• Paris Hilton's birthday video: You've seen the pictures, now feel free to shudder while viewing the sluggish footage. [YouTube]
• Even soap opera stars do drugs. Who knew they got paid enough? [JJD]
• Can you believe it? Jake Gyllenhaal left Kirsten Dunst because she partied too much. We would have never guessed. [Us]
• We would try out for America's Next Top Model if we were guaranteed a shoot with Nigel Barker. And Tyra would have to promise never to poop in or remove her pants. [BuddyTV]
• Aretha Franklin can't catch a break, nor can those poor puppies she used to make her coat. [SH]
• The movie Heath Ledger was filming during the time of his death will bring on three Hollywood A-listers to continue his role. Wait … Heath Ledger died? Why didn't anyone tell us? [BBC]
• Evidently Details magazine is the place to be if you are a gay actor trying to act straight. [Details]
• We feel another Shanna Moakler-Paris Hilton fight brewing. [DListed]
So that we can ignore it for the rest of the post: Yes, Aretha Franklin has put on a tremendous amount of weight and looks to be very unhealthy. But, at hand here: Her rage at being slighted at the Grammys, which might be bigger than her physical body!
When Beyonce and Tina Turner hit the Grammy stage for their high-octane duet on Sunday, …the woman known as the "Queen of Soul" was left in a state of dismay over Beyonce's introducing Turner as "the Queen."
Clearly offended, Aretha Franklin says in a statement, "I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyoncé, however I dismissed it as a cheap shot for controversy. In addition to that, I thank the Grammys and the voting academy for my 20th Grammy and love to Beyoncé anyway."
No love to Tina? Pointed!
While she will continue to hold the title of Queen of Soul, Franklin's original handle will from now on be interchangeable with the excellencies the Queen of Paranoia and the Queen of Being a Damn Baby.
[Source]
• Angelina Jolie is in Iraq! No, not fighting. [Jossip]
• Aretha Franklin's R-E-S-P-E-C-T-I-N-G her body with a new fitness program. [DListed]
• Vince Vaughn takes some time off of drinking, smoking and whoring to work. God bless him. [PS]
• Lindsay Lohan says "fuck you." [HT]
• Javier Bardem went crazy because of a weird haircut. Maybe he's not as cool as we thought he was. [ICYDK]
• Jennifer Love Hewitt's fiancé doesn't care if you think she's fat. [INO]
• "Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Kidnapping Scare" [Yeeeah]
• Street art. Enjoy. [CityRag]
Jennifer Hudson, seen here maybe getting robbed, is on a short list of actresses Aretha Franklin would like to play her in her biopic.
The "queen of soul" has said that though the process is ongoing, she has watched Hudson's breakout role in Dreamgirls "a couple of times lately," adding that Fantasia Barrino and Halle Berry are also being considered for the part.
Of course, if the film follows Franklin into present day, she'll need to play her, uh, incomparable self.
• Aretha Franklin tests the limits of the spagetti strap in a major way. [DListed]
• Joe Simpson says he has nothing do with his daughters love lived, you know, other than the hidden cameras in their bedrooms and specimen samples of every man either of the girls has ever been with. [Us Weekly]
• Speaking of Jessica Simpson's personal life, she bought some of Vanessa Minnillo in Maxim style underwear. So something sinister must be up. [TMZ]
• Katie Holmes is meeting with lawyers to "teach him a lesson." All I can think about is if she actually leaves Tom we'll totally see Suri sooner, cause you know sister'll need the photo cash. [Celebitchy]
• Critics find Scarlett Johansson sex scene "too distracting." Mostly because they don't want to pull a Pee Wee Herman. [Egotastic]
• John Travolta kisses a male friend. What would Xenu have to say about this? [A Socialite's Life]
• I'm not sure the term "jumping the shark" adequately describes K-Fed on Entourage. [PopSugar]
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