Jon Hamm To Undergo Throat Surgery To Remove Polyp

His performance as the perpetually smoking Don Draper brought him an Emmy nod, but it looks like the rasp in Jon Hamm's voice isn't just due to method acting. The 42-year-old actor is set to undergo throat surgery next week after coughing up blood recently, according to multiple reports.

A rep for the actor confirmed to The Huffington Post that Hamm would be having surgery, calling it a "routine outpatient procedure to remove a single polyp from his throat." Previous reports suggested that Hamm was to remove two, not one, polyps (abnormal tissue) from the region.

Meanwhile, a report in Life & Style magazine claims the surgery news is not new for Hamm's "Mad Men" cast mates. "January Jones was talking about [Hamm's throat surgery] at the Governors Ball after party last night," a source for the publication said.

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Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' Video Makes Its Debut

Miley Cyrus debuted the music video to her song "Wrecking Ball" on Monday morning, offering fans a more vulnerable look at the singer.

The "Wrecking Ball" video is directed by the ever-controversial fashion photographer Terry Richardson, best known for boundary pushing editorials in glossy magazines. Cyrus is seen emoting in a cinderblock diorama of sorts, stripping down and riding a not-very-clean looking wrecking ball and even tearing up. When she's wearing clothes, she's dressed in white — a look the singer has stayed true to for most of this album cycle.

The track is the latest single off of Cyrus' upcoming album, "BANGERZ." Due out on Oct. 4, "BANGERZ" is led by Cyrus' hit single, "We Can't Stop."

"We Can't Stop" has offered its fair share of controversy for the 20-year-old singer. Cyrus made waves with the lyrics of the song, as the party track alluded to drug usage, as well as the accompanying visuals, as the music video showed a scantily clad Cyrus doing the twerking dance moves she is now famous for.

Cyrus performed the song at MTV's Video Music Awards last month, teaming up with singer Robin Thicke for her own track as well as his summer hit, "Blurred Lines." The performance caused a stir as Cyrus was shown in a nude-colored barely there ensemble, twerking on Thicke.

After rising to fame with her title role on the Disney Channel show "Hannah Montana," Cyrus entered the music business with early hits like "The Climb" and "Party in the U.S.A." Cyrus' fourth studio album, "BANGERZ," shows a departure from the singer's previously family-friendly image.

"I feel like I can really be myself," Cyrus told Billboard about her album. "I really have more of a connection of who I am, and I feel like I can maybe express that more in my music now."

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Altuzarra’s Imaginative Take on Humble Threads

Two things are essential to talented designers: time to create meaningful fashion and investment. This week, Joseph Altuzarra announced that the French luxury company Kering (formerly PPR) has become a minority partner. Kering owns Balenciaga, Gucci and Alexander McQueen, among others, and is an equal partner in Stella McCartney’s company. The group has generally shown that it knows how to turn small names into larger ones, while letting those brands operate independently.

“We’ll work on building our infrastructure and accessories,” Mr. Altuzarra said before his show on Saturday night, when asked about his immediate plans for the Kering investment. He added, “I want to do things in our own way and time.”

As it happens, Mr. Altuzarra delivered a very compelling bunch of clothes, one of the most polished collections he has shown in awhile. It often seems as though Mr. Altuzarra is pulled by two opposing ideas — hard-edged chic or soft sportiness. He is good at both but he is far more inventive and surprising with the latter. A year ago he did that terrific collection with the railroad striped cotton, and he reinterpreted the dress-and-jacket combination.
Altuzarra Spring 2014.Jason Decrow/Associated Press Altuzarra Spring 2014.

Altuzarra’s Imaginative Take on Humble Threads

This time the collection was all about a blouse and skirt, more or less. “I wanted it to be super easy — a skirt and a shirt,” he said. The red-and-cream striped prints for long-sleeved blouses were based on enlargements of French ticking stripes. They were shown with slim, below-the-knee cream skirts with lacing or ties at one side. There were other variations in navy and French blue, with delicate white specks of embroidery on the yoke of one Oxford shirt. Still another style had a round collar, a slightly nipped waist, and a wide band of powder blue at the hem.

Mr. Altuzarra said the collection was influenced by Japanese Boro clothing, with its patched and worn utilitarian element. “There’s something very humble about it,” he said. One silk print (used for a jacket and a shirt) resembled denim patchwork. Most of the skirts and some of the slim silk shirt dresses (or what appeared to be shirt dresses) had dangly ties or cords at the sides. If there was a fault with the collection it was the ties made things look a bit messy. They could stand some pruning.

There were a lot of desirable clothes in the show, in particular a striped cream poncho, a boxy cream jacket with off-white embroidery and rows of tiny buttons, and a slim navy dress in washed silk with a trompe l’oeil black pullover embroidered with small, clear stones. There were a few one-piece dresses or tops that looked layered, and they were among the best-looking garments in the show.

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Lady Gaga's Nude Photos Posted By Perez Hilton As Feud Continues

The feud between Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton is heating up, big time. The gossip blogger recently posted naked photos of the singer from her latest magazine shoot and linked to an interview in which the pop star admits she may not be such hot commodity anymore.

On Sept. 3, Hilton tweeted a topless photo of the 27-year-old singer grabbing her crotch -- a photo that was taken for V magazine -- and noted that her nipples were covered in lipstick as some kind of tribute to the movie "Showgirls."

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has taken his cold war with Lady Gaga a step further and posted nude pictures of the singer on Twitter. These have also been linked to her interview with the Guardian, where she admits a drop in popularity.

In the newspaper story Lady Gaga: People Think I'm Finished, the 27-year-old Telephone singer says: "I certainly feel that at this time it's almost as if people are surprised they haven't already destroyed me."

"It's literally not even been two weeks since my first single came out and it's all, 'She's over', or because I'm not No 1 yet, 'She's finished'. People focus less on the music and focus more on how the music's doing; how it's faring from a numbers perspective, from a financial perspective. If you think I give a damn about money then you don't know me as an artist at all," she added, "I think that once you've had a few No 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore."

Although the 35-year-old blogger did not comment on the article, he posted a topless photo of the singer on Twitter - the image was taken for V magazine -  and added a link to the interview. 

He later added more images, one of which shows Lady Gaga grabbing her crotch. He then tweeted: "@LadyGaGa really loves getting fully naked! And it looks like she doesn't have any hair on her vagina."

Gaga and Hilton, who were once close friends, locked horns after Hilton allegedly sent the Poker Face singer a photo of her in a wheelchair following her hip accident. 

"Still have the text Perez sent me of me in a wheelchair w the words KARMA written across + Madonna pointing a gun at me. Day of my accident," she tweeted.

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Pregnant Halle Berry Looks Gorgeous In Blue And White Maxi Dress

The expecting mother was spotted in Beverly Hills, Calif., last Thursday with her 5-year-old daughter Nahla. Berry dressed up her blossoming bump in a blue and white maxi dress and looked absolutely gorgeous while running errands.

The Oscar-winning actress and her husband, Olivier Martinez, are expecting a baby boy together this fall.

Berry has been keeping busy this summer, pushing for a bill which will restrict paparazzi from photographing celebrities' children.

It’s not always easy to look your best while pregnant.
But that’s no sweat to Halle Berry, who has been looking nearly better than ever during her recent pregnancy, and she’s getting more beautiful each day!
The Oscar award-winning actress was spotted out in LA rocking a long, tight maxi dress with her baby belly out in full view.

Donning some stunner shades to throw together her fabulous look, Halle kept her expression pretty serious, despite her bright summertime outfit.
She’s making sure to stay healthy and fit throughout her pregnancy, and showed it off while munching on an energy bar as she did her shopping.
Halle is currently looking for some furniture for her new bundle of joy that’s expected to arrive later this year and we can wait for the tot to arrive!
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