• Don’t you just love when celebrities think they’re politicians?  Apparently, Madonna thought it was necessary to voice her opinion regarding Romanian class conflict at one of her most recent concerts.  The crowd at the show in Bucharest actually booed everyone’s favorite material girl when she said, “It has been brought to my attention…that there is a lot of discrimination against Romanies and Gypsies in general in Eastern Europe.  It made me feel very sad.”  Sure, I guess she meant well, but really?  As an international pop star, it’s pretty important to voice your uninformed opinion about a foreign culture.  Maybe she should head on over to Somalia so she can tell those pirates something like “I heard you’re stealing things from boats.  And I think that’s mean.”  Cripes.

Oh, she must think she's the next Bono.

• One might think that after being sentenced to five years probation, a restraining order, and a year of domestic violence counseling, Chris Brown would at least try to appear remorseful.  Instead, the sorry excuse for a human being young rapper decided to go clubbing the night after his sentencing hearing.  Oh yeah, he’s really sorry.  Turns out, the post-court partying may be a violation of his probation, which clearly states that he cannot be in any establishment where alcohol is the primary item of sale.  Since he attended a nightclub (which is, after all, just a bar with room for dancing) Brown could be in pretty big trouble again.  Wait, does anybody else hear that?  It’s the world’s smallest violin!

World's Biggest Douchebag.

• Turns out that Jeremy Piven’s excuse for his abrupt departure from the Broadway play Speed-the-Plow is no longer considered fishy. Okay, I know that was lame, but I couldn’t help myself.  The actor was supposedly suffering from mercury poisoning during his brief stint on Broadway, caused by eating too much fish.  His doctor vouched for him, but the producers of the play weren’t satisfied, and basically sued Piven for the trouble he caused and the money he lost the production.  A professional arbiter ruled that Piven didn’t owe the producers anything, and that the alleged mercury poisoning seemed legit.  Personally, I still think he’s a pansy.  But the show was better off without him (William H. Macy was freaking awesome in that role!).

I'm gonna call him Big Tuna. Get it? Anybody?

• One more thing: whose idea was it to have Lindsay Lohan be a guest judge on the season premiere of Project Runway?  The challenge was clearly not “designing a functional-yet-chic wardrobe for rehab;” what kind of expertise could she possibly have in any other category?!  Her comments about the designs were especially insightful:  “I like that dress” and “I don’t know about the color” were particularly helpful bits of constructive criticism.  What a train wreck…I almost feel bad making fun of her.  Almost.

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• Take a deep breath, everybody: Adam Lambert has come out. Phew. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past month or so, Lambert is the runner-up on the latest season of American Idol. The seemingly endless speculation about whether he’s gay has finally ended, and he’s posing on the cover of the most recent issue of Rolling Stone with the headline “The Liberation of Adam Lambert”. Why anybody is so gravely concerned about the sexuality of reality show contestants is something I just don’t get. Maybe it’s a futile attempt to make the show interesting. If that’s the goal, I might be more inclined to watch if Ryan Seacrest didn’t wear a shirt. Just a suggestion.

This is probably the most press he will ever get.

• Bret Michaels must have known what would happen if he ever walked into a Broadway theater: he would be physically attacked. And after his performance at the Tony Awards on Sunday night, that’s exactly what happened. As a trashy reality star and former frontman of the 80’s rock band Poison, Michaels played a song from one of the nominated musicals, Rock of Ages, at the beginning of the awards show. But when he turned around to walk off the stage, a piece of the set came down and hit him square in the face.
  And it. Was. Hilarious.
  As it turned out, the accident left the Rock of Love star with a split lip and a fractured nose, and he might have to postpone some upcoming tour dates. Is it terrible that I’m still cracking up? If you haven’t seen it, you have to watch the clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JocPcYBCN18

• I’ve just decided to take a road trip to Dawson’s Creek.   James Van Der Beek, a.k.a. Dawson Leery, has just split from his wife of six years, actress Heather McComb. I want him to be the Dawson to my Joey.

I tried to photoshop myself into the picture. I failed.

• Chris Brown’s lawyer recently requested that the rapper’s preliminary hearing be pushed back because certain leaks to the press (specifically the police photo of Rihanna after the alleged beating) would “compromise” Brown’s defense. The judge denied the movement, basically because it’s bullsh!t. So, the hearing is still set for June 22.
  And Chris Brown is still a turd.

• I never thought I’d say it, but I feel sorry for a reality TV star. Kate Gosselin of TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus Eight is not only being stalked by paparazzi when she leaves the house (with her eight children in tow) but now her own brother has decided it’s about time to milk Kate’s fame for all its worth. Kevin Kreider and his wife Jodi made an appearance on The Early Show this week to tell the world how Jon and Kate are “exploiting” their children with the show, and that the children are simply “a commodity” to them. The cameras are an almost constant presence, and the Kreiders, who are estranged from the Gosselins, (big surprise there) say that they’re only looking out for the welfare of their eight nieces and nephews. Did I mention that they’re also making about $30,000 from media outlets for bashing their own family? Oh, but it’s all for the kids! Of course it is…
• In less depressing news, there are more photos from the set of New Moon. And for all you Rob Pattinson fans, I found a new, delicious, shirtless photo. I realize this may not qualify as news, but I couldn’t resist.

*drool*

• Chris Brown, being the classy guy that he is, posted a video on his friend’s website. It’s basically just Brown talking about his new album or something, and at the end, claiming that he “ain’t a monster”. Apparently, I am only a “hater”, and he isn’t worried about people like me, who criticize him because of some silly double-felony charges. Okaaaay Chris Brown, you just stay positive! Just be grateful that I won’t be picked for the jury when it comes time for your trial.
• Speaking of pigs, Mel Gibson recently confirmed that his new supermodel girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is pregnant. Gibson isn’t even officially divorced from his wife of 28 years, Robyn Moore, with whom he has seven children, and now he’s expecting number eight! Really nice. As if that weren’t enough, he joked with Jay Leno that people should start calling him “Octo-Mel” and proceeded to do a pretty mean impression of real “Octo-Mom” Nadya Suleman. And you guys think I’m harsh?! Anyway, the next time Mel Gibson decides it’s necessary to voice his very conservative Catholic beliefs, somebody should really point out his illegitimate child.

Can you say "midlife crisis"?

• Finally, the 2009 MTV Movie Awards will air live this Sunday night at 9 pm. It should be a pretty good show, considering the fact that Andy Samberg is hosting and Ben Stiller is receiving the highly-coveted “Generation Award”-whatever that means. But as much as I love Edward Cullen, if Twilight wins the award for Best Movie I will have lost all hope for the youth of America.

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