If You Want Crazy, Demand the Real Thing
Britney Spears, circa 2004. Christina Aguilera, cheap knockoff, 2008.
Filed under: Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera
Brand Blasted for Cherry Pickin'
The Jonas Brothers all wear purity rings -- but VMA host Russell Brand got in some serious hot water with his extremely impure jokes about the Disney virgins.
"Idol" champ Jordin Sparks ('memba her!?) defended the boys after Brand bragged he'd bag 'em all by the end of the night. Hope he stayed away from Nick -- that kid's only 15!
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Ding Dang -- Brit's Cover Up Exposed!
Britney Spears opened the VMA's last night with the telltale sign of a notorious lip syncher -- completely covering her moving lips the entire time she opened the show.
That said, TMZ eats crow for declaring her career dead after last year's girthy performance. She ain't dead at all after winning three awards and looking awfully hot.
Filed under: Britney Spears
Dash -- Baby Mama Won't Give My Boy Back!
Rap mogul Damon Dash's baby mama is holding his son "hostage," we're told -- and Dash is hauling her into court this morning so he can see the kid.
A source tells TMZ Linda Williams -- who's the mother of Damon Dash II, aka "Boogie" -- hasn't allowed Damon to see Boogie. So Dash's lawyer, Robert Wallack, has filed a motion to make Linda physically bring the son to court.
Williams has made an extensive litany of claims about Boogie's treatment as Dash's son, claiming he hasn't had running water and electricity in his house, among other things. Damon's lawyer denies all of this.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Brit in Snit with Mama Over Book
So as we told you yesterday, all that dish you've heard is in the Lynne Spears book about sex and drugs –- ain't really there.
But Britney is still PO'd about the book because it blames everything on Brit's ex-managers, says the New York Post and makes Lynne look like a saint. The paper says she's only talking to her daddy Jamie, who's got her on an even keel, as everyone could see last night at the VMAs.
Spears' rep says the report is "false."
MSNBC Loudmouths Dropped from Anchor Chair
After all the sniping and slap-fighting, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are out as politics anchors for election season. They'll be replaced by David Gregory.The big move comes after Matthews and Olbermann have been accused of pushing a left-wing agenda too hard and have throttled each other on-air -- like when Olbermann made a mouth-flapping gesture with his hand during a Matthews rant at the DNC. It's totally embarrassing the network, say multiple sources.
Heather Mills – "Biggest Bitch on the Planet"
Not that we didn't know this already, but someone thinks Heather Mills is a kinda terrible person.Mills' ex-rep Michele Elyzabeth tells a London tab the one-legged wonder "not only misled me, she misled the entire world." Unclear what the subterfuge might've been, but it seems to involve "false stories about Paul McCartney" and bugging Sir Paul's phone calls.
This is good stuff: Elyzabeth says Mills wore latex gloves while playing a cribbed message so there couldn't be any trace.
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started
Bow Wow Reveals the Six-Figure Failure
There was a $100,000 bet for charity between Bow Wow and The Game to see who's the best at Madden football on Xbox -- and Bow Wow spilled who came out on top, and who had to write a check their thumbs couldn't cash.
Filed under: Music, The Rich Life
Filet-O-Finished
Gordon Ramsey should have stuck to his guns -- aka Ginsu knives -- because he went down hard with a leg injury while playing in a charity soccer match in England today.
We're told he pulled his hamstring and now has to watch from the sidelines.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Xena: So Much Porn, So Little Time
Although we barely recognized Lucy Lawless without her medieval weapons and golden brassiere, she was quick to inform us she has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to celebrity skin flicks. 
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Fans Confused -- Wino Not a No-Show for Gig
In a stunning blow to bookies worldwide, Amy Winehouse actually managed to make her scheduled headlining appearance at the Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight yesterday.
True to form, however, she did hit the stage forty-five minutes late, leading to a greatly abbreviated set. In her defense, anyone who can drink two cases of Jack Daniels at the rate of one bottle per minute and make it anywhere but the morgue is a genuine superstar.
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Music, Amy Winehouse
Tom Brady Badly Injured in Season Opener
Tom Brady was just helped off the field by two Patriots personnel members after injuring his left knee. Paging Nurse Bundchen!
Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard laid Tom out during the first quarter of their first regular season game -- and Brady is currently getting x-rays on his left knee. Brady's right foot was the injury that kept him out of all of their preseason games.
Backup quarterback Matt Cassel has taken his place on the field -- no word on whether Matt's dating Gisele yet.
As you can see in the photo -- legs aren't supposed to bend that way.
UPDATE: Even without their golden boy -- the Patriots won 17-10.
UPDATE 2: WEEI in Boston is reporting Brady suffered a torn ACL. If that's true, his season would be over.
Filed under: Talk Sports
The Price of Cage's Cage Receding
Nicolas Cage is slashing the price on his Bel-Air Tudor mansion by $5,001,000 -- making it a thinning hair away from a slick $30 million.
The amenities include nine bedrooms, nine bathrooms, an Olympic-size pool, a wine cellar and a 35-seat home theater on an acre of land. Fortress of Solitude, it ain't.
The L.A. Times is reporting Cage may be moving to a penthouse in the Biscuit Co. Lofts in L.A.'s downtown Arts District, which was going for a paltry at $4.9 million.
Filed under: The Rich Life
MC Breed Taken Off Life Support
Old school rapper MC Breed has been taken off life support -- in a good way -- after being admitted to the hospital Friday because of kidney failure.
Breed -- who's worked with 2Pac and Too Short -- collapsed while he was shooting hoops in Atlanta. We're told Breed's kidneys are only 30% functional and it's likely he'll need a kidney transplant.
MC is still in the hospital -- where he's slowly recognizing faces and voices -- and will remain there for at least another week under observation.
Filed under: Music
Khloe K. Takes Two for the Road
The lesser Kardashian pilfered enough hooch from a busted-up House of Hype party in L.A. last night to throw her own afterparty.
Maybe not the best idea for a gal on 36-month probation for a DUI.
Filed under: Celebs Caught on Tape, Kim Kardashian
Garrett Leaves SAG for TSA
Brad Garrett made LAX a little safer yesterday by frisking a woman for weapons at security checkpoint.
Actually, it's his girlfriend and she was not armed but plenty dangerous -- as in hot.
Filed under: Hook-Ups, Hot Bodies
