Robert Pattinson has received the ultimate compliment; he's getting a send up in the new Halloween episode of the "Simpsons." Homer and the gang discover vampires in Springfield....
Kristen Stewart played a tough girl in the Joan Jett biopic "The Runaways," but her portrayal of Bella Swan in the "Twilight" series has enamored her with lesbian fans, who have coined a new word to express their affection....
"Glee" star Dianna Agron, 24, is wagging a finger at a conservative parents group that protested her recent GQ photo shoot, apologizing for offending anyone, but questioning how any eight year old might see the magazine....
Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr, now six months pregnant and showing, left a stunning reminder of what to look forward to once she has her baby in a series of photos by top international photographer Russell James....
Kanye West reveals that he was suicidal after the avalanche of bad press he got following his 2009 MTV Video Music Awards outburst involving Taylor Swift. He was also depressed over his mom’s tragic death in 2007....
Glee stars Lea Michele and Dianna Agron flaunt their sexy sides in GQ magazine, which is sure to give conservative parents groups new reason to protest the Fox television show’s descent into overt sexuality....
"Twilight" beauty Kristen Stewart, bad habits are catching up with her. Weeks of heavy smoking, staying up late and eating badly have forced her to diet to get back into shape for "Breaking Dawn" filming in November....
Pop star Justin Bieber, allegedly hit a 12-year-old boy during a laser tag game Oct. 15, 2010 and has come under investigation by police in Richmond, British Columbia, where the alleged incident took place....
UK actress Keira Knightley or possibly Scarlett Johansson have been mentioned to star in a movie based on the tragic life of Princess Diana, who was killed in a mysterious car crash in 1997....
"Transformers 3" actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is featured in a new photo book that may be her most extreme modeling job yet. It was launched during London ...
Sarah Palin’s eight-episode reality series, "Sarah Palin’s Alaska' is finally out of the box with the release of a trailer by TLC, the Discovery Network cable c...
Putting right-wing nut Bill O'Reilly in the same room as Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg is a lot like putting two Siamese fighting fish in the same bowl. They will to try to devour each other....
Jacinta Lal, 21, has cause an uproar in tiny New Zealand after critics claimed she was too white to compete in a Miss India contest. She finished second runner up....
On the heels of a parental protest over Glee’s racy Britney Spears episode, the Fox show went one step further last night (Oct. 12) with a hot girl-on-girl scene. Santana (Naya Rivera) and Brittany (Heather Morris) get it on. What would Bill O’Reilly say?...
Muscle-bound Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino had a few choice words for judges after he was unceremoniously booted from Dancing with the Stars last night (Oct. 12) following his so-so tango with pro dancer Karina Smirnoff. The “situation” puts Bristol Palin on the bubble....
Mary-Louise Parker bites, claws and scraps her way through a barroom sex scene on "Weeds," which debuted Oct. 11. The scene unfolds when Parker's character hooks up with a local bartender after she parks her Winnebago. He spanks, she bites! Hot....
Androgynous rocker Adam Lambert got a stern warning from the Malaysian government -- no flamboyant, openly gay behavior -- during his upcoming concert tour, including kissing on stage, man or woman....
Kim Kardashian hides her voluptuous body behind a thin coat of silver paint that leaves nothing to the imagination in the W Magazine's Art issue. The shoot comes on the heels of Kim expressing regret for posing nude in Playboy. She obviously didn't mean it....
Courteney Cox-Arquette's life apparently is imitating her television show Cougar Town. She and long-time husband David Arquette have confirmed they have split, and Cox is rumored to be dating a much younger man....
Minka Kelly is the thinking man's idea of a sexy woman. She's brainy, athletic, practical, down to earth, she can act and she's also Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive....
Madonna who gained fame in New York City only to take up residence in London and then return again after her 2008 divorce to Brit Guy Ritchie, is reportedly eying a move back across the pond....
Yoko Ono and John Lennon would not have been quite the legend they've become if not for the efforts of someone who has long blamed Yoko for breaking up The Beatles....
Christine O’Donnell, the crazed Tea Party Senate candidate in Delaware has joined the ranks of Sarah Palin in more ways than one — she’s the target of a devastating Saturday Night Live parody....
Britney Spears' down and dirty turn early in her career is coming back to haunt her. A parent's group is outraged over Fox television's Britney themed "Glee" episode, claiming it amounted to "explicit sexual content." Say what?...
Oksana Grigorieva claims she is a victim of "battered wife" syndrome at the hands of actor Mel Gibson, her lover of two years, which she said included physical abuse and death threats during his fits of rage....
Miley Cyrus' metamorphosis from a teeniebopper to a sexually charged rock and roller continues in her latest video for her song "Who Owns My Heart."...
CNN's Anderson Cooper (is he gay?) is picking a fight with actor Vince Vaughn over an off-color gay joke in Vaughn's upcoming movie "The Dilemma." Gay rights groups are also sure to pile on....
Samantha Geimer, who was just 13 when Hollywood film director Roman Polanski had sex with her, reiterated last night (Oct. 7) that Swiss officials made the right decision by freeing Polanski, despite his crime....
Rachel Uchitel, one of a slew of women allegedly bedded by golfer Tiger Woods during his cheating scandal has an offer you can't refuse -- share her bedroom in her newly renovated Park Ave. apartment....
Kate Gosselin is on the bubble -- along with her 15 minutes of fame. Rumors persist that her TLC reality shows "Kate Plus 8," could be canceled because of low ratings, and outside of "Dancing With the Stars,' Kate has been unable to land anything else....
Keith Girard is Editor and Publisher of The New York Independent, the progressive New York web magazine. Read the latest on Celebrities, Politics, Fashion, Music, Arts, Film, TV, Theater & Pop Culture. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine and a reporter for the Washington Post among other media positions.
