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Ariana Grande Wants to Be More Like Miley Cyrus
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Ariana Grande wishes she was as confident as Miley Cyrus.
The "Right There" singer is a huge fan of the controversial singer's raunchy antics - such as appearing naked in her "Wrecking Ball" video or twerking up against Robin Thicke at last year's MTV Video Music Awards - and thinks she brings something interesting to pop.
"I think she's dope, I think she's a rock star, I think she's expressing herself, and there's nothing wrong with adding a little fun into pop culture. I wish I had enough confidence to get naked and sit on a wrecking ball. If you had her body, you'd be on that ball right with her," she said.
Ariana also defended pop bad boy Justin Bieber after he was arrested for drink driving, resisting arrest and drag racing in Miami, Florida in the early hours of Thursday morning: "I think it's really serious. I've seen tweets of people making fun of the mugshot and all this stuff, and it's so ignorant. It's got to a point where I just want him to be okay. It's this very serious thing. It's not just like a kid who's, you know screwing around, it's dangerous. It's very serious and upsetting." Ariana, 20, also said she felt the troubled young star is lonely despite his vast popularity, adding, "He's the most visible and yet isolated human being I've ever met."
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Jennifer Lawrence Hates Hollywood Weight Pressure
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Jennifer Lawrence won't lose weight for her career. The Hunger Games actress hates the pressure in Hollywood for female stars to conform to an ideal of beauty and be a certain size and she refuses to be made to feel overweight for eating normally.
"Oh god, yes, I'm so tired of the lollipops. I mean, if I looked like that I wouldn't be tired of it, obviously, but it's hilarious, the way I'm supposedly the overweight one. Like, they (the paparazzi) got me at the movies yesterday and the caption read something like, 'Curvy star cannot wait to dig into a tub of popcorn.' I mean come on! I'm just a normal girl who likes to eat! At least they got me using my hands," she ranted.
The 22-year-old blonde beauty takes the responsibility of playing teen idol Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games very seriously and wants to be a good role model to her fans, but admitted she has little in common with her tough on-screen alter-ego and is far from a natural leader in real life. "I guess people expect that of me, and if I had to kill something for survival, maybe I would and yeah, maybe I was a tomboy when I was growing up. But I'm definitely a girl now... Of course, there's a responsibility I'm aware of. In one sense, luckily, it comes naturally because I can't stay out beyond midnight. I don't really have an exciting life. But if you mean, am I natural leader? No. I just appear that way," she told British Vogue.
Eva Longoria Admires Angelina Jolie
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Eva Longoria admires Angelina Jolie for her charity work.
The former Desperate Housewives actress has nothing but respect for the Changeling star for the humanitarian work she does as a UN Special Envoy and the charitable acts she and her fiance Brad Pitt carry out. Eva insists Angelina is an inspiration to her and many others: "I admire her [Angelina]. She does the work. She's not just a spokesperson; she is a hard worker and she gets it done. She is authentically tied to the causes she cares about and she knows so much. She is so knowledgeable of the world situation, so everything I am an advocate for."
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Michelle Obama Wishes She Was Beyonce
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The First Lady of the United States says that if she wasn't heading the White House in Washington D.C with American President Barack Obama, she would love to be a music artist.
"Gosh, if I had some gift, I'd be Beyonce. I'd be some great singer," she told People.
Michelle made the claim in a new interview with the magazine when asked if there was any celebrity or world figure with whom she'd switch lives: "The power of music, being able to play an instrument... It looks like musicians just have the most fun."
Her complimentary comments come over a month after Beyonce published a note praising the mother of Malia and Sasha. The "Love On Top" singer described her as a role model for her daughter with Jay-Z, Blue Ivy Carter, and said the politician's wife is "the ultimate example of a truly strong African-American woman."
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Beyonce Praises Michelle Obama
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Beyonce Knowles is thrilled her daughter Blue Ivy Carter has a role model like Michelle Obama.
The "Halo" singer has penned an open letter to the First Lady, praising her for her achievements and for being "humble, loving and sincere," and said she is proud her three-month-old child with husband Jay-Z has someone like Michelle to look up to.
"Michelle is the ultimate example of a truly strong African American woman. She is a caring mother, she's a loving wife, while at the same time, she is the First Lady!!!! No matter the pressure, and the stress of being under the microscope -- she's humble, loving, and sincere. She builds and nurtures her family, while also looking out for so many millions in so many ways," she wrote in a posting on Beyonce.com.
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Jared Leto Doesn’t Want to Be Your Role Model
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Jared Leto insists that he isn’t a role model to his fans - and doesn’t want to be.
The musician-and-actor thinks it’s absurd that artists are automatically expected to set standards for their young followers and he insists he doesn’t feel any pressure to behave in a certain way. Instead, he thinks it should be enough for his fans to be inspired by the success he and his brother Shannon Leto have achieved with their band 30 Seconds to Mars, despite their poor upbringing.
“I can do whatever the f**k I want. I have no responsibility to uphold an image. I don’t subscribe to the notion the artist is a role model by default. Look to the idea that you could be a poor white-trash kid and along with your brother put one foot in front of the other and make your dream come true. That’s the lesson. It’s not if I failed here and there with my life, or made mistakes. To have to keep secrets would be pointless.”
Although he spends a lot of time with his brother on the road, he insists they have a fantastic relationship, unlike other music-making siblings. “It’s not an Oasis situation, it’s great! Me and my brother were just two poor, white-trash kids from Louisiana and clawed our way up the muddy banks of the Mississippi with food stamps in one hand and our instruments in the other,” Jared, 38, explained to Elle.
Taylor Momsen is No Role Model
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Gossip Girl actress-turned-musician Taylor Momsen doesn’t care what people think of her.
The 17-year-old star has been criticized in the past for her provocative outfits and outrageous behavior, but she insists she isn’t bothered by any of it as she is just being true to herself.
“It’s about owning it no matter what anyone says. This is who I am and this is who I am going to be. It’s about every girl being true to themselves.”
Taylor has previously said she has “no interest” in being a role model after she was slated for being pictured smoking when she was 16:
“I smoke, so what? Why do people give a s**t what a 16-year-old girl who they’ve never met does? It’s not like I’m sitting there going, ‘Kids, you should go buy a pack of cigarettes.’ When I walk outside with a cigarette and someone takes a picture of it and puts it on the internet, it’s not my problem. I’m just living my life and I’m not gonna live my life for other people. I don’t read that crap that describes me as having an attitude, but I don’t know why that’s a bad thing. I didn’t get into this to be a role model for seven-year-olds. I have no interest in doing that. If parents don’t like some of the stuff I do then they shouldn’t let their kids watch me.”