Her destiny could’ve easily been taken away by a fast food restaurant.

Olympic gold medalist and inspiration Gabby Douglas was at a deep impasse in her life around this time last year, according to People Magazine.

The 16-year-old, who stole our hearts with her triumphant nature at this year’s Games, was trying to figure out her path in life and believed that sports wasn’t really for her. She had actually gone to her coach and teammates and decided to not only give up gymnastics, but to get a job.

At a Chik-Fil-A, at that!

Looking back, she only has one thing to say: “What was I thinking?”

Fast forward to today and she has loads to celebrate: a new memoir entitled Grace, Gold, & Glory: My Leap of Faith hits book shelves in December, she just made an appearance on The Vampire Diaries (and met crush Ian Somerhalder — she has good taste!) and got to meet President Obama, who she considers to be extremely down to Earth.

“My life has changed so much,” she told the mag about her whirlwind year. “It’s been really fun.”

She has a busy schedule coming up with more training, but for now; she just wants to spend some time with her family in Virginia Beach, which includes mom Natalie Hawkins, 42, brother John, 18, and sisters Arielle and Joyelle, 19 (seen above).

“I’m so thankful for them,” says Douglas. “I feel so blessed.”

Keep making us proud, girl!

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There are sometimes things that come after a tragedy that are supposed to be some kind of relief, but something that severe never brings solace.

The autopsy report on ex-Sons of Anarchy star Johnny Lewis was released yesterday and showed that there were no drugs or alcohol found in his system when he fell off a roof earlier this year, after he killed his landlady and her cat.

In fact, the only strange discovery was nail marks on both sides of Lewis’ neck, which means he was possibly strangled (by the woman in self-defense, perhaps?).

It puts a closing on the very strange incident that unfolded back in September when he beat her to death. Two men who attempted to intervene were also attacked by the then 28-year-old, calling him “phenomenally strong”.

Which means he was completely sober and of (possible) sound mind. Creepy.

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Anyone else officially tired of her throwing this in our faces already?

Although both have flat out denied it, it becomes obvious by the nanosecond that Rihanna and Chris Brown have revisited their very tumultuous relationship, whether by duet or a somewhat inappropriate photo, usually posted by Riri via her Instagram page.

And once again, the Unapologetic star has chosen to show the world just what she thinks of naysayers who feel she’s better off without him via a new shot, where she straddles the infamous abuser with the caption, “@f**kyopictures i dont wanna leave!!! Killed it tonight baby!!!”

(In case you were wondering, that interesting tag name is Chris’ Instagram page.)

The shot was taken last night in Frankfurt, Germany where Breezy had a performance; obviously, Riri was there with him.

At least she’s somewhat wearing clothes this time around.

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It’s obviously been a really rough time for wild child Lindsay Lohan — between cases, accusations, tax problems, bad movie reviews, unknown family members and of course arrest after arrest, anyone of normal standing would attempt to find solace at the end of the bottle.

But considering it’s a problem she’s suffered with for years, it’s probably not good knowing that she’s hitting it pretty hard lately — with people close to her saying she’s chugging down nearly two liters of vodka a day and has been doing it for months.

There’s word coming out that she starts pretty early in the day with the booze and it just gets heavier and heavier as it goes on.

Wednesday/early Thursday’s events, which eventually landed her in police custody for what seems like the billionth time started out the same way: she had been drinking throughout the entire time and at the Justin Bieber MSG concert (where she eventually hooked up with UK band, The Wanted), she was completely hammered.

Her friends have tried to step in and stop her, but they notice the more she drinks, the more violent she gets — and the last thing they want in their name attached to her fists.

Of course, Lindsay’s people have no comment as they’re probably headed to the liquor store for her.

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