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KE$HA stunned revellers at a New York City club - after indulging in a st= eamy make-out session with openly gay singer ADAM LAMBERT.
The pop stars were partying at gay nightclub Providence in the Big Appl= e when they decided to get a little more intimate - by sharing a number o= f passionate kisses.
He says, "She tasted like Goldschlager and maple syrup… It’s an energ= y thing. She’s really pretty, we were laughing and we just started kissin= g. She’s a great (kisser)." And the TiK ToK hitmaker enjoyed their smooch too, adding: "He tasted l= ike blueberries and champagne!"

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LEONA LEWIS has promised to transport fans to "another world" inspired by= JAMES CAMERON’s sci-fi epic AVATAR on her next tour.
The Bleeding Love hitmaker, who contributed the song I See You to the b= iggest-grossing film of all time, has planned elaborate sets, costumes an= d choreography based on the futuristic blockbuster for her debut road sho= w.
She says, "I’ve been inspired by Avatar and I definitely want to make t= he show very atmospheric… Maybe you’ll see me flying across the stage t= oo. I’m not scared of heights.
"I want people to see that it represents me so I’m involved in every pa= rt of it - even the lighting and merchandise. I want to give my fans some= thing very special so I’m trying to create something that no one has done= before. The staging is feminine but weird. We’re almost trying to make a= nother world and incorporate different moods into the set." But the 24 year old warns the live event won’t be a sexy show, adding: = "I’m not going to be turning raunchy. (Designer) Antonio Berardi is doing= the costumes and they’ll be a mixture of short (and) long dresses and tr= ousers, which allows me to do everything I want to do." Lewis’ tour begins in Sheffield, England on 28 May (10).

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Former ROLLING STONES star BILL WYMAN dislikes modern music, insisting al= bums by rock bands such as the ARCTIC MONKEYS are disposable.
The rocker, who played bass guitar with the Paint It Black hitmakers fr= om 1962 to 1992, isn’t a fan of the current crop of guitar groups topping= the charts.
And he’s convinced modern acts will fade away unless they start making = more memorable music.
Wyman says, "I can’t say I’m impressed by any of the music at the minut= e. There’s nothing new and it doesn’t excite me. I can’t see bands like t= he Arctic Monkeys having staying power. Society constantly wants new musi= c so no one will be around long."

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FANTASIA BARRINO has increased her security during her run in THE COLOR P= URPLE after receiving a threatening letter on Friday (19Feb10).
The former American Idol winner immediately alerted police after findin= g the alarming letter in a pile of fan mail she was reading following a p= erformance in the stage show at Los Angeles’ Pantages Theater.
Her manager claims the note contained a number of racial slurs as well = as the line, "Go back (to) where you came from and die." Barrino is now being looked after by guards and authorities are screeni= ng items sent to her dressing room.
But the defiant singer is refusing to let the incident keep her from pe= rforming, telling TMZ.com, "I will not be defeated by one isolated person= ’s hatred."

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LADY GAGA threw a photoshoot for a U.K. magazine into disarray after burs= ting into tears and storming off set, according to a new report.
The outrageous Poker Face singer sparked concern for her wellbeing afte= r a bizarre scene in which she lashed out at a Q Magazine photographer du= ring the shoot at London’s May Fair Hotel.
Gaga told staff she hated the provocative photos, in which she posed to= pless in a pair of spiked trousers, before sobbing and threatening to wal= k out unless her boyfriend was allowed to photograph her.
She reportedly told onlookers, "I’m just not in a good place right now.= " A source tells Britain’s Daily Mirror, "The magazine wasn=E2=80=99t goi= ng to stand for that so they told her people where to go. Her behaviour w= as weird." Gaga is in Britain for her revamped Monster Ball tour, which was hit wi= th a series of setbacks, including missing costumes and technical mishaps= , when it kicked off on Thursday (18Feb10).

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Rapper JAY-Z is urging young Britons to vote in upcoming U.K. elections, = insisting it’s "dangerous" not to exercise the right.
The Empire State of Mind hitmaker insists the rise of far right group t= he British National Party (BNP) is a "problem", urging the country’s yout= h to take a stand and cast their ballot.
He says, "The rise of the BNP is a problem. Power is dangerous in the h= ands of the wrong person and it’s up to the people to get them out of the= re - which goes back to voting. We have to use that power. We can’t just = sit back and not vote - that’s dangerous.
"Everyone needs new blood once in a while. And Britain needs it to shak= e up the country. People are calling it Broken Britain, so there’s obviou= sly a problem. Someone needs to reinvigorate and galvanise the country an= d give it something to believe in. That means a leader with charisma to g= et the youth out to vote." And he hails U.S. President Barack Obama, who he helped campaign for th= e White House, as a great example for other politicians.
He adds, "Britain needs to look at America and Obama to see how he did = it. He connected with the young and gave them something to believe in. Be= fore Obama, people in my neighbourhood were disillusioned. They thought n= othing would happen no matter who was in office. But Obama changed that a= nd really connected with people. He heard us and so we voted. Britain nee= ds a leader who can do the same, who understands the youth and deals with= their needs and what they have to say."

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EMILY MORTIMER was terrified she’d jeopardised her pregnancy after dining= on raw chicken in Japan - to impress her colleagues.
The British actress and her husband Alessandro Nivola welcomed daughter= May last month (Jan10) - but Mortimer feared she’d harmed the baby durin= g her pregnancy after a particularly traumatic evening in a Japanese rest= aurant.
Mortimer was so desperate to impress her Leonie co-star Shido Nakamura = and the film’s director and producer, she gulped down what was put in fro= nt of her.
She recalls, "I was trying so hard to be charming and have them think I= was cool, and they were all so impressed by me because I ate some sort o= f weird Japanese spinach." The star then opted to try a piece of sushi: "I took a bite and it was = raw chicken! I kid you not. It was raw chicken dipped in raw egg, which w= as apparently some delicacy. And the weirdest thing, instead of stopping = there I kept eating it. Then I got home and cried on the phone to Alessan= dro, ‘I’ve killed our baby!’"

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A representative for RENEE ZELLWEGER has denied reports the actress is ho= lding up negotiations for a third BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY film by refusing = to gain weight for the role.
Zellweger was said to have infuriated producers after opting out of pil= ing on the pounds to play the hapless full-figured diary-keeper, as she d= id in the first two hit instalments.
Reports suggested the blonde had demanded the script was altered so the= Brit character would have a smaller frame.
But a spokesperson for Zellweger insists there’s no truth to the specul= ation.
Her rep tells GossipCop.com, "(The story is) so not true. Renee more th= an anyone would be true to the character."

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VING RHAMES is suing the producers of his latest movie, alleging they fai= led to pay him for his work on the project.
Red Canvas writer/director Kenneth Chamitoff promised Rhames $200,000 (= =C2=A3125,000) for six days of work on the action film, according to a la= wsuit filed by the actor in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (19Feb10= ).
The Pulp Fiction star claims he only received $175,000 (=C2=A3109,000) = of the sum after a "stop payment" was put on his final $25,000 (=C2=A317,= 000) paycheck.
He’s now suing Chamitoff and Red Canvas Productions for fraud and breac= h of contract, reports TMZ.com.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’s father has been granted permission to trawl through his= son’s medical records after a much-publicised legal battle to get answer= s about the King of Pop’s death.
On Friday (19Feb10), a Los Angeles judge ruled that Joe Jackson is enti= tled to view the medical records - but only those made on the day his son= died (29Jun09) at UCLA Medical Center.
Jackson has made it clear he wants the medical records so he can determ= ine if anyone was to blame for the Thriller icon’s death last summer.
The request is linked to a potential lawsuit from Joe Jackson over his = son’s passing.
The administrators of the singer’s estate previously lodged an objectio= n with the court, claiming Joe was not entitled to the papers because he = was not a dependent of his son.

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SEAN PENN is returning to Haiti this weekend (20Feb10) to do what he can = to help the survivors of the 12 January (10) earthquake, which ravaged th= e nation, before storms cause more damage and claim more lives.
The movie star and activist was among the first celebrities to jet to H= aiti to aid the relief effort and insists he can’t wait to get back.
Speaking to U.S. news show Extra just before his planned flight back to= Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, the worried Oscar winner says, "We have = to save Haiti." During his recent three-week stint in Haiti, Penn slept in a tent and s= urvived on just a few hours of sleep a night, but a return to that hardsh= ip will be worth it if he can help get homeless Haitians to safety before= the rains come.
He adds, "Relocation is, right now, the primary focus." And the actor wants more people to join him: "You can come to Haiti and= do work if you’re a doctor or a relief worker or if you can write a cheq= ue… Everything helps." Penn admits the suffering he has seen in Haiti could keep him away from= Hollywood for some time - and that means he might be forced to quit a pl= anned Three Stooges movie.
He explains, "I’m not in a very funny state of mind right now." The movie star’s return to Haiti comes as a legal matter hangs over him= - on Friday (19Feb10), Penn was charged with criminal battery and vandal= ism following a violent run-in with a paparazzo in California last year (= 09).

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Actor SEAN PENN has been charged with criminal battery and vandalism foll= owing a violent run-in with a paparazzo.
Penn was captured on video attacking the unnamed photographer, who was = following him in Brentwood, California last October (09). It was later br= oadcast on website TMZ.com.
During the scuffle, the snapper’s camera was damaged.
Penn was officially charged with the two misdemeanour counts on Friday = (19Feb10). He faces 18 months behind bars if convicted.
The actor will be arraigned in Los Angeles County Superior Court on 22 = March (10).
It’s not the first time Penn has been reprimanded for his violent outbu= rsts - the 49-year-old Oscar winner was sentenced to 60 days in jail for = punching a movie extra on the set of the police drama Colors in 1987. He = was on probation at the time for punching a songwriter at a Los Angeles c= lub.

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Outrageous funnyman SACHA BARON COHEN was first-time Oscars producers BIL= L MECHANIC and ADAM SHANKMAN’s first choice to host the 2010 Academy Awar= ds.
The movie moguls eventually agreed that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin s= hould co-host the big night, but only after Academy bosses laughed off th= e idea of the Brit comedian’s characters Borat, Ali G and Bruno showing u= p onstage at the Oscars.
Shankman reveals, "The Academy swatted it (idea) down. They thought it = was too big of a wild card."

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TAYLOR SWIFT’s lucky guitar has sparked an online bidding war after the L= OVE STORY singer put it up for auction.
In just six days, bids for the instrument - embellished with Swift’s lu= cky number 13 - have reached $8,000 (GBP5,000). The guitar will be sold t= o the highest bidder on 26 February (10).
All proceeds from the online auction will benefit the Country Music Hal= l of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Cult rockers VAMPIRE WEEKEND have turned their new video into a star-stud= ded affair - it features rappers RZA and LIL JON, movie star JAKE GYLLENH= AAL and JOE JONAS.
In the promo for Giving Up the Gun, a sullen Jonas and whisky-swilling = Gyllenhaal play tennis with a mysterious girl as Wu-Tang Clan star RZA of= ficiates and the band performs off court.
Lil Jon also appears as the girl’s dapper tennis coach.

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Creation Records boss ALAN MCGEE owes OASIS’ success to his own sobriety = - because the band would not have made it as big as they did if he’d join= ed their wild life.
Now retired from the music industry, the man who orchestrated the Britp= op trend in the mid 1990s insists the best decision he ever made was to s= top drinking and taking drugs as his record label took off.
McGee tells Nylon magazine, "I stopped doing both (drink and drugs) in = 1994… although sometimes I feel it would have been easier if I’d been o= ff my nut.
"It (sobriety) helped me keep hold of them (Oasis)… I needed to be a = sober-minded individual to look after Oasis." The Scottish svengali admits he had "a brief relapse with alcohol" in 2= 002, but he quit again after his wife made him realise he was becoming "a= n embarrassment".
He adds, "It started with one glass of wine and ended up with a couple = of bottles (a day)."

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Guitar great JEFF BECK almost missed out on his chance to become a member= of British supergroup the YARDBIRDS - JIMMY PAGE was asked to join the b= and before him.
In his first joint interview with Eric Clapton - the man he replaced in= the group in 1965 - Beck reveals Page was initially approached to fill t= he gap left by Clapton, but he turned the offer down.
The future Led Zeppelin rocker eventually joined the Yardbirds when Bec= k left - but he could have been a part of the iconic group years before.
Beck tells Rolling Stone magazine, "They asked him first. He turned the= m down… (so) I got the call." The guitarist admits his early days in the band were tough - because he= was living in the shadow of Clapton: "When I joined the Yardbirds, all I= kept hearing was stories in the van: ‘Eric wouldn’t have done this, Eric= wouldn’t have done that.’ I went, ‘Shut the f**k up, Eric isn’t in the = band.’" During the joint chat, Clapton admits he’s surprised his former Yardbir= ds bandmates liked him - because he was so "disagreeable".
He explains, "They didn’t like me when I was in the band… Anyone who = didn’t know (blues great) Robert Johnson, I didn’t want to know them." (K=

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ALICE IN CHAINS stars JERRY CANTRELL and SEAN KINNEY have blasted the pro= ducers of U.S. reality show CELEBRITY REHAB for taking advantage of forme= r drummer MIKE STARR and the mother of their late frontman LAYNE STALEY.
The rockers have saluted Starr’s efforts to get clean after years of su= bstance abuse, but were appalled when their former bandmate’s rehab stint= became part of Thursday night’s (18Feb10) VH1 show.
Taped last year (09), the episode featured Starr still struggling to co= me to terms with the drug-related 2002 death of his friend Staley - and f= eatured an appearance from the late rock star’s mother, Nancy McCallum.
Cantrell recently took aim at the show during a radio interview and now= Kinney has spoken out, claiming Celebrity Rehab "exploits people at thei= r lowest point." He tells ThePulseofRadio.com, "The sad part is this is like entertainme= nt for people when it’s actually a life-and-death situation. I don’t thin= k it helps anybody and it makes entertainment out of people’s possible de= ath, and that’s pathetic and it’s stupid. So I don’t support that show at= all and I think it’s pretty disgusting." Cantrell recently told an Atlanta, Georgia radio station, "That particu= lar show… is a real travesty. (It’s a) shame to put people in a really = vulnerable situation like that and make it entertainment for people to se= e." Starr appears in the current season of Dr. Drew Pinsky’s TV hit alongsi= de stars like Tom Sizemore, Mindy McCready and Mackenzie Phillips. (KL/WN=

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