October 10, 2010

Lee DeWyze Previews Debut Single, Album

It will have been six months since American Idol ended when Lee DeWyze releases his debut CD, but the season nine champion can't for the world to hear it.

"Putting out an album on a major label is truly a dream come true," DeWyze says. "I'm excited for all the people who supported me throughout Idol to hear what I can do with my own songs. The album shows a whole different side of me and I'm so proud of it."

Live It Up Art

The first single, "Live It Up," will debut on Ryan Seacrest's radio show next Wednesday, followed, Lee hopes, by countless air plays around the nation.

DeWyze says he is influenced by Simon and Garfunkel, Cat Stevens and the Mamas and the Papas, adding: "I love hard-edged vocals over pretty melodies - that's what I'm about. I really admire guys like Dave Matthews and Ray LaMontagne, and to now be on the same record label as them - it just blows my mind."

Kim Kardashian on Staged Fight: I'm Okay!

Phew. Kim Kardashian is okay.

We were worried that the fight she and her reality show concocted for an upcoming episode would leave her injured, but the blogger writes that the script didn't call for any harm to be done she's okay.

Big Butt, Big Apple

"I'm totally fine, guys," Kardashian wrote on her website. "I want to address this because everyone has been asking me if I'm ok after the bar fight last night.... A drunk male fan came up to me and asked to take a picture, and I obliged, but his girlfriend, who was also drunk, got a little out of hand. Luckily I had Scott and Khloe there to protect me."

And a slew of cameramen, of course.

Concluded Kim: "We just wanted a fun family night out, but when people see the cameras rolling, they try to get attention."

Weird. From where would they possible get that idea?!?

Parents Television Council Slams Miley Cyrus for "Sexualized Video," Sending Bad Message

Turns out, THG isn't the only one to have a major problem with Miley Cyrus.

Following the release of the singer's video for "Who Owns My Heart," which includes the 17-year writhing around in bed, blindfolded, the Parents Television Council has released the following statement:

Typical Miley Pose

It is unfortunate that she would participate in such a sexualized video like this one. It sends messages to her fan base that are diametrically opposed to everything she has done up to this point. Miley built her fame and fortune entirely on the backs of young girls, and it saddens us that she seems so eager to distance herself from that fan base so rapidly.

Hmmm... where else did we read something very similar?

Earlier in the week, the PTC also took issue with Glee for its Britney Spears episode. Sound off now: Do you agree with its take on Miley and her video?

Ben Harper and Laura Dern to Divorce

Ben Harper and Laura Dern are getting divorced. This is news to her, too.

The two-time Grammy winner stunned the actress when he filing legal documents citing irreconcilable differences and asking a judge to deny Dern spousal support.

Even more interestingly, Harper claims he and Dern separated back in January. But the couple, who married back in 2005, have been living together all year.

Ben Harper and Laura Dern

Ben Harper and Laura Dern are divorcing after five years.

Moreover, they have been traveling together throughout the year and they were also intimate as recently as last week. No idea how TMZ knows that, but ... sure.

Harper is asking for joint legal and physical of the couple's two kids: Ellery, 9, and Jaya, 5. We hope they're able to work it out or at least split up amicably.

Kayte Walsh, Girlfriend of Kelsey Grammer, Suffers Miscarriage

It was devastating news the couple had not been ready to reveal for weeks, but Kayte Walsh, the new girlfriend of Kelsey Grammer, had a miscarriage.

"We lost our unborn child about six weeks ago," they said in a statement.

"We would like to thank all of those who expressed kindness and concern. We needed a little time to heal before we could publicly acknowledge our loss."

Kelsey Grammer, Kayte Walsh

Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh earlier this year.

The actor, 55, and Walsh, 29, had revealed in August that she was expecting. It would've been the first child for the couple and the fifth for Grammer.

Our hearts go out to both upon hearing this very sad news.

Don't Ask, Don't Smell: Lady Gaga to Unleash Monster Perfume

Her fans are called the Little Monsters, and few stars go to greater lengths to connect with fans. So fittingly, Lady Gaga's new perfume will be called ... Monster.

The fragrance company behind Gaga's upcoming scent has filed trademark paperwork for the name "Monster" with a specific use of "perfumery." So there you go.

As for what it will smell like - au du meat dress? - we can't even venture a guess. But when it comes out in early 2012, you know we'll be waiting in line. Maybe.

Meaty Gaga

GAGA FOR PERFUME: The Lady's Monster fragrance is underway.

Brett Favre Accuser #2: Team Masseuse Says QB Emailed, Texted His "Bad Intentions"

Brett Favre really needs to retire ... this particular pattern.

Already accused of sending lustful texts to sultry reporter Jenn Sterger during his tenure with the N.Y. Jets, the NFL great is now accused of the same by another.

A married massage therapist, who does not want to be identified by name, tells the New York Post that she caught Favre’s eye while working with the Jets in '08.

Favre

She had been kneading one of the quarterback’s teammates when Favre, being rubbed down by one of her colleagues, shot her a glance. That kind of glance.

“He was looking at me like I was a hanging slab of meat,” she said.

The woman says she confessed to her husband immediately about the unwanted flurry of attention, but Favre allegedly contacted her the next day as well.

But steamy phone calls followed, as did “e-mails and texts from Favre saying, ‘Why don’t you and your friend come over ... I have all these bad intentions.”

If that's true ... what a loser Brett Favre is.

“I called Favre back myself,” the husband said. “I was looking for an apology. I feel like this guy tried to screw my [expletive] family, [expletive] scumbag.”

A Jets source confirmed the women were among 17 people hired to massage Jets players over two days of their 2008 training camp at Hofstra University.

Their names were passed along to the NFL.

The revelations come as the Minnesota Vikings signal caller is undergoing a league probe into claims that Jenn Sterger received pics of Brett Favre naked.

Sterger, a Playboy and Maxim pin-up girl who now works as co-host of the cable sports show The Daily Line, gave the gray-haired hurler the cold shoulder.

Favre risks NFL discipline for personal-conduct violations if the probe finds that he crossed boundaries with Sterger, but has not been charged with a crime.

It is also worth noting that Sterger has not accused Favre of this publicly, and that the lewd pics and texts were leaked courtesy of a mystery third party.