These are two of my picks for worst-dressed of the Grammys – Fergie and Nicki Minaj. These two women are surprisingly similar. While I feel that both are talented – Fergie especially has a powerhouse voice that I wish she would use as a straight-on singer more often – both women also share a love of carving up their faces. Both are fashion catastrophes. Both seem to go out of their way to style themselves in horrible ways. Let’s start with Fergie. I know I sound like an old fart and it’s true, I don’t “get” the current rock n’ roll fashion, but who thinks Fergie’s Jean Paul Gaultier gown was a giant mistake? It’s not that she didn’t “try” – she DID “try” and this is the result. Note to all ladies: if you fake-bake until your skin is a weird shade of orange-brown, DO NOT wear orange clothing. And here’s a note to all ladies in general: don’t wear a completely unlined lace dress with giant, black granny panties underneath. DISASTER.

And here’s Nicki Minaj – when she first got out of her limo, I didn’t see her face at all and I was like, “Ugh, here’s Gaga in one of her old costumes.” Then when I saw Nicki’s (2012) Face, I was reminded of how much Minaj is really trying to be the hip-hop version of Gaga. I wonder how that’s going for her? Anyway, Nicki wore this Versace… thing. Should I call it a red satin nun’s habit? That feels offensive, writing that. And Nicki’s date was a Pope John Paul look-alike. That also felt wrong to write. GAH.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

For whatever reason, the tabloids are warring over the state of Fergie and Josh Duhamel’s marriage this week. The first story concerns the Fergian womb, which has been the subject of speculation as recently as August when its owner mysteriously glowed while going on hiatus for her band, The Black Eyed Peas. Now, the rumors are back courtesy of Fergie herself striking some suspicious poses on the red carpet of the New Year’s Eve premiere. Further, an In Touch insider who claims that Josh is “dying to be a dad.” Hence this story:

When Fergie showed up to support husband Josh Duhamel at the premiere of New Year’s Eve in LA on December 5 wearing a tight-fitting dress, she sparked new rumors that she’s expecting. “She was looking thicker than usual and rubbing her stomach,” a witness tells In Touch. “She also did a lot of over-the-shoulder poses so you didn’t see her midsection.” A baby would be the culmination of a dream for he 36-year-old singer. “She took some time off from working to get pregnant and prepare for a baby, but was having a tough time,” an insider tells In Touch. “Luckily, Josh has been supportive.” In fact, Josh gushes that “it just makes it a little more fun around the house” with Fergie home! And if now is the time to start a family, they’re ready: “That is definitely part of the plan,” Fergie told In Touch at the launch of The Black Eyed Peas Experience game. “And when that happens, it will be a blessing.”

[From In Touch, print edition, December 26, 2011]

Basically, anytime a female celebrity places a hand upon her stomach, this automatically means that she’s with child, right? So that particular posture could mean nothing. As for her over-the-shoulder poses, I’m just going to assume that Fergie likes showing off her booty:

Meanwhile, Star puts in its two cents with a different story about how Fergie is partying her ass off, and Josh is really pissed off about it:

Fergie is a rock star, and sometimes she parties like one — much to the dismay of hubby Josh Duhamel, Star has learned. “The other night at an industry event, Fergie seemed visibly drunk,” an insider tells Star. The singer, 36, is no stranger to partying and boozing for a good time, but when she does, Josh “gets so annoyed with her when she’s like that. Josh gets embarrassed,” explains the insider. “He finds it really annoying. He’ll roll his eyes and look unhappy.” It seems more than anything, the actor, 39, is concerned about appearances. “Josh is aware of the attention on him. Having a wife who seems drunk mortifies him.”

[From Star, print edition, December 26, 2011]

So which story, if either, is true? Each of them negates the other, so it’s a tough call. Josh doesn’t seem like the type to freak out over his lady knocking back a few drinks, assuming that she’s not pregnant. If anything, you’d think he’d freak out over the fact that his wife’s face is continually morphing. That has to be strange to deal with, right?

Who knows though — Fergie could very well be pregnant. After all, Josh does seem rather, uh, enthused about her midsection in this photo:

Then again, when her stomach is in plain view, she doesn’t really look pregnant at all. Maybe it’s just a case of a little weight gain (although she looks great) and awkward posing on the New Year’s Eve red carpet.

Photos courtesy of Fame and WENN

Okay, more photos from the New Year’s Eve premiere in LA last night. I already covered Lea Michele and Ashton acting all touchy-feely here, and CB is going to do a post about Katherine Heigl’s hair trauma. I was going to start this “fashion extras” post with Sofia Vergara, because I love her, but her dress was super-boring. Let’s start with Fergie and Josh Duhamel. I can’t even with these two – he seems so sleazy to me nowadays, and Fergie is just… I feel bad for her. I think she’s a messed up person who keeps messing with her face because she’s in a bad marriage. I think these photos of Fergie and Josh are a portrait of a sketchy marriage. Fergie is wearing Monique Lhuillier, and I think it looks cheap. It doesn’t fit right in the bust, either.

Here’s Ludacris and his date. Um, his date’s ass is AMAZING. And Luda looks good too.

Sofia Vergara’s dress is so cheap-looking! She’s got that beautiful face and gorgeous figure, but sometimes her style choices are rough. Also, I’d like to see her without the extensions – or if that’s her real hair, maybe take two or three inches off.

And finally, Hilary Swank in Elie Saab. Facially, I don’t even see a difference between Hilary and Justin Bieber at this point, except that his face is more feminine. The dress is cute, but really, I’m totally over Hilary. Meh.

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.

Here are some photos from last night’s Avon Foundation Awards Gala. I’m only featuring Fergie and Ashley Greene, because those are the only two ladies at the event I really bothered to care about. First up: Fergie, in this pale pink dress with a sparkly jacket. The outfit is kind of meh – the pink washes her out, but it’s a pretty dress on its own. The jacket is cute too, but not with the dress. Do I have to again bitch about designers not making enough long-sleeved dresses these days?

But really, let’s talk about everything from the neck up on Fergie. We’ve discussed her alleged plastic surgery, which is ALLEGEDLY in the hundreds of thousands of dollars at this point. I’m think she’s gotten a little more done recently, because she’s looking freshly tweaked to me. But does she look better than she used to? That’s always difficult for me to talk about with Fergie, because she is spending a lot of money to transform herself into a pretty standard-issue-looking blonde Hollywood girl. She has such a great voice, and I wish she didn’t feel the need to give herself such an extreme makeover.

Next up: Ashley Greene in Donna Karan. Bitch thinks she’s Dita Von Teese, and she’s really not. I think the dress looks really cheap on her, and her hair is just wrong. You have to actually BE Dita to make this look work. On Ashley, it falls flat.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Earlier this year, I began noting in exhaustive detail how Fergie had completely transformed her face. Josh Duhamel claimed that his wife had merely “changed lipsticks” - because apparently that’s the latest code for “thousands of dollars worth of plastic surgery.” So… that was this past Spring. How long does it take to make a wax figure? Several months, right? So why does Fergie’s wax figure have some version of her old face?

Too harsh? Honestly, if you really look at the wax figure, I’m not sure Fergie EVER looked like that. The wax figure is giving me Denise Richards/Doutzen Kroes vibes, so perhaps the wax figure is simply Fergie’s aspirational look. Like, Madama Tussauds simply made of wax figure of who Fergie is IN HER SOUL. In her soul, she looks like Doutzen Kroes. Who doesn’t?

Funny story – Fergie’s wax figure cost $300,000 to make. SERIOUSLY. $300,000 is likely also how much it costs for Fergie to get enough plastic surgery to look like Doutzen Kroes. Fergie’s wax figure will be staying at the Las Vegas Madame Tussauds, by the way.

Also – can we talk about how bad Fergie’s current hair is? It ages her. And I think her old face is growing back.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

It feels like every time I stop to look at new Fergie photos, her face is completely different. Back in March of this year, Fergie debuted her latest face, which seemed to me like she had gotten some eye work and perhaps even a face lift. Whatever it was, it was totally surgical, and not some “fillers” or light Botox or something. Josh Duhamel hilariously claimed Fergie’s new look was simply the result of new lipstick.

So these are new photos of Fergie at last night’s Teen Choice Awards. Her face looks different – AGAIN. Although this time, I’m not sure if she got some more tweaking, or if this is her face settling in to the older tweaking. I do know that Fergie’s smile looks painful. It’s more of a wince than a sign of happiness.

Fergie’s dress is Dolce & Gabbana. It’s… okay. Not my favorite, but it’s fine, and her figure looks great. She’s lost weight since the last time I saw her. But dear God, HER HAIR. That hair is terrible. She should look at her roots and just go darker, you know? I like it when she’s a brunette.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Pregnancy rumors about Fergie have been happening for years – she’s just one of those women who gains weight in her midsection – perhaps like Reese Witherspoon? Fergie and Josh Duhamel have been married for two years now, and both of them are constantly giving quotes to the press about having babies and how they can’t wait and at times it feels like “Uh, so go ahead and do it, already.” They both seem ready for it, Josh perhaps a bit more than Fergie. Anyway, In Touch has a “confirmation” from a “friend” of Fergie’s. That confirmation? Fergie is “glowing”. This is what we’re going on!

Is Fergie sporting a lovely lady lump? According to a friend, Fergie is certainly acting pregnant.

“She definitely has a glow!” Though it’s still early, the friend says that Fergie, 36, isn’t totally showing yet, but “she does have a little bump.”

The friend says the Black Eyed Peas singer and hubby Josh Duhamel, 38, are more than ready to start a family. Married in early 2009, the couple celebrated their two-year wedding anniversary this past January and are focused on having a baby.

“They’ve been trying since January, so it wouldn’t be too surprising if they’re expecting,” reveals the pal. “And no one is happier about it than Fergie and Josh.”

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

Reasons why this could be true: 1) Because the Black Eyed Peas just announced that they were officially on “hiatus”. So Fergie might have time to gestate? 2) Because you can’t swing a dick these days without Fergie or Josh talking about babies. Reasons why this is probably false: 1) Because Fergie gains weight in her mid-section, and it doesn’t mean anything baby-related. 2) Because even with crazy jacked face, Fergie could do better than Josh, who has already screwed around on her with a budget stripper in Georgia.

So, basically, I give it 50-50 odds.

These are recent photos of Fergie in Ireland earlier this week. She doesn’t even look “sort of, kind of” pregnant to me. Not like Reese Witherspoon, who I could swear is pregnant right now.

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.

Of all of the successful pop-star acts out there, perhaps the one whose appeal that I understand the least is the Black Eyed Peas, and that also goes for Fergie as the group’s lead singer. Regardless, Fergie still managed to get Hollywood’s latest male flavor of the month, Josh Duhamel, down the aisle a few years ago. Naturally, he cheated with a stripper called “Delilah” only a few months later, but the couple decided to work it out or something. Anyway, Fergie apparently has remained highly sensitive to the possibility of further straying on Josh’s part, and her current prime suspect just happens to be none other than Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Really?

Pop rocker Fergie fears that her hubby Josh Duhamel will cheat again – this time with his gorgeous Transformers: Dark of the Moon co-star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
The handsome actor and the Victoria’s Secret model have been looking very chummy at promotional events for the film – and pays say Fergie is frantic that Josh is going to stray, sources tell The ENQUIRER.

“Fergie knows all too well that Josh has a wandering eye,” said and insider. “And even though Rosie has been romantically linked to British action star Jason Statham since last year, she’s a very young alluring woman. Fergie’s been worried sick that she and Josh might hook up out on the road while promoting their movie.”

On Feb. 20, Josh, 38, and Rosie, 24, were at the Daytona 500 Nascar race in Daytona Bach, Fla., together, hamming it up for the press. “They were Grand Marshals of the race, along with Transformers director Michael Bay,” continued the insider. “They never left each other’s side”

More recently, the two made the rounds in red-hot Rio de Janeiro.

Meanwhile, Fergie, 36, has been spotted alone in New York City and Paris.

Once known as an unapologetic playboy, Josh toned down his image after he met Fergie in 2004. Still, friends warned the Black Eyed Peas singer that Josh wouldn’t be able to stay faithful if they married — and that turned out to be the case. Just months after the couple tied the knot in january 2009, The ENQUIRER broke the bombshell exclusive that Josh had cheated with an Atlanta stripper.

Josh and Fergie managed to patch things up, and last year they talked about taking a break from their busy careers to work on their marriage and possibly start a family.

Noted the insider: “Fergie is hoping that having kids will finally settle Josh down.”

[From National Enquirer, print edition, July 11, 2011]

Now, I can see why Fergie is concerned that Josh would get some on the side because he’s already got a habit of doing so. Further, Josh might really have “a type,” which consists of slightly mannish looking women because both Ferg and Rosie fit that bill. However, there’s really no visible reason why Fergie should worry about Rosie taking the bait because she’s already dating Jason Statham, who is a bona fide sex god.

Next to the Statham, Josh Duhamel is just a completely generic-looking dork.

So Fergie really needn’t worry about Rosie, although this dress from last week’s FiFi awards is highly questionable:

Meanwhile, this week’s issue of Star floats the notion that Rosie’s acting career might already be on the rocks because she’s such a hard partier.

“Rosie has the world in the palm of her hand right now, and the only person who could blow it is her!” a friend of the model tells Star. “The sky’s the limit for Rosie. But she has a real wild streak and loves to drink and party like a rock star.”

The 24-year-old has been known to arrive a photo shoots looking haggard, “like she hasn’t slept, smelling of booze and cigarettes,” her friend explains. And the latest man in her life, Jason Statham, is fueling the fire. “She likes to party with the bad boys,” another pal tells Star. “And Jason is as big a partier as Rosie. They pulled a number of all-nighters last year, boozing at private parties until the sun came up,” her friend reveals.

Rosie, a former Victoria’s Secret model who’s lucky to be following in Kate Moss’ footsteps as the face of Burberry, is also imitating the supermodel in private. In 2008, Rosie was snapped looking glassy-eyed and holding what appeared to be a bong. “Rosie really likes to push the boundaries of appropriate behavior,” her friend confides. “It makes some people in the entertainment industry a little nervous.”

[From Star, print edition, July 11, 2011]

Meh. None of this partying makes much of a difference at all in terms of an acting career as long as Rosie makes it onto the film set each morning. In other words, as long as she doesn’t pull a Lohan by calling in sick the morning after being photographed clubbing until the wee hours, Rosie should be fine for the few movies she’ll actually end up doing in the long run.

Photos courtesy of Fame Pictures

Here are some additional fashion photos from last night’s amfAR Inspiration gala in Paris – I already covered the photos of Dita Von Teese and her crazy-hot boyfriend here. Diane Kruger was also in attendance, but she didn’t bring her cute boyfriend, so she doesn’t “win” as much as Dita. Diane wore this red, silk Yves Saint Laurent gown which I’m kind of meh on. Don’t get me wrong, the dress in and of itself is very pretty, and on a different woman, I would be loving it completely. But it just feels like Diane didn’t feel like styling it the right way. Her face looks washed out, her hair is a mess. It’s like she pulled her hair back into a makeshift bun, washed her face in the sink, and decided to just throw on the gown and some red lipstick and go to the event.

I guess the best you can say about Diane is that at least she didn’t look as insane as Fergie, who was also at the event. Fergie wore Louis Vuitton autumn/winter 2011-12, and beyond looking insane and not formal enough for the event, it also looks like Fergie’s plastic-surgery-jacked face is falling. So much for that “new lipstick” huh? She’s just a train wreck.

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

Fergie is the cover girl for the July issue of Allure. The cover shot is hypnotizing, right? And not in a good way. I feel like Fergie’s eyes are trying to force me to get plastic surgery lipstick. Speaking of, Fergie takes this Allure opportunity to not only show off her recently re-done face, but also to deny ever getting anything done to make her look so drastically different. Fergie tells the magazine, “I did two major drastic things, which is hair to the side—it was the first time—and the big neon lip. I wanted to try something different, and all of a sudden it was this big backlash. People were saying ‘It’s a fake Fergie.’ I heard about some ridiculous amount of money that I spent on my face, which I think is absolutely insane.” What’s absolutely insane is that she’s even bothering to deny it. I hate that.

Fergie on her age: “I’m definitely young at heart, and I always will be, I’m just trying to age gracefully.”

On her body: “I think people think that I’m pregnant sometimes because my weight fluctuates … My problem is my discipline. I see a Jack in the Box or a Del Taco, and I will impulsively want it. I’m a work in progress in that area … I gain and lose weight everywhere from the thighs up.”

On her relationship with Will.I.am: “There is conflict, he’s very protective, and it drives me nuts because I do a lot of my best work, writing-wise, when I’m completely alone.”

On working so hard: “I took a break to have a wedding. I’ve definitely committed some time this year to the Peas, but not as [much as] I have in previous years. I need balance in my life, and the guys understand that … I don’t think Will ever wants a break. We’re very different in that way.”

On her looks: “I’ve learned to love my nose because it’s unique. It’s interesting, and it just makes me a little different.”

She tries to be a good person: “I try to be a nice person. I’m not filled with saccharine. Do you want me to give you some bad things that I do? I’m obviously married, so I don’t sleep around. I guess I’ve tamed my ways a little bit, but I am 36.”

Fergie on the plastic surgery rumors: Fergie is known—and loved—for experimenting with different looks. But one recent change sparked rumors. Moments after the singer performed on American Idol, viewers went on Twitter to speculate about whether she’d had surgery. “I did two major drastic things, which is hair to the side—it was the first time—and the big neon lip,” she says. “I wanted to try something different, and all of a sudden it was this big backlash. People were saying ‘It’s a fake Fergie.’ I heard about some ridiculous amount of money that I spent on my face, which I think is absolutely insane.”

[From Allure]

I used to kind of like her, and maybe I still do but… the woman has issues. I do think she looks somewhat better since her plastic surgery makeover, although I think that A) she never really looked bad before, she just looked like she had lived hard and B) she got too much done all at one, and it’s going to take a while for her face to “settle” and not look so jacked. What I really can’t stand are the bald-face lies and denials, though. That just pisses me off.

Allure photos courtesy of the slideshow.