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To celebrate International Women's Day, Barbie is honoring real-life female role models with their own one-of-a-kind life-like dolls. Research shows that beginning at age five, many girls start to believe they're not as smart and capable as boys. The issue is called the Dream Gap, and to help close it, Barbie launched the Dream Gap Project in 2018 to highlight empowering women role models. This year's lineup includes "Grey's Anatomy" and "Bridgerton" powerhouse Shonda Rhimes. She shared, "I have my own Barbie! Proud to be among the 12 amazing women, all of whom are breaking barriers in their respective careers, who have been selected to be honored for #internationalwomensday."
Kanye West is lashing out at Pete Davidson again in a new video for "Eazy." This time, a skinned monkey attacked an animated version of Kim Kardashian's current boyfriend. As Ye raps the line, "God saved me from that crash / Just so I can beat Pete Davidson's a**," the bloodied monkey beats a blurred-out version of the "SNL" star – who's wearing a hoodie with "Skete" on it – to the ground. So far, neither Kim nor Pete have responded to Ye.
Nick Cannon's talk show, "The Nick Cannon Show," is reportedly being cancelled after just one season and being replaced with Jennifer Hudson's new talk show. Sources say ratings have been mediocre and "show no signs of growth," adding, "He was relying on Wendy to give his new show a huge lead-in audience. His new show follows her — and it's the same producers. The pressure is on him to get ratings — and without a huge lead-in, he's dead." Nick's show only started airing in September. It's said no one involved with the show knows the cuts are coming, according to OK.
Also on the chopping block, long-running daytime talk show "The Real." The Jasmine Brand reported that the network has decided to pull the show because of low ratings. Sources say the crew has yet to be notified of the decision, though we don't know if hosts Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, and Garcelle Beauvais were given a heads up.
The Weeknd is fulfilling a lifelong dream - appearing as a character on Sunday's episode of "The Simpsons" called "Bart the Cool Kid." The appearance is something The Weeknd has wanted to do for a long time. In a previous interview for Variety, he said being on the show was a "bucket list" item, adding, "I actually have a pretty cool idea if they're down."
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"iCarly" star Miranda Cosgrove and NFL dude Rob Gronkowski are co-hosting Nickelodeon's 2022 Kids' Choice Awards on April 9th. Miranda herself is up for the Favorite Female TV Star, going up against Elizabeth Olsen, Hailee Steinfeld, Mary Mouser, Peyton List, and Yara Shahidi. Fans can cast their votes in all the categories at KidsChoiceAwards.com. Taylor Swift is the one to beat this year, leading the pack of music nominees with four, including twice in the favorite album category for both "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" and "Red (Taylor's Version)." Coming in just behind TayTay you've got Billie Eilish and Justin Bieber, who each nabbed three nods, with both also receiving favorite album nods, Billie for "Happier Than Ever" and Justin for "Justice."
Emilio Delgado has died, who played "Fix-It Shop" owner Luis on "Sesame Street" for over 40 years, has passed away, at the age of 81 from blood cancer. According to his wife, Carol, Emilio was working right up until the pandemic. He had the lead in "Quixote Nuevo," a theater production that had a three-city run before things shut down. He'd also done some voiceover work back in January, according to TMZ.
Former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to probation and 150 days in jail for charges related to a hate crime he was convicted of staging. Aside from jail and probation, Jussie was fined $25,000 and ordered to pay more than $120,000 in restitution to the City of Chicago. In a dramatic moment, Jussie not only declared his innocence, but he also stated that he "is not suicidal," should anything happen to him while in prison.
"Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah has released a line of "Not Guilty" merchandise leading up to her trial for allegations of fraud. Jen is charging $25 to $30 for fans to show their support by buying her custom-made t-shirt (there's a t-shirt with "FreeJenShah" on it, and one with her face on it from when she was arrested with #NotGuilty on the back). Jen is facing up to 70 years in prison if she is found guilty for her alleged involvement in a telemarketing scheme that targeted elderly people.
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Kim Kardashian, her sisters, Khloe and Kourtney, and their mom, Kris Jenner, did a photoshoot for Variety, and Kim gave some free advice to women everywhere. She said, "I have the best advice for women in business. Get your f*cking a$$ up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days. You have to surround yourself with people who want to work…It's still a job and it's still really hard. Success is never easy. If you put in the work, you will see results." Says the woman whose business was built on her family's name, connections, and money, not to mention a sex tape. Says the woman who dumps her kids off on nannies all day while she signs the paychecks of the person who signs the paychecks of the people who do the actual thinking and physical labors of all her businesses. Now, the smart KarJenner would just stand their with their frozen faces frozen, but the rest of them all nodded and commented in agreement. Hear the literal ridiculous words come out of her mouth on Twitter with @recount. I have never wanted to slap someone more, you entitled, delusional…
First, there was Baby X, now there's Baby Y. Elon Musk and Grimes kept a big secret for many months – they have a second child, a baby girl! Here we thought they broke up in September, but Grimes said they're back together – sort of. She said, "I would probably refer to him as my boyfriend, but we're very fluid." In an interview with Vanity Fair, Grimes said their daughter was born in December via surrogate, and her name is, like her brother's on the unusual side. Remember, their 22-month old son is named X Æ A-12, pronounced "X A.I. Archangel," or X for short. The girl is named Exa Dark Sideræl (yes, letters that don't exist on a keyboard), but they're calling her Y for short, even though there isn't a Y in her name at all. Wanna know what it means? Grimes said her first name, Exa was influenced by "the supercomputing term exaFLOPS," which she described as "the ability to perform 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second." The next part of the name, Dark, is supposed to be symbolic of "the unknown" as "People fear it but truly it's the absence of photons. Dark matter is the beautiful mystery of our universe." And the third name, Sideræl, is supposed to represent "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time," while also serving as a tribute to Grimes' favorite "Lord of the Rings" character, Galadriel (played by Cate Blanchett). She did admit that if her daughter ever wants to change her name, she's got some ideas, including Odysseus. What ever happened to the days of naming your kid after Grandma?
Cardi B has quit a movie that was set to be her first starring role, just days before filming was supposed to start. According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has had to abandon the entire film because of it. They're hoping they can salvage it, but as of now, the crew was told it was not happening. Cardi was supposed to play a criminal on the run for a crime she didn't commit. The character hides out at her grandma's retirement home while she tries to gather evidence to prove she's innocent. An insider told Deadline the reason Cardi pulled out was her busy schedule. Her pulling out at the last minute could lead to a lawsuit but sources say the studio is hoping they can work things out with Cardi to film at a later date.
MrBeast took the world by storm with his viral recreation of Netflix's "Squid Game." It broke records on YouTube getting over 42 million views in one day. Now MrBeast is teasing a new project that he says will be even "bigger than Squid Game." In an interview, he said, "I want to take everything I learned from Squid Game and apply it to this other idea, but if I told you, I legit would have to kill you." So when will this all come to life? MrBeast did suggest filming could take at least six months. So in the meantime, find something else to keep yourself occupied 'til then.
