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Justin Bieber confirms it’s his penis by threatening to sue over his penis
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Justin Bieber confirms it’s his penis by threatening to sue over his penis

Justin Bieber’s dick took over the internet late Wednesday and through Thursday. And now he’s threatening to sue. The New York Daily News was the first to publish censored photos of JB free-cocking in Bora Bora on Wednesday afternoon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a letter from JB’
By Lainey • Oct 09, 2015 10:48 am
Sean Penn is not Terrence Howard
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Sean Penn is not Terrence Howard

Sean Penn is suing Lee Daniels for $10 million alleging that Daniels has defamed him. Here’s a quick background: To promote Empire, Daniels was interviewed recently in The Hollywood Reporter and when asked about Terrence Howard being, um, Terrence Howard, and his history of abusing women, Daniels’s made
By Lainey • Sep 22, 2015 04:08 pm
Blake & Miranda: his and her cheating rumours
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Blake & Miranda: his and her cheating rumours

IN TOUCH Magazine is reporting that Blake Shelton and Cady Groves hooked up and that’s why he and Miranda Lambert are over. Now Blake is threatening to sue IN TOUCH. According to TMZ, his lawyers have sent the magazine a letter warning that he’ll take them to court
By Lainey • Aug 05, 2015 12:59 pm
Bradley Cooper: I’m suing too!
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Bradley Cooper: I’m suing too!

Maria just emailed me wondering if Bradley Cooper and Leonardo DiCaprio share the same lawyer. The two are good friends, as you know. And they both date models, as you know. And now they’re both suing French magazine Oops! Leo is suing Oops! for making up a story about
By Lainey • Jun 10, 2015 04:20 pm
Leo sues
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Leo sues

Leonardo DiCaprio is suing French magazine Oops! over a story they ran about him getting Rihanna pregnant but that he doesn’t want to have anything to do with the baby. According to TMZ, Leo’s people contacted Oops! to tell them they were full of sh-t, and the French
By Lainey • Jun 08, 2015 04:16 pm
Australia REALLY hates Johnny Depp
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Australia REALLY hates Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard left Australia yesterday – click here to see shots of them trying to avoid paps in their car on the way to their private jet. Earlier in the day, the Australian senate held a meeting to decide whether or not he would be charged for violating
By Lainey • May 26, 2015 03:59 pm
Whatever Happened to Mischa Barton?
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Whatever Happened to Mischa Barton?

Mischa Barton is in a strange spot career-wise. She’s not old enough to be “forgotten” but she’s not relevant enough to come up as a casting choice. Basically her trade is horror movies and traveling theatre productions. I wondered why she hadn’t tried a CW show but
By Maria • Apr 08, 2015 03:11 pm
The Clooneys $600 selfie
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The Clooneys $600 selfie

Amal and George Clooney will be spending the summer at their home in Lake Como next month and apparently there’s going to be a birthday party and a temporary bylaw has been passed that’s supposed to be to deter paps and gawkers. They’re making it so that
By Lainey • Apr 06, 2015 02:11 pm
Jeremy Renner’s divorce drama is over
Break Ups

Jeremy Renner’s divorce drama is over

The last we heard in Jeremy Renner’s ongoing and super messy divorce drama, he and estranged wife Sonni Pacheco were hurling insults and accusing each other of being unfit parents. She said, he said, well now the court has said. Yesterday Renner and Pacheco’s custody case was settled
By Sarah • Apr 02, 2015 11:07 am
Jeremy Renner’s divorce is capital-M Messy
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Jeremy Renner’s divorce is capital-M Messy

From the beginning, it’s been clear that Jeremy Renner’s divorce from Sonni Pacheco is going to be ugly as sh*t. Then, for a while, it seemed like maybe it would end up playing out largely behind closed doors, especially as Renner’s only move has been to
By Sarah • Mar 26, 2015 10:02 am
Pardoning Marky Mark
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Pardoning Marky Mark

When Mark Wahlberg was 16 years old, he tried to rob a man who was carrying two cases of beer. He beat the man with a stick. He called the man a “Vietnamese f-cking sh-t”. Then he fled the scene and ran into another man, also Vietnamese. Marky Mark ended
By Lainey • Dec 08, 2014 09:10 am
I Do Declare
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I Do Declare

I don’t know much about Southern Belles (besides what I learned from watching Designing Women), but yesterday I wrote about a Preserve post titled “The Allure of Antebellum” (click here for a refresher). I called the piece tone deaf, but Gawker threw down a firmer approach, including clearly marked
By Maria • Oct 15, 2014 09:42 am
Lindsay Lohan’s birthday lawsuit
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Lindsay Lohan’s birthday lawsuit

Lindsay Lohan is suing Grand Theft Auto. Apparently there’s a character in the game called Lacey Jonas who lives at the Chateau Marmont who poses with her fingers in a peace sign while wearing a red bikini. Also, they allegedly used her likeness to promote the game. You know
By Lainey • Jul 02, 2014 11:38 am
Katie Heigl sues for $6 million
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Katie Heigl sues for $6 million

Katherine Heigl was papped after leaving a Duane Reade. The company then tweeted out a photo with the caption: So now she's suing them for using her image to promote themselves. According to the documents: "The use of plaintiff's image under these circumstances improperly exploited
By Lainey • Apr 10, 2014 11:39 am
Tom Cruise vs Nazis & Pervs
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Tom Cruise vs Nazis & Pervs

Many years ago, I wrote about the hierarchy of celebrity tabloids. In short, PEOPLE and US Weekly at the top, and the bottom feeders are Star, IN TOUCH, and Life & Style. If you’ve been reading my blog long enough, you know I rarely bother with a story that
By Lainey • Feb 15, 2013 11:58 am
Tom sues
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Tom sues

Most of them most the time just threaten to sue. They have their lawyer make a statement to the media all like, “we will be pursuing legal action” but the legal action never happens. Like Ashton Kutcher. And Chris Martin. And Jessica Simpson. Tom Cruise however... Tom Cruise didn’t
By Lainey • Oct 25, 2012 10:39 am
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