“I was getting kind of repetitive in terms of the roles I was picking, and I really wanted to do something that was completely different. It was a mark thing for me—like, ‘This is what I want to be doing.’ I want to be taking myself seriously as an actress, and this was definitely a stretch.” She adds: “I mean, I’d never smoked a cigarette before in my entire life. It was really funny—they had to show me how to do it.”

Selena Gomez, talking about her role in the upcoming Spring Breakers, and how she had to—oh my God—smoke. Spring Breakers, if you haven’t heard much about it, is a movie about four girls who end up getting arrested during spring break, and a Kevin Federline-looking James Franco bails them out and gets them into far worse trouble. From IMDB:

Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work.

But Selena Gomez! Smoking real cigarettes for a movie! Jeez. Don’t they have options for those staunchly against having to smoke for their job? Like, I don’t know, the e-cigarette or whatever? Or maybe she just wasn’t all that against it, huh?

Just out of curiosity—how many of you guys are smokers?

Because, you know, that’s a thing, being pre-engaged. It’s when you’re engaged to be engaged. It’s sort of like how right now I’m planning on planning on buying a new car, or how I’m thinking about thinking about finally taking down the Christmas tree. It’s the step you take before you take the step to get to the actual step. Get it?

Anyway, that’s apparently what Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are doing right now, because Justin got Selena this beautiful ring for Valentine’s Day:

Yeah, that’s a ring featuring a “J” made of diamonds, because Justin likes to keep it simple. He also likes to keep things locked down, because this ring signifies that little Justin wants to spend the rest of his whole life with Selena. Aww!

Selena Gomez, 19, shared a pic on Instagram on Feb. 12 of a ring in the shape of a ‘J’ with the message “I’m finally home” during a romantic date with boyfriend Justin Bieber, 17, in New York City. And now a new report claims the super cute gesture was Justin’s way of promising Selena he’ll be with her forever.

“It was kind of a pre-engagement ring, really,” a source tells OK! magazine. “They’re too young to get married, but they are just head over heels in love with each other and they want to spend the rest of their lives together…It symbolizes their intention to be together for a long time.”

This comes almost a year after the pair stepped out holding hands at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Feb. 27, 2011. From tropical romantic getaways around the world to Mariah Yeater accusing Justin of being her baby’s daddy, the two young lovebirds have definitely had a whirlwind of a year, but are stronger than ever.

“They are 100 percent monogamous — Justin has girls throwing themselves at him all the time, but they are essentially invisible to him,” the source tells the mag. “Her never misses an opportunity to tell Selena how beautiful she is.”

Another sign that these two are getting more serious can be seen in that photo up there at the very top of this post, that one with Justin, Selena, and a couple of kids. This was from a little playdate they had recently with Justin’s two younger siblings, and it really looks like they’re playing pretend with kids again. These two are all about pre-planning to the max, huh?

What do you guys think? Is this couple going to make it all the way down the aisle?

That’s usually what that means, right? When Lindsay Lohan dyes her hair blonde, it reflects the amount of crazy she’s got in her system at that particular given time. When Britney Spears breaks out the pink wig, God help us all – major shit is about to hit the fan, deep-voiced Satan is about to emerge, and cities are going to fall. So what does all of this mean – all of this Justin Gothic Bieber stuff? End of the world? Does it mean that when Justin Bieber goes all dark and stuff, that we’re to expect some pretty colossal, public f-ck-ups in the near future? Because man. Wouldn’t that be just great? I totally thought that the end was near when the Teutonic Torso was naming him as her baby-daddy, but I was really let down there, so I’m praying that this means there’ll be some interesting stuff coming down the pike. Jesus tattoos and all, folks. Just in time for the end of the world.

Or maybe, in a less-interesting fashion, it’s to copy girlfriend Selena Gomez’s new look. She just put a bunch of blue in her already-dark hair the other day. It’s kind of alright, but it’s Selena Gomez. This might be the most scandalous thing she’s ever done, or really, will ever do, might I add.

Nope, I think that if anyone present in this relationship is cut out for insanity and wild antics, it’s Justin. I mean, honestly. Selena’s almost twenty-one and this is definitely the height of her craziness. I mean, for the love of God, blue striped hair? That’s kind of like that one time that Rachel McAdams put pink in her hair. Talk about, like, OMG what a harlot, right?

Look! Someone turned Selena Gomez into Jocelyn Wildenstein!

No, but seriously, those aren’t the two wax figures I’m talking about. At least not Jocelyn Wildenstein, anyway – the wax figures would be Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber’s newly-unveiled forms at Madam Tussaud’s wax museum, and gorry. Don’t they just suck? Check the others out in the gallery.

What the holy ish is this ish?

Thomas Brodnicki, the guy who stalked starlet Selena Gomez all summer long, was dismissed from court yesterday. Superior Court Judge Edmund Wilcox Clarke Jr. (to quote Herb Welch, “Oh, pick a name“) ruled that the court could not prove Brodnicki’s “intent” to frighten or intimidate Gomez.

Wow, judge! What a triumph for the legal system! If we can make sure that just one innocent man—an innocent man who once stalked a woman out of a Des Plaines convenience store all the way to her college in Iowa, where he continued to stalk her for years—gets to go free, justice has been served!

No one knows whether the temporary restraining order, which requires that Brodnicki maintain a distance of 100 yards from Gomez, will also be dropped.

No, I admit, I am not too sure we need to criminalize the mentally ill, but this just doesn’t seem right, either.

UPDATE: Oh, wow. OK. Earlier today, Brodnicki was taken back into custody, this time for psychiatric evaluation. The LAPD Threat Management Unit hopes to “5150″ Brodnicki—that’s an “involuntary psychiatric hold.” I’d like to believe this was maybe the LAPD’s plan from the start, because this guy needs medical intervention.

I don’t often care too much to solely dedicate a serious post to the likes of Selena Gomez (I mean, she’s dry-humping Justin Bieber – how serious can one take her?), but this time, the floor’s all hers. Just how hot does she look in these photos? And that dress, man. Completely flattering. I’d be all up on it myself if it weren’t for the fact that I’m, like Jess here, in my sixth month and gracefully swelling to soft proportions, too.

Seriously, though, girl, you are infinite levels above Justin Bieber. I mean, yeah, he’s way more talented and has a massive fan base in comparison to your own, but give yourself a little more credit here. You’ve got this. Shoot for the stars.