, another longtime mainstay, agrees and says they have been through so much and traveled together, it’s been amazing.


The plot line of Maddie Ziegler leaving Dance Moms was milked to death this year, but it really was a huge undertaking for the ALDC.


In the aftermath, Kalani Hilliker says she has a shot at the top of the pyramid with Maddie out, so when one door closes, another opens.


Brynn Rumfallo says she’s grown incredibly attached to the two and says that she does everything with Mackenzie Ziegler in particular.


She’s not just losing a teammate, but a BFF.


JoJo Siwa says that for all of them, Dance Moms has inspired them and encouraged so many people across the world to dance too.


Cue the clips of Maddie and Mackenzie when they were young and starting out, and it’s hard to believe the young women they’ve become.


Maddie says she has a lot of memories with the girls and cherishes them, and through tears, prepares to do one last solo for the crowd.


Kalani says it’s hard to see them leave but knows they’re moving on to bigger, better things. Kendall says Mackenzie is like a little sister.


Basically, it’s one big love-fest on Lifetime.


12 Things We Just Learned About Mariah Carey


Mariah Carey was a guest on Bravo"s Watch What Happens Live on Tuesday, May 17.


What did the singer have to say about her upcoming wedding to James Packer? About endangered animals? About Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez?


Scroll down to find out!




1. She’ll Holler for a Prenup


Mariah carey on bravo

In response to Cohen asking whether Carey and Packer (an Australian billionaire) will sign a prenup, she quotes lyrics from Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” to confirm, adding: “Look, everybody’s valuable.”



2. Will She Have a Circus-Themed Wedding?


Will she have a circus themed wedding

What? Huh? NO! “That really made me mad,” she said of the rumor. “These people really want to tell me I want endangered animals at my wedding? I mean, I have several dogs.”



3. Is She Cool with Jennifer Lopez?


Is she cool with jennifer lopez

Not really: “I don’t know her. What am I supposed to say? I’m not going to put on a thing like ‘Oh we’re all Hollywood and let’s all pretend we’re best friends’ because we’re in that land.”



4. She’s Definitely NOT Cool with Nicki Minaj


Shes definitely not cool with nicki minaj

During her Plead the Fifth segment, Carey was asked to say three nice things about her former American Idol colleague. She responded with silence and a stare into the camera.



5. She Didn’t Love Her Stint on American Idol


She didnt love her stint on american idol

A caller asked how she felt to be left out of the series finale montage, prompting Carey to reply with sarcasm: “I was heartbroken that I couldn’t be there. I was at home crying. Andy, what am I supposed to do when these things happen?”



6. Would She Ever Work with Beyonce?


Would she ever work with beyonce

“I would LOVE to do a collaboration with her!”


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Kim Kardashian Praises Brother: He"ll Be the Best Dad!

Rob Kardashian isn’t the only member of his family excited about the prospect of fatherhood.



A day after Rob gushed over Blac Chyna and the “beautiful” baby his fiancee will give birth to later this year, Kim Kardashian was asked about her once-estranged sibling.


Those who watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians online are surely aware that Kim once slammed Rob for having “no loyalty.”


And now he’s set to marry one of his family’s chief rivals.


No way could Kim be happy for him, right? WRONG.


“It’s so exciting. It’s a really exciting time for him,” Kim told Entertainment Tonight at a party in Cannes on Thursday.


She added:  “I think he’ll be the best dad. He’s really just such a good, good person.”


Kardashian was in France to help celebrate the Cannes Film Festival, but don’t worry: She is not acting in any of the movies being shown there.


Rob and Blac Chyna stunned the galaxy when they announced their pregnancy earlier this month, just a few weeks after getting engaged in April.


This will be the reality star’s first child and the model’s second child; she has a three-year-old son named King Cairo with Tyga.


So, are Kim and husband Kanye West passing on parenting advice to first-time-dad-to-be?


“We give him – I think more me – gives him advice and it’s just been a really fun time,” Kardashian, a mother of two, replied. “I’m really happy for them.



Okay, fine. Great. Whatever.


Enough with the baby talk. Let’s focus on what’s important: Kim’s weight!!!!


She has finally achieved her weight loss goal, right?


“I have a few pounds still to go, but I want to be before pre-baby, like five years ago,” she explained. “In that, I still have 15 to go. But I’m happy and I feel confident and very happy.”


Phew. We were really concerned there for a little while.


Chrissy Teigen on Breastfeeding: I Feel Like a Cow!

Chrissy Teigen is going to tell it like it is.


Yes, she may be a new parent, but that doesn’t mean she won’t go out to dinner and that doesn’t mean she won’t tell off haters who have a problem with this.



That’s why we love Chrissy Teigen, isn’t it?


Along these honest lines, the model spoke to Entertainment Tonight this week about life as a mother, with she and John Legend having welcomed a daughter named Luna into the world in mid-April.


Parenthood is amazing, Teigen said. But it’s also challenging and exhausting.


“If you kind of do the math, you’re kind of breast-feeding for 10 hours a day, total,” Teigen explained.


Don’t get the Lip Sync Battle co-host wrong, of course. She isn’t really complaining.


“We’re so happy,” she made a point of telling correspondent Jennifer Peros. “It’s been really exciting and fun, and every day is so different, and seeing all her little changes is so cute.”


Luna, of course, is a total cutie herself. As you can see here:



Back to breastfeeding, though, which Teigen has even shared photos of her doing.


“It’s very loving and sweet, but it’s not easy,” she said. “It’s hard to work your entire day around getting her the nourishment she needs because they are just little animals.”


She means this in a loving sense.


“They just use you for your milk and you just feel like you are just a cow all day,” Chrissy added.


We’re guessing that millions of moms, famous or not, are nodding in agreement around the world right now.


Teigen says she may still lash out occasionally, but being a mother really does put things in perspective.


“It does seem all silly now,” she says of critics and her responses to them in the past.


“Like, anything that you got frustrated over about before, nothing really matters anymore. And I think you just let things go a little more…


“I’m learning to let things roll off my back a bit easier. I have more important things going on now.”