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STOP THE PRESSES! “Jay-Z donned never-before-seen bling in NYC Wednesday: his wedding ring to Beyonce! The rapper, 38, was spotted wearing the jewelry while leaving his Tribeca apartment, where they wed April 4.”
• Big Brother already has its first racial slur, and the season just started two days ago. [DListed]
• Miley Cyrus seriously needs to just stop taking pictures of herself. [Yeeeah]
• Jay-Z’s hotel request: “One giant watermelon was split in two and ornately carved into a mold of Beyonce’s breasts. Two cherries were used as nipples.” [INO]
• Who wants to see Britney Spears shooting a video in an elevator? [PS]
• Jake Gyllenhaal finds his Blackberry more interesting than Reese’s kids. [PITNB]
• The end is nigh: Tyra Banks has been named the hardest working person in showbusiness. [ICYDK]
BOOBS OBSESSING OVER THE BOOBS OF BOOBS “Jessica Simpson, who was slammed this week by Pamela Anderson for wearing a T-shirt that said ‘Real Girls Eat Meat,’ has gotten her revenge on the former ‘Baywatch’ babe by beating her to the top spot in InTouch Weekly’s 2008 Best Breast poll. Simpson’s chest was followed closely by that of Tyra Banks, Scarlett Johansson, Carmen Electra, Lindsay Lohan and Katherine Heigl. Audrina Patridge’s very own ‘Hills’ earned seventh spot with Jennifer Aniston, Megan Fox and Beyonce Knowles rounding out the Top 10.”
Being a celebrity means losing a valuable portion of the privacy afforded to normal people. It’s the price they pay for being rich, famous, and adored by millions. But in some arenas, say, hospitals or the U.S. State Department, celebs should be under the same protections as common folk. It’s not always the case. Hospital records get leaked all the time and really bored government drones get all up in celebrity passport files. The State Department’s Inspector General issued a report last week revealing that nine high profile passport files were accessed more than a hundred times over a six year period. Beyonce’s file was one of the most frequently accessed.
My morning got off to a terrifying start over at Stereohyped, where Lauren posted some of the most disturbing pictures I have ever seen. After discovering a UK Web site that shows what you would look like with a different age, race or sex, morphed pictures of Beyonce and 50 Cent surfaced. I joined in on the fun and discovered a lesson I will carry with me forever: If I had been born a man, I would have looked like Perez Hilton’s brother. Shudder.
So now it’s your turn: Instead of working or being productive today, feel free to wander over to the site (link here) and discover what you or your favorite celebrity would look like as a man, woman, baby, East Asian or any of the other possibilities. Then e-mail them to me at whitney@mollygood.com — attach the images, send me links, whatever your heart desires. Tomorrow I’ll post the most disturbing of the bunch. Happy procrastinating.
Jay-Z might make more money than his new wife, but, according to Forbes, Beyonce is far more powerful a celebrity. Sorry, Jay. Angelina Jolie also bested her significant other in the magazine’s new 100 most powerful celebrities list. Click through to see who made it to the top 10. A million imaginary dollars to the person who can guess No. 1 and No. 2.
At No. 11, Will Smith might not have made the top group, but we still love him.
Ne-Yo, losing all street cred:
I gotta admit, we were like … Lindsay Lohan? I mean, I’ve written for Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Celine Dion and … Lindsay Lohan? But I will say this; we gave her a quality record and she did a ridiculously fabulous job. I was so shocked I had to call her and apologize for what I was thinking because she did so good. I think the world is gonna be surprised.
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Beyonce, explaining God’s preferential treatment:
I can’t really go to church any more, which is a shame. People have come up to me in church during the sermon and, of course, people watch everything I do. They come up and take my picture on their mobile phones. They’re very nice, but I think God understands if I miss Sunday service.
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What’s in a name? Unfortunately, when 45 percent of adults in America say celebrity endorsements have an influence on their feelings, a whole lot of sycophancy. Using the Social Security Administration’s baby name database, we’ve found even more evidence to support a theory we’ve had for a while now: many people are malleable to a fault and willing to make major life decisions based on what’s popular.
For instance, in 1991, just one year after Mariah Carey released her debut, self-titled album, Mariah was the 69th most popular girl’s name in the US, an appreciable jump from its position in 1989: 563. In 2005, Angelina was the 43rd most popular girl’s name; it had been 304th in 1995. Kiefer debuted at 854 in the 1990 rankings of the top 1,000 boy names; two years prior, actor Kiefer Sutherland had starred as a heroic cowboy in Young Guns. Beyonce made its first and only appearance at the 700 spot in 2001.
Of course, as you well know, pop culture won’t always positively shift the public opinion. In 2007, about a year after the release of the now-canonical gay film Brokeback Mountain, the name Heath dropped from 778 to 905. In 1989, Lisa was the 55th most popular girl’s name in America. That year The Simpsons debuted, and Lisa has lost popularity ever since. In 2007 it was ranked 573rd.
Not at all in the top 1,000 names in the last 100 years: Barf, Cord and Apple.
The Beyonce pregnancy speculation is snowballing after an anonymous friend reportedly blabbed about Mrs. Jay-Z’s bun in the oven. And this time, the rumors are legit:
She has gained a lot of pregnancy weight. When she gains weight, she normally does the Def Jam detox, but not now.
What? No Def Jam detox? This is serious. Everyone does the Def Jam detox. And to further fuel speculation, Beyonce’s rep said she didn’t know if the star was preggers: “Let me perform an ultrasound and get back to you.”
Tom Cruise followed that up by issuing a statement saying Beyonce was more than welcome to borrow his ultrasound machine.
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• Best “Afternoon Aural” in a long time. [Queerty]
• Heather Mills will be a contestant on next season’s Celebrity Apprentice. Because a $50 million divorce settlement can’t buy a person the common sense to not be on a reality show. [DListed]
• When in Rome, film commercials you’d be embarrassed to film in America. [PS]
• “There was a definite shift in my life when I decided to [dye my hair red].” Amy Adams, an actress, actually said that. [INO]
• Ashton Kutcher says he is not opposed to adopting a child. We certainly hope adoption agencies are opposed to letting Ashton Kutcher adopt a child. [ICYDK]
• Teeny-tiny girls in high heels! Thanks, Beyonce, you maniac. [Yeeeah]
• Mickey Rourke has a posse. [CityRag]
Scarlett Johansson wasted no time in debuting her engagement ring from fiancé Ryan Reynolds at last night’s Costume Institute Gala at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pretty much every celebrity you can imagine was in attendance (except for Reynolds), and 95 percent of the wardrobe choices made our heart cry.
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Rumors have it that Beyonce is pregnant with Jay-Z’s baby, which is what led them to hurry their wedding. Beyonce is a Christian and was worried about looking like horny street trash. Older, more persistent rumors suggest Jay-Z is a gay man, which would be diametrically different from the former whisper. We don’t care either way, as both a child to rear and a loveless marriage are good reasons for Beyonce to stop singing, and that’s all that matters.
• Say hello to the newest (and most likely fake) member of Facebook: Lindsay Ronson. [DListed]
• Beyonce and Jay-Z’s marriage is official. Thank goodness, we were very concerned. [People]
• This should crush the two people who cared: Britney Spears‘ second How I Met Your Mother appearance is not yet set in stone. [PS]
• Evidently Harry Potter hasn’t heard of Craig’s List Missed Connections. [ICYDK]
• Eva Mendes didn’t feel the need to brush her hair for the Metropolitan Opera opening night. [INO]
• Surprise, surprise: New photos have cropped up of Lindsay Lohan in a drunken coma. [CityRag]
Despite all the media hoopla surrounding Beyonce and Jay-Z’s wedding last Friday, the couple only appeared on the cover of one tabloid (Us Weekly). Naturally, the celebrity media are being labeled as “racist” because some assume “African-Americans don’t sell covers.”
Except Janet Jackson was on the cover of two of Us‘ best-selling issues. That kind of nips the whole controversy in the bud, no?
Here’s why B and Jay only landed on one cover: Because there was nothing to report that celebrity blogs hadn’t already covered. It was old news, and the couple remained so tight-lipped about the entire event that the mags had better things to investigate, like whether Britney is suffering a relapse.
Case closed.
Today’s the maybe-big day: Will we be wishing Beyonce and Jay-Z a happy marriage or will the media speculation turn out to be false?
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