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February 26th, 2008 | 9:41 am by Kate Spencer

Tuesday: Brit Gives Motherhood a Second Chance

Jill Scott Skips Singing to Design Plus-Sized Bras
Finally, big boobs get a little love – and from one of the coolest ladies around. Wonder if the waifs are jealous?? [Reuters]

Britney Gets Second Visit with Sons
Come on Britney, don’t screw this up now. We haven’t seen you at a Starbucks in ages and you’re actually getting to see your kids! Baby steps, girl!? [People]

Amy?s Latest Self-Destruction
Multiple cuts on her arm have led the press to speculate that Amy might be cutting herself up. [DailyMail]

Jamie Lynn Spears Gets Her GED
First she got pregnant before Britney, and now she’s graduated high school before her too. Little sisters are always so perfect!? [Us]

The Material Girl Does Jury Duty
Madge is back in the US to fulfill her civic duty on a jury. There’s no escaping to London this time!? [Us]

February 25th, 2008 | 5:05 pm by Lauren Harris

Exclusive Mariah Carey Video Sneak Peek

Drumroll please…not only does Mariah Carey have a beautiful voice and an incredible new album coming out (and we should know, we just listened to it), she’s also got a great sense of humor. In this sneak preview of Mimi’s video for her first single off of E=MC?, “Touch My Body,” she invites the delightfully dorky Jack McBrayer (who you might know as Kenneth from 30 Rock) to, uh, touch her body, have a lingerie pillow-fight and play frisbee. And that’s just from the 45 seconds we’ve seen!

Come back on Tuesday at midnight when we’ll have the full premiere for “Touch My Body.”

February 25th, 2008 | 3:33 pm by Kate Spencer

Gossip Break: Brooke Hogan Tests Gravity

Paris Hilton is getting busy with Benji Madden, Joel’s twin brother. Is she desperate for a boyfriend or does she just want to be Nicole’s sister-in-law? [E! Online]

Beyonce goes blonde, but is it bootylicious? [ONTD]

Brooke Hogan shows off her boobs’ buoyancy in a bikini. [Egotastic]

Katie Holmes talks more crazy about Tom. If only the power of their amazing love would shut her up. [Just Jared]

Jennifer Aniston is allegedy freezing her eggs so she can have babies one day. Um, good luck with that? [DListed]

Mary-Kate Olsen skips the pretty-ugly look and goes for ugly-ugly. Work it! [Jezebel]

The Oscars left Brad Renfro out of their video tribute to stars who passed away this year due to editing restraints. Yup, the awards just got that much lamer. [Us]

February 25th, 2008 | 3:15 pm by Kate Spencer

The Jonas Brothers Will Not Sleep With You

Sorry young ladies looking for love. Forget it, you cougars ready to pounce on the angelic brothers Jonas. The country’s three biggest heartthrobs – Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas have taken a vow of celibacy, and they’ve got the rings to prove it! Joe, 18, says that the metal bands, “promises to ourselves and to God that we’ll stay pure till marriage.” They also promise heartache to the throngs of tweenage girls who are desperate for a piece of the musical prodigies. Maybe the move is a result of their strict Christian upbringing (their dad is a preacher and they started out as Christian rockers) or maybe the purity pledge, as 15-year old Nick puts it, “is just one of our ways of kind of like being different than everybody else out there.”

In a world where Paris Hilton‘s vagina rules, they are definitely being different. We wish the Jonas Brothers the best on their quest of love without lovemaking. All we have to say is that once Lindsay Lohan finds this out, it’s gonna be all over – or rather, she’s going to be all over them. Girlfriend loves herself some fresh virgin meat! [Details]

February 25th, 2008 | 2:21 pm by Kate Spencer

Kate Hudson: Pregnant with a Timber-baby?

Everybody’s been talking about the little belly bump Kate Hudson‘s been sporting lately (we’ve got five pics of her above taken this month so you can see for yourself). Combined with the flowy outfits she’s currently favoring, lots of people are buzzing about her possibly being knocked up. We haven’t given it much thought (we like our celebs to really have a bump – like the one Angelina showed off this weekend – before we speculate), but we couldn’t help but become more intrigued after a recent rumor that Hudson has allegedly been carrying on a secret affair with Justin Timberlake for a year. A source tells the NY Post that “Kate is very private and refuses to be seen with him in public. She doesn’t want to be humiliated like Cameron Diaz was when he dumped her. But they talk every day on the phone and see each other often.”

Now putting two rumors together to create one massive rumor isn’t the best idea, but if Kate IS pregnant and she really IS having a relationship with JT, well, DAMN. Wouldn’t that just be the best gossip story of the year?

February 25th, 2008 | 1:08 pm by Lauren Harris

Sara Bareilles Goes Gold, to Olive Garden

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The incredibly talented Sara Bareilles is out on the road with James Blunt on the You Oughta Know Tour. We asked the piano-playing phenom to give us updates from the road, and given that she?s such a sweetheart, she obliged. In her latest installment, Sara has some big news:

I’m so excited!!!!!!! I just found out that my album Little Voice has gone Gold!! This is insane. I don’t even really know how to process the whole thing. I found out from my manager and then ran to tell my bandmates (Josh, Javier, and Chad) and we all high-fived and let our jaws hang open for a bit. I have to be honest, it’s such an incredible experience we get to have every day, being out on the road. I mean, we actually get to make and share music for a living. That in and of itself is a huge deal…and we all remind each other that every day. But I must say, Gold Record feels pretty cool too. :) It’s actually the coolest thing ever. I think we should celebrate. Last time we all celebrated something it was Javier’s Birthday at Chuck E. Cheese’s. I think we should step it up this time. We’re going to Olive Garden. Cheers!

February 25th, 2008 | 12:00 pm by Rich Juzwiak

Mary J. Blige Tells Stories, Schools Us

Mary J. Blige?s episode of Storytellers airs tonight at 8/7 c, but we were treated to a preview and an exclusive chat with the people?s diva last month when she taped the show at New York?s Hammerstein Ballroom. (Check out the clip above — we even got you a preview of tonight’s show, too.) Touching on major tracks from throughout her career, and paying special attention to her latest album, Growing Pains, Mary chronicled her life in song with personal anecdotes, tales of inspiration and emotional rallying cries. What follows is a list of 10 things we learned from a performance in which Mary seemed intent in proving that a story is only as good as its lesson.

Monday: Christina Goes Crazy After Baby Pics Flop

Britney Gets her Babies Back ? For a Few Hours
Her pops came through and got his daughter visitation with her kids – as a lawyer, counselor and K-Fed’s bodyguard watched. A girl’s gotta start somewhere!? [People]

Angelina?s Debuts her Baby Bump
Well hello there, baby bump! Aren’t you lookin’ fine. Smile for the cameras!? [Us]

Lindsay Settles in Car Crash Suit
LiLo finally ends the drama that followed her fender bender with a busboy on Robertson Ave. Pay up!? [TMZ]

X-Tina Fires Manager After Baby Pics Bomb
Christina went on a firing rampage, axing employees after her baby pics in People magazine failed to generate sales for the mag.? [NYDN]

Diddy Readies for New, Serious Career
The rapper – who appears this week in the TV movie version of Raisin in the Sun – is prepping for a new career as a thespian. We can’t wait to learn his stage name.? [NYDN]

February 25th, 2008 | 8:57 am by Kate Spencer

Saturday Night Live Rocks Bret’s World

Saturday Night Live is finally back after a months-long break due to the writers’ strike, and holy crap, did they deliver. Host Tina Fey and the cast (including new member Casey Wilson) had us laughing for the full 90 minutes (Annuale? Oh hell yes) but the highlight for us at the VH1 Blog was this amazing Rock of Love parody featuring Amber, the girl with one leg. Check it out above – think it bears any resemblance to the real thing?

February 22nd, 2008 | 4:46 pm by Kate Spencer