jay-z: the man behind the ‘single lady’

how cute can they possibly get? power couple extraordinaire jay-z and beyonce are precious beyond words. and rich. and beautiful. oh yeah, and extremely talented!

rarely do we head the either of them dish on their relationship, but jay-z was less tight-lipped than usual this past weekend. the music mogul let loose on BBC’s friday night with jonathan ross, and crap, he’s kinda funny! watch above… and prepare to giggle.

he says of his wife, “she’s a magnificent performer… i steal routines from her, she stole many things from me. the whole ‘uh-oh’ dance. i started that.” (speakin’ on beyonce’s famous single ladies video). he goes on to say that it was him who choreographed the famous hand flip in the vid! “i actually created that dance. that was me, again.” oh, jay. i’ll believe it when i see it!

perez for american idol?

unless you’ve been holed up under a rock, you know that american idol‘s beloved simon cowell plans on parting ways with the ratings king at the end of this season.  so that leaves randy jackson, kara dioguardi and newly-minted ellen degeneres to hold down the judge’s fort. room for one more?

well, that’s what perez hilton is hoping for. the self-proclaimed celebrity and gossip blogger is campaigning - hard – to take over cowell’s spot. see his desperate plea above! it doesn’t sound like he has much of a case, considering his biggest rationale for hopping on the idol stage centers around the fact that he’s “gay.” oh really? because we weren’t quite sure.

my thoughts closely mirror this guy‘s comment… “if this douche nozzle ever ended up on idol, i would never watch it again!!” but others, like simon cowell himself, think perez might be a good fit. please, spare us!

iphone must-have

got an iphone? then you must download this application like, yesterday. because it is so insanely important that you have a one-stop shop for all your heidi montag & spencer pratt needs.

alright, now that the sarcasm is out of the way… what the heck is going on here?! for the low price of $1.99, you can gain “exclusive access” to the world of everyone’s favorite media mongers. the itunes store has released the app, named speidiweb, with a description that reads:

“the premier iphone app application for fans of heidi montag and spencer pratt, and supporters as well as fans of MTV’s the hills. gain exclusive access to unseen photos, candids, and videos unavailable to fans, until now. new photos, youtube videos, and ustream files will be constantly uploaded, to keep your experience ‘fresh’. live streaming music from heidi’s newest albums, will keep you entertained while you browse. like a track? simply click the ‘buy’ link and go straight to the itunes store on your iphone. don’t like this track? click next and keep browsing.”

so what are you waiting for? download speidiweb today! or perhaps you have better ways to spend $1.99… like maybe on a pack of gum.

spokesperson for the skinny?

no shock here… thinner-than-thin celeb victoria beckham is adding her two cents about the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)’s new “health is beauty” campaign. the campaign encourages stylists, designers and others in the fashion industry to work with healthier-sized models.

while guest hosting on ‘the view,’ victoria says of the issue “most of these girls are naturally thin and i don’t think we should be discriminating against someone because they are too thin or too curvy or too large or whatever it is.” point well-taken, but how in the world can designers tell which ones are “naturally thin” and which are starving themselves every day?

take this girl for example… model coco rocha was told to lose weight at a size 6! a former vogue cover model, rocha lost out on catwalk work because of her refusal to drop sizes. why risk her health? and hear this: model luisel ramos stuck to a menu of green leaves and diet coke for 3 months before runway season… and suffered a fatal heart attack as a result. nobody learned. just six months later, her own sister passed away of malnutrition! so sad. victoria, watch what you say next time. this is too serious to make assumptions.

it’s oscar time

ahhh my favorite time of the year. the academy awards! tune in to catch the coverage on sunday, march 7th at 5pm PST on ABC.

co-hosted by two of hollywood’s funniest – steve martin and alec baldwin – it’ll be a pretty entertaining show. and ladies, there’ll be plenty of eye candy. award presenters include such gorgeous men as ryan reynolds, keanu reeves, bradley cooper, chris pine & gerard butler.

an amazing line-up of movies are in the running for the night’s top honors… should be exciting! check out all the nominations below, with my picks in pink!

Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Directing
James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels – Precious
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey SidibePrecious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious

Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Writing – Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

Writing – Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” – The Princess and the Frog
“Down in New Orleans” – The Princess and the Frog
“Loin de Paname” – Paris 36
“Take It All” – Nine
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart”) – Crazy Heart

Music (Original Score)
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up

Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon

Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

breaking his silence

this is huge!!

according to PGATour.com, tiger woods will be addressing the press & public this friday at 11am eastern time. tiger’s agent mark steinberg has said tiger will be “apologizing for his behavior as well as discussing his plans for his career.” (see screen shot of announcement below)

this will be the golf pro’s first public appearance since nov. 27, when his florida car crash ignitied a series of infidelity admissions and consequently, some really bad press.

oh man oh man. i can only imagine how many people will be tuning in for this event! only a small group of tiger’s friends and colleaugeus have been invited to the conference, so we shouldn’t expect large crowd. tiger has prepared a statement, but will not be answering any questions.

yeah, good call on that one. let’s see if the public can forgive him!

UPDATE: the following message was just posted on tiger woods’ official website: “while tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between him and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him. he also let down his fans. he wants to begin the process of making amends, and that’s what he’s going to discuss.”

party pooper

robert pattinson is… bothered! the vampire was portrayed hilariously by jimmy fallon on his late night show – and shared exactly why valentine’s day “bothers” him. flowers, candy, the shapes of hearts… it’s all part of pattinson’s party pooper rant. check it out above.

alright, here’s my plea. robbie boy is set to appear on jimmy’s show on march 1st to promote his latest flick, ‘remember me.’ (which, actually looks pretty interesting.) i hope jimmy can convince robert to help him spoof the “bothered” segment. make it happen!

made of gold?

don’t get me wrong, i’m a huge julia roberts fan. but come on, is she made of gold?

if you ventured out into the theaters this weekend to indulge in the celebrity love fest that is ‘valentine’s day,’ you might’ve caught a glimpse of the actress. judging from the trailer, we would’ve thought julia was a prime player. but as it turns out, she’s only in the film for roughly 6 minutes!

but that’s not the ridiculous part. for her part in the lovey-dovey flick, america’s sweetheart was paid $3 MILLION! that’s about $500,000 a minute. for that kinda cash, those better be the best 6 minutes of our lives!!

apparently roberts agreed to the part as a favor to director garry marshall. after casting her, it was much easier to get stars like jessica biel, ashton kutcher and anne hathaway on board. i guess only the box office can tell if julia was worth that paycheck… we’ll find out soon!

almost perfect

this just in: megan fox has a flaw! i know, who woulda known?

ms. fox starred in her very own superbowl commercial this past weekend, which featured her promoting a motorola phone in – where else? – a bathtub. but when it came time for megan to show off the phone in a close-up, she enlisted the help of a stunt thumb!

apparently the little lady has brachydactyly which means she’s got a bit of a clubbed thumb (see picture). about 1 in 1,000 people “suffer” from the condition so she and her misshapen thumb are not alone.

considering the 30-second commersh cost about $3 million to air, it’s clear motorola was taking no chances when it came to the perfection of their ad. take a look at the commercial below, stunt thumb and all.