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Fun With Speculation: Is Russell Rockin’ A Wedding Ring?

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Look, we know the answer to this question is probably: “Hells to the no, Kate Spencer. He’s simply wearing a pure gold band blessed by the swamis Russell and Katy Perry meditated with next to the Ganges River during their trip to India. It symbolizes his transition from creepy sex addict to creepy monogamous dude, but it has nothing to do with marriage. You should know better, gurlfriend - he and Katy will be very publicly married to capitalize on their fame while it still exists for another two seconds and at the reception she’ll shoot herself out of a cannon to announce the news while wearing Pac Man shaped pasties and panties made from Russell’s beard.”

But we love speculation and just want to point it out and analyze it, the same way Mariah Carey’s stomach get’s overly examined for signs of a fetus every time she’s had too much Pinkberry. Russell and Katy (we’ll overlook the fact that she’s dressed like the Frederick’s of Hollywood version of  Glinda the Good Witch) went out on the town last night, and he showed off quite the man bauble. It’s gold! It’s a ring! And it’s on his left ring finger! There’s at least like a 1% chance that’s a wedding band, right guys?

[Photo: Splash News Online]

Presented Without Commentary: Russell Brand’s Very Special Bath Time

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Dame Helen Mirren gives dirty boy Russell Brand a proper scrub on the set of their movie Arthur on Tuesday.

[Photo: Twitter]

I See London, I See France, I See Russell’s Underpants

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As this Arthur remake continues to shoot in New York City, our interest continues to grow with every costume change. First of all, the role required Russell Brand to shave his signature chest hair and scruffy beard, then he had to dress as Batman for a scene in the film. Now he’s running through our fair city in nothing but his Underoos and grandpa socks - running out of a church, no less. (And you’ll notice that the makeup people hid his arm tattoo that matches fiancée Katy Perry’s, guess Arthur doesn’t know Sanskrit.)

There’s only so much more he can reveal after this, huh?

[Photos: WENN/Splash News Online]

Katy Perry’s Terrible “Hot And Cold” Song Has Become Her Reality

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Always a great sign for an engaged couple, sources say that Russell Brand and Katy Perry are pretty much always in the process of breaking up. Supposedly, “‘They fight and make-up constantly,’ says a friend of Perry, who observes that the couple have behaved this way since the beginning of their relationship.” But…but if a former sex addict and a beautiful android woman can’t make it work, then who can, we ask? WHO CAN?!?!

According to the NY Daily News, “Katy suspected [Russell] of cheating and it wasn’t the first time.”Apparently the pair got into it right before the VMAs, leading them to arrive at the event and sit separately - relationship doom in La La Land - with poor Russell stuck sitting next to his Get Him To the Creek co-star Jonah Hill. We swear to god, if Jonah Hill breaks up one more long-term relationship, so help us…

Despite the fact that Russell (currently shooting Arthur in NYC) is only dating Katy because she is gorgeous, and Katy is only dating Russell because her robot brain is programmed to imitate human love, we had thought they were a pretty happy couple until we heard this devastating news. But we guess love can’t always be pancake make-up-covered kisses and rubbing your skinny jeans together until they start a wildly out-of-control pants fire. Our sympathies definitely fall with Katy on this one, though. It can’t be easy for her, always cleaning football-sized wads of chest hair out of the bathtub drain, having to hide her drag queen-sized supply of eyeliner from Russell so he won’t use it all in one evening! And then to have to compete with Jonah Hill! We wouldn’t wish that fate on any human woman.

Whether it requires having Russell neutered (suggested solution), or having Katy’s boobs replaced with actual cupcakes (may have already happened), we hope these two can work it out. If not…Jonah, now is the time to strike!

[Photo: GettyImages]

– Halle Kiefer

Russell Brand Is Batsh*t For Batman

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While Katy Perry was enjoying some down time in the Bahamas this weekend, fiancé Russell Brand was answering the call of the Bat Signal in Gotham City. The Batman outfit is for his role in the upcoming remake of Arthur, which is shooting in New York City. We saw the original and we know Dudley Moore never dressed up as a superhero, which means this is either a dream sequence or Halloween party, right? Or maybe it’s a metaphor. Look, Batman flies through the air and the air is in the space between the moon and New York City, which is a line from the theme song from the original Arthur. Boom. Mystery solved.

[Photos: Splash News Online]

Russell Brand Shaves Facial Hair, Signals Beard-Pocalypse

This has been a dark week for beard lovers around the world. Brad Pitt has parted with his scraggly facial hair, but we can pretty much all agree that was for the best. But now even Russell Brand has jettisoned his trademark scruff! Is this a sign of something bigger? Is this the first sign of the Beard-Pocalypse?

Apparently Russell shaved for his role in the remake of Arthur, so perhaps it isn’t the end of beards as we know it. But it is quite the change to Russell as we know him. Having recently trimmed his massive lion’s mane to a more manageable size, and lacking any trace of Jackie O rock-star sunglasses, this is the most we’ve ever seen of Russell’s face. Gaze upon it. What do you think? Do you prefer the clean shaven dapper dandy or the hirsute dark and menacing rocker?

[Photos: Splash News Online and WENN Images]

Katy Perry And Russell Brand Make Up Crazy Wedding Stories

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So it’s settled then? Katy Perry and Russell Brand are not married? The singer took time off from sounding off on Miley Cyrus‘ fashion choices (really, Katy, really?) to talk about her number one soundbite… her fiance. She did save Russell from various addictions (at the same time, encouraging his love for blowjobs), so she’s totally entitled to it, of course.

Apparently they’re not getting married in India, which is where Brand popped the question. Sources told Page Six that Katy and Russell are getting married in October in Maui. They claim that they’ve been talking crazy to throw people off their scent, so they’ve been making up stories about their wedding.

She revealed, “Russell makes up these really crazy stories about me and our wedding. I make up stories, too - I said he was a ‘groomzilla’. He said I farted a lot, but I’ve never farted in front of him - honestly! I hear these crazy stories - we are going to get married in latex, underwear, in Spandex, in Japan, in India, in Thailand. But I think all this craziness about my marriage is really funny.”

Sure, nice cover-up about the flatulence. She added, “And I don’t set the record straight as I love this chaotic circus of wrong information, because it is not really anyone else’s business beside the people that we have invited and us, of course.” That’s why speaking about your crazy wedding stories is your favorite pastime. That’s why you told the world that you’d like Rihanna to strip at the bachelorette. We have a suggestion then. Stop talking… at all.

[Photo: Getty Images]

Katy Perry And Russell Brand’s Matching Tattoos

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Proving their love for each other and for all things India once again, Katy Perry and Russell Brand got matching Sanskrit tattoos. They’re hardly the first pair in Hollywood to commit themselves to ink, but we have a feeling that their tats will be less regrettable than say, the ones Brody Jenner and Avril Lavigne got together. The phrase they each had written on their arm reads “Anuugacchati Pravaha,” which means “go with the flow.” That seems apt for these two - you wanna wear a dress made of neon rubber? Go with the flow. Wanna bare your chest on the Today Show? Go with the flow.

The couple got engaged on a trip to India and there have been reports that they want to get hitched there as well, so the tattoos fit with their appreciation for the culture as well.

Check out our gallery of celebrity ink for more skin art, good and bad.

[Photos: Getty Images/Splash News Online]

MTV Movie Awards Live Chat

This year’s MTV Movie Awards, hosted by Aziz Ansari, will be just like the Oscars — except sillier, sexier and probably more fun. Christina Aguilera is making her big comeback performance; Katy Perry’s promising to get naked (don’t hold your breath); the Jersey Shore cast will flaunt their Miami tans; and Kristen StewartRobert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are presenting a new “Eclipse” clip. Stay with us as we break down the hotties and notties of the Movie Awards in our shared chat with MTV and BWE.tv.

Russell Brand Flashes Fans At The Today Show

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Your turn, Katy Perry! Russell Brand bared his nipples for fans outside the Today studios in New York this morning, possibly hoping to inspire a few folk to see Get Him To The Greek, his anticipated return to the Aldoux Snow character introduced in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. While Marshall was a hit, the last Judd Apatow-produced musical comedy, Walk Hard, was one of his rare bombs—and if Greek doesn’t score, it could put a big hurdle in Brand’s attempt to conquer American audience. But more importantly: do you see a heart shape formed in his chest hair or is it just us? It might just be a trick of the light, but we’re sure Jonah Hill sees it too.

[Photo: Splash News Online]