Huge news: Kim Kardashian will be changing her name to Kim Humphries. No hyphen, no Rodham Clinton, no keeping the family brand alive. Apparently Kim’s mom, Kris Jenner, recently said, “I don’t think she should take his name and be Kim Humphries … She needs to be Kim Kardashian because she’s worked so hard to get where she is.” And we know that mom does not like being defied. This should be interesting. [TMZ]
So you know how Kim Kardashian has some Bible verses engraved on her gargantuan engagement ring? Kris Humphries explains: “There’s one verse, Proverbs 31: 10-31, about the perfect godly woman. The other, 1 John 3:18, is about love. It took me a few days to pick them out and research the perfect ones.” So wait, Kim is the perfect godly woman? Good to know. [Contact Music]
Adele has postponed five dates of her North American tour due to laryngitis. Be well! [Reuters]
If you’ve seen any Blake Lively nude pix lately, be advised that they are fake. Well, they are real pictures of a real naked lady, but said nood is not Blake Lively. Says Blake Lively. If you haven’t seen them, you can take a peep here. No judgments. NSFW. [Us Magazine, Fleshbot]
Kate Winslet and that hot hot model, Louis Dowler, had broken up, but now they’re back on. Hot. [Page Six]
- Steve-O walked out of a American Diabetes Association event when he found out they were serving meat. He claims that serving meat at a diabetes fundraiser is “like serving alcohol at an AA meeting.” The ADA says, um, no, actually, it is not like that. [TMZ]
- New couple alert: Hayden Panettiere and New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez. Is it safe to say that Hayden has a “type”? [Us Magazine]
- Glee news: Santana solo album! [Perez]
- Paris Hilton tried to cut a bathroom line at a party in the Hamptons because she doesn’t like to wait. [Gatecrasher]
- Pippa Middleton attended the French Open on Monday, wearing Gucci sunglasses, a ruffled skirt and a low-cut top, and this is “news.” [NYDN]
- Alec Baldwin once said: “What’s worse than waking up with a 25-year-old woman, you know what I mean? You want to go shoot yourself because you have nothing to say to her. Seriously.” He is now dating a 28-year-old yoga teacher, and is “smitten.” [Contact Music, Page Six]
- This weekend in Istanbul, Courtney Love was so busy chanting in her hotel room, she missed the boat party she was supposed to be attending. Chanting is not a euphemism. [Page Six]
- There are a lot of movie folks who have found steady work on TV, and Halle Berry might join the ranks! She is attached to star in a drama called Higher Learning, in which she would play a college professor. An incredibly gorgeous college professor. [AOL TV]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver both have divorce attorneys now. [TMZ]
- When Bradley Cooper was in a movie with Sarah Jessica Parker, he was instructed not to put his tongue in her mouth during a kissing scene. [London Evening Standard]
- Donald Sutherland has joined the cast of The Hunger Games; he’ll play the “sinister” President Snow. [People]
- Patrick Dempsey: Leaving Grey’s Anatomy. McDreamy is McQutting. [Contact Music]
- Oh, wait: “Patrick Dempsey May Not Be Leaving ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ After All.” [AOL TV]
- Molly Sims: Engaged. [People]
- Andrew Garfield: Single. [People]
- Barbra Streisand‘s ranch might help balance the California state budget. [AP]
- Amber Rose and boyfriend Wiz Khalifa refer to each other as “munchy wunchy crumb cake” and “Scruncher Muncher” on Twitter. [Just Jared]
- Open up the banana stand! The Arrested Development movie could begin shooting this year. [NYDN]
- There will be a Hangover 3, but you knew that. [Hollywood Reporter]
- Hot and hung, but sweet will do!” — Rihanna, when asked how she likes her men. [Cosmopolitan via Showbiz Spy]
- “I still want to be famous I just don’t want to sing. I knew I had to do something else, because I’m not wealthy enough not to work for the rest of my life. You don’t get paid to be in magazines and I’m accustomed to living in a certain way. I like having my nice house and filling it with nice things. I’d like to be in that position for the rest of my life, so obviously I’m going to have to work.” — Lily Allen, on having a vintage boutique. [Showbiz Spy]
- “Psychics freak me out. They terrify me.” — Lady Gaga. [Showbiz Spy]