Rihanna and Drake went to a strip club in Houston, where they spent over $17,000. Are they back together? No one knows. The more important question: did Rihanna encourage anyone’s singing dreams whilst at da club? The answer to that is yes.
The pair apparently “sat very close together” and were “dressed alike” (PLEASE let them both have been in matching floral bucket hats). One dancer named Jhoni Blaze says that Rihanna encouraged her to “dream big,” to pursue her singing career and to not be afraid of putting herself out there. Drake didn’t nurture anyone’s career hopes because he was too busy tossing money around (is that fun? I’m genuinely curious).
Blaze says that the pair neither smoked nor drank much — just wore their bucket hats (I hope) and threw over $17,000 at people over the course of a few hours. Night in at the strip club! [E!, images via Instagram]
Gwyneth Paltrow‘s people are putting a lot of pressure
on her to fix her reputation, which has taken a hit following her
blood-oath to get sweet revenge upon Vanity Fair. Their
suggestions: have another baby to placate the masses; take on a Bridget
Jones-esqe role and put on weight for “sympathy.” Blergh. [Radar]
It is rumored that the private school that Gwynnie’s children attend has banned Vespas from school pick-up and drop-off because she’s such a reckless rider. Is that possible? How fast can Vespas even go? GOOP’s people deny it. [Radar]
Adam Levine, the frontman of the world’s most cloying maudlin band Maroon 5, will probably be announced as People‘s Sexiest Man Alive next week. Just in time for Thanksgiving! So now you have a very interesting topic to broach with your extended family. [Gossip Cop]
- E.L. James says she’s “terrified” for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. “Terrified” doesn’t even begin to explain how the rest of us feel. [EW]
- Katharine McPhee and her married director Michael Morris are no longer seeing each other; he’s reportedly trying to work on his marriage. Good luck with that? [E!]
- OooOOOOH DRAMA: Robert Pattinson‘s pseudo-girlfriend Dylan Penn was spotted with another vampire who pleases the teen demographic. [E!]
- Well, we all saw this coming: The Jonas Brothers played a show without Kevin, the worst Jonas Brother. [NY Daily News]
- Katy Perry premiered a 30ish-second long preview for her “Unconditionally” music video and the entire Internet is in an uproar about how fucking cool that owl in it is. (Ok, just me. I’m the only one. But seriously: that owl. Damn.) [Gossip Cop]
- The Wanted’s Max George Strips Down to His Underwear — See The Sexy Pic! Ok, I really don’t know what any of those words mean. [E!]
- Jennifer Lawrence says that she is more of a “monkey” than a “fashion icon.” [ONTD]
- Miley Cyrus wore your coven’s dream uniform on the red carpet. [People]
- Here’s a picture of Fergie‘s baby grinning out of the abyss. [Hello]
- Zoe Kravitz is jealous of her friend Jennifer Lawrence, says an insider whose source is the cosmic knowledge that everyone, everyone is jealous of Jennifer Lawrence. [Radar]
- Lady Gaga are you cold??? Where is your coat??? [E!]
- Jake Gyllenhaal was hospitalized after cutting his hand because he’s too good at acting. [People]
- Sinead O’Connor is taking her anti-objectification of youths crusade to Bieber-town. [Perez Hilton]
- Chris Brown is still in rehab as an outpatient. [US]
- Andy Cohen is bowing out as a Bravo executive to focus on hosting Watch What Happens Live. [NY Daily News]