When Edie Falco was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, she was ready. “I had really been taking care of myself for about 15 years before I got sick — not drinking, not smoking, eating well — so I fared very well,” the Sopranos star tells Sunday’s issue of Parade magazine. The actress, 45, has been sober for 17 years — she has said that she struggled with alcohol for years — and insists that kicking the habit is what helped her battle the disease. See photos of Edie and other stars who beat breast cancer! “They gave me very strong chemo drugs,” she says. “I was so lucky that two of the biggest things in my life — my sobriety and my breast cancer — happened in the order they happened.” In addition to staying physically healthy, she adds that her mental health was a likely factor in her recovery.

More:
Edie Falco Reveals Sobriety Helped Her Beat Cancer

The new issue of Us Weekly reports that Jon & Kate mom Kate Gosselin grew so close to her bodyguard, Steve Neild, it caught the attention of her husband, Jon — and has become the talk of many locals in their Berks County, Pennsylvania, community. Since May 2008, Kate has made 50 public appearances, criss-crossing the country, often with Neild by her side, as Jon stayed home with the kids. Even when at home — whether at Starbucks or at restaurants — Neild has been a constant companion to Gosselin, who is estranged from her family and viewed in town as not having friends.

Excerpt from: 
Family Member: Jon Gosselin Grew Suspicious of Kate and Her Bodyguard

Jessica Simpson invokes old Hollywood glamour in a shoot by famed photographer Mario Testino for next month’s issue of Vanity Fair. While the photo shoot is lovely, the interview inside, not so much. The article begins like this : [Simpson's] record sales, which peaked in 2003 when [Newlyweds] was in its prime, have fallen ever since — [her] country album sold fewer than 200,000 copies. Her movies: Blonde Ambition grossed $1,771 on its opening weekend; followed by Major Movie Star, which went straight to DVD, where it sank without a trace like a wounded ocean liner. In short, it’s been a bad time for Jessica Simpson: flop, flop, country flop, fat picture. She didn’t want to talk about her weight, so, of course, that’s all I could think of: What are you working on now [that you’re fat]?

Excerpt from:
S.S. Jessica Simpson in Vanity Fair

You may bleach and dye and straighten the girl until she doesn’t really look black anymore, but you can never take away her desire for over-the-top, showy clothes and bling-bling. If it doesn’t have sequins and a mermaid hem, then it has a train that requires its own handler (see Toby adjusting it below?) I think I saw this dress on a Bob Mackie for Barbie dress back in the 80’s. Do you girls remember those? Those were so ridiculously awesome

See the original post here: 
Beyonce is Demure

Hey peeps, it’s Sonya today and I’m taking you to Funkytown. It’s a quaint little village on the continent of Zac Efron , island of Greasy Face. I do want to warn you, you might find the villagers to be a coarse lot, with lots of belching up of yellow fluid and scratching of crotches, hence the overall inflamed appearance. Today’s forecast includes a douchey cover of beanie, and by the looks of the neighboring orbiting body, a chance of white facial showers. Enjoy your stay, but watch your back

View post: 
Not So Pretty Boy

Howard Stern aired what was supposedly “raw board feed” of Beyonce screeching and mewing through a Today show performance last year on his Sirius radio show yesterday. Unfortunately, the whole thing was revealed to be a hoax today (the guy who made it offers his explanation after the jump), but of course, Beyonce’s insufferable asswipe of a father still had to get in his two cents. Matthew Knowles told Access Hollywood “If no one took the time to look at the biggest Inauguration in the history of America then shame on them. If no one took the time to listen to Beyonce sing ‘America the Beautiful’ and ‘At Last’ at the Neighborhood Ball for the first dance of President Obama and the First Lady, and they question Beyonce’s vocal ability, they’ve gotta be an idiot

Here is the original:
That’s Not Beyonce After All