Being Lady Gaga is hard on your body! Stefani Germanotta has bleached her hair so much that it’s falling out. She also goes to bed wearing makeup. “That’s not good for your skin, but I’m blessed with good genes,” she says. And! Her feet hurt, from wearing high heels all the time. If someone can make orthopedic shoes hot, it’s Gaga. Get on that. [People, The Sun]
“Gaga is truly talented and slightly mad. I find her encouraging. It’s such a conservative period in the US. We have even had attempts at censorship, which I find appalling and terrible. Artists like Gaga are necessary during periods like this.” — Debbie Harry, who also says: “Was I aware Madonna was copying certain elements of my style? Yes. Did I mind? Some parts yes, some parts no. It was love/hate. I loved her wildness and sexuality.” [Contact Music]
Gaga‘s commitment to alienesque horrorcore sexy continues! Her face is beautifully deformed on the cover of i-D. [Bossip]
Gaga is renovating her apartment and getting an egg bed. [Contact Music]
Gaga would like Marisa Tomei to play her in a movie, and Marisa Tomei says, “I was thrilled when I heard. I love her. I love her music. And she’s a smart businesswoman. So, I was so touched, really. I think it’s incredible that she likes my work and that she’d think of me in that way. I thought it was great.” [Showbiz Spy]
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]