Seems like Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez’s BFF status is currently on hiatus.

The newly VMA nominated pop star stopped by Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” on Thursday where she was played “Plead the Fifth.” Demi was given three questions by host Andy Cohen and the option to not answer one of them.

Andy started off the round by asking who she would “Shag, Marry or Kill,” Joe Jonas, Justin Bieber, Simon Cowell.

“I’d kill Bieber. I’d kill Simon. F–k, I’d kill Joe, too!” Lovato said. “No, Joe and I are good friends, so I wouldn’t kill him. I’d keep him around.”

Demi then opted out of the next question which was to give details on the most scandalous thing she’s ever seen a Disney channel star do, but she was most likely regretting that decision when it came time for the next question.

“You recently unfollowed your BFF Selena Gomez on Twitter. So much speculation about this! Can you tell us why?” Andy asked.

Demi then answered, “I plead the sixth, if that’s in the game,” before Cohen added, “Are people reading too much into it? Are they reading into something that doesn’t exist?”

“I think it’s just one of those things where people change and people grow apart,” Demi answered.

Fans noticed that Demi unfollowed Selena on Twitter back in July, and also allegedly tweeted and deleted that same day, “Swimming away from the bullsh– bye bitch.”

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Attention, “Pretty Little Liars” addicts! Lucy Hale will be hosting the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards! The “PLL” star and country singer (have you seen her nail “Jolene”?) will join MTV’s Sway and Christina Garibaldi on the star-studded red carpet at The Forum on August 24 at 8:00 p.m. ET, right before the VMAs at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

“Hosting this year’s MTV VMA Pre-Show is the topper to a pretty great year for me after releasing my first album,” Hale said. “I’m looking forward to meeting and talking to some of my favorite artists. It’s going to be an amazing night!”

But that’s just the beginning. Along with Lucy, Inglewood’s own Becky G and
YouTube star Ingrid Nilsen (Missglamorazzi) will be the Pre-Show’s #instaGLAM correspondents.

Fifth Harmony and Charli XCX will be performing live. Both Charli and the 5H girls are nominated for the Artist to Watch VMA.

“I cannot wait to perform during the VMAs pre-show,” Charli said. “And it’s so exciting to have a nomination not only for ‘Boom Clap’ but for other things with ‘Fancy.’ It’s a girl power anthem, and the video is next-level.”

And if that’s not enough star power for you, Austin Mahone will also be on hand, fulfilling his #DareAustin challenge that had fans submitting their ideas for how he should arrive on the red carpet via social media. In addition to that, MTV will be airing a brand-new episode of “Teen Wolf” at ...

The shooting death of Ferguson, Missouri, teen Michael Brown has sent shock waves of throughout the nation as protesters have gathered in several cities, including St. Louis, New York, Los Angeles and Washington. The crowds have taken to the streets to denounce police brutality and mourn the unarmed 18-year-old who was shot by an officer on Saturday.

J. Cole protested in a different way on Friday morning (August 15) when he released “Be Free,” a heartfelt dedication to Brown.

“How we feel,” Cole tweeted at about 4:30 a.m. with a Soundcloud link.

“And I’m in denial and it don’t take no X-ray to see right through my smile,” he croons in a raspy voice to start the song.

There’s is no rapping on the track, just Cole singing emotionally, over a sentimental piano. “All we wanna do is be free,” he pleads before asking, “Can you tell me why every time I step outside I see my n—as die?”

To close the track, Cole uses a soundbite from Dorian Johnson, Brown’s friend and an eyewitness to the shooting.

“He turned around, put his hands in the air,” Johnson can be heard saying near the end of the song. “He started to get down but the officer still approached with his weapon drawn and he fired several more shots.”

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A total of 10 days remain until Ariana Grande’s My Everything will be released on August 25, but thankfully the “Break Free” singer seems to understand how unfathomably trying this wait has been for her fans. That’s probably why she sneaked a couple of song teasers onto the Internet in the form of Instagram videos. Not to be ungrateful, but, um, maybe warn an Arianator first next time? Some of us might have been holding scalding-hot coffee in our hands…

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The first song is the title track off the VMA performer’s sophomore album, and it features a gorgeous orchestral intro that any classical Viennese composer would kill for. (Note to Ariana: If a man who calls himself Salieri approaches you — RUN.) The second new tune, posted on Thursday, is “Break Your Heart Right Back,” an infectious, snap-along jam that’s sure to fill the titular heartbreaker with gallons of regret.

Here’s the string section-backed “My Everything.”

Can it just, like, be August 25 yet? Thanks.

And here’s a taste of “Break Your Heart Right Back.”

It’s bestie Alexa-approved and everything.

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At long last, “The Giver” has arrived — but does it have enough color to survive?

That’s the key question critics are batting back and forth as reviews for this weekend’s “The Giver,” directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Lois Lowry’s 1993 novel of the same name, start to trickle in. Starring Brenton Thwaites and Jeff Bridges, “The Giver” takes place in a future society devoid of color and emotion, preferring authority-abiding Sameness to the dangers of diversity. The classic young adult novel is a key predecessor of stories like “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent,” but how does it hold up as a film of its own?

Some reviewers are happier with the results than others. Here’s a look at what folks have to say about “The Giver,” from its colorful cast to its color-free world:

The Story
“Thwaites plays Jonas, who lives in a black-and-white world. Literally. Color, unpredictable weather and interpersonal conflict have been carefully excised from the society he was born into — an unnamed city-state, set on a mesa ringed by clouds, where identical dwellings house family units whose members aspire to perfect Sameness. Daily injections of passion-inhibiting drugs help in that quest, as does a total ignorance of history. Memories of mankind’s unruly past have been erased, known only to a single Receiver of Memory (played by Bridges, who appears to have filled his cheeks with cotton in search of the perfect grumbly-gruff Voice of Experience).

“Upon their ritualized graduation from childhood, the Chief Elder ...

It’s safe to say that most of us won’t be hanging out with Jennifer Lawrence as she blows out her 24 candles today, but that doesn’t mean she’s not our celebrity BFF. And what do we do when our celebrity BFFs have birthdays? We have strange little satellite birthday parties themed to their tastes, of course.

That said, here’s how you can totally JLaw up your birthday celebration. Happy birthday, Katniss!

Guest List
Your anonymous BFF

To save you from traffic cones and share your pizza.

Your publicist

To manage the crowds and reassure you that yes, you are supposed to be here. (And bring you pizza.)

Harvey Weinstein

You can’t not invite Harvey. You don’t want to know what happens when you don’t invite Harvey.

Honey Boo Boo

A party guest worth nearly taking out innocent pedestrians for.

Josh Hutcherson

It’s not a party without a Peeta pocket.

Prince Harry

Best. Birthday surprise. Ever.

Snacks
Pizza

Chips

Favorite snack of tributes everywhere.

McDonald’s

Yes, she would like fries with that.

Cake balls

You heard her.

Beverages

Only for those of age, of course.

Or, like, anything really.

Anything.

ANYTHING.

We’re not messing around here. Don’t run out of food. Just don’t.

Decor
No stairs.

No cones either.

The danger is everywhere.

Everything else is pretty much fair game, honestly.

Games
Oscar Tug-O-War

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Cryface Olympics

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We’ve seen Lil Wayne, Justin Timberlake, Ansel Elgort and countless other celebrities take the “Strike out ALS Ice Bucket Challenge for Lou Gehrig’s Disease.”

But one bucket is so last week. When Demi Lovato stepped up to the plate, she took on not one, not two, not four buckets, but FIVE BUCKETS!! After bravely running the gauntlet, Demi issued a handful of challenges to five other celebs: Christina Perri, Jonas Brothers guitarist John Lloyd Taylor, JoBros manager Phil McIntyre, actress and half-sister Madison De La Garza and Wilmer Valderrama.

And here’s the thing: It’s working. Since July 29, the movement has raised more than $5.5 million for the ALS Association, compared to the $32,000 raised during the same period last year.

Here are our 17 other favorite celeb challenges:

1. Emmy Rossum

2. Elizabeth Banks

3. Jimmy Fallon, the Roots, Rob Riggle, Horatio Sanz and Steve Higgins

4. Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Carson Daly

5. Lance Bass

6. Pretty Little Liars’ Sasha Pieterse

7. All These NFL Players And Coaches

8. Matt Lauer

9. Keith Urban

10. Johnny Weir

11. Mario Lopez

12. Nick Lachey

13. Andy Cohen

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Not even famous people — despite all their higher powers — can stop an ice cream cone (and other fun summer treats) from melting everywhere. Here’s the photo evidence.

1. Miley Cyrus

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2. Kim Kardashian

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3. And another of Kim, because why not

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4. Joe Manganiello

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5. Whitney Port

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6. Katy Perry

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7. Joe Jonas

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8. Sofia Vergara

9. President Barack Obama

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10. ...