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Descendants Star's Sundance Plane Scare: "I Thought I Was Going to Die"

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Going to the Sundance Film Festival isn't always as fun and glam as it may sound—and we're not just talking about Tracy Morgan's emergency trip to the hospital.

The Descendants star Shailene Woodley had a return flight from, well, hell.

We'll let her explain...

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Secret Life of the American Teenager: Oh, BTW I'm Gay; What's New With You Son?

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On The Secret Life of the American Teenager—or SLOTAT, as no one calls it—Ricky's having an awkward conversation with his alcoholic mother who just got out of prison, and it's about to get more awkward.

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Teen Mom and Abstinence Advocate Bristol Palin on Secret Life Debut: "I'm Not an Actress"

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Who better to play an unwed teenage mother on a show about an unwed teenage mother than the most famous unwed teenage mother around?!

Whew, that's a mouthful, but yeppers, we're talking about the one and only Bristol Palin. Controversial politico Sarah Palin's eldest pops up as—who else?—herself in this Monday's episode of Secret Life of the American Teenager, a gig she tells us she felt "obligated" to take on...

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Secret's Out: Bristol Palin to Play Herself on American Teenager

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But what she really wants to do is...act?

Good thing Bristol Palin is already developing a thick skin, because—like her or not, talented or not—you just know she's going to get a critical mauling when she makes her acting debut on The Secret Life of the American Teenager when it returns for its third season this summer.

Still, all the best to Palin, who doesn't seem too concerned about typecasting: She'll play herself in the episode, "the most famous teenage mother in America" (hear that, Jamie Lynn? Gauntlet thrown) who just so happens to be working at a music program for fellow teen moms.

"I am thrilled to be on this show and to be a part of a program that educates teens and young adults about the consequences of teen pregnancy," Palin said in a statement.

Sarah Palin's eldest child shoots her scenes in Los Angeles later this year.

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