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Zac Efron in Los Angeles.
If you've seen a more stylish example of Lakers fandom, please, let us know.

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I haven't posted one of these since August 2011. Enjoy, ONTD. Also nevar forget that I made the first post ever about new boyfriend Godfrey.

Freida Pinto and her Co Star Recce Ritchie attended the Photo call for there Upcoming Film Desert Dancer at Cannes. Desert Dancer will tell the story of Afshin Ghaffarian , who used his passion for dance to protest against the injustices of the Iranian Islamic Republic. Freida Pinto and Reese Ritchie are in Cannes to announce the film alongside Ghaffarian.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin this summer in Ankara, Turkey and Jordan.

Set in Iran, where dance is illegal, Desert Dancer tells of how Afshin Ghaffarian (Reece Ritchie) risked his life to fight for his dream to become a dancer. This film plays against the backdrop of the 2009 election protests, where the passion and defiance of a young generation lit the flame of revolution still sweeping the Middle East and Africa.

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"Django Unchained" is due in theaters on Christmas Day, but that hasn't prevented the film from going through some eleventh casting fluctuations.

Quentin Tarantino's latest has apparently lost both Sacha Baron Cohen and Kurt Russell from its impressive roster, which includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and Don Johnson. Their departures come on the heels of news that Joseph Gordon-Levitt couldn't make an appearance in "Django Unchained" work out either.

Cohen revealed he wasn't a part of "Django" during an interview with Howard Stern; the actor -- who had been set for a cameo role -- was unable to make the film work out due to his press commitments for "The Dictator."

As for Russell, it's unclear as to why he's no longer participating in the film.

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One Direction have been given a furious dressing-down by record label bosses – after running-up £14,000 in mobile phone bills.



Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Niall Horan, racked up the astronomical charges during recent tours of North America and Australia as they logged on to Twitter and Facebook, as well as phoning and texting home.

An insider at Simon Cowell’s Syco label said: “Like most teenagers, the boys are obsessed with all things social media.

"They’re also encouraged to tweet by management to keep them interacting with fans but Niall and Liam in particular got pretty homesick during their travels and regularly called home.

“When the bills landed on their doormat, the guys were utterly stunned and slightly devastated thinking they’d have to fork out themselves. “In the end they got called in for a meeting and given a lecture on finances, and how to handle their money. "It is vital wealth does not go to their heads. Their bills got signed off and the boys will not be making the same mistake again.”

Cowell agreed to pick up the bill as a thank you to celebrate the lads’ success.
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Really, this just because there's no promo for next week to talk about.


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Dan Harmon Is No Longer Showrunner on Community


Pop-Pop and Boom! Dan Harmon will not be returning as showrunner of NBC's Community, and whether he'll remain involved at all with the series he created at remains very much in doubt. Sony Pictures Television, which produces the series with Universal Television, has closed a deal with Happy Endings writers David Guarascio and Moses Port to join Community as showrunners and exec producers. The deal comes less than a week after Vulture broke the news that Harmon hadn't been signed on for season four and that no negotiations between him and Sony had taken place. Vulture hears that now that Sony made its deal with Guarascio and Port, it plans to ask Harmon to remain involved as a writer and consultant -- but not as the person in charge of the show. (He's expected to remain a "consulting producer" no matter what). Given Sony's decision to make a deal for Harmon's replacement without telling Harmon directly, it seems a longshot that Harmon will agree to a diminished role. This is a very dark timeline, but for people familiar with the situation, it is not at all a surprising development.

Harmon and Sony have been at odds since the first season of Community, clashing over everything from the show's creative direction (the studio and NBC have both, at times, asked Harmon to make the show at least somewhat broader in its appeal) to Harmon's management style (the producer admitted as recently as last month that he was "damn bad" at key elements of his job not related to what gets on the screen). In addition, Community has been plagued with numerous writing staff defections over its three season run. Most recently, longtime exec producers Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan announced they were leaving for a new deal at 20th Century Fox TV, while directors/producers Joe and Anthony Russo are also no longer part of Sony and thus are not involved in the show on a day-to-day basis.
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I really wonder how this will affect the scope of the next season, tbh. Although, if he really was THAT bad at managing everything that wasn't on-screen, then maybe it's for the better.

Peter Travers interviews Benedict, who sings "Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka.



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Dita von Teese, burlesque superstar, author, actress, costume and lingerie designer, and formidable businesswoman, is idolized by many who might not otherwise fancy themselves enthusiasts of burlesque, let alone openly admire a star of “adult entertainment.” She has revived both an early incarnation of her art (even the “tease” in “striptease” seems charmingly antiquated by standards shaped by Hustler and the Internet-driven ubiquity of porn) but also an aesthetic, a mode of comportment that harkens back to a time when women went to finishing school and learned to dress, pose, sit, walk, gesticulate, speak, and even laugh with a certain delicate restraint. It’s an aesthetic wherein a woman’s dignity is an integral part of her sexual allure, rather than a thing to be sacrificed in pursuit of sexiness.

Von Teese’s burlesque performances and her vast body of work as a model (for which she has maintained both artistic and financial control, designing and copyrighting the images) are marked by a playfulness that never gets sloppy, a sensual and sexual openness that never succumbs to the crass: in her most outré moments one can’t quite imagine her doing anything “obscene.” This juxtaposition of the high and low art, the very artfulness itself, has made Von Teese the most celebrated burlesque dancer in the world, and gained her fans of both sexes, even made her an unlikely feminist idol.

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We were startled to discover today thatL'Oreal is under fire (heh), i.e., possibly getting sued, for its Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Anti-Frizz Serum -- because the stuff is reportedly flammable.


Women's Wear Daily reports today that the lawsuit against L'Oreal is on: A judge granted class action to four plaintiffs on Thursday who filed the motion for class certification on Feb. 2. The plaintiffs are seeking recognition for any person who purchased the Garnier serum from Feb. 4, 2008, to the present.

According to the lawsuit and Top Class Actions law blog, the Garnier serum’s two main ingredients are cyclopentasiloxane and dimethiconol, chemicals that can ignite at 171 degrees Fahrenheit. (Flat iron temperatures typically range from 300-450 degrees Fahrenheit.)

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