Justin Bieber Says He’s “Very Influenced by Black Culture”

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Justin Bieber recently gave his first interview in nine months, and admitted that he is very influenced by black culture– plus, several Black celebs serve as his mentors.

Bieber told The Hollywood Reporter, “I’m very influenced by black culture, but I don’t think of it as black or white. It’s not me trying to act or pose in a certain way.”

He added, “It’s a lifestyle like a suaveness or a swag, per se. But I don’t really like to say the word [‘swag’] anymore. It’s kind of played out.”

Bieber also said that sometimes you just have to say, “I don’t give a f . Not ‘I don’t give a f ‘ to just be reckless and do whatever, but ‘I don’t give a f what they say.’

He added, “I know who I am and what I’m doing in my life and what I’ve accomplished and continue to accomplish as a performer, as a writer, as an artist, as a person, as a human being. I’m happy with the man I’m becoming.”

Some of the black celebs that mentor him including Usher, Drake- who is “like a big brother to him” and Will Smith, who once drove to his house and pulled him out of bed for a 3-hour talk.

Paula Abdul & Jason Derulo Join ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

Paula Abdul is returning to your TV. It was just announced that she and Jason Derulo will join the cast of ‘So You Think You Can Dance.’ The pair will judge alongside Nigel Lythgoe and Cat Deeley.

Abdul spoke of her long history of choreography and mentoring talent as to why she feels she’s a good fit for the show. She was hinted to be a new judge on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ but the show picked Julianne Hough instead.

The new season of the show kicks off tomorrow (January 24).

Jennifer Aniston: “I have dyslexia.”

Jennifer Aniston admitted to being a dyslexic person in the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter.

The actress said this about her struggle: “The only reason I knew [that I had dyslexia] was because I went to get a prescription for glasses.”

Aniston explains, “I had to wear these Buddy Holly glasses. One had a blue lens and one had a red lens. And I had to read a paragraph, and they gave me a quiz, gave me 10 questions based on what I’d just read, and I think I got three right.”

She continues: “Then they put a computer on my eyes, showing where my eyes went when I read. My eyes would jump four words and go back two words, and I also had a little bit of a lazy eye, like a crossed eye, which they always have to correct in photos.” Jennifer doesn’t let her dyslexia hold her back, though. She’s a big-time Hollywood actress now.

Breaking the internet: Bieber s Calvin ad beats out Kim K s Paper ad

Justin Bieber’s recent Calvin Klein campaign boosted the brand’s social media cred.

According to WWD, the designer brand has amassed 3.6 million followers across its social media channels ever since Justin starred in their Spring campaign.

If that wasn’t enough, the campaign’s hashtag #mycalvins generated 1.6 million Twitter mentions in the first 48 hours; that’s five times the amount of #breaktheinternet mentions than Kim Kardashian and her bare derriere accumulated for Paper Magazin

Kanye West Reads an MLK Poem… 24 Years Ago

It turns out that 13-year-old Kanye West and 37-year-old Kanye West aren’t much different.

Kim Kardashian took to Twitter yesterday to share rare footage of her rapper hubby as a child reciting a poem dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. to his middle school.

The minute-long clip from 1990 proves that Kanye’s desire to preach about topics that matter started at a young age.

Justin Bieber Is Getting Roasted…. on Comedy Central

Comedy Central will ‘roast’ Justin Bieber later this year. The special will be filmed in Los Angeles.

A rep for the network said, “Justin has been asking us for a few years to roast him, and we just kept telling him to go create more source material first. We’re thrilled he listened.”

Bieber tweeted, “For years I have wanted Comedy Central to roast me. They said only if I provided them w/ more material so for a year now I have worked hard.”

The last Comedy Central Roast was of James Franco in 2013, but other honorees over the years include Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump, David Hasselhoff and Bob Saget.

Fergie and Josh Duhamel Are in Marriage Therapy

Fergie and Josh Duhamel have embraced therapy as a couple, and have sessions both separately or together.

Fergie thinks counseling has improved their marriage, and added that Duhamel is “not afraid. He doesn’t feel like he’s not man enough.”

Because of their therapy, the couple has made it a rule to not be apart longer than two weeks at a time, and as new parents, they have a plan in place for taking turns with work to better balance their home life.

The couple met in 2004 on the set of Las Vegas and got married in 2009.

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