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Vanessa Hudgens reveals reason behind new butterfly tattoo
Vanessa Hudgens reveals reason behind new butterfly tattoo. Vanessa Hudgens, who stars in the box office hit “Beastly,” has revealed the personal reason behind her first tattoo. During an appearance last week on “Late Show with David Letterman” in New York City to promote the film, the former “High School Musical” star said she feels like a “bada**” for going under the needle. “It was very last minute, but I’ve actually wanted it for years,” she said. “It’s my very first tattoo. I kind of feel like a bada** now.” The 22-year-old actress said she headed to a tattoo parlor in New York last month and left with a large butterfly inked on the back of her neck. Hudgens told the late night host the butterfly comes from a story her mother told her. “A butterfly landed on my mom’s stomach a week before I was born and that’s how I got my name, because Vanessa means butterfly - it’s a Latin derivative.” The 2008 Teen Choice Awards-winner went on to say she dated, “the smallest and skinniest kid in sixth grade” and eventually moved on to guys like Zac Efron. But the actress revealed that Effron, whom she dated for years before ending their much-publicized romance in 2010, may have been too “vain” for her. “I like the dorks,” she explained. “I know some guys that are more vain than girls, especially in this business. It’s annoying.”
Miley Cyrus pokes fun of Justin Bieber, Lindsay Lohan and herself on “SNL”
Former “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus did a “pretty cool” job over the weekend as host of “Saturday Night Live,” where she poked fun of Justin Bieber, Lindsay Lohan and Fergie, of the Black Eyed Peas. In the opening monologue, the 18-year-old broke to a song “I’m Sorry I’m Not Perfect.” The 18-year-old addressed some of the controversies around her life in a song, “I’m Sorry I’m Not Perfect,” which she crooned during the opening monologue Saturday. “There’s a photo of me dressed like a dude, and Annie Leibovitz tried to get me nude,” she sang. “I didn’t make a dirty tape, and pass it along. Didn’t text a dirty picture of my dong. Don’t both of these things seem worse than a bong?” In a skit called “The Miley Cyrus Show,” cast member Vanessa Bayer kept her impression of Cyrus while the real Disney Channel star appeared as Justin Bieber. Laughter could be heard from the audience when Bayer’s Miley confessed about smoking Salvia, referring to a recent leaked video of Cyrus using a bong to inhale the natural herb. Miley as Bieber said, “Well there’s no reason that you wouldn’t. Beause it’s totally legal, you!” The “Party in the U.S.A.” singer then channeled Fergie in a hilarious skit that featured Kenan Thompson as Apl.De.Ap and Andy Samberg as Taboo, both from the musical group Black Eyed Peas. Cyrus then donned a blonde wig to appear as Lohan in “SNL” Bill Hader’s spoof of Charlie Sheen’s real live-stream webcast, “Sheen’s Komer.” Hader’s Sheen, who interviews “winning” guests, also included Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and controversial fashion designer John Galliano. When asked what she was up to these days, Cyrus as Lohan replied, “”My new movie Herbie opened 68 months ago and the Los Angeles Court House just gave me my own parking spot, Winning! Duh!”
Gayle King invites America
The wallpaper in Gayle King’s Manhattan apartment may look like any 17th Century French-inspired design. But take a closer look, and you’ll find something surprising.
On thursday’s episode of “The Nate Berkus Show,” Oprah Winfrey’s best friend invited cameras into her freshly decorated apartment, where the wallpaper in the galley kitchen depicts African-American life in rural and urban areas. Created by interior designer Sheila Bridges, the yellow print called “Harlem Toile de Jouy” shows satirical scenes of African-Americans playing basketball and listening to a boombox. “Yellow is my favorite color,” King said. “I don’t believe that you can be surrounded by yellow and be unhappy.” When Berkus asked, “What story does your home tell?” King remembered an advice the host once told her. “I forgot where we were…you, me, Oprah. Someplace we were talking, and you said ‘Your home should be a reflection of you.’ So, I can travel all around the world, all around the country and see homes that are bigger than mine, nicer than mine, but I never feel when I go back, ‘Oh I wished I lived there,’ because I think my home is a happy place.” It is reported that King’s New York City penthouse is worth $7.4 million. It includes three bedrooms, 3½ baths, a large living room/dining area and a 768-square-foot wraparound terrace. The talk show host and editor-at-large of O magazine also revealed a tip she “stole” from Winfrey. “She thinks that the ceilings of your house should never be cream or white, so every ceiling she said should be painted a different color,” King told the audience. “First, I thought it was weird, but now I like it.” At one point during her appearance on the show, King said the last taping of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is going to be “harder on me than it is on her.” “If you called her right now and said ‘how many shows?’ she would say, ‘42 and…’ whatever it is,” she said about Winfrey. “But after 25 years, and 25 years at number one, and now launching OWN, she’s ready to go on to something, but every time I see a show I say ‘this is the last time we’ll ever see Favorite Things. This is the last time we’ll ever see Oprah’s Oscar Show,’ and she goes, ‘will you stop saying that! I’m in a good place.’”
