Speed Read: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Star James Avery Dies

Jan 2 2014 - 7:20am

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star James Avery died at 68 on New Year's Eve [1], and his onscreen son Carlton’s portrayer, Alfonso Ribeiro, responded with a heartfelt message on Twitter.
Shia LaBeouf apologized to Daniel Clowes by skywriting [2] "I am sorry" to him in Los Angeles.
Prince William posed for a selfie [3] with a 12-year-old girl on Christmas Day. As if we needed another reason to love him.
Rapper Eve is engaged to her boyfriend, Maximillion Cooper [4] — and you have to see her ring!
All-American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter married actress Elena Satine [5]. Dirty little secret no more!
Beyoncé sang and danced to her own music [6] on New Year’s Eve with Michelle Williams [7]. As you do.

The line for legal marijuana in Colorado [8] was longer than any one for Cronuts.
Purging your entire Facebook timeline [9] is harder than you think. Read this before you try to go off the grid.
Speaking of, be careful what you Snapchat — the popular app was hacked, posting 4.6 million users’ usernames and partial phone numbers [10].
Meet Beautiful Existence, a woman who only ate Starbucks food for an entire year [11].
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart rang in the New Year together. Kick off your 2014 with this adorable video:

Links:
[1] http://www.buzzfeed.com/jaimieetkin/james-avery-fresh-prince-of-bel-airs-uncle-phil-has-died
[2] http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shia-labeouf-commissions-skywriting-apology-668173
[3] http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222_20771171,00.html?xid=popsugar
[4] http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/eve-gets-engaged-british-designer-maximillion-cooper-romantic-scotland-proposal-20133112
[5] http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20771063,00.html?xid=popsugar
[6] http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/watch-beyonce-dancing-to-her-own-song-at-the-versace-mansion
[7] https://www.popsugar.com/Michelle-Williams
[8] http://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/in-colorado-celebrating-the-first-day-of-legal-pot-sales
[9] http://www.businessinsider.com/i-decided-to-delete-all-my-facebook-activity-and-it-was-incredibly-hard-2014-1
[10] http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/01/tech/social-media/snapchat-hack/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
[11] http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/meet-the-woman-who-only-ate-starbucks-for-an-entire-year

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Speed Read: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Star James Avery Dies