South Park Humbles Kanye

Kardashian and West are still apparently publicizing each other

(NEWSER) - The Kim Kardashian-Kanye West publicity stunt —er, relationship—lives on: A jealous Kim has now banned all other women from hanging around her man. "Kim is incredibly protective of Kanye and doesn’t want any women near him unless she is there—even his friends," a source tells the Sun . Rihanna, who has joined Kanye and Jay-Z on stage, "wasn’t even allowed to go into his dressing room without Kim being there." But perhaps Kim needn't worry: The New York Daily News reports that Kanye blew off a planned performance at Cannes last week to have dinner with Kim, and adds that Rihanna is dating New York Knick JR Smith anyway. More»

She unfollows him on Twitter after he tweets line about 'my old bitch'

(NEWSER) - It's splitsville again for the hard-boozing Rihanna and Chris Brown—at least on Twitter. The pair have been exchanging flirty tweets , fueling reports that they were quietly back together. But that's all over now—and it's all because of a remix. Brown tweeted a line from Kanye West's "Way too Cold" about "my old bitch," and how "everybody don had her/shook the tree like a pumpkin just to smash her." Rihanna apparently believed Brown was referring to her, and tweeted: "Aw, poor dat #neaux1currrrr," and promptly unfollowed her old beau. He did the same after tweeting: “Assumptions! I didn't say any names so if u took offense to it then it’s something you feel guilty about." More»

Jay-Z, as it turns out

(NEWSER) - President Obama weighed in on a very important national issue recently: Kanye West or Jay-Z? Turns out the prez prefers Jay-Z, he tells David Samuels. "Although I like Kanye," Obama continues. "He’s a Chicago guy. Smart. He’s very talented." When Samuels points out that Obama once called Kanye a jackass , the president responds, "He is a jackass. But he’s talented." More»

Kardashian, West rumors pretty clearly a grab for attention

(NEWSER) - Let's start with the obvious: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are "dating," aka "engaging in a vast publicity stunt." Which is apparently working, based on the dozens of articles written about their "relationship." To get you up to speed:

• Kanye admitted his "love" in song: In his new single "Theraflu," he raps, "And I’ll admit, I had fell in love with Kim / Around the time she had fell in love with him / Well that’s cool, baby girl, do your thing / Lucky I ain’t had Jay drop him from the team." It would appear he's referring to Kardashian ("Kim"), Kris Humphries ("him"), and Jay-Z ("Jay," Kanye's friend and part-owner of Humphries' team, the New Jersey Nets), the New York Post speculates.
• They went on a very long, very public date: Kim and Kanye were spotted together on the same day "Theraflu" dropped—the coincidence!—seeing The Hunger Games together Wednesday night and then appearing "close and intimate" at a theater performance, a source tells Us . Yesterday morning, Kim was photographed leaving Kanye's place in her same clothes from the night before, then they were spotted having lunch together, TMZ reports, and going shopping at FAO Schwarz, E! adds.

Concert riders reveal what performers like to eat

(NEWSER) - Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez certainly aren't the only divas in Hollywood: Nicki Minaj's concert rider, recently revealed in a magazine interview, show that she has some pretty involved backstage demands as well. Those include three 12-piece buckets of spicy fried chicken, no thighs, and scented candles smelling like baked goods, the Daily Mail reports. The Huffington Post rounds up the food requests of 13 other celebrities:

• Jordin Sparks: The American Idol alum only wants healthy food, including a jar of kosher pickle spears.
• Lady Gaga: Her rider doesn't demand food at all, just beverages including Red Bull.