<![CDATA[Jezebel: rhianna]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: rhianna]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/rhianna http://jezebel.com/tag/rhianna <![CDATA[Roman Polanski Arrested In Switzerland]]>

  • Director Roman Polanski has been arrested by Swiss police, at the request of the United States, after he tried to enter Switzerland to attend the Zurich Film Festival, where a tribute to his work is taking place. [CNN]
  • The United States has had an outstanding warrant for Polanski's arrest since 1978; after being accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, Polanski pled guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor but fled the country before a judge could sentence him. [CNN]
  • According to the Associated Press, the Swiss Ministry released a statement noting that "U.S. authorities have sought the arrest of the 76-year-old around the world since 2005," and that the Swiss would now wait for the U.S. to formally request extradition. [MSNBC]
  • Jaime Pressly married lawyer Simran Singh in Malibu yesterday. Pressly split from her previous fiance, Eric Cubiche, last November. [People]
  • Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford says she's "going through a challenging time" during her divorce from her estranged husband, Daniel Giersch , whom she had to obtain a restraining order against. Her mom is helping her feel better, she says: "She sent me that Christina Aguilera song "Stronger" and that's when I'm laughing and crying at the same time, like, 'Mom, I love you!'" [People]
  • "I have a tumultuous relationship with my mother, so obviously that story had a deep emotional interest to me — about women who are empowered and can be athletic and capable and kick ass out on the track and be their own heroes, and I think finding your tribe is everything. I certainly found it with my company. Every aspect of this story including first love and rite of passage, and being able to rock out in the car with your best friend, these are all themes that are crucial to my life. I was able to tell my story."- Drew Barrymore on her directorial debut, Whip It [LA Times]
  • Tawny Kitaen, who just did a stint on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, has been arrested for DUI in California. [AP]
  • An essay written by a young Paul McCartney over 50 years ago has recently been discovered at Liverpool's Central Library—McCartney had won an essay contest celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. [BBC]
  • "The magazine was even prepared to pay me $500,000 to pose with my clothes on. I didn't want Playboy on my resume at the age of 22. If they ask me when I'm 40 I'll probably say yes."- Nelly Furtado on being asked to pose for Playboy [DailyMail]
  • Mashonda, the wife of producer Swizz Beatz has accused Alicia Keys of breaking up her marriage and is posting about it on her Twitter page: "If you are reading this Alicia, let me start by saying, you know what you did. You know the role you played and you know how you contributed to the ending of my marriage. You know that I asked you to step back and let me handle my family issues. Issues that you helped to create." [ONTD]
  • Clive Owen says his daughters aren't terribly impressed by his fame: ""My days at home consist of my girls rolling their eyes at me. My oldest one's gotten into the habit of going ‘I wish they could see what you're really like.'" [ONTD]
  • Edward Norton plans to run in the New York City Marathon on a team including three Maasai warriors in order to raise money for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. [RunnersWorld]
  • Charlize Theron says she has obsessive-compulsive disorder and can't sleep unless her cabinets are tidy: "I will literally lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll be like, "I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there." [DailyMail]
  • Bruce Jenner was surprised when he heard his daughter, Khloe Kardashian was about to get married: "Honestly I thought it was a joke. Then I was on the driving range later that day and someone came up to me and said, 'Congratulations, I hear your daughter is getting married.' Then it was on the news that night and I thought, maybe there is something to this." [People]
  • Jenner also says that Khloe and Lamar Odom are marrying today,only one month after they met, "is first they want to, and second Lamar starts camp next week and Khloe has a million things going on. If they're gonna do it, they want to do it now." Also: Khloe is "definitely not pregnant." [E!]
  • Meanwhile, Khloe is already on the hunt for a new mansion to live in. [TMZ]
  • And she can probably afford it, considering the Kardashian sisters have earned over one million dollars over the past few months, thanks to their high profile weddings and pregnancies. [PageSix]
  • News anchor Amy Robach is engaged to marry Melrose Place's Andrew Shue. [PageSix]
  • All the lies I tell are white lies. I tell a lie every day, it's the same lie. In answer to the 'Can you come to my wedding/christening?' question, I say: 'I can't, I am busy.' What I wouldn't say is: 'No, it will be a boring day, I would rather sit at home in my pants getting drunk.' That would be a terrible truth."-Ricky Gervais [TheSun]
  • "It's one of those situations where she's young, they're both young. It was either a situation where she can grow. … There's a contention of young people who are going through the same things, and no one hears their voice. She can be their hero. Or she can choose not to grow from this."-Jay-Z on Rhianna and Chris Brown [UPI]
  • Angelina Jolie says she doesn't read the tabloid reports on her life: ""I don't ask for all this tabloid attention so I never read what they write about us. First I see myself as a mother - that's my priority," she says, "I have a family to take care of, I don't even go out that much, I travel and do a film and that's about it so I don't understand why people want to know more about our lives." [ShowbizSpy]
  • James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on Friends, says that a Friends reunion movie is "definitely on." [ShowbizSpy]
  • "My first boyfriend's mother was in wardrobe and I was her assistant. The first film I worked on was Mommie Dearest. I used to measure people nipple to nipple. The first line I heard from Miss Dunaway was: ‘Who is that fat girl in my eyeline?' I was terrified. Funnily enough, when I became a movie star for five seconds [in The People vs Larry Flynt, for which she won critical acclaim], Sharon Stone called me and said, ‘Welcome to the industry. When I got here, Miss Dunaway welcomed me.' And I was like, ‘Miss Dunaway has welcomed me already.'" -Courtney Love [TimesOnline]
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<![CDATA[Shia LaBeouf Explains His Weird Mom Comments, Still Thinks His Mom Is "Fly As Hell"]]>

  • Shia LaBeouf on his mommy comments: "It was Mother's Day coming up and I don't have any problems appearing crazy to make my mother smile, but she is the most beautiful woman on this planet and I love her. [Extra]
  • "She's fly as hell. I stand by that. My mom's awesome….I think the sickness is also on the other end to be able to twist the words and make it as ridiculous as that. Clearly, I'm not having sex with my mother. It's ridiculous." [Extra]
  • Sadness! Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek are divorcing after 16 years of marriage. The couple has three children. [People]
  • Robert Pattinson's sparkly vampire abs are reportedly painted on: "Rob had a team of makeup artists working on his stomach to make it appear as if he had a six-pack," says a source, "They used all their tricks - including liquid body paint, shading and airbrushing - to make his torso look toned. Whenever they stopped filming, Rob would duck back inside to get touched up by the makeup team." [ShowbizSpy]
  • "In my opinion this tape will not destroy her career," says Kevin Blatt the man currently shopping a Leighton Meester sex tape, "She looks around 18 years-old and is seen involved in an act with her boyfriend in a house. It's very playful actually." Ugh. [Radar]
  • Simon Cowell admits that he could have handled the Susan Boyle a bit better: "Sometimes I go too far, I admit it. And sometimes you just can't predict how events will unfold," he says, "Which brings us to Susan Boyle. Looking back on it all, it has become clear to me that we didn't handle the situation with Susan as well as we could have. Yet to be honest, when I analyse exactly what happened, I don't know that I could have done it any differently." [DailyMail]
  • "I usually just explain to my kids that there are other families in the world that aren't as fortunate as ours and other kids. So I tell them that it's important for all of us to do what we can and then go to these places and understand what's happening. Hopefully I'll take them to as many countries as I can and raise them with an education of the world."- Angelina Jolie [DailyMail]
  • Is Kanye West back with his former girlfriend, Amber Rose?[TheSun]
  • Gloria Vanderbilt is quite proud of her own son, Anderson Cooper, but says she "can't bear to look at Paris Hilton." [PageSix]
  • Madonna's boyfriend, Jesus Luz reportedly has a bit of an ego problem, according to models who worked with him on a recent Dolce & Gabbana shoot. [TheCut]
  • Here's a clip of Bjork performing "Sonnets/Unrealities XI" from her Volta tour, live in Reykjavik. [RollingStone]
  • Rihanna will face Chris Brown in court on Monday, and her lawyer says "She's fine. She's fully expecting she'll be required to testify. She will answer all questions asked of her truthfully." [E!]
  • Tallulah Willis' stint at Baazar is more of an observational exercise than an actual internship: "It's not really an internship," she says, "I'm just there for two weeks to see how it works. I'm listening to the editors, seeing what the fashion department does, what marketing does, what the photo department does. It's all over the place." [TheCut]
  • Nicole Kidman says her father helped her get through her divorce: "Dad's not only a good man, but a wise man. He's a psychiatrist, and when I was younger he was always trying to give me advice that I wouldn't listen to. Now that I'm older, I really value his insight." Anyone else read that "a wise man/psychiatrist" line as a big FU to Tom Cruise? [DailyMail]
  • When asked which young person she thought would make the "best daffy old person," Cloris Leachman replied: "George Clooney. He was very young on Facts of Life with me. I think he'll probably have a big career and get kind of daffy. Maybe Jack Black. He was an excellent kisser. Much better than he needed to be for our scene [on The Office]. It was a wonderful kiss. I think kissing is the most wonderful, intimate, sexy thing in the world. Much more than … what's it called … fornicating!" [NYMag]
  • Here's the trailer for Jennifer Aniston's latest film, titled (sigh) Love Mishap. [E!]
  • Lionel Richie will play himself on an upcoming episode of One Life To Live. [DailyExpress]
  • Blind Item:"Which fun-loving film star may play the part of the carefree chick on the surface, but is hiding a debilitating case of OCD behind closed doors? One of her high-profile relationships recently went caput because her man could no longer hack her obsessive ways."[BlindGossip]
  • "Today I walked out of a Judd Apatow movie crying. It was the scene where the obese homosexual is fortune-telling by looking at the bowels of a sheep that has been sodomized by a person. The movie was "Year One." I tried to be open-minded as I watched the first 20 minutes of masturbation, fornication, circumcision jokes, continual penis references, bestiality, violence, and Biblical blasphemy. I told myself this was a PG-13 movie and the writers were "lost" so they didn't know how vulgar they were being. I looked at the ten-year-old and his father sitting next to me. I must be old-fashioned or something. But, then I noticed no one was laughing. No one was walking out either. I was hoping that the crude jokes were flying over the heads of the poor children who were sitting there wide-eyed and innocent. My daughter is 15 and she loves Jack Black and the guy from "Juno," so I thought we could have a Mom/teenager date. I asked myself, "Vicki, is this movie making you feel good?" Myself replied, "This movie is making me angry, very sad, hopeless, and dirty-feeling." As the onscreen obese gay man poked at the bloody intestines and told the fifth anal sex joke, I looked at my daughter, and we got up and walked out. I started crying in the parking lot as we walked to our car. I am not from this world. I am an alien. No wonder me and Apatow never hit it off."- Victoria Jackson on "Year One" [ONTD]
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<![CDATA[Paris Gets Kicked Off A Yacht For "Inappropriate" Behavior]]>

  • Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt were kicked off of a yacht due to "inappropriate" behavior. The couple were making out, to the dismay of other passengers ,who cheered when the captain tossed them off. [Mirror]
  • Jessica Biel says she'd love to star in a movie with her boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, someday: "If it was the right thing, yeah, I would love to costar with Justin," she says, "I just don't know what the right thing is, though." [People]
  • Clay Aiken has apologized for comments he made about Adam Lambert on his blog: "I do apologize to Adam for my colorful (and negative) choice of words. I hope he can forgive me. I imagine he doesn't give a d—-! God knows he shouldn't." [USWeekly]
  • Meanwhile, Adam Lambert is reportedly in talks to become the lead singer of Queen. [Reuters]
  • Blind Item: "Which married actor is wildly flamboyant among friends and business associates, but when he sits down with an interviewer or goes out in public, he suddenly reins in the swishing and tries to pass for straight? Who's buying it?" [BlindGossip]
  • Katie Holmes will perform at the PBS National Memorial Day Concert. "It's important to tell these stories and honor the sacrifice and service of these men and women and their families," Holmes says, "It's a real gift to be able to portray an American of such strength. I'm excited. I want to do justice to her story." [JustJared]
  • Rapper Drake denies that he's dating Rhianna: "It's not like that at all. I'm being honest. She's just a friend, that's all," Drake says, "Nothing at all happened. I have the most respect for her. I think she's so talented." [TheSun]
  • Katie Price, aka Jordan, says she wants a second chance with her estranged husband, Peter Andre. "‘I'll take Pete back tomorrow. I'll drop the divorce if he gives me another chance." [DailyMail]
  • Peter, however, isn't too sure about a reconciliation: "I wish you had heard MY pleas when we were married." [Mirror]
  • Is Zac Efron going to dump Vanessa Hudgens? "Zac's been told that to go from a teen idol to a major movie star, he has to distance himself from his HSM image," says a source, "One big thing that means is no more Vanessa. When people see them together, they think of their characters." [ShowbizSpy]
  • "I went to a strip club to prepare for the role but it was a big disappointment. I'd taken these classes on how to dance but if you go to a strip club, no-one's dancing. Everyone just stands there. The girls are all just on stage and it's all about lap dances." -Heather Graham [ONTD]
  • Barry Humphries says that if he wrote his own obituary, his alter-ego, Dame Edna would be left out completely: "It would be pretty well a catalogue of excessive compliments. It would just say what a very nice person I am, and what a generous hearted and sentimental person I am, and it wouldn't make any reference to Edna at all." [DailyExpress]
  • ""Even though fame came all of a sudden, it didn't come too soon. I had already worked as a waitress in the real world, so I already had my group of friends and I'm still in touch with the same people. Only a few of my friends are actresses. In my friends I find unconditional love."-Jennifer Aniston [ShowbizSpy]
  • Janice Dickinson on Tyra Banks' firing of Paulina Porizkova: "Tyra rolls like that, she likes to fire people just about when she's promising them large amounts of money, they get the axe, like I did.... then she takes the money and runs." [Examiner]
  • Susan Boyle will perform a duet with Donny Osmond in Las Vegas. [Mirror]
  • Annie Leibovitz is closer than ever to bankruptcy. [PageSix]
  • "The deeper I got into my addiction, the tighter the lid got on my creativity. When I got sober the lid just came off. In seven months I accomplished more than I could accomplish in three or four years doing drugs."-Eminem [NYTimes]
  • "The truth is what I'm a role model for is the ability to change culture, the ability for a young woman who may not be the most popular girl in school or the most beautiful or the best at everything to bust her arse and never give up and make something of herself."- Lady GaGa [ONTD]
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<![CDATA[Heidi Montag Plans To Unleash Miniature Spencer Pratt Army On The World]]>

  • Oh, yikes. According to Stephanie Pratt her brand new sister-in-law, Heidi Montag wants "four boys, four Spencer Pratts!" Creepy flesh colored beard enthusiasts across the country are no doubt celebrating this slightly terrifying news. [USWeekly]
  • Despite negative reviews, Wolverine topped the box office with 34 million dollars on Friday. [E!]
  • Actress Missi Pyle recently wed naturalist Casey Anderson, and the best man was Brutus, an 800 pound Grizzly bear that Anderson has raised from birth. Wonder where they got the tux rental? [DailyExpress]
  • "I'm quite honestly getting seriously fed up with being falsely connected with several men on Page Six: Josh Hartnett, Heath Ledger, and now it is insinuated (we all know what 'befriended' means on these pages!) that Sean Penn is another. There has never been any intimacy between myself and any of these men, and I want this cleared once and for all."-Helena Christensen [PageSix]
  • Mine That Bird a 50-1 shot, emerged victorious at the Kentucky Derby yesterday. [NBCSports]
  • Christina Applegate has been selected as People's Most Beautiful Person of 2009. [ONTD]
  • "I'm definitely not paying attention to my pregnancy. That won't be true for the child [when it arrives]. But now, when you have two kids running around you're not the pregnant person you were before." -Elisabeth Hasselbeck [People]
  • Comedian Robert Schimmel has been arrested on suspicion of beating his wife. [NYTimes]
  • Nicole Richie has blogged about the girl group she was in when she was 13 or so. "Our name? get ready… CAUTION!," she writes, "And I even remember part of our rap. I'm getting chills of embarrassment even typing this. The rap lyrics I remember were: Caution! Walking down the street.You better watch out, and step to the beatPlaying our music from town to town Rockin' and Rollin' were [sic] gonna get down!"[JustJared]
  • "It was a town of hair metal and we hated it. Girls were supposed to be sexy whores in white pants - they weren't allowed to rock. We played in bars and ignored what people said. After all, we knew that the people who thought they were badass didn't rock at all!"-Kim Deal [Guardian]
  • Hugh Jackman is desperate to bring a Carousel film to the screen, and hopes to get Anne Hathaway to join him. "I've been looking to do a musical film for some time and after things like Moulin Rouge!, Chicago and Hairspray, I think there's a real opportunity there," Jackman says, "I've been filling up [Hathaway's] answering machine with messages about Carousel." [DailyExpress]
  • Halle Berry, who has apparently forgotten the mess that was Catwoman, says she'd be interested in an X-Men spinoff featuring her character, Storm. "I think that would be great," Berry says, "Storm deserves her own movie - if I can still fit into the suit."[JustJared]
  • "I'm in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) now, too. I've had drinks, but it has been a levelling-out process. Am I an alcoholic? I may not be. I don't know. But I also know that, in the situation I'm in, with temptations what they are, I have no room for alcohol in my life."- Shia LeBeouf, keepin' it anonymous. [DailyExpress]
  • Madonna and Demi Moore have reportedly bonded over the fact that they both have "younger lovers." "Demi has been really supportive of Madonna in her relationship with Jesus," says a source, "She knows more than anyone how great it is to date a younger guy and hopes they can make it last." [DailyMail]
  • Meanwhile, the biological father of Mercy James, the Malawian girl that Madonna is trying to adopt, says that he wants to raise Mercy in her own culture. "I want to take care of her, and I'm capable of taking care of my baby. Mercy, she is a Malawian, so [I] need her to grow as a Malawian ... with our culture." [People]
  • Rihanna is moving on, and has rekindled a teenage romance with Negus Sealy, much to the delight of her loved ones. "The family are delighted about her seeing Negus again," says a source. [ShowbizSpy]
  • Dennis Rodman's wife attempted to stage an intervention, but Rodman wasn't interested. "He wouldn't go because he doesn't want to miss the taping of the 'Celebrity Apprentice' reunion," says a source. Rodman's rep replied: "Yes, they tried an intervention but, unfortunately, Dennis refused to go. We all know how amazing he is when sober, and we hope he gets there soon." [PageSix]
  • Sting's daughter, Coco Sumner is currently in the intensive care unit after falling outside of a restaurant and fracturing her skull. "‘Coco went flying and landed with a real crash. She really took a tumble.One of the waiters helped her to her feet but she complained that she didn't feel well," says a source, "She hadn't had anything to drink and it happened quite early into the evening." [DailyMail]
  • Kate Moss and Jamie Hince are on the rocks again, after Kate discovered that Jamie had "struck up a friendship" with another woman while on tour. [DailyMail]
  • Are Victoria and David Beckham getting ready to leave the States for Milan? "Victoria is going off LA and was embarrassed that her designs didn't take off there," says a source, "They did well in the UK and she accepts that Europe is a better market for her." [DailyMail]
  • "I would also be just as happy with a new women. I'm not complicated, I sing about love in all its shapes, forms and colors. I speak my mind, I sing about everyday stuff such as homosexuality and sadly the homophobia that always comes with it.Famous female singers tend to moan and whine a lot about being famous. Damn, I'm Pink and my bank account hasn't seen a red zero for a long time, and I can do what I love best-sing. Isn't that something that makes life better?"-Pink [ShowbizSpy]
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<![CDATA[Angela Chase Is Totally Getting Married Or Whatever]]>

  • Claire Danes and her boyfriend, actor Hugh Dancy, are engaged to be married. Both Jordan Catalano and Brian Krakow are extremely bummed right now. No word yet on how Tino feels about all this, though.[People]
  • Drew Barrymore and ex-boyfriend Justin Long may not be on the best terms: "Drew came up to Justin and started whining that he kept ignoring her," says a source, "He was apologizing and saying that he didn't see her but seemed really annoyed and . . . not that into her."[PageSix]
  • Are Natalie Portman and Ryan Gosling dating? [LaineyGossip]
  • Rhianna is helping a 5-year old fan find a bone marrow donor: "When I saw the video of Jasmina it broke my heart. It is so unfair that for a black patient it's so much harder to find a bone marrow match,"Rhianna says, "Jasmina has acute leukemia and she needs a bone marrow transplant to live." [People]
  • Isla Fisher confesses that she's actually not much of a Shopaholic: "I've never been a shopaholic myself," Fisher says, "And I hope people aren't offended by this display of excess. Because it's based on books that came out long before the economic crisis, with so many young couples in difficulty. My heart goes out to them." [ShowbizSpy]
  • Is Lipstick Jungle leaving NBC? Star Lindsay Price says she's heard rumors of a move: "Bravo or Lifetime...That's what they're saying...Or they're talking about maybe doing what they did with Friday Night Lights-airing on DirecTV and then later on NBC."[E!]
  • Liv Tyler says that she and her father, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, aren't as close as they once were: "In the past few years we haven't been very close. He has been going through a lot of things on his own and he has not been the… he hasn't been around that much for us," Tyler says, "So that's been hard. But I probably shouldn't be talking about this."[DailyMail]
  • Kids' hoodies from Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers line have been recalled, as the drawstring through the hood could cause a strangulation hazard. [NYTimes]
  • "I know this will be my most favourite performance ever and I'm going to do everything I possibly can to make it the best one, but I think M.I.A. might one-up me by having her baby onstage. It's going to be so awesome."- Katy Perry [DailyExpress]
  • If you're dating Jennifer Aniston, prepare to be taped: the actress saves messages from past relationships. "I still have the cassette tapes of messages from my first boyfriend, my second boyfriend, my husband. It's like saving love letters."[TheSun]
  • Is Michael Lohan too broke to blog? After announcing he was no longer blogging, but not explaining why, a "Failure of Payment" notice was posted by the site's webmaster. Whoops! [JustJared]
  • Sad news: Emmy-winning actor James Whitmore, who played Brooks in The Shawshank Redemption has died of lung cancer at the age of 87. [E!]
  • Pete Doherty is pretty convinced that his house is haunted: "My house is definitely haunted," Doherty says, "All of a sudden you hear a mad party going on in the west wing. It used to be the servants' quarters, which is creepy. When I hear it I just hide. It's uncomfortable but I think if I don't bother them, they won't bother me. Half the time I'm in my own world anyway."[DailyMail]
  • Lisa Kudrow says she's glad she got to play Phoebe Buffay: "I think it's great because she was such a happy person," Kudrow says, "I am so pleased that I was part of the show. I always thought, once the series was over, it would fade from memory. I keep expecting that to happen but it doesn't - there are all these kids around the world who are discovering the show, and realising how funny it is. I don't think there are that many good sitcoms around any more."[DailyMail]
  • Amy Winehouse is steering clear of crack...by smoking pot ten times a day. "Amy hasn't touched crack or cocaine for months. She has been really good," says a friend. "Drugs are easy to get in St Lucia but she has just stuck to smoking dope. The amazing thing is she smokes all morning then sees her personal trainer in the afternoon and is put through a gruelling workout."[TheSun]
  • Jenny Craig has shot down rumors that Jessica Simpson would be their next spokesperson by praising the star's healthy physique: "Ms. Simpson has publicly stated that she is healthy, feels great and is very happy with her body. We would agree. Ms. Simpson looks fantastic and we see no reason for her to participate in a weight management program." [E!]
  • Sadly, Jessica had a bad night while performing in front of 9,000 fans in Michigan, fighting tears and forgetting some of her lines: "Dear God, help me get through this tonight," Jessica told the crowd. "You probably just heard me say that; I have a weak voice and I'm feeling vulnerable tonight." According to her rep: "Jessica had an off night," her rep tells Usmagazine.com. "She's a perfectionist and wanted to start some songs over. She always wants to give the best performance for her fans."[USMagazine]
  • "There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment. But I chose to go on stage to be validated because I felt so bashed. If I'm not going to talk about myself in front of strangers and see if they laugh and understand, then what's the point of it? I don't want to tell people, "Did you ever notice this about Kmart?" I don't want to tell anyone how they think or what they see. That's what happened to me. I take a great pride in three things as a comedian: the premises are real, I'm prolific, and I feel strongly that who I am on stage is the same as who I am off."- Richard Lewis[HuffingtonPost]
  • Subway has forgiven Michael Phelps for smoking up, and has welcomed him back as a sponsor: "Like most Americans, and like Michael Phelps himself, we were disappointed in his behavior," Subway rep Megan Driscoll says, "Also like most Americans, we accept his apology. Moving forward, he remains in our plans." [USMagazine]
  • Robert Pattinson is totally addicted to coke, you guys. Um, Diet Coke, that is: "I was just taking out my trash and I had, like, 300 cans of Diet Coke," Pattinson says. "It was just like, 'How did that happen?' I don't even remember buying them. I also like Cinnamon Toast Crunch. My addictions are pretty much the only things I consume." Translation to crazy-ass fans: "I don't drink blood, I'm not going to bite you, and I'm not really Edward Cullen."[ShowbizSpy]
  • Emily Blunt says she had to sneak in doughnuts to the set of The Devil Wears Prada: "I was being watched like a hawk, but by the end I'd be sneaking in doughnuts just to annoy the producers." Aww, that's kind of like how I'm always making "glasses" out of two chocolate donuts, just to annoy my friends. Celebrities! They're just like us! [ShowbizSpy]
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<![CDATA[Oprah Is PETA's Person Of The Year]]>

  • Oprah Winfrey has been selected as this year's "Person of the Year" by PETA, for using her various media outlets to give "powerful voice to defend those without one." Maybe next year, Lindsay! [People]
  • Tim Gunn is a friend of PETA, as well: the Project Runway judge has taped a narration for a graphic anti-fur video that is being sent to major designers in order to deter them from using rabbit fur. "Any designer in the fashion industry who does not want to watch the PETA video and see exactly what happens to animals and how they're treated and how the product that they use comes to the marketplace, I believe, is egregiously irresponsible," says Gunn. [PageSix]
  • Criss Angel says he doesn't want anything for Christmas, except for his girlfriend, Holly Madison: "I'm hoping Holly will just put a bow in her head and that will be my present," Angel says. Madison has similar wishes: ""I just want you," Madison told Angel, "I'm in love and I'm so happy."Anyone who ever saw one episode of The Girls Next Door can see exactly where this relationship is going. [People]
  • Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, who are already married, held a private commitment ceremony in front of friends, family, and daughter Honor this weekend, in order to "celebrate their love and commitment to each other."[US Magazine]
  • Rhianna will be performing at the Recording Industry Association of America's Presidential Inauguration Charity Ball on Inauguration night. Her performance will benefit Feeding America, a hunger-relief organization, whose president, Vicki Escarra, claims, "We could not be happier that Rihanna will be performing at the Inauguration charity ball to benefit Feeding America." [People]
  • High School Musical star Zac Efron spent time handing out 10,000 worth of free toys to critically ill children on Friday. ""Some of the kids couldn't even speak, but they had the widest grins and would sit as close to him as possible," a source says, "Zac was super gracious and could not have been more kind and truly happy to be there."[US Magazine]
  • Is David Beckham signing up for an Italian version of Big Brother?[DailyMail]
  • Jim Gaffigan and Kristen Wiig will both guest star be "present" on Flight of the Conchords this season. [RedEyeChicago]
  • Kelly Clarkson will be back with a new album sometime this spring. What's she been up to, since she's been gone? Find out at her new video blog. [Just Jared]
  • Jim Carrey's Yes Man beat out Will Smith's Seven Pounds to claim the top of the box office this weekend. [ONTD]
  • Sad news: Olga Lepeshinskaya, a Russian dancer who was reportedly "Stalin's favorite ballerina," has died at the age of 92. [Reuters]
  • Academy Award winning actor Richard Attenborough is "seriously ill" after hitting his head during a fall at his home. "He had a fall and banged his head," Attenborough's niece says, "He’s not 30 any more. He’s 85 and falls hurt, you know. He’s doing well. We don’t know when he will be released or whether he will be home in time for Christmas but we all hope so." Get well soon! [DailyMail]
  • Charges won't be filed against Everybody Loves Raymond star Brad Garrett, who was caught on tape shoving a paparazzi. An evaluation found that the paparazzi used “hostile and derogatory language” in an attempt to provoke Garrett. [MSNBC]
  • Ladies, Robert Pattinson isn't a real vampire. He doesn't want to bite you, so stop asking. ""I was with a whole bunch of teenage girls yesterday and they were saying 'Bite me please!" Pattinson says, "I'm still waiting for the snuggles. I just constantly get people saying 'Bite me, bite me, bite me' and I have to tell them 'Look I can't bite you because it will hurt." [ShowbizSpy]
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<![CDATA[Guy And Madonna Call A Christmas Truce]]>

  • Guy Richie and Madonna have agreed to put their custody battle aside for one day in order to spend Christmas at Richie's estate, so that their children can spend the holiday with both parents. [DailyMail]
  • Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards' two daughters were involved in a four-car collision Friday, but are said to be doing just fine. " Sheen "said it could have been much worse," his publicist, Stan Rosenfield, says,"They were in their car seats, and he is extremely grateful for the safety features from Mercedes.” [People]
  • Was jealousy over a gift the motive behind the murders of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother, and nephew? [People]
  • Paul Anka's wife, Anna, has been accused of attacking the "Puppy Love" singer with a giant block of ice. According to Page Six, "The flying frozen missile hit him square in the skull, opening such a large gash that Anka had to go to the hospital." [PageSix]
  • The family of James Bland, one of the pilots who died piloting the plane crash that injured Travis Barker and DJ AM is speaking out on their son's behalf: ""We know the investigation will eventually show they weren't negligent," says Bland's sister, Laura Martz, "James took piloting very seriously. If he felt the plane wasn't maintained properly, he would've refused to fly that day. Whatever happened on the runway, I'm sure it was beyond [the pilots'] control." [People]
  • Kate Moss' boyfriend, Jamie Hince, has put his foot down about Kate's partying and is demanding that she forgo New Year's Eve celebrations so that the couple can spend the evening with Moss' five-year-old daughter, Lila. "‘Jamie says Kate needs to calm her lifestyle down but she seems to have no intention of doing so. She just wants to party all the time," says a source. [DailyMail]
  • Will Smith is vowing to get back into the real world after living a somewhat isolated celebrity life. "''I sat there with my children and my 16-year-old son couldn't understand how I didn't know (the election) was over already. He was like 'You're out of touch,''' Smith says. [NYTimes]
  • Chris Brown is busy writing songs for Rhianna: “I actually have a couple of songs written already that would be dope collaborations between me and her," Brown says, "And I’m writing for her new album now!”[Just Jared]
  • Pulp Fiction screenwriter Roger Avary has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter. [E!]
  • Playboy has issued an apology for the now-infamous "Virgin Mary" cover. "While Playboy Mexico never meant for the cover or images to offend anyone, we recognize that it has created offense, and we as well as Playboy Mexico offer our sincerest apologies," says Raul Sayrols, publisher of Playboy Mexico, "The image is not and never was intended to portray the Virgin of Guadalupe or any other religious figure. The intent was to reflect a Renaissance-like mood on the cover."[Reuters]
  • Whitney Port is already dissing the Hills, noting that NYC guys are much better than the ones she left behind in L.A.: ""I was recently in L.A., and I couldn’t help but think, 'Oh my gosh, everyone is kind of the exact same here. You have all these guys in the entertainment industry who are just trying to be smooth and super-cool," Port says, "The guys [in New York] are [still] trying to be cool — guys do that everywhere — but they're more confident and they know what they want." [US Magazine]
  • Keanu Reeves is a bit jealous of Hugh Jackman:"I had a little actor envy when Hugh Jackman got to play Wolverine and I didn't," Reeves says, "The claws are cool and I liked his fortitude and honor." [ONTD]
  • Scarlett Johansson claims she never opened up about her marriage to Ryan Reynolds to UK Cosmopolitan. Her rep calls it an "obvious attempt...to gain monetarily by misinforming their readers."[E!]
  • No Doubt fans: the band will kick off their world tour with an appearance at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ on May 3. [No Doubt]
  • "A mother recently gave me her baby and asked, 'Can you please bite his head?'" - Robert Pattinson. Well, that's what happens when you become a sparkly vampire. Nobody would have asked Cedric Diggory a thing like that! [Page Six]
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<![CDATA[The Trick To World Peace? Give A Star A T-Shirt And A Pen]]> Mother Theresa could have saved herself so much time if she'd just learned that the trick to saving the world is just to sign up a few celebrities, get them to doodle on an American Apparel tee, and sell the result for charity! Lately, this rather labor unintensive mode of giving back has been running rampant, with celebrities lined up to draw stick figures like five-year-olds at a birthday party waiting to decorate their own cupcakes. Of course, within this spectrum is a wide range of commitment (and skill) levels, ranging from the truly half-assed to the off-puttingly earnest. Which is all very laudable. And then, apparently, people buy them: Bono and, most recently, Elettra Weidemann, have enlisted loads of celebs for their respective tee initiatives and when the one-offs go up for auction, they always bring in the big bucks. After all, who wouldn't want a Billy Baldwin original? Hundreds of seconds of compassion and effort — with accompanying captions, naturally — after the jump.



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<![CDATA[BET Awards Brought Out The Best Red Carpet Fashions Of 2008]]> The Oscars were a snooze. The MTV Movie Awards were a disgrace. The Bravo A-Lists were a farce. Thank God for the BETs. A great red carpet is made up of elegance, panache, star power and just a pinch of exhibitionism. And the BET Awards, held at LA's Shrine Auditorium last night, had it all, kids. Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard, Alicia Keys, Gabrielle Union, Jordin Sparks and more stars than there are in the heavens...all after the jump.







The Good:
A little Van Lear Rose, a little 50's prom, a lot fab. Rihanna's short hair keeps this from going too sweet.
Let's give Terrence Howard the benefit of the doubt and assume that cane's functional, shall we? Because the man looks seriously dapper.
Crystal Alkin's dress is gorge.
I gasped — I did! — when I saw Gabrielle Union's goddessy ensemble.
I'm a sucker for anything 70s-inflected, but even so, this kind of dress can be hard to pull off. I'd argue that BET host Danella does so, in spades.
Khaki suits can be so Men's Wearhouse. It's a pleasure to see it done right, as actor Boris Kodjoe does here.
I don't know how much longer this shape can tough it out, but Alicia Keys shows what it can do.
Maybe I get a vicarious thrill out of seeing people work lemon, since it makes me look like a plague victim. Trina's mini would be adorable in almost any bright, though.
Yeah it's kinda hiked up here, but Jordin Sparks' red number is a classic, classy choice.


The Bad:

From what I've observed, rapper MC Lyte is a pretty reliable red-carpet train-wreck. This is actually one of her better get-ups.
Given my fondness for jumpsuits, I almost gave Keri Hilson's lame iteration a pass. But the thing is, for a js to work there must be NO crotch-pulling. And the photographic evidence cannot be denied.
Ledisi's minidress is woefully unflattering. Nuff said, methinks.
Jennifer Hudson: I get the appeal of a structured dress. I do. But is it necessary for her to be strapped into armor on a weekly basis? It looks so uncomfortable — and doesn't seem to express any of the playfulness that makes her so appealing.
Solange Knowles has clearly inherited great genes, questionable taste.
I'll say this for Omarosa: the woman's consistent.


The Ugly:

If I could choose a superpower, I think it would be mind-reading, if only so I could go inside rapper Jacki O's head and try to figure out what she was thinking when she selected this ensemble.
Rapper Lil Mama: most frightening Strawberry Shortcake interpretation to come down the pipe yet!

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