Melissa Joan Hart Persecuted By Internet 'Trolls'

November 8th, 2012 8:15am EST
Melissa Joan Hart
Melissa Joan Hart has been targeted by obnoxious Internet 'trolls' over her political preference for presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

The Sabrina the Teenage Witch actress received a string of distasteful comments on her Twitter.com page shortly after Barack Obama was re-elected as President on Tuesday.

The actress re-tweeted some of the abuse she received, including a message branding her "a fat, unbankable, untalented, uneducated, neo-con, bad mom, child star from the 80s" and another reading, "hey Sabrina, f**k you."

Hart hit back at her attackers, insisting she was disgusted by ...
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Steven Spielberg Says He Was Bullied Because He Was Jewish

October 23rd, 2012 3:29pm EDT
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg was bullied as a child due to his Jewish faith.

The Schindlers List filmmaker lived in a predominately Christian neighborhood in Phoenix, Arizona and because he was so frequently teased, he lied to his schoolmates about the origin of his last name.

And he hopes his grandparents, who lived through the Holocaust in World War II, understand he was just trying to protect himself.

He tells 60 Minutes, "I often told people my last name was German, not Jewish. I'm sure my grandparents are rolling over in their graves right now, hearing me say that."

However, his concert pi...
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Is Obama Jackie Robinson or Stepin Fetchit?

October 14th, 2012 1:56pm EDT
Barack Obama
Opinion: Is Barack Obama Jackie Robinson or Stepin Fetchit?

We’ll find out Tuesday.

Jackie Robinson was the first black professional Big League baseball player who broke the color barrier in 1947 and proved to the world he was an equal if not better player than many of his white teammates and competitors. He served as an inspiration not only to people of color all over the world, but to his country---at great cost to himself.

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry on the other hand, whose stage name was Stepin Fetchit, was the 1930’s actor noted for his wide-eyed, shufflin,’ hang-dog look ...
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Lindsay Lohan Opens Up About Being Bullied At School

October 3rd, 2012 8:17am EDT
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan has opened up about her childhood hell at the hands of bullies, revealing she suffered emotional and physical abuse from classmates while she was at school.

The Mean Girls star was moved to tears during Tuesday's episode of Katie Couric's new talk show Katie, which featured the story of student Whitney Kropp, who was voted her high school's homecoming queen as a cruel prank.

Lohan was so touched by her story; she reached out to the show's host in a series of posts on Twitter.com, admitting she was also targeted at school, with bullies mocking her show business aspirations ...
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LeAnn Rimes Lends Her Support To Anti-Bullying Crusade

October 2nd, 2012 6:34pm EDT
Leann Rimes
Country star LeAnn Rimes has given an anti-bullying campaign a big boost by publicly pledging her support.

The Blue singer, 30, recently completed a stint in rehab for anxiety and stress brought on by vicious attacks on her marriage to actor Eddie Cibrian by two cyber-bullies, and her own experiences prompted her to post a message on The Butterfly Project's photo page on social networking site Tumblr.

Rimes uploaded a photo of herself with a butterfly drawn on her left wrist on Monday to show her solidarity with other bullying victims in the online community.

An accompanying caption r...
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Steven Spielberg Opens Up About His Battle With Dyslexia

September 27th, 2012 12:58pm EDT
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg has opened up about his dyslexia, admitting he was bullied at school because he couldn't read.

The Schindler's List director, who was only diagnosed with the learning disorder in recent years, insists his boyhood was made a living hell because he struggled to keep up with the rest of the class and was teased as a result.

He tells disabilities website Friends of Quinn, "Five years ago, I was diagnosed as having been dyslexic for my entire life, which explained a lot of things - it was like the last puzzle part in a tremendous mystery that I've kept to myself all these ye...
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LeAnn Rimes Sues Cyber Bullies For Trashing Her On The Internet

August 31st, 2012 8:55am EDT
LeAnn Rimes
Two women who allegedly recorded a phone call with LeAnn Rimes and then went public with what she said on the internet are being sued by the singer for invasion of privacy.

Rimes' lawyer reveals the women, Kimberly and Lexi Smiley, made her life miserable by trashing her after she hooked up with their friend Brandi Glanville's then-husband Eddie Cibrian.

Lawyer Larry Stein told TMZ.com, ""LeAnn will take all of the appropriate steps to address the harm that (she) has suffered as a result of this criminal conduct." The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles on Thursday

The singer claims the Smi...
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Ezra Miller Bullied In School For Stuttering

August 18th, 2012 5:02pm EDT
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We Need to Talk About Kevin star Ezra Miller faced extra cruelty growing up as a gay teen - because he also had a speech impediment.

The actor recently 'came out' as a homosexual and admitted he was "queer" in an interview with Out magazine, explaining that it was time to come clean about his sexuality in order to prove that being gay was nothing to be ashamed of.

However, the 19 year old, who was routinely bullied for "trying to kiss boys in school", suffered further at the hands of bullies at the New York Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus as he struggled to control his stutter.

He t...
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Lady Gaga To Weed Out Bullies From Her 'Littlemonsters' Website

August 16th, 2012 2:43pm EDT
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is clamping down on internet bullying on her social networking website and is hiring a team of experts to help.

The Poker Face superstar set up her own online base, Littlemonsters.com, for her fans and the site features discussion boards and chat forums, but Gaga is worried some users may be abusing the system.

She has decided to hire a team dedicated to weeding out bullies, "sexual predators" and anyone who uses offensive language.

In a post on the website, she writes, "I'm aware of the bullying and predatory nature of some of the new accounts being made. Although this is q...
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Susan Sarandon: 'I Wouldn't Even Know How To Google Myself'

June 28th, 2012 3:27pm EDT
Susan Sarandon
Actress Susan Sarandon spoke out to offer encouragement to bullied youngsters as she was honored at a New York City benefit to fight teen suicide.

The Thelma & Louise icon received the Trevor Project's Hero Award from actor Stanley Tucci in recognition of her support for the suicide prevention organization at a star-studded gala on Monday.

Speaking at the event, Sarandon told students who have been teased over the Internet to ignore their tormentors, insisting bullies are usually "losers".

She says, "Usually the people that have time to go online and sit there and be negative are such...
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