• Pink discussed the contents of her uterus with Ellen on a show that will air today.

• Courtney Love hired Michael Mouris to create a short animated video about her life. Karl Lagerfeld comes to her and tells her she is "drowning in the kook," like a Teutonic fairy godmother of style. It is awesome. [WWD]

• Mariah Carey is launching an accessories line on HSN in November. Expect her to be hawking shoes, jewelry, and "a limited edition version of her Luscious Pink fragrance, with a butterfly-cap bottle and a personal note from the songstress." [WWD]

• Alicia Keys married producer Swizz Beatz yesterday in Corsica; guests included Bono and Queen Latifah. [ContactMusic]

• After only one season, Ellen DeGeneres is stepping down as an American Idol judge:

• Lindsay Lohan had a surprise visitor in jail yesterday: ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson. Should we be hoping for a reunion? [NYDN]

• Mel Gibson may have been the target of an extortion scandal by ex Oksana Grigorieva — and supposedly there is a text that proves it.

There's a lot more to Pam Grier than stories of cocaine vaginas. As an interview with the Times today confirms, Grier's emerged from a life "more interesting and dangerous than some of the movies I've done" a strong, resilient woman.

• Does Jay-Z reference Anna Wintour in his song "Empire State of Mind"? The line in question is: "caught up in the in crowd/now you're in-style/and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out." [Fashion Week Daily]

• Chris Brown has released a video apology for assaulting Rihanna. He says: "I've told Rihanna countless times and I'm telling you today that I am truly, truly sorry...

The large amount of pop songs giving props to sex and blow jobs almost drown out the ones about oral pleasures given to women. Here, we give a rundown of songs in which ladies singing the praise of being eating out.

• At the launch of her spray-tanning line Sevin Nyne, Lindsay Lohan said of criticism about her weight, "I like the way I look." She added that she and Samantha Ronson are still in touch.

• French police say that paparazzi wearing camouflage (!) got on to the grounds of Angelina and Brad's chateau and scuffled with security guards on the property yesterday. Both sides filed legal complaints accusing the other of battery/injury (bruises, scratches, nothing serious.) Angie and Brad need guard dogs. So…

Strange NY Times story on the courthouse behavior of celebrities. Inside, these tidbits: rapper Jim Jones once put a kaffiyeh over his head and pretended to be Yiddish when someone asked if he was famous outside of a courthouse; Foxy Brown uses her post-perp walks as excuses to show off her glamorous designer duds.…

[New York, May 21. Image via INFDaily.]

• Mischa Barton claims she is a PhotoShop Of Horrors victim: A new batch of paparazzi beach shots showed her legs riddled with cellulite. "Those photos are doctored," Barton's rep, Lisa Perkins, says. "I'm not saying she's perfect, nobody is. But they've given a 22-year-old woman the legs and bottom of an 80-year-old."…

• Nelson Mandela personally called Amy Winehouse and asked her to sing at his birthday party on June 27! The former president of South Africa phoned her! Bono, Elton John and Annie Lennox are expected to perform as well. This UK paper says,"Let's hope [Amy] bee-hives herself!" Yuk, yuk. [Mirror]
  
• Meanwhile: Does Blake…

Rut Roh! Foxy Brown just got out of jail and she's already got a warrant out for her arrest. Apparently Ms. Brown failed to appear in court on charges stemming from a BlackBerry assaulting incident. She has yet another court date on Thursday to deal with even more assault charges. • Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell got…

Miley Cyrus just signed a 7-figure contract to write her memoirs. The girl is fifteen years old. What is there to write about? She was born...and then now. •Wanna see Penelope Cruz naked and getting it on with Sir Ben Kingsley? Click here [link NSFW, obvs] for nude scenes from their forthcoming film, Elegy. • Days…

[New York, April 18. Image via Splash.]