Rihanna‘s ad for her fragrance, Reb’l Fleur, features the singer looking both romantic and sexy. Soft and dreamy, she sniffs a bloom… while her robe hangs open. Except in Kuwait! Where her robe is closed. Possibly via Photoshop. That’s the Kuwaiti version on the left; the one for the heathens of the Western world on the right. Honestly? I like ’em both! [ONTD]
Lady Gaga‘s “Judas” video airs tonight! Despite the fact that the video involves Jerusalem and song includes words like “holy,” “prophets,” “Jesus” and “Biblical,” The Gags says: “I don’t view the video as a religious statement. I view it as social statement. I view it as a cultural statement. It’s a metaphor. It’s not meant to be a biblical lesson.” [Digital Spy]
BTW, a producer who works with Gaga is pissed about the comparisons to Madonna. “I think [it’s] bullshit, to be honest… How many people have been copying Gaga since she came out? Oh, I have that answer: everyone. Have you seen all the lightning bolts painted on faces, or the one hand eye cover-ups during photos? How about the fact that there was barely any dance music on the radio until ‘Just Dance’ came out? Come on motherfuckers, let’s keep it real here. If we are going to talk about who is chasing who, I think we all know the answer to that.” Dude, tell us how you really feel! [Daily Express]
Rough decisions: If Katie Couric gets her own talk show, she could earn $20 million… but ABC may have to cancel General Hospital. Where will James Franco frolic then? [TMZ]
Oh, never mind. James Franco is narrating and producing a meta-multimedia play. The project began at Yale, and he is bringing it to NYU. He’s got plenty of places to frolic. [Gatecrasher]
Oprah‘s show is ending, so everyone is wondering: Who will be the final guest, ever? “With only 20 days left until the the May 25 finale, friends of the talk queen hint that the leading candidate at the moment is the biggest star in the world … Oprah herself!” [Pop Eater]
Paris Hilton was visiting shelter, handing out meals (with cameras for her new reality show capturing the whole thing) when a homeless lady asked, “can I have your earrings?” Paris said yes, and gave them to the woman, who said, I’m going to give them to my sister… And tell her Lindsay [gave them to me] — Aren’t you supposed to be in rehab?” Paris, after she had time to think about it, dropped this in via voiceover : “If I were Lindsay, I’d be stealing the earrings. Not giving them away.” Ooh, burn. [TMZ]
People. Stop throwing fake grenades at my pretend boyfriend Bruno Mars. He gets scared. And it’s not nice. Feel free to throw underwear, however. He says: “I don’t mind a few bras. They’re better than candy. That can really hurt.” [Contact Music]
- Adele saw Rihanna perform last year and caught the vapors. “If Rihanna wanted me, I’d do it with her. She’s hot,” Adele says. “She had pinstripe flares on. She whipped them off and there were her stunning thighs. I said to all my girlfriends, ‘Are you feeling a bit gay right now?” [Showbiz Spy]
- Adele is drinking again. She fell off the wagon while on tour. “What was I meant to do, sit in my dressing room on my own with a mineral water?” [Contact Music]
- A 17-year-old Australian teenager has been charged with breaking into a Justin Bieber concert and throwing egss at the Beebs. He has been released on bail. [AP]
- Today in unsubstantiated rumors: The Rock is not dead. He says: “I would love to meet the person who is starting rumors of my death – to show them how a dead foot feels up their ass.” [Digital Spy]
- Your pal Charlie Sheen has set up a website where one can make a donation to help tornado survivors in Alabama. Good on you, Chuckles. [Contact Music]
- “Robert Pattinson Dated A Cougar!” [Showbiz Spy]
- Tori Spelling has her husband’s wedding vows to her tattooed on her ribs. They happen to be lines from Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet, a super romantic story where, spoiler alert, the teenagers kill themselves. What fools these mortals be. [Daily Mail]
- Ugh, now Jesse James‘s ex-wife is writing her own tell-all book. [Radar Online]
- Here is a Tweet from Blake Shelton: “Any man that tries touching my behind He’s gonna be a beaten, bleedin’, heaving kind of guy…” The accusation: That this advocates anti-LGBT violence. [ONTD]
- Pharrell has a new protege, and he found her on YouTube. [Page Six]
- In the aftermath of 9/11, Michael Jackson, Liz Taylor and Marlon Brando escaped New York in a car and stopped at every KFC and Burger King they passed. True story? [Vanity Fair via Digital Spy]
- Tallulah Belle Willis was caught with two bottles of liquor, and her mom Demi Moore had to come pick her up. [Contact Music]
- What? There is a fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean script? Why? (To Johnny Depp‘s credit, he has not agreed to star. Yet.) [Contact Music]
- The directors responsible for Catfish have been hired to make Paranormal Activity 3. [Digital Spy]
- Tori Amos has a new album dropping in September and a world tour, as well. [ONTD]
- Zsa Zsa Gabor is back in the hospital, with pneumonia. [Daily Express]
- “I like it when people don’t know who I am. It makes for a great conversation because it’s not about me. But I’ve only ever met two [people] who don’t know me.” — David Hasselhoff is famous, you guys. [Digital Spy]
- “We’re just not having a wedding, so there’s no story to report there. I mean, we’re still getting married, but we’re going to do it whenever we feel like it… The fact that he asked me to marry him is of a little more importance than me planning a party.” — Kristen Bell. [Showbiz Spy]