Kanye West Takes Credit for Success of Taylor Swift

You're welcome, Taylor Swift.

This is the message Kanye West sent on the radio show Mojo in the Morning yesterday, once again bringing up his rude behavior at the 2009 MTV Music Awards and implying it "spawned" the global success Swift has since enjoyed.

Said Kanye:Without this incident, would Taylor Swift even have a career at this point?!? Kanye West isn't certain.

"I feel like when Taylor was getting all those magazine covers, she was all good then. I feel completely empathetic and sympathize with that moment of her feeling bad, that spawned her to have one million magazine covers and be the most popular artist in the world, but in that moment of her feeling bad, I do feel bad about being the cause of that."

Only Kanye West can aim for an apology, and end up taking credit for the career of another artist.

Are you buying it at all? Do you think Kanye's interruption has played any role at all in Swift's album sales and/or magazine covers?

Father of Shannen Doherty Passes Away

Close to a year after he suffered a stroke, the father of actress Shannen Doherty passed away on Friday. He was 66.

In March, immediately after the former Beverly Hills 90210 star was prematurely voted off Dancing with the Stars, she expressed gratitude merely for appearing on the show and seeing her dad's "face light up" as a result.
In her statement dealing with the passing of John Thomas Doherty, Shannen referred to her father as the "greatest man in the world" and said: "I love him with every inch of my being and cannot imagine life without him."

Our thoughts go out to this actress and her family.



Filed under: R.I.P., Shannen Doherty

Spencer Pratt & Heidi Montag: Celebrity Oddsmakers?

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are having financial problems.

Fortunately, they've been offered a high-paying gig that could not only ease said fiscal woes, but get them out of the U.S. for awhile. They win and so do we!

With Speidi recently admitting that they're broke, and even tried to fake a divorce to keep the money train a comin', a gambling site may ride to the rescue.
Will Speidi take on actual jobs? [Photo: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com]

YouWager (dot) com has offered the couple jobs. As in work, in exchange for money. While this may be a foreign concept to them, it's an enticing offer.

Heidi and Spencer would be given a cool $100,000 each to "manage the odds and lines surrounding the entertainment sector." Yup, they'd set odds.

The gruesome twosome would be living in Costa Rica, where the company is based (for legal issues, obviously), handicapping critical gambling topics "ranging from celebrity news and pop culture to music and movies."

They'd obviously be good at that. Spencer's main hangup, however? Due to the political turmoil between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, he's "looking into how he can legally own a firearm over there so that he can protect himself."

How awesome is this guy?


Filed under: Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt

Lauren Conrad Denies Feud With Audrina Patridge

Audrina Patridge's drunk mom tried to start $h!t, but Lauren Conrad says she's not in competition with Audrina. There's room for two reality shows to coexist!

There's been no comment from Audrina on her mom's drunken rant (for which she later apologized), during which Lynn Patridge called The Hills girls "tramps."

Regarding her new reality show, Lynn said her daughter would fare better than Lauren Conrad, whom she called a "b!tch" who does "frilly fashion $h!t."























Lauren Conrad says it's all good with Audrina.


Lauren doesn't see eye-to-eye with Lynn, fortunately, saying there's no bad blood whatsoever and that she doesn't view Audrina Patridge as competition.

LC's new reality show is also coming out soon.

Asked on Monday about Audrina's newly-picked up VH1 show, Conrad told Us, "I think it's good for her. And no, I really don't think about it like that at all."

Regarding the rant itself, LC smiled and said, "I really don't have a comment on that right now, thanks." Good to see someone knows how to keep it classy.




Filed under: Audrina Patridge, Lauren Conrad

Demi Lovato is Rehabbing in Illinois

Demi Lovato is receiving treatment at a facility outside of Chicago.

Gossip Center spies say they saw the singer's family members at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center over the weekend, which is located in Lemont, IllinoiInformation about patients is kept private, of course, but the facility's website says residents get involved in local causes at "nursing homes, animal shelters, children's hospitals and veteran's organizations.

"Volunteer work is an important part of residential treatment because it reinforces the ability to connect with others," reads the site. "It also helps them realize that they are not the only ones who face lifelong challenges and need the assistance of others in this world to live a healthy and fulfilling life."

Makes sense to us.

We continue to wish Demi very well, and continue to hope her father learns to shut up about his daughter. We'd welcome a fight between Patrick Lovato and Michael Lohan, wouldn't you?