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Robert Pattinson has a critically acclaimed movie (Cosmopolis) coming out this summer. And as he leaves the Twilight saga behind, he has four words for you: …
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Any by that we mean he can’t stop using you to garner a little attention for himself.

It’s been two years since his divorce from Katie Price, yet the memory of Peter Andre’s marriage to her haunts his memories still. Peter was a guest on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories this weekend, and he opened up about how their relationship has scarred him for life.

He explained:

“I think that’s what hurts the most about what went wrong a few years ago. Because I’d just come from the worst place in my life. I’m not blaming anybody, but when I finally found happiness (with Price), it was the first time I’d felt good. I felt good about everything. I think that’s probably why I’ve never been able to (move on)… I’ve moved on in leaps and bounds in one way but in another way I’m still a bit tortured inside.”

Yes, breakups can be difficult.

But c’mon! Time to move on! This tortured soul bit isn’t really going to get you anywhere. Let’s try a different angle to get your career started again, okay?

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•Holy Twilight! First pictures of Renesmee revealed! (Lainey Gossip)

•If you want to throw-up your breakfast, look at these photos of Octomom pleasuring herself. (Celeb Dirty Gossip)

•Check out this photo gallery of celebrities who have changed dramatically for movie roles! (Celebuzz)

•Father’s Day=Merry D.I.L.F Day (The Stir)

•Everyone calm down, for once Kim Kardashian wasn’t trying to get attention. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)

•Emily Maynard is engaged!! It better be to Jeff or Arie, or I will not be a happy camper! (Have U Heard)

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Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart’s 2-year-old daughter Billie Beatrice may not have been too excited at first about being a big sister to the couple’s now…

After enjoying an afternoon outing with her son Xander earlier this week, actress January Jones headed out and about solo on June 13.

The blonde beauty was spotted in LA yesterday, where it looked like she had a few errands to run. Once she parked her car and made her way out of the parking lot, January wandered around town for a bit.

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We had some criticisms for ABC Family’s new dance series Bunheads for its inaccuracies about the lives of young aspiring ballerinas, but it turns out that’s not the only aspect of the show being criticized as unrealistic. Just a few minutes into the show’s pilot on Monday night, Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes tweeted,

Hey @abcfbunheads: really? You couldn’t cast even ONE young dancer of color so I could feel good about my kid watching this show? NOT ONE?

If anyone were going to speak out about the show being pretty whitewashed, of course it would be Rhimes. It’s almost too fitting, like she’s become the poster child for a TV show that uses colorblind casting. Because what struck me as the weirdest aspect of this beginning Twitter feud was that Rhimes challenged a fellow female showrunner—Amy Sherman-Palladino, whose groundbreaking series Gilmore Girls was at its peak while Shonda was writing the screenplay for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.

I’d rather see Rhimes more supportive of someone whose work helped pave the way for Grey’s Anatomy to hit airwaves in 2005. After getting some flak from Twitter followers, she clarified,

I did love seeing girls of all shapes and sizes. That was great. Am a huge Gilmore Girls fan. Just pointing out one issue…

Of course, yes, we also don’t want a show where the only characters who “deserve” names and conflicts and dance sequences are white. I have to agree with Zap2it that showrunners are in a position of power where they should be more sensitive to presenting the most heterogenous cast possible: People of color, differently-abled folks, LGBT characters, etc. It’s that line between oblivious whitewashing and painfully obvious token casting, and knowing when it’s appropriate for a character to actually be white or some other privileged type.

Then again, Shonda Rhimes herself is in that position of power. Wouldn’t her smartest move to be to write those kinds of role models for her kids? To be fair, her kids are both under the age of 10 (I believe), so there’s nothing for them in Grey’s Anatomy right now. But it’s likely that she’ll have moved on to a new show by the time her older child is a preteen, so maybe she should try her hand at some age-appropriate (and colorblind) material.

Amy Sherman-Palladino doesn’t have a Twitter, so it was on ABC Family to respond to Rhimes tweet; so far, they’ve instead tweeted about other programming like Pretty Little Liars and have reblogged positive reviews. Typical social media work, sure, but I expected them to jump on this with some sort of statement.

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Related posts:

• Why Cast Cameron From Ferris Bueller’s Day Off In Bunheads If You’re Just Going To Kill Him Off?
• A Real Dancer’s Take On Bunheads
• In The Bunheads Preview, Sutton Foster Has So Much Broadway Charisma That I’m Literally Uncomfortable
• Video: This Kid Raps In 11 Different Accents, Comments On Racial Stereotypes
• Lena Dunham Finally Addresses The Racial Backlash To Girls

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