These are the cold, hard facts: After spending 17 months in an Indiana prison for violating probation surrounding a case of drug possession, Amber Portwood of “Teen Mom” was released early from a five-year sentence last November and has since been on the straight and narrow. She’s a phoenix now, but how was she first reduced to ashes?

We’ll soon find out. The mother of the adorable little Leah has written a tell-all book, she told InTouch yesterday, and it doesn’t sound like she’s going to leave much to the imagination. “It’s a brutally honest account of how bad my life got,” she said in the interview. “Addiction. Mental illness. Death. Divorce. Betrayal. Violence. Suicide attempts. Felony charges. Rehab. Drug overdoses and jail…I’m going to tell you how it all happened.”

Amber was brutally honest about her struggles throughout a recent appearance on “Maury,” during which she mentored a group of troubled young girls who responded positively to her candor. Let’s hope her continued openness has the same effect on readers!

Will you read Amber’s no-holds-barred memoir? Tell us what you hope to hear!

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Go ahead and recall the craziest night you’ve had recently. Stay out until 6 a.m.? Lose your shoe at an eardrum-eliminating concert? No matter the tale, we assure you, Carter Stevens‘ story has got yours beat.

On MTV’s new drama “Finding Carter,” which officially premieres on MTV next Tuesday, July 8 at 10/9c, high school student Carter will get her world rocked when police tell her — after she spends an evening in the slammer — that the woman she believes is her mother actually abducted her from her biological family years earlier. Suffice to say, devastation and chaos will ensue, but to what degree?

Welp, you don’t have to wait until next week to find out, because right now, if you download the MTV app, you’ll get exclusive access to a 15-minute sneak peek of the show’s two-hour premiere. iPhone and Android users are both eligible, and we assure you, the beginning of Carter’s brand-new chapter is one you won’t want to miss.

So be sure to watch, keep up with “Finding Carter” coverage on MTV News and stay tuned for the full premiere next week!

Matthew Scott Donnelly

Every installation of “Weezy Wednesdays” doesn’t actually have to be about Lil Wayne, right? This week, Tunechi shared the love by premiering his daughter Reginae Carter‘s new music video, “Mind Goin Crazy.”

Reginae is one of the most recent Young Money signees, so dad decided to give her the spotlight this time around, giving a shout out to all the “Reginators,” and telling them to look for her album Becoming Reginae. It’s clear from the colorful clip that Daddy taught her how to stunt, and if you weren’t up on ‘hairfinity,’ you will be after watching this.

Earlier this week, Weezy tried to give MTV News the official drop date of his anticipated Tha Carter V album, but he couldn’t exactly figure it out.

“I’m so not good with that,” Wayne said. “I think it drops either in September and then we have…ah I can’t tell you the sneak thing. Anyway, yeah, I think it drops in September or August.”

“[Or] It might drop before then, in July,” he added. “[Or] August 25 or something like that?” He also plans to drop Da Other Album this year. Hear him explain it all in the video below.

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Princess Elsa is finally paying for her misdeeds.

The “Frozen” princess, alongside several other Disney princesses, is officially behind bars. Artist Maria Bayley is the mad genius responsible for this series of “Orange is the New Black” inspired redesigns of the Disney princesses, reimagining the likes of Elsa, Snow White, Mulan and others as inmates of Litchfield Correctional Facility. Even Prince Eric is getting in on the action, albeit without a “Pornstache.”

Check it out:

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The princesses, from top left to bottom right, are: Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog,” Mulan, Snow White, Rapunzel from “Tangled,” Ariel from “The Little Mermaid,” Belle from “Beauty and the Beast,” Prince Eric from “The Little Mermaid,” Pocahontas, Ursula from “The Little Mermaid,” and Elsa from “Frozen.”

“I could not think of anyone further from the possibility of being locked in jail than this lot of under aged princesses,” Bayley writes of the redesign.

These Disney princesses are the product of a DesignCrowd.com Photoshop contest, tasking users with reimagining famous females as the “Orange is the New Black” inmates. Check out other submissions here.

(via Zap2It.com)

Josh Wigler

If you’re the type of person who doesn’t care about holding on to your money (or dignity), then chances are you’ve made more than a few losing bets on erratic experimental hip-hop trio Death Grips.

You see, drummer Zach Hill, producer Andy Morin (aka Flatlander) and vocalist Stefan Burnett (aka MC Ride) have made a (short) career of not showing up when booked. So, when they unexpectedly announced their breakup on a napkin note on Wednesday on the eve of their biggest tour to date opening for Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden, well, one guy was not surprised at all.

Exactly.

Gil Kaufman

Clark! You forgot your underpants! Again!

In “Man of Steel,” the newly designed Superman caused a bit of a stir when he arrived without red briefs hugging his blue uniform. It was a design choice that fell in line with Superman’s comic book costume seen in the recently rebooted “New 52″ DC Universe; but even then, Kal-El’s paneled page counterpart at least had a red belt to break up the big blue onesie:

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For all of the faults you can lay at Zack Snyder‘s feet, design isn’t one of them. Every one of his films — “Dawn of the Dead,” “300,” “Watchmen,” “Sucker Punch” — features flawless costumes and exquisite eye-candy. Even “Man of Steel,” which many took to task for how Superman handled the chaotic climax in Metropolis — even then, the chaos looked great.

But Superman himself? A bit of a bummer in that mopey blue suit. The red cape is not enough to distinguish the suit from that monotonous blue. Even if the red underpants are dated and out of the question, a belt of some kind would go a long way. But it looks like we’re not getting that in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” judging by the first look at the “new” suit:

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We put “new” in quotation marks, because there’s really very little new about it, aside from the pouring rain of ...

Five months after Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin introduced us to the concept of “conscious uncoupling” in announcing their divorce, “You Were Meant For Me” singer Jewel and her rodeo rider husband Ty Murray announced their split. Sorry, we mean “tender undoing.”

“My husband, friend and partner of 16 years and I have decided to get a divorce,” Jewel wrote in a long, emotional letter to fans on her official site. “Ty and I have always tried to live the most authentic life possible, and we wanted our separation as husband and wife to be nothing less loving than the way we came together. For some time we have been engaged in a private and difficult, but thoughtful and tender undoing of ourselves. Allowing ourselves the time and space to redefine what we are to each other with love rather than malice.”

Jewel, 40 and nine-time world champion rodeo rider Murray, 44, have been married since 2008 and together for more than 16 years. The couple have a three-year-old son, Kase.

“We have no desire to damage ourselves and each other in the process. Who better than each other to bear witness to the heart ache of redefining our family?” she said in her “Dear World” letter, which also chronicled the difficulty of living in the public eye for more than 20 years.

“And who better as ally, while we learn to redraw ourselves in whatever new shape we find as separate people who are still striving to be ...

With additional reporting by Janelle Myers

Seth MacFarlane, You Surprise Me
Thanks to “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane the “Reading Rainbow” Kickstarter reached beyond its $5 million goal: $6,408,916 to be exact. Five days before the end of the Kickstarter, MacFarlane vowed to match every donation up to $1 million to help surpass $5 million and bring “Reading Rainbow” to over 7,500 classrooms. Bravo to him and the rest of the 105,857 backers, and congrats to Levar Burton!

Awesome Ariana Grande News
In case you missed “Total Ariana Live” Wednesday night, Ariana Grande debuted her latest single “Break Free” and announced that she will perform that song at the VMAs.

Will Lily Allen Twerk?
Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz Tour just got hotter, because Lily Allen will join the “Wrecking Ball” singer for seven tour dates starting on August 1. Sheezus is super excited and couldn’t keep her emojis to herself.

Guess Who Was At Dave Coulier’s Wedding
Dave Coulier (a.k.a. Uncle Joey) got married in Montana on Wednesday, and there was no mountain high enough to keep most of his former “Full House” co-stars from attending. Bob Saget, John Stamos, Candace Cameron Bure (DJ) and Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler) were all there to watch Coulier wed his longtime girlfriend Melissa Bring. Unfortunately, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen missed it.

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We hate to break it to Zac Efron, but “Step It Up: All In” is all wrapped and due out next month. So, like, there’s no reason to audition now. But, don’t bother telling the former “High School Musical” star, because he’s dancing like he wants everyone to see.

After gifting us with his vacation take on Jason DeRulo’s “Wiggle,” Efron dropped the obvious sequel with his “Turn Down For What” clip.

“Enjoy the Autoironic dance Michelle , Z , Youssef , me… @mrodofficial @zacefron @youssefgiga,” he wrote. Seriously, we have to get invited on vacation with this guy.

Gil Kaufman

Finding love is difficult for anyone, but doing it when you’re deployed for a majority of the year is nearly impossible.

On tonight’s episode of “Catfish,” Jeff, an active navy sailor from Florida, found himself at a standstill. He’d been Internet-dating a nurse named Megan — who’d sent him a Facebook friend request accidentally — for about a year. Megan, like Jeff, was shy and gentle and shared his love of dogs. But after she stood Jeff up when he traveled all the way to Texas to visit her, he had understandable concerns.

Through the power of some super-sleuthing, Max and Nev discovered that Megan was more than likely a woman named Brandy, who shared the same address, phone number and membership to dog appreciation groups as Megan — but who didn’t have a photo attached to her profile. Max and Nev called Megan to try to convince her to meet Jeff, but she was reluctant. And since Jeff couldn’t leave Florida while on duty, Max had no choice but to venture to Texas by himself to win Megan (or was it Brandy?) over.

Once Max finally made contact with Jeff’s beloved in Dallas, she admitted to creating the “Megan” profile and said a string of bad relationships, including a recently abusive one, killed her self-esteem. Brandy used Megan as a means to escape her own problems, she explained. And though she had misgivings about meeting Jeff, she finally agreed to rip off the ...