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Amy Winehouse was spotted sans beehive today, out and about with a friend in her neighborhood in Barnet, London, where she reportedly moved for a quieter lifestyle. It’s almost normal behavior: stepping out in the daylight for a casual stroll with a pal, but the singer had to pull some bizarre poses to liven things up. Winehouse was no doubt surrounded on all sides by paparazzi, and it seems those flashing cameras bring out the animal in her. In several shots she’s shown grabbing her crotch in a gesture that says either, “Suck it, paps” or “I’ve gotta wee real real bad!”

Like most actresses, Scarlett Johansson’s hair color changes every month. She’s gone from bottle blond to chestnut brown and back again, but her latest incarnation as a redhead still feels fresh and sexy. She recently attended an event for Moet & Chandon, where it was announced that she would be the new spokesperson for the champagne. As the face of fine bubbly, ScarJo had to remove her nose piercing and break out the old
Hollywood glamour. She was overheard saying that her new look was for her role in Ironman 2 but I say keep it because red hair really suits her! See some of the colorful star’s more offbeat looks below.

Kim Kardashian is featured on the cover of the April/May issue of Complex magazine. Unluckily for her, it seems that a pre-photoshop pic of the star accidentally landed on the magazine’s web site. Sharp-eyed writer Bucky Turco of Animal NY spotted the less-than-perfect image of Kardashian on Complex’s exclusive web gallery.  The site promptly yanked it, but not fast enough, as a number of gossip sites got hold of it first. You can see before and after above. Photoshopped Kim is smoothed, slimmed and lightened into the sex goddess extraordinaire we expect. The real Kim, however, is a woman.  A woman with thighs. Enough said!

Anyone who’s had an awkward exchange can appreciate this post. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal and recent Amazing Race contestant Mike White had lunch together today. The paps caught them post-meal and documented each second of their long, awkward farewell. Let’s break it down:

First, Mike initiates a fist bump:

which Jake mistakes for a handshake. No matter, he easily goes from paper to rock (so suave) but now Mike’s not so sure.

 By the time their hands collide, each has gone over to the other side. Oh the sweet folly of life!

The exchange ends with Mike grasping onto Jake’s fist in a gesture that says, “This unlikely friendship will last…” 

 ”…because I will not let go of your hand…”

“…even as you strain to pull away.” I bet they’re glad the photogs caught every detail of what looks to be the early stages of a friendship. But seriously guys, plan ahead next time, will you? Decide on a form of goodbye beforehand, it saves a lot of trouble.

In January, Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie married actor beau Josh Duhamel in what People magazine described as a “white fantasy wedding.” The pair had been engaged for a year prior to their wedding, and dated for three years before that. So Fergie the newly wed should be in a good place at the moment, right? Then why is she channeling Morticia Adams?

The star just debuted a flat ironed brunette look that is more sophisticated but also on the somber side. She looks more like a recent divorcee announcing her independence than someone who just returned from a tropical honeymoon. Why so serious, Fergalicious?

Perez Hilton just posted the new music video for Lily Allen’s Not Fair, off her album It’s Not Me, It’s You. Allen is a frequent target of the opinionated blogger, and while he’s getting her some publicity, he’s not digging the video. Quoth the queen: “She looks high as a kite during the whole vid. That’s probably what they were going for and all, but she didn’t have to get all ‘method’ actress for it!”

The song is about a great guy, who, sadly for Lily, sucks in the sack. The video has the singer performing on a country show, twisting around in a white jumpsuit. I don’t think it’s that bad! Judge for yourselves here.

That’s right, ANTM fans, Tyra Banks’ popular series has been packaged into a book. Fierce Guide to Life: The Ultimate Source of Beauty, Fashion, and Model Behavior will be released April 7th to coincide with the show’s 12th season. (Good God that’s a lot of seasons!) Fierce’s author, J.E. Bright, has made a career out of book adaptations of movies and TV shows. Bright has written “junior novels” based on movies like Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and Ice Age. Fierce Guide will appear not in Beauty/Grooming, then, but in the kids’ non-fiction section of your nearby Barnes & Noble.

 Judging the book from its cover (which is what ANTM is all about), Fierce Guide is lame even from a 4th grader’s perspective. It features a shot of the Cycle 5 gals, pre-makeover. Yeah, that was a good season, featuring lesbian Kim and drunk Lisa, but it’s not exactly up-to-date. The content of the book is less than fierce too, giving advice to pre-teens who want to model. It covers Tyra-isms like smiling with your eyes, as well as diet and exercise tips and makeup how-to’s.

Here’s an excerpt from the section about body hair: “Yes, you’re secretly a hairy beast. While there is no medical or hygienic reason to get rid of your body hair, the current standards of beauty absolutely require you to remove all hair from your armpits, legs and face for a smooth, youthful look. It’s a regular chore that every model must handle. If you’re going to be modeling a bathing suit or lingerie, you will definitely need to groom your bikini line.” Sounds like the book includes coupons for My First Gillette Razor. Next up: an ANTM boardgame. Now that might be fun.

Look, I like Mary-Kate. If you’re psychologically-inclined, you might say I’m obsessed with the little critter. This blog masquerades as a celebrity gossip blog but every other post I write is about you-know-who.

One of the things I like about MK is that, though touted as a style icon, she bases her look on a lot of fashion don’ts. Her appeal is that she wears things wrong. She makes shirts out of table cloths and blankets, cynching them at the waist with something she found at a car repair shop. On a bad day, you’d find her ripping apart a Vogue magazine rather than studying its photoshoots.

And yet her looks are irritatingly catchy. Here she is at cocktail party at Barney’s New York, wearing bronzer around her eyes, nude pink lipstick and a trench coat. The makeup strikes me as endearing, only because she looks like my makeup-challenged best friend from high school after a long, drunken night.

The stringy hair and the I-will-cut-you smile complete the look. Who knows what she’s got on under that trench. My guess? Pajamas.

Ellen Degeneres had her wife actress Portia de Rossi on her show this week. The interview might have been awkward and sappy, but the two make a genuinely cute couple. Among the things we learn: Portia is Australian, and Ellen is actually taller than her, though you’d never know it as Portia favors a dangerously tall heel.

De Rossi sticks to bitchy characters, (like in her current show, Better Off Ted) but she comes across as very sweet. She says that’s why she’s attracted to characters who just don’t give a shit, because she herself cares too much about what others think. She’s no Lindsay Bluth Fünke, she just likes to pretend. Enjoy the clip below!

Julia Roberts appeared on Letterman to promote her new flick Duplicity last night, and the host and his guest kicked back and chatted like old pals. As a viewer, I sort of forgot about the film she was trying to promote and just enjoyed their chemistry. They discussed an array of topics, from Octo-Mom to the joys of having children to “raging maniac” co-workers. In this clip, Julia tells of one such insane actor who had a bleep-filled hissy on set after an acorn fell from a tree and hit him. She doesn’t name the Christian Bale-esque leading man, but let’s just assume it was Hugh Grant. Enjoy below!