Taylor Momsen Saved Her Dog’s Testicles, Set Them On Fire

Has Momsen finally crossed over from “teen angst” to “budding serial killer”? Dennis Rodman’s six-woman orgy caught on live microphone. Wednesday’s gossip will make you recoil in horror.

• Has Gossip Girl star and tween rocker Taylor Momsen crossed the line from “teen angst” to “budding serial killer”? Ben Phillips, a guitarist in her band, says she’s a pervy pyro: “Taylor loves fire. I shouldn’t say this. One morning, Taylor got into the studio really early – she’d just had her dog neutered and brought in the bits. Which she then burned. We were grossed out.” I’ve long wondered how the adults who get paid to play backup for Taylor deal with the humiliation. Answer: with their tongues in their cheeks. “Taylor loves setting things on fire, so this is great. Taylor thinks we’re some rock ‘n’ roll badasses,” said Phillips. [MTV, image via Pacific Coast News]
• Donald Trump is a lucky charm. He sat in Caroline Wozniacki‘s US Open box, and then she beat Maria Sharapova. Hey, I have a business idea: Pocket-sized Donald Trumps. Luckier than your lucky socks, more portable than a horseshoe. [P6]
• Dennis Rodman is pushing 50, but he still gets laid. He reportedly took six girls to his room during a hotel party – with a live microphone in his pocket. (Wasn’t that a plot point in Gossip Girl?) “Rodman had quite a lot to drink and had been making shout-outs in the mike. He headed up to his room with six girls. Then, the next thing you could hear through the speakers downstairs was Rodman describing in full sexual detail what he wanted to do to them.” Organisers pulled the plug. Knowing a baller PR gambit when he sees one, Rodman’s agent confirmed: “He was unaware of the microphone being turned on”, and “he had a few drinks in him”. Dennis Rodman: Turning soap operatic sexual melodrama into reality, 20 years and running. [P6]
• Nine-year-old Willow Smith – precociously stylish daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith – has released her first single, “Whip My Hair”. Given that the source is a fourth-grader known solely for looking weird on the red carpet, I’m going with “brilliant” on this one. [RapUp]
• Rumour has it Paris Hilton and Brooke Mueller – the estranged, abused wife of Charlie Sheen – are filming a reality show about “lifestyles”. Mysterious! [TMZ]
• Serena Williams has a thing for musicians. She broke up with Common in May, and now she’s reportedly asking for an introduction to Drake, who is five years her junior but once raved, “I love older women… I love experience and maturity.” [P6]
• Not content to wait around for Heidi Montag to release their lesbian sex tape, Playboy Playmate Karissa Shannon is taking matters into her own hands the tragic victim of a “reputable third party”, who is leaking a tape of her banging boyfriend and Smallville actor Sam Jones III. [TMZ]
• Anna Wintour once put LeBron James on a cover, and now she has set her sights on another tall, handsome basketballer: Amare Stoudemire, the Knicks’ $US100 million man, received a personal invite to Fashion’s Night Out. “Amar’e wasn’t planning on going out last night, but he changed his mind after getting the invite from Anna.” Nuclear Wintour’s thaw affects even the manliest of pro athletes. [P6]
• Mike Tyson and his third wife are expecting Mike’s eighth child, a little boy. Mazel tov! This will be their first child since the tragic freak accident death of four-year-old daughter Exodus. [Radar]