Celebrity Gossip and Photos

This was not funny, America.

While Matt Giraud was rightfully voted off American Idol last night, the major news from the evening was that he was joined in the bottom two by Adam Lambert.

We’re trying to determine what could poisslbly be the explanation behind Lambert ever being among the lowest vote getters. Might it be backlash against the constant praise he receives? Millions of texting mistakes? Swine flu?

As for Giraud, he reacted to his elimination with class.

“I’ll definitely remember being the cat with nine lives up there,” the singer said before launching into “My Funny Valentine” one more time. “It’s definitely not the last time you’ll see me. I want to thank Kalamazoo and Michigan for supporting me, and the judges for seeing something in me. I love you all, so, I can’t wait.”

Relive Giraud’s time on the show below. Click on various pics of his performances for larger images…

Fans of The Hills may recall that in a previous season, Lauren Conrad got a puppy named Chloe that played a role in Audrina Patridge moving out.

Waaay back in the day, Heidi Montag’s ex, Jordan Eubanks, got her a dog that she quickly got tired of and vanished to some undisclosed location.

PETA, get on that one.

Kristin Cavallari and her adorable (albeit somewhat angry-looking) dog would fit right in on The Hills! Here’s the former Laguna Beach star – who’s said to be coming to The Hills next fall – and her pet in L.A.’s Griffith Park Wednesday:

Whether she joins the cast of The Hills are not, two facts are undisputed: We’ve missed Kristin Cavallari, and pictures of celebrity pets are always clear winners.

Remember her? Ashley Dupre, a.k.a. Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a.k.a. Ashley Youmans, a.k.a. Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro, a.k.a. Kristen, turns 24 today.

What a ho.

The high-class prostitute (not an oxymoronic term at all) who banked $4,300 an hour to performs sex acts on former N.Y. State Governor Eliot Spitzer, hasn’t been heard from in some time. She’s probably trying to get her life together.

Or still trying to shop a book deal, reality show, Playboy spread, etc. For a time, Dupre was an even bigger attention whore than Heidi Montag. Although the latter is actually good at it. And the former was an actual whore.

Just saying.

In any case, click to enlarge photos of America’s favorite call girl in honor of her big day, and peep our celebrity birthdays calendar to see who’s next!

In the latest issue of Life & Style, Kim Kardashian kontinues her krusade in favor of a genuine kurves.

A bikini-klad Kardashian – who stood up for her cellulite a few weeks ago during a Complex photo shoot – appears on the magazine’s kover, which bills the photograph as being “100% UNRETOUCHED.”

It goes on to read: This is the real me. I love my body. You should love yours, too.

What is kausing Kim to take such a stance?

“I’m so tired of people pretending they’re perfect and covering up things when in reality we are who and what we are. You can try to improve that, but the reality is, nobody’s perfect.”

We kan’t argue with that. Click on the pics below for more photos of a kurvy Kim Kardashian:

It’s official: Levi Johnston is now America’s favorite unwed, redneck, teenage baby daddy – Casey Aldridge has turned 20! Happy birthday, Casey!

Jamie Lynn Spears’ boyfriend-fiance received the best possible gift on this 29th day of April, too. He’s now out of the ICU at a Mississippi hospital.

Aldridge has been up and walking around today for the first time since suffering a head injury in a car accident on Sunday: “He was a little wobbly because that’s the first time he’s been up since the wreck,” says a family source.

Casey was hospitalized after flipping his F-250 pickup truck on the driver’s side on a two-lane road in Louisiana at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

Here’s hoping he recovers fully and quickly so he can go back to being known for what he first became famous for: boning Jamie Lynn Spears sans condom and knocking her adorable little self up when she was but 16. Ah, young love.

In honor of his birthday, here’s a little photo tribute to Casey Aldridge, Jamie Lynn Spears and their daughter, Maddie Briann. Click to enlarge: