¡viva la graham!

And now we’ve got the photos to prove it.

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley play a couple on the hit CW show, but they’ve denied for a while now that sparks fly off-screen. Perhaps they’ll insist their romantic Mexican holiday was just for research purposes, or they were “shooting a scene.”

Here are some more pics of the pair relaxing in the sun. Why doesn’t Penn go shirtless on the show more often??

If you haven’t been watching Gossip Girl, you should be. It’s only gotten better since the writers’ strike ended. The season finale airs this Monday, May 19.

[via Just Jared via People]

Ok, so Jesse McCartney still looks like he belongs in a boy band, on a soap opera or at a gay bar as a slutty cocktail server… but I must admit this new track is pretty good. He’s doing his best Justin Timberlake impression on “Leavin’,” which is smart since J.T. won’t have an album out anytime soon. Someone’s got to fill the void! I still can’t believe this boy wrote Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love.” Perhaps he’ll keep the best tracks for himself from now on…

Remember when Mean Girls came out and Lindsay Lohan could do no wrong? What a difference four years and a lot of drugs makes. Check out this picture of Lindsay with some random chicks modeling her line of leggings (yes, you read that correctly). The best/worst part? The girl on the left has kneepads on hers! I think Dlisted said it best:

“Built-in knee pads can really help a true slut out when she’s in a jam. When you’re in the back alley, about to blow some cock for an 8-ball, you don’t have to worry about looking for a piece of cardboard to put down to protect your knees. She is a genius! I’m sure there’s secret pockets in her leggings to hide a coke baggie, the morning after pill and a tube of KY.”

PS. Why is one kneepad so much higher than the other?!?

There is something almost annoyingly cheerful about Alphabeat. Maybe it’s the cheeky grins, perhaps it’s the boundless enthusiasm. Whatever it is, I find myself drawn to them — while many might be repulsed. I liken it to my bizarre S Club 7 fixation several years back.

Anyway, here are those adorable Danes with the video for their new U.K. single, “10,000 Nights.” Lord knows this will never see the light of day in the U.S., so if you’re stateside and you like what you hear, you may have to resort to nasty measures (unless you’d like to buy an overpriced import single). Although I don’t endorse illegal downloading, surely you can find it out there somewhere! Good luck.

The Onion did an amusing piece the other day about a sports bar “coming out.” The fake news article is full of stereotypes — like “Madonna always playing on the jukebox” — but the best joke comes in the last paragraph.

“Goddamn gay bars taking over everything,” former patron Dennis Averill said upon hearing the news. “All I want is a normal bar where I can get a beer, watch the game, hang out with no one but men, and maybe get jerked off by a 19-year-old twink in a Dolce & Gabbana tank top before last call. Is that so much to ask?”

On a side note, I apologize for the extended hiatus. I suppose I wasn’t so inspired recently. Hopefully that has passed. :-)

Leave those skanky strip joints to the amateurs!  Members of The Raconteurs, including Jack White and his supermodel wife Karen Elson, were spotted last night in Nashville at the crowded Music City Burlesque show at The Belcourt Theatre. The famous pair arrived ten minutes late to the titillating tease-a-thon, strolling down the aisle to reserved seats in the second row.

“Jack White looked at me,” my bartender friend told me, her eyes widening, when I asked if she had noticed him walk past. In a city of jaded hipsters, White is one of the only celebrities that can elicit such unabashed awe. I should also mention that Elson is absolutely stunning in person. Well done, Jack.

The Raconteurs brand new album, Consolers of the Lonely, is out now.

Girl group Danity Kane have reason to celebrate this week. Their sophomore effort, Welcome to the Dollhouse, is the number one album in the U.S. Yes, in America, there will always be a place for packs of scantily-clad ladies on the charts (and I actually like these hot sluts more than those pesky Pussycat Dolls).

The pop stars also see that disc’s debut single, “Damaged,” score a big jump up to no. 27 on the Hot 100 in only its second week. Here’s that video I was waiting so patiently for:

Not what I expected, but I like it.

After releasing three different singles to various markets around the globe, Kylie’s U.S. record label, Capitol, decided to go with a completely new track for the North American market.

With its laid-back R&B flavor, “All I See” is tailor-made for U.S. radio, and if the song’s early success in Canada is any indication, Kylie could have another hit on her hands. “All I See” doesn’t have a video yet, and as far as I know one hasn’t been shot, but hopefully that will change. You can, however, download the single from the U.S. iTunes store here — and request it at your local station now!

The fact that 4 tracks have hit radio should tell you something about Kylie’s diverse new album, X (due in the U.S. April 1) — it’s fucking fantastic!

In case you haven’t already seen it, here’s the video for Mariah Carey’s steamy new single “Touch My Body.” Whoever decided to forgo the anticipated slutty bedroom clip for something light and comical should be commended. Featuring 30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer as a smitten computer geek was also a stroke of genius.

In other Mimi news, she is not calling her album That Chick as I previously posted. It will be called e=mc2 instead. I’m scratching my head, too, but I’m sure Mariah has her reasons (which we’ll all hear about as the album launch approaches).

I had been thinking about abandoning this blog — I really don’t have time to keep up with it daily — but this photo reminded me how much I enjoy sharing a bit of entertainment and humor…

Here’s Nelly taking a time-out from rapping to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of Apple Bottom Jeans, which sort of explains why he’s drooling over an ass confection (no doubt a chocolate cake).

What else can I say? The fireworks are a nice touch. Candles are for pussies! Later on I’m sure Nelly claimed a piece of the crack.