November 2011 News Archive

Justin Bieber recently performed in Rockefeller Center to celebrate the lighting of NYC's world famous Christmas tree, and he rang in the holiday season in the most traditional way possible: by bustin' some dope rhymes, y'all!

Justin Bieber: Rockefeller Center Performance

Biebs was joined onstage by Busta Rhymes, a rapper whose career peaked right around the time Justin made his debut in a sonogram. Together, they breathed new life into an old classic, spitting verses over a beat inspired by "The Little Drummer Boy." Sadly, by joining Justin Bieber on stage to rap a Christmas carol, Busta Rhymes drove a nail into the coffin of his once-thriving hip-hop career, but whatever. It's the holiday season, so we'll try to overlook it.

Neil Diamond, Cee-Lo Green and Tony Benett also performed on the NBC special, but let's face it, everyone tuned in for JB. And as usual, he did not disappoint. Amazingly, dude can actually rap.

It’s that time of year when we start reflecting on the current state of our lives and our wishes, hopes, and dreams for the next year. In my reflection over the past year, I realized that I have written a lot about Kim Kardashian. And what would I change about that? Gurl needs to get her sh!t together! I wish that Kim and Kris Humphries could work out how exactly they want to screw each other over. Please. For the sake of humanity. Because things are getting really confusing.

While Kim has already filed for divorce, Kris claims that the @ss-tastic fame-grubber defrauded him. He wants an annulment and for Kim to pay his legal fees, though nothing will compensate him for his own embarrassment. Kim strongly disagrees (at least publicly), and so do the people close to them.

“The reason Kris is alleging ‘fraud’ is because the other options were ridiculous...If the marriage was a sham, he was in on it. Did he not see the cameras or get a cut of whatever money was made? The marriage was real. It was just a terrible and unhappy one.”

This whole situation is a mindf**k of epic proportions. Both of them are spewing their own variety of B.S., I can’t even try to understand what really happened with their marriage. Kris may have been stupid enough to think that Kim really isn’t that self-interested and Kim may have been stupid enough to think she could pull off this stunt unscathed. Either way, they just need to stop, ASAP.

It’s a good thing that there’s one more Twilight movie coming out, because now we can be on awkward tension/b!tch fight watch for at least a little longer! Nikki Reed has already blatantly said that she’s grown apart from her Breaking Dawn costars, but part of the reason why they’re no longer “one big happy family” may be because Kristen Stewart has been giving Nikki the stink eye.

Nikki and Kristen in 2008

According to Star magazine, Kristen and Nikki used to be BFFs, until Nikki dabbled in some Robert Pattinson lovin’ and things have been tense ever since.

“Nikki is very vocal about Kristen not being supportive of her success. Nikki is not one to censor herself to avoid confrontation and Kristen doesn’t like that.

And who’s stuck in the middle of all this? R-Patz himself.

“Miraculously, [Rob’s] been able to maintain a friendship with Nikki. But it won’t last, not if Kristen has anything to say about it.”

Here’s the thing: I doubt Nikki gives a sh!t. She has her new husband Paul McDonald to excessively fawn over, and probably doesn’t feel like wasting time wallowing in a pile of awkward. Pretty soon she’ll just peace out.

Photo: Wenn

Amy Winehouse continues to touch people through her music and it’s become increasingly clear that her legacy won’t be disappearing any time soon. The dress that the singer wore on the cover of her Back To Black album has sold at auction, with all the proceeds going to the foundation established in her honor.

Chilean fashion museum Museo de la Moda scooped up the polka dot chiffon dress for £43,200, or over $67,000. Amy’s father, Mitch Winehouse, attended the auction and was visibly shocked at the amount of the winning bid.

Though the Winehouse family doesn’t know the exact cause this money will go towards, Mitch says, “Amy would be so proud that her name is making a difference to young lives and especially that her music is directly making life better for vulnerable young people.”

Time for your daily dose of Kim Kardashian divorce rumors. You didn't really think she'd cede the spotlight to her newly pregnant sister for a few hours, did you? Any idiot can make a baby, it takes someone like Kim to royally f*ck-up a marriage in less than three months.

The latest theory for why Kim and Kris Humphries went from madly in love to just plain mad is that Kim regularly smacked Kris around. Okay, it sounds crazy at first, but a recent episode of Kourtney and Kim Take New York shows Kim taking a swing at Kris simply because he stepped on her toe. Naturally, he blocks the blow with ease, but the scene still hints at some behind-closed-doors abuse.

Never one to let a dysfunctional celeb go undiagnosed, professional quack Dr. Drew Pinsky has sounded off on the clip. "This is an incontrovertible piece of evidence of someone who is engaged in a domestic violence relationship," Pinsky said after viewing the footage. He went on to speculate that abuse may have played a role in Kris and Kim's separation and encourage his audience to report this kind of behavior if they see it in a couple they know. So, if you have a friend who's beating up on her giant, pro athlete husband, blow that b!tch in ASAP! Doctor's orders.

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Normally, I’m fine with letting Jersey Shore kids be Jersey Shore kids, but when they go stupid and offensive, they go HARD. Amateur rapper Vinny Guadagnino just released a song called “Rack City Mix” on his YouTube page, in which he rhymes about snagging himself a stripper--and then talks about pretending to rape her.

The controversial line reads: “Actin’ like I’m raping it/f**k her til she fakin’ it.”

It’s not like this was ever going to be The Greatest Rap Song Ever Rapped--two of his lines are “racks, racks, racks” and “ass, ass, ass”--but still. Some of this stuff is just plain offensive. Other choice lyrics?

“I like your crack girl/I wanna take a hit” and “if I act like a d**k/slap me with your tits.”

Yep. Yep. That is exactly what I feel like doing right now. I used to think that Vinny was of a slightly more intellectual breed than his fellow cast mates, but obviously I’ve been proven wrong. What sort of dumb-@ss tries to make a rape joke fly?

While he’s pulled down the video from YouTube after fierce criticism, particularly from the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, Vinny defends his lyrical choices, tweeting, “Whoa! Some people really know how to take things out of context!...It was fun though!” Just like it’s fun for a 13-year-old boy to say ‘boobs’ over and over again. Oh wait...that basically already happened in this song.

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Kate Gosselin is TLC show-less and blogging about coupons, but that doesn’t mean she’s lost her moral standards! The mother of eight told Access Hollywood that no amount of money could convince her to work with her ex-husband, Jon Gosselin, ever again.

“You could offer me every last dollar on the planet. I don’t work for money. I have a lot of peace in my life so I cannot compromise my morals and standards to get paid a ridiculous amount of money.”

Yeah...okay. I would pay to see the two of them in a Celebrity Boxing match to the death--also known as what Jon and Kate Plus Eight would have ended up like, eventually--and I don’t think I’m entirely alone. That’d be a lot of money! But Kate explains it just wouldn’t be good for her children to watch her interact with their father.

“I don’t feel like it’s healthy or beneficial for my kids to watch so there’s no point.”

So televising the lives of your children is “healthy and beneficial,” then? Just checking.

People have been saying that Angelina Jolie is batsh!t loony for years, but a new report claims the actress has been riding the crazy train harder than ever lately. The new issue of In Touch magazine supposedly features an interview with an anonymous assistant of Angelina's who makes some shocking accusations about one of the world's most famous women.

The source says that Angelina is unbelievably stressed and has been behaving more eccentrically than ever. She supposedly lives on soup, gets drunk regularly, and locks her six kids in their bedrooms when she's feeling stressed. I don't really buy these claims, but aside from the soup diet thing, I would totally understand if they were true. I think anyone with six freakin' kids is entitled to lock them all up and get hammered now and then.

So I wouldn't really blame Angelina for enjoying some quality time with the bottle, but I find it hard to believe she's stressed to the breaking point. When multi-millionaires are having a hard time raising their kids, they don't flip out and go on a bender, they just hire an army of nannies. Hell, when you're as rich as Angelina, you don't need an excuse to go on a bender.

Just like when she performs on stage, Lady Gaga always delivers whenever she gives interviews. Although Lady Gaga has been overexposed for years, she still finds interesting things to say, no matter how tragic her revelations may be.

On numerous occasions POTP writer Lil Payne has said that Gaga dates a-holes. Turns out he's right. In the January 2012 issue of ELLE UK, which hits newsstands today, Gaga says that she dated a man who was twice her age and that she's had abusive relationships.

"I had abusive relationships: I dated men much older than me – I was 15, they were 30 – which I don't recommend. I was never brave enough to be the person who I am today," she confessed.

Gaga also said that she appreciates the struggles that she faced before breaking into mainstream music: "If I'd known things back then I wouldn't be where I am now, because so much of who I am is based on a lack of fear. I have no fear."

LG also wants to be remembered for her work ethic: "Many people really don't like what I do – or how I sing or what music I make – but some of those people admire the commitment to the work. That to me is more important than anything."

In one of the biggest WTF stories of the year, Country singer Mindy McCready and her 5-year-old son Zander are missing. The Associated Press reports that a missing persons report was filed yesterday evening.

Mindy took her son from her father's home in the Cape Coral, Fla., area. She does not have custody of the boy.

A judge gave Mindy, 36, until Thursday to return Zander to his home.

The former Celebrity Rehab participant -- best known for her 90s country hits -- attempted suicide in May 2010 by taking a near lethal dose of prescription pills.

Mindy's own mother Gayle has said that her daughter, who was caught in a sextape scandal last year, has tried to kill herself multiple times over the years and "she is addicted to media attention." Gayle added "I would like to see Mindy not in denial anymore. I would like to see her tell the truth and get the help she needs."