Britney Spears has hired a financial tutor to help her learn how to manage her money. This is actually a brilliant idea, and not just for an internationally famous pop star. Seems like every adult should be encouraged to take a brush-up course in budgeting, paying bills, investing and balancing accounts every year. Maybe your company could sponsor it… or your bank? [Daily Mail]
Lindsay Lohan just might take the plea deal, even though she maintains that she is innocent. She’ll be back in court on Friday. [TMZ]
What the world needs now: A feud between Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez and Rebecca Black. [Hollywood Life]
Justin Bieber playing Oliver Twist in a remake of Oliver! actually makes a lot of sense. [The Sun]
Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never is now the most successful concert movie. Ever. It’s grossed more than Michael Jackson‘s This Is It. [Contact Music]
- Miley Cyrus is putting together a world tour, which will kick off in Ecuador. [Wonder Wall]
- Willow Smith and her friends like colors. Lots and lots of colors. Like Punky Brewster and Rainbow Brite doing candy flips at a rave in 1992 colors. [The Life Files]
- Charlie Sheen had a “secret”meeting with execs at Fox, and everyone at the network liked him. Cue some new, lucrative deal that will make you question the existence of things like justice and God. [TMZ]
- “Victoria Beckham Is Stressing About Being Hugely Pregnant At The Royal Wedding!” Exclamation point mandatory. [HollyBaby]
- You guys, Courtney Love didn’t call Chelsea Handler a “leathery idiot” via Twitter. She explains: “I would never be so classless as to discuss [my friends’] private lives in such a vulgar manner. I deleted my Twitter account months ago.” For some reason this makes me sad. Oh well. [Page Six]
- New guessing game! Where will Prince William and Kate Middleton go for their honeymoon? Australia is a possibility! [People]
- Kanye West performed at SxSW; video at the link. [The Life Files]
- Somehow, Renée Zellweger is managing to function following her split from Bradley Cooper: She went to a Broadway show! Not just any show, Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. Drag queens heal all wounds. [Page Six]
- Billy Ray Cyrus has written a screenplay for Whoopi Goldberg. Just let that sink in. [Page Six]
- Wyclef Jean, who was shot in Haiti over the weekend, has been treated at a hospital and released. It was the eve of the presidential elections when the bullet grazed his hand and a rep says, “he’s fine now.” [TMZ]
- Uh, cops say Wyclef cut his hand on glass. [NYDN]
- Ricky Martin won a GLAAD Media Award over the weekend, and said that coming out was “an intense spiritual process.” And: “I needed to share it with the world.” [Pop Eater, People]
- If you like the blond trouty-mouth kid on Glee, you’ll love this phtograph of him shirtless. [Just Jared]
- If you or someone you know looks like Tupac, this is your year! [Contact Music]
- At long last! Filming has begun on The Hobbit! [Deadline Hollywood]
- Sweet piece of mancandy Benjamin Bratt is joining the cast of Private Practice. [The Hollywood Reporter]
- “I like to be directed, to be someone else’s instrument. I like someone who knows what he wants from me and where he wants to take me.” — Catherine Deneuve. [New York Magazine]