At this point, Russell Brand has been talking about his marriage to and divorce from Katy Perry almost as long as they were actually wed. In a candid interview with Australia’s “60 Minutes,” the British comedian talks about why things didn’t work out between him and Perry. “Sometimes it goes well, sometimes it don’t, but if you sort of sense there’s an incompatibility, then in any relationship regardless of the status of the individual, it kind of is best to go separate ways,” he says. “I think if you’re someone who’s really into mountain biking, it would be good to go out with someone else who’s into mountain biking. If you’re really into Eastern mysticism, go out with someone else who is into Eastern mysticism. I think if you’re a devoted tennis professional and you get married to a crystal meth addict, you might have trouble. I’ve been in a lot of trouble.”

Lady Gaga has a lot of friends around the world, but Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro is definitely not one of them. “There’s Gaga. I would call her a slut. This slut is influencing many, many children,” Molinaro said at an anti-drug event earlier this week, criticizing Gaga’s recent actions at a concert in Amsterdam during which she smoked marijuana on stage. “She’s a slut in the pure word, in the pure meaning of the word,” he explained. “A slut is someone that’s immoral or uses improper conduct. So she’s using improper conduct. So she’s a slut. Anyone that would expose people that look up to them and who their idol is, to the use of narcotics, to me is a slut, male or female. It doesn’t matter.”

With three young kids already at home, Jennifer Garner says she’s not planning to have any more children despite husband Ben Affleck’s desire for a bigger family. But then that’s the thing about plans: “I am not pregnant now. I plan to be done,” Garner tells Ellen DeGeneres in an interview. “But my husband is kind of a wonder sperm kind of guy. You never don’t know. You just have to look at him.”

One Direction boy-bander Louis Tomlinson wants the world to know he’s a good boyfriend. The 20-year-old Brit, who has been dating model Eleanor Calder for nearly a year, tells the magazine Fabulous UK that he’s planning to remain faithful. “Sorry girls, I’ll never sleep around,” he says. “I’m a very loyal boyfriend. I’m a bit of a joker. I can be romantic, but not too sickly.”

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Lindsay Lohan and her assistant, Gavin Doyle, are reportedly being investigated by police in connection to $100,000 worth of watches and sunglasses missing from the home of Sam Magid, according to TMZ. Police are said to be considering Lohan and Doyle formal suspects in the case, and detectives reportedly contacted their lawyers requesting an interview recently but were turned down. While Magid has actually recanted his story and now says nothing was stolen, the LAPD is still reportedly moving ahead with the investigation.

A month after finalizing his divorce from American pop star Katy Perry, British comedian Russell Brand is apparently sticking closer to home. Brand is reportedly dating Spice Girls member Geri Halliwell, according to the Sun. Brand and Halliwell, who hung out during the Olympics Closing Ceremony earlier this month, were recently spotted out and about at Hampton Court Palace along with Halliwell’s 6-year-old daughter. Halliwell, for her part, admits there’s a new special someone in her life — but she’s leaving it at that. “I’m not going into details,” she tells Hello! Magazine. “Right now there’s nothing serious.”

Amanda Bynes‘ most recent hit-and-run incident has led investigators to renew their interest in a similar accident involving the actress from earlier this year, according to Hollyscoop. “Both of Amanda Bynes’ hit and run cases are under review right now. I cannot say that we re-opened the original hit-and-run case because it was never closed,” a spokesman for the L.A. City Attorney’s office tells the Web site. “We are reviewing both cases with the LAPD and CHP, so both incidents are under investigation at this time. She has not been charged with anything as of yet. No dates have been set for arraignment or anything else with Amanda at this time.” Both incidents — one in April and one in August — involve Bynes reportedly rear-ending another driver and then fleeing the scene.

While Mariah Carey‘s reported $18 million payday for joining “American Idol” is impressive, the show was apparently willing to go even higher to snag Katy Perry, according to Us Weekly. The reality competition reportedly offered Perry $20 million to become a judge for its 12th season — following the departure of Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler — but she turned them down. “Katy was being hotly pursued, ” a source says. “They really wanted her.”

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After one too many interviews in which Russell Brand ran his mouth about their failed 14-month marriage, Katy Perry has reportedly called in the lawyers to gag the British comedian, according to the Daily Star. “Katy is fed up with Russell constantly making reference to their marriage in interviews,” a source tells the newspaper. “While it’s mainly harmless and often even complimentary, she’s sick to death of his comments being splashed all over the news and magazines.” So the “Fireworks” singer is taking matters into her own hands, according to the source: “She called lawyers and told them to put a gagging order on Russ to prevent him from speaking [about] her in public again. Katy vowed never to reveal the ins and outs of their marriage breakdown or speak about Russell in any way. All she wants is the same in return.”

While Vanessa Paradis is out promoting her new movie, “Cornouaille,” she can’t seem to dodge questions about her recent split from longtime partner Johnny Depp. “I don’t want to talk about him. Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?” Paradis asks in an interview with French Elle. “It’s my duty to promote this movie and my albums, but you can imagine what it feels like to see people making a business out of your pain.” She does offer some insight, though, into what makes relationships work — and not work: “I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, ‘You have to work at being a couple.’ No, you have to want to be there,” she says.

Newlyweds Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied are getting an early start on exposing their baby boy to culture, taking in a concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl recently, according to People magazine. The Oscar-winning actress “looked pretty chilled out,” a source says. “She was wearing jeans and a T-shirt, her hair was down. She looked more concerned about keeping [infant son Aleph] quiet and not disturbing anyone than anything.

Macaulay Culkin‘s reps may insist that reports of the former child star’s drug problems and failing health are bogus, but photos of the “Home Alone” star looking gaunt have his estranged parents worried. “I hope that he has the right people looking after him,” Kit Culkin, who hasn’t spoken to his son in 15 years, tells the Sun. Macaulay’s mother, Jeanette, adds that they fear their son is “dying of some disease of heavily into drugs,” based on recent photos.

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Matthew McConaughey recently moved his family from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, and he couldn’t be happier with the decision. “No one recognizes you and no one asks you, ‘Hey, what do you do?,’ because I don’t think anyone cares,” he explained during a speech at the Texas Film Hall of Fame awards, according to People magazine. “My mother-in-law from Brazil has traveled around the world and we’ve lived in Los Angeles and New York,” McConaughey said during his presentation. “She says to me the other day, ‘In L.A., people will walk on your back and stand on your shoulders to get where they are going, in New York, they will just pull out a gun and tell you they will kill you. Here in Texas, everybody walks together.’”

While most wouldn’t think of the British Royal Family as a humorous bunch, Prince Harry insists there are a lot of laughs out of the public view. “She is very funny, but I think she gets it from my grandfather. They are very funny together,” Harry tells the Telegraph about his grandmother, the Queen. “My family is the same as any other family when it comes to humor behind closed doors, though I’d like to think I was funnier than my grandmother.”

Olivier Martinez and Halle Berry have kept fairly mum on their engagement, but Martinez is happy to confirm the happy news. “Yes, of course we’re engaged,” he tells Miami.com. at the opening of his new restaurant, Villa Azur. There are some things that Martinez would like to clear up, though: “There is a jeweler taking credit for doing the ring and it’s a lie,” he says. “They have nothing to do with this.”

A month after Whitney Houston’s death, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown says she still feels her late mother’s presence in the Atlanta home they shared. “Lights turn on and off and I’m like, ‘Mom, what are you doing?’” Brown tells Oprah Winfrey during an interview. “I can still laugh with her and still talk to her.” Brown is also planning to follow her mother’s path into show business. “I have to carry on the legacy,” she says. “We’re gonna do the singing thing. Some acting, some dancing. It’s a lot of pressure, but she prepared me for it.”

It looks like Katy Perry’s split from Russell Brand really was amicable, at least according to the pop star’s dad, Keith Hudson. “There are no hard feelings towards Russell,”  Hudson tells Us Weekly. “I just received a text from him the other day in fact. He is a wonderful and smart guy.” Brand’s divorce from Perry will be finalized in June. As for the singer herself? “Katy is doing well just now, ” Hudson says. “Her career got really busy and she did not get to see that much of Russell. It was just one of those things.”

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Courteney Cox hasn’t been having much luck in the romance department since her split from husband David Arquette, she admits in an interview with Howard Stern. “No guy’s asked me out. I’m not saying I’m not ready to have a make-out session, but it just makes me nervous. I don’t like to go out in general,” she says. “I have sexual feelings, and there’s ways to deal with that.” But Cox admits that dating needs to make its way to the top of her agenda: “It’s time for me to get out there. It’s not easy to meet people. They don’t call me,” she explains.

Zac Efron and “Mirror Mirror” star Lily Collins were spotted attending a birthday party for a pal of Efron’s together at L.A. restaurant STK recently, prompting speculation that the young actors are now an item, according to People magazine. “They even walked in holding hands,” a source says. “They had a drink at the bar together and then joined the birthday crew on the patio.” That same night, though, Efron hit up nightclub Lexington Social House to hang out with Miley Cyrus.

Blue Ivy Carter, the 1-month-old daughter of Jay-Z and Beyonce, is set to be a household name, so naturally her parents felt the need to trademark it. In late January, the couple filed an application at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to prevent Blue Ivy’s name from being used, according to the Washington Post. And they weren’t just being paranoid, as the office had already received — and denied — multiple applications for trademarks using the baby’s name, including a fashion design entrepreneur and a fragrance company. Both were rejected, with the office citing that the name belongs “to a very famous infant.”

Jennifer Aniston is used to the rumors and stories about her that keep the tabloids in business, but that doesn’t mean she has to like them. In fact, as she tells InStyle magazine, one — involving Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie — is particularly more annoying than the others. “There are so many,” she says of the misconceptions about her. “I would say the triangle with my ex-husband — and that there’s a feud there. It’s constant. It’s a story headline that won’t go away, but it’s a money thing — a story that has nothing to do with reality.”

Justin Timberlake reportedly skipped the Super Bowl to celebrate his 31st birthday with weekend of skiing in British Columbia, Canada, according to the Calgary Herald. “One of our employees had quite the interesting experience. It was one of those ‘no way, no way, that’s not him’ moments,” the owner of a local ski shop tells the newspaper.  “He was smaller than [we] thought. And he was going around with a bit of a beard.” There was no word if Jessica Biel, to whom he recently proposed, was along for the trip.

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In the wake of his split from Katy Perry, Russell Brand has reportedly set his sights on “New Girl” star Deschanel — and has been sending her “fun, flirty texts,” according to Hollyscoop. Sources say that Brand “thinks she’s hysterically funny and cute, too. He loves her quirky sense of humor, and thinks they’d be great together both on- an off-screen.” Coincidentally (or not!), Deschanel filed for divorce from husband Ben Gibbard just days before Brand filed for divorce from Perry.

This is weird, because the fact the two women look alike is well documented. In 2009, Deschanel actually complained to MTV News about constantly being confused with Perry. “It’s a little bit annoying, to be totally blunt. The only similarity that we have is that we look a little bit alike,” she told the site. “I have met her before. She seems like a nice person. I’m happy that she’s famous enough now that she’s not going out and being mistaken for me.”

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In the wake of his split from Katy Perry, Russell Brand has reportedly set his sights on “New Girl” star Deschanel — and has been sending her “fun, flirty texts,” according to Hollyscoop. Sources say that Brand “thinks she’s hysterically funny and cute, too. He loves her quirky sense of humor, and thinks they’d be great together both on- an off-screen.” Coincidentally (or not!), Deschanel filed for divorce from husband Ben Gibbard just days before Brand filed for divorce from Perry.

This is weird, because the fact the two women look alike is well documented. In 2009, Deschanel actually complained to MTV News about constantly being confused with Perry. “It’s a little bit annoying, to be totally blunt. The only similarity that we have is that we look a little bit alike,” she told the site. “I have met her before. She seems like a nice person. I’m happy that she’s famous enough now that she’s not going out and being mistaken for me.”

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In the wake of his split from Katy Perry, Russell Brand has reportedly set his sights on “New Girl” star Zooey Deschanel — and has been sending her “fun, flirty texts,” according to Hollyscoop. Sources say that Brand “thinks she’s hysterically funny and cute, too. He loves her quirky sense of humor, and thinks they’d be great together both on-and-off screen.” Coincidentally, Deschanel filed for divorce from husband Ben Gibbard just days before Brand filed for divorce from Perry.

While in recent years Angelina Jolie has seemed to tame the bad-girl ways that made her famous, Brad Pitt insists — rather coyly — that her at-home behavior is still pretty fun. “She’s still a bad girl,” Brad says in an interview with CBS This Morning. “Delightfully so. It’s not for public consumption.”

Beyonce showed off her post-baby body in her first public outing since giving birth a month ago, attending husband Jay-Z’s charity concert at Carnegie Hall, according to Us Weekly. The new mom reportedly made the most of her night out at the concert’s after-party, as well. “She made a much bigger effort to say hello to nearly everyone, making rounds around the whole club before joining Jay-Z and guests in the VIP room,” a source says.

All of David Beckham’s professional bona fides didn’t matter when it came to challenging a referee at his son’s soccer match recently, as the heated exchange ended up with Beckham being forced to leave the field. “The kids are 7 years old and he sent the kid off,” Beckham tells Jonathan Ross during an interview, defending his actions. “I was like, ‘Come on, he’s 7, referee, you can’t send him off.’”

Given how much the “Twilight” franchise has changed his life, it’s no surprise Robert Pattinson tends to give a lot of thought to the vampire series — and the ramifications of its success. “Doing something like ‘Twilight’ opens doors and it closes others,” Pattinson tells the Herald Scotland. “You can say, ‘Oh if I was still unknown, then no one would judge me. But at the same time, nobody would give a s— either. It’s a weird little balance.”

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 “Age, status, n opinions of others are irrelevant.”

@TheNoteboook: Be real, be yourself, be unique, be true, be honest, be humble, be happy.” ……JUST BE!!!!!

“We should all honor our time here by indulging our passion and dreams. So, close your ears and open your hearts; Love and be happy!”

Wow! Can’t you just visualize that text on a poster with a picture of the “Hang in There” cat? How does he know that my “passion and dreams” consist of mocking, in a free daily newspaper, the throwaway tweets of a 24-year-old backup dancer I’ve never met? 

Brand’s newest tell-all book

Is Russell Brand writing a tell-all memoir about his 14-month marriage to Katy Perry? According to Us Weekly, he is. The tabloid says that not only did Brand blindside his pop-star wife with the filing of the divorce, but he is also planning to “cover all the nitty-gritty, sometimes ugly details” of their marriage.

Perry, for one, isn’t happy. “Katy is insulted and feels betrayed that Russell has treated her so poorly,” a pal to the singer tells Us. “She will never forgive him. Ever.”

Sure, it’s low-class, but is anyone else just the slightest bit interested in knowing if he ever got to play with that whipped-cream bra?

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 “Age, status, n opinions of others are irrelevant.”

@TheNoteboook: Be real, be yourself, be unique, be true, be honest, be humble, be happy.” ……JUST BE!!!!!

“We should all honor our time here by indulging our passion and dreams. So, close your ears and open your hearts; Love and be happy!”

Wow! Can’t you just visualize that text on a poster with a picture of the “Hang in There” cat? How does he know that my “passion and dreams” consist of mocking, in a free daily newspaper, the throwaway tweets of a 24-year-old backup dancer I’ve never met? 

Brand’s newest tell-all book

Is Russell Brand writing a tell-all memoir about his 14-month marriage to Katy Perry? According to Us Weekly, he is. The tabloid says that not only did Brand blindside his pop-star wife with the filing of the divorce, but he is also planning to “cover all the nitty-gritty, sometimes ugly details” of their marriage.

Perry, for one, isn’t happy. “Katy is insulted and feels betrayed that Russell has treated her so poorly,” a pal to the singer tells Us. “She will never forgive him. Ever.”

Sure, it’s low-class, but is anyone else just the slightest bit interested in knowing if he ever got to play with that whipped-cream bra?

For more gossip news visit Dorothy Robinson’s Word blog. Follow her on Twitter @DorothyatMetro.
 

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“There were so many times when he wasn’t there,” a source says, offering the last night of Perry’s tour in November as an example: “He was totally uninterested and seemed annoyed he was there. I don’t think he sat through one song.” And then there was Brand’s response to her “Saturday Night Live” hosting stint in December. Perry reportedly begged Brand to appear in a skit on the episode, but he declined and stayed in L.A. instead. And after it aired? “He told her that she wasn’t that funny,” the source says. “That really hurt.”

But, um, he was right? It’s hard to sit through a Katy Perry concert and she was Nancy Kerrigan-esque terrible on “SNL.” Now, if only she would hit him with a taste of his own medicine and tell him to buy a bigger pair of pants.

Demi Moore is super self-reflective

Demi Moore admits that her split from Ashton Kutcher has left her shaken and insecure. “What scares me is that I’m going to ultimately find out at the end of my life that I’m really not lovable, that I’m not worthy of being loved,” she tells Harper’s Bazaar in a candid interview, adding that she fears finding out “that there’s something fundamentally wrong with me and that I wasn’t wanted here in the first place.”

But Moore is moving forward, thanks to some profound advice. “Somebody wrote something to me that said, ‘Don’t let your wounds make you become someone you’re not.’ That’s really powerful. And not taking life too seriously,” she says.

Forget acting, can Demi write a self-help book? She is the new Oprah!

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But, um, he was right? It’s hard to sit through a Katy Perry concert and she was Nancy Kerrigan-esque terrible on “SNL.” Now, if only she would hit him with a taste of his own medicine and tell him to buy a bigger pair of pants.

Demi Moore is super self-reflective

Demi Moore admits that her split from Ashton Kutcher has left her shaken and insecure. “What scares me is that I’m going to ultimately find out at the end of my life that I’m really not lovable, that I’m not worthy of being loved,” she tells Harper’s Bazaar in a candid interview, adding that she fears finding out “that there’s something fundamentally wrong with me and that I wasn’t wanted here in the first place.” But Moore is moving forward, thanks to some profound advice. “Somebody wrote something to me that said, ‘Don’t let your wounds make you become someone you’re not.’ That’s really powerful. And not taking life too seriously,” she says.

Forget acting, can Demi write a self-help book? She is the new Oprah!

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Too much, too soon
The two met in 2008 on the set of Brand’s 2010 comedy “Get Him to the Greek.” After meeting again at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009, the two started dating. Four short months later, the two got engaged, when Perry was just 25. The two got married at a tiger sanctuary in India eight months later.

Different lifestyles
Brand is a famous former heroin and sex addict as well as a recovering alcoholic — and is now sober and so likes to stay in. Katy Perry sings songs about blacking out on Friday nights — and likes to party with people like Rihanna. Oh, and Perry’s family are evangelical Christians. And, well, you read the part about Brand being a recovering sex addict, right?

The fame game
This has been the busiest year for Perry — she become the first woman in the 53-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to send five songs from an album to No.  1 with her sophomore album “Teenage Dream.”  She went on a massive tour, performed at most awards shows and debuted a rainbow of new hair colors. Brand starred in “Arthur.”  Enough said.

Her bra finally ran out of whipped cream
You know what they say: In any relationship, it’s important to keep things interesting in the bedroom.

Tyler asked the ‘Big One’

Steven Tyler proposed to longtime girlfriend Erin Brady over the Christmas holiday, and apparently some members of his family are less than thrilled about the news, according to TMZ. “She’s just not nice,” a source close to the family says. “She’s just been mean to the family.” There’s reportedly some extra tension over the fact that Tyler didn’t consult with the family before popping the question.

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Oh my, it must have been so hard for you, Alexis. Can you imagine? What it must have been like growing up fabulously wealthy, never wanting for a single thing, but sometimes having to witness your mother (whose fortune you seem to happily feed off of, even at the age of 46) going to the bathroom with the door open?

Really, you should get Jaycee Lee Dugard on the phone to compare notes on your awful childhoods.

Russell Brand needs to work on his jokes

British comedian Russell Brand had to cancel a sold-out show in Canada after customs officials wouldn’t allow him entry into the country, he wrote on Twitter. “Tonight’s Casino Rama show postponed. I’m sorry. I can’t enter Canada,” he announced. “We must abolish the borders between our nations and our minds.” Earlier this year, Brand was deported from Japan because of his criminal record.

But, hey! It was just a prank. As it turns out, ol’ Brand just had a problem with his private plane.
(Don’t you hate it when that happens?) “Ok all, let’s be clear, @rustyrockets is still in Cali, he never left, he has no immigration or border issue, it was a tech issue with plane!” Casino Rama announced on its own Twitter account.

We’re sure the thousands of Canadian fans left hanging found his humor (or is it just a straight-out lie?) hilarious.

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Does anyone else find a 17-year-old telling other preteens and teens how to smell for his own financial gain a little weird? Plus, I can already tell you what “Bieber’s world” smells like — hormones, cash and hair gel.

Japan is no fan of Brand

Poor Russell Brand. Japan treated him like an ordinary person instead of the celebrity he is! Over the weekend, Brand’s wife Katy Perry tweeted,  “My husband just got deported from Japan. I am so sad. I brought him all this way to show him my favorite place.” Brand was there to support Perry’s concerts to help in the earthquake/tsunami relief efforts. He was deported because of his criminal past. “It was for priors from over 10 years ago!” Perry wrote.

As for Brand, he shared a tweet and photo while being processed in detention: “Planning escape from Japanese custody. It’s bloody hard to dig a tunnel with a chopstick.”

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