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Miss Delaware Kayla Martell will be competing for the Miss America crown very soon, and she may be doing it without one thing most pageant queens take for granted: hair. Kayla has alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes sufferers to lose their hair and can leave them totally bald. She's been without hair since she was a child, and until her third year competing in the Miss Delaware Read more
Miss Virginia won Miss America, but which states win for overall beauty? — Daily Beast Playboy thinks girlfriends will send their men "HottieGrams" — Lemondrop Cool or creepy? Forever 21 enters the kids market — LilSugar A short history of Drew Barrymore's love life — The Frisky Buy a sex toy, support Haiti — Good Vibrations One in five men don't know the date of Valentine's Day — Read more
Last Friday, TLC premiered a new reality series called Miss America: Countdown to the Crown that follows 52 pageant queens vying for this year's Miss America crown (they did something similar last year). Each week audiences can tune in to watch the ladies live together on an ocean cruise liner and go through various challenges that are apparently meant to prepare them for the big competition on Read more
When TLC got the rights to air Miss America, it wanted to reinvigorate the tired pageant. And it's starting tonight, with a reality show whipping this year's 52 contestants into shape. Miss America: Reality Check puts the contestants under one roof for four weeks and asks them to complete a series of challenges. The goal: out with the sequins and big hair, in with a new wave of smarter, savvier Read more
The Hollywood Reporter has news that Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, and James Franco have joined Sean Penn for the Harvey Milk biopic, Milk. The stage musical version of Mary Poppins will begin its U.S. tour in Chicago during the spring of 2009, writes Variety. Michael Urie of Ugly Betty will host a Miss America special on TLC starting in January; details are at The Futon Critic. E! Online has news Read more
The Miss America Pageant is homeless no more. Dropped by ABC in 2004, then by Country Music Television this year, the pageant finally found a TV partner this week in TLC. The network inked a deal to air the pageant through 2010, along with a reality series preceding the 2008 pageant that will follow the preparations of the 52 contestants. (I sure hope there's a "What Not to Wear" tie-in.) TLC Read more
PopSugar reports on Bono's new British knighthood, while NME tells us that U2 is working on a new album. Spider-Man 3 will open in China one day before it's released in the U.S., says the Hollywood Reporter. The Miss America pageant is without a TV home again, writes Zap2it. Puzzling Variety news of the week: Helen Mirren will star in the National Treasure sequel. The Futon Critic sorts through Read more
The Police are reuniting in LA for this year's Grammys fueling rumors that they are also planning a reunion tour. Woohoo! - Reuters Lance Armstrong is reportedly seeing socialite designer Tory Burch after he read about her in Vanity Fair and arranged to meet her. Must be nice to be able to use VF as a dating service. - R&M Clay Aiken's fans say that the AI star has been framed. They Read more
...K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Not really. But they made an appearance together at a press conference to try to explain away all of Tara's crowning achievements in the areas of drug, alcohol, and partying abuse since taking the throne. With verbal vomit flowing and a smile plastered on her face, Tara reminds us why she won the title in the first place- she can bullsh*t with the best of them. So VH1 Read more
See Gisele's post-Super Bowl exchange with an unhappy fan — The Insider Adriana Lima reveals her Valetine's Day wish — People Pregnant Jessica Simpson makes a Super Bowl appearance — Us Weekly Miss Piggy to host the BAFTA Awards — HuffPost Entertainment Watch all new movie trailers that aired during the Super Bowl — Hollywood Reporter Katy Perry dedicates "Peacock" to Tim Tebow — Read more
