'TEEN MOM' FARRAH ABRAHAM ENDORSES RASPBERRY KETONES, BECOMES HUMAN EMBODIMENT OF TWITTER SPAM

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We asked for this, America. Now we're getting what we wished for:Teen Mom trainwreck/porn star/singer(-ish)/sad clown paintingFarrah Abraham has landed herself an endorsement deal, because of course she has. But what, exactly, is this Kardashian wannabe shilling?

Abraham's Kash-in of choice is Raspberry Ketones, a.k.a. the weight loss supplement whose Twitter spam clogged up your timeline a few months ago. The reality star even has her own ~signature forumla~ (the tildes mean it's legit!) of the not-at-all medically proven weight loss pill that she absolutely did not ever in her life use to lose weight. We know this because, well, Abraham's body looks exactly as it always has for the past 14 minutes and 50 seconds she's been famous (aside from the plastic surgery she broadcast on her nationally televised MTV show).

Truly, Abraham's oblivious trolling of the universe has reached an all-time high, as she is now the living embodiment of social media spam-and-scam. Congratulations, Farrah — you've joined the ranks of the savviest of the media elite, including Hailey Glassman, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, and Hulk Hogan for Rent-a-Center. How does it feel to share the stage with such beacons of business?

Really, raspberry ketones really feel like an abstraction of fame itself. Fruity, mysterious, and an unfounded "miracle" solution for idiots! Some lab mice were fed extremely high doses of the raspberry chemical and a bunch of dummies jumped on the bandwagon hoping to cash in: nothing is really known about how long-term exposure to the stuff effects the human body. And for these "miracle effects" to take place you need to take way, way more than the reccomended daily amount. Just like reality TV fame: the illusion of actual credibility is created using smoke, mirrors, bullshit, and a willing body for the right price. Three cheers for the American Dream, you guys!

There's a joke about MTV, fame, spam, and raspberries in there somewhere, but you can just make it yourself.

Check out Farrah's ringing endorsement of the product, below.

WILL CHARLES RAMSEY JOIN THE RANKS OF OTHER YOUTUBE CELEBRITIES?

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If you work in an office, a department store, a construction site, a taxi, or pretty much anywhere that forces you to interract with other people, you're bound to have already been hit with the question: "Did you see that Charles Ramsey YouTube video?" The latest in a long, flickering line of Internet celebrities, Ramsey is a bona fide hero who rescued three women and one girl from the home of an abductor, resulting in the latter's arrest. But beyond his bravery (for better or worse), Ramsey will likely be remembered for his vigorously entertaining persona, captured in this interview following the climactic episode:

Thus, a pop culture sensation is born. Already, Ramsey is the talk of the web, earning the attention of everyone with reliable Internet access. At this point, the heights to which this fame might spring is up for guesses.

YouTube stardom is a fickle thing. We've seen individuals explode into the conversation and then disappear just as abruptly; we've seen others pitch a permanent campsite in the lexicon, popping up in the form of displaced references for years on end. And in some cases, we've seen people actually make careers off their viral hits... however short-lived or flaky they might be.

The first figure that comes to mind is Antoine Dodson, another local news interviewee whose character quirks have earned him mass quotability since 2010. Fans will recall Dodson's diatribe about a home intruder in Lincoln Park, Alab., amounting to hysteria, reaching the ever sanctified platform of the Auto-Tune art form. Himself an aspiring musician, Dodson capitalized on his incidental notoriety to launch a series of live performances, a line of T-shirts, and even a foundation to fight juvenile diabetes. Although Dodson's career hasn't quite panned out with the promise it once had (in 2011, Entertainment One promised an Antoine Dodson reality show that never seemed to have panned out...), he's at least still a headline regular. Just this month, Dodson's admissions of rejecting his own homosexuality and embracing his identity as a Hebrew Israelite earned tabloid attention.

We also have more contentious examples. For instance, Ted Williams, better known as the Man with the Golden Voice: a homeless man whose impressive vocal abilities landed him YouTube notability in 2010, and a career as a voice-over artist for several institutions. Unfortunately, recovering alcoholic Williams also attributed his relapse to the extensive media attention garnered by his newfound prosperity. Williams' work load has seemed to fizzle out over the course of the past year.

But not everyone's fame extends beyond the viral realm. Earlier this year, YouTube met a homeless hitchhiker named Kai, who avowed to have rescued a passerby from an assault by attacking the perpetrator with a hatchet. The past has given us Jacob Isom, who intercepted the Dove World Outreach Center's Quran-burning event in 2010, offering a colorful account of his disapproval of the act of intolerance. 

With varying degrees of success to come from YouTube, we can't be sure where Ramsey's path will lead from here on out. But maybe, at the very least, as entertained as we might be by his comical yarns, we can offer a little more attention to the courage of his actions.

LAURYN HILL IS GOING TO PRISON FOR TAX EVASION AFTER ALL (FOR THREE MONTHS!)

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This, ladies and gentlemen, is why you should always pay your taxes:Lauryn Hill — singer, occasional actress, and current eccentric — has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for not paying taxes on the $1.8 million dollars she made from 2005 to 2007.

According to TMZ, a Newark, N.J. judge ordered Hill to report to prison by July 8, after which she'll have to spend three months on house arrest and nine months of supervised release. Although the singer's lawyer asked for leniency because Hill is currently raising six children (and doing charity work on the side), the judge decided the $970,000 she's paid since she pled guilty last year to tax evasion wasn't enough.

"I was put into a system I didn't know the nature of. ... I'm a child of former slaves. I got into an economic paradigm and had that imposed on me," Hill said, per TMZ. "I sold 50 million units ... now I'm up here paying a tax debt. If that's not likened to slavery, I don't know what is."

Well! That's an interesting take.

BEYONCE LYRICS ARE WORKS OF FINE ART IN BEYONCE ART HISTORY TUMBLR

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Peanut butter and jelly, Salt-N-Pepa, two peas in a pod, Beyoncé and fine art: some things are just meant to go together. We owe the last item on that list to a brilliant new tumblr, Beyonce Art History, created by the talented and witty Leigh Silver (follow her on Twitter@leigh_silver). Silver was the first to notice that nothing pairs with Destiny's Child quite like a Renaissance Era Madonna. 

Here are a few of our favorites:

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Head to BeyonceArtHistory.tumblr.com for more funnies. And Leigh, if you're reading this, we think "If I Were a Boy" would go nicely with some Frida Kahlo. 

MILEY CYRUS AND NICOLE RICHIE TAKE HAIR-RAISING RISKS: ALL THE STANDOUT LOOKS AT THE 2013 MET GALA

The Costume Institute's annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is arguably fashion's biggest night of the year. While stars gussy themselves up for the Oscars red carpet and let their hair down for the MTV Video Music Awards, it is at the Met Ball (as the event is colloquially dubbed) that Hollywood's A-List can showcase their high fashion know-how. 

This year, the Met Gala celebrates the opening of the museum's exhibition PUNK: Chaos to Couture, which tracks punk's transformation from a street style to haute couture. Launch our gallery below to see which stars embraced the punk theme (*cough* Miley Cyrus) and who played it safe. 

GALLERY: All the Standout Looks from the 2013 Met Gala