After a week of soul-searching and crying it out, I think I’ve finally come to terms with Casey Abrams‘ elimination.  I know some of you didn’t understand how amazing he was, and that’s all right, he was this special brand of next level awesome that not everyone can appreciate.  But it’s a brand new week on American Idol, which means that I have to find a new favorite.  And don’t worry, I definitely did.

I’m joining Molls in the Haley Reinhart love.  This girl blew everyone away with her rendition of “House of the Rising Sun” last night. I didn’t watch the show or anything because I was busy working magic with a hot glue gun, but I watched the clips and read the reviews and they’re all pretty clear:  Haley is almost certainly going to dark horse her way all the way to the finals.

What did you guys think about last night?

We need to talk about Bristol‘s face because she went and got a whole new one without telling anyone about it. Gawker pointed it out last night, and it’s been haunting me ever since. What did she do?  And don’t tell me that she just lost weight, because that doesn’t explain her whole new jawline.  Also, do you think she just happens to be looking upwards in this photo, or does she have a bad case of ceiling eyes now?  Can you develop Ceiling Eyes from botched plastic surgery?

I’m sorry to start the day off with so many questions and zero answers.  If it really bothers you, just have a margarita and call it celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

Can you guess what actress took this newly adopted pooch out for a stroll in NYC today?

Here’s a hint: She’s known for having a sharp tongue and a mean mug.

The answer (and more pics!) are after the jump! (more…)

Ricky Martin promoted his new book on Jay Leno’s show last night and Jay took the opportunity to ask him about his struggle to come to grips with his homosexuality and how his life has changed since coming out of the closet.

Ricky confirmed that while he is still a proud homosexual (love how he half-stands and does a mini-double fist pump after confirming this,) that he understands why both he and countless other people have a hard time coming out. Ricky said, “Being Ricky Martin, what Ricky Martin represented back then and what I was feeling was not compatible at all. I was the sex symbol and I needed to dance and I needed to make girls crazy and I couldn’t say that I was gay. It was a lot of struggle.”

My only problem with that statement is that most of the best dancers I know are gay people, so I don’t know how that ties into what he’s talking about.

He also added that his religion and culture played a large role in his hesitation to come out saying, “What I was feeling, according to what I had in my mind, was evil.”

Here’s to being honest with yourself and proud of who you are no matter how long it takes (even if the truth is obvious to everyone else on the planet,) right guys?!

(Skip directly to the 1:39 mark if you want to save as many brain cells as possible.)

We’ve always known that Elisabeth Hasselbeck is basically one of the most ignorant people on television, but you’ll absolutely die when you hear the poem that she wrote to explain the death of Osama Bin Laden to her children.

On this morning’s Hot Topics, the ladies were discussing whether or not it was appropriate for the government to release the photo of Bin Laden’s dead body so that we all could be sure that he’s actually dead. I’d like to get into what all of y’alls think about that in the comment section (I personally can live the rest of my life without seeing a photo of a dead monster,) but first I’d like to focus on how sad/scary little Elisabeth’s brain is.

Ready for the poem?

Osama Bin Laden was a very bad guy/He hurt many people, don’t ask me why/We shot him in the head and now he is dead/Now close your eyes and go to bed

She also added that she’d finish off the poem by telling her kids, “don’t ask Mommy any more questions!”

Hey, if anyone out there is confident that ignorance is going to be wiped out within the next few generations, don’t hold your breath. There are other moms out there who are just as bad at explaining the world to their children as Elisabeth, and it seems like we’ll be dealing with at least a percentage of the population being practically mentally retarded forever.

How about this, Elisabeth? If your kids are too young to have this issue explained to them, why not just keep them out of the loop on this one, even if they ask? Change the subject or tell that that you’ll explain it when they’re a bit older. Also, how about not using the phrase, “shot in the head,” around your toddlers? I dunno, seems like that would raise more questions than just about anything you could say to them. Also, how about sterilization?

Just throwing that one out there, sorry for all the questions.

Idiot.

Between his poetic reviews of the contestant’s performances and his groovy wardrobe, Steven Tyler is arguably one of the best parts of this season’s American Idol. He’s got the Native American/pirate look on lock… but there’s also something very feminine about his style and thanks to his daughter Liv’s most recent interview, we now know why.

Despite the fact that he has more than enough money to stock his own closet, he’s been raiding Liv’s wardrobe for  years. She told People.com, “My dad wears girls’ clothes — it’s so funny. Sometimes I see him and I’m like, ‘Nice shirt!,’ because it’s from my closet.”

I don’t know what’s more disturbing: The fact that the two of them can fit into the same size shirts or that Steven’s full-on pulling a reverse Willow Smith. Regardless, this little tidbit explains a lot.

Now who’s voting for my girl Haley tonight? I don’t care if she gets up there and drops a racial slur and sings a Nickleback song. She’s got my vote no matter what.