Jennifer Lopez is working on a huge deal to come back to American Idol for another season. Allegedly. She could be getting something like $20 million to continue to judge a show she certainly could never win. This turn of events has prompted Steven Tyler to also ask for more money. Meanwhile, Randy is sitting on the end feeling like chopped liver, dawg. Chopped liver! [Page Six]
Oh no! Serena Williams was working on a nail salon reality series, and Lifetime, you know, the network for women, has decided not to go ahead with the show. It was also pitched to OWN, Oprah‘s network — as you may recall, Serena gave Opes a pedicure once — but there doesn’t seem to be any interest there, either. Maybe Serena should try getting the show on VH1, the black people channel? Perhaps she could get a timeslot before Basketball Wives? Serena’s love of mani-pedis needs an outlet! [Gatecrasher]
Shocker: Your friend Kanye West is troubled. He was performing in England on Saturday night, when he stopped to chat about how he is misunderstood. “I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I’m [expletive] insane, like I’m Hitler,” he said. “One day the light will shine through and one day people will understand everything I ever did.” Cue the outrage for comparing himself to Hitler. [AP]
Victoria Beckham, shutterbug! She took this stunning photograph of her husband, David Beckham, with their new baby daughter Harper, who looks like she is ready for her first pair of oversized sunglasses. [NYDN via Twitter]
By the by, David Beckham has a new tattoo, which, of course, reads “Harper.” [Us Magazine]
- Simon Cowell says if Mariah Carey hadn’t gotten pregnant, she would have been a judge on X Factor. She was his first choice. But, as we all know, fetuses ruin everything. [NYDN]
- Defying gravity: Brad and Angelina took Maddox to see Wicked in London for his birthday. Shiloh, Zahara and Pax tagged along. And in my version of events, they went home and reenacted the show, with Shiloh as Galinda. Pop-u-lar! [Us Magazine]
- Lady Gaga went to a Britney Spears concert and enjoyed it. E!]
- Rihanna continues to have way more fun than you, and wears a Bob Marley swimsuit while doing so. [Perez]
- Conditioner, color, cut, keratin treatments — you think your hair is a moneysuck? Be advised: Rihanna‘s hair styling bill is £14,000 a week. [Daily Mail]
- Big Boi of OutKast was arrested yesterday in Miami on charges of illegally possessing Ecstasy and Viagra. Sounds like he had something fun planned, and cops ruined it. [USA Today]
- Suri Cruise is a young mom. [Celebuzz]
- Scandal: 19-year-old Demi Lovato was seen partying at a club where revelers must be 21. Let the pearl-clutching commence. [Gatecrasher]
- Sean Kingston walked the red carpet of the Teen Choice Awards, his first public appearance since his serious JetSki accident, which led to a broken jaw, fractured wrist, water in his lungs, open heart surgery and two other surgeries. “What the accident basically taught me is, in life, you have to count your blessings.” [Us Magazine]
- Dot-Marie Jones, who plays Coach Beiste on Glee, is excitited to be an Emmy nominee: “So, you know how people say it’s just an honor to be nominated? To be in that group — are you kidding me? I just want to have lunch with them and I’m good… I just want to sit and have lunch.” Unfortunately, she just fractured a bone in her foot, so when it comes to Emmy night, “I’m gonna have to rethink what I’m gonna wear,” she says. [OMG!]
- Here is a picture of Emma Watson kissing her Perks Of Being A Wallflower costar Johnny Simmons. They are not on set. [TMZ]
- The eighth season of Desperate Housewives will be its last. [Us Magazine]
- Blake and Leo went grocery shopping and it is news. [Just Jared]
- Blind items! 1. “Which hip-hop star‘s gold teeth are emitting a foul stench? Music industry noses are turning away in disgust because of his vile breath — but it doesn’t seem to put off the ladies…” 2. “Which A-list actress can’t nail down a man because she’s too stiff in the bedroom?” [Page Six]