Blog Posts by Jeremy Blacklow

  • Which Shingles-Carrying Celeb Do You Think Gave Barbara Walters Chicken Pox?

    Barbara Walters returns to 'The View' Monday (ABC)

    UPDATE: On Tuesday morning on "The View," Barbara Walters shared that it was actor Frank Langella who had shingles and gave her chicken pox. That doesn't stop your guesses and comments (over the past 15 hours, below) from being totally awesome!

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    The grand dame of television, Barbara Walters, returned to her throne on “The View” today for the first time since January.

    And after her standing ovation -- even Regis Philbin and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg stopped by with flowers to welcome her back on the air -- the 83-year-old proceeded to explain the timeline of what’s kept her off the air for the last six weeks.

    If you recall, Walters was hospitalized after she fell down at a party in Washington, D.C. over Inauguration weekend and hurt her head. A week or so later she announced she had contracted chicken pox.

    Someone can contract chicken pox at her age? How, you ask?! By mingling with famous people, apparently.

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  • Are Jaden Smith and Kylie Jenner a New Teen Item?

    Jaden Smith and Kylie Jenner leave Nobu in London on Saturday night (Splash News)Jaden Smith and Kylie Jenner have lunch on Sunday (Splash News)Spotted: Jaden Smith and Kylie Jenner inseparable this weekend in London.

    After reportedly being denied entry to Justin Bieber’s birthday party at a nightclub on Friday night, Smith, 14, was seen at dinner with the Kardashian half-sister, 15, at Nobu on Saturday evening.

    So, does this mean that a young romance might be heating up between the two of them?

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  • Madonna to Present Anderson Cooper With GLAAD Media Award

    Madonna (Getty Images)Madonna’s ready to “Turn Up the Radio” on gay awareness.

    The singer is set to present journalist, author and talk show host Anderson Cooper with the Vito Russo Award at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the New York ceremony on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the New York Marriot Marquis. Cooper and Madonna are longtime friends who have both used their careers to raise support for LGBT people around the globe.

    "Madonna has been a passionate spokesperson and longtime supporter of gay rights. She has embraced LGBT people around the world on many occasions," said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick. "From speaking out against bullying to raising support for marriage equality, Madonna has always been one of our community's strongest allies. We are honored to have her stand with GLAAD and Anderson Cooper."

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  • Britney Spears’ Little Sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, Is Engaged!

    Jamie Lynn Spears' engagement photo (Instagram)Jamie Lynn Spears shows off the ring! (Instagram)

    Jamie Lynn Spears is off the market.

    Britney’s little sister, 21, who, just like her sister has had a rocky relationship history, finally found a man to put a ring on it. She announced her engagement to the same-named Jamie Watson last night on Instagram.

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  • Justin Bieber Has ‘Worst Birthday’ Ever, But Cheers Up Later

    Justin Bieber on Friday night (Splash News)Poor Biebs!

    Things didn’t seem to go so well for Justin Bieber in London on Friday night, as evidenced by a disparaging tweet that the 19-year-old singer posted early Saturday a.m.

    E! Online reports that Bieber and his crew had some sort of disagreement with security at London club Cirque Du Soir last night, but when some of his entourage – which reportedly included Will Smith’s son Jaden, who’s just 14 -- were too young to get in, Bieber picked up his posse and packed it out.

    According to an Us Weekly source, Bieber left the club because Smith couldn’t get in. "They could have stayed if Jaden left, but Justin wanted to be loyal to his good friend,” the mag’s source said. Splash News, which photographed the singer, claims that Bieber only stayed at the club for five minutes – entering at 2 a.m. and leaving at 2:05. The photo agency says that he then headed to McDonald’s in Earls Court before returning to his hotel.

    As for that disparaging tweet ... it was a very simple:

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  • Rihanna Opens Up About Why She Got Her Gun Tattoo

    Rihanna on Elle U.K.'s April 2013 cover (Mariano Vivanco/Elle U.K.)Rihanna in Elle U.K.'s April 2013 issue (Mariano Vivanco/Elle U.K.)

    Think what you’d like about Rihanna’s horrible Grammys weekend of 2009 … but she’s moved on completely from that dark period in her life. And in a very candid new interview with Elle U.K., the “Stay” singer is opening up about how she feels more empowered than ever right now.

    In new photos for the mag shot in Paris by Mariano Vivanco, Rihanna prominently displays the gun tattoo that she inked on the right side of her torso just months after she was beaten up by boyfriend Chris Brown. "Everybody wanted to know what was happening in my life. Is she a drug addict? No. Is she an alcoholic? No. Is she a victim? No," she tells the mag. "That's why I got the gun. It was a symbol of strength. I'll never be a victim."

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  • Tori Spelling Rips Into Star Magazine in Online Tirade

    Star Magazine's offending cover (Star)Tori Spelling has never been one to mince her words.

    In a new “ediTORIal” post on her website titled “An Open Letter to Star Magazine,” the “Tori & Dean” star takes the tabloid to town over the damage caused by their latest cover story about her relationship with husband Dean McDermott.

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  • Fergie and Cher Hang Together in Paris for Fashion Week

    Fergie and Cher step out together in Paris (PacificCoastNews)File under: Who knew they were friends?

    Cher was spotted hanging out Thursday with a pregnant Fergie in Paris, and from the looks of this pic, they’re having a grand old time in the City of Light.

    So, what brought these two leading ladies of music together?

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  • Joan Rivers in Hot Water Again Over Heidi Klum Holocaust Comments

    Heidi Klum at Elton John's 2013 Oscar party, Joan Rivers [inset] (Maury Phillips/Desiree Navarro/WireImage)No one has ever accused Joan Rivers of censoring herself, regardless of the topic.

    Following her barbs Tuesday night on “The Late Show with David Letterman” that Adele should add “deep fried chicken” to the end of the title of her song “Rolling in the Deep,” a comment Rivers made Monday night E!'s “Fashion Police” has her back in the headlines.

    When critiquing supermodel Heidi Klum’s revealing, low-cut look at Sunday night’s Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar party, Rivers felt it necessary to (yet again) invoke the Holocaust. “The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens,” Rivers said.

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  • Prince Harry Visits Schoolchildren in Lesotho, Speaks Out in Fight Against HIV/AIDS

    Prince Harry visits Lesotho (Getty Images)Taking a page from his mom’s charitable handbook, Prince Harry made his first public appearance since completing his tour of military duty in Afghanistan on Wednesday by visiting schoolchildren in the poverty-stricken African country of Lesotho.

    The 28-year-old was there launching his charity, Sentebale, through which he hopes to raise millions of dollars to build a new clinic, the Mamohato Centre, to provide services to children living with HIV/AIDS.

    After leaving Lesotho, Harry spoke about his trip at a gala dinner in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the prince said that he hoped his mother, the late Princess Diana, would be proud of him. Harry launched Sentebale in 2006 in conjunction with his friend Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, who himself lost his mother, the late Queen Mamohato Bereng Seeiso. In Sesotho, Lesotho’s language, Sentebale means “forget me not.”

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