Hey you guys, here’s the new track from Kelly Rowland (yeah, one of those OTHER girls in Destiny’s Child). It’s called “Like This”, and it features Eve (yup, still alive) on the track. It’s a good song with a hot beat. I hope her album is pretty good.

Brokeback Mountain co-stars and Academy Award nominees Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams might be headed for a break-up in the near future. The New York Daily News is reporting that the two lovebirds, who share a child together–17 month old Matilda–had a huge argument after Heath was spotted around a hoard of women on Valentine's Day at a popular L.A. night club called Teddy's.

Reportedly, he wasn't doing anything too inappropriate but some say Michelle is still very angry with him for going out and partying on Valentine's Day while she sat home with the baby.It's possible things have cooled down between the two of them since they were spotted on the red carpet together this past Oscar weekend at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Ledger's next upcoming project is a film called I’m Not There where he, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, and Christian Bale will all be playing music legend Bob Dylan. The film is written and directed by the brilliant Todd Haynes, and Michelle Williams is also starring the project. After that he's playing The Joker in the next installment of the Batman franchise called The Dark Knight, where he will again co-star with Christian Bale, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Well yesterday I told you that a source confirmed that Katherine Heigl had officially dropped out of contract negotiations for her salary next season on Grey’s Anatomy. We now know that that is not true, and that in fact Heigl is already contractually obligated through six seasons of the show.

What DID happen was that the network offered her a raise from her current salary, and apparently Heigl was still upset that the number she was getting was not as high as some of the other cast members on the show.

Good to know I’ve still got my Izzie Stevens for at least three more seasons.

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In other Grey’s Anatomy news, apparently the cast of the show is fuming about Kate Walsh getting her own spin-off series, especially star of the show, Ellen Pompeo.

From MSNBC:

“The rest of the cast seemed instantly resentful of [Walsh],” a source told Star. “They each thought they’d be the one chosen to get their own show, and now they’re giving Kate the cold shoulder. Ellen Pompeo seemed particularly peeved because she felt that, as the star, she should have been consulted.”

Controversy just keeps pilin’ on for this show.

Apparently Mark Wahlberg was happy filmmaker Ang Lee passed him over for one of the roles in Academy Award winning film ‘Brokeback Mountain‘ because the idea of playing a gay cowboy ‘creeped him out’.

At some point during the development of the film, he and Joaquin Phoenix were considered for the roles of Jack and Ennis, but Wahlberg felt uncomfortable about gay sex acts in a tent.

He says:

I met with Ang Lee on that movie, I read 15 pages of the script and got a little creeped out. It was very graphic, descriptive - the spitting on the hand, getting ready to do the thing. I told Ang Lee, ‘I like you, you’re a talented guy, if you want to talk about it more…’ Thankfully, he didn’t.”

Obviously the parts eventually went to Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal who both received Oscar nominations for the film, and the movie was almost unanimously critically claimed, but Wahlberg says he had no real desire to see the film.

He adds, “I didn’t rush to see Brokeback, it’s just not my deal… Obviously, it was done in taste - look how it was received.”

Now here’s my thing. I can understand a straight man being uncomfortable with the gay sex scenes in the film, but to use the words “creeped out” is almost disgusting. What’s creepy about it? It’s just a sex scene like in any other movie. It’s simulated. It’s not like anyone’s actually asking you to put your penis in anyone’s ass. And considering the fact that you’ve done some pretty explicit scenes in your day, it’s disappointing to me that he’d have that attitude about the film.

Then he has the nerve to say that obviously the movie was well received because the homosexuality was done in taste. Excuse me? So because this is a story about two gay men, the sex needs to be tasteful and classy, yet there’s no problem with the millions of raunchy and explicit heterosexual sex scenes that are out there in movies that have been great films.

I love Mark, as an actor–and he’s a gorgeous man. But these statements seriously disappoint me. I thought he had outgrown this crap years ago.

My favorite actress from Grey’s Anatomy Katherine Heigl might not be on the show come next season. According to a source, Katherine has pulled out of contract talks with the network over salary.

The source says:

Katie is disappointed and hurt that (producer) Touchstone doesn’t value her as much as her other costars, especially Sandra Oh and Isaiah Washington

This had BETTER not have anything to do with her speaking out about the Isaiah Washington scandal. The gays will REVOLT.

Congratulations to Jennifer Hudson for winning her well-deserved Oscar for Dreamgirls, and pulling off a great performance during the ceremony. I was disappointed they didn’t do “It’s All Over” and “And I Am Telling You”, but the medley they did of the nominated songs was great. As expected, Jennifer and Anika made Beyonce sound like a hummingbird. Wonder how Matthew Knowles feels about his daughter losing out on an Oscar to an amateur actress/American Idol reject, and getting reduced to a common back up singer in the performance. Beyonce looked genuinely happy for Jennifer, but the look on Papa Knowles’ face when J. Hud became an Academy Award winner was priceless. Watch her speech now.

I must say though, as much as I hate on Beyawnce, she looked gorgeous last night. Her dress on the red carpet and her performance dress were some of the best of the night. She was probably the best right behind Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, and Naomi Watts.

Here’s their performance:

I was both shocked and pissed that Eddie Murphy lost the Oscar to Alan Arkin. The Supporting Actor category was a weak one this year, and Eddie’s performance in Dreamgirls was not only the best of his career, but far above the other nominated performances. Some are speculating Norbit hurt his chances. I think it has more to do with him being a comedic actor. It’s sad really.

Either way, Eddie Murphy and his date Tracey Edmonds left the ceremony promptly after he lost.

I was glad Martin Scorcese finally got his Oscar, and that The Departed won Best Picture. I would’ve killed myself if Babel was named the best film of the year. Very happy that Helen got hers, though it would’ve been interesting to see an upset in that category, and then of course as expected, Forest Whitaker took home his Oscar gold for his haunting performance in The Last King of Scotland.

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In non-awards related news, Justin Timberlake’s new movie Black Snake Moan with Christina Ricci and Samuel L. Jackson is releasing soon, and I guess they need serious promotion so they have leaked the sex scene from the film to the internet. They would’ve been better off not leaking it at all, because at least you could’ve imagined seeing something hot and would’ve gone to see the movie out of curiousity. Instead, you’re just disappointed.

You don’t get to see anything interesting (sorry, no Justin booty), and the sex is over after like 15 seconds. Almost as boring as Beyonce performing a ballad.

Either way, if you wanna see the scene, you can view it here.

We all know J Hud’s gonna take home the Oscar tonight. She’s won every other award under the sun, and the competition is weak. So in honor of what I know will be her first Oscar at tonight’s telecast, I bring you the amazingness that is Jennifer Hudson.

Good luck tonight Jennifer and Eddie!

Wow, and I thought it wasn’t possible for this man to get any gayer.

Wow, this is her best video since Dirrty. The prodigal daughter of Madonna is right, bitches! And of course the men in uniform are hot. Talk about the gayest video ever. I love it!

Watch closely and you’ll see Benji from So You Think You Can Dance.

Will Christina finally get the number one she deserves? Full review to come later.

Apparently the cast of Dreamgirls, including Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, and Keith Robinson, are slated to perform a medley at the Oscars. I’m pretty sure there’s only two songs all of them sing together in the movie, one of which sucks, and the other is “It’s All Over”, the song that comes right before “I’m Telling You I’m Not Going”. Which means….J Hud’s going to blow your fucking WIGS off, bitches! Get that Oscar, girl!
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The gays are about to start a revolution in hip-hop, and bring homosexuality to the forefront of the rap genre. Time will tell if this community will be in any way accepting of these performers–gay rappers have been trying to make it in the business for years, unsuccessfully. I remember seeing a Logo special about some of these rappers a while back, and it was pretty interesting. With the Tim Hardaway mess sparking debate about the acceptance of homosexuality in the African-American community, this might be the perfect time to strike while the iron is hot.
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In Desperate Housewives news, Marc Cherry confirmed what I already knew anyway based on what Eva Longoria told us a while back, that Desperate Housewives will have a 7 year maximum run, and will end in 2011. He apparently got a deal where he is being paid well over 15 million dollars for the entire series run, which is more than what Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy is getting paid for the remainder of his show’s run on F/X.

Additionally, my favorite Housewives star Marcia Cross gave birth to two healthy twin babies on Tuesday, and her reps say both her and the babies are doing perfectly fine. They named them Eden and Savannah (they were both girls). Can’t wait to see you back on Housewives next season Marcia!
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In other ABC related news, apparently a Grey’s Anatomy spin-off is in the works that will star Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd (played by the lovely and talented Kate Walsh). The two-hour pilot is likely to air in May. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Taye Diggs is slated to star opposite Walsh, as Dr. Montgomery-Shepherd is on the verge of leaving Seattle Grace.

I love Addison and I love Kate, so I think it’d be a great idea. I just don’t think I have any more room in my Tivo.

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Katharine McPhee is hosting TRL all this week to promote her self-entitled debut album and her new song and video “Over It”, but she also managed to pencil in some time to sit on Tyra’s couch and it resulted in this crazy picture that’s turning heads.

Katharine’s appearance on the Tyra show will be airing on February 27th. Tune in if you wanna live vicariously through Tyra’s hands or Katharine’s boobies.

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Christina Aguilera opened the North American leg of her Back to Basics tour last night in Dallas, Texas to a 95% sold out stadium, and she’s received rave reviews.

The Houston Chronicle said “If Madonna is still the mother of reinvention, Christina Aguilera is the prodigal daughter. Aguilera is no mere copycat. She takes essential pieces from other performers, other sounds, other eras and blends them into her own sexy style. A fantastic horn section and backing singers supported her every riff. While her former teen-queen counterparts have languished as tabloid fodder (bald Britney, jittery Jessica), Aguilera has emerged as the one true heir to the pop-queen throne.”

I’m hoping I can go to the Madison Square Garden show, but I must find someone to take with me first. Anybody?