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Tonight we see the confluence of three major, celebrity-filled, potentially world-changing events: the final night of the Democratic National Convention, the MTV Video Music Awards, and Fashion's Night Out.
Former President Bill Clinton will tell the Democratic National Convention that the economy can be pretty great under a Democrat after all in Charlotte Wednesday night.
Olympic champion Gabby Douglas will lead the Democratic National Convention in the pledge of allegiance on Wednesday night, meaning, in our subjective judgment, all journalistic resources poured into the political infomercial will be completely and totally worth it.
Today in celebrity gossip: Blossom was in a bad car accident, but she's going to be OK. Also, Kristen Stewart feels like a scapegoat, and Gabby Douglas does something with her hair.
Today in celebrity gossip: Alec Baldwin has angered churchgoers in the Hamptons, Kristen Stewart has gone into relative hiding, and Taylor Swift is even more of a cradle robber than we thought.
For a sense of how quickly the stench of loserdom can attach to an Olympic champion, it helps to watch not Jordyn Wieber, but her coach, John Geddert.
Aly Raisman's job during the team competition was to not fall off, her reliable scores insurance against her more famous but less dependable teammates, who were expected to shine later on the individual events. But, after getting the bronze on beam and gold for the floor, it was Raisman who will leave the Olympics with more medals than any other American gymnast.
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Gabby Douglas? Missy Franklin? Michael Phelps? Forget 'em. We'd argue that some of the biggest stars of the Olympics thus far have been the athletes' parents.
Don't be too upset that American Hero Gabby Douglas didn't win a medal in gymnastics bars finals Monday night. It really was just an honor to be nominated.
It might seem a little early soon to do a career retrospective on a 16-year-old, but even as an 8-year-old, Gabby Douglas could do more pushups than you.
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You know in your heart that Gabby Douglas is the most amazing high-flying hero Olympic gymnastics champion, maybe ever. But you need to understand it with your head, too, with a rational and objective analysis of her talent through GIFs.
There are four women with a good chance of winning the all-around in gymnastics Thursday night: Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Viktoria Komova, and Aliya Mustafina.
If you watched NBC's prime time coverage of the women's gymnastics team final, you were deceived -- the U.S.'s crushing defeat of Russia was even more brutal than the network's packaged show.
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