British comic Russell Brand has revealed "I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry will perform "Like a Virgin" at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
"There's a lot of virginity and lesbianism going on at the show," the English host told reporters at a press preview held Thursday, at the Paramount Pictures lot where the ceremony will be held.
Brand dubbed the Jonas Brothers "God's favorite virgins."
When the Jonas Brothers hit the stage on Sunday, "it will make the concept of an afterlife seem tame by comparison," Brand joked.
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The Jonas Brother will have some competition from Christina Aguilera.
Aguilera, clad in sky-high heels and hot-pink lipstick, joined Brand at the preview to announce she'll be belting her new single "Keeps Getting Better," which is also the name of the best-of album she's releasing in November.
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"You're going to get a first look and a first listen at my new image and my new sound," Aguilera told reporters. "The last album, the style and sound was about vintage glam - this one is all about the future."
Aguilera said that this would be the first time her son Max would be able to see her on TV, to which, Brand joked, "The VMAs are going to be so great that Christina Aguilera is willing to risk her newborn baby's sight!"
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T.I. also showed up with news that he'll be debuting a new song with Rihanna.
Later, Brand dished that the Jonas Brothers requested to be introduced by Taylor Swift. He cracked that Swift was "a decision made from below their sexy little waists."
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Brand's most shocking announcement?
Kanye West will be closing the show.
At the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, according to the AP, West was upset about being shut out of all five categories in which he was nominated, that West claimed he would "never return to MTV."
The 25th annual awards telecast, will air live at 9 p.m. ET/PT from Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
]]>Michelle Obama has no comment about the news that Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter Bristol is pregnant.
"This shouldn't be an issue for political discussion," she told Ellen DeGeneres in an interview during the sixth season premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Monday.
The response came after DeGeneres described Barack Obama's statement that Bristol was "off limits" as "amazing."
"Absolutely," Michelle said. "That's one of the reasons why I'm proud of my husband and I love him -- He's been very protective of our kids through this process.
"His view is that, 'What's good for my kids is good for everybody's kids,' and I completely agree with him," she added. "I know that they care about their kids, and we should let them deal with this issue."
But the Obamas are not planning to expand their family.
"I think I'm done," Michelle revealed. "I think our third child is this campaign."
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On Monday, Palin announced Bristol is pregnant and engaged to the baby's father, Levi Johnston. Johnston debuted a "Bristol" tattoo on his ring finger while Bristol rocked what appeared to be an engagement ring as the Alaska governor accepted the Republican Party's nomination for vice president Wednesday night.
]]>Sarah Palin's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night garnered 37.2 million viewers, just shy of Barack Obama's record-breaking audience last week, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
More people watched the Alaska governor than her Democratic vice presidential opponent, Joe Biden, whose speech at last week's Democratic Convention was watched by 24 million viewers.
Obama's acceptance speech last Thursday pulled in 38.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched convention speech in history.
In the wake of her family drama, interest in Palin's speech on the third day of the GOP convention caused the television ratings to nearly double from the third day of the convention four years ago, when Vice President Dick Cheney spoke.
On Tuesday, 21.5 million viewers tuned in to watch President George W. Bush and Joe Lieberman give their prime-time addresses.
John McCain appeared with Palin following her speech to officially accept their party's nomination. The senator is set to give his convention speech Thursday night.
Dubbing herself "an average hockey mom," Palin joked in her speech, "You know what they say the difference is between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick!"
She also blasted Obama's background as a Chicago community organizer: "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities."
]]>British comic Russell Brand won't spill the beans on what exactly Britney Spears will do when she opens Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
But he'll tell you this much: "She's not serving canapés or doing a bizarre haircut on herself!" he said on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Thursday.
"She's not performing, but she's certainly doing [the show] in a professional capacity," said Brand, 33, who serves as host.
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He admitted he has some tricks up his sleeve for the pop star.
"I might get the opportunity to pinch her back in revenge for the trailer," he joked, referencing their cheeky TV promo. "I know at some point I will try and pinch her!"
In a statement Wednesday, the 26-year-old singer — who suffered an embarrassing performance at last year's show — said she was "excited" about returning to the stage.
"MTV has long played an important role in my career," she said. "How can I not be there to kick off their 25th VMAs?"
Spears, who has been nominated 17 times, is also up for three awards for her "Piece of Me" video.
Plenty of people will be rooting for her.
"She is so on her game and ready to prove to everyone that she is back," Lance Bass told Usmagazine.com at a Facebreaker bash in Hollywood on Wednesday. "She needs no advice from me - she is a seasoned professional."
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Lance Armstrong admits he's not a marathon man in the sack while competing in the Tour de France.
"I had sex if I had the energy. I wasn't one of those guys who believed in the myths about the guy losing his chi," he says in October's Men's Journal (as excerpted by the Huffington Post).
"But the fact is that if you are riding your bike five, six, seven hours a day, you are not a sex champion. You're just not. You have fatigue, low testosterone and a lower libido."
Grinning, he adds, "But you know, I never got any complaints."
The 36-year-old cyclist — who recently split with Kate Hudson — also admits he doesn't date a lot.
"I think it's hard for me, or for anyone in my position, to call someone up and say, 'Hey, can I take you on a date?'" he says. "It's never like that. I meet people casually, while hanging out with friends, so there's less pressure."
He declines to open up about Hudson, saying, "I made a mistake to let the public into my relationship with Sheryl [Crow], even though it didn't feel like a mistake at the time.
"It put a lot of pressure on the relationship, and I will never do it again," he adds.
Armstrong has been said to have a type — his past loves, Crow, designer Tory Burch and Hudson, all have similar features.
"Of course, I have a type," he tells the magazine. "But doesn't everyone have a type? So shut up!"
]]>In new footage from the NYC set of 30 Rock (courtesy of Entertainment Tonight), Jen Aniston fights off cops and yells "shoot him!"
The 39-year-old actress — who is taping her role this week — plays Tina Fey's former roommate who is now a "free-spirited, Fatal Attraction-like stalker," NBC announced this week.
She shows up in the Big Apple and attaches herself to Alec Baldwin.
"Jennifer is not only incredibly lovely to have around, she also has what the young people would call 'mad skills,'" Fey said in a statement. "We're very excited that she's joining us."
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The show may soon be getting another famous face: Aniston's pal Oprah Winfrey is also in talks to guest star.
]]>Lynne Spears is denying a widespread Internet report that her 17-year-old daughter Jamie Lynn — who gave birth in June — has sent gifts to pregnant 17-year-old Bristol Palin.
Reports surfaced this week that Jamie-Lynn mailed the daughter of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin $60 pink burp cloths from L.A. baby boutique Petit Tresor.
A store rep even told ABC News that Spears included a card with the package: “Dear Bristol, Hang in there! XXOO, Jamie Lynn Spears.”
But a Spears rep tells E! News: "I just got off the phone with Lynne. I can tell you that she hasn't sent her any gifts, but that she does support Sarah and, of course, can empathize with their situation."
Like Palin - who plans to marry the 18-year-old father of her child, Levi Johnston - Spears is engaged to Casey Aldridge, the 18-year-old dad of daughter Maddie Briann.
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Lynne Spears plans to release her buzzed-about memoir, Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, on September 16.
]]>Her marriage to Nick Lachey may not have worked out, but Jessica Simpson still wants to walk down the aisle again someday.
"I would love to be making records and making babies, and hopefully I'm married in 10 years," she tells Fox News in a new interview. "I have the dreams of every normal person."
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In the meantime, she is working on her other "baby" - her her country album, Do You Know, which drops September 9.
On the album, she sings "Remember That," a tune about an abusive relationship. (She has said, "There's nothing on my album ... that I don't relate to or that I haven't experienced.")
"It was one of those moments that just moved me to tears — it's empowering," she says of the song, which she didn't write.
"It's about that woman really standing up for herself in an abusive situation - whether it is mental, physical, emotional," she goes on. "Everybody has dealt with abuse in some sort of way."
She adds, "I thought it was important to tell women to take their heart and run as fast as they can if they're in that situation, because you're better than that."
But things are going swimmingly with Simpson and beau Tony Romo, she says.
"Tony understands me," she tells September's Elle. "He appreciates my talent. He's the first person I've spiritually connected with."
She recently shot down Carrie Underwood's claim that Romo is still calling her.
"If Tony wanted to call her and be with her, he would," Simpson sniped.
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]]>For her role as Etta James in the upcoming drama Cadillac Records, Beyonce Knowles had to pack on 20 pounds.
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Gaining weight "was so much fun," she says in October's British Marie Claire But when she later landed a part in the psychological thriller Obsessed, "I had to lose it," she laments. "I was so angry with myself. I was like, 'D'oh! Why do you have to go through this?'"
How strict is her diet these days?
Before her Marie Claire shoot, she stipulated her catering needs: "No chips, no candy, no desserts, no junk food, no fried food."
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The singer also opens up about her onstage alter ego, "Sasha," adding that there are "things I do when performing I would never do normally."
As "Sasha," she says, "I have out-of-body experiences. If I cut my leg, if I fall, I don't even feel it. I'm so fearless, I'm not aware of my face or my body."
Beyonce — who drops a new album in November — admits there is a time limit on being a singer.
"I'm over being a pop star," she says. "I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot.
"I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records," she adds. "And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough."
As she celebrates her 27th birthday today, she says, "I am really proud that I am one of the artists that has the opportunity to be on magazine covers and to be in the movies.
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"And I do think that I'm opening doors for more black women, just like Halle [Berry] and Diana Ross opened doors for me."
]]>Pregnant 17-year-old Bristol Palin and her 18-year-old boyfriend Levi Johnston displayed their commitment to each other at Wednesday's GOP convention.
Johnston debuted a "Bristol" tattoo on his ring finger, while Bristol rocked what appeared to be an engagement ring. (McCain campaign officials have yet to identify the ring.)
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In a statement announcing that their daughter was five months pregnant, Sarah and Todd Palin noted that the teenage couple planned to wed.
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Levi flew to the convention in Minnesota from his Alaskan hometown on Wednesday. He was warmly greeted at the airport by Sen. John McCain.
Levi's mother, Sherry Johnston, recently told the Associated Press that there had been no pressure put on her son to marry Bristol and that the two teens had made plans to wed before it was known she was pregnant.
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