Sick of showbiz and beard trimmers alike, Joaquin Phoenix is taking a cue from K-Fed by trying his hand at rhyming. We prayed for a faulty source when we heard about this one, but it appears that the Two Lovers oddball is dead set on making an a$$ of himself adding rap star to his list of accomplishments. Check out this video of Joaquin spitting into a mic last night at Lavo in Las Vegas! (Celebitchy)

Give the man a break. Last month Entourage hotshot Jeremy Piven was forced to forgo his role in the Broadway smash Speed-the-Plow due to excessively elevated mercury levels … needless to say the producers of the play were - and still are - more than a little PO’d. But was it justifiable for them to file a formal complaint yesterday afternoon? According to his rep, absolutely not.

“Mr. Piven’s serious medical condition has been well documented by multiple physicians,” Piven’s spokesman avowed. “He withdrew from the play due to medical necessity on the advice of his doctors, after he was hospitalized and warned by his physicians that enforced rest was necessary in order to avoid serious medical problems, including a heart attack.”

It’s not like he left as a result of too much sniffy jiffy or overall partying, sheesh. (Omg!) 

Big shocker, jail sucks. Hip hop veteran DMX - who has been detained more times than one can count - normally wouldn’t mind his time behind bars but since he is required to wear PINK it’s a whole other story. “This is ridiculous, this is disrespectful,” DMX said of his new wardrobe during a My Fox Phoenix interview. “Why the pink?” To piss you off dawg, oh and because past inmates kept stealing the white underwear so Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio settled on dying them pink. The strategy came into play 10 years back, suck it up. (Yahoo! Music) 

Sorry Charlie, no reunion for you! Lance Bass had high hopes for a second shot at boy band fame and glory; he even went so far as to publicly state that his former N’Sync buddies were moving towards a reconciliation. Sadly, one of those buddies has said that it is absolutely not true.

“No. We haven’t discussed anything like that,” declared JC Chasez. “I don’t know. Honestly, I can’t speak for him or as to why he would say that but I know nothing about one [a reunion].”

Stick to books Lance, it’s O-V-E-R. (Just Jared)

Though it should be plain as the nose on her face, Courtney Love is acknowledging that her previous album simply “sucked.” The 2004 solo project America’s Sweetheart was jam packed with “half-baked” tunes and “horrible art.” However, the crazed musician is feeling rather confident about her future LP titled Nobody’s Daughter. Because she has been sober for the duration of the recording process, there’s a slight chance we can believe in her optimism. (Showbizspy)

~Carolyn French~