Kanye West Writes Song for Taylor Swift

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.

Off-the-record remark gets on Twitter; rest is history

(NEWSER) - President Obama got in on the Kanye West-bashing today, calling the rapper a “jackass” for his interruption of country star Taylor Swift during an MTV awards show Sunday. Obama made the remark in an off-the-record portion of an interview with CNBC, the Huffington Post reports, but that didn’t stop ABC correspondent Terry Moran from posting it to his Twitter feed—albeit briefly. More»

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.

She never stuck up for me, rapper complains

(NEWSER) - It's been more than a year since Kanye West's drunken stage invasion during Taylor Swift's VMA acceptance speech—and it looks like he still hasn't forgiven her. "Taylor never came to my defense in any interview," the rapper complained in a rambling rant at a New York show. She "rode the wave, and rode it and rode it." Kanye also, once again, slammed Matt Lauer and the media in general for "exploiting" George W. Bush's comment that being called a racist by Kanye was among the lowest moments of his presidency, E! Online reports. Click here for more. More»

Rapper rants on Twitter; feels 'alone,' 'used'

(NEWSER) - First Kanye West called George Bush a racist. Then Bush called the moment “disgusting.” Then Kanye accepted the blame. The latest in the Bush/Kanye mess, brought to you by Matt Lauer and Twitter:

• Kanye West told Lauer he understood Bush’s feelings.
• Then the rapper went on a 20-plus-post Twitter rant about his interview with Lauer, which he called “brutal," the New York Times notes.