Jennifer Aniston is being blasted for using the word retard during an interview Thursday.

Aniston was conducing and interview on Live With Regis and Kelley. She was discussing the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar where she dressed up as Barbra Streisand and that’s when she let the word retard slip out.

“You’re playing dress up!” Regis told her. She replied, “Yes, I play dress up! I do it for a living, like a retard!”

Peter Berns, CEO of The Arc (a nonprofit advocate for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities), states that the remark was “extraordinarily offensive and inappropriate.”

“Frankly, someone in her position ought to know better,” he tells Us. “She is using language that is offensive to a large segment of the population in this country. We estimate that there are probably in excess of 5 million people in the country with intellectual disabilities, and when you think about all of them, their family members and friends, you’re talking about tens of millions of people who find the use of that term to be really offensive. Every time folks hear that word, it kind of reminds them of all the discrimination and oppression they’ve experienced in their lives. Even if it wasn’t intended to insult them, that is the effect of it.”

Other celebs have been scolded for using the “R word,” including Howard Stern and Lindsay Lohan.

“Sadly, people use the word pervasively even if they don’t realize it,” Kirsten Seckler, spokeswoman for the Special Olympics, tells Us. “People with intellectual disabilities have fought their whole lives for understanding and recognition. When people continue to use the R word, it’s hurtful.”

Stars may want to use the word “ridiculous” instead, she says. “Think before you speak,” Seckler advises, “especially when you’re making fun of yourself or others.”

Adds Seckler, “We have a very passionate group of people advocating for change in their communities and schools to change the use of this word.”

I must admit, it really makes me cringe when I hear people using the word retard in a derogatory way. I don’t think she meant any harm by it, but it’s not the appropriate thing to say. What do you think? Should people be giving Aniston a hard time about her choice of words?

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Singer/actress Alanis Morissette looks to have the pregnancy glow as she makes her way to visit a friend in Los Angeles.

Alanis and rapper husband Mario Souleye Treadway are expecting their first child with later this year.

Remember when she allegedly wrote that song You Oughta Know for Uncle Joey from Full House? I bet she is glad now that Uncle Joey dumped her. I’m sure she’ll make a really excellent mother…

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The buzz is that Britney Spears was in and out quickly but that everyone was excited to have her there. And she was excited to be there. Sounds good so far! This is what actor Harry Shum Jr. said about the experience.

“From what I heard, she was really cool!” actor Harry Shum Jr. (who plays Mike Chang on the show) told UsMagazine.com at a Wednesday party for singer Samantha Marq’s new single “I Like to Party” at a private L.A. home.

“She was really excited to do the show. She watches it, so that’s always nice,” added Shum, who hasn’t yet met the 28-year-old singer. “She was in and out real quick.”

The actor was reluctant to share details on the episode, explaining that creator Ryan Murphy warned the cast not to leak anything. “I have to be extremely secretive,” Shum told Us. “But it’s going to be a fun one…I think this could be on par with the Madonna episode!”

“She has a lot of fun dance tracks,” Shum teased.

Sounds like a good episode. I may even tune in to watch that one. Will you be watching?

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Now you see her and now you don’t!

Ashley Tisdale plays peek-a-boo with the paps as see leaves the gym. I love it when starts try to hide from the prying eyes of the camera.

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Taylor Momsen talks with Spin magazine. In it she speaks on her style and defines her on style as “high-class hooker.” She goes on to speak more about her style and how she doesn’t care if others don’t like it.

“I dress for myself,” she told Spin. “Clearly, it’s provocative, but it makes me feel good. And if the only reason it makes someone uncomfortable is because I’m 16, then that person’s a scumbag because it shouldn’t matter.”

But the Material Girl muse and lead singer of rock band, the Pretty Reckless, is irritated—to say the least—that pop stars are passing as rock stars these days. “People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna‘s wearing f– leather jackets, and it’s really annoying.”

Ok, so she doesn’t want other people to tell her what she should and shouldn’t wear, but then she goes and slams Rihanna for wearing leather jackets. Most people I know have at least one leather jacket. It’s not only reserved for ‘rock stars’.

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Shakira looks great in gold as she shoots her latest music video. She takes some time out to make sure her make-up is looking right. What she needs to do is pull up her pants!

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