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Rihanna's Good Morning America Interview: Part II

In case you missed it this morning, the second part of what's aired on GMA the past two days, after the jump.

Rihanna's Good Morning America Interview: Going Back To Brown Wasn't Right

Finally, Rihanna has spoken out about her abuse at the hands of Chris Brown, saying, among other things, she was embarrassed that she'd fallen in love with someone like him, and wishes she hadn't gone back to him after the assault. Video after the jump.

The Famous Faces of Domestic Abuse

The Internet is abuzz this week with news of Rhianna's 20/20 and Good Morning America interviews (Jodi also wrote about Rhianna speaking out about her domestic violence experience here), the ones she's giving in conjunction with the release of her new album, Rated R. Now, on the eve of those media appearances, a few additional people are speaking out about what specifically happened to Rhianna and about domestic violence in general.

Ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean's Lawsuit Settled

Carrie Prejean sued the Miss USA Organization.  The Miss USA Organization sued Carrie Prejean.  A joint statement released earlier this week said Prejean and the organizers of the pageant reached a confidential settlement on the lawsuits.  Too bad.  I so wanted Carrie's 15 minutes of fame to continue.  

Rihanna Speaking Out About Assault

 Rihanna is finally speaking out about her assault by Chris Brown.  She is on the cover of this month's Glamour magazine as Glamour's 2009 Woman of the Year and will also be on Good Morning America and 20/20 this week.  I'm so glad she is not letting Chris Brown have the final word.

Jon Gosselin Confesses His Sin In Temple

Um, who is Jewish?  Aren't the Gosselins Christian Evangelists?  Why is Jon consulting with celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteachand and confessing his sins at New York City's West Side Jewish Center?  

Nicole Richie Gets Restraining Orders Against Two Paparazzi

Two paparazzi have been temporarily ordered to stay 100 yards away from Nicole Richie and her children.  As a mom, I cannot imagine having to get a restraining order to protect my children, who are babies.  One of which is 6 weeks old, and the other is 21 months. 

Jon Gosselin Wants Protection For Children In Reality Shows: Really?

I've discussed before how children in reality shows aren't really protected because child labor laws don't apply.  Kate Gosselin's brother and sister in law were on CBS' The Early Show earlier in the week with fame whore, oh I'm sorry, "child welfare advocate" Gloria Allred discussing this issue.  Clip is after the jump.

Courtney Love's Twitter Lawsuit Rolls On

Courtney Love's motion to dismiss her Twitter defamation lawsuit was denied earlier this week.  You remember this one right?

Gosselins Resolve Money Issue, Maybe

Well, Jon and Kate were told to settle their monetary issues, and it seems like they did.  They were in court today to discuss who stole the cookie from the cookie jar, and all seems simpatico in Gosselin land.  Or not.  Who knows with those two?

Balloon Boy's Mom Confesses to Hoax

Well, well, so I was right.  In a signed affidavit, Mayumi Heene, the mother of "Balloon Boy," admitted the whole nonsense was a hoax in order to get the family more media attention for a reality show.  Dad still isn't talking.

TMZ's Records In Mel Gibson Case Subpoenaed

Los Angeles authorities filed a search warrant seeking TMZ's bank records.  Investigators are trying to uncover who leaked the sherrif's report of Mel Gibson's drunk driving arrest to them.

Big Brother Winner Arrested

I have never seen a minute of Big Brother and have no idea who Adam Jasinski is.  But, is winning a CBS reality show a one way ticket to the slammer?

New Anti-Paparazzi Law To Take Effect In January 2010

Could it be?  No more car chases? No more shots of stars with babies?  Watching those babies turn into toddlers? No more shots of stars going to Starbucks?  Whatever will we do for entertainment?

John Mayer and the "Hang In There!" Motivational Poster Kitten with Sides of Courtney Love and Scott Baio

John Mayer bugged me on Twitter this morning, and not for the usual reasons he bugs me, like that time he told me too much about his penis or the thousand times he has made lamesauce jokes. I should probably just stop reading his Twitter feed, but like with Courtney Love and her translator, Courtney Translated, I keep going back to witness him in 140 characters or less.

Balloon Boy Saga Ends In Criminal Charges

 
So here's the thing.  I actually missed the whole balloon boy saga.  I was busy at my real life day job and got on twitter that night and was all huh?  Balloon boy?  WTF? 

So, for those of you like me, here is the two second recap: The Heene family, who had previously appeared on Wife Swap, which immediately brings their judgment into question, reported that their 6 year old son floated away in an inflatable helium flying saucer like thingie.  The nation and twitter becomes riveted.  Except: not so much.  Child was found hiding in a cardboard box in the rafters of the family's garage.

At first the public sentiment was "those poor parents, they thought their kid floated away and he was in the garage?  That is terrible."  And then it turned to "um, that doesn't really make sense."  And now it is at "LIARS.  HOAX.  CHARGE THEM."

And that is where we now are.

Everybody Stop and Watch This: More on Roman Polanski

I think Mamapop's own Snarky Amber wrote beautifully on the Roman Polanski case, and I could never, nor would I attempt to, say it better. 

But really, in case anyone still isn't sure why this was rape, or why we should care about it, watch the video after the jump.