Kanye Cameo Likely During Swift's SNL Gig

Britney Spears, John Mayer, and other now-infamous exes

(NEWSER) - British singer-songwriter Adele is getting tons of acclaim for her second album, 21, which is entirely about one person: the guy who broke her heart. In her honor, New York lists 13 of the most deserving exes famously called out in song:

• Nick Jonas: In Miley Cyrus’s “7 Things,” she recounts all the teenage-y wrongs he did her, like being vain and liking other girls.
• John Mayer: Taylor Swift’s “Dear John” is about him, but it didn’t really enact too much vengeance, considering Mayer is probably jazzed Swift penned a song about him.

It's just like the time he interrupted Taylor Swift, West insists

(NEWSER) - Struggling to deal with a national disaster, interrupting a teenage pop star … they’re basically the same thing, right? Speaking to a Houston radio station, Kanye West responded to George W. Bush’s recent admission that when West called him out on Hurricane Katrina, it was the worst moment of his presidency. West totally understands how Bush feels, he says, “because the same thing happened to me, where I got accused of being a racist” … when he interrupted Taylor Swift, E! reports. More»

... While Lady Gaga runs away with awards

(NEWSER) - Taylor Swift forgave Kanye West last night In an unusual musical reconciliation at the MTV Video Music Awards. "Who you are is not what you did," Swift sang to the rapper who rudely stormed onstage last year to challenge Swift's victory in the Best Female Video category. Kanye acknowledged his bad-boy behavior in his own song that ended the program. "Let's toast to the scumbags," he crooned, apparently referring to himself. While the two singers were making nice, Lady Gaga swept the awards, grabbing eight top honors, including wins for Best Pop, Dance, Female Video, and Video of the Year for Bad Romance. More»

Gossip blogger may not look the part, but he's America's 'morals cop'

(NEWSER) - Somehow, Perez Hilton—a flamboyantly gay gossipmonger whose “favorite hobby is drawing dribbles of semen on pictures of celebrities”—has become “our leading morals cop.” He’s quick to deem Miley Cyrus “trampy” and Sienna Miller “slutty,” and this week—after posting a picture of Ke$ha apparently covered in, um, love juice—the high-profile blogger labeled her a “trashy whore.” Yet, writes Mary Elizabeth Williams for Salon , Hilton is actually a “prude” who “out-conservatives the conservatives.” More»

Here's looking at you, Speidi

(NEWSER) - So Heidi Montag’s separation from Spencer Pratt was a publicity stunt…was anyone surprised? Olivia Allin lists nine other similarly lame stunts, on The Frisky :

1. Jon Gosselin: Turns out he really was lying when he accused ex Hailey Glassman of stealing his TV. How do we know? Because the genius sent her text messages telling her…to go ahead and take the TV.
2. Lonelygirl15: The YouTube diarist became a star, and turned out to be an actress.