RIHANNA wants to become an actress.
The singer — who recently appeared in a digital short on Saturday Night Live — says she plans to have a go at cracking Hollywood at the end of her current world tour.
“After the tour, we’re definitely going to focus on that a little bit more,” the Russian Roulette hitmaker [...]
Ne-Yo is backingRespect!, a non-profit organization aimed at ending domestic abuse and promoting respect in relationships.
The singer is donating the proceeds from his new single, Heroes, to the cause and made an example of the most recent public abuse case between Rihanna and Chris Brown.
"What happened between Chris Brown and Rihanna was unacceptable, and we need to all work together and make sure it never happens again, to anyone," preached the singer.
POP superstar Rihanna has given herself ten years to find love.
The Russian Roulette singer — who was spotted recently on a number of dates with Los Angeles Dodger baseball player Matt Kemp, 25 — has dismissed claims she’s in a relationship but is hoping to find true love by the time she’s 30.
“I’m not dating [...]
Hayden Panettiere's heavyweight boxer boyfriend forces us to confront our ageist, sizeist assumptions. Sandra Bullock would trade her Oscar nod for a dog. Jersey Shore contemplates Fashion Week. Holy crap, is Britney pregnant again? Wednesday gossip is not to scale.
Is it sizeist to say this picture of the cheerleader from Heroes and her enormous heavyweight boxer boyfriend freaks me out? Is it ageist to say I find a 20-year-old former child star's relationship with a 33-year-old professional pugilist somewhat icky? If she wants an older man publicity relationship, why not check Gerard Butler out of the boyfriend library? That any agent would orchestrate a fake relationship with Ukranian professional boxer is perhaps the strangest conceit of all. Unless, of course, this is real. In which case Hayden Panettiere has inexplicable taste in men. Milo Ventimiglia, then this? [JJ]
Jersey Shore has accomplished the unthinkable: At least three designers have inted cast members to sit—or model—at the upcoming New York Fashion Week. The Greatest Sociological Experiment of Our Time is officially complete, and Team: MTV Schadenfreude won. Anna Wintour is going to strangle a bitch. Nina Garcia questions America's taste level. [P6]
Brittany Murphy's public memorial is "mysteriously on hold." Husband-turned-interview salesman Simon Monjack was going to use it to raise funds for his new Brittany Murphy Foundation this Thursday at the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts, but "postponed." Reason unknown. [TMZ]
Britney Spears is back in the recording studio and inviting pregnancy rumors with a tight white dress. Does the Starbcks cup in her hand debunk it? Only if you believe she has some sense of prenatal responsibility. [Superficial]
Sandra Bullock's husband's dog CinnaBun ran away, and Sandy "would give anything—including her Oscar nomination—to get little CinnaBun back." Understandable. That's one cute dog. [NBN]
Gerard Butler is done fake-dating Jennifer Aniston. He's on to rebounding Reese Witherspoon now, says Star. "Is Gerard Butler just on standby for when you need to appear not frigid?" asks Lainey Gossip. [LG]
But wait! Reese was spotted running errands with "a very tall friend." What is with all these monstrously tall boyfriends? Unless everyone is dating their bodyguards? [JJ]
Michael Jackson's dead giraffes are not resting in peace: JJ and Rambo were exhumed and reburied after townspeople near their original resting place complained that they could smell their long necks rotting. (The belated excavation of two rotting giraffes is among the grosser things I have ever imagined.) For good measure, the townspeople filed suit to evict Jacko's suriving giraffes, Annie Sue and Princess, from the Arizona wildlife preserve they border. [TMZ]
Ne-Yo condemned Chris Brown for beating Rihanna. Better one year late than never? [P6]
Randy Jackson is getting sued because Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew might not have been his idea. A guy named Dwight McGhee says MTV stole his 2004 pitch for an International Breakerz League. (1.) Puh-leeze. (2.) Even if the formula's obvious? ABDC is good. I hereby declare it would be less good if its name had a 'z' in it. [TMZ]
Claire Danes has purple hair. It's probably for a role. It's as ugly as you fear. [TMZ]
The horror, the horror: A celebrity was accidentally seated in business class instead of first. Since it was Kanye West, it's funny. He threw a tantrum and got bumped up. [P6]
Good Day New York Confuses Rihanna with Another Short-Haired Woman
On Fox's Good Day New York, style expert Katrina Szish talked about last night's risque Grammy fashions. She goes into detail about Rihanna's outfit as the Doppleganger creen changes to a woman that looks like Rihanna, but is definitely not. Oops!
The View Wants to Show You Scott Brown's Junk Despite the ABC Censors
Today Barbara Walters regaled the View ladies with stories about her visit with Senator Scott Brown (R-MA). But when the censors over at ABC deemed the Cosmo spread "too hot for TV," Joy and Sherri let them have it.
The Worst Cooks in America Are Improving, Still Constantly Crying
With the field of terrible cooks whittled down to two last night, the contestants have gotten a lot better. But that doesn't mean they're made of stone! And one cook gives herself the most disgusting nickname of all time.
The Cleveland Show Proves They Know Their Audience: Stoners and Potheads
At the end of last night's Cleveland Show, Cleveland gave a run-down of lessons learned during the episode. The jist? Drugs are bad (except for legal ones) and a list of all thirteen states that have legalized the green stuff.
DIVA Rihanna looked mean and moody while posing for photographers at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night. This time last year, the singer was beaten up by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown. How time flies!The Umbrella hitmaker — who, along with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, won Best Rap song for Run This Town at [...]
Sony exec Clive Davis hosted a horrifically awkward Grammy's party. First, Will.i.am warmed the crowd by promising to stay in biz even as it collapsed: "There ain't no Tower Records, ain't no Sam Goody, but I don't give a [bleep]." Which is awkward because those companies still exist. Then Will.i.am yelled at everyone for being boring: "These are the elite motherfuckers of the music industry, but y'all are acting like some motherfuckers!" Then Mary J. Blige yelled at the band for messing up No More Drama and Ryan Seacrest made a toast about Clive having big ears but "not a single thing he said got a laugh." Gerard Butler flirted with everyone except his date, Sadifer Aniston. And we haven't even gotten to whether anyone asked Rihanna inappropriate questions about last year. [P6] [Gatecrasher]
BREAKING. Tiger Woods' yacht—the ever-amusingly named Privacy—came to port yesterday at Old Port Cove in North Palm Beach. TMZ has pictures and a witness who "saw the yacht being loaded with food and supplies." If Tiger's in sex rehab, then who is on the yacht? Elin? Jamie Jungers? Or maybe fake-Tiger was real and real-Tiger isn't in rehab at all? Tiger Woods' publicist should write mystery novels. [TMZ]
Rob Schneider appeared to get married last night, but his publicist denies it. TMZ is going with "walks like a duck." I'm going with sex rehab in a diamond-studded yacht. [TMZ]
Speaking of nuptials: Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are engaged. Dax popped the question over the holidays, and Kristen debuted her ring on the Grammy's red carpet. [Us]
Speaking of divorce: (implied in every Hollywood marriage conversation) Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend are no more. A ring rang in this news as well: "Close friends" knew trouble was brewing when Charlize stopped wearing the "antique 'commitment ring'" Stuart gave her. [DailyMail]
The movie version of Nicholas Sparks' Dear John has a happier ending, due to an "added scene" that leaves "more possibility of what might happen." Just like Bambi. Mama deer was just lying down for a nap. [P6]
Upcoming Haiti benefits: BET's telecast will star Diddy, Queen Latifah, Pharrell, and Wyclef Jean. Then, an NFL super agent will raise funds for Wyclef's charity, via a party featuring Justin Timberlake, Kim Kardashian, Donovan McNabb, and Nelly. Doubts about Wyclef's charity's efficacy will be taken in stride and summarily ignored. [P6]
Michael Jackson kids Prince Michael and Paris have made it known that they want to be part of the new We Are the World recording, to benefit Haiti. The recording is happening today. Unclear whether the Jacko heirs will get their wish, though it's hard to imagine anyone saying no. [NBN]
Elton John saved Donatella Versace's life: Unauthorized biography House of Versace says Donatella's daughter Allegra's eighteenth birthday party was but an elaborate ruse for Elton to stage an intervention and ship Donatella off to rehab in Arizona. Which is great for Donatella, but what about Allegra? Thanks for nothing, Uncle Elton. That party sucked. [Gatecrasher]
RIHANNA thinks her latest album Rated R is a “classic”.
The Russian Roulette singer insists the LP — the follow-up to 2007’s Good Girl Gone Bad — is edgier and is more personal than her other releases.
“We made a great album, which was my intention in the first place. That makes this a classic album for [...]
Michael Douglas is living through Traffic, and his kid might be a RAT. Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats trying to make beautiful music. Nicole Richie: not a skeleton. Jessica Alba's one year-old daughter: caliente? Presenting your Saturday Morning Gossip Roundup:
Michael Douglas showed up in court yesterday to deal with the case surrounding his son, Cameron, his drug-trafficking charges, and the ten-year prison sentence he faces. Douglas' appearance in the court was closed, and the file's been sealed, which means any number of things, one of which the Post suggests: Cameron's naming names. All of this goes without saying "holy shit, Michael Douglas is absolutely living through Traffic right now." [Page Six]
Alicia Keys might be engaged to Swizz Beats! And they might be buying Lenny Kravitz's apartment! Their babies will come out looking like Grammys, or something, and the lesbian rumors about Keys still won't go away. [NYDN]
Fact: Sometimes I wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy, even though he's in a white mansion with giraffes walking around as butlers and I'm basically living in a roadside ditch in Brooklyn. And I've never had pedicures on my toes, toes, or brushed my teeth with a bottle of Jack Daniels, though I've certainly drank it before noon. The point here is that Ke$ha should call me, because apparently, she's into "big, fat guys with beards that wear thick glasses." Next stop: LensCrafters. [Page Six]
Some crusty old golfer was like "Tiger Woods putting his balls basically everywhere is bad for the game." Yes, because the worst thing that could happen is that golf, the most exciting game in the world, featuring the most compelling athletes in the world, gets spiced up. Reminder: golf is boring and golfers are just as boring. [NYDN]
Oprah's giving a Power Women in Communications something or other award to her best friend. What'd you do for your best friend today? [Page Six]
Nicole Richie is complaining that the claims of her having an eater disorder were unfair. Well, honey, we know a skeleton when we see one. Especially when it looks like the bones are covering the skin. Either way, if you're not rexo, you're not rexo. We're okay with that, I promise. Less talking about you, more talking about the ever-collapsing geopolitical infrastructure of the middle east. [NYDN]
Paris Hilton has a temporary restraining order up against her. TMZ's resident handwriting expert has no idea what it says. [TMZ]
Rihanna's going to the Grammy's solo. We're supposed to make a big deal out of this because you know the whole Chris Brown thing, but it's really not that interesting. Like, really, it's not. In fact, the Grammy's are still pretty passe, and mostly: meaningless. [NYDN]
Brittney Murphy's death is still sketchy, now the L.A. coroner's office is trying to "fill in gaps" from her medical history. [TMZ]
Matthew McConaughey is a baby daddy to his girlfriend's baby, and they gave out a press handout, and it's really, really cute. Also, considering that woman just gave birth, like woah: so hot. Oh, other awesome thing: the quote he gave on his website to his fans. He really is that character from Dazed and Confused. [NYDN]
One of these Real Housecreatures got someone arrested for pulling someone else's hair or something? Whatever. [People]
Michael Jackson's kids are preparing for what inevitably will be the worst part of the Grammy's, when they have to give a speech in honor of their father, and we will all feel really, really bad and terrible and not want to look, because at the end of the day, these are kids, and this will not be cute or touching so much as sad, sad, just sad. [TMZ]
Jessica Alba's daughter will grow up to be a Spanish-speaker, but more importantly: hot. [People]
John Travolta's extortionist remains adamant about her innocence. Meanwhile, everyone who's seen that new Travolta movie where he's bald and scary-ugly and blowing things up are adamant about you not going to see it. Because it's awful. And they want to protect the public good. You DO want to protect the public good, right? Right. Also, her name is Pleasant Bridgewater? That's like something out of Clue. [TMZ]
Good morning lovlies! Late edition! We'll be catching up and things like that. In the mean time, here, for my future wife Ke$ha, you should cover this song, which is sung by a band with a fat bearded hipster lead singer: jam on it. Also, this will basically be today:
Hayden Panettiere's heavyweight boxer boyfriend forces us to confront our ageist, sizeist assumptions. Sandra Bullock would trade her Oscar nod for a dog. Jersey Shore contemplates Fashion Week. Holy crap, is Britney pregnant again? Wednesday gossip is not to scale.
Today at Gawker.TV, The View joins in the Scott Brown fever, Arrested Development with a laugh track, Good Day New York Rihanna gaffe, The Cleveland Show's lessons on legalized weed, and The Worst Cooks in America are still crying!
Arrested Development with a Laugh Track Proves the Laugh Track Needs to Die
Good Day New York Confuses Rihanna with Another Short-Haired Woman
The View Wants to Show You Scott Brown's Junk Despite the ABC Censors
The Worst Cooks in America Are Improving, Still Constantly Crying
The Cleveland Show Proves They Know Their Audience: Stoners and Potheads
It all started when Will.i.am got a microphone; it got worse when Ryan Seacrest told a joke. Tiger Woods' yacht docks, Charlize Theron gets a divorce, Mary J. Blige throws a tantrum. Monday gossip roundup, at your service.
Michael Douglas is living through Traffic, and his kid might be a RAT. Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats trying to make beautiful music. Nicole Richie: not a skeleton. Jessica Alba's one year-old daughter: caliente? Presenting your Saturday Morning Gossip Roundup: