Famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo got himself in quite a bit of trouble in Lisbon over the weekend. The Real Madrid player smashed in the window of a car with a teenager inside. The girl claims to have been there simply to get Ronaldo’s autograph, but he thinks he was being set up – which sounds very likely. He says the girl has been parked outside his home for days, and that she was with a man who’s variously indentified as a freelance writer and/or paparazzo.

The girl had some cuts on her and went to the hospital – posing for a photo in her hospital gown which was given and/or sold to a photo agency and used in the Daily Mail’s article. Ronaldo apologized for losing his temper, but it sounds like he has a believable defense.

This is the scene of the damage after Cristiano Ronaldo smashed a car window as he lashed out in fury at a teenage girl videoing him in the street. The 24-year-old former Manchester United star kicked the window sending shards of glass into 17-year-old student Sara Pardal, it was claimed by Portuguese media. Sara was treated in hospital for her alleged injuries and later reported the attack to the police. The teenager reportedly told police she was sat in the car outside Ronaldo’s Lisbon apartment because she is a fan and wanted an autograph.

The FIFA World Player of the Year has admitted kicking the car in a rage - but insisted the girl was working with a paparazzi photographer. He has accused her of exaggerating her injuries. Ronaldo, who has just completed his £80 million move from Manchester United to Real Madrid, said: ‘I regret what I did, but I can’t promise that I would not react in the same way again in the same circumstances.’

Ronaldo was heading to an Elton John concert in the Portuguese capital with his mum Dolores Aveiro, 54, sisters Elma and Catia, and a group of friends. The star claims the girl was with a photographer who had been stalking him, ’standing for days on end in front of my house, eating yogurt and waiting for anything newsworthy to happen.’ He says the photographer and the girl had followed him to his house from the Ritz Hotel. When he spotted the girl filming him, he leapt out of his £200,000 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano in a rage and kicked the car. Ronaldo said: ‘This persecution caused my mother to be so disturbed and upset that I had to stop my car to try to convince them to leave us in peace.’

Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha described the girl as a fan who had been trying to get an autograph of Elton John at the Ritz, then went to Ronaldo’s house hoping to meet the footballer. But rival daily 24 Horas said she was in the car with freelance photographer Hugo Martins, 35. Sara went to the Sao Jose Hospital for treatment to cuts on her arm, arriving at around 11pm on Sunday night.

If state prosecutors decide Ronaldo has a case to answer, he could face charges of wounding or destroying property. He could be ordered to pay compensation to his victim, who could also pursue a civil claim. Ronaldo claims the photographer later offered to sell him a video of the incident.

[From the Daily Mail]

The Daily Mail’s article is really long and remarkably thorough, but they document all of Ronaldo’s claims, including a long spiel about the teenager and her photographer companion trying to sell him the tape, which he claims to have refused to do out of basic ethics. Ronaldo also says he knows someone will pay for it and it will get out there, but he’s not going to be the one to do it.

It sounds like a set-up to me. Even if she was a fan, why was this girl “standing for days on end in front of [Ronaldo’s] house, eating yogurt and waiting for anything newsworthy to happen”? If nothing else, she was clearly stalking and harassing him. But it sounds like more than anything she was baiting him. I doubt she’s a fan. Hopefully the authorities will see through this crap and charge the teenager and her photographer friend instead.

Here’s Cristiano Ronaldo outside Villa nightclub in Los Angeles on June 16th. Images thanks to WENN.com .

Renee strikes a pose after her date

Is Bradley Cooper’s agent setting him up with top actresses for the publicity? Do these arguably emotionally vulnerable women expect romance only to be met with tabloid headlines or are they complicit in this facade?

A couple of weeks ago, Cooper went on a date with Jennifer Aniston in New York that just happened to be captured by the paparazzi. A very suspicious super positive profile of Cooper then appeared in People Magazine a few days later - “He can cook! He can speak French! He’s a college graduate!” The date looked like a PR stunt to me in light of that “Bradley Cooper is awesome!” article that soon followed. Cooper later said he was “just friends” with Aniston. I thought there might have some feelings for her by the way he worded his statement, but most of you took it like he was giving her the brush off.

Cooper’s latest A-list conquest is none other than Renee Zellweger, who, like Jennifer Aniston, is a 40 year-old single actress who is often portrayed in the gossip press as a sad spinster who can’t keep a man. In Zellweger’s case she avoids a lot of publicity by keeping herself scarce, though. Now Zellweger has hooked up on at least one date with who we’re being told is the latest up-and-coming Hollywood property. Is Zellweger working to change her image too or was this a genuine date? If so, how did the paparazzi find them? At least they didn’t pose together afterwards:

If there is still anything going on between Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Aniston, it certainly didn’t seem to be on the actor’s mind on Tuesday night as he enjoyed a romantic Manhattan meal with Renée Zellweger.

The pair, who co-star in the upcoming Case 39, were spotted together at Antonucci, an elegant Italian restaurant on NYC’s posh Upper East Side, where one diner tells OK! that this was no friendly chow session.

“He pulled her chair out for her when she sat down and he kissed her on the hand,” says the witness. “If they’re just friends, they were being awfully affectionate!”

Renee and Bradley were seated at a corner table, where diners describe their behavior as “flirty,” “relaxed” and “cute together.”

In a white Henley, jeans and red sneakers, the He’s Just Not That Into You Hunk was more casually dressed than his dinner date, who sported a thigh-length black, bell-sleeved dress and strappy shoes with very high heels and carried and Hermes clutch.

“Throughout the dinner they were playful and flirty,” a witness tells OK!. “She played with her hair a lot, and she would often touch his arm when she was making a point about something.” The lucky celeb-spotter also reveals to OK! that Renée even leaned forward across the table on a few occasions to play with his napkin.

“At one point, he seemed to want to whisper something to her as if it were a secret,” says the diner. “He spoke into her ear and then they both started giggling.”

Perhaps not wanting the night to end too quickly, the pair remained at their table, sipping tea and chatting long after they finished their food.

When the check arrived, sources tell OK! that both Brad and Renée reached for it. “She told him she wanted to buy him dinner to pay him back for something,” says the witness. “And when he opened the check, it already had her card in it!” We’re told this little surprise caused Brad to blurt out, “You [expletive]-er!”

Witnesses also say that the 40-year-old Oscar-winner jokingly referred to herself as a “cougar” because of Bradley’s youthful 34 years.

After conferring over who was supposed to call whom next, the dining duo did their best to throw off the waiting paparazzi by leaving five minutes apart and hopping into separate cabs.

[From OK! Magazine]

Kaiser pointed out to me that both Jennifer Aniston and Bradley Cooper are clients of Creative Artists Agency. There have been stories that CAA has tried to set Aniston up with guys for PR purposes. Zellweger used to be with CAA, but she just dropped them in mid June and moved to the William Morris Agency. Surely she still has contacts there, though, and I would bet that someone put a call in to find another date for Bradley. At least Aniston has had enough of the pretending and I would bet she gave him the cold shoulder after the “friends” comment. Zellweger needs the press though after her last movie, New in Town, didn’t do that well at the box office. She’s got another film coming out in limited release at the end of August, a 1950s era comedy with Chris Noth and Kevin Bacon called My One and Only. This tabloid relationship will be long over by then, though.

Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper are shown after their date last night in NY. Credit: Sean Harding/INFphoto.com

- Paris Hilton’s new BFF. Insert joke __________ [PopEater]
- Nicky Hilton’s favorite pastime is making fun of the less fortunate [Dlisted]
- Justin Timberlake is in London to promote his William Rast clothing line - while Jessica Biel stays home [Lainey Gossip]
- `The Bachelor’ is history: Melissa Rycroft engaged [MSN Wonderwall]
- Vibe Magazine Shuts its Doors [Bossip]
- Kanye rolls out the best sneakers ever - for a mere $700 [College Candy]
- Robert Pattinson Doesn’t Think He’s Attractive [Fafarazzi]
- The worst blockbusters of all time [Pajiba]
- Sacha Baron Cohen Attends Bruno Premiere In Australia [I’m Not Obsessed]
- Not surprisingly, Kate Moss is flashy (nsfw) [Celebslam]
- Sacha Baron Cohen Ripped Off Pauly Shore? That’s what Pauly’s lawyers say [Websters is my Bitch]
- Rihanna attends Allegra Versace’s 23rd birthday party at the Gramercy Park Hotel [In Case You Didn’t Know]
- Supermodel Karen Mulder Arrested For Threatening Her Plastic Surgeon [Crazy Days and Nights]
- You’ll Have To Wait A While To Pick Up Kate Gosselin’s Cookbook “Love Is In The Mix: Making Meals Into Memories” [The Frisky]
- Lindsay Lohan’s Birthday Festivities Aren’t Over Yet [PopSugar]
- Marion Cotillard does her best almost-flashes [I Don’t Like You In That Way]
- Amy Adams Bikini Pictures [Egotastic]
- Megan Fox bails on ‘Roseboy’ [The Superficial]
- Debbie Gibson is looking hot and poised for a comeback [Hollywood Tuna]

I’m still trying to figure out if I love or hate Lady Gaga. I know it is absolutely one or the other without any chance of an in between. But I have a lot of arguments either way. First, she’s quirky. And considering how much generic bubble-gum pop is out there, isn’t being a little off kilter sort of nice? She’s not some fake boobed fake orange tanned nitwit. On the other hand, you could easily say she’s just indulging ridiculous affectations in an attempt to seem strange and cutting edge. And she’s clearly trying way too hard – don’t tell me she rolls out of bed, spends 10 minutes figuring out her outfit, then just goes for it.

Yesterday Lady Gaga pranced around Manchester, England in a giant Ritz cracker. Made out of hair. Now when I find a hair on my Ritz, I get damn annoyed because I have to toss out a perfectly good cracker. Especially if I’ve already given it some nice peanut butter or what have you. Wasteful. Lady Gaga, clearly being more thrifty and less uptight than I am, grabs a bobby pin or two (and probably some Gorilla Glue) and plants that sucker on her head in an attempt to shill for Nabisco.

Lady GaGa sang to tens of thousands at Glastonbury over the weekend - and yesterday she showed she had other artistic talents.

The OTT American singer dropped in to help decorate a charity garden, and wore her most outrageous hairpiece yet.

As she painted away at Body Positive North West in Manchester, it looked as though she’d stolen one of the palettes and stuck it on her head.

But the wacky wardrobe went down a storm with workers at the HIV charity she was supporting.

She made her mark by dawbing the message ‘Love + Art + Kindness’ on to a picture of a herself on a wall as excited volunteers looked on.

Her visit to the charity was organised by Orange RockCorps, which gives people a chance to earn tickets to gigs in exchange for four hours voluntary work.

[From the Daily Mail]

The Daily Mail pointed out that the Ritz did keep the sun out of her face – and since I make a big deal out of being pro-sun protection, I feel like I can’t criticize this ridiculousness. It’s a rather absurd argument, but honestly what bothers me about Lady Gaga is how wasteful her crazy outfits are. I realize you hardly ever see celebrities wearing the same thing twice. But she’s got some new extreme ridiculousness every single day. What happens to the Ritz when she’s done with it – does it go to charity? End up tossed in the waste basket? I keep hearing how these are lean economic times –how lean can they be when Lady Gaga has multiple unusually shaped hair pieces?

I think I’m leaning towards liking her, despite myself. Even though she refers to inanimate objects by randomly assigned gender and her headwear makes me crave carbs… she’s not Paris Hilton, and for that, I give her credit.

Images thanks to WENN.com and Fame Pictures .

Imagine you’re Jude Law. Get off the nanny! No, seriously now. You’re Jude Law, and you want to take your youngest son Rudy to a London Starbucks. What do you put on? A t-shirt and some jeans, maybe? Or do you try too hard to look like you just pulled together some weird combination? Do you grab your fancy double-breasted grey vest and a pair of cargo shorts? If you were really in Jude Law’s head, you would always pick the fancy vest. In and of itself, the vest is funny, but I love that Jude is wearing nothing under or over the vest. How embarrassing is Jude for his kids? “Da–aad! You can’t wear the vest with cargo shorts and flip-flops!”

Honestly though, Jude Law looks pretty hot in these pictures. I’m remembering my crush on him circa 2000. The vest distracts from his hairline, so now all I can see is his shockingly buff arms. Yeah, I’d still hit it. The nannies and the vests may come and go, but Jude is still pretty foxy.

In other Jude Law news, his London run of Hamlet is doing really, really well. Jude got some of the best critical acclaim of his career for his turn as the misanthropic Dane, and it was just announced today that the same Donmar Warehouse production of Hamlet - with Jude - will be coming to Broadway.

That collective “oooh” you just heard from Broadway is the sound of theatergoers whose solid (or sullied) flesh has melted and resolved itself into a dew after learning that Jude Law is headed their way.

Mr. Law, the “Cold Mountain” and “Talented Mr. Ripley” star, will play the title character in a Broadway production of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” that is transferring from the Donmar warehouse in London.

In a news release Tuesday, publicists for the Broadway run of “Hamlet” said that the play would be directed by the Donmar Warehouse’s artistic director, Michael Grandage (Broadway’s Frost/Nixon), and would run for twelve weeks at the Broadhurst Theater.

Previews are scheduled to begin on Sept. 12 and an official opening is slated for Oct. 6. Additional actors from the Donmar Theater company are expected to join the “Hamlet” cast, and a production of the play is planned at Elsinore Castle in Denmark from Aug. 25 through 30.

[From The New York Times]

That’s actually very exciting - Broadway enthusiasts will correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this will be Jude’s first Broadway show since his breakthrough performance in Indiscretions at the very start of his career. The bad news is that Hamlet will be coming to New York at exactly the same time as Sienna Miller’s turn in After Miss Julie. Could we be seeing yet another Jude and Sienna hook-up?

Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.

What is Simon Cowell worth? If I had to puzzle over this question for more than a minute, I’d probably decide that his worth is more about the amount I’m willing to pay him to shut the hell up than anything else. To me there’s nothing useful about the man. Yes he’s capable of being mean, why is that such a marketable skill? What he should be most famous for is rocking the world’s worst flat-top haircut for at least ten years. The guy’s so loudly critical of everyone else – why doesn’t anyone but me scream at him over his hair? It just looks like absolute trash.

Back on track…. Because I could talk smack about Simon’s freshly-mowed-suburban-lawn haircut all day…. if you’re wondering what anyone more valuable than myself thinks Cowell is worth, it’s well in the neighborhood of $144 million a year. You read that right. And that’s not the total of all his projects – that’s just to stay on “American Idol.”

EARLY salary figures from Simon Cowell’s “American Idol” contract negotiations are leaking out and they’re eye-popping. Cowell, who reportedly made $36 million last year for judging the hit competition show, has been offered three or four times that amount — between $100 million and $144 million per year — by co-producers Fox and 19 Entertainment to stick with “Idol” when his contract expires next May, according to The Guardian, a London newpaper [sic].

Fox declined yesterday to comment about the salary negotiations. While $36 million may seem like a lot of money for five months worth of snarky comments and eye-rolls, it’s only a fraction of the estimated $900 million that “Idol” rakes in a year. As the lynchpin of the show — without him there would be no one to hate and no dramatic tension with Paula Abdul — Cowell believes he’s due for a raise.

To get more of the pie, he’s been leaning on long-time friend and UK retail multibillionaire Sir Philip Green — who owns hot fashion franchise Top Shop — for help negotiating the terms of what would be a new “Idol” contract, reports say. Green is said to be lobbying hard for an increase in Cowell’s appearance fee on the show.

…”Idol” is only one of Cowell’s TV contracts which are on the verge of expiring. His three-year deal, which spawned hits “Britain’s Got Talent” and “The X-Factor,” with UK’s ITV, ends this year.

[From Page Six]

Cowell’s long-term plan is to create an “international TV production, talent management and merchandising company,” which he will helm, while Green takes care of the business’s finances. And apparently there’s no better way to start your company off right than with out of this world demands just for sitting in a chair.

I do understand what Simon brings to the show, I just don’t understand WHY he brings it. I would probably watch “American Idol” if it weren’t for him. But I don’t really need to spend an hour of my day watching one of the few successful grownup bullies act like a mean fifth grader with a microphone. I’d bet $20 if they were to keep the cameras rolling during commercial breaks, you’d find Simon in the bathroom doling out swirlies and pantsing people. Marketable skill indeed.

Here’s Simon and his flat top leaving his hotel in Birmingham yesterday. Images thanks to WENN.com. Header photo of Simon in Glasgow on June 8th used solely to illustrate previous hair-related diatribe. Image thanks to Fame Pictures .

Among all the complicated, sad stories in the Michael Jackson death saga is a kind of sweet one about the happy fate of his former buddy from the late 80s, the chimpanzee Bubbles. Bubbles was sent to live with his trainer in 2002 due to concerns that he was becoming aggressive and would harm Jackson’s children. In 2005 he went to live at a chimp and orangutan sanctuary in Florida called The Center for Great Apes, where he now happily resides. Bubbles, now 26, is a gentle and kind animal who even has a best friend, a 41 year-old show business veteran chimp named Sam.

Of course, as with many elements of Jackson’s life, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction. The star reportedly rescued a young Bubbles from a cancer research center in Texas in 1985. The chimp eventually faded from public view, with few references made to him until Jackson’s famous television interview with British journalist Martin Bashir, “Living with Michael Jackson,” which aired in early 2003. In the interview, Jackson told Bashir that Bubbles had become aggressive as he aged, and had been sent away over fears that he would harm Jackson’s youngest child, Prince Michael II.

Bubbles had apparently been living with his longtime trainer, Bob Dunn, since at least as early as 2002, when Dunn spoke with People Magazine. “Bubbles is an adult chimp and a wild animal,” Dunn told the magazine. “We don’t let him out to play.”

The trainer did say, however, that Jackson and his children had been to his Sylmar ranch to visit the chimp. “The last time Michael visited, Bubbles definitely recognized and remembered him,” he told the Telegraph.

In late 2003, a report surfaced that Bubbles had attempted suicide but “was rushed to the hospital in time.” (No further details, or even confirmation that the attempt happened at all, were forthcoming.) And then, once again, the chimp returned to a life of relative obscurity.

In 2005, Dunn stopped working with great apes and sent the ones still living on his ranch, including Bubbles, to a the Center for Great Apes, a nonprofit sanctuary in southern-central Florida. The sanctuary’s website describes the chimp, now 26, as charismatic and “able to throw sand with amazing accuracy.” It sums up his character in three words: smart, distinctive and tender.

A representative for Jackson contacted the sanctuary after Bubbles arrived, suggesting that the star would like to visit his former pet. (The sanctuary is closed to the public, so special arrangements would have to be made for such a visit.) But, sanctuary director Patti Ragan told People in a recent interview, Jackson never made it to Florida. Bubbles doesn’t seem to mind, though — after all, chimps are ill-suited to life with humans, and his new home affords him the opportunity to interact with other chimps, notably his best friend, Sam.

Sanctuary staff haven’t attempted to tell Bubbles about his former owner’s death. “We haven’t said anything to him yet,” Ragan told People.

[From The LA Times]

People Magazine also covered this story, and they have a quote that made me go “awww.” The sanctuary director says that Bubbles is such a nice guy that he’ll let other chimps have a turn at the water fountain first: “I’ve seen him go to the drinking fountain, start to take a sip of water and then, when he hears one of the younger ones coming, he’ll step back and let them have a sip.”

As for the fate of the other exotic animals in Jackson’s menagerie, it’s hard to tell what happened to them all. Jackson’s two tigers are now being cared for at Tippi Hedren’s Shambala sanctuary north of LA and thirteen flamingos from his ranch are in a zoo in New Jersey. I’ve found reports that he had two elephants, two tigers, four giraffes, and two orangutans, among other animals. Jackson was accused by PETA of neglecting his animals while he was away in Bahrain in 2005, but he was cleared after an inspection by the US Department of Agriculture. His longterm veterinarian said he visited to check on the animals’ care and their health once a week and that none of the animals were neglected while Neverland went into foreclosure.

Here is Bubbles with Jackson in Japan in 1987. He even does the moonwalk. Thanks to The LA Times for linking this video:

Bubbles now:

Lisa Marie Presley, Michael Jackson’s first wife from 1994 - 1996, has posted a heartfelt and kind of chilling blog entry about her relationship with the late star and a conversation she had with him 14 years ago. Presley writes that Jackson told her that he was afraid that he would face a similar fate as her father, the late great Elvis Presley. Elvis passed at the age of 42 from what was first ruled a heart attack that was ultimately thought to have been caused by a prescription drug interaction. From the details that are coming out in the Michael Jackson case, his words to Lisa Marie may have been prophetic:

Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general.
I can’t recall the exact subject matter but he may have been questioning me about the circumstances of my Fathers Death.

At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, “I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did.”

I promptly tried to deter him from the idea, at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know, he knew what he knew and that was kind of that.

14 years later I am sitting here watching on the news an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home, the big gates, the crowds outside the gates, the coverage, the crowds outside the hospital, the Cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me, as did the unstoppable tears.
A predicted ending by him, by loved ones and by me, but what I didn’t predict was how much it was going to hurt when it finally happened.

The person I failed to help is being transferred right now to the LA County Coroners office for his Autopsy.
All of my indifference and detachment that I worked so hard to achieve over the years has just gone into the bowels of hell and right now I am gutted.

I am going to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once.
Our relationship was not “a sham” as is being reported in the press. It was an unusual relationship yes, where two unusual people who did not live or know a “Normal life” found a connection, perhaps with some suspect timing on his part. Nonetheless, I do believe he loved me as much as he could love anyone and I loved him very much.

I wanted to “save him” I wanted to save him from the inevitable which is what has just happened.
His family and his loved ones also wanted to save him from this as well but didn’t know how and this was 14 years ago. We all worried that this would be the outcome then…

The World is in shock but somehow he knew exactly how his fate would be played out some day more than anyone else knew, and he was right.

I really needed to say this right now, thanks for listening.

~LMP

[From Lisa Marie Presley's MySpace blog via WeSmirch]

That must have been a huge burden to carry and Lisa Marie is probably relieved to get that out there. The way Presley frames her relationship with Jackson and describes what she went through at the time is very touching. (The part above is just an excerpt and you can read the entire entry on MySpace) We don’t know what kind of life this man lived in the past few years, or if the allegations against him had any merit, but we do know that there were many people who cherished him and that he was so much more than his public persona.

Initial autopsy is inconclusive, waiting for test results
An initial autopsy on Jackson has determined that there was no signs of foul play on the body and no “indication of any external trauma.” They are waiting for toxicology results, which may take another 4-6 weeks. Several people close to Jackson have said that he was a prescription drug addict, with an attorney who represented him in his child molestation case claiming that he warned the family in the last two years (link leads to video) that Jackson was abusing prescription medication. Deepak Chopra has also claimed that Jackson asked him for narcotics in 2005 while staying in one of his facilities. Adding to the evidence that Jackson abused prescription drugs is a 2007 lawsuit against Jackson for failing to pay an over $100,000 pharmacy bill. There are stories that Jackson received a Demerol injection shortly before his death.

Jackson’s doctor wanted for questioning; Demerol injection before death
The Los Angeles Police Department have impounded the car of Michael Jackson’s personal doctor in search of evidence As far as I can find, Jackson’s doctor is still wanted for questioning. The police met with Jackson’s family at one of his homes late yesterday.

There is also of the issue of custody of Jackson’s children, with Debbie Rowe expected to fight for custody of her two older children with Jackson, and Katherine Jackson, Michael’s mother, expected to fight back. There are a lot of complicated details in this case and the media storm is far from passing.

Update: There is conflicting information about whether police have yet talked to Jackson’s live-in doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray. People reports that detectives said on Friday that they “wish to meet and discuss the case with Murray,” but an AP report claims “they spoke with the doctor briefly Thursday and Friday and expected to meet with him again soon,” adding that they “do not consider him to be uncooperative at this time.”

Photo Credit: WENN.com and Fame Pictures

Not that surprisingly, celebrities haven’t exactly been voicing their sympathies for Perez Hilton in his whole Will.I.Am punching debacle. It seems to have less to do with the actual incident itself and more to do with who Perez is on the whole – and the kind of website he runs. Lots of celebs aren’t fans of blogs, but Perez is the only one (at least that I’m aware of) who does things like drawing lots of pictures of penises going into Fergie’s mouth, etc. There’s a distinct meanness – not to get all high and mighty, because I have certainly been mean to celebrities. Anyway, Perez isn’t getting any celeb support – and he hasn’t helped his case with all of his angry hysterical videos either.

Kelly Clarkson was interviewed by Virgin Radio’s Billie, and Kelly had a hard time not laughing at several points when talking about the Perez drama.

Kelly Clarkson has said that she was unsurprised to hear that Perez Hilton was allegedly punched by will.i.am’s manager.

The ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ singer told AstralRadioToronto that she thought such an incident would have occurred sooner.

Clarkson said: “I’ve got to be honest with you, he’s going to get a lot of flowers. I’m not talking about Perez - I mean the manager.

“I do not think violence is the answer, but what did you expect? You can’t say that much crap about people without having to take something.”

She added: “No-one deserves to be punched in the face but it’s expected. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened already. I hear that he’s mean to celebrities’ kids.

“You’re hurtful to children, no-one’s going to pity you. I don’t think anyone should be punched and I’m not about violence but I see why someone would do it.”

[From Digital Spy]

The same radio station – and same deejay – had a phone interview with Perez earlier that morning and she came across as being sorta sympathetic towards him, in a dry way. Like she’d say, “Oh honey I’m so sorry,” but her tone was completely flat. But she didn’t call him out on anything. Perez also starts crying really self-indulgently near the end of the interview, and it sounded like he was very poorly faking it to me. It was really awkward and they had to end the interview. You can hear the whole thing here.

Obviously Perez is getting a lot of drama and attention from this, which is what he wants. And I’m sure he’s getting a lot of extra site traffic. He’s going to play this out as long as he can, even though I can’t imagine what’s left to say.

Courtney Love looks like sh*t. I know, not exactly an “Extra!” moment here. She looks even worse than usual though, and that’s saying something. That’s like Kate Moss looking skinner than usual. Well, Kate Moss in the nineties. Actually, that’s also about how Courtney is looking these days, though she doesn’t pull off the look nearly as well. Love has been in New York recently and was snapped looking extremely emaciated – with Lindsay Lohan-like arms.

In the past three years she has gone from curvaceous rock star to Hollywood’s idea of slender perfection. But one look at Courtney Love this week shows she has now gone too far.

The 44-year-old singer looked shockingly frail when she was spotted in New York. Her sleeveless top and clingy grey leggings exposed just how thin she has become. Her face appeared pale and gaunt.

‘Courtney looked worryingly thin, like skin and bones,’ one onlooker said. ‘Her figure is so tiny that it made her head look too big for her body.’

Her visit is thought to be connected to the lawsuit American Express has filed against her over allegedly unpaid credit.

Miss Love, who was married to the late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, has made no secret of her battle with her weight.

She began dieting in 2006 to lose the 45lb she piled on after managing to quit her long-standing drug habit. She eventually lost 52lb with the help of a diet of protein shakes, fish and vegetables.

[From the Daily Mail]

Courtney’s long-standing drug habit may be rearing its head again. Whatever’s going on with her, she’s clearly been slipping further and further over the last year. Her arms look like something out of a Wes Craven movie. There are just bones everywhere – I swear there are seven jutting out of her wrist. And I never realized just how enormous her ears are. I think she’s lost so much weight from every other place that they’ve become much more noticeable. I shouldn’t even write that, somehow she’s going to lose lobe weight next.

Courtney, lay off the heroin. Or the diet. Whichever it is. Your arms look like spears. It’s probably illegal to take them on a plane.

Here’s Courtney in New York City on Monday. Images thanks to INF Photo.