My fellow pop culture-ites, while I'm sure your last weeks of the semester are unsurprisingly stressful and chaotic, our famous friends are not nearly as predictable. This week's column is dedicated to the surprising news in Hollywood because, let's be real, you didn't see any of this stuff coming.

When news broke in 2009 about Chris Brown's alleged physical attack on Rihanna, it was all just a shocking myth-until the horrifying photo of a battered Rihanna was released, imploring seemingly everyone to turn their backs on the male singer. Brown was dropped from business deals-like his campaign with Wrigley gum-and his songs were pulled from radio stations' playlists across the country. While his future in the music industry seemed questionable at best, a revival of the Brown-Rihanna relationship seemed unequivocally out of the question-which is why it's such a shock that the duo appears to be rekindling their roller-coaster romance.

In early 2012, the former couple announced their collaboration on two tracks, including Brown's "Turn Up the Music." Rumors of a romantic relationship between the two swirled for months, escalating in September when, at the Video Music Awards, in full view of cameras, Rihanna gave her ex a peck on the lips. Since then, the pair has been spotted together at outings and parties and, just last Thursday, the songstress shared an Instagram picture in which she is straddling Brown. Even today, neither singer has publicly discussed what transpired that night back in 2009. So, are they officially a couple again? Didn't see that coming...

Shifting from music to television, the pop culture world experienced some unfortunate information courtesy of a cast member of the comedy Modern Family. On Nov. 7, TMZ reported that fourteen-year-old Ariel Winter, who plays middle-child Alex Dunphy on the show, was placed in her older sister's temporary guardianship as a result of their mother's alleged physical and emotional abuse. Although Winter's older brother vehemently denies the allegations, documents signed by the young starlet accuse her mother, Chrisoula Workman, of food deprivation, physical and verbal abuse through name-calling and slapping. For a girl who seems so well-adjusted, poised and mature, Winter's allegations are all the more surprising.

I can't completely confirm this last piece of gossip, but I have a solid hunch it's true. Multiple sources are reporting that Jessica Simpson is pregnant! Experiencing some d?(c)j?* vu? That's because she only gave birth to her daughter, Maxwell, seven months ago. Simpson said she wanted to wait a bit to have another child. But sometimes life gets in the way of planning! The only minor hitch? Simpson is currently a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers, having recently debuted her incredible post-baby slim down. Will she remain a spokeswoman for baby number two? The answer is the same as for most questions in Hollywood: only time will tell.