The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are angry, and this time they’ve got Reese Witherspoon in their eyesight. The actress was spotted around Los Angeles carrying a Chloe Paratay python skin and leather purse, which has upset the organization. It’s suspected that Reese was gifted with the bag or she purchased it elsewhere, seeing as how Python snakeskin has been banned from being sold in California since 1970.

“No matter how much Reese paid for that bag, the animals paid a much higher price,”said Nicole Dao, Media Liaison for the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).

“We can’t imagine that she’d wish to contribute to this hidden suffering, especially for something as frivolous as a fashion accessory that can be replicated with no bloodshed,” said Dao, who went on to explain the grotesque manner in which pythons are impaled on trees and skinned alive for their sought-after scales.

Funny thing is, for back in 2005 Reese was nominated for PETA’s ‘World’s Sexiest Vegetarian’ award, however she lost to Carrie Underwood and Chris Martin. A year later, she visited the Ellen DeGeneres show and talked about how “everything tastes better with bacon,” so her veggie days may be a thing of the past.

“These days, it’s easy to have a look that kills without killing – with fake snake, mock croc, python pleather, and other designer items that pay tribute to the beauty of these animals without massacring them,” said Dao.

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Swedish fans of Rihanna were saddened when the singer had to cancel her show last night due to being hospitalized. Initially, Rihanna tweeted a photo of her arm with tubes coming out of it, but then later it was announced that she caught the flu and is unable to perform.

She said:

“I am sorry to everyone who was coming out to my show in Malmo, Sweden. I was so excited to perform for you all. It would have been a great time … so much better than being sick with the flu, ugh! I’m really disappointed I couldn’t be there.”

Feel better!

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If you’re a less-than-three-months-together newlywed *cough*KimKardashian*cough* and you decide to divorce, should you return the wedding gifts? Etiquette expert Lizzie Post says yes, and that if the union lasts less than six months, it’s only appropriate that the couple returns all the fancy hand towels and silverware engraved with the pair’s initials.

“When it comes to wedding gifts, polite protocol deems that if the marriage lasts less that six months then they should definitely be returned to the buyer.”

The couple’s wedding registries were no joke. At Geary of Beverly Hills, they asked for around $172 million worth of gifts, including a $7,850 Baccart crystal vase and $38,400 worth of dinnerware. What are you eating?

“She should add a note saying: ‘Thank you for your love and support, we have decided to end our marriage and we wanted to return this gift to you,’” said Post, adding that they should also make sure that any store credits go back to the person who bought the present.

“The only exception is if they were personally monogrammed or had been used,” she added.

“If there are guests who haven’t sent a gift yet – they have until three months after the wedding before it’s considered rude – then they are now off the hook and don’t have to.”

That’s nice and all, but what about the $2 million, 20.5-carat diamond ring?

“Technically the ring is a promise to get married and she did that, so she should not have to give it back. It is hers now so she can do with it whatever she wants.”

As far as moving forward with the split, divorce experts say that the only true way to a healthy break-up is truly identifying your own responsibility:

“It’s very important for them to get professional help to identify their part in the marriage breakup, they have to take personal responsibility for their sides in it. Even though their marriage was so short it is very traumatic.”

“There are so many hopes and dreams that are attached to the marriage, no matter how long it lasts – heartbreak is heartbreak.”

“The rate of divorce goes up with the second marriage. It’s 50 percent for the first marriage and 60 percent for the second.”

“When one partner is extremely busy and the other one has a lot of spare time it causes an intense imbalance. The partner who is not working doesn’t feel part of it, he feels abandoned and left out.”

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Dorothy Rodham, the 92-year-old mother of former First Lady Hillary Clinton, passed away earlier today in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, the Secretary of State said that she was canceling her trips to Istanbul and London to stay by her mother’s bedside.

Born in Chicago, Dorothy Rodham was raised by her grandparents in California. Later in life, she moved to Arkansas to be closer to the Clintons, and she became involved in charity work, focusing on organizations that help neglected and abused children.

“Her story was a quintessentially American one, largely because she wrote it herself,” the family statement reads. “She overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was – a warm, generous and strong woman; an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother.”

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Modern Family actress Sofia Vergara was spotted doing a bit of shopping at Hale Bob and grabbing a bite to eat in Los Angeles yesterday. While she tried to hide a bit from cameras at first, she eventually gave up and hammed it up a bit before heading out and enjoying her Halloween festivities.

Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from 72-day husband Kris Humphries, and the world is still turning. After the couple’s rapid courtship, engagement, and overly-saturated wedding, the pair decided to publicly (as usual) call it quits. Though this news comes days after the media began to catch wind that the whole relationship may have been orchestrated by the E! network for publicity and ratings, Kim’s brother Rob spoke about his sister’s “tough time” in splitting from her third husband.

“Obviously, she’s going through a lot right now. It’s a tough time for her.”

“We’re a family like always and we’re just trying to be there for her and be very supportive.”

Seeing as though Kim made $17.9 million from the wedding special, how much do you think she’ll make from her divorce?

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Colin Quinn took to his Twitter page this morning to ramble off a strange series of comments regarding Will Ferrell. He’s implying Will has a drug problem, right?

Bitter – or just joking?

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