A girl can't be too careful these days: Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen recently revealed that she carries around a knife for protection—or to help her chill. "I have my favorite black knife with me all the time," Momsen confessed last week on a British morning show. "It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it." Later in the interview, Momsen, who wore torn leggings, admitted that she once "flew from New York to Los Angeles and still had a couple of knives in my purse. I thought I took them all out but they got tucked up in the folds. I went through security, took them on the plane, opened my bag to get my wallet in L.A. and they fell out. I was like: Holy shit!"
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Some actresses prefer tattoos with Sanskrit or Hebrew or Latin. But when Mamma Mia star Amanda Seyfried got inked on her foot, she chose a little English slang. Stamped on her left instep is the word "minge," which refers to a woman's pubic hair. "It's to make me laugh, and every time I look at it, I do," Seyfried told Chelsea Handler about the word she claims is also her nickname.
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Miley Cyrus was taped getting down on the dance floor last summer with 44-year-old Hairspray director Adam Shankman. Shankman, who is gay, received a " graphic lap dance" from Cyrus, who was 16 at the time. But her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, defends his daughter's performance: "It's what people her age do."
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Lindsay Lohan's wild antics once made for punchlines, but lately it's gotten so prevalent that even her father, Michael—no role model himself—has asked a judge to force her to go to rehab. The 23-year-old actress, who recently signed on to play legendary porn star Linda Lovelace, might also be facing jail time for violating the parole terms of a 2007 DUI charge. The starlet must attend alcohol education classes every seven days, and she's reportedly been delinquent in attending her classes. Lohan is due back in court on May 20.
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Hills star Heidi Montag called the police on her mother last week after the two began feuding over Montag's many plastic surgeries—her mother does not approve. "My mom showed up unannounced to my house when she knows I have no interest in seeing or talking with her," the 23-year-old told People magazine. "She tore my heart out on national television. She is just trying to create drama in my life."
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Even the good girls show their bad side now and then. Danica McKellar, the actress who played Fred Savage's love interest on the hit 1980s show The Wonder Years, appeared in Maxim's June Hot 100 magazine. In classic Maxim style, McKellar—now 35 and appearing in Iron Man 2—is stripped down to show off her grown-up body. "I've always been really cautious about guys who have a Winnie Cooper fantasy," she said of her TV alter ego. "And I'm so glad about that."
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Who needs a cellphone anyway? After throwing hers on the ground, Kristen Cavallari certainly won't be using hers. The 23-year-old Hills star reportedly got into a drunk screaming match last week with a brunette who was flirting with her ex-boyfriend, Brody Jenner, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. Later that night, when Jenner ignored Cavallari, the phone hit the floor and more screaming ensued.
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After celebrating the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Bristol Palin was seen blowing off a little steam at the New York nightclub 1Oak. "Bristol was there around 1 a.m. with friends," a partygoer recounted. "She was trying to have fun, but she looked like she was terrified that people would recognize her and start gawking. It seems like she couldn't even relax." After a day of promoting her good-girl image, it might make sense to be a little anxious.
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Courtney Love always has to top her meltdowns: She has now made it impossible to be in a confined space with her. At London's Heathrow Airport, Love started repacking her luggage and harassed her assistant at the top of her lungs. The high-pitch screaming continued on the flight, where Love yelled to her assistant from first class all the way to coach. The crisis? Love needed her assistant to bring her a charger for her Kindle.
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