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Sideshow: Jared Fogle's divorce is final

Badu: Alien from outer space I mean, she says so herself! Erykah Badu, 44, who grew up in Dallas as Erica Abi Wright, has revealed shocking secrets in a chat with Us Weekly.

Fogle's divorce final

Disgraced Subway spokesman Jared Fogle and wife Kathleen McLaughlin finalized their divorce Nov. 16, three days before he was sentenced to 15 years in prison, says ABC News.

Fogle was found guilty of trading in child pornography and paying for sex with underage girls. McLaughlin's lawyer says in court documents that Fogle had little contact with their two children throughout the couple's five-year marriage.

Badu: Alien from outer space

I mean, she says so herself!

Erykah Badu, 44, who grew up in Dallas as Erica Abi Wright, has revealed shocking secrets in a chat with Us Weekly.

What's the nuttiest thing she's ever done?, the mag asked her.

"The craziest thing I've ever done is sign up to be a human being," said the "Didn't Cha Know?" singer.

"I don't remember it, because they took some of my memory away."

Badu also shares this factoid: "Most people think I'm not capable of starting a bar brawl, but I will."

Love for Gigi & Zayn?

One Direction survivor Zayn Malik, 22, and model Gigi Hadid, 20, are embroiled in an affaire du cœur, Anonymous Source tells E!News. Sure, Gigi's sister Bella Hadid chaperoned when the new couple had dinner this week, but that didn't stop them from displaying behavior zoologists say is typical of celebrities in heat. E! concedes "it may be too soon to call them an official couple just yet."

No hunger for 'Mockingjay'

Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 already has made enough in ticket sales to feed a small nation. In its first five days, it has raked in $300 mil worldwide, says Variety.

'Star Wars' mobilizes for charity

Star Wars: The Force Awakens helmer J .J. Abrams has announced a charity drive that'll give fans who donate $10 a chance to hang with the cast at the film's premiere. Two winners will be chosen and each will be allowed to bring three friends. Proceeds will benefit 15 charities. Info: forceforchange.starwars.com.

Kylie: I'm still with Tyga

Despite several reports, Keeping Up with the Kardashians youngster Kylie Jenner, 18, and Compton rapper Tyga (an acronym for Thank You God Always), 26, have not broken up, Kylie tells Ellen DeGeneres.

In fact, their connection is strong.

"We became best friends before anything happened, so I think that that's awesome," said Kylie.

Boosie Badazz has cancer

Baton Rouge, La., rapper and ex-con Boosie Badazz (Torrence Hatch), 33, who left prison in 2014 after doing a five-year stretch on drug charges, this week revealed on Instagram he's been diagnosed with kidney cancer. "I need all my fans to pray for me," he wrote before deleting the message.

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