I’m sorry, I had to. Elisabetta Canalis got so much (well-deserved?) sh-t for re-tweeting someone else’s comment about Iggy Pop looking like Jennifer Aniston. It’s funny to remember. But Iggy is apparently unaware of the Aniston thing. In his mind, he thinks he should be played by Lindsay Lohan. For real.

Former Stooge, Detroit native, lover of “Candy” and Godfather of Punk Iggy Pop spoke to Australia’s Triple J radio recently about a Jim Jarmusch-directed Stooges documentary that is (unfortunately) currently on hold.

Everyone’s favorite ring-bearing hobbit, Elijah Wood, was originally signed on to play Pop before the project was shelved. Pop, though usually pretty good at marketing himself as an insane old dude who can’t keep his shirt on, was reportedly unwilling to take part in the giant promotional marketing campaign that would most certainly preview the movie’s release.

Though the Lord of the Rings trilogy proved Wood could play an addict as well as Jared Leto did in Requiem for a Dream, Iggy’s choice for a silver screen representation of himself is stranger still: Lindsay Lohan.

“She looks like me, and she’s the only one with enough attitude too,” Pop told Triple J. “They could tape her boobs up or something. She’s been in jail at the right age and everything, so I though she could do it.”

[From Prefix]

Is it weird that I am more disturbed by the idea of Elijah Wood playing Iggy? At this point, I’ll believe anything of Lindsay Lohan, so I’m willing to believe that she’d make a half-decent Iggy. But Elijah? In what world?

They should really talk to Jennifer Aniston, though. This could be the Oscar-bait role she’s been looking for. Definitely a way to shake up her image!

Thanks to Dlisted for the story!

LaineyGossip has been following Elisabetta Canalis’s comings and goings for a while now, even when most of us (me) were pretty sure that Canalis was on the way out. After her seemingly disastrous appearance with George Clooney at this year’s Oscars, I thought she would be long gone. But she’s still with him, and she’s doesn’t give a sh-t if he hates stuff like Facebook and Twitter and any sort of media that would put out a less-than-whitewashed image. Canalis has a Twitter account! It’s kind of unbelievable, but LaineyGossip confirmed it. Here’s Ely’s Twitter feed. It’s mostly in Italian, which I don’t speak, unfortunately.

Anyway, apparently Ely spent her Memorial Day reading magazines and tweeting. Sounds like Lindsay Lohan, actually. But Ely is a bitch, and she’s actually pretty funny, if Lainey’s translation of one particular tweet is accurate. Allegedly, Ely tweeted: “I’m flipping through the new Rolling Stone. Iggy Pop on the cover is the double of Jennifer Aniston.” Oh, GOD. Here’s the original tweet in Italian:

[From Ely Canalis’s Twitter]

Is that an accurate translation? Anyone who speaks Italian, please confirm it or correct it. Now, as to what she said and why she might have said it – well, Ely has met Angelina Jolie. Could it be that Canalis is just a bloodthirsty Team Jolie fangirl? Or that Canalis has had some kind of run-in with Jennifer Aniston and didn’t care for her? Or maybe it’s a larger statement about Iggy Pop and his face? It’s up for interpretation. Actually, not so much. No matter how you look at it, it was pretty bitchy!

Header: Elisabetta Canalis with Clooney on January 17, 2010. Credit: WENN.

I swear I didn’t coordinate this list with the Maxim “Hot 100” list, they just happened to be stories I saw within a few minutes of each other. Apparently, in the UK, people actually conduct polls to see who has the “worst face” according to the British people. The people spoke, and they chose none other than Iggy Pop, above. He looks like a corpse, doesn’t he? Don’t get me wrong, he’s talented and crazy and authentic. And he’s so obviously never had anything done to his face, so that’s one thing to applaud, I suppose. The rest of the list is pretty obvious:

Iggy Pop, the punk rock star, is the celebrity with the ‘worst face’, according to a poll. The Stooges singer, 63, has landed the dubious honour thanks to his craggy visage, testament to his hard-living rock and roll lifestyle.

Pop – the face of Swiftcover insurance in recent months – finished just ahead of glamour model Jodie Marsh in a poll for The Good Surgeon Guide. Donatella Versace, the fashion designer, was placed third in the survey of more than 1,300 people across the UK who were asked which celebrity they thought had the ”worst face”.

The poll also found that many placed looks over achievements. Almost two-fifths of those questioned (39 per cent) admitted they respected beautiful celebrities more than successful celebrities.

Christiana Clogg, founder of The Good Surgeon Guide, said: ”It is sad to think that some people value appearance more so than talents and achievements.”

Top 10 worst faces according to the Good Surgeon Guide poll:

1. Iggy Pop
2. Jodie Marsh
3. Donatella Versace
4. David Gest
5. Cher
6. Pete Burns
7. Mickey Rourke
8. Jackie Stallone
9. Janice Dickinson
10. Melanie Griffith

[From Telegraph]

I’m not quite sure who Jodie Marsh is (I think she’s some celebu-moron famous for nothing), but I agree with the rest of the list. One notable omission that I can think of is Priscilla Presley. How did her frozen, corpsey face not make the list? Meg Ryan could have made it too, although lately she looks like she’s been keeping the injections/Botox/fillers to a minimum.

Header: Iggy Pop on May 3, 2010. Credit: WENN.

Iggy Pop, Madonna, and Justin Timberlake. Iggy Pop’s bandmate is quoted below
Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a ceremony at Manhattan’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last night. Justin Timberlake introduced her, and Iggy and the Stooges covered two of her hits, “Burning Up,” And “Ray of Light.”

Madonna personally asked Iggy Pop to perform her songs at the ceremony as a protest against the fact that his seminal group has never been asked to join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame despite being nominated several times. Stooge’s guitarist Ron Asheton gave an interview ahead of the performance and said that his group was the anti-Madonna and that he didn’t even know any of her songs . He also said she’s “using us for business purposes”

“The Stooges represent everything that’s against what she is,” Asheton told the Free Press from his New York hotel this afternoon. “I don’t wish her ill. I don’t hate her or anything. But I’d never even heard of these songs until I had to listen to a tape and figure out what’s going on with them.”

In reality, Asheton says, Madonna asked the Stooges to perform as an act of protest: The group, widely considered a linchpin of early punk, has yet to be inducted by the rock hall, despite six appearances on the nomination ballot. By inviting the group on stage, she sends a message, says Asheton.

Last year’s rock hall ceremony featured a similar demonstration, when the night’s inductees performed the Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” during a jam session finale.

“Basically she was upset that we’ve been nominated so many times and never made it, so she asked us to play in protest. And it was under those auspices that I thought we were doing it,” Asheton said. “At first I went, ‘Whaaat?’ Then Iggy said, ‘Why don’t you think about it?’”

It came together quickly: Madonna reached out to Iggy Pop just two weeks ago, Asheton says. The band, which had not performed together since closing out its latest tour in December, worked on the songs long-distance, with the Ashetons in Ann Arbor and Iggy home in Florida.

“Iggy said, ‘We’re gonna rock them up — just play ‘em like Stooges songs,’” Asheton recounted. “They actually sound pretty cool. We just rock ‘em out. You wouldn’t even recognize them as Madonna songs. I never thought I’d say this, but I’ve actually enjoyed playing them…”

“I thought that right off the top — that, gee, I just heard she’s got a record coming out, and she’s trying to get a little Stooge shine. She’s a savvy businesswoman,” he said. “I think she actually does like the band. She wouldn’t have asked for us if she didn’t. But she’s also using us for business purposes.”

[From Detroit Free Press]

Madonna was said to look uncomfortable at first when Iggy and the Stooges were performing “Ray of Light,” Iggy jumping around without a shirt as usual, but was said to be laughing afterwards.

In Timberlake’s introduction, he talked about how Madonna gave him a B12 shot in the butt while he was working with her, and made a couple of Britney references:

“Madonna has changed the way our world sounded, she’s changed the way our world looked, and somehow she’s still found time to publicly kiss at least someone I may or may not have kissed myself,” Timberlake said. (It was not the only time Timberlake invoked Britney Spears; later, he said, “the world has long been full of Madonna wannabes, and I might have even dated a couple.”)

[From The Detroit News]

In Madonna’s acceptance speech she said the “F” word a couple times, and made two drug references, but the Detroit News called it “honest and sincere.” Madonna thanked her ballet teacher in Detroit who “told me at the age of 14 that I was special, that I needed to believe in myself, that I needed to go out into the world and pursue my dreams.” She also said of the people who told her she couldn’t make it, “who said that I was talentless, that I was chubby, that I couldn’t sing… they pushed me to be better, and I am grateful for their resistance.”

Also inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night were John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, Gamble & Huff, late blues singer Little Walter, The Ventures and The Dave Clark Five. The lead singer of The Dave Clark Five, Mike Smith, passed away late last month, but his bandmate Dave Clark said “At least Mike knew he was a Hall of Famer.”

I am looking hard to find a clip of The Stooges performance of “Ray of Light” last night. Let me know if you’ve it and I’ll add it to the post.

Thanks to PRPhotos for these pictures.

Uma Thurman’s breast were on full display last night in a gauzy draped black Valentino dress that did little more than shield her from the wind. She chose the daring outfit for the Swarovski Fashion Rocks event, which she co-hosted. When you’re 37 and the roles aren’t coming in you’ve got to kick it up a notch and I think she pulled it off.

Also on the red carpet were Kate Moss in a a Swarovski studded flapper dress she designed herself for Top Shop. It is estimated to be worth $80k and will be auctioned off on eBay for The Princes Trust if Courtney Love didn’t manage to ruin it.

Lily Allen wore a questionable navy blue Chanel gown with an empire waist that didn’t flatter her newly slender figure, but she looked presentable.

Donatella Versace and Iggy Pop personified rock and rock meets fashion with their weathered faces and kick ass style.

Claudia Schiffer was matronly in a gold pencil skirt and poofy black top accented by a big gold belt.

Naomi Watts showed off her amazing post-baby physique in a gorgeous baby blue strapless gown.

Joss Stone shows the self-determination that has ruined her music career by pairing a plain bright pink Calvin Klein dress with white ankle heels.

Heather Graham was lovely but looked like she was trying too hard in a white sleeveless dress that was just a little too low cut. She should have used Uma’s strategy and picked something see through instead.

Thanks to WENN for these photos and The Daily Mail for some help figuring out the dress designers. I included a blow up of Kate Moss’ face because she just looks so trashy to me. Uma may be showing nip but she does it with grace.