We're sorry to say it, ladies, but: Phillip Phillips has a girlfriend. And he's head over heels for the unnamed brunette.
"She is so excited for me," the 21-year old told reporters in a conference call yesterday. "She supported me throughout all of this, and I love her to death."
Phillip added that his gal pal has helped him immensely through his kidney ailment - it came out this week that Phillips underwent EIGHT surgeries during season 11 and is due for one in the near future - and if female voters out there have a problem with his heart being taken, well...
... too bad!
"If a girl [voted] for me because I'm cute, and then gets mad that I have a girlfriend, then she doesn't really like the music," he said. "I'm not some cute guy who is trying to be successful off that. I really want the music to come first."
So, why did YOU vote Phillip Phillips for American Idol winner?
Kylie Minogue is 43 years old (and actually turns 44 Monday) but you'd never know it based on the way she dances and dresses in her music video for "Timebomb."
It's been released as part of the celebration for this Australian's 25th year in the music business and, in it, Kylie dons what very few people would actually refer to as a "dress."
What do you think of Minogue in this outfit?
Look for Minogue to perform "Timebomb" live on the British version of The Voice on May 27 and to include it on her upcoming greatest hits album, due out on June 19 in the U.S.
President Barack Obama's pot-smoking past is detailed in Barack Obama: The Story, a new biography of the Commander-in-Chief by David Maraniss, who had previously revealed Obama's early girlfriends (including Genevieve Cook) in Vanity Fair.
The President himself has been remarkably and refreshingly candid about his past drug use, but new details of Obama smoking marijuana with his buddies at Hawaii's Punahou School are still setting the web ablaze (sorry).
Maraniss writes, "When a joint was making the rounds, [Obama] often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted 'Intercepted!' and took an extra hit."
Yeah. Let's all take a moment and let that image sink in.
"But Obama's buddies, who called themselves the "Choom Gang," didn't mind him messing up the rotation," he continues. "After all, this was Hawaii."
Indeed. That's not all. Maraniss writes that Obama was known for starting a trend called "TA," short for "total absorption." Use your imagination.
"When you were with 'Barry' and pals, if you exhaled precious pakalolo (Hawaiian slang for marijuana, meaning "numbing tobacco") instead of absorbing it fully into your lungs, you were assessed a penalty," writes the author.
"Your turn was skipped the next time the joint (Read more...)
A new Pusha T song, "Exodus 23:1," is the cause of a budding hip hop feud between the artist and Lil Wayne's Young Money crew, including Drake.
In the song, Pusha T does not name either Drake or his YM boss Weezy, but it's apparently obvious to peeps who listen to this stuff what he's referring to.
As a result, Wayne fired back at Pusha T and his supporters via Twitter: "Fuk pusha t and anybody that love em," he wrote on the social media site.
On "Exodus 23:1," Pusha raps:
"Contract all fucked up / I guess that means you all f--ked up / You signed to one n----, that's signed to another n----, that's signed to three n----s."
"Now that's bad luck / Damn that sh-t even the odds now / You better off selling this hard now / You call it living out your dreams / You can't fly without your wings."
What that means, we have no f--king idea, but it sounds hardcore, based on all the profanity, and Lil Wayne is clearly far from pleased about it.
In Cosmopolis, unfortunately, her boyfriend will NOT go bottomless.
The actor broke this news to Metro France this week during his time in Cannes for that city's film festival, explaining how director David Cronenberg approached him five minutes before shooting and - referring to a specific shot - said:
"I want to see the bottom of your balls on the top of the frame."
Alas, the fantasies of women everywhere will not be coming true.
"I went back to see him and told him that wouldn't happen," Pattinson said. "He took it really well. At the start, it's a very bizarre scene that you won't see again in another movie, I promise."
Based on the Don DeLillo book of the same name, Cosmopolis features R. Patt as a billionaire who nearly loses everything (most notably his mind) in the span of one day. It's a very different, mature role for the star.
Kate Upon and Heidi Klum were two of many celebrities who came out yesterday for the 2012 AMFAR Cinema Against Aids Party in Cannes.
Two of the most gorgeous celebrities, that is.
And while we're disappointed Upton didn't get her Cat Daddy dance on, we can't exactly complain about the opportunity to stare at the modeling world's most fast-rising star and see how one of its most veteran beauties will stave off the competition?
Who wins this Fashion Face-Off? Aside from men around the world? Vote now:
Others at the event included Paris Hilton, Tara Reid, Kim Kardashian and Vampire Diaries actress Nina Dobrev. Click around below and decide who looked best:
In Thursday afternoon's THG Caption Contest, we asked you to come up with the best one for this absurd pic showing some guy covered in slabs of meat.
You had plenty of material to make up fun captions, and you certainly delivered. Our winner is Eli Quinn. Nice work! The winning entry now appears below.
Honorable mentions go out to Carrie, Lisa and Amanda. Thanks to all of you for playing as always, and best of luck in our next Caption Contest!
Dear Gaga, I shall begin my journey to find you, and at last our eyes shall meat.
L.A. Lakers fans Dan Rib and Ken Belcher rip Kobe Bryant for not being “The Kobe That We Used to Know” in this hilarious parody of Gotye's hit song.
Following the Lakers' unceremonious dismissal from the playoffs at the hands of Oklahoma City this week, the duo took out their frustration musically.
With references to the triangle offense, Bryant's maligned teammates, his running Shaq out of town after the 2004 season and, of course, Kobe's ball-hogging tendencies, the video set almost perfectly to Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" is classic:
In case you were one of the sane individuals who missed last night's episode of Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding, consider this a nauseating recap:
Kim Zolciak went topless.
As a pre-wedding day gift for fiance Kroy Biermann, the reality star placed pasties over her nipples and painted her bare torso, complaining at first about her messy yard and lack of a flower person for the nuptials - "This photo shoot is the last thing I have on my mind" - before deciding to just go through with it because:
"I'm so damn sexy, f-ck it."
Click on the photos above to enlarge and, remember, it could be worse: Kim could have chosen to sing instead.
