by Crystal Puccio (@seapeaz)

Justin Bieber, Rihanna, 1-D & More Get Inked Up In 2012: The 20 Best & Worst Tattoos Of The Year

We always appreciate celebrities who take to Twitter and Instagram and share their lives with us. And while a lot of what they share is amusing insight into their world, it’s safe to say some of their most entertaining tweets are shots of their ink. Let’s face it, tattoos are fascinating forms of self-expression and it’s always interesting to see what people permanently etch into their skin — especially celebrities.

Lady Gaga, Drake, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Adam Lambert and more got their ink on this year. And despite commending them for braving the needle, some tattoos are just worse than others. We’ve ranked them from our least to most favorite, so browse through our gallery of 20 Instagram shots and Twitpics and tell which is your favorite celeb tattoo of 2012.

by Jessie Rubin

She’s OK, But…Kristin Chenoweth Inducted Into Long List of Celebs Injured On Stage or On Set

Shwew! Kristin Chenoweth is alright everybody! After a pretty nasty lighting equipment accident she was rushed to the hospital but she was released this afternoon. Prior to her release, she was seen rocking a blue hospital gown and a neck brace which we’re sure she made look absolutely beautiful!

Kristin isn’t the only celeb to have gotten some serious bumps and bruises on set. Here’s a list of a bunch of other celebrities who know how K.Chenoweth feels (and hopefully this makes her feel a little bit better!):

When Angelina Jolie was performing a stunt for her movie, Salt, she bumped her head pretty bad and started to bleed. She was rushed to the hospital but, don’t fret, Angelina was totally fine.

Robert Pattinson was on the set of New Moon when a massive gust of wind knocked over a metal sign and banged him in the back of the head. He was disoriented afterwards and took the rest of the day off. He came back to the set the next day but sporting quite the shiner!

Shania Twain took a tumble at the 2011 CMT Awards. Not only did she  immediately laugh it off, only hours later she posted a video of it!

Jon Bon Jovi tore his calf muscle near the end of a concert of his in New Jersey. He finished the concert with a performance of “Livin’ on a Prayer” and was then seen limping off stage.

In November 2009, Justin Bieber took a fall on stage at London’s Wembley Arena and was quickly rushed to the hospital – but he had to finish his set, of course!  Later on Twitter he said that he felt his “ankle roll in a very bad way.” Ouch, Biebs!

Drake tore his ACL, LCL, and MCL during the America’s Most Wanted Tour in 2009, after injuring his knee not once but twice!

The list could go on but this is really just bumming us out. To all of the celebs out there, please be careful, you’ve really scared us. And to Kristen, from all of us here at VH1, we wish you the best with your recovery!

 

[Photos: Getty Images]

by Bené Viera

Tony Parker Sues Club Where Drake And Chris Brown Brawl Occured For $20 Million

Tony Parker Sues Club for 20 Million

Tony Parker isn’t taking his scratched retina injury incurred from the Chris Brown and Drake brawl lightly. Can you blame the guy? He kind of needs to see well to play basketball. TMZ reports the San Antonio Spurs player filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court against W.i.P. club for $20 million. In the lawsuit Parker accuses the club’s security of negligence for letting in both Drake and Chris Brown in at the same time. He also says the club knew there was “bad blood between Drake and Brown” and they continued serving alcohol to all parties involved in the melee despite their visible intoxication. Parker is trying to take ballin’ (and we’re not talking about on the court) to a whole different level. Read more…

by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

Drake Talks Orgasm Revelations, Makes GQ Writer The Envy Of All Females

Magazine interviews have to go through a whole lot of fact-checking and editing, so I’m pretty sure that Claire Hoffman was not just writing fiction as she described the setting of her interview with Drake for GQ‘s April cover story. But damn, it sounds like my fantasy: “Waterfalls gush all around, surging over enormous boulders. Bronze animals—lions, elephants, giraffes!—checker the lawn, glimmering in the last light of the San Fernando Valley sun. A giant fire, fit for a king from Middle-earth, burns in an outdoor fireplace, and a flat-screen TV plays Sixteen Candles.” Drake greets her from his couch, they drink wine spritzers, then he gives her a tour of his bedroom (which he has to punch in a key code on a bookshelf to enter!) and shows off the projector operated from his bed. This can’t be real! What did I do wrong in our careers not to be Claire Hoffman.

Oops, sorry, did I write that aloud? Anyway, we all benefit from Claire’s hard work. Because we find out that not only does the man know how to set up a ridiculously romantic date, he talks like a Ryan Gosling “Hey Girl” post, downplaying his interest in casual sex and talking about his search for something real.

“I’m trying to find the same feelings that I had for women when I had very little going on, which is tough,” he said. “When I was in my mom’s house, I had nowhere to go, no real obligations. My girlfriend at the time, if she was mad at me, my day was all f—ed-up.”
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by Sabrina Rojas Weiss (@shalapitcher)

Drake Will Act Again, Just Not As “A Rapper Or A Basketball Player”

Any time we see Drake in a Hollywood-ish setting, like during his plane-delayed performance at Sundance last weekend, some of us still have a tiny uncool voice in our head saying, “That kid from Degrassi sure is talented.” And so, of course, VH1 News asked the Take Care rapper when he’s finally going to return to his thespian roots.

“I’ve been reading scripts for a while,” he said. “I want to do something great. I want to do something for my culture: the younger people who are still in tune with everything going on. I’m actually writing with my friends right now, [Maz Elsadig and Al Mukadam]. They have a production company called By Any Means Necessary, so we’re writing together trying to figure out the right movie.”
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by Natalie Adeeyo

Drake’s Top 25 Hottest Looks

Remember when Drake was the basketball playing kid named Jimmy Brooks on the N’s teen series Degrassi? Yeah, us neither. The Toronto-born rhymer turns 25 today and boy, are we glad to see what a fine, young, talented rapper and singer Drake has turned out to be. Not only does Drizzy croon to the ladies and spit hard for the guys, Drake has his own urban apparel and uptown looks that add to his chill vibe and composed demeanor. Drake may be in Marvin’s Room, but he clearly prefers the clothes from his own closet. Here’s the rhyme-slinging singer’s hottest looks to date. [Photos: Getty Images]

by Jordan Runtagh (@JordanRuntagh)

Nicki Minaj Slips Nip, Loses Mind During GMA Performance

Those tuning in to watch Nicki Minaj perform on Good Morning America this morning got a lil more Nicki than they bargained for. The rapper’s Malibu Barbie-Tastic outfit contained her famous donk, but she wasn’t quite so lucky on top. Yup, Nicki pulled a Janet Jackson in the middle of performing ‘Moment 4 Life”. Not that it seemed to bother her that much. She just adjusted her tank top and continued to rock her Cyndi-Lauper-on-PCP steez by gnawing on a chicken leg like a feral valley girl. Your guess is as good as ours.

Despite the five second delay, the boob-flashing incident moved too fast for ABC censors to pull the plug. Predictably, some parent’s groups are already making their displeasure known. “For the umpteenth time in recent memory a morning news show has included inappropriate content for children and families,” said Tim Winter of the Parents Television Council to TMZ. Will the “slip”-up affect her vocal role in the upcoming Ice Age 4 alongside fellow R&B star Drake? We doubt it. Check out more in the (censored) not-quite-safe-for-work gallery below. Happy Pink Friday everyone!

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by Halle Kiefer (@hallekiefer)

Drake Cancels Concert After Uncle Passes

Plenty of performers cancel concerts due to highly suspicious claims of “exhaustion.” Rapper Drake seems like the only artist who cancels due to “a reason that actually exists.” Earlier today the rapper officially canceled his Saturday night performance at Universal Studio’s Summer Concert Series after finding out about the death of his uncle. “We regret to announce that Drake will not be able to take the stage at Universal Orlando Resort due to a death in the family,” Drake’s representation said in a statement. “He hopes that his fans understand the situation he finds himself in and know that he fully intends to return to the area in the future. He thanks Universal Orlando Resort and his fans for their continued support.” Early this morning Drake tweeted, “Stay Now…Then Go.” TMZ reports that the rapper is already with his family.

by Kate Spencer (@katespencer)

Are Rihanna And Drake The New RobSten?

The only thing we love more than celebrity couples are celebrity couples dating on the down low. The NY Post is reporting that Drake and Rihanna are “quietly” seeing each other. To which we say, “duh” and also “YAY!” People have been whispering about these two for a while, and it seems like there may be some truth to the rumors. Says a source, “They are definitely attracted to each other,” a source said. “But she’s all about her career, and he wants to date around.”

The romance buzz have been following these two for years, and earlier this summer they were allegedly spotted making out in Montreal while touring together. We hope they’re doin’ it already — just so we have something to speculate about!

[Photo: GettyImages]

by Liz Black

The Mounties Rock The Juno Awards In Canada

Oh, Canada. We love you so much. We love you for all the HGTV shows you’ve exported to us, and for your delicious poutine, and for Alex Trebek. We also love that your Royal Mounted Police officers show up to award shows like this weekend’s Juno Awards to pose with all the biggest names in Canadian music. Seriously, every Canadian musician you’ve ever heard of was there, and they were too nice not to pose with the Mounties. Drake? Yup. Neil Young? You bet. Shania Twain and Sarah MacLachlan? Dur.

Check out the entire list of musicians who posed on the Canadian Carpet with the Mounties, we dare you to name one musician from the Great White North who wasn’t there. (God, now we need to go to Epcot just to watch the Canada movie in Circle-Vision 360 to get this out of our system.)

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