As you may know by now, polarizing manic pixie dream girl Zooey Deschanel has just announced her separation from her husband of two years, Death Cab For Cutie front man Ben Gibbard. This is sad and all, but I think she should take this as an opportunity to find an even better husband who will love her even more, and if he happens to help her get more mainstream-famous in the process, well, who would she be to complain? When life hands you lemons, you make yummy ginger sunshine lemonade with a twist of sparkly persimmon. Here are eight quirky ideas for Zooey’s adorkable love life. More »
Coldplay took Rihanna‘s controversial new tune “We Found Love” and stuck their signature watered-down stamp on it with a live cover. Meaning: lots of “Oooohs.” More »
• Shia LaBeouf gets punched out. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
• Coldplay and Rihanna record song together. Listen here. (Hollywood Hiccups)
• Soulja Boy lands himself in jail.(Celeb Dirty Laundry)
• Former Hannah Montana star, Mitchel Muso, gets a DUI. (Hollywood Hiccups)
• Jennifer Aniston and more at Elle’s 18th Annual Women in Hollywood tribute. (Have U Heard)
• Beyoncé spotted in pregnancy pants. (Lainey Gossip)
It was with great sadness that we brought you news of R.E.M.‘s breakup last week, and it’s with great ambivalence that we now bring you Coldplay‘s cover of “Everybody Hurts.” Chris Martin and his gang performed the song at a show in Georgia, the state that spawned R.E.M. Once again, I chatted with musician Kasey Anderson about Coldplay’s version of “Everybody Hurts” and the legacy of R.E.M. More »
This is a funny tweet. From Gwyneth Paltrow. What? We know the woman’s funny on-camera, but when it comes to the written word (GOOP and tweets), she comes off as sanctimonious about parenting, LGBTQ issues, or religion. That, or she’s so oblivious to her ridiculously luxurious life that it makes whatever she writes unintentionally hilarious. But here she is, assuring us peons even she can’t get a hold of Coldplay‘s latest album. More »
I think we’ve covered already how terrible my CD collection was in my formative years. Besides mostly consisting of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Les Mis (with the occasional Ace of Bass thrown in there for good measure), it’s not like after I buried my love of musicals deep, deep into the recesses of my soul that my taste in music somehow improved. If anything it got worse without me even realizing it. Because if there is one thing that bridges… More »
In nearly record time, George Clooney’s project of pulling together top talents to raise money for the tragedy in Haiti has finally been firmed up. We just got a huge listing of all the talents that will lend their voices, appearances and support to the special that is set to air on many networks this Friday. Here’s the talent list as it stands now:
In New York City:
Wyclef Jean
Bruce Springsteen
Jennifer Hudson
Mary J. Blige
Shakira
Sting
Madonna – NEW!
In Los Angeles:
Alicia Keys
Christina Aguilera
Dave Matthews
John… More »