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The Cajun Boy / Gawker:
Clay Aiken Trashes American Idol, Adam Lambert — Last night millions of American Idol fans tuned in to watch the show's season finale. But you know who didn't? Clay Aiken, who basically trashed everything about Idol today on the subscription-only message board of his website …
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Monique Jessen / People.com:
For Sale: Live Kisses from Robert Pattinson — Call him the Kissing King of Cannes. Helping to raise some much-needed funds at amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS event in Cannes Thursday night, Robert Pattinson auctioned off something only he could provide - a kiss on the cheek.
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Monique Jessen / People.com:
Sharon Stone Pays Teary Tribute to Natasha Richardson — The Cannes Film Festival took a serious turn Thursday night, when Sharon Stone honored the memory of her friend Natasha Richardson at amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS event. — Stone, 51, hosted the annual charity event …
New York Post:
NATALIE SAVED BUT LOSES SISTER — NATALIE Cole has just had the most heart-wrenching week of her life. — As Nat King Cole's Grammy Award-winning daughter, who's suffering from kidney disease, sat comforting her dying sister, Carol “Cookie” Cole, she got a frantic call from doctors saying …
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Cole's Sister Dies During Kidney Drama — While Natalie Cole was in the middle of her kidney transplant surgery, her family was struck with tragedy. Cole's older sister was pronounced dead after refusing to start chemo when doctors found a cancerous spot on her lung.
Rosie Swash / Guardian:
Amy Winehouse cancels homecoming gig — The troubled singer has pulled out of her UK comeback gig, which was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Island Records — Amy Winehouse has cancelled her homecoming performance at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire, which was due to take place on Sunday 31 May.
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The Superficial:
Paris Hilton & Doug basically f-cking in public — More: Doug Reinhardt , Paris Hilton — Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt pretty much decided to publicly flaunt their s**t all over Cannes this week because here they are practically having intercourse at a nightclub.
New York Post:
NEW HAIR DAY FOR JESS — IT looks like Jessica Simpson has broken her addiction to her longtime hairdresser. Ken Paves, who rode Simpson's coattails for years, usually insists on doing her hair for major shoots, but most magazines don't want to work with him because he's the king of “Texas” …
RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Bikini Girl Slams Kara DioGuardi — While even the two finalists in Wednesday night's American Idol finale parted friends, it turns out a feud is brewing between a former hopeful and a judge. — RadarOnline.com caught up with Katrina Darrell, aka Bikini Girl …
Jeanne Wolf / PARADE Magazine:
Jessica Biel: ‘I Wanted To Be Whitney Houston’ — Jessica Biel gets a lot of attention for her relationship with “Mr. SexyBack,” but she's a lot more than Justin Timberlake's girlfriend. Since her primetime stint on 7th Heaven, the box office beauty has co-starred with Oscar winners Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti.
Tiffany McGee / People.com:
Rihanna & New Guy Are ‘Just Friends’ — Rihanna and Aubrey “Drake” Graham — After being spotted smooching Rihanna on Monday, actor-turned-rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham says he and the singer are “just friends.” — Appearing on New York's Hot 97 radio station Thursday morning …
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Spencer Pratt Admits Lying About Sex Tape Rumors To Get Lauren Conrad To Attend Wedding — LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Spencer Pratt says he was lying when he told Lauren Conrad he started the rumors of a sex tape featuring the departing “Hills” star — and he did so just to get LC to come to his wedding.
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Scott Bowles / USA Today:
First Look: Actors put up a real fight in ‘Airbender’ — For years, Noah Ringer went by the nickname “Avatar” because he looked so much like the lead in the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. Now he gets to act like the character, too. — Ringer, 12, makes his feature-film …
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Cele|bitchy:
Kirstie Alley is crushed that Jenny McCarthy got Oprah talkshow deal, not her — This week's National Enquirer claims that Kirstie Alley is upset because she signed a deal with Oprah to do her own talk show last year, but that talks stalled and Kirstie's plans were on hold.
Lisa Lucas / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Is Getting Ready for Bikini Season — Summer is just around the corner and Kim Kardashian is ready to show off her body. — “I feel great. I am ready for the bikini body,” she told PEOPLE on Wednesday at an opening bash for Dash, her new Miami boutique with sisters Khloe and Kourtney …
blogs.myspace.com:
May 21st, a good day :) — The one thing i love about being connected with my fans is that i can grow with you guys. — we are all going through lots of the same things — and i love that i can relate to all of you. — there is one thing that kind of hurts if i may share with you guys …
Ray Bennett / Hollywood Reporter:
Film Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — CANNES — The first big question about Terry Gilliam's “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” involves how the filmmaker managed to complete the film when his star Heath Ledger died in the middle of shooting. The answer is with great imagination and skill.
KOMO News:
Mary K. Letourneau hosts ‘Hot Teacher’ night — Mary Kay Letourneau and her former student, Vili Fualaau, appear with two models in this publicity photo for “Hot Teacher Night” at Fuel Sports Bar. (Photo used by permission of Locke Dauch, Locked Photography.) — Watch the story
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin Admits: “Everything's Falling Apart” — WATCH THE VIDEO. — “Everything's falling apart,” Kate says. “I feel like the world is sitting on my shoulders.” — As seen in Thursday's sneak peek clip, the couple of about 10 years speak to the camera separately.
Michael Jensen / AfterElton.com:
So You Think Can Knock Off the Homophobia, Nigel Lythgoe? — Update: we have an interview with the gay contestant at the bottom of the post! — I've written before about So You Think You Can Dance's Nigel Lythgoe and his cretinous attitude toward what he terms “effeminate dancers.”