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2:19AM Brian Moylan | [Katy Perry wears a questionable outfit to the roulette wheel at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin last night. Image via Getty]
Luck Is No Lady Tonight
2:19AM Brian Moylan | [Katy Perry wears a questionable outfit to the roulette wheel at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin last night. Image via Getty]
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NYT: Did DJ AM’s MTV Show Kill HIm?
10:05AM Foster Kamer | Hot damn. Allen Salkin — the Seymour Hersh of the Sunday Styles section — hit the nail on the head this time. Salkin reviewed/profiled the DJ AM docu-show about addiction, and got some quotes. It’s a teary, compelling affair. More »
People
Golly, People Think Sarah Palin’s Overpriced
8:15PM Andrew Belonsky | Some ignorant folk don’t think “public speaker” Sarah Palin deserves her outlandishly steep paycheck. Eddie Furlong’s hitting the coke pipe. And Penelope Cruz enjoys kissing both Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson. It’s your Wednesday morning gossip roundup! More »
Music
3:26PM Jess McGuire | Here’s a clip of pop star Pink talking to Matt Lauer about what happened at the MTV Video Music Awards. She says that she kinda wishes she’d won the award because her amazing handbag had brass knuckles (now I kinda wish she’d won, too!), and then calls Kanye a few safe-for-work names. More »
Pink Thinks Kanye Is ‘A Toolbox’
3:26PM Jess McGuire | Here’s a clip of pop star Pink talking to Matt Lauer about what happened at the MTV Video Music Awards. She says that she kinda wishes she’d won the award because her amazing handbag had brass knuckles (now I kinda wish she’d won, too!), and then calls Kanye a few safe-for-work names. More »
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Even Obama Thinks Kanye’s An Arse
1:02PM Andrew Belonsky | Basically the entire world has rallied around the idea that Kanye West is an entire asshole for ruining Taylor Swift’s big moment last night. So, too, has Barack Obama, the US president. But he won’t do it on the record. More »
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Was The Kanye West Taylor Swift Moment Staged? The Great Debate
7:23AM Brian Moylan | When Guest of a Guest speculated that last night’s Kanye West/Taylor Swift incident at the VMAs was scripted it sent a shockwave through Defamer HQ. Brian Moylan thinks it’s fake and Richard Rushfield thinks it’s real. Punches are being thrown! More »
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Kanye West, You’re A Dick.
1:11PM Andrew Belonsky | Today’s VMA awards were messy. The transitions were sloppy. The performances were so-so. And the emotional outbursts were, well, tacky. Our evidence: Kanye West upstaging Taylor Swift’s big win. More »
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Madonna Video Not As Bad As We Thought
4:00AM Brian Moylan | The final version of Madonna’s latest video “Celebration” came out today and, like we hoped the dreaded 15 seconds that was leaked isn’t in the final edit. That doesn’t mean what is left is that much better. More »
Small Screen
Too Depraved For Paris Friendship Show, World
5:24PM Andrew Belonsky | A man who wanted to be on Paris Hilton’s “best-friend” reality show has been arrested after sending in pictures of children in sexual positions, some “masochistic”, as part of his application. And justice finds another asshole sicko. Hooray! [Houston Press]
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