Topic: kanye west

  • Crush Links: Beyonce's Intimate, Star-Studded B-Day Bash

    Crush Links: Beyonce's Intimate, Star-Studded B-Day Bash

    Jay-Z threw wifey Beyonce an intimate 29th birthday party Saturday night. But apparently his definition of intimate is different from ours, because this party involved filling about-to-open New York hotspot The Darby with orchids and included fellow A-list guests like Alicia Keys, Kayne West and Diddy. (Page Six)

    Natalie Portman will star opposite Robert Downey Jr. in the 3D film Gravity, after Angelina Jolie passed — twice. In this case, we wouldn’t mind being second choice. (Deadline Hollywood)

    • But don’t feel sorry for Angelina. She’ll no doubt be unwinding in the $40 million Italian mansion — with vineyard and stables — that she just purchased with Brad Pitt. (Herald Sun)

    • Phew — Robert Pattinson won’t be guest starring in an upcoming episode of Entourage. What about True Blood? (E! Online)

    Snooki’s “boyfriend” Jeff Miranda says he gets death threats. Hey, he better treat our girl right or else! (Radar Online)

    • As if it couldn’t get any worse for Mel Gibson, ex Oksana Grigorieva wants him to pay $84,000 for the PR team she hired during her very public spat with him. So that’s how much it costs to slowly leak damaging tapes day by day. (New York Post)

    • Tennis star Serena Williams is said to have her eye on red hot Canadian rapper Drake, after recently breaking up with rapper Common. Hands off, Serena, Drake is ours! (Page Six)

    Joel McHale is getting to live out lots of mens’ fantasies — he’s set to play Jessica Alba’s husband in Spy Kids 4. (Variety) … More »

  • Crush Links: Kanye Be Good

    Crush Links: Kanye Be Good

    Kanye West promises not to run onstage at the VMAs this year. (Gizmodo)

    Michaele Salahi — White House party crasher and future Real Housewife of D.C. — will be going full-frontal in a Playboy shoot this month. (TMZ)

    Taylor Lautner won’t have to be doing push-ups to win the case against McMahon’s RV dealership. (Perez Hilton)

    Lady Gaga’s got herself in a bad romance with food, claims ex-manager. (Radar Online)

    Terry Richardson wrote a song called “Child Molester’s Coming For You.” Uh… (Jezebel)

    • “A hole is a hole” says Jeremy Piven. Does that make him gay. (DListed)

    Nikki Sixx is going out with Jeremy London’s wife. His current wife. (YourTango) … More »

  • Video: Finally, a Kanye West 'Power' Parody

    Video: Finally, a Kanye West 'Power' Parody

    We were wondering why we hadn’t been seeing any parodies of Kanye West’s epic music picture/video for Power, but then we realized it must be pretty hard to pull off, unless you have some sort of special “portrait” function on your FinalCut Pro. So kudos to Destorm Power, whoever that kid is, for taking time out of his busy pre-orientation schedule to make this video parody about a “Power Hour.” Great job! … More »

  • Video: Drake's 'Miss Me' Ft. Lil Wayne...Can Beiber and Kanye Top That?

    Video: Drake's 'Miss Me' Ft. Lil Wayne...Can Beiber and Kanye Top That?

    Question of the Day: Is Drake’s collaboration with Lil Wayne for “Miss Me” more or less weird than Justin Bieber doing a remix with Kanye West?
    Drake “Miss Me” from John W on Vimeo.
    Kanye, Bieber: the ball is in your court to make something more insane than this video. We … More »

  • Celeb Tweetup: Upside-Down Day

    Celeb Tweetup: Upside-Down Day

    If our Daily WTF and ice-cream robot haven’t convinced you yet that we’ve stepped on through the looking glass today, what about the fact that Criss friggin’ Angel is going to judge Miss Universe this year? Yikes: All SuicideGirls, feel free to apply for your beauty pageant degrees immediately. That and other weird instances in the celebrity Twitterverse, below. … More »

  • Kanye West's 'Power' Portrait/Video: Thoughts, Y'all?

    Kanye West's 'Power' Portrait/Video: Thoughts, Y'all?

    Well, my first instinct while watching the premiere of Kanye West’s “moving art” video for his new song “Power” was to make fun of it. Because who does he think he is? And then I remembered that he thinks he is Kanye Motherf****** West, and he is correct. Where can … More »

  • Celebrity Tweetup: Is There Anybody Out There?

    Celebrity Tweetup: Is There Anybody Out There?

    People want to feel a connection; that’s why the Internet was invented. Well, that and porn. And for cat memes. But mostly so we could find vast quantities of individuals hereto unknown to us, and then vehemently argue with them about politics, or cat memes. Today’s Tweetup is all about that special feeling you get when you reach out and (virtually) touch someone. … More »

  • Kanye West’s New Yorker Captions - We’re kind of sad that there were no “big gay fish” references, but combining Kanye’s tweets with New Yorker cartoons is probably the best juxtaposition of high concept/lowbrow art we’ve ever seen. (Huffington Post)

  • Celeb Tweetup: Shut Up, Kanye

    Celeb Tweetup: Shut Up, Kanye

    As you likely know, KANYE WEST JOINED TWITTER. And we haven’t heard the end of it.
    As evidenced here, Kanye West (@KanyeWest) is helplessly begging for attention using this new medium:

    Forget Kanye, other people were around too! Frankie Muniz (@frankiemuniz) shared some random thoughts about tarantulas.

    And then there was Dax Shephard … More »

  • Kanye West Raps to Twitter – Jeez, Kanye’s only been the micro-blogging site one day and he’s already trying to win his way into Biz Stone’s heart by showing up to Twitter’s HQ and spitting some tweet verses. Who does he think he is, Ashton Kutcher? (via Mashable)

  • Celeb Tweetup: OMG Kanye's On Twitter (Sort Of)

    Celeb Tweetup: OMG Kanye's On Twitter (Sort Of)

    Ever since Kanye West went and joined Twitter today, the Internet has exploded with retweeted excitement. Except really, isn’t the only “newsy” part of this story the fact that Kanye West wasn’t on Twitter until today? The rapper was like made for Twitter, and it’s sort of weird that now … More »

  • The Daily WTF: Kanye West In 'MannequinXXX'

    The Daily WTF: Kanye West In 'MannequinXXX'

    No, that’s not a statue, although we’re not sure if the fact that Kanye West is putting his tongue all up in girlfriend Amber Rose’s head for a Terry Richardson photo shoot is better or worse than if he had a secret Real Doll fetish. … More »

  • 25 Impossible Things Related To Pop Culture

    25 Impossible Things Related To Pop Culture

    In its August issue, a special edition dedicated to “The Impossible,” Esquire has deemed it “impossible for Lindsay Lohan to go away. She will get a role, she will make a movie, she will be good, and the world will love her again. This can’t not happen.” As an homage … More »

  • Gallery: Totally Useless Sunglasses You Can't See Out Of

    Gallery: Totally Useless Sunglasses You Can't See Out Of

    On a sunny summer day like today, we thank heavens that someone invented sunglasses. In addition to being fashionable, sunglasses are useful! They block the sun, they hide the bags under your eyes, they allow you to secretly stare at people. Except, you know when sunglasses really aren’t useful at … More »

  • Crush Links: NY Mayor Pulls Plug On Free Jay-Z Concert

    Crush Links: NY Mayor Pulls Plug On Free Jay-Z Concert

    New York’s Mayor’s office has called off a scheduled free concert featuring Jay-Z on top of the marquee at Ed Sullivan theater (where Late Night with David Letterman tapes) after the free Drake/Hanson concert last week turned into a riot. (NY Post)
    Joe Jonas wasted no time hitting on the ladies … More »