Blog Posts by Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor

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Reality show superstar Brigitte Nielsen (she's appeared on The Surreal Life, Flavor of Love, Strange Love and Celebrity Rehab) is getting nipped and tucked live on German TV. She's decided to have the six different procedures done publicly to show people the "truth," because she claims so many celebs lie about the work they have done. What's scarier? The first segment of the four-part series aired already and 2.5 million viewers actually tuned in. Even grosser? Brigitte plans to auction her body fat for charity. Um, you can take us out of the bidding.


Do you think reality shows are starting to cross the line? [Perez]

Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesLast week we blogged about celeb summer flings and which we suspected would last past labor day and by the looks of things our predictions were off-three couples have already broken up! Drew Barrymore plows through yet another relationship, ending things with Mac guy, Justin Long. Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have split blaming intense media spotlight for their break up (really? We thought they were pretty low profile) and Brits Kate Moss and Jamie Hince have also partied ways despite reports they were engaged.

In brighter news, Lily Allen and Chemical Brother Ed Simons are back together and have updated their Facebook profiles to show they are "in a relationship" with each other while Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are growing increasingly closer. To celebrate Lindsay's 22nd birthday, Sam spent $22,000 for a Cartier diamond ring "It's not an engagement ring - simply a token of her commitment," says a source.

Is it just us or do celeb couples have the shelf life of a bag of ice left

Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesDon't you hate when someone butchers one of your favorite songs with an unapologetically tragic cover? And it doesn't even have to be a lame attempt like Miley Cyrus' recent redo of Cyndi Lauper's classic tune "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Pop superstar Madonna messed up big time too with her interpretation of Don McLean's "American Pie."


Total Guitar magazine named Celine Dion's recent cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" the worst cover of all time. After watching a YouTube performance of it from her show in Las Vegas we might agree. Other contenders:

Jessica Simpson - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin"
Madonna - "American Pie"
Lenny Kravitz - "American Woman"
Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child o' Mine"
Britney Spears - "I Love Rock 'n Roll" and "Satisfaction"
Smash Mouth - "I'm a Believer"
Marilyn Manson "Sweet Dreams"
Dolly Parton - "Stairway to Heaven"
Hilary Duff - "My Generation"
Limp Bizkit - "Behind Blue Eyes"
The Gossip - "Are You That Somebody"

What do you think

Scott Gries/Getty ImagesWe caught Demi Lovato on Live with Regis & Kelly yesterday performing her hit song, This Is Me, from Disney's Camp Rock, and we have to say, we're impressed! An equally strong vocalist and piano player, 15-year-old Demi has sprung into action not a moment too soon as Miley Cyrus has been the butt of criticism and her Disney program Hannah Montana is sinking in viewership. Another plus for Demi? She's currently touring with the Jonah Brothers and recording her debut album for which the bros helped write11 songs. Nice work, Disney! Good to see you waste no time. Luckily you could never find a replacement for us!

Although we loved comedic actor Sacha Baron Cohen's character Borat from Kazakhstan, he rode that joke out for so long, the disguise wouldn't work anymore. Hence him summoning up "Bruno," the gay, fashion-obsessed German. While working on a new film, Sacha as Bruno did what we love best: duped government officials for our own comic enjoyment.

During an interview in Jerusalem, Bruno asked a former Mossad agent and a Palestinian academic, "What's the connection between a political movement and food? Why hummus?"One of them politely explained, "Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist political movement. Hummus is a food." Bruno continued, "Ya, but why hummus? Yesterday I threw away my pita bread because it was dripping hummus. And it's too high in carbohydrates." He later told the pair, "Your confict is not so bad. Jennifer-Angelina is worse."

Are we the only ones laughing like 12-year-olds, or are you ecited to see the Bruno movie? [Dlisted]

Scott Gries/Getty ImagesBefore his quickie marriage to pop phenom, Mariah Carey, it's safe to say Nick Cannon was not a household name. Hence why the actor/Wild N' Out host is still giddy about his recent nuptials. "It's amazing!" says Cannon. "It's the best thing that's ever happened to me!" Clearly. So just how enthusiastic is he about being married to such a huge star? [Nick's] plan is to have one [wedding] every year," says Mariah. You know, in case people forget who he's married to.

Do you think Nick deliberately upped his star quotient marrying Mariah after dating so briefly, or do you think he's just a lucky guy in love? [US Weekly]

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Sure, Jennifer Aniston may have "lost" Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie, but is she really driving men away? Ever since the couple's split in 2005, it seems that gossip columns are either searching for a reason as to why Jen continues to be single, or pathetically linking her to various acquaintances and co-stars, as if being single is the worst fate in the world. The latest report charges the Friends actress of kicking current flame John Mayer's ex out of his concert-an allegation strong enough on it's own without the biased tone of voice.


"When you're as unlucky in love as Jennifer Aniston, the last thing you want is some flirty young blonde chasing after your bloke," reports U.K. paper, The Mirror. "All heck broke loose when clingy Jen spotted 28-year-old Kimberly Stewart backstage while John was warming up for Sunday's Hard Rock Calling gig in London's Hyde Park." Supposedly, Jen "eyeballed her rival to warn her off John" because "Another woman stole her man before when Angelina Jolie