JCPenney has stopped selling a shirt after shoppers expressed outrage over what they called an inappropriate and sexist message. "I'm too pretty to do homework, so my brother has to do it for me," says the long-sleeve shirt intended for girls ages 7 to 16. Many people quickly attacked the company for promoting girls' looks over their brains. The description accompanying the shirt was also offensive to many: "Who has time for homework when there's a new Justin Bieber album out? She'll love this tee that's just as cute and sassy as she is." "Hey @jcpenney, this shirt is insulting and offensive. Stop perpetuating negative and harmful stereotypes," Twitter user Sarah Enni wrote. "Baby Girls, You can be pretty & smart. And if you're neither, that's ok too. Put that on a shirt, @jcpenney," Tamara Lunardo tweeted. After seeing the shirt on the company's website, Lauren Todd started a petition on Change.org asking the retailer to pull the shirt. By Wednesday, JCPenney had. It also sent Todd an email, saying: "We agree that the 'Too pretty' T-shirt does not deliver an appropriate message, and we have immediately discontinued its sale."
T.I. leaves prison early with deals waitingAtlanta-based rapper T.I. was released Wednesday one month early from a federal prison in Arkansas where he was serving time for a probation violation, and he already has a book deal and TV reality show waiting for him. The artist, whose real name is Clifford Harris, will serve the rest of his sentence at a Georgia halfway house, his attorney said. The rapper was on probation from a 2009 gun charge when he was arrested last September in Los Angeles on drug charges after authorities said he was found with four ecstasy pills. VH1 said the network will film T.I.'s journey home from jail and debut the show in December. And HarperCollins said T.I.'s novel, "Power & Beauty," co-written with David Ritz, is to be released in October.
DEAL REVEALED: Actor-director Mel Gibson will pay the mother of his toddler daughter $750,000 under a settlement disclosed Wednesday that allows her and their daughter, Lucia, to remain in their mansion in Sherman Oaks, Calif. When Lucia reaches age 18, the home must be sold and the proceeds placed in a trust for her. Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva will have joint legal custody. The deal bars them from writing books about their relationship.
ACCIDENT: Singer Justin Bieber was in an auto accident Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Officials said a Honda Civic collided with Bieber's black Ferrari in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. It said no one was hurt.
IT'S MILO: Actress Alyssa Milano, 38, and her Hollywood agent husband, David Bugliari, welcomed their first child -- son, Milo Thomas Bugliari -- on Wednesday.
