Thinking back on Game of Thrones Season 1, Game of Thrones Season 2, Game of Thrones Season 3, Game of Thrones Season 4 and Game of Thrones Season 5... it's unclear if Emilia Clarke has ever smiled.

The gorgeous actress plays Daenerys Targaryen on the HBO drama and suffice it to say the character is rather grim and serious.

But Clarke most definitely is not!

The beauty stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday to discuss a late-night Home Depot run with Terminator Genisys costar Jai Courtney; to talk about staying in a haunted house; and to break out a Valley Girl accent.

Seriously. You must stop what you are doing and see Clarke speak like you've never heard her speak before.

Fast forward to the 2:40 mark of the above video if you lack time or patience.

You may not be familiar with her or ballet.  But if you have checked out any recent Under Armour advertisements lately, you’ve seen her.

Ballerina Misty Copeland has been promoted to principal ballerina with American Ballet Theater.

That makes her the first African-American dancer to achieve the top-ranking position in the company.

Copeland, 32, has danced for 14 of the company’s 75 years.  She was the first black ballerina to star in ABT’s Swan Lake at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera house last week.

Her incredible talent has caught the attention of a wide audience that has moved a dwindling art into “events, drawing large, diverse, enthusiastic crowds to cheer her on,” according to The New York Times.

Misty’s fame has stretched through the dance world and beyond.  Her Instagram has a half-million followers, and her Under Amour advertisement has been viewed more than 8 million times.

Additionally, she has gained a following from readers of her children’s book, Firebird.

Her groundbreaking performance as Odette and Odile in Swan Lake drew such a large audience that her fans had to be cleared from the stage door.

In her memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, Copeland stated: My fears are that it could be another two decades before another black woman is in the position that I hold with an elite ballet company.” 

She continued, “That if I don't rise to principal, people will feel I have failed them." 

But she certainly hasn’t let anyone.  Not only was she on the cover of Time Magazine, she made the magazine’s influential Time 100.

She told the Time, “Something that my mother instilled in me, as a biracial woman herself, and me being biracial, was that the world was going to view me as a black woman, no matter what I decided to do." 

"I had no idea that that was going to be my truth at some point in my life, when I moved to New York City at 17 years old and joined American Ballet Theater and realized I was the only African American woman in a company of 80 dancers." 

"I'm here to be a vessel for all these brown ballerinas who have come before me," she continued.

Ballet has a history of catering to a white audience and casting only white dancers.  But Misty has brought major changes to ballet in recent years.  She has been a breath of fresh air to the world of dance. 

And she just might save the dying art of ballet.

By now it's all but official that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are headed for divorce.

The couple hasn't spoken publicly on the matter (which is a big red flag on its own), but all the signs seem to indicate that Ben and Jen are headed for Splitsville.

Sources say Affleck is living in hotels and pressuring Garner to finalize the divorce so that he can move on with his life.

For her part, Jen has reportedly been looking at homes in Montreal with an eye toward moving her kids there in time for the start of school in fall. 

Needless to say, they don't exactly sound like a couple that's struggling to make things work.

The more we hear, the more it seems that Ben and Jen have given up. In fact, according to a new report from Radar Online, Jen is looking forward to reviving her career.

In fact, she's reportedly contacted her former Alias boss and current Star Trek/Star Wars geek-god JJ Abrams about future collaborations.

“JJ will find a part for her, but Jen’s made him promise to not relegate her to ‘girlfriend’ of’ type roles…She was offered Alice Eve‘s part in Star Trek but turned it down for that reason,” the source reveals to Radar.

“Jen wants to be the star, not the star’s girlfriend.”

Hey, Ben went from playing second fiddle to Jennifer Lopez to directing a Best Picture winner, so we guess anything is possible. 

The source adds that Jen is hoping to use the martial arts skills she learned for Alias in her upcoming roles. Fortunately, she hasn't gotten rusty, as she's had plenty of practice kicking Ben's ass over the years. 

View Slideshow: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Photos: A Romantic Rewind

Moments ago, we reported that Jennifer Garner is making plans for her career as she prepares for her separation from Ben Affleck.

Now it seems she started making moves at just the right time, as TMZ is reporting that Ben and Jen are officially filing for divorce. 

The website reports that the split is mostly amicable, and that the couple is working with mediators and business managers instead of attorneys.

Sources say Ben and Jen will finalize their divorce legally once they figure out the best way to divide up their property, which is considerable.

The fact that they filed just before their 10-year anniversary may save Ben millions, as the decade-mark is a major legal milestone in California.

So romantic.

Regardless, the couple jointly announced the long-rumored split via a statement from their reps issued just a few moments ago:

"After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with love and friendship for one another."

View Slideshow: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Photos: A Romantic Rewind

The couple emphasized their "commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time."

Reports that Ben and Jen were headed for divorce have been circulating for months, and seemed to gain traction in recent weeks.

Both parties were recently spotted without their wedding rings and have rarely been seen together in the past couple of weeks.

Numerous tabloids have reported that Ben has been living in hotels in the Beverly Hills area, preparing for his newly single life.

Meanwhile, insiders say Jen is finalizing plans to move to Montreal, so that her kids might live a quieter life away from the spotlight.

More details to come ...

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Pregnant Bristol Palin posted a photo of herself shooting a gun this week, and fired some verbal shots on the blog post she added along with it.

"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come," Bristol wrote on Instagram, citing the Biblical Proverbs 31:25.

That verse focuses on virtuous women; Bristol Palin got pregnant out of wedlock for the second time earlier this year by Dakota Meyer.

She later revealed her baby daddy and said that it was not an accident that she got knocked up ... but admits she "got ahead of herself."

Palin and Meyer called off their wedding Memorial Day Weekend.

The gun picture shows her in blue shorts, sneakers, and a hoodie that conceals her baby bump, as she hoists up a gun and prepares to fire.

Palin also updated her blog on Tuesday, June 30, to fire some verbal shots about her pro-life stance in light of a recent, controversial ruling.

The SCOTUS is squarely in her blogging crosshairs this week.

"In another outrageous move this week, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a common-sense abortion regulation in Texas," Palin wrote.

View Slideshow: Bristol Palin Photos: Through the Years

Overturning a popular vote, "five unelected judges are once again putting their policy preferences above those of the American people."

Palin also called out Girls star Lena Dunham, whom she also slammed in the wake of Josh Duggar molestation scandal, for some reason.

When stars like Dunham celebrate rulings such as this, "what is happening here is placing the murder of babies on a pedestal," Palin wrote.

"How can these pro-abortion advocates claim to be pro-women?"

"They won’t even support laws that are designed to ensure women get safe and quality health care? And they call me hypocritical!?!"

Yes, we do, but it has nothing to do with abortion or Lena Dunham ... just the fact that she was advocating abstinence and getting paid.

Bristol was paid more than $300,000 as an abstinence advocate after her first pregnancy, when she first became an unwed teen mom.

These days, not much as changed ... she's just 24 and not 17.

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Last week, Bobbi Kristina Brown was moved to a hospice facility to live out her final days surrounded by family and friends.

One important person in Krissy's life who was conspicuously absent was her adopted brother/longtime boyfriend, Nick Gordon.

We learned yesterday that Gordon was in Florida for reasons were unknown at that time.

Now, Radar Online is reporting that Nick was in the Sunshine State to meet with attorney Jose Baez, who is best known for defending Casey Anthony in her murder trial in 2011.

Sources close to the investigation into Bobbi Kristina's near-drowning say that Nick will be charged with murder after the 22-year-old daughter of Whitney Houston passes away. 

Though it initially appeared that she lost consciousness in her bathtub due to a drug overdose, police later revealed that they suspected foul play as the result of bruises that were found on Bobbi Kristina's body.

Nick has reportedly been a person of interest in the case from day one, and insiders claim he'll be arrested within days of Bobbi's passing, which is expected to take place this week.

Members of Krissy's family claim they've long suspected Gordon of being physically abusive toward her.

Though his main concern now is clearly his upcoming criminal trial, by hiring such a notorious attorney, Gordon is certainly not doing himself any favors in the court of public opinion. 

View Slideshow: Bobbi Kristina Brown: Through Good Times and Bad

Just seven months since Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi celebrated 10 years together, reports are coming in (again) that the couple is having trouble.

But rather than calling it quits, Ellen and Portia are renewing their vows to save their marriage.

According to Celeb Dirty Laundry, Ellen and Portia have been teetering on the edge of divorce for more than a year now.  They’ve even worked out separate living arrangements.

The couple’s fighting has increased exponentially since Portia accused Ellen of sleeping with her close friend Tatum O’Neal.

Ellen and Tatum are BFF, and, for a while, Portia didn’t think much of it.  But, in an interview, Tatum claimed she has started dating only women.

Hearing that Tatum is dating women, Portia got uber jealous of Ellen and Tatum's friendship.

The practice of renewing wedding vows is common among troubled couples.  It looks like Ellen and Portia are buying into the vow renewal as a way of saving their relationship.

Plus, with the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage, it’s perfect timing to say “I do, again.”

Since the ruling, Ellen has gotten a ton of emails and tweets thanking her and Portia for paving the way for gay marriage to be recognized nationwide,” a source told Radar Online.

“She knows that getting re-married in Louisiana, which has always been a very anti-gay state, would be rubbing it in to some people, but she does not care.”

Some are surprised that Ellen and Portia haven’t divorced already.  And renewing their vows is just patching the wound.

Ellen and Portia have been a pillar in the journey toward marriage equality, as exemplified by Ellen's statement to a bigoted pastor.  We hope things work out for them.

Lindsay Lohan turns 29 tomorrow. Take a moment to try and wrap your head around that. 

Post-Mean Girls, her career has primarily consisted of being mean to her own liver, but she's about to be a full two years past the customary checkout age for famous junkies, so...props?

Anyway, we're guessing a  Lindsay Lohan birthday party is a bacchanalian affair in which the drugs and booze flow freely for a full 364 days, so it's no surprise that LiLo wanted to kick things off by stripping down for the orgy a little early:

Linds posted the above photo along with a caption reading, "My birthday is tomorrow!!!! Where shall I go soak up the sun and be with my sister???!!!!"

Your birthday is tomorrow and you don't have plans yet?! Get it together, girl. Also, what does your birthday have to do with your ass? On second thought, don's answer that question.

Obviously, nude Lindsay Lohan photos are nothing new, but this one is a little different, as 1. Linds actually looks pretty good, and 2. She's spared us the sight of her bloated coke-face which is always a good thing.

Of course, it's possible she learned her lesson from the many Lindsay Lohan photoshop fails of recent months and just decided to crop Miranda Kerr's head out of a photo and pretend it's her.

Either way, we appreciate the maturity and self-awareness that she's showing as she enters the last year of her twenties. Now let the partying begin! Who brought the bean dip with cocaine in it?

At best, Sherri Shepherd’s child custody and support case has been complicated.

Sherri and her ex-husband, Lamar Sally, have been battling over custody and financial responsibility for their baby born via surrogate last year.

What makes this case unique though is that once Lamar and Sherri split, Sherri went back-and-forth over whether or not she wanted anything to do with their surrogate baby.

Eventually, she decided she did not want any responsibility for the child.  But, in April, a judge declared Sherri Shepherd the legal mother of the baby.

Now, the former View co-host has to live up to that obligation by paying $4,100 per month in child support.

The baby is currently 10 months-old.  Sherri will have to pay $4,1000 a month until Lamar Jr. is 13-years-old. When the child turns 13, the payment will increase to $4,6000 a month.

The case definitely didn’t pan out the way Shepherd had wished.  But she is still able to move forward with a fraud claim against her estranged husband.

She claims the request for child support is fraudulent.  If the courts agree, she will no longer be required to pay support.

Shepherd is also asking that the remaining embryos she shared with Lamar be destroyed.

Lamar is “undecided” about whether or not to keep the embryos.  However, the agreement stands that if any of the remaining embryos are brought to term, Shepherd has no financial responsibility.

As you probably know, in the 24 hours since the world learned that Ben Affleck and Jennifer garner are getting divorced, there's been no shortage of rumors regarding what exactly tore the couple apart.

We'll probably never know exactly why Ben and Jen split, but all fingers seem to be pointing to Ben as the party responsible.

One source claims Ben neglected Jen to focus on his career, but all other insiders who have spoken out say that the problem was basically that Ben was a 42-year-old frat boy.

He was a married father of three, yet by all accounts he lived his life like a really depressing episode of Entourage. 

We don't know for sure if Ben cheated with Emily Ratajkowski or if his drinking and gambling were as out of hand as several sources have claimed, but apparently whatever bad behavior he was engaging became too much of a strain for Jen to bear.

“Ben was essentially her fourth child, and she resented it," an anonymous source claims. "There was constant pressure on Jen, that she admittedly put on herself, to make sure Ben was on track, not partying or drinking too much.

"There were always constant reminders Jen had to give Ben about their kids’ school activities, sports, and their social obligations.

“Jen was always taking care of Ben’s needs, and she was the strong one in the relationship. Along the way, Jen realized this, and her needs weren’t being met...Jen is looking forward to the future, and having some much-needed time to herself without worrying about Ben."

Hopefully, for the sake of the celebrity gossip world, this means that Ben being unleashed will result in a binge of boozing, black jacking, and banging the entire cast of the "Blurred Lines" video.

Run along now, Ben. The grownups are counting on you.

Although the record-breaking heat caused 188 Ironman Triathlon competitors to quit Sunday’s race in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, nothing stopped blind veteran Scotty Smiley.

The retired major crossed the finish line with his brother-in-law, Andy Cooper, at 10:20 p.m., after a 16-hour journey.

Smiley told People Magazine, "There were so many times I just wanted to quit and give up. I just couldn’t see the end in sight." 

Though Smiley couldn’t see his progress, he could hear his family behind him.  His wife Tiffany rode her bike alongside him for half of the marathon.

"It was amazing to hear them as I transitioned from the bike to the run – throughout the run just screaming my name," Smiley said.

"And then to be there to give my wife and my boys a hug, it was a great feeling." 

In April 2005, Smiley lost his vision and was partially paralyzed in northern Iraq when a suicide car bomb went off and spewed shrapnel.

Gay marriage? Health care subsidies? The 2016 Presidential Election?

Please. 

President Barack Obama has a far more important subject to debate: the mere suggestion that one ought to put peas in one's guacamole.

The New York Times published an article on Wednesday, July 1 that dared to make this recommendation, as the venerable newspaper Tweeted along with the photo posted above:

Add green peas to your guacamole. Trust us.

The accompanying piece argued that including peas with this chip-themed delicacy adds an “intense sweetness and a chunky texture to the dip."

But a certain Commander-in-Chief strongly disagrees.

“Respect the nyt, but not buying peas in guac,” Obama tweeted. “Onions, garlic, hot peppers. Classic."

As you might expect, the President's own list of essentials sparked their own bit of online outrage, but let’s save his guacamole recipe for another time.

Now, we simply want to know your take on this escalating situation: peas in guacamole? Yay or nay?!?

Holly Madison's new memoir Down the Rabbit Hole received some serious backlash from both Kendra Wilkinson and Hugh Hefner.

What does she have to say about that?

Well, she's not particularly surprised that Hef would deny her claims as "rewriting history" ... what's he could to do, admit she's right?

That would entail confessing to offering girls "thigh openers" and making love to rooms full of women as graphic porn played on TV.

As for Kendra, Holly says that's no shocker either, given that she's closely aligned with Hef and "part of the Playboy machine."

Madison has called Kendra the fakest person alive and basically says Hef is a manipulative, dirty old man who is miserable in bed.

For a woman who dated him for three years and co-starred on The Girls Next Door with K-Dubs, it does seem a bit like sour grapes.

Holly says it was more cathartic than anything else, and that telling her story both heals herself and hopefully helps other models.

Kendra says Holly is all about Revenge; Hef says she's trying to stay in the spotlight by any means necessary. Who do you believe?

It's nothing new for Kendall Jenner to give Instagram followers a look at her butt.

There was that time this spring when she stuck out her rear end while wearing white pants... and then there was that Kendall Jenner workout video shot from the back because that's just how Kendall rolls.

But this is different at least.

This is an extreme close-up of Kendall's butt in a leather harness.

"Vibes," Jenner captioned the black and white snapshot, not even confirming that the booty in question belongs to her.

But it's rather safe to assume, wouldn't you say?

While we wonder whether the 19-year old is now getting into bondage, followers were left as confused as we are.

"What kind of vibes are these?" asked one supporter, while another didn't see to care.

"I want one @kendalljenner," he or she wrote. "Where can I get on that? Hot."

View Slideshow: Kendall Jenner Instagram Photos: A Racy Rundown