Paula Abdul’s come under heavy fire in recent days.

As we all know, the American Idol host kind of screwed up last week when she misspoke and said she had heard both of Jason Castro’s songs when, in fact, he had only performed one.

Well, Colin Schoenberger of NewNowNext recently spoke with the entertainer and got to the bottom of how the snafu went down. We would go into the details, but it’s complicated and, quite frankly, not as interesting as this: …People talk about Madonna being the queen of reinvention - and while I applaud her - I don’t know anyone who’s reinvented themselves more than me, and created monumental, ginormous … Continued…

Pressing question: is this Paula Abdul’s voice? We think not. Regardless of who we’re hearing from this pre-taped Super Bowl performance, this track stinks.

• Actress Sharon Stone simply can’t wait around for the right man: [Stone] is sick of men who “act like women” and claims she would rather be romanced by a “masculine” lady.

Sharon - who famously played a bisexual serial killer in ‘Basic Instinct’ - claimed: “Everybody is bisexual to an extent. Now men act like women and it is difficult to have a relationship because I like men in that old-fashioned way. I like masculinity and, in truth, only women do that now. The 49-year old also says she likes “lesbian sports,” like fishing and golf. She’s a full blown dyke!

• Lambda Literary announces award nominees.
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Straight-laced newsman Anderson Cooper gabbed with lesbian entertainer Ellen DeGeneres this morning. We never would have guessed, but CNN’s super star can talk trash with the best of ‘em. While discussing his reality show addiction, Cooper offered his two cents on MTV’s Tiara Girls: “It’s like, low-rent beauty pageants. It’s like, the Miss Filet of Steak Pageant from Philadelphia.” Like, Grrrrl!

The Coop also tells DeGeneres that he’s addicted to Paula Abdul’s train wreck, Hey, Paula!. He’ll be straight-up heartbroken to hear the show got the ax.

American Idol judge Paula Abdul has finally come clean about her pill popping. As we all know (and love!), the former Lakers cheerleader and pop star has become more and more incoherent with each passing season.

Abdul insists to OK!, however, that she’s cut back her meds. Huffington Post passes on the gory details: Abdul does take prescription drugs for pain she still suffers after a 1993 plane crash. “I quit my career. For the next six years, I spent 75% of my time in the hospital. I was also hit by a drunk driver on the freeway after an L.A. Lakers game in 1987, which is when I started getting severe neck pains. I … Continued…

• They may not have been able to get fingerprints from the blade that killed porn producer Bryan Charles Kocis, but police are hoping his computer’s hard drive and telephone records will lead to his killer. We love a good mystery!

• Rumor has it American Idol’s looking to replaced Paula Abdul due to her wacky ways. Why, then, would they ask Courtney Love to take her place? Seriously, someone please explain…

• Also, someone explain John Galliano’s fall 2007collection to us, because we don’t really understand the whole smeared lip stick, stocking thing. In fact, it sort of makes our heads hurt.

• Wait, the Bush Administration lied about global warming? We … Continued…

• Paula Abdul claims she got drunk and fell down was assaulted by a man at a “private party” over the weekend. Oh Paula, just because Fox signed you for three more years doesn’t mean you can go starting fights. [AP]

• Kids in California won’t have to rely on their parents to teach them what “gay” is for much longer if a controversial new bill is passed that would require homosexuality to be addressed in a positive way in school textbooks. So now instead of “James Buchanan the bachelor President,” California might teach “James Buchanan the possibly gay President who lived with a man that many … Continued…

• Paula Abdul Rehab Watch. We hope she never sobers up. [Rotten Ryan]

• Kate Moss‘ beau pleads guilty–and goes apeshit on a reporter. Hot! [Jossip]

• Gay icon Gina Gershon divas out over a pair of shoes, solidifies gay icon status juuuust a little more. [Daily Dish] via [Socialite Life]

• The real reason we watch Footballer’s Wives. [PAYOR]

• Soap operas filling up with bubbly gay teens. [AfterElton]

• Brokeback Mountain (yes, we’re sick of talking about it too, but this is actually legit) has inspired new anti-discrimination laws in Taiwan. Cool. [Taipei Kid]

• Chief Justice Roberts or Justice Souter: who is more gay? [Wonkette]

• Why Paula Abdul is the most important Idol judge. [MSNBC]

• Scientology may have been the “cure” for Tom Cruise’s gayness, but now it’s blamed for a woman’s death. Or maybe, the woman was just nuts?…[The Scoop]

• Madonna, the Kabbalah, and chicken soup. Read to the end for the link to the story. [PAYOR]

• Faye Dunaway leaving the message of all messages. Listen all the way through, bask in the momentum. It’s ironic that she complains about wanting to leave Mommie Dearest behind, yet she just soooo brought her back to life. [WOW]

During an interview on Howard Stern’s Sirius radio program, Simon Colwell predicted the three finalists for this season of American Idol:

“Let me tell you who’s gonna be in the finals,” Cowell said. “The bald-headed kid (Chris Daughtry) and the guy with gray hair (Taylor Hicks).”

A few minutes later, he added, “I think the top three will be the two I mentioned and Kellie Pickler.”

While Simon is trying to portray himself as the all-knowing soothsayer of music competitions, we presume he can read the weekly reports on how many votes are cast for each contestant. So he would know who has been in the lead so far. It’s not that … Continued…

This season of American Idol is amazing, but not because of the singers. The singers are good though they’d better watch out because Abdul is slowly stealing their spotlight. We’re convinced that Abdul is back to popping the pills. Either she had a Botox session go amazingly wrong or the girl has had a few recent visits from the pill fairy. We went crazy with our Tivo on Tuesday looping back and forward watching Abdul’s drug induced responses. Abdul continuously referred to the singers’ performances as “out of this world.” Secretly, we think she was referring to her state of consciousness, or lack thereof. The combination of … Continued…

• A Paula Abdul dating show sounds like the perfect televised train wreck we’ve been waiting for. If there is a God, her dating pool will be filled exclusively with American Idol rejects. [Zap2it]

• The DGA hearts Ang Lee. We’ll soon find out how much the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sceinces loves Lee and Brobeback. Oscar noms are out tomorrow. [BBC]

• China does not heart Brokeback Mountain. [BBC]

• A gay Colombian man, currently in Orlando, wants the U.S. to grant him political asylum because of increased homophobia in his native country. But is landing yourself in a state run by George Bush’s bro really … Continued…

• American Idol might not be so good this season. Paula Abdul seems to be off the meds. [Dot Conor]

• Dan Renzi’s hilarious “brother” is back with another Project Runway recap. [Dan Renzi]

• And you can’t have Dan without having Rich. He’s famous for these posts. [Four Four]

• Gay weddings in Baltimore? Might be sooner than you think. [The Advocate]

• “Q: What’s better than winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics? A: Not being retarded.” We just spit up our coffee. [The FAGAT Guide]