Some Things You Didn't Know About Amanda Bynes

Richard Lawson

Amanda Bynes, the child/teen actress turned kooky adult, has gone and filled out one of those Us Weekly celebrity survey things, "25 Things You Don't Know About Me." Yeah. She doesn't really seem to have "handlers" anymore, so there was no one to stop Bynes from doing this strange thing — strange especially considering she has nothing to promote at the moment. Oh, well! She did it, and she didn't do that badly. Here are the best answers:

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  • 3. I went on Accutane and it really helped my skin clear up.

  • 5. Rag and Bone makes the best jeans.

  • 9. My grandma and grandpa are from Toronto.

  • 12. I would love to start recording an album.

  • 15. I moved to New York City and I love it! I lost 4 lbs. since I moved. I'm 121 lbs -- my goal is 100 lbs.

  • 16. I survived Hurricane Sandy.

  • 21. Alexander Wang makes the best T-shirts.

  • 23. I always fall asleep during massages. I love them.

So.... There you have it! Amanda Bynes has lost some weight and would like to lose a kind of horrifying amount more, and she falls asleep during massages. But really the two most intimate details about her life, the things that really cut to the heart of who Amanda Bynes is, are that Rag & Bone makes the best jeans and that Alexander Wang can't be beaten when it comes to T-shirts. Don't you feel so close to her now, knowing that? Knowing those very important facts, that are definitely about her? And aren't so proud of her for surviving the hurricane? She should do one of these every week. Really. Please, Ms. Bynes. Please, Us Weekly. Every week for the rest of time. [Us Weekly]

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The other day we heard that Kathie Lee Gifford wants to move, herself and her show, to Los Angeles, and today we're hearing that her cohost Hoda Kotb — the tonic to her gin, the vermouth to her vodka — wants to stay put in New York. This is obviously causing some tension at the workplace, exacerbated by the fact that Kathie Lee didn't promote Hoda's latest book on air. Of course all is pretty much forgotten the moment either of them hears that sweet pop! of a cork being loosed from a bottle, so nothing's gone terribly wrong yet, but eventually things will boil over and blood could be spilled. In the meantime, let's all remember that we're talking about tensions on the set of the fourth hour of the Today show. That's what's being discussed here. Two old drunk ladies making squint eyes at celebrities while crows fly out of their mouths. Ultimately, if anything goes terribly awry over there, I think we'll all somehow survive. [TMZ]

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