Demi Lovato debuts 'Skyscraper,' discusses staying strong after treatment [Music video]

 

Demi Lovato has a new single now to go with that tattooed reminder to "stay strong" as she moves on after getting treatment for eating disorders and self-mutilation. The music video for tune, "Skyscraper," debuted Wednesday.

"Spending Christmas in treatment was really, really difficult," the 18-year-old told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show Wednesday after he asked her to tag the hardest part of her past six months.

"I spent basically every holiday from Halloween to almost Valentine's Day and ... I just remember sometimes sitting there and being like, I had so much just six months ago, and here I am in a treatment center ....

"How did I let it get to this point?"

Lovato spent three months in treatment after melting down in October while on tour with the Jonas Brothers. She came home in January, eventually deciding she wouldn't return to her Disney TV show, "Sonny With a Chance." She reiterated to Seacrest that she didn't think being on camera at this point was the best idea for her. Lovato was diagnosed with bipolar disorder while in treatment.

On the radio, she also shared a bit more about the words "Stay" and "Strong" tattooed on her wrists, which had borne scars from her cutting.

"It was very symbolic for me to be able to cover that up," Lovato said, "and also replace it with something else that's permanent that I'll never be able to forget: The support that I had ... when I went in."

The singer said she'd fallen in love with "Skyscraper" when her problems were still relatively private (though her parents knew for about six years that she'd had issues with food). Recording it "before anything had happened" left her in tears -- a level of emotion that wasn't the same when she tried to re-record it again later. So they went ahead and released the first version.

Here's a sample from the lyrics: "You can take everything I have / You can break everything I am / Like I'm made of glass / Like I'm made of paper / Go on and try to tear me down / I will be rising from the ground / Like a skyscraper, like a skyscraper."

Check out the video, and tell us in comments what you think.

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Emma Watson's first crush: 'Harry Potter' costar Tom Felton

Emma Watson had an on-set "Harry Potter" crush — and it wasn't for the guy who played Ron Weasley.

The "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2" star revealed that while filming the first two "Harry Potter" films, her 11-year-old self had a "huge crush" on costar Tom Felton, who plays bleached-blond Slytherin nemesis Draco Malfoy.

"He was my first crush," the actress tells Seventeen magazine. "He totally knows. We talked about it — we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that's cool."

Felton now has a long-term girlfriend, Jade Olivia, whom he met three years ago when she was a stunt coordinator's assistant on the "Harry Potter" set. But our Muggle minds are still whirring with the possibilities in a Draco Malfoy-Hermione Granger romance. Could the mudblood-hating pureblood actually have gone for the frizzy-haired, know-it-all witch? Sounds like the makings of some incredibly fun fan fiction, and members of the Draco-Hermione camp must be ecstatic right about now.

But Watson doesn't count her feelings for Felton as a "celebrity crush."

"I've never understood having crushes on people who you don't know in real life. I only crush on people I meet," she said. "I mean, I can appreciate that someone is good-looking, obviously, but I don't intend to fantasize about people I don't know!"

The Brown University dropout also dished about her alternative prospects had she not become the brainy best friend of a certain lightning-scarred wizard.

"If I hadn't done 'Harry Potter,' I would have gone and done years of art. I really do love it, and I'd love to write," she said.

At 21, Watson is currently brushing up on her American accent for the film "Perks of Being a Wallflower," trying her best to not sound like Paris Hilton. Listen to her Yankee voice here.

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Photos: Emma Watson at the MTV Movie Awards, top, and on the cover of Seventeen. Credits: Valerie Macon / Agence France-Presse /Getty Images, top; Seventeen.

'Brady Bunch' mom Florence Henderson brought home a souvenir from one-night stand with a New York mayor

Florence Henderson, matriarch of "The Brady Bunch," got crabs in the 1960s from a one-night stand with then-New York Mayor John Lindsay.

Freaking out over the idea of Carol Brady with pubic lice? There's more: She and Lindsay were married at the time — but not to each other. Tsk-tsk, Mrs. Brady.

"I was lonely. I knew it wasn't the right thing to do. So, what did I do? I did it," the actress, 77, reveals in her upcoming memoir, "Life Is Not a Stage," which hits bookshelves in September. The book discusses her childhood in an abusive home, second marriage and Broadway stardom.

The morning after the one-night stand, she woke and saw "little black things" crawling on her bed and body.

"Guess I learned the hard way that crabs do not discriminate but cross over all socioeconomic strata," Henderson writes. "He must have had quite the active life. What a way to put the kibosh on a relationship."

Flowers and a note of apology came from Lindsay, who had served as a U.S. congressman before being elected mayor and took a run at the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination. He died in 2000.

Henderson also squashes rumors that she'd had an affair with Barry Williams, who played her on-screen stepson Greg Brady and was 20 years her junior.

"Barry did have a serious crush on me, which I understood and helped him get past," Henderson writes. "Let us just say that if he had entertained a roll in the hay with me, I would never have done it."

And we thought Marcia had issues.

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Photos: Florence Henderson in 2010, left, and with the rest of "The Brady Bunch" cast, right. Credits: Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times, left; file, right.

Florence Henderson, the actress who played "The Brady Bunch" matriarch Carol Brady, reveals that she got crabs from a one-night stand with New York mayor John Lindsay.

 

Tsk, tsk, Carol. Both she and Lindsay had been married the night of their affair in the 1960s.

 

"I was lonely. I knew it wasn't the right thing to do. So, what did I do? I did it," the 77-year-old actress revealed her infidelity in her upcoming memoir "Life is Not a Stage," which hits bookshelves in September. The book discusses her childhood in an abusive home, second marriage and Broadway stardom.

 

After the one-night stand, she woke up the next day and saw "little black things" crawling on her bed and body -- those things would be pubic lice.

 

"Guess I learned the hard way that crabs do not discriminate but cross over all socioeconomic strata," Henderson wrote. "He must have had quite the active life. What a way to put the kibosh on a relationship."

 

Flowers and a note of apology came from Lindsay, who died in 2000 after becoming a U.S. congressman and having a brief bid as a Democratic presidential nomination.

 

Henderson also squashed rumors that she had an affair with Barry Williams, who played her on-screen stepson Greg Brady and was 20 years younger than her.

 

"Barry did have a serious crush on me, which I understood and helped him get past," Henderson wrote. "Let us just say that if he had entertained a roll in the hay with me, I would never have done it."

 

And we though Marcia had issues...

 

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Emma Watson says she left Brown because of fame, not bullies

Emma Watson, the "Harry Potter" star rumored to have been bullied out of Brown University, is finally addressing the real reason she ended her collegiate run: fame.

"I was in denial," Watson told Britain's Sunday Times' Style Magazine, explaining how the spotlight affected her decision to leave the Rhode Island university. "I wanted to pretend I wasn't as famous as I was. I was trying to seek out normality, but I kind of have to accept who I am, the position I'm in and what happened."

Last August, after wrapping filming on the eighth movie in the franchise, she famously opted for a pixie haircut to distance herself from her character Hermione Granger's long tresses.

In March, she announced she would be taking time off from Brown to complete her responsibilities on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2" and focus on "other professional and acting projects." 

Rumors that the 21-year-old had been bullied out of the institution followed soon after, when a report said quip-slinging classmates had mocked her for her fictional bookworm persona.

"It made me so sad when all this stuff came out that I left Brown because I was being bullied," she said. "It made no sense at all. Brown has been the opposite."

At the time, her rep denied bullying caused the actress to leave Brown, and Watson now insists that her cohorts didn't even seem to care about her celebrity.

"I've never even been asked for an autograph on campus. I threw a party for nearly 100 students, and not a single person put a photo on Facebook," she said. "Anyway, even if I was being given a hard time, I wasn't going to wuss out of university because someone said 'Wingardium leviosa' to me in a corridor, or 'Ten points for Gryffindor.'

"I've been dealing with the media since I was 9. If I can't stand up to a few people giving me a hard time, it's a bit pathetic, really. I've had so much worse."

Watson was said to have arranged a transfer to another university to pursue a course of study not offered at Brown; however, her recent declaration implies that she may be taking a longer academic hiatus.

The face of Lancome, who took a break from filming "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" to present a clip from the ultimate chapter in the "Harry Potter" saga at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, added that her intimidating "fame wall" also made it harder to date.

But Watson isn't the only "Harry Potter" star trying to divorce her magical child-star persona. Franchise lead Daniel Radcliffe, who played the boy wizard for a decade, has also said he's ready to move on from Hogwarts and its magical realm. Read more about that here.

Was Watson wise to leave Brown? Are you sad to see her run as Hermione Granger end? Tell us in comments.

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Photos: Emma Watson, top, in character as Hermione Granger in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1," and sporting an anti-Hermione pixie haircut, left, in November. Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures, top; Marcel Thomas / FilmMagic, left.

Dakota Fanning graduates from high school

Dakota Fanning graduated from high school on Monday in Los Angeles, reminding the world that despite her decade-plus of work on projects including "War of the Worlds," "The Runaways" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn," she's still only 17 years old.

Fanning and her fellow graduating Campbell Hall classmates donned bright blue caps and gowns -- the tassels were gold -- for commencement ceremonies held Monday at Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown L.A. Fanning's family was on hand, according to People, including 13-year-old sister Elle Fanning, who'll be seen soon in the film "Super 8."

During the "normal high school experience" she enjoyed from ninth grade through 12th at Campbell Hall, Dakota was named to the homecoming court two years in a row and made the varsity cheerleading squad.

Want to walk in Fanning's footsteps? Campbell Hall is a private Episcopalian school in North Hollywood serving grades K through 12. Secondary-school tuition for the coming term is just north of $28,000 for the year, according to the school's website.

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Left photo: What a difference a few years can make. In 2006, Dakota Fanning hung out happily with a pal at the "Charlotte's Web" premiere. Credit: Kevin Winter / Getty Images

Right photo: In 2011, Fanning hangs out on the red carpet with Bradley Cooper in the background at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute Gala. Credit: Steven Lovekin / Getty Images

Toni Collette welcomes baby boy

"United States of Tara" star Toni Collette has a bouncing baby boy.

Collette and her musician husband, David Galafassi, welcomed their son -- Arlo Robert Galafassi -- on Friday in Collette's native Australia, the couple's representative told People.

"He was born on Good Friday making it the greatest Friday, indeed!" Collette and Galafassi said in a statement.

Arlo joins his big sister, 3-year-old Sage Florence.

Collette, who has won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her "United States of Tara" role, has been married to Galafassi since 2003.

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Photo: Toni Collette at the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10, 2010. Credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Shayne Lamas and husband Nik Richie 'definitely pregnant'

Shayne Lamas and husband Nik Richie are expecting their their first baby.

"The Lamas-Richie family is happy, healthy and definitely pregnant," she tweeted Wednesday.

The 25-year-old daughter of Lorenzo Lamas debuted her baby bump in a bikini at a beachfront photo shoot.

Sources said she is several months into the pregnancy but, with her husband, will still host an upcoming party at Pure in Las Vegas. The baby is due 11-11-11.

"I'm really excited. I didn't want it to get out until I was 100% ready for it but at the same time, she looks beautiful and I think she should embrace her body right now," Richie told RadarOnline.

Lamas famously married TheDirty.com founder Richie in Las Vegas within a few hours of meeting each other in April 2010. She's appeared on soaps but more notably was the former rose chaser and winner of "The Bachelor: London Calling" who whined her way into the heart of British bachelor Matt Grant. The couple called it quits soon after the season-finale engagement.

Lorenzo Lamas, who costarred with his daughter in E!'s "Leave It to Lamas," is set to tie the knot for the fifth time with his 23-year-old fiance, Shawna Craig, on April 30. But he was stoked about being a grandfather.

"I'm speechless. I'm happy for them," he said. "I want to be called Papa Lolo by the baby. It's easy for a kid to wrap their tongue around."

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Photo: Nik Richie and Shayne Lamas at Lorenzo Lamas' bachelor party in Las Vegas on March 27. Credit: Ethan Miller

Post-Potter, Daniel Radcliffe isn't looking to be the next Harry Potter

Say it ain't so! Daniel Radcliffe is preparing to pull out his Nimbus 2000 and sweep Harry Potter under the rug in an effort to break away from his child-star image.

"The next 12 months are going to be quite telling," he told MTV News. "If I had been taking some time off and not doing stuff I think the temptation in terms of the media and the public, to a certain extent, is [that] if you don't hear from a child star for a while, you can kind of condemn them to the been-and-gone pile. I wanted to make sure that didn't happen."

Well, it's no secret that he has been a child star. The actor got his start in the boy-wizard films at the ripe age of 11 and viewers have seen him grow up onscreen. Now he's 21 and gearing up for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part II," the last installment of the eight-film series, whose few photos already have fans' wands in a knot.

Radcliffe has, however, taken on other roles while doing the fantasy films. He's now starring on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and starred in "Equus" in 2008, famously going nude for a dimly lit scene. He'll hit the big screen again as a lawyer in the supernatural thriller "The Woman in Black," due out in early 2012.

"I wanted to make sure people knew that I wanted to work and I didn't necessarily want to take the easy option of immediately signing up to another huge tent-pole fantasy series," he said. "For me, I get very, very bored unless I'm doing something that challenges me and makes me jump through a few hoops."

For our own sake, we're going to avoid the conclusion that he got bored with the Potter series.

Radcliffe isn't alone in paving a post-franchise path: "Harry Potter" costar Emma Watson decided to take a break from studies at Brown University to continue her acting career, becoming the new face of Lancôme cosmetics and a design collaborator for Alberta Ferretti in the process. Rupert Grint, the films' lovable Ronald Weasley, is also continuing to take new roles outside the fantasy genre and is slated to appear in "Comrade" and "Eddie the Eagle." He too did a few nonwizarding films while taking part in the franchise.

Wethinks these kids will be all right. What say you, readers? Are you sad to see the "Harry Potter" stars move on? Are you excited about their new endeavors?

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Photos, from top: Daniel Radcliffe as the title character in 2009's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"; Rupert Grint, from top, Radcliffe and Emma Watson in 2000's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Credits: Warner Bros. ; Terry O'Neill / Warner Bros.

Selena Gomez debuts song 'Who Says,' misses Justin Bieber

Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber's main squeeze, debuted her song "Who Says" during "On Air With Ryan Seacrest" on Tuesday, calling it a message to the "haters" who try to bring her down.

In the self-empowering, sweet-as-candy track, the 18-year-old actress sings about being happy to be herself, saying, "I'm no beauty queen, I'm just beautiful me."

"I think this song is such a great message for my fans, and it really touched me when I heard it, and I thought it would be perfect for them," Gomez said.

Her public relationship with the highly swooned-after Bieber has continued to make her fodder for haters online. Just last week, after leaving her boyfriend's birthday bash with a fat lip, fans were quick to take to Twitter about the incident.

"I feel like my fans need this song, especially with Twitter and Facebook it's really negative for me ... within that world is such easy access to people's feelings," she told Seacrest. "You can get a thousand wonderful comments but just one will throw you off and that's how it is with me."

She'll soon be ending her four-year run on Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place" before headlining her own tour, which she called "a big G-rated rave."

"['Wizards'] has given me my core fan base. I owe a lot to Disney Channel, I really do," she said. "But I feel like it's been my high school, so I think it's time to graduate."

Even though Gomez sings about not being perfect, Seacrest still called her out on her Disney-darling image, in addition to her very public response to Bieber's "I miss you" tweet.

"It's nice to miss your friends and family," she said, straight-faced, after a short giggle attack.

Mmmhmmm. Let us know what you think — of her response and her song.

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Amanda Seyfried dishes on Ryan Phillippe, Dominic Cooper, Justin Timberlake

Amanda Seyfried is not the coy girl she once seemed to be: The "Red Riding Hood" actress will kiss and tell, especially when her leading men are Hollywood hotties such as Ryan Phillipe, Channing Tatum, Justin Timberlake and Dominic Cooper.

Seyfried, who's done soap operas, musicals and television, is channeling her pristine star power this month in a grown-up, spooky version of the children's story, directed by "Twilight" alum Catherine Hardwicke.

The 24-year-old "Big Love" actress and April's Elle cover girl -- styled in Dolce & Gabbana and Alexander McQueen while toting various furry critters -- opened up to the mag about being inspired by Meryl Streep, not wanting Botox and how she can't help falling for her leading men.

"[It is] one of the easiest things in the world. You're both open. You're put in a situation where you have to make out with each other. It's easy for things to get carried away," she said.

Her best on-screen kisses? "I can't lie. It didn't suck making out with Channing [Tatum] and Justin [Timberlake]."

For those trying to keep track, she did "Dear John" with Tatum and will costar with Timberlake in "Now."

And what of her roller coaster of a relationship with Cooper, her "Mamma Mia!" costar? Seyfried spoke candidly on the tumultuous romance and impending fallout that occurred when she thought he would break up with "Mean Girls" castmate Lindsay Lohan for her.

"I was just kind of foolishly thinking that the two of them were done and Dom and I were involved," she said. "But we weren't really as involved as I thought. So I got my heart broken pretty hard," she said. She and Cooper eventually got together, but "then it took a long time for us to break up again. After that, it's really hard to open myself up to a new person. Really hard."

In the meantime, she dated Alexander Skarsgard, but said she "was too involved with Dom."

So is she now dating Phillippe? "Um, yeah. I've been 'seen' with him," she said.

The issue hits newsstands March 22.

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Upper photo: "Red Riding Hood" star Amanda Seyfried appears outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre at the film's Hollywood premiere on Monday. Credit: Chris Pizzello / Associated Press

Lower photo: Seyfried on Elle magazine's April cover. Credit: Alexei Hay / Elle