America’s favorite trainwreck blogger Courtney Love is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of British Elle magazine (if you can believe that). In her coverstory interview, Courtney happily takes credit for the fact that she paved the way for younger starlets like Britney Spears to successfully weather public melt/break-downs because, you know, she C. Love so successfully weathered them herself … or something. Here is Courtney’s (pretty amazing, if I do say so myself) coverphoto:

Courtney Love says she set the stage for Britney Spears’ public breakdown with her own erratic behaviour. Kurt Cobain’s outspoken widow said: “I had a long, hard fall. I set the stage for Britney to crash and burn. “I went through it all first.” The Hole singer and actress has been through a catalogue of disasters, including the suicide of her Nirvana frontman husband, drug addiction, arrests, custody battles, jail sentences, disastrous plastic surgery, weight issues and jail terms. However, she now claims to be in control of her body image and addictions. During a frank interview for Elle magazine she reveals she tried to get a gastric band fitted but her doctor wouldn’t allow it. “If I could get a gastric band I would!” she says. “I did go to see a Hollywood doctor about it. I wasn’t desperate, I just knew I had to do something. He said no. I might have been fat, but I wasn’t that fat. I tried lipo on my stomach after that. It was horrible and it didn’t work.” The 44-year-old also remarks on her drastic weight loss recently. “I knew I had to eat more because I was scary,” she continues. “I lost my tits, I lost my ass. My stomach was really loose and saggy because I hadn’t done any exercise to lose the weight, I simply hadn’t eaten.”

The coverstory goes on to discuss how Courtney finally opened to her daughter Frances Bean about her rampant heroin use among other such lovely topics absolutely suitable for a fashion magazine of this magnitude. Honestly, I’m amazed that Court has anything new to offer that she hasn’t already dished about (in her own incoherent way) on her My Space blog. After the jump, check out a few more photos of Courtney Love from this new issue of British Elle magazine — and be prepared for a shock, Courtney actually looks pretty amazing in the pics …

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Here are a few adorable photos of little Sunday Rose with her parents Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban as they made their way en masse to the Grand Palais in Paris, France earlier today to see a Picasso exhibit on display there:

She may only be five months old, but Sunday Rose is already a frequent flyer. The baby girl, who has clocked up trips to England and Australia, this time joined doting parents Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban on a whistle-stop visit to Paris. The family of three enjoyed a quick tour of the city, with a visit to the Picasso exhibition held at the Grand Palais today. They are in the French capital while Nicole continues her promotional blitz ahead of the release of the epic outback romance, Australia.

I am just amazed at how big little Sunday Rose is already. It’s a shame that her hair hasn’t grown in yet but I’m sure it’ll be along any day now. This has to be one of the cutest families in Hollywood … and they sure do look happy all the time. I always knew that Nicole Kidman would be great with a baby of her own … she strikes me as a very cool mom. So glad to see the whole family lookin’ so happy together.

Sidebar: have any of y’all seen Australia yet? I haven’t been able to talk David in going to see it with me so I may have to see it back home in LA … is it worth the time/money?

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Helen Mirren, the Queen of all things awesome, has been spending some time on holiday down in Hawaii this past week and was snapped hanging out with her peeps taking in a bit of snorkeling. The woman may be a wee bit long in the tooth but she still looks amazing no matter what she is wearing … or not wearing:

I absolutely love ME some Helen Mirren. There is far too little of this amazing woman on the blogosphere … I quite like posting pics of her from time to time … she just rules all.

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Beyoncé is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of German GQ magazine. Here is her pretty amazing coverphoto:

And because I wasn’t a very good student of the German language when I was in college (I ruled in French, tho) I have *no idea* what her coverstory interview has to say about the woman. I suspect there might be some talk about her marriage to Jay-Z, there is deffo sure to be some talk about B’s alter ego Sasha Fierce and I suspect a bit of ink was used to promote her new album I Am … Sasha Fierce. Meh. While all of that is all well and good, I’m much more interested in the photoshoot … which turned out very sexily, I might add. After the jump, check out a whole slew of photos of Ms. B as featured in this new issue of German GQ mag …

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So … because Good Morning America tapes live here in NYC from 7 – 9AM guests for this morning’s show had to be in the tent at Lincoln Center by 6:45AM. David and I had a difficult time waking up, getting ready and getting out of the apartment … we were up before the sun was. But once we got uptown to the Big Apple Circus, we were rearin’ to go. The tent was full of really excited fans and you could tell that everyone was really looking forward to seeing Britney Spears perform. We were told repeatedly before getting inside the venue that if we were seen taking photos we’d be removed … but as soon as we all got in, the cameras came out and there was nary a word said. Here are a few pics that I managed to snap from my seat:

When Mama Lynne Spears, Bryan Spears and the little ones Sean Preston and Jayden James came in and took their seats the place went wild. Little JJ was waving to people in the crowd, it was really cute. Despite what some folks continue to say about Britney’s performance, I can assure you it was very cool to see in person. Every single person in that Big Top tent had a blast … it was electric. I’m very much looking forward to seeing Britney out on tour next year. Here are a few pics of David and me with the signs they handed to us as we entered the tent and a pic with Pink reader Michael who I got to meet this morning:

I also got to meet Joe, Julie and Meg as well this morn … it was a pleasure meeting you all :)

Again, I have no interest in arguing with people about what they think about Britney Spears and what she gives or doesn’t give them or what she offers and doesn’t offer them. I’ve been a fan from the beginning, I’ll be a fan til the end. I dunno why that makes some people so angry and negative. If they aren’t diggin’ what she’s doing, I don’t get why they have to be so vocal in their displeasure. I’m not sure who they’re trying to convince … mebbe themselves? In any event, I’m glad that things are going so well for our dear Britney Spears these days. Even tho some folks take issue with her music she still manages to get to #1. Even tho some folks take issue with her live performances she still manages to win huge ratings for her TV appearances. Even to some folks claim her upcoming tour will be “boring” or whatever she still manages to sell thousands upon thousands of concert tickets. I’m happy to support her and will continue to do so. It’s gonna be a great year ahead, I can already feel it.

Tonight, David and I are taking his sister Eden out for an early birthday celebration (she turns one year older tomorrow) … we hope to make a great night of it, it’s my last visit to NYC until after Xmas.

• Despite reports to the contrary, Patrick Swayze says he is doing fine.
• Brad Pitt is waiting for his kids to tell him to get married.
• Britney Spears has already sold “over 100,000″ concert tickets in the UK without even advertising her tour.
• Kelly Rutherford is pregs again.
• And the Spirit Award nominees are …
• Just what the world needs.
• What have they done to poor Katie Couric’s head?!
• The Oh La La Sports Review does a body good.
• California lawmakers introduce legislation to repeal Proposition 8.
• Natalie Portman doesn’t understand celibacy.
• Whoops! Did someone forget to Nair?
• “oy vey! rumors..just to clear this up.. because i have been getting a lot of emails asking me this one question. samantha ronson and lindsay lohan (me) are NOT breaking up :)” — Lindsay Lohan
• Australia premieres in Paris, France.
• Britney Spears is 27, Nelly Furtado is 30 and Lucy Liu is 40 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Green Day talk about their new album.
• It sounds like American Idol will be keepin’ Paula Abdul.
• Barbara Walters reveals her list of The 10 Most Fascinating People.

So … last night’s new ep of The Hills was chock full of non-drama and one feisty Nana. Clearly the folks at MTV are really going after the big ratings! Essentially, last night’s ep was all about the fall-out from the contrived drama from last week’s ep (hint: there was no fall-out) and we were all introduced to the Pratt family Nana:

It goes without saying that the Nana bits were far more interesting than the Audrina Patridge bits … mainly because I am totally no longer interested in stomaching Audrina’s convoluted attempts to make her life seem interesting on TV. After the jump, find out what went down on last night’s ep titled It’s About Trust …

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