Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have been immortalized in close-up portraits, shot by famed photographer Martin Scholler, for display at Wolfgang Puck’s upscale restaurant Cut inside the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Bevelry Hills, CA. Their portraits will hang on the walls alongside other celebrity portraits of George Clooney, Jack Nicholson and others. Here is what Speidi’s portraits look like:

So the question becomes … do y’all think that you could be expected to eat with these visages of Speidi looking down on you? Well, can you?

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The still joined-at-the-hip newlyweds Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were spied taking in the Tony Award winning Broadway musical In The Heights in NYC this week … here are a couple pics of the couple in the Big Apple:

Now that Mimi is taking her acting career seriously again, I think it’s a great idea that she keep an eye on what other thespians in the Arts are up to in order to help her hone her own skills. And Nick, well, at least he’s taking advantage of the kiddie rates for Broadway shows. Good for him, too.

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Woot! We made it safe and sound to Reykjavik, Iceland early this morning. Even tho the flight was about 5 hours it felt much longer … not that we got much sleep. We got to the hotel at around 8 and had to wait an hour and a half for our room to be ready … which was OK cuz we had time to have a nice breakfast to get the day started. We opted out of napping so that we could salvage as much of the day as we could. We ventured out into the city and walked around for a couple of hours. I gotta say, it’s cold here ;) The wind didn’t help much but the beautiful shining sun did. It rained on us a couple of times but blew over very quickly and we managed to find shelter from the storm at a cute little cafe named for the Norse god Loki. Here are a few of our pics from today:

It’s unfortunate that the Hallgrimskirkja Church is undergoing renovations cuz the whole thing is covered with scaffolding … nonetheless, it’s still a beautiful sight to behold. We couldn’t stay out long cuz I wanted to get back and get some work done. Tonight we’re gonna find a nice place for David’s birthday dinner and then will be turning in early … we have a big, long day ahead of us tomorrow. Our 10 hour glacier hike/tour is gonna be awesome … or kill us, we’re not sure quite yet ;)

So far, we love it here … we’re having a great time and are doing our best to stay warm.

• Natalie Cole is hospitalized.
• It’s a wonder that she’s got anyone at all.
• JK Rowling donates $1 million bucks to the UK’s Labor Party.
• Is Amy Winehouse’s career already over?
• Mark Wahlberg is a dad again.
• Jerry Lewis gets off.
• David Hauslaib of Jossip.com is 25, Yung Joc is 26, Gunnar & Matthew Nelson are 41 and Sophia Loren is 74 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Gorillaz ready album #3.

Here is this week’s batch of photos sent in by Pink is the new Blog readers — Eve and John send in a pic with their brand new granddaughter Brooklyn Adalia (10lbs. 6oz.), who was born September 16, in Fresno, CA (on her Grandpa’s birthday) … I am happy to report that new mom Jaclyn and dad Ray are doing well — Sarah sends in a pic from her daughter Hazel’s 1st birthday party from this past September 11 — Jenny sends in a pic from her little boy’s 1st pirate-themed birthday — Ashton sends in a pic from her 22nd birthday celebration at The Power and Light District in Kansas City, MO — Rebecca sends in a pic in celebration of her 40th birthday (PS: I LOVE the red hair ;) — the ladies from Alpha Omicron Pi send in a pic of this year’s new pledges in celebration of moving from least the popular house on the row to the number 2 sorority house on campus:

Much much love and Happy Birthdays to the bday kids … congrats on the beautiful new granddaughter and a big WOOT! to the women of Alpha Omicron Pi. Thank you all, so much, for taking the time to send in your amazingly fun pics … I love them all. Keep sending them, y’all … they’re always so fun to post :)

Despite the fact that he once claimed that he was ready to retire from making music forever, it now looks as if reports of the return of Detroit’s own Eminem to the music biz have some validity. Earlier this week, it was reported that 50 Cent was talkin’ about Eminem’s return to music-making and now the Real Slim Shady is doing some talking of his own:

It’s the return of Slim Shady! Ending a four-year break from music, rapper Eminem says he may release a new album this year. “I’m concentrating on my own stuff right now – just banging out tracks,” Eminem said in a recent interview on Sirius satellite radio station Shade 45. The rapper, 35, will continue to produce for other artists on his label, Shady Records. “The more I keep producing, the better it seems I get. I start knowing stuff, learning the boards like the back of my hands.” Eminem may have shelved his professional life since 2004’s Encore, but he’s stored up a lot of personal material for his next album. In 2005, the rapper entered rehab to treat a dependency on sleeping pills. In 2006, he re-married his ex-wife Kimberly Anne Scott, only to file for divorce three months later. His mother, Debbie Nelson, who famously sued her son for $10 million over alleged slander in his debut The Slim Shady LP, has written a memoir titled, My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem, to be released in November. “I do truly believe that Marshall will be back,” Nelson writes in the book. “I’m sure he’s biding his time, waiting for the right moment, and when he does return, he will be bigger and stronger and more successful than ever. I know my son, and he just doesn’t give up that easily.

Oh man … a new Eminem album AND a memoir written by his estranged mother? Something tells me the shizz is gonna be hittin’ the fan any day now. Now, I’m not the biggest Em fan (nor am I a fan of some of the things he has to say) but I can deffo respect the man and his art. I think he reps Detroit very well and for that, I gotta give him his props. I am very intrigued by the idea of new Eminem material … has he evolved? Has he grown? Will he have an entirely new sound? I suppose we’ll be finding out, hopefully, very soon.

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This past Thursday we saw a couple pics of Jennifer Lopez flying solo (with only her security detail/entourage in tow) in St. Tropez just days after she completed the Nautica Malibu Triathlon. It looked as if J. Lo had embarked on a vacay all by her lonesome to rest up from her bizzy weekend last weekend but it now appears that she is lonesome no longer. Jenny met up with her hubby Marc Anthony in Portofino, Italy yesterday as some sort of extended 40th birthday celebration for him … here are a couple of pics of the happy couple enjoying Italy together:

Ugh, as much as I love me some J. Lo, I really hate it when she dresses up like a 50 year old woman. I know that she’s going for a certain look when she wraps herself up like this but this matronly look does NOTHING for her. It is nice seeing her so happy, tho. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to her love for zombie Marc but seeing her look this happy is all I really need … I guess. Yeah, he really hit the jackpot with her.

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