Be smart, drink smart. Yeah right. Wannabe country singer Jessica Simpson sits atop bales of hay in her new beer ad for Stampede Light Plus. The ad reads, as if Jess is actually saying it, “I work out and take care of myself. But I also like a cold beer once in a while. That’s why I made the smart choice with a smart beer. Stampede Light, it’s beer plus.” The 28-year old singer/actress was recently named the new spokesperson for Stampede Light Plus beer. Is this some way for her to make herself appeal to the beer drinking masses of the country music scene? I doubt it’s going to work.

Sources are saying that 39-year old Jonathan Knight from the New Kids on the Block is gay and very open about it. Insiders are saying that Jordan’s brother might be coming out of the closet officially real soon. A source reveals “Jonathan has a [non-famous] boyfriend and they’re very happy. They’re not trying to hide it.” Congratulations go out to Jonathan on finding happiness. If he does come out publicly, even more kudos go to him. The New Kids fans will still love him anyways. Not like they’re still lusting after him anyway. Maybe after Jordan, Donnie and Joey. I’m not sure about the others.

Ready or not England, pedophile Gary Glittter is coming home soon. Glam rocker Glitter has been in a Vietnamese jail since 2006 for committing obscene acts with two under aged girls. The authorities are now kicking him out of the country. They’re so intent on getting him out that they even paid for his one way trip to London’s Heathrow airport. The rocker apparently told his Vietnamese lawyer that he did not want to go back to the UK but the law requires that he be returned to his home country. Glitter says that he intends to resume his singing career and might move to Singapore or Hong Kong. Parents, take a close watch of your kids.

Lil Wayne played hooky from a Manhattan criminal court recently because he has some kind of dental, possibly even medical, emergency that prevents him from driving. Keep in mind that we all know about court-skipping excuses from DMX but this is a fairly new excuse. Since when would a multi-million selling rapper drive himself to court? No bench warrant has been issued for the rapper for his court appearance on weapons possessions charge. Lil Wayne’s doctor in Miami apparently didn’t let him get on the plane due to some dental problem. Those diamond encrusted grills can be such a chore. The hearing has been pushed to September.

Amy Winehouse may not be going out as much as of late but when she does get out, she makes sure that she makes up for lost time. Wino’s craziness came out again last week. In addition to her looking cracked out, she also hit a person. A pedestrian who was so concerned about Wino’s health touched her arm which sent the singer into a frenzy. Wino gave the woman a hard slap and began to scream “Let fucking go of me dickhead.” As the lady began to walk away, Wino continued to shout at her and called her several other nasty names. Talk about being a class act.

The star of ABC comedy Samantha Who? Christina Applegate, who had her both breasts removed recently after the cancer virus was diagnosed in one of them, has showed her willingness to get the breast construction.
She told ABC’s Good Morning America that she is now “absolutely, 100% clean and clear” of cancer.
About the plans to have the surgery in next eight months, Applegate, 36, jokingly said, “I’m going to have cute boobs until I’m 90. I’m going to have the best boobs in the nursing home!”
She said that it was a tough decision to have the prophylactic double mastectomy. She added that she has made this decision keeping her family’s cancer history in mind.
Can the surgical ones better than the originals? Wait and see for yourself……

Although T.R. Knight is very happy for his friend Ellen DeGeneres who got married to Portia de Rossi last weekend, it does not necessarily mean he’s going to be the next celebrity to say “I do” at a same-sex wedding – which has been recently made legal in his home state of California.
T.R. says, “I’m happy for them. I’m very happy that we can talk about this subject … very, very happy.”
T.R. was very quick to clear up any rumors that he was going to get hitched with his much younger boyfriend Mark Cornelsen. Though he says that they are not planning a wedding right now he did share a little milestone their relationship has reached. He says that he and his boyfriend have been dating for eight months.
There’s just so much love going around, it’s kinda sickening already.

Former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland has joined Marilyn Manson`s band.

Manson announced his new member at a press conference in Korea this week: “We have brought in a new person into the group. We have a new guitar player who is playing for the first time tomorrow. It is the first time he has been on our stage. His name is Wes Borland. He used to be in a very terrible band that he left because he felt it was a destructive force. We don`t know how permanent that is but starting tomorrow will be the first step,”

Since leaving Limp Bizkit, Borland has been fronting his own band Black Light Burns.

Original Marilyn Mansion member Twiggy Ramirez is also back in the band.

Ryan Cabrera has released a new album independently. Ironically enough, the singer’s new record is actually on Joe Simpson’s record label. Ryan once dated Ashlee Simpson. Anyway, no one really cares. Boxscore reports that Ryan played a concert with musician Ferras at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio on June 18th. The venues capacity is 1,200. Ryan was only able to sell 177 tickets. That’s a big kick to the butt. Even Avril Lavigne does better than that and everyone pretty much hates her. Can we blame this on the Simpson curse or do we just not like Ryan?

Rich Cronin of LFO bailed on a headlining gig recently claiming that he was sick. First, how does a has-been like himself get to be a headliner? And second, the sick excuse may just be a load of crap. It’s being said that Cronin threw a fit after it was revealed how much he was making for the show and it may be the real reason why he cancelled. An official statement from the singer says “Rich’s health issues prevent him from being able to participate … there is no situation which could be presented which would even remotely mitigate the physical risk posed by his participation.” When checking for his schedule for the month, one of his people said he was booked for all of August and will not be available until September. Then they called back to say he wouldn’t be available until October due to medial issues. By the way, all three statements were made by the same person. It looks like someone’s been caught in a lie.

Amy Winehouse is racing to get her new album ready for her husband’s release from jail.

Amy, 24, is pushing ahead in the studio to get her album finished in time for husband Blake Fielder-Civil’s homecoming - which could be at the end of this year.

A friend close to Amy said: “Now she has some kind of timescale for Blake’s release it has given her some focus. She wants something to impress him with because he has accused her of just sitting around doing nothing while he has been serving time.”

Amy is also planning to include a tribute to Blake on the album, and is planning to write “For my Blakey X” on the sleeve, possibly even using it as a song title.

Blake is currently in HMP Edmunds prison in Suffolk, serving time for grievous bodily harm (GBH) and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

He was sentenced to 27 months in July, but could be out by December 30 for time already served and good behaviour.

Sayed Rahman, an employee of Spotlight Live, the karaoke club that hosted Lil Kim’s birthday celebration, confessed to the murder of party goer Ingrid Rivera. Rahman apparently killed Rivera after she turned down his sexual advances. A drunken Rivera was supposedly kicked out of the party. Rahman then lured her to the roof of the club claiming that he’d be able to get her back into the party if she followed him and that was where he killed her and hid her body in a storage closet. Now that her killer has been found, I hope Ingrid will be able to rest in peace and that Sayed will be brought to justice.

After falling face first off the wagon and leaving the show high and dry, Crazytown front man Shifty Shellshock regained residence at the ‘Sober Living’ house. The rocker’s rep says he’s apologized to his family, friends and fans after he bailed out of the reality TV house two weekends back and went on a major bender. His rep also wanted to make one thing clear – Shifty did not use the check that VH1 paid him to fun his habits. Production for the show fully supports his return because he obviously provides the entertainment needed for the train wreck of a show to actually get some ratings.

Jermaine Dupri has spoken out about the shooting that took place at the party he hosted in Atlanta this past weekend saying “I’m sad this incident happened because it interrupted a beautiful and loving party. I’m happy none of my people or friends got hurt. And the party continues.” Why would a small thing like someone getting shot ruin a perfectly good weekend anyway? I bet he’s also used to it by now. This isn’t the first time Jermaine has been associated with a club brawl. Back in October 2007, his good friend and fellow rapper Da Brat was arrested for allegedly assaulting a waitress in a club that he owned. In 1995, things got deadly when a close friend of Suge Knight was shot and killed following a party that he held in Atlanta.

Amy Winehouse is looking to leave her crack den of a North London home for a couple of months. Reports are saying that Wino’s hubby has been transferred to a rural facility this past weekend after allegedly cracking and tearing down pictures of Wino from his cell and then bursting into tears. Wino reportedly wants to rent a place in the sticks so she can be near and be able to visit him more often. An insider says “Prison staff are genuinely worried for Blake and Amy’s management are happy because they feel she needs to move out of town.”

In a very rare event, Jared Leto was not trying to make himself look ugly for once. The 30 Seconds to Mars singer attended a press conference for the MTV Asia Awards 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday looking more normal than he usually is. If only looking normal would mean that he’s also less of a douche bag. However, that’s just not the case. It was more wishful thinking really. Kudos to him though. I don’t think he’s looked this good since his last movie. And kudos to him for not molesting anything while he was there as well, though we may never know for sure.

After a couple of weeks, Ryan Adams is finally fighting fire with fire and has responded to Courtney Love. The female rocker wrote a very rambling and hardly understandable blog accusing Ryan that he stole from her, amongst other things. Ryan posted a response on his website addressing the allegations. Thankfully, his post was easier to understand. Here’s an excerpt: “i’ve realized and accepted that if people decide to dislike me, they’re going to find reasons to justify disliking me. there’s nothing i can do about that. that said, it still does pain me to be accused of fictional crimes against innocents or to be implicated in romantic gossip involving the possibly reality-challenged–however unreliable the source or outlandish the accusations. in the end, however, i know that i have never done or even meant anyone any harm.”