Amanda Bynes: 'I have an eating disorder'

Embattled actress Amanda Bynes has sparked fears for her health after claiming she has an eating disorder. The Hairspray star revealed in an interview last month that she wanted to lose 20 pounds in a bid to slim down, explaining to Us Weekly, "I gain weight quickly so I need to work out constantly." Bynes took to her Twitter.com page earlier this week to declare "Skinny's The F**k" - and she returned to the site late on Thursday to make a startling revelation. She told fans, "I have an eating disorder so I have a hard time staying thin." The tweet came after she re-iterated her pledge to take legal action against media outlets, stating, "I'm suing certain blogs and magazines saying I have a mental illness! They take pictures anytime I've gained weight then write a fake story!" Last month, Bynes threatened to sue two media outlets after editors questioned her bizarre behaviour following the emergence of photos showing the star walking around New York with a shirt over her head. Bynes' personal life has hit headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent months thanks to her driving and legal woes, and on Tuesday she failed to show up for a Los Angeles court hearing in her suspended licence case. A judge granted a continuance and set a new pre-trial date for May.

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Nicole Kidman's Secret Cameo in 'Anchorman' Sequel

The A-Lister joins Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson in surprise, uncredited roles in Will Ferrell's news-parody sequel. This story first appeared in the April 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Nicole Kidman can't resist a comic cameo. After her 2011 turn in Adam Sandler's Just Go With It, she has shot another uncredited funny-girl role in the holiday release Anchorman: The Legend Continues in Atlanta. In addition to original stars Will Ferrell, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, the sequel also features roles for Greg Kinnear, Harrison Ford and Kristen Wiig. THR hears Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson will shoot tiny parts, too. Kidman's camp didn't respond to a request for comment.

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Is Doxxing Group Taking Credit for New Swatting Incidents?

The swatters strike again! A new celeb has become the latest victim of the swatting trend: Rihanna. An LAPD spokesperson has confirmed to omg! that police were indeed called to Rihanna's residence at 3 p.m. where they found no injuries nor any evidence of a problem and declared the call a hoax. The spokesperson would not confirm whether or not the 25-year-old wsinger as at home at the time. According to one report, the group responsible for hacking a growing list of celebrities that now includes Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Tyra Banks, Scarlett Johansson, and even (previously) First Lady Michelle Obama, and putting their credit reports and other financial documents online (hence, the term "doxxing") are now also claiming they recently "swatted" the homes of Paris Hilton and Diddy. As of Thursday, the group's website included "Swatted" next to the names of Hilton and Diddy. As of Thursday, the group's website included "Swatted" next to the names of Hilton and Diddy, along with a link to articles about the pranks. But omg! spoke with the LAPD on Thursday, who told us that the investigation into the latest "swatting" incident (or, when someone calls 911 and falsely reports a crime) – at Diddy's house on Tuesday -- "is still ongoing at this time. Detectives have not confirmed anybody responsible." As omg! has reported, a 12-year-old California boy admitted being guilty of "swatting" the home of Ashton Kutcher last October, telling police that people inside the actor's home had guns and explosives. The same child has also been charged for swatting Justin Bieber, although that charge is expected to be dropped. It doesn’t seem that there is any connection between the 12-year-old and the group behind the "doxxing."

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Obama to Return 5 Percent of Salary

President Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury Department, a senior White House official tells ABC News, a sign of solidarity with the federal workers who face furloughs due to the sequester cuts. "The president has decided that to share in the sacrifice being made by public servants across the federal government that are affected by the sequester, he will contribute a portion of his salary back to the Treasury," a White House aide said. The president's salary is set by law at $400,000 a year, and he will give back about $20,000 this year. The 5 percent cut is the same reduction level that non-defense federal agencies took when the sequester started. Obama's total income according to his 2011 tax returns was $789,674. That figure includes his investments and book sales, which are not part of his 5 percent give back. The president will cut a check to the Treasury Department each month. The 5 percent cut started on March 1, but the president will write the first check this month. This was first reported by the New York Times. Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Cartor announced that they would return a portion of their salaries in a sign of solidarity with the Pentagon's civilian employees who will be furloughed for 14 days due to the sequester. Carter said he would take a 20 percent pay in reduction through the end of September, but it is unclear how much of a cut Hagel will take.

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Students help Michelle Obama plant White House vegetable garden

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First Lady Michelle Obama shared what has become a rite of spring in Washington with a small group of fifth-grade students on Thursday, planting vegetables in the White House garden. On a day that began with record-cold temperatures that have pushed back the blooming season for the city's famous cherry trees, Obama welcomed about 30 students to help her plant the garden, a project she has championed as a model for children and their parents to emulate as a way to reduce childhood obesity. "Where are your jackets? I'm going to be the mother," Obama joked with the group of earnest, polite kids, most wearing t-shirts bearing the names of their schools in Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Vermont. Obama has helped push for changes in school lunch rules to require more vegetables and fruit. The schools were chosen because they have implemented the new rules in creative ways and started their own gardens. Harvard-educated Obama, who was more popular in polls during the 2012 election campaign than any of the candidates, started the garden on the White House south lawn in 2009, the first time vegetables had been grown there since Eleanor Roosevelt's "victory garden" during World War Two. Obama, sporting sneakers without socks, put aside a pair of lime green gardening gloves as she crouched between two raised garden boxes, carefully placing tiny wheat kernels into freshly turned soil. From Somerville, Massachusetts, 11-year-old Ariana Docanto chatted with Obama as she helped plant the wheat, which the White House hopes to harvest and use for bread and risotto. Docanto described the experience in a single word: "Amazing!"

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