Bachelors of the world, be advised: Pippa Middleton is single and ready to mingle. She and boyfriend Alex Somethingorother have split up. Suddenly, thanks to that famous bottom and her connection to Princess Shinylocks, Pippa is the most eligible bachelorette on planet Earth. And since getting married is the most important thing a woman can do with her life, the media will be tracking Pippa's dating life and road to the altar. Prince Harry, are you ready to step up? [Daily Mail, People, Page Six]
Pippa and Prince Harry have "chemistrry," sources say. Recently, the two had afternoon tea together at a pub in Chelsea, and Harry reportedly "interests" Pippa. It is on, people. On. (Chelsy Davy is off partying in Ibiza.) [Now Magazine]
Pippa was an English Literature student when she attended Edinburgh University, but even more important: She wore interesting clothes in fashion shows. Here are some old modeling pictures! [Daily Mail]
Here, Pippa is called "Her Royal Hotness." Part of me hopes she shaves her head, gets a few piercings and falls in love with a plump half-Jewish, half-black lady named LaToya Rosenberg. Just so we could witness the haughty Brit publications (and the royal family) go completely apoplectic. [Herald Sun]
Bonus royals news: Prince Harry and Prince William faced off in a polo match on Saturday. William's team won. This is the part in the fairy tale when the new Duchess turns on Harry, shouting, "Off with his head." Also: Will Pippa date a loser? [People]
Oh. An aside: Kate Middleton, Duchess Of Cambridge has been "recycling" her favorite clothing. As in, she sported the same dress twice. Something we mere mortals call "wearing what's your closet." [Today Show]
Sadness: Famed E Street Band saxophone player Clarence Clemons has suffered a stroke. [Rolling Stone, Radar Online]
Lady Gaga just finished the Monster Ball tour — which grossed over $250 million (to become the highest-grossing tour by a debut headlining act and one of the biggest grossing tours of all time) — and is now planning a Born This Way Tour. She says: "If you're running a marathon, and you're about to cross the finish line, you don't stop and say, 'Oh, once I cross it, it's over.' You run as fast as you can to get there as quickly as you can. So I guess, for me, it's about how many marathons can I run? How many dreams can I make true? Now, not for me, but for my fans." She plans to start rehearsals by the end of the year and begin the tour in 2012. [ONTD via MTV UK]
Also, Gaga writes songs in a dream state: "I just have to [write songs]. Sometimes in the middle of night when I'm falling asleep I have a lot of ideas, then wake up and record them into my phone and send it to my producers and then I fall asleep." [Contact Music]
Kim Kardashian's lawyers are drafting a defamation lawsuit against Bret Lockett, who claims he and KK had a sexting relationship. Lockett said that he'd hooked up with Kim, but now he admits that he's never met her. Although that doesn't men there was no sexting! [TMZ]
Speaking of Kim Kardashian, it says here that her proposal was "caught on camera." Can you imagine that? There just happened to be cameras! What luck! [Daily Mail]
- Look, it's not like just because you're rich and famous you don't have any problems. But if you are rich, famous, happily married, with a superstar husband and superstar kids, why do you need $10,000 worth of healing crystals? Just curious, Jada Pinkett Smith. [Radar Online]
- Jennifer Hudson came in seventh on American Idol, won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Grammy, but she's being paid $1 million for her "weight-loss memoir." [Page Six]
- Rihanna and Drake went to dinner together in Montreal. [Just Jared]
- Katie Holmes will play a teacher on Glee because Ryan Murphy hates us. [Showbiz Spy]
- Demi Lovato is having a rough year. She may have left rehab, but her mom, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, just entered a treatment center. In addition, Demi has broken up with Wilmer Valderrama. Actually that might be a good thing. [Page Six]
- Another Disney Darling down: Selena Gomez was rushed to the hospital last week. Rumor has it she is pregnant with Bieber spawn, but that's not true: She has blood pressure issues. [TMZ, DListed]
- Selena Gomez is out of the hospital, BTW. [Us Magazine]
- Snooki stumbled out of a bar in Italy and skinned her knee. [Radar Online]
- Lily Allen's wedding dress was pretty. [People]
- Denise Richards has written a memoir. Of course Charlie Sheen is in it. Denise proves she is a master wordsmith when she eloquently says: "People have only gotten the rotten stuff so, you know, there was a beautiful love story between he and I and I know that it went the way it went, but I talk more about how I felt during that time because I feel like a lot of women can relate to that, going through a divorce and custody and being a single parent and trying to work and all of that stuff." [Showbiz Spy]
- Adele is supposedly going to take singing lessons? [Digital Spy]
- The Game got tattooed while playing video games. [TMZ]
- The Book Of Mormon won a whole mess of Tony Awards. [People]
- Blind item! "Which hot young actor has a collection of naked photos in his iPhone that he accepts from adoring fans? What the ladies don't know is that he sends a roster of the hottest shots to all of his pals every week." [Page Six]
- "The devastating repercussions of hate-filled language manifest in very real ways for today's LGBTQ youth. I've known Tracy for two years, spent many long hours with him on set, and I want to believe that this behavior is not at the core of who he is. I'm incredibly disappointed by his actions, and hope that his apology is sincere." — Cheyenne Jackson on Tracy Morgan. [Out]
- "The costumes are very elaborate, so different and shocking. There are a lot of surprises in this show. It's probably one of the most exciting shows I've ever done." — For some reason, we're not buying that Britney Spears is super enthused about her new tour. [The Sun]
DISCUSSION
Love her or hate her, Gaga's work ethic is enviable.
Blind Item: Not only is the answer "every hot young actor", it's also "any number of men, anywhere", too. What is the appeal of just sending out nudes of yourself? To anyone? Mr. Nom has a friend who probably gets a nude photo every single day from any number of random women he's "talking to" or "knows from Facebook" or "met the other day through friends". I'm talking about women who barely know this guy, IF they've ever even met him to begin with. And what does he do once he's got your full-frontal pic? That's right, ladies, he shows them to everyone within arm's length (if his Blackberry had a face, I might punch it). I have to add: I really don't get this guy's appeal to anyone, he's basically an immature, unattractive loser with a lacking personality. So, no, there's no Sex-God appeal or great sense of humor going on here to seduce these women. My point being — there's a LOT of nude photos flying around out there by women who couldn't care less and are pretty hot if even this guy is getting them.
Tracy Morgan: Not cool, dude, not cool. At all. I heard some of the details and they were just mean. What. The. Fuck. And why?