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Costner on growing up racist Kevin Costner, whose new film Black Or White tackles race relations, says he wasn't exactly raised in a politically correct environment.

Costner on growing up racist

Kevin Costner, whose new film Black Or White tackles race relations, says he wasn't exactly raised in a politically correct environment.

"I was raised around a level of racism, not of people who hated, but people who would use [racial epithets] callously and not really think that they were - jokes that would start with that," the actor-director told Steve Harvey on Friday. Costner said he would, too - back then.

Written and directed by Mike Binder (The Upside of Anger, Reign Over Me) Black Or White is about a racially charged legal and emotional battle. Costner plays a man who has been raising his racially mixed granddaughter since his daughter's death. Octavia Spencer stars as the girl's paternal grandmother, who launches a custody dispute.

Costner, 60, who financed the film with his own money, said it took him some time to realize the evil inherent in racist talk and some effort to break free of it. "There was a point in time when I knew [it] wasn't right, when I finally traveled," he said. He said he hopes he has imbued his seven children with better moral values.

"The truth is, we hope we get better than our parents," he said. "My children don't know about it at all."

Justin pretends to be Bieber

Are you always you? Do you sometimes pretend to be you? But if you're pretending to be you, then who is the real you?

Renowned metaphysician Justin Bieber tackled these existential questions in an anguished video on Facebook following a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Justin told Ellen he knows he has been erratic of late, that he was there to "own up" for the antisocial and reckless behavior that for the past 18 months has earned him several arrests and dozens of headlines. "I've done some things that might not have been the greatest," he said.

He expounds further in the video. "I'm not who I was pretending to be," he says. "Often we pretend to be something we're not as a cover-up of what we're truly feeling inside. There was a lot of feelings going on in there, just being young and growing up in this business. It's hard. Growing up in general is hard."

Do we forgive the 20-year-old?

Bruce Jenner gets real

When the Kardashian Kabal finally collapses, will the cultural effects be as devastating as the fall of the Roman Empire?

Oh, the Kardashians will fall, certainly. More cracks are appearing along the Bruce-'n'-Kris Jenner fault line just a month after the couple's divorce was finalized. Seems Jenner is striking out at the Kartel where it really hurts: television. The world-class athlete turned Kardashian fashion accessory is launching his very own reality TV show. Details are absurdly sketchy: Set to air this spring on E!, the series reportedly will chart Jenner's life journey as he emerges from the sinister shadow of the Konspiracy.

This comes after a slew of rumors that suggest he is seeking gender reassignment. Is he? And will he really share that intimate journey with the nation? More to the point, could Jenner's show possibly put a dent in Keeping Up with Kardashians' winning ratings?

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