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Elton John's religious comments aren't exactly drumming up applause.

In a recent interview with Parade magazine, the pop superstar referred to Jesus Christ as "gay", stirring up controversy among religious groups.

"I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems," John expressed in the chat. "On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East—you're as good as dead," he said.

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Sorry ladies, Robert Pattinson is not a fan of your below-the-belt goodies.

In a candid interview with Details, the Twilight hottie dishes on his aversion to his photo shoot, its skin-baring models and, err, other things.  

"I really hate vaginas. I'm allergic to vaginas," Pattinson says. "But I can't say I had no idea, because it was a 12-hour shoot, so you kind of get the picture that these women are going to stay naked after, like, five or six hours...Thank God I was hungover."

As for that special someone in his life, Pattz says his dog (and not Kristen Stewart) takes the cake.

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Is Lindsay Lohan a Clean House candidate?

The 23-year-old actress and tight-pants peddler has apparently let her clutter get out of control, according to an Insider teaser for an upcoming interview with Lohan.

"It's kind of a sore subject," she tells Clean House host Niecy Nash as the camera pans to a spare bedroom that hosts a forest of shoe boxes and a living room full of...well, junk. (And clothes and other stuff that probably cost a lot, but which look like garbage when all heaped together.)

"I just need to get rid of...stuff," Lohan says. "That's personal stuff that I have to work on."

Seems to be a recurring theme.

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To her credit, check out what Lindsay and her fellow celebs have been doing to help with the Haiti earthquake relief effort.

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Gabriel Byrne may play a therapist on HBO's In Treatment, but, in real life, he's much more likely to be the patient.

In a recent interview with an Irish television show, the 59-year-old Emmy nominee tells the terrifying tale of his sexual molestation when he was just an 11-year-old altar boy.

Byrne was going to seminary to study to be a priest—it didn't go well.

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Russell Brand was chatty this morning on Britain's GMTV, where he confirmed that Katy Perry is his girlfriend. Up to this point, the two had only been photographed walking around together. Talking to Lorraine Kelly, he admits he has been looking for a steady girlfriend for a while now.

"It was a deep craving within me—I mistook it for lust," he explains. "I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough to get the right one. I'm ever so happy."

The comedian says monogamy's really working out for him—worrying about just one lady is way easier than worrying about all the ladies: 

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Yep, Chris Brown is still talking. Dude's still got an album to promote after all, and this time he's going to do it the right way (which means less beating up girlfriends and more lounging in space while listening to inspirational music).

ABC is giving the R&B singer a chance to respond to Rihanna's interview last month with Diane Sawyer (during which she recounted the brutal attack)—a preview of which aired this morning. It's actually less of a response and more of Robin Roberts sitting him down to ensure he gets the severity of what happened and understands what Rihanna said about domestic violence.

Brown is his usual well-spoken self, explaining to Roberts he was never a violent person so he's still incredulous this all even happened.

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Ojani Noa says he's moved on since his brief marriage to Jennifer Lopez more than a decade ago.

Minus the 12-year-old home movies he's peddling and his desire to make a feature-length comedy that touches on their courtship, that is.

Noa, 35, has admitted to trying to sell footage of him and Lopez from back in the day. But, he added, there's no graphic sexual activity on the video—and therefore no one should be making such a big deal about it.

"They think I have a sex tape with her and that I'm trying to sell it," Noa says in an exclusive interview with E! News. "My tape is from our honeymoon, the wedding, us hanging out. There's no nudity—maybe one spanking.

"There's moments of her fighting with her mom…couples having fun and kissing. If someone has a sex tape, it's not me."

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While many of her family members have danced around the accusation, Janet Jackson isn't hiding her thoughts on who's to blame for her brother's death.

Dr. Conrad Murray is at fault for Michael Jackson's premature passing, she says.

"He was the one that was administering," she tells ABC's Robin Roberts in an exclusive interview airing Wednesday night. "I think he is responsible."

The doc is still under investigation for the death, and has admitted to giving the icon anesthetic propofol.

Placing blame isn't the only thing Miss Jackson is spilling in the rare sit-down.

"I couldn't believe it," she says, recalling June 25 and the moment she found out her brother was deceased.

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Megan Fox is in trouble—no one wants to pay to see her act, especially women. This weekend's New York Times Magazine follows our favorite crazy-quote spewing actress and her handlers as they try to figure out why this is.

Lynn Hirschberg's profile is an interesting look at how the Transformer's actress manipulated the media (similar to one Ms. Angelina Jolie), skyrocketed to fame and is now sorta stuck.

"She created a rebellious, frankly sexual persona and talked her way into the limelight," Hirschberg writes. But that persona doesn't translate into ticket sales so her people are trying to "change the dialogue about Fox from the out-of-control sex bomb to the Fox they know, who is a homebody with a longtime boyfriend and a fondness for spending Saturday nights at Red Lobster, where she likes the cheese biscuits."

Or as Megan sums up her main problem:

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John Travolta, nearing the end of the toughest year of his life, was able to put on a happy face today.

"I just want to take one moment to thank each and every one of you throughout this country, throughout the world, for all your support and all your love for our family. Thank you very much," Travolta said to kick off his interview with Ellen DeGeneres, which airs tomorrow.

The actor's 9-year-old daughter—and Old Dogs costar—Ella Bleu was also in the house, making her first-ever talk show appearance.

Having sat out the publicity tour for The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, this was Travolta's first TV interview since he and Kelly Preston lost their 16-year-old son, Jett, in January.

Talking about Ella's good work alongside him (and her mom) and Robin Williams in the family comedy Old Dogs, a beaming Travolta couldn't keep his pride inside.

"I'm holding back the tears," he said.

"No, really you're not," Ellen deadpanned, offering up a box of tissues.

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Demi Moore is on the cover of December's W wearing a festive holiday getup. The reigning Queen of Twitter talks about (what else?) being a cougar and how great Ashton Kutcher is. Feels like we've heard this all before from the actress, but let's do it anyway.

While everyone considers Demi to be the O.G. cougar, she doesn't see it that way.

"I'm certainly not the first person to be in a relationship with a younger man, but somehow I was plucked out as a bit of a poster girl," she says. "I don't know why that is. But I just kind of step back sometimes and say, 'There is some reason, and what is it that I have to share in a positive way?' I'd prefer to be called a puma."

("Puma" is already used to describe women in their 30s who go for younger men, so 47-year-old Demi doesn't really fall into that category. But she thinks "she came up with the new designation," so maybe it's best to let her go on believing that?)

Now about her 31-year-old husband. She loves him. A lot.

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