Do you guys have that “Find my iPhone” app? I have it on my various iPads and iPods. I have an iPad 1 and 2, and an iPod touch, I’m not rolling in them, but they get misplaced sometimes and it’s easy to send them a signal that will help you fish them out of the couch or from under the car seat. The app will also tell you where your device is on a map, down to the address. There have been countless stories about people getting their iPhones stolen and then finding and confronting the idiots who don’t know this app exists. (Or who have no clue about iCloud.) Here’s another story along those lines with some semi-famous names attached.

Estella Warren is a former model who didn’t quite make the transition to film. She’s best known as the hot wide-eyed chick in the 2001 Planet of The Apes remake with Marky Mark. She’s had some minor roles since but nothing of note. A couple of years ago, Estella got a DUI after ploughing into some parked cars. Her story went beyond the standard celebrity DUI since got in a huge altercation with police, kicking a cop and escaping from custody before being caught again. So she’s not known for her sobriety, and neither is the other person in this story, TV actress Jaime Pressly. Pressly had her own DUI, also in 2011, although she didn’t resist arrest or get in an accident at the time. She was just trying to drive with a BAC over three times the legal limit.

So we have these two women converging in LA on Friday night. Apparently Jaime and Estella were at a party together, when Estella told Jaime she liked her bag. Jaime said the bag was her assistant’s, who later noticed it was missing. Jaime used the “find my iPhone” app to trace her assistant’s iPhone to club Bootsy Bellows, where she noticed that Estella was conveniently holding an iPhone. Note to potential thieves: do not tell someone you like an object before you plan to swipe it from them. Also don’t steal Apple devices. Here’s more:

It was handbags at dawn, quite literally, Friday night when Jaime Pressly accused fellow actress Estella Warren of stealing her assistant’s purse, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.

The feisty My Name Is Earl star was at a birthday bash for her publicist Gary Mantoosh at a private house in Los Angeles when her assistant’s handbag containing her iPhone went missing.

Determined to discover where the bag – which also contained Pressly’s own keys – had gone, the blonde actress used modern technology to track it down, only to end up accusing Planet of the Apes beauty, Warren of taking it.

“Estella was at the party as a guest of the photographer, not of the birthday boy,” an eyewitness tells RadarOnline.com. “However everyone was getting on and having a good time.”

That was until the bag disappeared.

“Jaime used the Find My iPhone app – which is like GPS – and saw that her assistant’s phone was at a club in West Hollywood called Bootsy Bellows. So she immediately left the party with her friends to find out who had it.”

According to our eyewitness when Jaime arrived at the club, she spotted Warren holding an iPhone. Pressly accosted her and insisted the smartphone in her hand was her assistant’s.

“Estella was adamant it was hers, but when Pressly told her to unlock it, she couldn’t. So she took it, along with the handbag, peered inside and claimed a number of items in there belonged to her assistant.”

Pressly approached a sheriff’s deputy who happened to be outside the venue with her story of an alleged theft, the eyewitness says, but no official action was taken.

RadarOnline.com has reached out to Warren’s representative but has not had a response.

[From Radar Online]

Maybe I’ve watched too much “My Name is Earl,” but I would not screw with Jaime Pressly! She will mess you up. I don’t blame her for tracing the phone and getting all up in Estella’s face, I would have done the same thing. Maybe I would have brought the cop in with me though to avoid a scene. I’m picturing Joy Turner with pigtails, smacking her gum and pulling Estella’s hair while she cries for mercy. Joy would get her assistant’s stuff back and then she would steal Estella’s purse and take her jewelry and shoes for good measure.

Update: sorry for missing the detail that drugs were found in the purse, but of course Jaime and the assistant claimed the drugs weren’t theirs. Also thanks to ctkat for commenting that Estella’s age is listed as 42 in that article on US Weekly, but that Wikipedia has her as “34.”

photo credit: WENN.com. photos from 2012 and 2013

Last week’s National Enquirer included a story about Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence and their alleged girl-fight. I noted at the time that it sounded like a story that was just made up out of thin air because the tabloids were hungry for ANY whiff of girl drama this awards season. I also said that I wished the tabloids would come up with some juicy boy-drama, like something involving Bradley Cooper perchance. Anyway, Jessica Chastain heard about the Enquirer’s story, and she posted some thoughts onto her Facebook page (which I didn’t even know she had!):

I find it very sad that media makes up bogus stories about women fighting in this industry. Filming The Help was the most amazing experience and yet, that is the film I’m most asked about in regards to “fighting on set”. Why do we support the myth that women are competitive and cannot get along?

I think all of the actresses recognized this year have given incredible performances. But more important, they’ve all shown themselves to be filled with generosity and kindness. I’ve done two photo shoots with Jennifer Lawrence over the years and have found her to be utterly charming and a great talent. I’ve told her how beautiful her film work is.

Please don’t allow the media to perpetuate the myth that women aren’t supportive of each other. Everytime an actress is celebrated for her great work, I cheer. For the more brilliant their performance, the more the audience demands stories about women. With support and encouragement, we help to inspire this industry to create opportunities for women. And as we all know: a great year for women in film, is just a great year for film xxjes

[From Jessica’s Facebook]

Before I discuss this in any detail, I just want to tell you that Jessica is the kind of person who posts a lot of photos of her adorable little puppy Chaplin on her Facebook. Chaplin is seriously the cutest thing of the awards season!! Anyway, about Girl Power and all of that… sure. I believe Jessica is a legitimate feminist and that she admires and honors Jennifer Lawrence and many, many actresses. I believe that pitting two women against each other just for the hell of it is wrong. But I also think the awards shows are competitions in which a lot of time, money and energy has been expended and it’s okay to be disappointed or sad if you don’t win. And when someone is hurt, disappointed or sad that they didn’t win, sometimes some drama will creep in – it’s human nature, as far as I’m concerned. And that’s why Jessica’s management team reminded Deadline that Jessica lost the SAG Award to Jennifer because the SAG voters didn’t get screeners of Zero Dark Thirty. Jessica’s team just wanted to remind people that it wasn’t that Jennifer’s performance was qualitatively BETTER than Jessica’s, it’s just that not enough people had seen Jessica’s performance. And that, ladies, is the non-tabloid girl drama.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

There isn’t much that surprises me about this story if you leave out who we’re talking about. A minor male celebrity goes to a football game with his buddies, gets wasted, starts talking smack to a guy with a jersey on for the opposing team, and gets kicked out of the stadium after a fight ensues. Later, the alleged victim claims that the minor celebrity/former reality star and boybander choked him and called his wife a b*tch when she came up with a clever comeback to his smack-talk. The celebrity guy brags about the incident on Twitter, not acknowledging his responsibility for getting kicked out of the game and acting like it was a badge of honor or something.

No biggie, this is the kind of petty thing we’d expect from a person with that background except this is Nick Lachey! He’s supposed to be the decent guy, the one who put up with Jessica Simpson for so long until she cheated on him. He’s not known for being a hothead or an ass and we had a window to his marriage for years. He seems rather low key and chill about everything. I am honestly surprised. When did he become a douche, or is this just a bad moment for him? Anyway here’s the news for this:

Nick Lachey isn’t just a heckler … he CHOKED a San Diego Chargers fan at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday and called the guy’s wife a “f**king b*tch” … this according to multiple people involved in the incident … but Nick says it’s all BS.

TMZ has obtained new video … which shows Lachey getting aggressive with a Chargers fan who was wearing an Igor Olshansky #99 jersey (Igor played for SD from 2004 to 2008).

We spoke to the guy in the jersey … who tells us Lachey and his buddies — all die-hard Bengals fans — had been talking trash to him about the jersey for most of the 2nd half of the game.

The Chargers fan says Lachey made one particularly offensive comment about Olshansky that crossed the line … and that’s when the fan’s wife shot back to Nick, “Well, he lasted longer than your boy band.”

We’re told Lachey flipped out and called the wife a “f**king b*tch” … along with “a host of other profanities.”

Tensions exploded … and the Chargers fan says Nick lunged towards him … grabbed him by the throat and shoved him to the ground. The fight can be seen in the footage obtained by TMZ.

As we previously reported, stadium security quickly responded and ejected Nick and his buddies. The Chargers fans were NOT asked to leave.

After the incident, Nick went to Twitter and BRAGGED about the situation — saying, “Just got kicked out of the chargers stadium and couldn’t be prouder! Go Cincy Bengals.”

He later acknowledged the altercation … tweeting, “i simply don’t appreciate someone turning around and putting their finger in my face. call me crazy, but that deserved a reaction.”

We’re told the Chargers fan plans to file a police report against Lachey.

Nick’s rep tells TMZ, “This is a gross misrepresentation of what happened. It was nothing but a spirited debate between fans of opposing teams. At no point did Nick say anything derogatory to the man’s wife and anything to suggest the contrary is simply untrue.”

[From TMZ]

TMZ has a video to accompany this story, but don’t bother watching it unless you’re bored stiff at work and need a diversion. Hell, just go to YouTube and watch funny cat videos. All you can see is a blurry cell phone clip of Nick looking like he’s lunging at a guy in this mass fight. It looks like a free-for-all, not like Nick was the only one being the aggressor. So what happened? It was probably a convergence of Nick’s hotbutton issues – sports and his lousy career. Add some overpriced beer and drunk friends in there and you have a recipe for a fight. It makes me wonder if everything is ok at home with Vanessa and their new baby. Probably. He’s just getting worked up at a sports game. I’m not invested in sports like that and can’t relate. I hope he didn’t choke that guy though, that’s awful if it’s true.

Candids of Nick are from October and November. He’s also shown during a 98 Degrees reunion concert in August. Credit: WENN, PCN and FameFlynet

There are certainly people you simply don’t mess with, even if you’re Jay-Z and you’re the Boss of all you survey. One of those people? Robert DeNiro. DeNiro may be 69 years old and spend most of his days in a state of sleepiness/grumpiness, but no one should ever dare f—k with him. Jay-Z messed with the wrong godfather! What’s funny is that Jay-Z didn’t really actively do anything to Bob DeNiro – DeNiro had called Jay-Z and left a message or something about Jay-Z possibly performing at Bob’s Tribeca Film Festival, and Jay-Z just never called him back. And then when they saw each other at a party, DeNiro SCHOOLED Jay about phone etiquette. For real.

Robert De Niro and Jay-Z got into a tense beef at Leonardo DiCaprio’s birthday bash the other night, when De Niro called the rapper disrespectful, Page Six can exclusively reveal.

Spies say “Godfather II” and “Taxi Driver” star De Niro gave Jay a dressing-down in a roomful of celebs including Martin Scorsese because the rap mogul had refused to return De Niro’s calls.

Sources add that Jay tried to joke his way out of the situation, and even his wife, Beyoncé, tried to intervene, but De Niro wouldn’t back down.

“Bob was sitting at a table, and when Jay-Z went over to say hello, De Niro told Jay that he never called him back,” a source says.

A spy then overheard De Niro complaining to the rapper, a fellow TriBeCa resident, about a song Jay-Z agreed to record for the Tribeca Film Festival. De Niro had reached out to discuss further details, but Jay never returned his calls.

“Bob wasn’t in any mood to make polite conversation,” the spy says. “He told Jay that if somebody calls you six times, you call them back. It doesn’t matter who you are, that is just rude.”

When Jay-Z tried to make a joke of it, saying he is terrible on the phone, a source says, “De Niro kept telling him that he thinks he’s the man, but that he was disrespectful.’ ”

“Beyoncé came over, but that didn’t calm Bob down,” the source said, adding that afterward, “It was the talk of the party. Everyone was saying there’s only one star in New York bigger and badder than Jay-Z, and that’s Robert De Niro. He can be quite scary when he’s angry.”

But a source close to De Niro told us, “It was a low-key private conversation between two people that was apparently overheard. It was not a heated discussion.”

The Darby bash, which sources say ended at 5 a.m. with a tab of nearly $3 million, much of which went to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, drew Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, Jonah Hill, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo and Emma Watson.

Reps for both De Niro and Jay-Z declined to comment.

[From Page Six]

I think it’s a good sign that the two men didn’t get into a screaming match. DeNiro was pissed off, and Jay was man enough to let DeNiro vent, and Jay even tried to diffuse the situation with humor and lightness. DeNiro comes off as a bit temperamental and crotchety, and Jay comes across like a busy guy who doesn’t always answer his phone messages, even if he gets a call from DeNiro. That’s just the way I read it – and I bet Jay never ignores a call from DeNiro again!

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Let me be perfectly clear that these photos are not the ones discussed in this story. Instead, these pictures show Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth heading out with Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus to Billy Ray’s West Hollywood concert about a week ago. Wait, Billy Ray still delivers live performances? I wonder if he sings “I Want My Mullet Back” before or after “Achy Breaky Heart.” That’s probably not the most pressing issue on all of our minds, which might just be Billy Ray’s reaction to Miley’s recent quasi-Gosselin haircut. Wrong again? Well, you’re going to find out anyway because Miley reports that “My dad didn’t mind [my haircut], but my mom is like [a] southern girl that likes big boobs, big hair, big everything.” As for Liam, Miley says “He’s totally for it. He likes just being able to see my face. He thinks it suits me so much.” Yep, Miley and Liam are totally into each other, and perhaps Miley may have even defended her man’s honor by pushing and striking someone who tried to get into Liam’s face at a nightclub. TMZ says she’s a “suspect in a criminal battery.” Ruh roh:

Miley Cyrus is a suspect in a criminal battery TMZ has learned … allegedly committed Saturday night inside a Hollywood nightclub/theater.

The alleged victim filed a police report early Sunday morning with the LAPD … claiming he and his friends were sitting behind Miley and her fiance Liam Hemsworth at Beacher’s Madhouse at the Roosevelt Hotel when things got rowdy.

The alleged victim claims he and his friends accidentally bumped into Liam’s chair and the two camps exchanged words … an argument that quickly escalated.

The alleged victim claims Liam got in his face and Miley jumped in the middle to break it up — but not before pushing him away and striking him in the face. There were no visible injuries.

A witness tells TMZ … he saw the argument but Miley never threw a punch.

Calls to Liam’s camp were not returned.

[From TMZ]

After the story was published, Miley’s rep contacted TMZ to state, “This claim is completely false and erroneous.” Yeah, it sounds like nothing really happened according to the on-scene witness quoted in the story, and TMZ is probably just aiming to reap the sensationalistic aspects of reporting the incident. Still, I can sort of envision Miley throwing down in the middle of a nightclub or, at the very least, doing a modified verson of the “Hoedown Throwdown.” I bet she really hates it when people make jokes about that song.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

Since I so rarely get a chance to write about Russell Crowe these days, I allowed myself a momentary sexual fantasy about Rusty and how he’s the surliest charmer ever. I mean, Rusty is probably a mess, he’s definitely a great actor, and he could still get it… with me, anyway. Anyway, this story is not about Rusty’s arguable sex appeal. It’s about who you would put money on in a potential bitch-fight smackdown between Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman. Jackman is Wolverine, for sure. But Russell is a bar brawler. It’s a tough call! So, Star Magazine claims that the two Aussies grew to hate each other as they worked on Les Miserables in England earlier this year. Do you believe that?

They’re two of the toughest guys in Hollywood. But behind the scenes of Les Miserables, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman are fighting like catty tween girls.

“They refuse to be in the same room – trying to get them to promote a film together is a nightmare,” a source tells Star.

“They’ve known each other for a decade, but during this shoot, any shred of civility was thrown aside. They can’t stand each other, each calling the other an embarrassment to the profession. Russell sneers at Hugh’s musical-theater background. But Hugh says Russell embarrassed his country with his bad reputation in Hollywood.”

Costar Anne Hathaway has tried to mend fences, but the actors won’t budge.

“Producers hope she can convince them to come to a truce, but it’s not looking very promising.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Reasons why this could be possible: Russell has a reputation of being prickly and diva-ish. Russell also seems to be one of those men who prizes “manliness” and who would probably eschew the kind of musical theater that Hugh loves. Also, I never underestimate a grown man’s ability to turn into a bitchy little Mean Girl at the drop of the hat. It happens all the time. Look at Congress.

Reasons why it’s probably not true: the Star story makes it sound like filming is ongoing, when they finished principle filming months ago; Hugh Jackman has a reputation as a consummate professional, and I just can’t see him getting into this kind of ego-war. And although I’ve heard bad things about Russell in the past, I think fatherhood and marriage has softened him a bit, and I can’t see him attacking Hugh like this.

Do you want to see the Les Mis trailer again? Here you go.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN.

Violence is never the answer. I do not promote violence (or I really, really try not to). But is it okay to laugh a little bit when some dumb punk-ass gets a well-deserved beatdown from a Canadian? You know you’ve pissed off a lot of people when it’s a Canadian who gives you a whoopin’. (Note to Canadians: I’m just saying that you guys have an international reputation for being nice and non-aggressive.) Anyway, so it is with Chris Brown… I was actually thinking about writing something about the reports that Chris and Rihanna seem to be circling each other yet again. But this story is so much more interesting. Apparently, Chris and Canadian rapper Drake were in the same NYC nightclub last night. Chris sent some champagne to Drake, and Drake sent it back to Chris with a note about Rihanna. Rihanna and Drake have long been circling each other too – many hoped that Ri and Drake would end up together at some point. Anyway, once Drake sent the champers back, chaos ensued. And Chris got beat up by a Canadian:

MediaTakeOut.com just learned that rapper Drake and his entourage got into a FIGHT… with CHRIS BROWN at the popular AFTER HOURS NYC nightclub WIP.

According to MULTIPLE MediaTakeOut.com snitches inside, Chris and Drake have had a DIFFICULT relationship since three years ago – when Rihanna CHEATED on Chris, with Drake. Chris has HELD A GRUDGE against Drake for years.

Well last night at WIP, we’re told that Chris reportedly sent over a bottle of champagne to Drake’s table, as a sort of peace offering. We’re not sure WHAT happened next, but we’re hearing UNCONFIRMED REPORTS that Drake sent the bottle back to Chris with a message to the effect of – “I’m f*ckng the love of your life [Rihanna], deal with it.”

Whatever message Drake sent back caused Chris to immediately fly into a rage – and he CONFRONTED Drake and his entourage – which included ANOTHER Chris Brown rival, rapper Meek Mill. Meek Mill also had a relationship with Rihanna.

Well according to our snitch, Drake PUNCHED Chris in the face and before Chris could retaliate, someone (#teamnosnitch#) popped Chris in the mouth with a BOTTLE, multiple times. And as a result, Chris was LEAKING LIKE A FAUCET!!!

Security immediately swooped in and broke up the fight. Drake and ‘em immediately LEFT the club, before POLICE arrived. Chris, we’re told left under his own power – and later went to the HOSPITAL, to get his face sewn shut.

[Via Media TakeOut]

You know what this reminds me of? I used to work for a man who did domestic violence counseling, and he told me that most of the time, the men who beat women will go out of their way to avoid confronting other men. Chris Brown is all “tough” when it comes to beating the crap out of his girlfriend (or a window), but when it comes to confronting another man, Chris gets his ass handed to him. True, it sounds like Drake was the aggressor and the instigator, and that makes me think less of him. It also sounds like Chris was ganged-up on by some dudes who were just waiting for any reason to kick his ass. Which I can’t cosign, but I can chuckle.

TMZ reports that the fight definitely took place, and that both Drake and Chris’s entourages were involved. The NYPD arrived after the fight, but both Drake and Chris had left the club and no arrests were made. A few hours later, Chris tweeted “How u party wit rich n**** that hate? Lol… Throwing bottles like girls? #shameonya!.” And he tweeted a photo of his face (which had a piece missing) – but he deleted the tweets later.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Chris‘s Twitter.

First, a little Monaco royal history: Princess Caroline is the oldest child of Grace Kelly (Her Serene Highness Princess Grace) and Prince Rainier. Caroline’s younger brother, Albert, just married Charlene Wittstock, and Albert likely hopes to provide a male heir to inherit the throne of Monaco. If Albert does not provide an heir, the kingdom/principality will go to Caroline’s oldest son, Andrea Casiraghi. Caroline’s second marriage was to Stefano Casiraghi, and the union produced Andrea (the oldest), Charlotte (the middle) and Pierre, the youngest. Pierre is currently… third in the line to the throne, I guess. Because it has to be a male heir, not a female?

Anyway, Pierre has gotten the reputation as an international partier, and Saturday night he was hanging with some friends at Double Seven in Manhattan. According to the New York Post, Pierre and Stavros Niarchos went over to this dude – Adam Hock – who was sitting with some friends and some models. Pierre and Stavroas started acting like jerks, and Hock cold-cocked Pierre. Then everything got crazy:

A vicious fight involving vodka and supermodels at a Meatpacking District nightclub sparked a royal beatdown that landed Monaco’s Prince Pierre Casiraghi in the hospital, The Post has learned.

The attack on the 24-year-old son of Princess Caroline and grandson of Grace Kelly came during a late-night confrontation between the prince and his playboy pals and former Manhattan club owner Adam Hock at trendy Double Seven on Saturday, witnesses and law-enforcement sources said.

After the fight, “Pierre’s face looked broken, with deep cuts and blood everywhere,” said one stunned witness. “He looked like he needed plastic surgery.”

Hock, 47, had been partying with friends — including Double Seven owner Jeffrey Jah, hairdresser-to-the-stars Joel Warren and catwalk stunners Natasha Poly, Valentina Zalyaeva and Anja Rubik — when Casiraghi strolled over to their table with shipping-scion pal and Paris Hilton ex Stavros Niarchos III and two other men at around 2:30 a.m., witnesses said. Members of Hock’s group said the prince and his entourage “were being completely obnoxious,’’ insulting the models and swigging from a $500 bottle of vodka on Hock’s table.

“The next thing I saw, all hell broke loose,’’ one witness said.

Hock allegedly cold-cocked Casiraghi, sending him sprawling. Casiraghi “fell very badly. He . . . flew across the room and landed on a table on the other side,” the onlooker said.

Hock then allegedly punched out Niarchos, 26, and quickly landed blows on downtown hipsters Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, 27, and Diego Marroquin, 33 — as the flustered models frantically tried to break it up.

Casiraghi was taken to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and released later Saturday, sources said.

Hock — the former owner of the Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Times Square — was charged with four counts of third-degree assault for the alleged attacks on Casiraghi, Restoin Roitfeld, Marroquin and Niarchos, whose supermodel girlfriend, Jessica Hart, was with him.

At his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday, Hock said he was the victim.

“I was defending myself and others,” he said. “Why aren’t [Casiraghi and his pals] handcuffed?”

He was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court next month. Friends of Casiraghi claimed Hock was the instigator.

“The prince walked up to the table, and Adam just slammed him for no reason,’’ one witness said. “Stavros jumped in to help Pierre, and then he got slammed in the face.”

At one point, witnesses on both sides agree, a friend of Casiraghi grabbed a bottle of Grey Goose vodka from a nearby table and tried to crack it over Hock’s head.

Hock’s power lawyer, Salvatore Strazzullo, said, “My client was having a nice time with a married couple and a lady friend and a group of very beautiful women, and these individuals were jealous, and they resorted to elementary-school tactics. My client is not Bruce Lee . . . These four guys are trust-fund babies who think the world is owed to them. They are like spoiled brats.”

Richard Golub, who is representing the prince and his pals, said, “It was a horrifying incident . . . It was entirely unprovoked.”

[From The New York Post]

I tend to believe both sides. I think Pierre and Stavroas were probably acting like entitled d-bags and they went over to Hock’s table because they couldn’t believe some hot girls were hanging out with the older American men. And I believe this guy, Hock, probably instigated the physical altercation because he decided this little Monaco punk deserved a good old-fashion American ass-kicking. Hock should have been charged with assault, and I’m glad he was. But I don’t think Pierre was any kind of victim. He seems like a douche.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Well, as it turns out, the British tabloids got it right. The only thing I’m going to give Madonna credit for is that she waited five days to throw M.I.A. under the bus. Just to recap, during the Super Bowl Half-Time show, Madonna performed her new (terrible) song “Give Me All Your Luv” with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. You know exactly why Madge “collaborated” with Minaj and M.I.A. Madonna knows why she collaborated with them too. Because she’s 50-something years old and she desperately wants to be young again, and failing that, she’s trying to “borrow” the youth of performers like Nicki and M.I.A. Anyway, during the half-time show, M.I.A. slipped the bird to the camera while singing “I don’t give a sh-t…” Here’s the video again:

The British tabloids claimed that Madge was seriously pissed off at M.I.A. for basically stealing focus from her – classic Madge, right? What would Madge be if not a giant vacuum of narcissism? As it turns out, the tabloids were right – Madonna really is pissed off at M.I.A. She said so during an interview with Ryan Seacrest yesterday:

Sounds like M.I.A. made a very powerful enemy in Madonna. Backing up the pop legend alongside Nicki Minaj at last Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, the British/Sri Lankan rapper nearly hijacked the spectacle when she flipped her middle finger; the obscene gesture aired on live TV as over 100 million viewers watched.

But this wasn’t a provocative move planned in advance with Madonna a la her infamous VMAs kiss with Britney Spears. “I was really surprised. I didn’t know anything about it,” Madonna, 53, told Ryan Seacrest Friday during a radio chat for On Air With Ryan Seacrest. “I wasn’t happy about it.”

Explained the singer, who invited M.I.A. (real name: Mathangi Arulpragasamand) and Minaj to perform on “Gimme All Your Luvin’,” the lead single off her album MDNA: “I understand it’s punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity it seemed negative.”

“It’s such a teenager…irrelevant thing to do,” she sniped. “There was such a feeling of love and unity there. What was the point? It was just out of place.”

Besides, Madonna was nervous enough for her big moment without M.I.A.’s unexpected gesture. Her most stressful moments? “When my throne docked on the stage,” she said of her dramatic entrance. “Then getting my cartwheels on the bleachers right.”

By the time the 12-minute set concluded with “Like a Prayer” (with Cee Lo Green singing alongside her), “I was overwhelmed,” she said. “I started crying. I felt an incredible sense of warmth, love, and support. To see an entire stadium light up like candles it was…like a religious experience.”

[From Us Weekly]

“It’s such a teenager…irrelevant thing to do…” Is it wrong to admit that I agree with the argument Madge is making (but not WHY she is making it)? It was just a dumb, immature thing for M.I.A. to do. But that’s not why Madonna is pissed off. Madge is pissed off because A) She didn’t think of doing it first and B) Doing “teenage” things is Madonna’s game, bitch and C) No one was talking about MADONNA!!!!!!!!! Waaaaah!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

By all accounts, Jeremy Renner is a fun dude to hang out with. He became famous when he was well into his 30s, so he spent most of his formative adult years actually living, working, developing opinions and interests, and he actually has stuff to say. He also throws a great party (reportedly) and he likes to hang out in bars, with girls (reportedly). So Jeremy found himself in a bar in Phuket, Thailand with a group of friends. At first, I wondered if Jeremy was in Thailand on some kind of vacation, but his IMDB indicates that he’s currently working on The Bourne Legacy, so they’re probably filming scenes there. Anyway, Renner was at the bar with some friends, and a fight broke out. And somebody got AXED. Seriously.

Jeremy Renner was attacked in Phuket, Thailand in an early morning bar brawl that left one man in serious condition after getting slashed in the neck with a rotor axe.

Thai authorities say Jeremy and his party had been bar hopping and ended up at the club where the violence broke out at 4:30 AM, after hours. One of the men in Jeremy’s party — Vorasit Issara, the General Manager of the Siri Panwa Resort — dropped a glass on the floor and apparently that started the melee.

Six men — who apparently worked at the bar — then allegedly attacked Jeremy, Vorasit and the others in their party. In addition to being stabbed in the neck, Vorasit was stabbed in the stomach with a knife.

One source claims Vorasit was drinking and was in a heated argument with the bar staff immediately before the attack. The six men who attacked Jeremy’s group were arrested.

Jeremy suffered minor injuries.

UPDATE 8:15AM PT: According to his rep, Jeremy left the bar when the fight broke out … and was not injured at all.

[From TMZ]

Hm, that’s interesting that Renner’s rep denied that Renner was injured. I have a hard time believing that Jeremy would walk away from a bar fight, especially if a person in his group was being attacked. Jeremy just seems like the tough little dude who would jump into the middle of the fight and start throwing punches and kicks, insurance liabilities be damned. We’ll see how this story plays out.

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