Toddlers, tiaras and tattoos ... oh my!

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Most people would agree that something about TLC's show Toddlers and Tiaras is just fundamentally wrong.

Three-year-old girls strut down a runway wearing caked on make up and bikinis. Their mothers live vicariously through them, and contestants often feel pressured to succumb to society's ideals of beauty (See a girl about 4-years-old forced to wax her eyebrows below).

But the show's a hit. Why? Well, it's like that bad traffic accident on the interstate. Nobody can look away, and often times I think we can relate.

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Hilton storms out of interview after barrage of tricky questions

 
Good Morning America has struck again.

This time reality star Paris Hilton was its victim. The hotel chain heiress sat down in late July with GMA’s Don Harris to discuss her television series “The World According to Paris.”

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Writers blazed through True Blood episode with vamp speed

I’ll just go ahead and say it.

Last night’s True Blood was too damn short! Houston Chronicle’s Nathan Venz hit the nail on the head in his review. Perhaps, he said, the reason each episode seems so short this season is because Alan Ball has created far too many storylines for viewers to keep track of.

I agree. While the 5 billion (I exaggerate) plots may morph into one, something is seriously wrong if the show’s main character (telepath Sookie Stackhouse) has only 10 minutes of screen time throughout the 45-minute show.

Here’s all you need to know about “I'm Alive and on Fire.”

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Youtube, Twitter continue to blur lines between celebrities and citizens

Three marines in recent weeks have posted YouTube videos demanding Hollywood's hottest back up their patriotic claims by sacrificing a night of walking the red carpet to accompany them to the marine Corps Ball. 


I sense a trend here.

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"Heads will roll" if Bill angst doesn't end, True Blood fans say

Remember that infamous scene on HBO's break out hit show Game of Thrones where Jeoffrey threatens his betrothed Sansa with the spiked head of her father? Of course you do. First off, it wasn't too long ago. Secondly, it was epic.

Now, fans of director Alan Ball's series True Blood are joining Jeoffrey in his menacing. They say they'll be unhappy if season four doesn't deliver the show's main character, telepath Sookie Stackhouse, out from under her angst-filled relationship with vampire Bill, which has dominated the past three 12-episode seasons.

WARNING: The following post may contain spoilers for those who have yet to watch the first two episodes of True Blood's fourth season. 

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