● Could it be? The DailyBeast reports that a money dispute between the Simpson's voice actors and Fox studio execs might mean the end of the longest running American sitcom. D'oh! [DailyBeast] ● Justin Bieber's swagger coach, Ryan Good, is relinquishing his duties with Biebs in order "to pursue some of his dreams." Swaggerific dreams, presumably. [PopEater] ● The NFL was forced to kick off without the iconic "Are You Ready For Some Football?" jingle for the first time in many, many Mondays, after singer Hank William Jr. went ahead and compared President Obama to Hitler during an interview on Fox and Friends. [NYP]
● Until her makeup artist explained that it was offensive, Rihanna says she used to use the "c-word" like "it was nothing." "When I first came here, I was saying it like it was nothing, like, 'Hey, cunt,' until my make-up artist finally had to tell me to stop," she explains. "I just never know." [Us] ● Maybe you would like to read the first three chapters of Playground, 50 Cent's semi-autobiographical YA novel about a bully named Butterball? EW's got 'em. [EW] ● In a forthcoming interview with Vanity Fair, Johnny Depp likens having his picture taken to sexual assault. "“Well, you just feel like you’re being raped somehow," he says. "It feels like a kind of weird -- just weird, man." [Page Six]


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