Attending the Oscars looks like the most boring thing in cinematic history. All that clapping, all that sitting, all those snooze worthy acceptance speeches for even more snooze-worthy categories (sound mixing?). If we’re ever invited, we’ll have to politely decline and see if we can worm our way into Elton John’s Oscar viewing party.

Not only would our attendance help The Elton John AIDS Foundation, but we’d get to chill with the biggest hodge-podge of stars this side of the red carpet. Where else can you find Victoria Beckham and Kelly Osbourne mugging for the camera? No where. Well, maybe heaven. Or is it hell? We can’t tell anymore.

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She may not have named names, but a tearful Kelly Osbourne got tongues wagging last night when she told attendants of London’s Body & Soul HIV fundraiser that a member of her family family has HIV. this is london reports: Introducing a performance by the Scissor Sisters, she said the cause was special to her because a member of her family had been diagnosed with HIV.

Photographers present at last night’s concert reported that Osbourne sobbed before leaving the stage. The family couldn’t be reached for contact. It’s anyone’s guess as to who may have the HIV, although we assume it’s an uncle or a cousin. We have a feeling that … Continued…

• While Elton and David honeymoon in Venice, World of Wonder has some great photos of the wedding guests. Yes, dear, everyday is Halloween. And who is that drag queen? And, no, we’re not talking about Kelly. [WOW Report]

• Cyndi Lauper is headed for Broadway and set to star in The Threepenny Opera, the play about thieves and prostitutes. It’s our kind of show. [Yahoo News]

• Josh Rubin has hand selected Cool Hunting’s top posts of the year, which we imagine was a very hard thing to do. [Cool Hunting]

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•Arjan has a link to Andy Bell’s new video for the first single “Crazy” from his debut solo album. The video is in fact not low budget. It was shot by Al and Al, a British art duo whose work just looks cheap.

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We rushed to Bryant Park on Friday with our photographer Randy and arrived late for the Heatherette show. Upon noticing the world’s first blog star approaching, security whisked us in backstage. We ran to make it to our seats, but the show had started already. It looked like we had to remain backstage the entire show. Which is not a bad thing when surrounded by Amanda Lepore, Brandywine, Naomi Campbell, Kelly Osbourne, JC Chasez, Lizzie Grubman, Lydia Hearst, Nicky Hilton, Michael Lucas, Patrick McMullan, Tinsley Mortimer, and Zach Augustine. Richie and Traver’s show was a hit. And yes, Naomi does look that good up close.

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