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Azealia Banks Slams Perez Hilton with Homophobic Slur, Tells Blogger to Kill Himself
4 months ago
The Justin Bieber pot photos are not the only scandal making headlines this weekend.
Azealia Banks has created quite the stir on Twitter due to her feud with Perez Hilton, which stems from a post on the blogger’s site about a “beef” between Banks and artist Angel Haze.
In response, Banks Tweeted:
“@PerezHilton does your butthole whistle? Like is your butthole so stretched and raggedy the air whistles when you move?”
After Perez shot back with “some of your music is cute, but your attention-seeking ways are pathetic and hurtful. You drag while others choose to uplift,” Banks
More >America’s Next Top Model Shake-Up: Who’s Out?
1 year ago
Hmmm…. upon second thought, perhaps we should change the headline of this post to: America’s Next Top Model Shake-Up: Who is NOT Out?
Indeed, Tyra Banks has cleaned house at her long-running reality show, firing three veteran personalities, all of whom have been with the series since its first cycle in 2003:
- J. Alexander, who served as a runway trainer/mentor to the models.
- Jay Manuel, the show’s creative director.
- Nigel Barker, a photographer/panelist.
America’s Next Top Model is currently in its 18th season, a cycle dubbed “British Invasion” because it features a handful of
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Hunger Games Casting Rumor: Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket?
2 years ago
Elizabeth Banks has been rumored for the part of Effie Trinket in the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games, according to new reports.
A buzzed-about cast already features Jennifer Lawrence as lead character Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta and Liam Hemsworth as Gale.
The rumor of Banks as Effie, a flaky bureaucrat who escorts her district’s young death-match contestants to their fate, was first reported by Variety.
Lionsgate would not confirm whether Banks will be joining the film, based on the bestselling young-adult novel (the first in a hit trilogy) by Suzanne
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Tyra Banks Show Sued For Big Money After Airing “Teenage Sex Addicts” Show
2 years ago
The Tyra Banks Show is being sued for $3 million by a 15-year-old girls mother after the girl appeared on the show which focused on teenage sex addicts.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the girls mother never gave her permission to appear on the episode which has already aired.
Beverly McClendon claims that her daughter applied to be on the show through an online “open call” last fall and that when chosen producers flew her daughter out to New York and put her up in a hotel without her mother even realizing she had gone to participate in a taping for the talk show.Also named More >
Tyra Banks Draws Criticism For Tiny Waist Controversy
2 years ago
Tyra Banks is making the rounds right now, apologizing for creating a tiny waist controversy when she praised a contestant on America’s Next Top Model for having an 18-20 inch waist on a 6′2″ frame.
Here’s the show’s clip of the contestant and a look at the controversy:
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