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Miley Cyrus Poses Nude on Rolling Stone Cover

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-A topless Miley Cyrus is licking herself on the new cover of Rolling Stone because why not? In the article, she says “Now people expect me to come out and twerk with my tongue out all the time. I’ll probably never do that s–t again.” Well that promise didn’t last long…

-Meanwhile, she Instagramed a photo of her latest tattoo, which she got on the soles of her feet. Ouchie!

-Remember when you watched the trailer for Nicole Kidman‘s new Grace Kelly biopic and thought “that looks terrible!” Well, the studio seemed to have a similar reaction. They’ve pushed the release date from November to next spring, taking Kidman out of this year’s Oscar race.

-As if we needed to feel worse about Jeff Daniels winning an Emmy, here he is in his Dumb and Dumber 2 costume.

Ellen Pompeo was embarrassed by the lack of diversity at the the Emmys.

-This is why we shouldn’t let Real Housewife cast members land book deals. Here’s an actual quote from Melissa Gorgas‘ new book: “If your wife says ‘no,’ turn her around, and rip her clothes off. She wants to be dominated.”

-Hide the fans; Beyonce has already ditched the bob and returned to extensions.

-A vote for Leah Remini on Dancing with the Stars is a vote against Scientology.

-If you ever listen to Comedy Bang! Bang!’s podcast, you’ll know that Amy Poehler always kills it during the freestyle rap battle. She back at it, rapping about butter. (FF to 5:26)

Amanda Bynes lawyers says she’s mentally unfit to stand trial for her DUI case.

M.I.A. talked about NFL’s ridiculous demands that she pay $1.5 million for flipping the middle finger during the Superbowl halftime show.

-In news that will probably surprise no one, there’s reportedly video of Brooke Mueller smoking crack.

-I could listen to Mad Men’s John Slattery read all day long…

-The boys and girls at EW ranked every single Breaking Bad episode ever, which is both awesome and crazy.

-Meanwhile, the entire cast of Breaking Bad appeared on Conan last night, where Bryan Cranston read one fan’s unnervingly erotic fan letter.

Drake’s new album officially dropped today. Do you have it yet? I’ve been listening to “From Time” on repeat all day. His new video for “Hold On We’re Going Home” also landed.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s statement about winning the Polaris Prize is pretty damn epic.

Los Campesinos! has a new album coming out? Yes, please!

-In terms of new TV shows, The Blacklist and Sleepy Hollow are the early ratings winners. Hostages tanked last night, which means I’ll probably  wait to watch it until I’m sure it won’t be cancelled.

-In other TV news, FX has renewed The Bridge for a 13-episode second season.

-Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen are brainstorming crazy product-placements for the release of a comedy special in this new video.

-Speaking of Rogen, he’s working on an R-rated animated movie called Sausage Party.

-The controversy surrounding Blue Is the Warmest Colour continues. Now the director says he doesn’t think it should be released because “it was too dirty.” I loved it when I saw it at TIFF (though I wouldn’t be too sad if they cut down the 10 minute sex scene).

-Sweet! The follow up to Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which is a modern adaptation of Emma, will premiere on YouTube Oct. 7.

Kate Upton has never been more tolerable than when she was playing flip cup with Jimmy Fallon.

George Clooney and Matt Damon’s Snowball Fight

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George Clooney and Matt Damon in Ocean’s Twelve. (Warner Bros.)

George Clooney and Matt Damon had a snowball fight and…oops, my ovaries just exploded.

-I kind of love that Will Smith just admitted the reason he dropped out of Django Unchained was not actually “scheduling conflicts” but because he wasn’t playing the lead. If only all actors could be so ego-honest.

Liam Hemsworth was spotted at Miley Cyrus’ house. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!? Oh wait. I don’t care. Carry on.

Aaron Paul just won the internet by Instagramming an adorable photo of him as a little kid.

David Beckham lifted up his shirt to show off his tattoo in China.  This is how peace treaties should start.

-I really enjoyed this “Let’s Have a TV Baby” skit. This was pretty much my thought process before I finally started watching The Wire, because I was sure it was going to consume my life (though, oddly, it hasn’t yet. I’m on season 2 and it’s still a bit of a slog. Am I broken?!)

-This is a bit long, but NY Magazine‘s feature on what went down behind the scenes at the Today Show during the Ann Curry debacle is a juicy read.

-Someone sent Jared Leto an ear in the mail. It doesn’t surprise me. I saw his doc at TIFF last year and the fandom in that theatre was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. (And I like some pretty geeky shit!)

-Apparently, this is what Madonna looks like now.

-Speaking of celebrity candids, everyone’s captioning these photos as “Emma Stone without makeup.” Um, she’s clearly wearing a bit of lipstick and maybe even some mascara, but she doesn’t look like a drag queen so I guess that makes it news in Hollywood.

Dennis Quaid and his wife have changed their mind about getting divorced…again. Maybe next time they should just crack open a bottle of wine and avoid the legal fees.

-I’m not sure Canada needs its own version of The View, but yay for Lainey getting a talk show gig!

Lindsay Lohan‘s latest film, directed by the ShamWow guy (no, really!), is a box office disaster, earning a measly $625 per theatre.

Lindsay has reportedly worked it out so that she doesn’t have to start rehab until after Coachella. Aw crap. Is it too late to sell my tickets?

-Meanwhile, she was spotted enjoying some PDA with her new boyfriend in a bar (of course).

-CBC is streaming the new Charles Bradley album. (His first CD made Rolling Stone‘s top 50 list in 2011.) It’s possible that I listened to “Let Love Stand a Chance” a lot today. Like, a lot.

-I’m also digging Sia’s cover of the Kinks‘ “I Go To Sleep.”

-Just as we were all starting to wonder if there were any good men left, this happened.

Details magazine delved deeper into Dana Martin’s plot to kill Justin Bieber — and revealed that he still wants to finish the job.

-Want to watch Tilda Swinton sleep in a glass box? Now you can! My coworker stumbled upon it this weekend — as did Sarah Jessica Parker. (Unfortunately, I think Marina Abramović has ruined me for weird performance art. Did you see this video of her and her ex-boyfriend? Kills me every time…)

Lena Dunham wrote a really sappy essay about her dog, if you’re into that sort of thing.

Lena also directed a short entitled “Best Friends” (narrated by Girls‘ star Adam Driver!) for Rachel Antonoff’s Fall 2013 line. It’s basically a four-minute Noah Baumbach film. Or maybe Wes Anderson (who just made his own fashion films for Prada).

-I enjoyed this video of Ian Somerhalder playing dress-up with a cardboard cutout of Paul Wesley way too much.

-Speaking of great vids, there’s a reason this one-man acapella cover of “Thriller” is blowing up today. Amazingness!

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Kickstarter has almost hit $300k in just a couple of days (its goal was only $60k in 30 days). This ones a lot less controversial than the Veronica Mars campaign — these funds will go to creating two new series, as well as paying royalties for a cast an crew that haven’t really been paid (at least not well).

-Speaking of Kickstarter campaigns, I really liked the discussion during this NPR podcast about how the Veronica Mars campaign has led to a bit of fan entitlement. If/when supporters think they should have say in the plot, this thing goes off the rails.

-Meanwhile, Kristen Bell’s reaction video to the campaign was very cute.

Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly opening a blowdry bar.

-The paparazzi caught Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner in some adorable family photos — just as a nasty tabloid report surfaced. I’m sure that was a total coincidence, though.

-Sweet! Seth Green is coming back to (live-action) TV. He’ll star in Seth MacFarlane’s new show.

Entertainment Weekly posted some pretty great Vines of stars getting slimed at this weekend’s Kids’ Choice Awards. There’s no way Sandra Bullock didn’t get a whole bunch of green stuff up her nose in that one shot. Gross.

Kristen Stewart and Katy Perry continued their BFF tour at the show. (KStew was spotted at a corner store with Robert Pattinson earlier that weekend, but she hit the red carpet solo.)

-Meanwhile, I love that Johnny Depp showed up. He almost always makes an appearance at the big fan-voted awards, which is great.

-A new, less-angsty trailer for Iron Man 3 debuted during the Kids’ Choice Awards this weekend.

-We also got a new trailer for World War Z, which focuses more on Brad Pitt and his family instead of just a wall of zombies.

Amy Poehler Responds to Taylor Swift’s Suggestion She’s Going To Hell

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Taylor Swift covers the April 2013 issue of Vanity Fair. (Photo: Peter Lindbergh/Vanity Fair)

-In her new cover story in Vanity Fair, Taylor Swift says Tina Fey and Amy Poehler mean girl’d her at the Golden Globes and quotes Katie Couric by saying, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” Oh yes. Let’s have the girl who makes millions off her failed romances preach feminism to the creators of “bitch is the new black” and Smart Girls at the Party.

Amy Poehler has already responded in the classy, funny way you’d expect.

-Also, Taylor didn’t bad-mouth Harry Styles in VF, but she had no issues “authorizing” one of her friends to publicly accuse him of cheating on her. Who’s acting like a mean girl now?

-Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran insists he’s not dating Taylor.

-Is it just me, or is Kate Winslet Benjamin Button-ing before our eyes? Dayum, girl!

-Are Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux getting hitched in Hawaii in a few weeks?

-Speaking of Justin Theroux, who knew he had a hot brother?

-Just in case you weren’t already in love with Mila Kunis, check out how she handled a petrified interviewer in this video. (My favourite part is when she says “let me just give you answers that I know you’re going to ask” and then just rattles off a bunch of canned, scripted responses before going back to talking about drinking.) I really feel that her, Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence need to form a girl gang.

-Speaking of Emma Stone, she’ll join Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis and Naomi Watts in a dark comedy called Birdman.

-This Funny or Die video about Postal Service auditions slayed me.

-Nooo! We heard the rumblings, and now it seems like cute Canadian couple Jay Baruchel and Alison Pill really are no more. They were fine a few months ago, judging by their adorable Christmas video.

Jamie Lee Curtis was no fan of Seth MacFarlane‘s sexist Oscar bits. Ditto for Geena Davis.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are able to hang together at their son’s soccer game without killing each other.

-I scored way too high on this “How Well Do You Know Gilmore Girls?” quiz.

Ellen DeGeneres wrote an open letter about marriage equality to the Supreme Court and it’s awesome.

Justin Bieber offered a weak-ass apology for showing up to a concert two hours late. He’s going to perform tonight’s show 30 minutes early, which I’m sure will thrill last night’s crowd.

-Oh god, are we all supposed to start wearing double jeans like Rihanna now? Because shopping for just one pair already makes me break out in hives.

-This video of a six-year-old girl from London killing it in a breakdance battle made my day.

-People are talking about how Kate Middleton‘s baby bump seems to have disappeared. Uh-oh. It’s Beyonce’s belly watch all over again!

-If last year was the year I discovered podcasts, 2013 is shaping up to be the year I discovered web series. Now that The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is wrapping up (only 7 more eps left!), I’m moving on to Squaresville and Blue (Julia Stiles plays a prostitute!). And I’m going to watch the hell out of Joan Rivers’ web series in which she interviews celebs in bed. Seriously, YouTube shows are becoming better than most of the crap being churned out by network TV.

-Everyone’s talking about Liam Hemsworth getting flirty with January Jones during an Oscars party, but how come this is the first we’ve heard of him cozying up to Emma Watson?

Terrence Howard continues to be creepy, this time praising costar Oprah’s “tig ol’ bitties.” He also says Iron Man killed his career.

-Showtime has confirmed that the next season of Dexter will be its last. I dropped that show a long time ago but heard it bounced back last season. Should I tune in again?

-Wanna see Kanye West grab Kim Kardashian’s boob? Yeah, me neither.

Carly Rae Jepsen and Train just dropped out of the Boy Scout Jamboree, citing the organization’s opposition to gay scouts.

Kate Hudson shows off her abs by posing topless on the cover of Glamour. Exactly what is she promoting (besides her post-baby boobs)? IMDB says she’s not appearing in anything until 2014.

Jon Stewart is taking the summer off to make a movie about Iran. John Oliver will replace him.

-Weird: The X Files lives on. Season 10 will be told in comic book form (though seeing as I’m still trying to repress the fact that the show ended with Scully giving her baby up for adoption and going on the run with a fugitive Mulder, I think I’m just going to keep on pretending the series wrapped after the first movie).

-The trailer for Noah Baumbach‘s Frances Ha has dropped. I saw this at TIFF and it was less than awesome. Unless you enjoy movies where every character acts like they’re auditioning for Girls and they make observations like “This apartment is so aware of itself,” stay away!

-The second official trailer for Iron Man 3 has landed, which beefs up Ben Kingsley‘s role as The Mandarin.