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PHOTOG HOG

Wednesday in Las Vegas at the Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert presented by The Recording Academy (airing Dec. 6 on CBS), Adam Levine photobombs John Legend and Chrissy Teigen with the help of wife Behati Prinsloo and pal Katharine McPhee

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DON'T 'SWEAT' IT

Meanwhile, his co-star Miley Cyrus sinks her teeth into a sweater at the film's premiere on Wednesday.

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STARRY NIGHT

Gwyneth Paltrow gets her sparkle on at the smartwater sparkling-sponsored opening of goop mrkt, her famed website's New York City holiday pop-up shop, in celebration of the brand's collaboration with Valentino on Wednesday.

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ON THE LINE

Hello, it's Rachel! McAdams hits the phones on CIBC Miracle Day in Toronto, Canada, to raise money for children in need on Wednesday

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HEART BREAKER

Chris Hemsworth is at peace on the red carpet at the In the Heart of the Seapremiere in London on Wednesday.

Star Selfie : Blake Shelton, Ben Affleck

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Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton celebrate their CMT Artist of the Year awards with a selfie with Cassadee Pope at the 2015 CMT Artists of the Year awards in Nashville on Wednesday.

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Ben Affleck stops to take a photo with a fan on his way into the Jimmy Kimmel Live!studios on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

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'Carol' named best picture by New York Film Critics Circle

(The Hollywood Reporter)The New York Film Critics Circle has named "Carol" as its best picture of 2015. The Todd Haynes-directed film — which stars Cate Blanchett as a housewife who meets and begins an affair with a shop clerk and aspiring photographer (Rooney Mara) in 1950s New York — won four awards from the critics organization.

In addition to best picture, "Carol" received honors for best director, best screenplay and best cinematography. However, neither Blanchett nor Mara received an acting award for the film. Instead, the organization, which voted on its annual film picks on Monday, selected Michael Keaton as best actor for his work in Spotlight and Saoirse Ronan as best actress for her role in Brooklyn. The best supporting actress nod went to Kristen Stewart for her part in "Clouds of Sils Maria."

"Inside Out" was named best animated film, the latest honor for the Pixar movie after it was namedbest animated film by the National Board of Review and received 14 Annie Award nominations on Tuesday.

The NBR's pick for best film, Mad Max: Fury Road, was ignored by the NYFCC, as were Oscar hopefuls "The Hateful Eight," "The Martian," "Beasts of No Nation" and "Room," which each won awards from the NBR. Other prospective Oscar contenders ignored by the NYFCC include "Steve Jobs," "Joy," "Concussion," "The Revenant," "Anomalisa," "Truth," "The Danish Girl," "Straight Outta Compton," "The Big Short," " Amy," "Sicario" and "Tangerine." "Spotlight," meanwhile, only received one award from NYFCC: Keaton's best actor nod.

Read more: 'Spotlight' tops Gotham Awards; full winners list

Last year, Boyhood was the big winner among the NYFCC, with the Richard Linklater-directed movie taking home three awards.

The full list of the NYFCC's 2015 winners follows:

Best Picture: Carol

Best Actor: Michael Keaton, Spotlight

Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Director: Todd Haynes, Carol

Best Screenplay: Carol

Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Best Supporting Actress: Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria

Best Animated Film: Inside Out

Best Cinematography: Edward Lachman, Carol

Best First Film: Son of Saul

Best Foreign Film: Timbuktu

Best Nonfiction Film: In Jackson Heights

Special Award: Posthumous award honoring the legacy of William Becker and Janus Films

Special Award: Ennio Morricone, composer

Founded in 1935, the organization's membership includes critics from daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and qualifying online general-interest publications. Every year in December, the group meets in New York to vote on awards for the previous calendar year's films.

In addition to the regular categories, which include best picture, director, actor and actress, special stand-alone awards are given to individuals and organizations that have made substantial contributions to the art of cinema, including producers, directors, actors, writers, critics, historians, film restorers and service organizations.

The awards are set to be handed out in New York on Jan. 4.

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We Should Talk About Mental Health With Respect

In any given year, one out of every five adults in the U.S. has an experience with a mental health disorder. The tenth leading cause of death for U.S. adults is suicide. For individuals ages 10-24, the second leading cause of death is suicide. But you wouldn't know it.

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You wouldn't know it because of the way we talk about mental health in this country -- the way we shame and mock each disorder, each symptom, each call for help. As a society, we have made a serious health condition something that is easier to hide than to address. And we need to change things around, starting with the way we talk about mental health in our public spaces, specifically in the media.

This past Sunday, the singer Sinéad O'Connor wrote a troubling Facebook post that detailed her intention to die from an overdose. Thankfully, the Irish authorities were alerted, and O'Connor was located and given medical attention. She is now, reportedly, "safe and sound."

A fierce advocate for mental health rights, O'Connor has dealt with depression for many years. She has, herself, spoken out against the way the media characterizes mental health issues, condemning the use of the word "crazy," and shaming paparazzi for trying to make a "buffoonery and mockery" of young, female celebrities with mental health disorders.

It is therefore especially disturbing to see many similar tactics being used by media outlets to make a "buffoonery and mockery" of Ms. O'Connor, after she wrote a worrying new post on Facebook, detailing her recent thoughts and feelings.

O'Connor's post is not something to be laughed at -- it is a major sign that help is needed. Yet, some of the articles I've read online have shown an incredible amount of disrespect for individuals with mental health disorders and ignorance of how to even discuss these issues. This article in particular, from Yahoo! News, feels dismissive, sensationalized and naive, as it republishes O'Connor's entire social media post, and ends with a flippant "hope Sinead gets all of the help that she needs ..."

What this reveals is that popular culture still has a strong influence on how we portray mental health in the public realm. Therefore, I'm calling on journalists and media professionals to join me in transforming the way we approach the way we talk about these issues in the media.

Earlier this fall, the Carter Center released an important resource guide that looks to help journalists more thoroughly understand, and radically increase the accurate reporting of behavioral health disorders. The guide can be found here and asks journalists to consider these three questions when reporting on mental health: 1) "Is mental illness or substance use relevant to the story? 2) What is your source for the mental illness and substance use diagnosis? 3) What is the most accurate language to use?"

In our work at the Flawless Foundation we look at the holistic issues around this topic and the impact of the use of language when discussing mental health. We recently called attention in our blog to the insensitive Halloween episode of Modern Family where mental illness was used as the theme for Halloween fun for the second year in a row. The moral and ethical questions we would add to this list from the Carter Center are: "Will your reporting cause more harm to this person's health condition by shaming and mocking them?" "Are you reporting from your highest self -- with integrity and compassion for another human being'?" "Are you sensationalizing someone's medical symptoms for entertainment?"

Let's put it this way: If you were asked to report on any other illness, like cancer or heart disease, how would you report on it? Would you use language that was inaccurate or offensive about those medical conditions? Would you make a "buffoonery and mockery" of those afflicted?

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