Ariana Grande Kisses Victorious Co-Star Elizabeth Gillies

The pop star recently shared a more intimate moment from her Victorious reunion with Elizabeth Gillies, an Instagram video of the former co-stars sharing a smooch on the lips! In the vid, Gillies says, "It has to be pretty, though" before counting down to her lip lock with Ari.
The kiss doesn't last for long, as both beauties immediately start cracking up with laughter at the blink-and-you-missed-it peck.
The "One Last Time" songstress insists the private get-together was never supposed to end up on the interwebs, writing, "my favorite video of all time @lizgillz. (p.s. this was totally posted by accident)."

While the jury's still out on that one (Grande has never been too shy on social media), don't go fueling relationship rumors about these two.
Grande and Gillies have been best friends long before their careers took off, starring in the Nickelodeon sitcom together for four seasons and previously in the 2008 musical 13.
Elizabeth, who's currently shaking things up on FX's Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, told People that Grande is "like blood" to the brunette bombshell, adding, "She's like my sister. So unless we have a massive falling out, nothing will be happening there. We lived together, I've known her since what feels like the beginning of time."

Source : http://www.eonline.com/news/703541/ariana-grande-kisses-victorious-co-star-elizabeth-gillies-watch-now

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Shaquille O'Neal Crams Into a Phone Booth with a Gazillion People While Playing a Game Against Hugh Jackman on The Tonight Show

Shaquille O'Neal probably just wants to stick to using his cell phone from now on.

The 7'1" former basketball MVP charmingly battled back claustrophobia as he was pitted against Hugh Jackman in a competitive game of Phone Booth on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Monday.

Phone Booth's rules are simple: Step into your phone booth, answer it when it rings and try to correctly answer the trivia question Fallon delivers you. A right answer earns cheers and another person added to your opponent's booth, while a wrong answer forces another person into your booth.

As you might imagine, the sight of O'Neal, 43, alone in a phone booth is funny enough – but the Gold Bond pitchman didn't hang out solo for long.

After Jackman, 46, deftly answered his first question correctly – accurately declaring that Finland is indeed the country that invented the sauna – O'Neal was joined in his booth by none other than Jeopardy host Alex Trebek.

"You have to close the door?!" Trebek said as Fallon shut the two in together, leaving the Canadian native with no choice but to cuddle up to the towering star.

But the game-show host proved to be a helpful partner when Fallon posed his question to O'Neal – who logically answered his phone with the word "Shallo" – when asked to name the largest bone in the human body.

Trebek whispered "femur" and when O'Neal repeated the answer to Fallon, it was deemed correct, which forced a member of the Blue Man Group into the booth with the Pan star.

A couple rounds later and Jackman proved that he knows his trivia, which meant that O'Neal's booth got pretty crazy crowded. By the end, O'Neal had The Blacklist's Megan Boone, the Property Brothers twins and even the Mets mascot vying for space in his overstuffed phone booth.

Not quite sure how everyone fit? Watch the video above – and be glad the days of searching for a comfortable phone booth are just about over.

Source : http://www.people.com/article/hugh-jackman-vs-shaquille-oneal-phone-booth-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon

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Caitlyn Jenner goes glam for Point Foundation Gala presentation

Reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner looked every bit the power-dresser while presenting an award at the Point Foundation Voices on Point Gala in Los Angeles, over the weekend.

The 65-year-old I Am Cait star presented the Horizon Award to Zach Zyskowski, a producer on the ABC Family docu-series Becoming Us, and Rhys Ernst, co-producer of Amazon's Transparent.

Jenner, who transitioned earlier this year, wore a plunging red pantsuit and joked with the crowd about the perils of walking in heels during her presentation.

The star later shared a photo of herself and the award recipients, congratulating the pair on their work within the LGBT community.

Source : http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/72700014/caitlyn-jenner-goes-glam-for-point-foundation-gala-presentation

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Rihanna was 'very protective' of ex Chris Brown

In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, singer Rihanna has spoken out about breaking away from her turbulent relationship with Chris Brown.

The 27-year-old star spoke candidly spoken out about their break-up and how she felt about their relationship.

Brown, who is slated to perform here later in the year pending visa issues, assaulted Rihanna, his then partner, in 2009 following a pre-Grammys party. Despite efforts to reconcile in 2012, the pair officially ended their relationship not long after the highly-publicised assault.

"I was that girl, that girl who felt that as much pain as this relationship is, maybe some people are built stronger than others," Rihanna said in Vanity Fair's November issue.

"Maybe I'm one of those people built to handle s--t like this. Maybe I'm the person who's almost the guardian angel to this person, to be there when they're not strong enough, when they're not understanding the world, when they just need someone to encourage them in a positive way and say the right thing."

The American Oxygen singer goes on to admit she thought she could "change" Brown.

"I was very protective of him. I felt that people didn't understand him. Even after... But you know, you realise after a while that in that situation you're the enemy".

Despite "caring about" her ex-partner, Rihanna admits the pair do not speak or have any kind of relationship at present.

Source : http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/72768029/rihanna-was-very-protective-of-ex-chris-brown.html

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Inside Dancing with the Stars Pro Witney Carson's 'Beautiful' Beachside Marriage Proposal

Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Witney Carson never saw it coming – her fiancé's proposal, that is.

"I didn’t even know that he was in town," Carson says of her husband-to-be, Carson Mcallister, who proposed on Saturday. "I thought he was back in Utah. His sisters and I were just taking pictures and I look over and he's on the beach surrounded by candles."

Carson, 21, says Mcallister had constructed a "little fort of sand" covered by a white canopy in Manhattan Beach, California, and had music playing.

"It was really beautiful," she says. "Then our song ["Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" by Billy Currington] came on and he knelt down, took out a seashell and opened it – that's where my ring was."

But even though Carson had no idea the proposal was coming, her DWTS partner Carlos PenaVega was fully aware of what was in store for her Saturday.

"Carson was talking to me to make sure she'd be out of rehearsal in time," PenaVega says of being approached by Carson's fiancé a week before the proposal.

PenaVega says he hopes to deejay at the upcoming wedding, which Carson plans to be full of her DWTS co-stars – including her season 19 mirror ball-winning partner Alfonso Ribeiro.

"I'm going to have Alfonso's son be the ring bearer," Carson says. "They're so special to me and I just want family around."

Included in that family is her lifelong friend Lindsay Arnold, who will serve as maid of honor.

"I was her maid of honor, so I think I need to return the favor or else she'll be really mad," Carson jokes.

Arnold says she's "excited" about Carson's engagement, but she thinks it was good that she wasn't informed ahead of time like PenaVega.

"I knew it was coming, but I didn’t know exactly when and I think it's because I would have maybe screwed it up and said something like, 'Make sure you look good today' or something," Arnold says. "I would have blown it, so I think it was best that they didn't tell me the exact timing."

Source : http://www.people.com/article/inside-witney-carson-beautiful-beachside-proposal

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RHOC star Vicki Gunvalson claims she is '100 percent' done with ex boyfriend Brooks Ayers amid 'fake' cancer drama

Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen said he believes they will be reconciling in the near future.
But Vicki Gunvalson channeled her inner-Taylor Swift as she claims she is never ever getting back together with Brooks Ayers.
The 53-year-old reality star took to a live internet broadcast on Sunday as she answered questions from fans and ultimately put the big kibosh on a possible reunion with the businessman.

Vicki took to Periscope over the weekend when she was asked if she and Brooks will ever get back together as she answered: 'I’m done with Brooks.
'100 percent. I’ll never, ever be back with Brooks.'
The answer seems to be very clear even after the 47-year-old host Cohen said he thinks the former couple will get back together in the near future during a Q&A with fans on the Bravo website.

'I’m done with Brooks': The 53-year-old reality star put the big kibosh on her relationship with Brooks Ayers as she explained: '100 percent. I’ll never, ever be back with Brooks'

Back in the day: The Real Housewives Of Orange County star revealed the big news about the couple splitting on her Facebook in August, as they were pictured together at an event in Hollywood back in May 2012


'I think they'll be back together after the reunion, personally,' answered Andy. 'I think they break up and get back together.'Brooks and Vicki released a joint statement back in August as she wrote on her Facebook: 'After much prayer, thought, counseling, and consideration, we have decided to end our four year relationship.' 'We both wish nothing but a great future for each other. We have come to realize that one can indeed love someone in their heart, but that the time may come for their lives to take separate paths.' 

Source : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3262326/RHOC-star-Vicki-Gunvalson-claims-100-percent-ex-boyfriend-Brooks-Ayers-amid-fake-cancer-drama.html

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Steve Rannazzisi speaks out in first public statement since admitting 9/11 lie: 'It wasn't calculated at all'

Comedian Steve Rannazzisi said his infamous lie about surviving 9/11 started as a throwaway line that he didn't correct because he wanted people to like him.

In his first public appearance since admitting to a years-long fabrication about escaping from the Twin Towers, the 37-year-old star of "The League" told Howard Stern on Tuesday that his deception "wasn't calculated at all." Rather, an inexplicable lie he uttered to fellow open mic comics at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles — where he moved immediately after 9/11 — snowballed into years of rehashing the falsities on several podcasts, radio and television interviews.

"You have like, 15 seconds, I think, to kind of go, 'Wait, hold on, stop, I'm sorry. That's not true,'" he said. "And if you pass that 15 seconds … now I have to be the guy who was very strange and weird and just said I lied about 9/11."

The lie stemmed from a desire to be accepted by his new comedic peers on the West Coast, Rannazzisi told Stern.

"I kind of was like, 'Maybe now people will not be as mean to me or not make as many jokes about me," he said.

"I truly in all of my heart wish that I had that voice that I feel like I have now. That said, 'Hey man, take a breath. Relax. People are going to like you … Don't need to lie about that; take that back.'"

Rannazzisi had long claimed to have escaped from his Merrill Lynch office on the 54th floor of the south tower, attributing his decision to pursue comedy to the harrowing experience. In fact, he was working in Midtown that day and had no association with the investment firm.

His wife, who had worked in the World Financial Center downtown, had no choice but to go along with the lies, he told Stern.

The actor owned up to his fibs when confronted by the New York Times, releasing a contrite statement that the newspaper published Sept. 16, as well as a string of disjointed tweets.

Buffalo Wild Wings pulled its TV spots featuring Rannazzisi in the aftermath. Following a period of deliberation, Comedy Central decided to move forward with airing his "Breaking Dad" special on Sept. 19.

The comedian told Stern that his family, friends and "League" co-stars have been forgiving. His two young children are unaware, he said, but he plans to explain his actions to them someday.

"If I was your kid, when you have to discipline them and you say, 'Hey, go clean your room,' and they're going to go, 'Hey, you lied about 9/11 — go f--- yourself!'" Stern said.

Rannazzisi, who went radio silent after his Sept. 16 confession, said he had wanted to come on "The Howard Stern Show" because its host and audience are "personified with New York."

"Those are the people that truly, in my heart, I feel awful," he told Stern. "That my dumb mistake created a story that just hit a wound that should never have been touched."

Source : http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/steve-rannazzisi-talks-howard-stern-9-11-lie-article-1.2387330

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