How much would you pay for Michael Jackson’s sparkly glove?  Maybe you’re like me and you wouldn’t pay anything for it because that’s just not your scene, or maybe you’re more like Wanda Kelley, the woman who paid $190,000 for it.

The glove was the most prized item at the auction of MJ’s memorabilia that took place this weekend, but there were a few other popular pieces.  There was a custom jacket he wore during at interview that went for $120,000, a pair of loafers he wore on stage that sold for $90,000, and an autograph Michael gave on the day before he died that went for $18,750.

Like I said, I certainly wouldn’t spend thousands of dollars on gloves or shoes (even if I did have the money) to commemorate Michael Jackson.  For one, I’m not a huge fan (no disrespect intended, I just never got that into him).  For two, I would much rather listen to two of my favorite boys with guitars, James Morrison and Jay Brannan, cover one of my favorite MJ songs, “Man in the Mirror.”

Photo via D-listed

Sometimes pictures say a thousand words, but sometimes they just say two:  ”totally wasted.”

Matt LeBlanc stumbled out of a London club last night looking like he’d had a pretty good time.  I mean, this might reveal some personal problems, but I think if someone can snap a photograph of you when you’re so close to falling down you have to brace yourself on something and you have a friend trailing right behind you to help you walk but you still have that look on your face of “I’m such a suave bastard,” then that’s an automatic good night.  Bonus points if you can get a clear shot of a girl in the background judging you.  I’ve been there, Matt LeBlanc, and I salute you with my bar-stamped hand.

Now, if I’d heard Matt say that alcoholism would kill him or if he had a few drinks then took his dogs out for a spin, I might say he needed to get it under control.  As it were, you just keep on keepin’ on, Joey Tribbiani.

There have been rumors going around that Fergie is planning on leaving the Black Eyed Peas because she wants to have a baby, and also because Will.I.Am is some kind of egotistical douchebag (shocker!).  While Fergie hasn’t said anything about those rumors, Will.I.Am has decided to comment on them via Twitter:

Don’t belive gossip about fergie leaving the group (we are never breaking up) its all lies!!!

That’s a bold statement, “never breaking up.”  I would love to see a bunch of geriatrics hobbling around on stage singing about lovely lady lumps.  I would love nothing more than that.

But seriously, Fergie needs to get out while she can.  She could release solo albums every once in a while and avoid Will.I.Am altogether, who would probably just self-destruct in a really public way after that.  I’m not a big fan of Fergie or the Black Eyed Peas as musicians, but I would much rather listen to Fergie hilariously misspell words than that “Boom Boom Pow” shit.  Please, Fergie, do yourself and the world a favor and really be planning on quitting the Black Eyed Peas.

It’s always a good time to poke fun at those crazy Twilight fans, but now I might feel halfway bad about it.  There’s an interesting article in the L.A. Times titled “When Twilight fandom becomes an addiction,” and it documents some tales of these addicts.

There’s a 31-year-old accountant who says that she became so obsessed with the books and the movies that she “couldn’t function.” Then there’s a 39-year-old mom who claims to have watched the movies over 300 times each, and she mentions that her six-year-old son resents her obsession.  There’s also a 50-year-old woman who said that

“If there is a chemical that’s released when you’re falling in love, your brain has it when you’re reading or watching Twilight. You get that utopic feeling of first love and you want to experience it over and over again.”

She goes on to discuss how Twilight almost destroyed her marriage:

“My husband finally came to me and said, ‘I think you love Twilight more than you love me.’ I ended up moving out of the house and fought for my marriage for six weeks. I had to take a step back and detox myself from Twilight. I was really angry that I had allowed it to suck me in.”

The article says that the woman went “cold turkey” and was able to stop her obsession.  There are also statements from a professor of communication studies and a psychologist that call these kinds of stories examples of classic addiction.

This kind of behavior blows my mind.  Sure, I’ve read the Twilight books (I’ve even plotted out porn films based on them:  Twatlight, New Poon, Eclits, and Breaking Hymen, keep your eye out for those), but I wouldn’t say they caused me to feel that “utopic feeling of first love.”  Even Harry Potter, which I was much more obsessed with, and my one true love of all time, David Bowie, never got close to threatening any of my relationships.

Here’s hoping no one gets divorced over Eclipse, I guess.

Photo via Celebuzz

Katy Perry posed topless for the August issue of Esquire to promote her new album, and I bet that’s going to work out well for her.  People who don’t even listen to music could see this and buy her album just to keep that girl relevant enough to pose topless in more magazines. Maxim was spot on with Katy being the hottest woman of 2010, but based on this photo, I’m willing to go out on a limb and say “hottest woman of the decade,” or maybe “hottest woman of ever.”

I’ve talked about my issues with Katy Perry, but I’ve never denied the fact that she is completely gorgeous.  Her Jesus talk might throw up a red flag for me, but I’m pretty sure when Katy Perry is topless, a baby unicorn is born.  I’m just going to go ahead and toss that theory to the internet.

“I’m totally aware that I’ve never given anyone a reason to praise me for my acting talents. So to sit here and complain, ‘Why don’t people recognize me as an actress?’ would be outrageous. It’s my responsibility to prove that they should.”

- Megan Fox, speaking the truth.

I really can’t hate on too much her for this.  It sounds like she has a pretty strong grasp on what her situation is and what she needs to do to fix it.  I mean, she’s had a few chances, and if it’s her responsibility to make people recognize her as an actress, then I’m not sure why she hasn’t done that yet.  What was Transformers, just a chance to be pretty and hang out with Shia LaBeouf?  If you’re working as an actor but you acknowledge you’ve never “given anyone a reason to praise” your acting, then what are you even doing out there, Megs?