Tracing the history of book-banning presents obvious difficulties: Written history, especially prior to the most recent centuries, is far from complete and reliable, and recording an act of censorship under a regime given to censorship is an even more troubled proposition. Certain acts of censorship have doubtless been lost to history, while certain legendary ones […]
In an unexpected announcement during a visit to “The Queen Latifah Show,” Jada Pinkett Smith confirmed she’ll have a role in “Magic Mike XXL.” “It was a character written for a male that they wanted to turn into a female,” Pinkett Smith said. She won’t be dancing, but the actress said that filming has been […]
Pole dancing is one way to kill time, and Zoe Saldana did just that this weekend at Washington Dulles International Airport with husband Marco Perego. The 36-year-old actress, who is currently pregnant with her first child, tried her best with the dance moves, but it wasn’t easy. “Let’s do that again!!! Absolute boredom at #Dulles […]
There’s a (big) difference between a prank and assault, but this YouTube star seems to have confused the two. Sam Pepper, a British YouTube celebrity with a following of over 2 million, posted a video on Sept. 20 where he walks around grabbing unsuspecting women’s butts and films their reactions. The public outcry for the […]
On paper, Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev reads like a forward-thinking person’s dream of what a beauty queen could be. She’s a trilingual honors student who’s publicly passionate about women’s health and down to clown with Jimmy Kimmel; she’s got a squeaky-clean image and a squeaky-clean resume. But it’s missing one unflattering detail. In late […]
The rest of us may be settling into fall, but for Katherine Heigl, summer is still in full swing. The actress took to Instagram on Sunday to share a snap of herself enjoying a day in the sun with three friends. “Love love love! @cheyenneellis @tawnylehman @irritated_one,” she captioned the photo. The beach trip appeared […]
You can exhale, “Sleepy Hollow” fans. If you’re anything like me, since the Fox show concluded its first season back in January, you’ve been haunted by moments of terrifying doubt: “What if the powers that be take what I loved about the show and screw it up in Season 2?” Rest easy. The first two […]
If you’ve never attended a gay wedding — or, as we like to call it, a wedding — you might have a few questions. But hopefully one of them isn’t, “Is it okay to make an ‘ew’ sound when they kiss?” In a clip from the upcoming season of “Key & Peele,” Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan […]
As if you needed another reason to skip that juice cleanse you’ve been pressured into trying, Julianne Moore just gave you one. The gorgeous actress is NewBeauty’s fall/winter 2014 cover star. Inside the mag, she admits the one thing she just can’t behind: a liquid diet. “I did a juice cleanse for the Golden Globes […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Chris Brown celebrated his 25th birthday in jail last May by making his own “spread cake”: chocolate, peanut butter, bread and milk. “Mix it up in a little cereal bowl and let it sit for a little while. It comes out and you’ve got a nice little cake,” Brown said, […]
