Tuesday, May 2, 2017

The Voice Recap: Who Will Make Final 10?

The Voice continued with another solid performance show that proved most of the people still in the competition deserved their spot. 


The top 11 took to the stage to try and get the competitive edge to advance into the top 10.


Let’s run down the 11 performances. 



Stephanie Rice


Stephanie has struggled to move out of her vocal range to show audiences she can change things up. She successfully managed to do just that with “Behind Blue Eyes” by The Who. 


It was a surprisingly good performance and gave me hope that Stephanie would be able to make to the finals. 


Aliyah Moulden


Aliyah’s performance of “Take it Back” by Reba McEntire was, like, the worst performance of the season. No, seriously, she screamed her way through it. 


It was a surprisingly horrid rendition of a classic song. Screaming through songs is not the way to go, and Blake should have known better. 


TSoul


TSoul can do no wrong. Every single week, he gets given a song and makes it his own. “Lay Me Down” by Sam Smith is a difficult song to sing, but there was something about it that felt so original. 


The performance faltered when he left the piano, but it was still a cut above some of the others. 



Lilli Passero


Lilli went with “Town Without Pity” by Gene Pitney. It was up there as one of her best. It was perfect. There was nothing to fault with it. 


She made the song her own, and that’s what artist should be doing at this stage of the competition. 


Hunter Plake


Hunter went with “All I Want” by Kodaline. Despite some hiccups, it was a solid number that showed just how far he has come since his days struggling to emerge as a strong competitor. 


Gwen said she let him make his own decisions and I think she should continue to do so. 


Vanessa Ferguson


Vanessa went with “Diamonds” by Rihanna, and I immediately rolled my eyes. I’m so over chart music being used on competition series. 


However, the performance blew me away. Vanessa has been all over the place with her performances of late, but she’s trying to be a better performer. 



Lauren Duski


Lauren went with “Somewhere In My Broken Heart” by Billy Dean. It was amazing. She brought her A game and proved the naysayers wrong. 


She hit every note flawlessly, and I can’t wait to see what’s coming for her next. 


Mark Isaiah


Mark is struggling to change things up, and it’s proving that he has a very limited vocal range. Singing “How to Love” by Lil Wayne should have been his time to shine. 


Instead, it was the same one-note route he has traveled before. 


Jesse Larson


Jesse’s performance of “Human” by Rag’n’Bone Man was music to my ears. Despite a weak opening, he pulled it together pretty quickly. 


More performances like this and he may just win the season. 



Brennley Brown


Brennley went with “River” by Joni Mitchell. It was yet another solid performance from the youngster. 


All of the notes were on point, and it sounded like a performance you would hear on finale night. Yes, she’s that good. 


Chris Blue


Chris Blue went with “When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge. It was a solid performance from him. He’s become a reliable performer over the course of the season. 


It should be enough to save him for another few weeks. 



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2017 MET Gala: Who Looked the Absolute Worst?


It can be difficult to judge the fashion choices made by celebrities at the MET Gala each year.


That"s because this event is meant to bring out unique designs and dresses.


But still. We"re up for the challenge.


We"ve taken a long, close, painful look at every ensemble donned at the 2017 MET Gala and we"ve determined that the following stars either tried too hard… didn"t try hard enough… or wore camouflage to the event.


This is our list of Worst Dressed.




1. Madonna


Madonna at 2017 met gala

Camouflage? No, Madonna. You should know better.



2. Kim Kardashian


Kim kardashian at 2017 met gala

While most celebrities tried too hard at the Gala, Kim didn’t try hard enough. How boring is this?!?



3. Kendall Jenner


Kendall jenner at 2017 met gala

Why even bother wearing a dress, Kendall? You could have just gone naked instead of rocking this desperate outfit.



4. Gigi Hadid


Gigi hadid at 2017 met gala

Gigi Hadid went with a confusing, asymmetrical Tommy Hilfiger ensemble that included fishnet stockings. Weird, right?



5. Wiz Khalifa


Wiz khalifa at 2017 met gala

Wiz Khalifa attending a fashion event. Or auditioning to be a circus ring leader?



6. Mandy Moore


Mandy moore at 2017 met gala

The one shoulder exposed? The bright purple makeup? We love you Mandy Moore, but just… no. When it comes to this ensemble, no.


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Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Down Over Son"s Heart Surgery

Jimmy Kimmel better be careful.


He"ll soon be known more for making us cry than making us laugh.


A couple weeks ago, the talk show host paid emotional tribute to one of his heroes, Don Rickles, shortly after the comedian passed away.


Then, on Monday night, Kimmel once again let the tears openly flow upon discussing something even more difficult and personal: open heart surgery his newborn son had to undergo just hours after entering the world.



“He appeared a normal healthy baby,” Kimmel told his audience at first about little Billy, who was born on April 21.


About three hours later, however, after Billy had met his two-year old sister Jane…


“My wife was in bed relaxing, a very attentive nurse at Cedars-Sinai heard a murmur in his heart and noticed he was a bit purple, which is not common.


"[Nurses] determined he wasn’t getting enough oxygen in his blood, either in his heart or lungs … It’s a terrifying thing, you know my wife is back in the recovery room, she has no idea what’s going on.”


From there, a heart surgeon explained to Kimmel and his wife, Molly, that their second child was born with a congenital heart disease and that there was a “hole in the wall of the left and right side of his heart.”


Kimmel holds little back in detailing how frightening this was to learn.



Fortunately, however, the story had a happy ending.


Billy underwent a successful procedure and, although he"ll require another one in just a few months, the prognosis is positive.


Kimmel then showed his fans a photo of Billy with many tubes in him, followed by one of the brave little guy smiling and doing just fine, post-surgery:



“Poor kid, not only did he get a bad heart, he got my face,” the host quipped.


Six days after he was born, Billy was able to leave the hospital and go home with his parents.


Watch the video below to see Kimmel thank the doctors, his friends (and even Matt Damon!) and, especially, his wife.


“Most of all, I want to thank my wife Molly. First of all, for allowing me to have sex with her in the first place.


"But also for being so strong and level-headed and positive and loving during the worst nightmare a new mother could experience. I couldn’t ask for a better partner and I’m so happy we had this baby together.


"I’m definitely getting a vasectomy after this."


Okay. Now we"re laughing AND crying…


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Teen Mom OG Recap: Who Wants Another Baby ... and Who Can"t Have One?

Last night on an all-new Teen Mom OG Season 4 Episode 3, Amber Portwood made a surprising reveal that caught everyone off guard.


Meanwhile, Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra spent the bulk of this installment debating the future of their family. What did they decide?



We begin with Amber, who threw a birthday party for daughter Leah with the help of Matt Baier … and Gary Shirley and Kristina Anderson.


Indiana’s own Modern Family, are we right?


Things are going so well between them compared to years past that Gary actually told Amber that she and Matt should have a baby.


Yes, this is the same Gary who confronted her about the fact that Matt Baier has nine kids by seven women she doesn’t know about.


Clearly relations have improved between Portwood and her ex, but Gary’s suggestion unexpectedly opened up a whole new can of worms.


“I can’t,” Amber said, and dropped it, but later told producers she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.



The long and short of it? Amber Portwood will likely remain on serious medication for the rest of her life to combat those mental conditions.


Those drugs can harm fetus, but she couldn’t go off the drugs because the consequences are too severe, so new babies are off the table.


That’s a tough, tough situation, but Amber and Matt – for all people say about them – were remarkably composed, positive and forward-looking.


Farrah Abraham, meanwhile, is none of those things.


She announced that she was going to pack and move in the same day to San Diego, California, because of her nosy neighbors in Texas.


Despite the fact that her daughter has a whole life, and Farrah owns a frozen yogurt shop, furniture store and children’s boutique in Texas.


“I don’t make bad choices,” Farrah insisted.



No, girl. Of course you don’t. Not a one.


Abraham even told her father later Michael that she is in fact moving to the Golden State, though we’re not holding our breath. Why?


Because we know she loves the drama.


Come on. This is a girl who gifts her mother a noose on camera. You think she wants to lead a quiet life away from prying eyes? Nah, bruh. 


Meanwhile, in Michigan, Catelynn and Tyler Baltierra threw a birthday party for daughter Nova, but their mind was on their next child.


Tyler’s was, at least. Catelynn Lowell’s battle with postpartum depression after giving birth to Nova in 2015 has been very well documented.


Beyond the PPD issue, which is serious, she also has a long-acting, reversible contraceptive device implanted, so that’s a consideration.



Finally, Maci Bookout was actually trying to get her son Bentley to be more interested in spending time with his own dad, Ryan Edwards.


Yes, we’ve reached the point where Ryan is actually putting in work, and Bookout is on good enough terms with Edwards to be receptive.


If only it was that easy, though. You see, dude has been MIA for so long that Bentley’s gotten used to that and now thinks this is weird.


Obviously, Ryan’s parents blamed Maci for Bentley’s absence at Thanksgiving without realizing that he himself had chosen not to go.


Ryan, too, complained that he thought Maci was acting like a “punk” by keeping Bentley, calling it “unfair"” to girlfriend Mackenzie Standifer.


Does he have a point?



Yes and no. Eh, mostly no.


Whose fault, at the end of the day, do you think the little boy’s indifference toward Ryan is? Edwards ought to check the nearest mirror.


“If Bentley wanted to go with him, I’d let him in a heartbeat, but I’m not going to make him do it just to make Ryan feel better!” Maci vented.


She’s right. Ryan made this bed and now he has to lie in it, because while he is putting forth a lot more effort lately, it’s very long overdue.


You can’t fix years of being an absent d-bag overnight. Just keep doing what you’ve been doing and building the relationship, Ry Guy. 


Good things come in time.



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