Kenny Chesney - American Kids lyrics

Doublewide Quick Stop midnight T-top

Jack in her Cherry Coke town

Momma and Daddy put their roots right here

‘Cause this is where the car broke down

Yellow dog school bus kickin' up red dust

Pickin' us up by a barbed wire fence

MTV on the RCA, no A/C in the vents

Chorus:

We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby

Born in the USA

Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots

New York to LA

We were teenage dreamin', front seat leanin'

Baby, come give me a kiss

Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone

Uptown down home American kids

Growin' up in little pink houses

Makin' out on living room couches

Blowin' that smoke on a Saturday night

A little messed up, but we're all alright


Baptist church parkin' lot, tryin' not to get caught

Take her home and give her your jacket

Makin' it to second base, but sayin' you went all the way

Monday afternoon at practice

Sisters got a boyfriend Daddy doesn't like

Now he's sittin' out back, 3030 in his lap

In the blue bug zapper light


We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby

Born in the USA

Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots

New York to LA

We were teenage dreamin', front seat leanin'

Baby, come give me a kiss

Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone

Uptown down home American kids

Growin' up in little pink houses

Makin' out on living room couches

Blowin' that smoke on a Saturday night

A little messed up, but we're all alright


We were Jesus save me, blue jean baby

Born in the USA

Trailer park truck stop, faded little map dots

New York to LA

We were teenage dreamin', front seat leanin'

Baby, come give me a kiss

Put me on the cover of the Rolling Stone

Uptown down home American kids

Growin' up in little pink houses

Makin' out on living room couches

Blowin' that smoke on a Saturday night

A little messed up, but we're all alright






Charli XCX - Boom Clap lyrics

[Verse 1]

You're picture-perfect blue

Sunbathing under moon

Stars shining as your bones illuminate

First kiss just like a drug

Under your influence

You take me over, you're the magic in my veins

This must be love

[Chorus]

Boom clap, the sound in my heart

The beat goes on and on and on and on and

Boom clap, you make me feel good

Come home to me, come home to me now

Boom clap, the sound in my heart

The beat goes on and on and on and on and

Boom clap, you make me feel good

Come home to me, come home to me now


[Verse 2]

No silver or no gold

Could dress me up so good

You're the glitter in the darkness of my world

Just tell me what to do

I'll fall right into you

We're going under cast the spell, just say the word

I feel your love!


[Chorus]

Boom clap, the sound in my heart

The beat goes on and on and on and on and

Boom clap, you make me feel good

Come home to me, come home to me now

Boom clap, the sound in my heart

The beat goes on and on and on and on and

Boom clap, you make me feel good

Come home to me, come home to me now


[Bridge]

You are the light and I will follow

You let me lose my shadow

You are the sun, the glowing halo

And you keep burning me up with all your love, oh


[Chorus]

Boom clap, the sound in my heart

The beat goes on and on and on and on and

Boom clap, you make me feel good

Come home to me, come home to me now

Boom clap, the sound in my heart

The beat goes on and on and on and on and

Boom clap, you make me feel good

Come home to me, come home to me now


[Chorus]

Boom clap, the sound in my heart

The beat goes on and on and on and on and

Boom clap, you make me feel good

Come home to me, come home to me now

Boom clap, the sound in my heart

The beat goes on and on and on and on and

Boom clap, you make me feel good

Come home to me, come home to me now






Sia - Chandelier lyrics

Party girls don't get hurt

Can't feel anything, when will I learn

I push it down, push it down

I'm the one "for a good time call"

Phone's blowin' up, they're ringin' my doorbell

I feel the love, feel the love


1,2,3 1,2,3 drink

1,2,3 1,2,3 drink

1,2,3 1,2,3 drink


Throw em back, till I lose count


I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist

Like it doesn't exist

I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier


And I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes

Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight

Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes

Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight

On for tonight


Sun is up, I'm a mess

Gotta get out now, gotta run from this

Here comes the shame, here comes the shame


1,2,3 1,2,3 drink

1,2,3 1,2,3 drink

1,2,3 1,2,3 drink


Throw em back till I lose count


I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier

I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist

Like it doesn't exist

I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier


And I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes

Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight

Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes

Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight

On for tonight


On for tonight

'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight

Oh I'm just holding on for tonight

On for tonight

On for tonight

'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight

'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight

Oh I'm just holding on for tonight

On for tonight

On for tonight






Jason DeRulo - Talk Dirty lyrics

(Jason, haha)

(Jason Derulo)

Get jazzy on 'em, I'm that flight that you get on, international

First class seat on my lap girl, riding comfortable

'Cause I know what the girl them need, New York to Haiti

I got lipstick stamps on my passport, make it hard to leave


Been around the world, don't speak the language

But your booty don't need explaining

All I really need to understand is

When you talk dirty to me?

Talk dirty to me

Talk dirty to me

Talk dirty to me


Get jazzy on 'em, you know the words to my songs

No habla inglés

Our conversations ain't long

But you know what it is

I know what the girl them want, London to Taiwan

I got lipstick stamps on my passport

I think I need a new one


Been around the world, don't speak the language

But your booty don't need explaining

All I really need to understand is

Will you talk dirty to me?

Talk dirty to me

Talk dirty to me

Talk dirty to me


Uno, met a friend in Rio

Dos, she was all on me-o

Tres, we could ménage à three-o

Cuatro, oh (2 Chainz!)


Dos Cadenas, close to genius

Sold out arenas, you can suck my penis

Get with arenas, guns on deck (Deck)

Chest to chest, tongue on neck (Neck)

International oral sex

Every picture I take, I pose a threat

Boat or jet, what do you expect?

Her pussy so good I bought her a pet

Anyway, every day I'm trying to get to it

Got her saved in my phone under "Big Booty"

Anyway, every day I'm trying to get to it

Got her saved in my phone under "Big Booty"


Been around the world, don't speak the language

But your booty don't need explaining

All I really need to understand is

Will you talk dirty to me?

Talk dirty to me, yeah yeah

Talk dirty to me, talk to me

Talk dirty to me, oh yeah, get jazzy on her (What? I don't understand)






Khloé Kardashian Says She Isn't Having Sex with French Montana - For the Moment


Khloé Kardashian Says She Isn't Having Sex with French Montana – For the Moment


Khloé Kardashian and French Montana


Denise Truscello/WireImage





updated 07/25/2014 at 03:15 PM EDT


originally published 07/25/2014 03:15PM



Seems like we can't get through a day without a little Kardashian oversharing.

Khloé Kardashian, who's been dating rapper French Montana since April, spilled the beans on their current love life, while chatting with Power 105's Angie Martinez on Thursday.


When asked about critics of her and Montana's relationship, the ever-outspoken Kardashian, 30, said, "People are going to comment no matter what. If I, like, dated the most clean-cut, perfect guy, they are going to comment. It's the way it is. So if I am having fun and I like [Montana], no one else should care, they're not f–––ing him."


But she soon revealed that she isn't either. Moroccan-born Montana, 29, who's a practicing Muslim, is currently observing Ramadan and thus obtaining from sex, among other things.


When Martinez asked how that's going, "So fun," Kardashian replied sarcastically. "He's so pure and holy, he's virginal," she added, referring to her beau's all-white ensemble.


But that doesn't mean she's making it easy for him. "I have been [torturing him]," she told Martinez. "Every single day."


Check out the interview below.






A Million Machines - Synthetic Eyes lyrics

Whenever we are silent

I see those warning signs

Programs cold and lifeless

Do our thoughts still quantify

This warning will be televised

Were holograms of light

So when it all takes effect - tonight

Will we still crystalize


When ever we are silent

My lonely satellite

Take a stand for once time in your life

Connect these electric eyes


Are we so cold and lonely

Un magnetized and empty

Come be the frequency

Come be the symmetry


Are we the cold and lonely

Un magnetized and empty

Come be the frequency

Come be the symmetry


Oh violet eyes

Come digitize

In lonely nights

Come synthesize


Oh violet eyes

Come digitize

In lonely nights

Come synthesize


Do anything you want to, lie to me

We are more than holograms and frequencies

Do anything you want to, lie to me

We can live like kings, we can live like queens


Oh violet eyes

Come digitize

In lonely nights

Come synthesize


Oh violet eyes

Come digitize

In lonely nights

Come synthesize






Siddharth - Black Devil lyrics

The shadow of black devil

Walking down the road

Has built up a gloomy house

Of fear inside of me

Without a consent in my hand

My life's been ruined

By some random man

Also has attacked on my dreams and trust

This city is all spilled by lust

Devil's drowned my sorrow in grim

Tore my life, my life left with scream

Chorus -

I didn't deserve what you did to me

I don't deserve what you do

Hopes too have left the tribe

I can't even find the lost soul of mine

I wont ask 'why' to God

Neither I'd blame

As I know my agony

Gonna leave almighty in shame


Bridge -


I am waiting for a help

Of that is deaf and blind

Devil is immortal

Coz' still in race is lust of human kind






Primrose Class - Darkness Feared lyrics

[Verse one: Luke]

Because i sicken me got but bloody messy

'N' the order shit like that i don't care that

The runs like for ya to the coming up shit up

Becuase i am,

Because i am not to hall, 'n' the run along i darkness with the graveyard i bust today

[Verse two: Karim Kaloga]

'N' to the bust

You i wanna die

Bust to bust here

'N' the side

One more chance

One more 'n' the order shit

Evil lurks of

I coming, shovel to devil his death

'N' the order,

Do you mind if ya crown me

The blood in your hardest now is the crew

'N' the wanna i dyin' shit

I'ma live, evil was the lynching

Barrel bomb attack

And vengence

[Chorus]

'N' the hell back together

Yo, yeah, formatting along and darkness feared

Repeat 4x

[Verse three: Brook Gima]

'N' the

I'll see you

Thinkin' me blood if you greens

'N the

(primrose!)

[Verse Four: Grym Reaper]

'N' the

Uhhh! Uhhh! Uhhhh! Jesues Christ, my stuck

yo, yo, yo

My gapper myself

[Chorus Repeat 5x]






Z.I.G. - I'm Bruce Lee lyrics

Aye (laughs) You know who it is… Bruce Lee.

Uh… Uhh

[Chorus]

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

Come through and you’ll see, you’ll see

With me you don’t compete, compete

So do you I do me, do me

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee (yeah)

[Verse 1]

Mic assassin

Nice with blasting

No need to ask if I’ll be packing

My safe is cracking

I’m everlasting

And wrecking raps in an amazing fashion

See Shady’s back in this crazy fat man

Mike Tyson jab to your lazy backhand

Zig is the name

Call him Ziggie Smalls

These chicks will drop drawers if I spit this raw

Straight play and no pause

Steak and lobster claws

The dog with big paws came to smash on y’all

Perfection no flaws

Oh you got the gall to talk down on F.C.F.

No not at all

My style should be a crime

Haters call the laws

I am off the wall on some Mike Jackson shit

R.I.P. musically I’m a king when I rap and spit

And known to bring drama like an action clip

Grips and tear mics open plus the tracks will rip

Immaculate flow I show so I know we have a hit

I’m Bruce Lee (uh uh)

I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee


[Chorus]

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

Come through and you’ll see, you’ll see

With me you don’t compete, compete

So do you I do me, do me

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee (yeah)


[Verse 2]

Hot enough to stay in this thing blazing

Claiming they want beef and see that I ain’t grazing

You can listen in and hear lyrics in the making

Spirit’s so new and you wrinkled like raisins

Don’t be mad at me homie

I’m only saying

Keep the ground shaking while the Earth is quaking

Now presenting a rhyme-saying Cajun

They ain’t been shocked until the day I taze them

Treat me like a child and see that I ain’t playing

Amazing, crazy hurricane

No evacuation

Rain storm showers spit pure saturation

Stepping in my face with that lameness

I bang on your brain like LeBron James is

In the game with the Heat

Spitting flames

Z-I-G is the name to remain

Shit staying the same

And they’re changing

M.J. is the one you can’t contain bitch


[Chorus]

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

Come through and you’ll see, you’ll see

With me you don’t compete, compete

So do you I do me, do me

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee, I’m Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee

I’m Bruce Lee (yeah)






Michael Skakel Seeks to Suppress Evidence in Murder Retrial



updated 07/24/2014 at 01:45 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 07:00PM



A lawyer for Michael Skakel is seeking to keep the government from using audio tapes made by the Kennedy cousin for a memoir as evidence in his upcoming murder retrial.

Skakel, the nephew of Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel, was freed from prison last year after a judge ruled his trial attorney failed to adequately represent him in 2002 when he was convicted of fatally bludgeoning Martha Moxley in Greenwich when they were both 15.


The Greenwich Time reports Skakel's new attorney on Tuesday sought to suppress the evidence seized from ghostwriter Richard Hoffman and return it to Skakel.


Attorney Stephen Seeger says an investigator misled Hoffman to get the tapes, on which Skakel says he masturbated in a tree outside Moxley's window the night she was killed.






Andrej Pejic Now Andreja After Sex Reassignment Surgery




updated 07/24/2014 at 07:00 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 07:30PM



In 2011, Andrej Pejic was the breakout star in the fashion world, turning heads as a male model who walked the womenswear runway shows for powerhouse designers such as Marc Jacobs and Jean Paul Gaultier.

But on a recent July afternoon in New York City, a gold nameplate necklace in script letter falls at just the right spot on the model's chest so that any onlooker could clearly read "Andreja" and subtly understand the message Pejic is now revealing to the world: The renowned androgynous model underwent sex reassignment surgery earlier this year.


"I want to share my story with the world because I think I have a social responsibility," Pejic, 22, tells PEOPLE exclusively. "I hope that by being open about this, it becomes less of an issue."


The Early Years


"I always dreamt of being a girl," explains the Serbian-born model. "One of my earliest memories is spinning around in my mom's skirt trying to look like a ballerina."

But things changed when her family moved to Australia. By age 9, Pejic came to receive what she describes as "a social message, from my brother and friends at school," that it was time to put away the dolls and skirts that she favored.


"I wanted to be a good kid and I wanted to please my parents," she says. With little success, Pejic went about trying to hang out with the boys and participate in team sports. "I kept my dreams and my imagination to myself and became pretty good at acting as a boy. But I was hiding who I was."


The Discovery


At the age of 13, in Burrmeadow, a suburb of Melbourne, Pejic's course turned digital. "I went into the library and typed 'sex change' into Google and my life changed," she recalls. The search results for the now-antiquated term yielded a flood of information and relief. "The Internet gave me the sense that there were words to describe my feelings and medical terms," says Pejic, who left realizing "this is what I need to do."

Going through government regulated channels for a minor to transition required lengthy court processes and she had neither the cash to cover legal fees nor the time, as she knew male hormones were taking effect on her body. "I knew puberty would turn me into something like my brother and father," notes Pejic, who began taking puberty blockers.


Raised primarily by her mother, she always had her family to lean on throughout her journey. "When I told my mother, grandma and my brother, they were all very supportive," Pejic, who eventually reintroduced the feminine flair into the everyday style she had shunned and developed a plan for her future, says. "I was going to finish high school as Andrej, transition, and forget about my male past."


A Designer Detour


Pejic's plans were put on hold when she was discovered at age 17 by a modeling agent. "It was an opportunity to see the world and gain some financial stability," she explains.

While her name was listed among the male models at top agencies around the world, she found herself in the enviable position of modeling both men's and women's fashions. She cites one 2011 runway moment as her finest modeling memory. "Being a bride for Gaultier was a very special moment for me,” says Pejic of walking the designer's spring haute couture show.


Andrej Pejic Now Andreja After Sex Reassignment Surgery| Health, Plastic Surgery

Pejic walking for Gaultier in Paris in 2011


Pascal Le Segretain / Getty




But "about a year and a half ago, I reevaluated things," says Pejic. "I was proud of my gender nonconforming career. But my biggest dream was to be comfortable in my own body. I have to be true to myself and the career is just going to have to fit around that."

Pejic began meeting with doctors in the U.S. to continue her transition with sex reassignment surgery.


A New Beginning


Pejic recalls the day she'd been dreaming of for so many years.

"I was happy the moment had come – as happy as you can be before a surgery," she tells PEOPLE. Her physical recovery from the process has been steady. "It was about three months before I felt like myself again," she admits.


When asked about the extent of her surgery, "I completely agree with Laverne Cox and [former PEOPLE.com staff editor] Janet Mock," explains Pejic of notable transgender women who choose not to publicly discuss their sexual organs and instead prefer to focus on advocating and activism within the trans community. Plus, "what's in between anyone's legs is not who they are."


Although Pejic has had several serious boyfriends in the past few years, she's currently single but adds, "I'm open to love."


But more important, she's loving this new chapter in her life. "Every day is like a new revelation," she says. "I'm more comfortable than ever. I feel at a 100 percent."






What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels


What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels


The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob, The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk, I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes





updated 07/24/2014 at 05:50 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 05:50PM



There's a first time for everything: First steps, first kiss, first driver's permit (congrats to this week's cover girl Bindi Irwin for that last one). But for writers, there's that first novel. Whether it becomes a breakthrough best seller or gets relegated to the cut-price table, a debut novel is a special occasion. This week our staff members are reading books by writers who have boldly taken their first foray into fiction.

Share your thoughts on their choices – and let us know what you're reading.


What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels| Dagmara Dominczyk, Mira Jacob, Terry Hayes

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes




Mary Beth Yale, Associate Manager, Sales Planning

Her Pick: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

My coworker and I came up with a summer book list. I’d just finished Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns, set in Afghanistan, so I wanted to read I Am Pilgrim, also set in the Middle East. Partly narrated by an ex-underworld spy – who seems to have more aliases than Lady Gaga has costumes – it's an intriguing, multi-perspective thriller. I am really enjoying the complex plot as it weaves through colorful landscapes both abroad and in New York. It's a bit graphic at times, but the characters are likable and the story's made me almost miss my subway stop.


What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels| Dagmara Dominczyk, Mira Jacob, Terry Hayes

The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk




Erica Tabacoff, Digital Account Manager

Her Pick: The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk


I'm reading The Lullaby of Polish Girls for my book club and love it. The novel flips back and forth between present day and the past childhood summers of three friends growing up in Poland in the 1980s. You learn what keeps them together and drives them apart in a decades long coming-of-age story. I've enjoyed Dominczyk's writing style but wish she'd have given an even deeper look into each of the characters. If you ask me, it needs a touch of The Goldfinch 's detail.


What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels| Dagmara Dominczyk, Mira Jacob, Terry Hayes

The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob




Alex Heigl, Assistant Editor

His Pick: The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob

Brooklyn-by-way-of-New-Mexico author Mira Jacob's name has been popping up all over my various social media feeds, and with good reason. The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing is a multigenerational, nonlinear tale of a family of Indian immigrants "making a life in a stolen country" (as Jacob writes in the author's note). But beyond that, its richly drawn characters and breathless pacing support what seems to be an endless supply of gently heartbreaking moments. This is a book for any and everyone.


Check back Thursdays for more roundups of staff picks, and see more book reviews each week in PEOPLE magazine, on newsstands now. Plus, check out past staff picks like best sellers and more great book finds here.






Dolls Resembling Young Girls Placed Outside Their Homes in California


Dolls Resembling Young Girls Placed Outside Their Homes in California


Porcelain dolls resembling young girls have been placed in front of their homes in a gated California community


Orange County Sheriff’s Department





updated 07/24/2014 at 05:50 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 05:45PM



Police have been called in to investigate a curious case after families reported finding porcelain dolls in front of their homes in a gated community in San Clemente, California.

The dolls were found outside of eight homes in the Talega development and resemble the young girls who live there, KTLA reports.


Some of the girls, who are all around the age of 10, go to elementary school together, Orange County Sheriff's Department Lt. Jeff Hallock told KTLA.


The department released photos of two of the dolls, one wearing a blue dress trimmed with lace and one in a pink dress with white bunny slippers.


"Is it a prank? Is there some specific motivation?" Hallock said. "Obviously, there's an indication by some [of] the parents that the dolls resemble their daughters."


"We're talking about children here," he added. "Anything that has the potential to involve children causes us some concern."






What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels


What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels


The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob, The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk, I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes





updated 07/24/2014 at 05:50 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 05:50PM



There's a first time for everything: First steps, first kiss, first driver's permit (congrats to this week's cover girl Bindi Irwin for that last one). But for writers, there's that first novel. Whether it becomes a breakthrough best seller or gets relegated to the cut-price table, a debut novel is a special occasion. This week our staff members are reading books by writers who have boldly taken their first foray into fiction.

Share your thoughts on their choices – and let us know what you're reading.


What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels| Dagmara Dominczyk, Mira Jacob, Terry Hayes

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes




Mary Beth Yale, Associate Manager, Sales Planning

Her Pick: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

My coworker and I came up with a summer book list. I’d just finished Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns, set in Afghanistan, so I wanted to read I Am Pilgrim, also set in the Middle East. Partly narrated by an ex-underworld spy – who seems to have more aliases than Lady Gaga has costumes – it's an intriguing, multi-perspective thriller. I am really enjoying the complex plot as it weaves through colorful landscapes both abroad and in New York. It's a bit graphic at times, but the characters are likable and the story's made me almost miss my subway stop.


What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels| Dagmara Dominczyk, Mira Jacob, Terry Hayes

The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk




Erica Tabacoff, Digital Account Manager

Her Pick: The Lullaby of Polish Girls by Dagmara Dominczyk


I'm reading The Lullaby of Polish Girls for my book club and love it. The novel flips back and forth between present day and the past childhood summers of three friends growing up in Poland in the 1980s. You learn what keeps them together and drives them apart in a decades long coming-of-age story. I've enjoyed Dominczyk's writing style but wish she'd have given an even deeper look into each of the characters. If you ask me, it needs a touch of The Goldfinch 's detail.


What We're Reading This Weekend: Debut Novels| Dagmara Dominczyk, Mira Jacob, Terry Hayes

The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob




Alex Heigl, Assistant Editor

His Pick: The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob

Brooklyn-by-way-of-New-Mexico author Mira Jacob's name has been popping up all over my various social media feeds, and with good reason. The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing is a multigenerational, nonlinear tale of a family of Indian immigrants "making a life in a stolen country" (as Jacob writes in the author's note). But beyond that, its richly drawn characters and breathless pacing support what seems to be an endless supply of gently heartbreaking moments. This is a book for any and everyone.


Check back Thursdays for more roundups of staff picks, and see more book reviews each week in PEOPLE magazine, on newsstands now. Plus, check out past staff picks like best sellers and more great book finds here.






Dolls Resembling Young Girls Placed Outside Their Homes in California


Dolls Resembling Young Girls Placed Outside Their Homes in California


Porcelain dolls resembling young girls have been placed in front of their homes in a gated California community


Orange County Sheriff’s Department





updated 07/24/2014 at 05:50 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 05:45PM



Police have been called in to investigate a curious case after families reported finding porcelain dolls in front of their homes in a gated community in San Clemente, California.

The dolls were found outside of eight homes in the Talega development and resemble the young girls who live there, KTLA reports.


Some of the girls, who are all around the age of 10, go to elementary school together, Orange County Sheriff's Department Lt. Jeff Hallock told KTLA.


The department released photos of two of the dolls, one wearing a blue dress trimmed with lace and one in a pink dress with white bunny slippers.


"Is it a prank? Is there some specific motivation?" Hallock said. "Obviously, there's an indication by some [of] the parents that the dolls resemble their daughters."


"We're talking about children here," he added. "Anything that has the potential to involve children causes us some concern."






Did Sean Penn Propose to Charlize Theron?


Did Sean Penn Propose to Charlize Theron?


Sean Penn and Charlize Theron


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updated 07/24/2014 at 05:30 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 05:30PM



Are Charlize Theron and Sean Penn engaged?

The shiny new sparkler on her ring finger seems to suggest the couple is ready to take the next step after dating for six months.


Theron, 38, was photographed wearing new bling while walking through Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, the New York Daily News reports.


Though the A Million Ways to Die in the West star has said she's in no rush to wed ("I never had the dream of the white dress," she told Vogue in May), Penn, 53, may have been the man to change her mind.


"[Charlize] likes guys with more substance. She finds Sean very charming and he makes her laugh," a source close to her tells PEOPLE. "She definitely has him wrapped around her finger."


Reps for both Theron and Penn had no comment.


The actors have been dodging proposal rumors ever since they got together in January, making their first public appearance at Penn's third annual Help Haiti Home gala. Friends for years, sparks flew between the stars during vacations to Hawaii and Mexico.


One insider told PEOPLE in April that the pair's pals "wouldn't be surprised" by a trip down the aisle.


Next, they'll take their chemistry to the set of The Last Face, directed by Penn and featuring Theron.



Charlize Theron Rules in Red at the MTV Movie Awards






Minnie Driver Travels to Southeast Asia to Help Fight Poverty


Minnie Driver Travels to Southeast Asia to Help Fight Poverty


Minnie Driver visits a T-shirt factory in Bangkok, Thailand


Courtesy Oxfam





updated 07/24/2014 at 05:00 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 05:00PM



Minnie Driver has had a long-standing dedication to giving back, something that she hopes to pass on to her 5-year-old son, Henry.

"The notions of service and kindness are really, really big in our house," the actress, 44, tells PEOPLE. "They're things that we should all have, whether rich, poor, famous, or not famous. They're qualities that we should all be fostering in ourselves and in our kids."


Driver has been involved with Oxfam International, which works to find global solutions to poverty, since she was in elementary school, and she recently took a life-changing trip with the organization to Southeast Asia.


"I've been particularly interested in the labor rights of women in developing countries, like Cambodia and Thailand," Driver says. "I worked there and saw what was going on. I visited factories. I can't tell you about the living conditions of these young women."


The About a Boy star is thankful that she can use her celebrity status to shine a light on such an important cause.


"I'm happy to use whatever attention I can bring to a subject that I now know a lot about and feel really confident supporting," she says. "Your only job, when you recognize that you have a lot, is to teach people that haven't been so lucky how they can make their lives better for themselves. Your job is to, where you can, help."


For more of our interview with Minnie Driver, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday






Summer Slim-Down Special: How 5 Readers Lost 100 Lbs. or More!


Summer Slim-Down Special: How 5 Readers Lost 100 Lbs. or More!


Katey Dyck


Courtesy Katey Dyck; Perry Hagopian





updated 07/24/2014 at 04:45 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 04:45PM



When Katey Dyck weighed 243 lbs, "I felt terrible about my body," she admits. "I hid from cameras."

Not anymore. The Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, native, 34, shed all those inhibitions when she dropped an astonishing 107 lbs.


To prove it, Dyck posed in a tiny two-piece in this week's issue of PEOPLE, which also features the transformations of four other PEOPLE readers who lost more than 100 lbs. each.


"I feel fit and strong for the first time," says the 5'8" stay-at-home mom. "It’s incredibly empowering."


In the past, Dyck struggled with portion control. "I could eat an entire tray of brownies," she says. "I love sugar like crazy!"


Her husband's deployment to Iraq in 2005 only exacerbated her poor eating habits. "I spent a year eating carb-heavy takeout because I missed him so much," she says.


Out of concern for her two kids, Natalie, 7, and Gabriel, 4, Dyck decided to turn her life around.


"I realized if something happened to me, my children wouldn't even remember me, " says Dyck, who, while admitting "I can have a nice big piece of cake at my child's birthday party," cut out sugar from her diet – and piled on the lean proteins.


She also works out six days a week, which has helped her maintain her weight loss for the past two years.


RELATED: See Those PEOPLE Readers Who Lost 100 Lbs. in 2013 and 2012!


Hoping to act as an inspiration, Dyck has chronicled her fitness journey on her blog Happy Exhaustion, saying: "Encouraging others to discover the confidence that comes with physical strength keeps me going."


For more tips and other inspiring weight-loss transformations, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday






Bindi Irwin Is 'Feeling So Good' After Getting Learner's Permit on 16th Birthday



updated 07/24/2014 at 04:30 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 04:30PM



Now she's really a teenager.

Bindi Irwin has taken up her beloved father's mission of preserving wildlife, but she's about to embark on a different adventure: ruling the road.


The young conservationist just got her driving learner's permit, as she excitedly announced (along with a beaming photo) when she turned 16 on Thursday.


"It's official! I passed!! 16 is feeling good, hello L plates," she Tweeted.


How else did she celebrate her big birthday? Nothing too wild: a meet-and-greet with fans at the Australia Zoo, a cup of tea, a YA novel and some tasty-looking Chinese food, she shared on Twitter and Instagram.


The daughter of late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, Bindi recently opened up about how she carries on her dad's legacy eight years after he was killed by a stingray during a freak accident.


"When you lose a loved one, you come to these crossroads," she told PEOPLE. "You can take the path that leads you down the aisle of sadness, or you can say, 'I'm never going to let this person's memory die. I'm going to make sure everything they worked for continues.' "


For more from Bindi Irwin, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE magazine, on newsstands Friday


Bindi Irwin Is 'Feeling So Good' After Getting Learner's Permit on 16th Birthday| Death, Personal Tragedy, Birthday, Bindi Irwin, Steve Irwin





Nicki Minaj Gets Low, Bares Butt in NSFW Album Art


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07/24/2014 at 03:46 PM ET




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Nicki Minaj has certainly never been shy about showing off her curves, but this takes things to a whole new level!


The singer, 31, has been teasing her fans on Twitter about a “special surprise” since Wednesday, and on Thursday all was finally revealed — so to speak.


RELATED PHOTOS: See more celebrity body-baring “Oops!” moments


Minaj posted the raunchy cover art for her new single “Anaconda,” featuring the singer in just a sports bra, Jordans, and a g-string, to her Instagram Thursday morning (click here to see the uncensored version). And let’s just all agree that the singer could release a workout video next — her rear view is truly noteworthy.


“Anaconda,” which is set to drop on July 28, is the second single to be released from Minaj’s upcoming album The Pink Print, slated for release later in 2014.


Thoughts?


–Isabel Sanhueza






Christina Applegate Jokes That She's Become a Dance Mom


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Christina Applegate is many things — including an Emmy-winning actress, a cancer survivor and a philanthropist.


But there’s another side of the Anchorman star that nobody knew about … until now!


According to the actress, she’s a total dance mom to her 3½-year-old ballet dancer, daughter Sadie Grace.


“Sometimes I’ll find myself watching her in class, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, you’re so being a dance mom,’ ” Applegate, 42, told PEOPLE at the Fourth Annual Celebration of Dance Gala presented by The Dizzy Feet Foundation on Sunday.


“I’m sitting [there] in my head going, ‘Why isn’t she pointing her foot that way?! Someone needs to go in there and fix her foot!’”


Applegate, who can no longer dance herself because of injuries — but still occasionally guest-judges on So You Think You Can Dance , grew up with an extreme passion for the sport.



“It was my secret thing I did that nobody knew I did,” Applegate shares. “I could go to classes and not have anyone bother me. And I did it for years up until I got pregnant with my daughter.”


As soon as Sadie was born, the new mom knew she wanted to pass her love of dance on to her little girl.


“I now have to live vicariously through my daughter,” says Applegate. “I watch her and help her speak through her body — channel her emotions and her joy through her body. [I help her] get grounded, get all that stuff out.”


However, there is a fine line and even Applegate realizes she has been known to occasionally cross it.


“I was stretching her point today. I was like, ‘Let me stretch your point a little bit, Sades. Not for any particular reason — just giving you a little massage.’ I tricked her!” she admits.


– Matthew Cole Weiss






The Twitterverse Reacts to the 50 Shades of Grey Trailer



updated 07/24/2014 at 03:35 PM EDT


originally published 07/24/2014 03:35PM



Well, it happened. The moment you all – or at least a significant number of you – have been waiting for. The Fifty Shades of Grey trailer dropped today, and it swiftly took over the Internet, eventually trending on Facebook, Twitter and Google.

People from every walk of life were not shy about sharing their thoughts on the clip. Here are some of our favorite reactions.


Some were commenting on the film's release date.


Others on the fact that there are a whole lot of blockbuster releases coming out between now and Valentine's Day.


The slowed-down version of Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" from the clip was a big favorite.


Maggie Gyllenhaal's film Secretary was brought up as a stylistic touchstone for the clip's look.


And of course, the Twittersphere didn't hold back about the leads' appearances.


Comedian Billy Eichner is a little confused about the film …


… which brings us to this Tweet.


Ryan Seacrest Instagrammed this video …


And at least one person is holding out hope for a last-minute bait-and-switch.


Won't someone please think of the children?






Melissa McCarthy, Jenny McCarthy and Other Celeb Cousins You Never Knew Were Related

The worst part of being a celebrity, undoubtedly, must be family reunions. All those cousins coming out of the woodwork, asking you to pass along their script or snag an autograph or even help Aunt Agatha buy that new hot tub that she desperately needs.

Then there are those happy few stars who don't have to face this problem. Because their cousins are famous, too.


In honor of Cousins Day – July 24, to be exact – here are several celebrity cousins who don't have to worry about being the only famous person at their family reunion.


Jenny McCarthy and Melissa McCarthy


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Jeny McCarthy (left) and Melissa McCarthy


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You couldn't ask for a better cousin than Jenny McCarthy. Back in the '90s, The View host helped older cousin Melissa land her first TV role as a guest star in the former's short-lived sitcom.

Now that both McCarthy girls have cemented their places in Hollywood, she's spoken out against criticism of Melissa on multiple occasions.


Tom Cruise and William Mapother


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Tom Cruise (left) and William Mapother


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One you know that Tom Cruise's real name is "Thomas Mapother," suddenly the resemblance between the A-lister and his character-actor cousin becomes a lot more apparent. (Look at their chins!)

Mapother has acted in five films with Cruise – Born on the Fourth of July, Magnolia, Mission: Impossible II, Vanilla Sky and Minority Report – but to us, he'll always be Ethan, the duplicitous member of the Others from Lost.


Sofia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage


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From left: Sofia Coppola, Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman


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Composer Carmine Coppola unwittingly spawned a Hollywood dynasty: His son Francis became the famed director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, while his daughter Talia Shire starred as Adrian in the Rocky movies.

Decades later, the second generation of Coppola cousins has gotten mixed up in the family business: Frances's daughter Sofia and Talia's son Jason have each followed in their parents' footsteps, while their cousin Nicolas (son of the comparatively unknown August Coppola) took a new name from one of his favorite superheroes and became the Internet's One True God.


Other Coppola cousins in the entertainment industry include Sofia's older brother Roman, who co-wrote The Darjeeling Limited and Moonrise Kingdom, and Jason's younger brother Robert, lead singer of the band Rooney.


Gwyneth Paltrow and Katherine Moennig


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Gwyneth Paltrow (left) and Katherine Moennig


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Even before she came to fame on The L Word, actress Katherine Moennig was haunted by questions about her blonder, goopier cousin.

As a 2000 New York Observer profile observed, when asked about Gwyneth, "a wary look crossed Ms. Moennig's eyes and her facial muscles seemed to freeze up."


Later, she revealed a certain gratefulness for their lack of resemblance: "We're totally different people. We look very different, too … No one's judging me solely on the fact that I am her cousin."


Snoop Dogg and Brandy


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Brandy (left) and Snoop Dogg


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This is one of those facts that you feel a lot more people should know than they do. We're talking two of the most famous musicians to come out of the '90s!

Although perhaps that would have made it weird for them to collaborate on a love song, as they did on Snoop's "Special."


Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus


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Gary LeVox (left) and Jay DeMarcus


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Though they're only second cousins, LeVox and DeMarcus probably hang out more than most of the relatives on this list. They have to – they're two of the three members of the country group Rascal Flatts!

Damon Dash and Stacey Dash


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Damon Dash and Stacey Dash


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Maybe we're mixing him up with Reverend Run, but we'd always sort of assumed "Damon Dash" was not the name the former Roc-A-Fella Records honcho was born with. But it was!

When you realize that your whole perspective was whack, it makes more sense that he's cousins with Clueless's Stacey Dash.


Melissa Gorga and Ralph Macchio


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Melissa Gorga and Raph Macchio


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Cousins often enjoy different levels of success at different points in their lives, but the comparison is striking in the case of these two relatives.

Melissa Gorga was just a child when her cousin Ralph Macchio shot to fame in The Karate Kid – years later, he was working as a guest actor on shows like Psych and How I Met Your Mother when an all-grown-up Gorga became a cast member on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.


K-Ci & JoJo and Fantasia Barrino


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From left: K-Ci & JoJo and Fantasia Barrino


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All their lives, brothers Cedric "K-Ci" and Joel "JoJo" Hailey have been cousins with American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino.

The trio haven't officially recorded together, but K-Ci did show up at a Fantasia concert to duet on "Nobody Greater" with his younger cuz.


Kyra Sedgwick and Edie Sedgwick


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Kyra Sedgwick (left) and Edie Sedgwick


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If someone asks you to explain the concept of first cousins once removed, just tell them, "It's like Edie Sedgwick and Kyra Sedwick!" (Edie's father was the younger brother of Kyra's grandfather.)

Brooke Shields and Glenn Close


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Brooke Shields (left) and Glenn Close


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Likewise, next time someone asks you how to explain the concept of second cousins once removed to them, just tell them, "It's like Brooke Shields and Glenn Close!" (Shields's great-grandmother was the sister of Close's grandfather.)

The difference? You have probably met most of your first cousins once removed, at least once or twice (unless your parents hated their cousins). You probably haven't met many of your second cousins once removed.


Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip


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Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth


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It's safe to say that the royal families of Europe have different relationships with their cousins than the rest of us.

Take, for example, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, who are distant cousins.


That actually understates the complexity of their bloodlines, as Elizabeth and Philip are, in fact, related to each other twice.


Not only are the couple each great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, making them third cousins, they also share an ancestor in Christian IX of Denmark, who was Phillip's great-grandfather and Elizabeth's great-great-grandfather, thus making them second cousins once removed. (Like Brooke Shields and Glenn Close!)


Like we said, royals are different.


Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt


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Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt


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Before you snicker at the Queen, remember that America's rulers aren't any strangers to marrying their cousins, either.

Yes, Eleanor Roosevelt may have only been FDR's fifth cousin once removed, and yes, she may have been more closely related to the other Roosevelt president (she was Teddy's niece), but still – her maiden name was Roosevelt!


You could say the future president was just following in the family tradition, though; his own parents were sixth cousins.






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