“I said, ‘If you don’t (accept me), you’re going to change my life completely, because I’m going to go outside and get on the bus, and I’ll be a crackhead prostitute and go to jail. And three years from now, I’ll come out of jail and make the best film.’”

- M.I.A. on how she gained admittance to St. Martin’s college in London.

M.I.A. has been in the press a lot lately, specifically because of a NYT Profile that was recently written published. I want to know where you all stand on her. I think she’s unconventional and occasionally says things that make me question her overall sanity, but I generally find her to be a genius and totally inspirational. What do you think?

OK, I don’t want to joke about herpes because I actually think that it’s WAY more common than anyone believes it to be, and while it would for sure be sucky if you got it, it’s not exactly a life-ruiner. Still, producers of shows like Jersey Shore and Celebrity Rehab are saying that keeping their stars from getting STDs is one of their main concerns on set.

From the NY Post:

Reality shows such as “Celebrity Rehab” and “Jersey Shore” are so worried about sexually transmitted diseases, they pass out medication “like M&Ms” to cast members, say the shows’ producers.

In a round-table discussion of reality show execs published yesterday in The Hollywood Reporter, SallyAnn Salsano, creator of “Jersey Shore,” says STDs are a constant concern.

“I do a full medical [for cast members] but I also do a lot of STD stuff,” she says.

“The network [VH1] requires me to do stuff with my patients that has no relevance to anything,” Dr. Drew Pinsky, the host of “Celebrity Rehab,” says.

“Like everyone on the set has to take [herpes medication] Valtrex,” he said.

“We hand it out like M&Ms!” Salsano said. ” ‘Hey kids, it’s time for Valtrex!’ It’s like a herpes nest. They’re all in there mixing it up.”

Hey! Better safe than sorry, I guess. I think it’s more than sad that reality TV show producers are more concerned about the sexual health of their stars than the stars themselves, but at least someone they associate is aware of how rampant herpes is.

Maybe we’ve spoiled him all these years by encouraging him to be a quirky dork, but the clothes Michael Cera rolled out of JFK wearing this morning are beyond all that. Homeboy’s looking like one of the characters from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids with that sloppy knit hat and mismatched brightly colored pants and shirt. Sure, sure, it’s important to be comfortable in-flight but my lord, boy! You’re rich! Pay someone to tell you when you look like a fool or something.

Kate Gosselin was back on the Today this morning, this time to plug her new show Kate Plus 8, and despite the fact that this woman is obviously a total pill, I feel for her. Yeah, it’s tiring to hear the same thing out of her mouth all the time, “I do everything by myself, Jon does nothing, I need to support myself and my kids so this is how I live my life,” but ya know? I believe her. Sure, I think there’s an aspect of laziness and a desire for fame to blame here, but for the most part I get her point: What is she supposed to do? Go back to nursing? I don’t think there is a hospital that would have her at this point. In a way, she is kind of stuck in this fame grid and if she’s even attempting to protect her children as much as she says she is, then that’s all that matters.

Chace Crawford and one of his homies were chillin’ in a car in his native Texas last night when they kinda sorta got busted by a cop with under two ounces of marijuana (click the link to see his mugshot.) For those of you who aren’t familiar, two ounces isn’t exactly a huge amount of weed, but it would probably take even a serious stoner a month and a half to rip through all that green. Looks like someone stocked up before he came home for hiatus and like a moron, carried the whole stash around with him.

The cop spotted Chace and his friend in a pub parking lot and saw that they had a rolled but unsmoked joint in the car. That gave him right to search the vehicle and BAM! Homey went to jail. He was let out on bond pretty quickly, but there will definitely be a follow up with the courts, et c.

Since it’s “just pot” (sorry, I think it’s an essentially harmless drug), I doubt that this will have an effect on his Gossip Girl job or any gigs he may get in the future but GHADDAMN, BOY! Don’t roll around with that big of a sack!

Yeah, hey. So you know that daughter that Gavin Rossdale didn’t tell anyone he had for like, 17 years and it turned out she was this hot young thing who was a model named Daisy Lowe? Remember that? OK, well here’s an update: That chick got hotter. I’m not lez, but I will say that this video of her Esquire UK shoot combined with the (NSFW) photos is definitely inspiring me to get my act together fitness-wise. I mean, damn. And you know what? She looks like a fun chick.