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Gwyneth Paltrow Sounds "Really Country" At CMAs

• Gwyneth Paltrow made her singing debut last night at the CMA's. Miranda Lambert said she sounded "really country." You hear that Upper East Siders? Take off that apron uniform you're wearing to your private school and pick up a GUI-tar! - Youtube

• Phil Collins says he wants to completely quit music. Are you responsible for this? - NYP

• Mel Gibson has been ordered to pay Oksana $60,000 in old child support. He is also to let her live rent free in his house in Sherman Oaks. He's probably not very pleased about much these days. - NYP

• Carrie Prejean, the Miss California 2009 girl who told Perez Hilton to his face that she did not support same sex marriage and was only in favor of "opposite marriage" during the Miss America pageant and who got her crown taken away by Donald Trump for violating her contract and for being unwilling to go where he told her, is pregnant. Her husband says she is the most beautiful pregnant wife ever, which would really be something if true. - US

• Lady Gaga has filed a restraining order against a guy who says he isn't Mark Chapman, but does want to die and wants to die with her. Someone call somebody already. - Starpulse

• What were Katy Perry's two skimpiest outfits at last night's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? - US

• The oldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, Josh, and his wife Anna, are expecting their second child. Who's EXCIIIIITTTTEEEDDDDD?- People
  

• Ever wanted to know the truth behind Sally Jessy Raphael's red glasses? - US

Taylor Momsen Blames Her Parents For Her Misery

• Taylor Momsen is blaming her parents for her bad attitude. Yeah, and I blame mine for my inability to make these bullet points fuchsia. In a new interview, she says, "everyone's like, 'wow, why is she upset and why is she so miserable about things?' My parents signed me up with Ford (models) at the age of two. No two year old wants to be working, but I had no choice." TALK ABOUT NOT HAVING THE LUCKY INDIAN ON THE WRAPPER OF YOUR TOOTSIE POP! - STAR

• Katy Perry has already started telling Russell Brand which shirts not to wear. He thinks it's hilarious and a "thing off a sitcom." So they're off to a great start, at least.  - TFL

•  Vera Farmiga had a daughter and named her Gytta Lubov Hawkey. Let's pick which name the school's attendance monitor is going to make fun of first. - People

• The Betty Ford Clinic has given Linsday Lohan the OK to do a photo shoot next week. Her counselors believe she's ready to accept work, as long as it's in the Palm Springs area...because there's no bad influences in Palm Springs -- just mad old people who don't use condoms anymore. - TMZ

• Halle Berry lost her daughter in a department store and her head "projected" off her body. Turns out she was just hidden in some pants. - US

• What do Tom Cruise, Warren Beatty and Gene Simmons have in common? Cher. Ugh, and my disgust. - US

• If you're pregnant and want to keep it a secret for a little bit longer, a) DON'T TELL ANYONE, and b) don't tell Good Day LA host Jillian Barberie Reynolds, because she will tweet the good news out, in conjunction with another tweet that says how great she is at keeping secrets. - People

• Kim Kardashian wanted to have 30 birthday parties to celebrate turning 30, but ended up having 5. As Samantha said of Charlotte's wedding: "It's your day. You get a day. Not a week." And you don't get the rest of my life, either. - Digital Spy

• Some porpoises saved Dick Van Dyke yesterday when he fell asleep on his surfboard. Thank you, porpoises. Your next task: make yourselves easier to spell. - Guardian

Katy Perry Launches Her Fragrance And 'Harry Potter' Premieres

Now that the cold weather is slowly creeping in, celebrities are doing everything they can to hold onto the temperate weather they prefer by staying busy! Katy Perry launched her new fragrance in London, Adam Sandler took his daughter shopping, and Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson flew to Brazil and filmed scenes for Breaking Dawn: Part 2. Check out what other celebs have been up to by clicking the image below!

Prince William And Kate Middleton Are Engaged

• SON OF A BITCH. Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged. They are planning a spring or summer wedding in London in 2011. She's going to be a princess all year round. SON OF A BITCH. - MSNBC

• Even though Jessica Simpson announced her engagement to Eric Johnson just a week after Nick Lachey announced his engagement to Vanessa Minnillo, Nick still wishes Jessica the best. Yeah, right. Like there's not even one "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" voicemail floating around. - US

• Jessica Simpson's engagement ring is from something like 1900 and is worth $100,000. It is approximately an 4 carat, oval shaped ruby, with two diamonds from Neil Lane on either side of it. It is set in yellow gold. An expert jeweler calls it "a classy ring for a classy lady," so I'll keep my thoughts to myself. - Popeater

• Julianne Hough "could not be happier" with Ryan Seacrest. Do you think she's happy when she's the first girl out in a game of musical chairs, too? - People

• In this month's Allure magazine, Taylor Swift admits she has a phobia about being in the wrong relationship. Does she know how good the levophphobics out there think she has it? - US

• And yet, she's willing to have Jake Gyllenhaal spent $165,000 on a private jet to fly her out to the UK! - News AU

• Lindsay Lohan is making really stellar progress with regards to her addictions in rehab, but the one thing she's having trouble with anxiety. DRAMATIC CRECENDO, DRAMATIC CRECENDO, DRAMATIC CRECENDO. - Radar

• Britney Spears' parents are reconciling after being separated for 8 years. Their reason for rekindling things? Because "there's still love there" and they've "been through so much." - US

• And even though they're the least important engaged people these days, here are some details about the Richie/Madden wedding. - Radar 

20th Annual Beat The Odds Awards

Celebs Around Town Katy Perry Purrs

Last week, Snooki celebrated her birthday courtesy of Lifestyles Condoms, so it was bound to have been a delightful event for everyone in attendance. Christina Aguilera and Cher attended the premiere of their new movie, Burlesque, Katy Perry promoted her new fragrance, and Sam Worthington was the man on a ledge while shooting Man on a Ledge. Check if Paris Hilton, Demi Moore and other celebrities had such eventful weeks in the gallery below!

Malin Akerman Replaces Lindsay Lohan In ‘Inferno’

 

Poor Lindsay Lohan. The one thing she had to hold on to during her whole ordeal over the summer was that she was a working actress attached to star in the Linda Lovelace biopic, Inferno. It came up during every court hearing and every new celebrity person toted it as proof that she still had a career. And now, all that remains is the breeze of the career train passing her by once again. Lindsay Lohan has been replaced with Malin Akerman.
On one hand, I’m kind of saddened by this news. I was genuinely (and ungenuinely, for that matter) looking forward to Lohan in this role. As a warm blooded male, of course I was up for a fiery redhead playing a porn star. But as someone with more than half a brain and a fan of Mean Girls, I thought this could be something great for her. The Linda Lovelace story is a very tragic tale and if Lohan could pull it off it would’ve been fantastic.

But alas, it seems the unfortunate is true. The producers and director just couldn’t get it made with Lohan in the role. I don’t know if it's fact or not that she doesn’t show up sometimes or never has her lines ready, but I do understand that the people behind the movie can’t exactly wait on her to get her act together. They have a dedication to the movie that can’t wait so it's unfortunate that they couldn’t wait on Lohan. It's also unfortunate that she was a totally selfish talentless bitch to them and they dropped her harder than the second week box office of a Twilight movie.

Either way, we now have Malin Akerman in the role. In trading a redheaded drug enthusiast for a blond Swede who has a penchant for getting naked on screen, you aren’t really losing. Akerman has been a pleasant surprise in her movies (Watchmen, Harold and Kumar) and has a surprisingly good taste for comedy (Children’s Hospital and Wanderlust). She has done the serious acting, but never this high profile. We would be excited about this project even if Akerman wouldn’t be getting very naked, but sometimes life gives your lemons... and hot naked Swedes.

Taylor Swift And Jake Gyllenhaal Go Public

• Spotted: Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal not looking like "just friends" in Nashville on Saturday. But here's a photo of them looking like one of them is accosting the other for not donating a dollar to typhoid fever research. - People

• Anderson Cooper said Lady Gaga got him drunk of whiskey when he was interviewing her in London for 60 Minutes. Of the event: "We actually ended up that day in a pub in London drinking Jameson, which I don't really drink. So, she got me to drink like two of them, and by the end I was ready to have the interview be over because I really sort of couldn't ask any more questions."  Oh Andy Coop. - Huffpo

• Willie Nelson was arrested for possession of marijuana on Friday in Texas. If convicted, he could be sentenced to six months in prison. Someone prepare his pot shirts for their upcoming abandonment issues. - TMZ

• Katy Perry will not stop wearing latex just because she looks better in it than your boyfriend's penis. - People

• And the next person who will soon be divorced is...David Beckham. - Radar Online

• Mariah Carey might be carrying twins because she said, "I just hope they don't turn out hating Christmas!" No, they'll turn out hating something stupid, like socks and their mother. - Radar Online

• Kim Kardashian has joined Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys in quitting Facebook and Twitter for World AIDS Day, which is this Wednesday. Ed Helms better get ready to fill the void. - People

• Barbara Walters named the cast of Jersey Shore as one of her Ten Most Fascinating People of 2010. Also on the list is Sandra Bullock, LeBron James, Betty White, Justin Bieber, Sarah Palin, Jennifer Lopez, Kate Middleton, and two other people that will be named during the ABC News Special. Obviously not on the list? Following the rules and only naming 10 people.  - US Magazine

Beyonce, King's, Swift Are Top Grammy Grabbers

Beyonce, Kings of Leon and Taylor Swift were the toast of the music world on Sunday night after taking home the 52nd annual Grammy Awards' biggest prizes.
Beyonce was the Los Angeles event's biggest winner, claiming six of the 10 honors for which she was nominated.

These included Song of the Year, Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance awards for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)."

Swift took home her first four Grammys, including the coveted Album of the Year award, and Kings of Leon's anthem "Use Somebody" earned the rockers prizes for Record of the Year, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

The Black Eyed Peas and Jay-Z were also triple winners at the Grammys, as was the San Francisco Symphony, thanks to its album Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10.

The event's winners were overshadowed by a clutch of terrific performances from acts like Green Day, Pink, Dave Matthews Band, Beyonce and the Black Eyed Peas.

Elton John and Lady Gaga collaborated to open the show, and there were further mash-ups for Jamie Foxx, T-Pain and Slash, Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli, Eminem, Drake and Lil Wayne, and Taylor Swift and Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks.

But the event's highlight was a star-studded tribute to Michael Jackson; Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Smokey Robinson and Carrie Underwood teamed up to perform the King of Pop's "Earth Song."

The stunning collaboration was accompanied by a 3-D version of the "Earth Song" video Jackson planned to use as a backdrop during his This Is It concerts last summer.

Stars like Beyonce, Rihanna and will.i.am were among the audience members who donned special 3-D glasses to fully appreciate the spectacular musical moment.

They ended the song with their backs to the crowd, staring at images of Jackson, which were flashed onto the big screen behind them, as the audience rose to its feet to applaud the performance, which presenter Lionel Richie called "unbelievable."

Following the showstopper, Jackson's children Prince and Paris took the Staples Center stage to honor their father, a recipient of one of the night's Lifetime Achievement Awards.

In his first public speaking appearance, Prince thanked God for "watching over us these past seven months" and "our grandma and grandpa for their love and support."

Both Jackson children ended their brief acceptance speeches with the words "We love you daddy".

The big winners of the 2010 Grammys are:

Record Of The Year: Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

Song Of The Year: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce

Best New Artist: Zak Brown Band

Album Of The Year: Fearless - Taylor Swift

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Halo - Beyonce

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Make It Mine - Jason Mraz

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Throw Down Your Heart - Bela Fleck

Best Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole - Booker T. Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas

Best Dance Recording: Poker Face - Lady Gaga

Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame - Lady Gaga

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden - Michael Buble

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

Best Hard Rock Performance: War Machine - AC/DC

Best Metal Performance: Dissident Aggressor - Judas Priest

Best Rock Instrumental Performance: A Day In The Life - Jeff Beck

Best Rock Song: Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day

Best Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Pretty Wings - Maxwell

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Blame It - Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: At Last - Beyonce

Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Pearls - India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore

Best R&B Song: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce

Best R&B Album: Blacksummers' Night - Maxwell

Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyonce

Best Rap Solo Performance: D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) - Jay-Z

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: Crack A Bottle - Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best Rap Song: Run This Town - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best Rap Album: Relapse - Eminem

Best Female Country Vocal Performance: White Horse - Taylor Swift

Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Sweet Thing - Keith Urban

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: I Run To You - Lady Antebellum

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: I Told You So - Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis

Best Country Instrumental Performance: Producer's Medley - Steve Wariner

Best Country Song: White Horse - Taylor Swift

Best Country Album: Fearless - Taylor Swift

Best Spoken Word Album: Always Looking Up - Michael J. Fox

Best Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! - Stephen Colbert

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire - Various Artists

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Up - Michael Giacchino

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) - Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters

Lifetime Achievement Award: Leonard Cohen

Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Jackson

Lifetime Achievement Award: Loretta Lynn

Lifetime Achievement Award: Bobby Darin

Lifetime Achievement Award: Clark Terry

Lifetime Achievement Award: David 'Honeyboy' Edwards

Lifetime Achievement Award: Andre Previn

Trustees Award: Walter C. Miller

Trustees Award: Florence Greenberg

Trustees Award: Harold Bradley

Presidents Merit Award: Doug Morris

Presidents Merit Award: Placido Domingo

Presidents Merit Award: Ken Ehrlich

MusiCares Person of the Year: Neil Young

Miley Cyrus Caught Sexting?

 

• Uh-oh Miley, what happened to your clothes? The singer and teen idol has some ‘splainin’ to do after nude pictures surfaced this morning on a Canadian blog. Supposedly, Cyrus sexted the photos which were stored on her allegedly stolen iPhone, but since they are clearly missing the tattoo she now has under her breast, it could be an underage pic of the now 18 year old star or it could be a fake. Either way, it's all a little fishy. Of course Miley claims it isn’t her, but after seeing her skanky leather birthday outfit that I can only guess was inspired by Christina Aguilera’s “Dirrrty” video, I wouldn’t put it past her. -The Daily News
• Darren Aronofsky really wants to see Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis make out again. After the ladies steamed up the screen in his latest flick, Black Swan, men everywhere thanked God for their good fortune. In an interview with MTV, Aronofsky made an appeal to make it happen all over again, saying he hoped the film would get an MTV movie award for “Best Kiss” so he could relive the glory of the infamous scene. He may be wildly talented, but he’s still a dude and no straight guy would turn down the chance to see those two make out...again. -MTV

• Britney Spears is sick and tired of all this talk about the audio tapes her former husband of less than a day has been leaking to gossip sites. The tapes condemn Brit’s boyfriend or fiancé (but who really cares) of beating her, but Brit’s not taking it, y’all. She fired back on her Twitter saying “PS – Star Magazine, Radar Online, Jason Alexander and the rest of you liars, Ya’ll can kiss my lily white southern Louisiana ass!” Don’t worry Brit, the tapes make you out to sound like a character from Gone With The Wind, so I don’t think anyone was actually buying it anyway. - E!

• Okay, now before I say anything, promise me you won’t panic. Justin Timberlake has been injured and he may never dance again….okay not really. He’s just injured and he’ll be totally fine. The star hurt his leg while filming a stunt on set for his upcoming sci-fi thriller, Now, but he returns to the set today so all is well. (The film where no one ages past 25 and hottie Olivia Wilde is playing his mother. Talk about mommy issues.) - Us

• Leave it to The Gosselins to ruin Christmas. Kate Gosselin’s darling gaggle of eight kids don’t believe in Santa Claus - their childhood has officially been stolen from them. Great job, John and Kate. But it’s not just their youths that are ruined; the kids have taken to sharing their joyless wisdom with schoolmates, telling them Santa doesn’t exist and “your parents have been lying to you.” This seizure of youthful delight has caused Jon a few headaches thanks to calls from angry parents deploring him to stop letting his cheerless children ruin Santa for everyone else. Most wonderful time of the year, eh? -Radar Online

• Last but not least, Tea Party politician Christine O’Donnell has used her star power to set a plan in motion to release a new drinking game. The game will be released by St. Martin’s Press will come in the form of a book chronicling her frustrations with everyone’s preoccupations about her views on masturbation and her admission about dabbling in witchcraft that factored into her eventual loss in the Senate race. Okay, so it’s not a drinking game per se, but that’s sure as hell what I’ll be using it for. -EW

Michael Cere Acheives Indie Godliness

Just as Luke Skywalker eventually completed his training and became a real Jedi, Michael Cera has completed his Indie training and he’s now achieved the Jedi-esque goal of joining indie rock super group, Mister Heavenly, as their bassist for the entirety of their tour with big name band, Passion Pit.

He’s become the de facto shy guy hipster, playing his awkward self time and again in movies like Paper Heart and Juno. Check out this video of Cera fulfilling his destiny in his first show with his new cohorts. He did have to endure some jesting from the crowd about his past roles, but he gets to be an indie God and a rock star at the same time so he better not complain.

Even though he tries to stay out of the spotlight for most of the performance, his telltale signature red hat pops up throughout. Next time you try to hide your presence, how about you don’t wear the same outfit you have on in the internet meme featuring that embarrassing prancing photo.

Celebrity Style: The Best Of Natalie Portman

 
Natalie Portman is a modern day Audrey Hepburn. Like her predecessor, she always looks perfectly put together, whether she’s leaving the airport in a funky vintage dress or gracing the red carpet in a tulle Rodarte gown (the sister-duo are her favorite designers!). Her style, while classic, is always fun, and every now and then she surprises us by doing something daring like shaving off her gorgeous brunette locks! With her new film Black Swan about to hit theaters—a film filled with Natalie in gorgeous ballerina garb—there couldn’t be a more ideal time to check out The Best of Natalie!



ABOUT KATE DURBIN:
Kate Durbin is a Los Angeles-based writer, performer, and fashion artist. She is the author of The Ravenous Audience (Black Goat/Akashic, 2009), Fragments Found in a 1937 Aviator’s Boot (Dancing Girl Press, 2009), and Kept Women (Insert Press, forthcoming). She is founding editor of the project Gaga Stigmata: Critical Writings and Art About Lady Gaga, which has been featured by Salon.com and The Huffington Post, among others. Her fashion essay, Prices Upon Request, can be viewed at ZG Press’ website. Read more at her blog Ornament and Excrement. 

Jessica Simpson Proves She's Not Pregnant

 

• Jessica Simpson really wants to prove she’s not having a shotgun wedding, y’all. She and her fiancé were slinging back margaritas and tequila shots after the Rockefeller Center tree lighting in New York. Nothing says, “No way in hell am I having a baby” like drunken PDA and tequila shots. You win, Ms. Simpson. -NY Post • Cute as a button actress Reese Witherspoon finally got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In case her toothy grin and goldilocks weren’t enough, she accepted star No. 2,425 alongside her rosy cheeked 11 year old daughter and adorable 7 year old son. Oh, and for good measure, she was also holding a puppy. Cute overload; I think my brain just turned into fluffy, pink cotton candy. 
-LA Times
• Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis gave up their “sweatpants nights” watching Top Chef for months and months of training and celery sticks for Black Swan (okay, I’m assuming the celery sticks part). Kunis said while filming she was “always hungry” and once she was finished she broke her ballerina diet with Panda Express at the JFK food court. I’d make some snarky comment about the lowliest form of airport food, but she earned it. Enjoy that greasy grub, girlie. -MTV
• Don’t ask Kirsten Dunst about the latest it-couple. Apparently Jake Gyllenhaal’s latest love interest is a sore spot for Dunst, who snapped at reporters at the New York premiere of All Good Things. In the wake of his Taylor Swift romance, the question on everyone’s mind is what Jake’s on-again off-again girlfriend up until 2004 thinks, right? Or maybe we’re all wondering why a 29 year old is dating someone who’s not even old enough to drink, I think we can live without a quote from Kirsten. -Us
• It’s official, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric will gleek out alongside Sue Sylvester on the post-Super Bowl episode of Glee. She may have had her sights set on Dancing With the Stars to fulfill her showbiz dreams but honestly, Katie, I think Glee’s a better option. Plus, maybe she can give Sue a few pointers on her next “Sue’s Corner” segment. -NY Magazine
• Kate Winslet is secretly in love with Michelle Williams…er, sort of. The British actress hosted a private dinner for Williams during which she admitted having a “secret love affair” with the star “from a distance.” Of course, she made sure to banish the creepy by clarifying that Williams’ talent makes her want to be her friend. Besides, I don’t think anyone would be creeped out if Kate Winslet dreamed of being their friend. Kate, you can have dreams of a “fantasy friendship” with me any day. -NY Post

Don't Stand Next To Jennifer Aniston

• The producers for Dancing with the Stars already know who they want for Christmas as they return to the tea kettle that brought them grizzly ratings (enough puns for you? I’m getting them out of my system early). Rumor has it that they are approaching former first dude (UGH) Todd Palin to dance. E!

• Jessica Simpson still likes to eat. Which, judging from recent photographs, shouldn’t come as a surprise. Her NYC Thanksgiving weekend dinner went well as she managed to not eat everything in sight, including her fiancee. Popeater

• Chelsea Handler did not like being photographed next to Jennifer Aniston on their recent vacation together. I would make some quip about not wanting to be photographed next to Jennifer Aniston in any context but after looking at these photos, hell, I want to be next to Jennifer Aniston. Us

• Tony Parker’s attorney had to let him go because it turns out he also represents Parker’s teammate Brent Barry who is getting a divorce as well because his wife and Parker got it on allegedly. I bet that was a really awkward meeting in the lobby. Or they high fived. I don't know. Celebuzz

• Tiger Woods got a twitter! And of course, even its been proven the guy knows how to have fun, its boring as hell. Radar

• Paris Hilton ran out of gas and Brooke Mueller came to the rescue. But honestly, how do you run out of gas? Like, its not that hard. Paris you’re not helping. Radar

• And finally, while joking about 9/11 isn’t that funny, Rachel Uchitel was on the receiving end of a pretty sick burn when a New York Magazine editor txted her that “her (lover) didn’t die on 9/11, he escaped. I feel his pain.” BOOM roasted. Radar

Kim Kardashian's In Hot Water

 

Kim Kardashian may be the most searched person on Bing, but the credit card venture she and her sisters tried to start up is already hitting a wall and shattering into a million plastic shards. Their prepaid debit cards – dubbed “Kardashian Kards” – venture is under fire for “predatory” fees (and improper spelling). Wisely, the trio has promptly decided to GTFO. -Popeater

Word has it that John Mayer almost derailed the Katy Perry-Russell Brand mega romance. The night before Perry met her British hubby, she was slinging back drinks with the Don Juan of the music world and get this: she was actually really into it. She was even exchanging texts with Mayer on that fateful VMA night when she threw that water bottle of love at his bed-head. -E!Well this is one way to pay your respects…to your favorite whiskey. Pink spilled the beans about her unborn child’s name – if it’s a boy, he’ll be named Jameson after the delicious amber elixir. Pink’s hubby, Carey Hart is not loving the name, but dude at least she’s not naming him Audio Science or Jermajesty. -Popeater

Can’t a guy wear some leather pants to a movie premiere? Apparently once you near 50, even if you’re as sexy as Brad Pitt, leather pants are no longer okay. After rocking the look at the Paris premiere of Megamind, the internet is in an uproar about the aging (gracefully) actor’s wardrobe. Here’s what’s up: he’s Brad-freaking-Pitt and he can wear whatever he wants. -Us

Harry Potter isn’t exactly synonymous with scandal, but that’s changing pretty quickly. One PostSecret.com user is accusing a Harry Potter cast member of fathering her child. Last week an anonymous postcard featuring Harry Potter stars like Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Jason Isaacs, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman, Oliver Phelps and James Phelps read "One of these men is the father of the most amazing little girl in the world. He's never met her. He never will. He probably can't even remember my name." Felton and the Phelps brothers have denied the rumors, but the other stars still remain mum. Does anyone else notice that one of these things is not like the others? -Celebuzz

Johnny Depp told Vanity Fair that Disney was worried about Jack Sparrow being too “gay.” Depp even said that they “couldn’t stand” Sparrow and even went as far to ask if the character was meant to be gay. Chill out Disney, I’m sure that the of millions of moviegoers’ dollars that Depp’s flamboyant pirate allowed you to plunder should be enough hush money. -Huffpo

And Charlie Sheen will have to adopt a new strategy to get out of this pickle. Deny, deny, deny doesn’t work when investigators subpoena your medical records from the night of your rumored coke binge. You should go ahead and set up the plans for rehab now. Sorry, Charlie. -RadarOnline

Anne Hathaway And James Franco To Host Oscars

 

Deadline is reporting that Anne Hathaway and James Franco have been asked by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to host the Academy Awards, and that it "looks like" both actors have agreed to do so. The two of them are more than qualified to perform the requisite duties, as Hathaway helped Hugh Jackman re-enact Frost/Nixon two years ago, and Franco goes back and forth between posing for magazine covers in drag.

Aside from a clearly valiant effort by Academy President, Tom Sherak, to spike the ratings, both actors currently star in two of the most talked about films of the year: 127 Hours, where Franco plays mountain climber Aron Ralston, who cuts his arm off when a boulder pins him against the side of a canyon, and Love and Other Drugs, where Hathaway's character shows her breasts to Gyllenhaal's character in order to make up for the fact that she has Parkinson's and will not live long enough to take part in the clinical testing of his his erectile dysfunction drug, but does her damndest to try because he has taken it upon himself to take care of her, but only because he's fascinated by her initial rejection of him.

So what can we look forward to during the show? Both of them are bound to sing, so there's that. Oh, and make nude jokes. If they're both nominated for an Oscar, perhaps they will debate who deserves one the most in a nice song and dance. Franco may have learned how to cut off his arm, but Hathaway dated an embezzler...she's clearly an Oscar favorite.

A 'Gossip Girl' And A 'TRON' Hunk Belt A Country Tune

Despite her missteps on Gossip Girl time and again, it seems that when it comes to on-screen chemistry, B’s got it. (She’s also managed to make me jealous in a matter of seconds by having such fantastic onscreen chemistry with her handsome costar.) A clip from the upcoming film, Country Strong, shows Leighton Meester using those pipes we discovered back when she lent her voice to Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls Go Bad” and with her more recent, yet still unreleased album featuring the Ke$ha-esque track, “You’re Love’s a Drug.”

She can carry a tune, albeit without much of the country twang that her country star character would most likely bring to the song, but I’ll let it slide. The real nugget of awesomeness in this clip of an otherwise sweet, but boring song is the fact that TRON: Legacy hottie Garret Hedlund shares the stage with Meester and can actually belt a tune too. He may be sporting a slightly flesh-colored beard a la Spencer Pratt, but he’s sane enough (and handsome enough) to pull it off. Ladies, I know that the inner workings of video games probably aren’t your thing, but I bet after seeing Hedlund swoon-worthy country performance, you’re at least a little interested in sneaking into the theater (with shades and a Jackie O headscarf obscuring your face to avoid the nerdy shame) to endure a couple hours of nerddom just so you can catch a glimpse of Hedlund’s hiney in those glowing spandex jumpsuits. Be honest, the thought did cross your mind.

Prince William And Kate Set A Date

• Kate Middleton and Prince William will be married on April 29th, 2011. There will be sapphires everywhere, mathematically angular curtsies, and crack babies. The fact they are 12th cousins will not be highlighted, however. - Radar

• Which is more peculiar: that Bristol Palin hasn't lost weight during her stint on Dancing with the Stars, or that people are shooting their televisions and sending white powders in envelopes addressed to her to the studios? - NYDN

• Lindsay Lohan can now drive again...even though she has no where to go and can only leave the Betty Ford Center for a soda. - Daily Express

• Taylor Momsen has been "sidelined" by producers of Gossip Girl because she continues to be terrible and look like the raccoon that just found out its human family just installed a garbage compactor. - Deadline

• Miley Cyrus turns 18 today, and this has been freaking people out and Demi Moore will spend today telling us how great and professional and loving and talented and smart she is. - MTV

• In Black Swan, Mila Kunis weighs 98 pounds. So, enjoy your popcorn, fatty. - PopEater

• After Charlie Sheen didn't pay his escort, Capri Anderson, for her naked suffering in a closet, she went on TV and and talked about what happened inside the suite at the Plaza. She said she was planning to file a criminal complaint (oooh!) against Sheen. Sheen and his lawyer now claim she's an extortionist (which she very well might be), and that she's breaking the code of escortism by blabbing. - ABC

• Kim Zolciak expects a reality show, now that she's having a baby. - Perez