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'Top Model's' New Cycle To Feature Transgender Contestant

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Tyra Banks is known for breaking down walls in the world of modeling, and the supermodel-turned-television mogul is at it again -- this time doing something she's never done in the previous ten cycles of "America's Next Top Model," adding in a transgender contestant.

The reality show about a host of pretty faces vying for a modeling contract and an advertising campaign, will feature Isis, a transgender contestant, a rep for The CW confirmed to Access Hollywood.

Transgender Contestant to Compete on Top Model

Isis, 22, tells Us she identities as "a woman born physically male" more »

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AP - "It seemed to me to be like a product of extreme sexism, and I kept thinking to myself, 'God, if this was just, like, Kal Penn or George Clooney or any of the other (Obama) surrogates or supporters ... there wouldn't be (any) question about it. Nobody would even talk about it." — Scarlett Johansson, who says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama. more »

Tyra Banks Channels Michelle Obama For Mag Cover

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Tyra Banks has used Michelle Obama as her muse for a new photo shoot in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar.

"[She's] so warm and so gracious," Tyra said of Michelle Obama, presidential hopeful Barack Obama's wife. "She's got that direct-eye-contact, truly-connecting thing. She's not a 'ha, ha, ha' type And I love that she's tall."

The Dark Knight Sets Another Record $400 Million in 18 Days

It beat the previous record-holder, Shrek 2, which took 43 days to earn the same amount more »

Chace Crawford Admits Gossip Girl Is "a Weight on My Conscience"

"I imagine my grandparents thinking, 'Oh, my God,' when they see me having sex on a barstool," he says more »

Tyra Banks Poses as Michelle Obama in Harper's Bazaar

Of the presidential hopeful, she says, "Without Michelle, he wouldnt be there" more »

Simon Cowell Beats Out Spencer Pratt As Best Reality Villain

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Spencer Pratt may be reality TV's most popular punch line, but when it comes to bad guys, apparently Simon Cowell has got him beat.

Cowell was voted Reality TV's Best Villain in a new poll conducted by AOL Television. The "Idol" judge garnered 39 percent of the vote, while Pratt earned just 10 percent.

But who was voted hottest female reality star, hottest male star - and the skankiest of them all?

Halle Berry Crowned 'Sexiest Black Woman Alive' By TV One Access

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Halle Berry is sexy. Tyra Banks is sexy.

So are Alicia Keys, Michelle Obama and Paula Patton.

Those lovely ladies are just a few of the celebrities who have been selected by "TV One Access" as the 16 Sexiest Black Women Alive, it was announced on Wednesday.

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