Nobody pokes fun at a panda in this town and gets away with it. A Chinese artist known for invoking his country's bamboo-gnawing national symbol in nearly everything that he does has...

The Los Angeles Times just ran this very interesting article about LezLo and saMAN Ronson and why the mainstream media has taken the unusual step of "outing" them and their same-sex relationship.

Naturally, Lohan refused to comment for the article, though her publicist did say that Lindsay "wants to keep her private life private."

Uh huh!

What's especially interesting, though, is that editors of Us Weekly, People and Page Six all declined to comment for the article.

But, thankfully, Perez did speak!

Perez Hilton, whose website perezhilton.com regularly exposes perceived inconsistencies and hypocrisies in famous people and institutions, has also found himself wondering about this subject. "I've been fascinated by the reluctance of anyone in the mainstream media to talk on the record about the issue," Hilton said in an interview. "Most of these big media organizations — still to this day — have an unwritten policy against, quote, 'outing' people.

"What's especially interesting to me is that the publication that first jumped on the Lindsay-and-Samantha relationship bandwagon . . . is People magazine! And People magazine, of all the celebrity weeklies, is the tamest, the most celebrity-friendly and the most by-the-book. I'm fascinated by why they're doing it. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it's just surprising to me."

So why won't People — or US or Page Six — say why Lohan and Ronson's relationship is different than other same-sex celebrity relationships that they ignore? "Maybe because they have no good explanation for it," Hilton said.

Ronson also refused to comment for the article.

We're sure she's THRILLED we spoke, though!

Click here to read the whole piece.

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Ed McMahon has come up with a way to ease his financial pain. The 85-year-old TV icon has sued a number of people connected in one way or another to the 2007 fall that resulted in his...

Filed under: Fights

Just because a guy designs clothes, doesn't mean he can't get into a bar rumble!Rami Kashou, the runner-up on this season's "Project Runway," was involved in an altercation at a West Hollywood bar last night. Kashou was allegedly struck in the face...

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He's alive!

The seemingly retired rapper has been MIA for a few years now.

But, no worries - reports are that Slim Shady is about to begin working on his first new album since 2004!

A protege of Slim Shady's, Bishop Lamont, says Eminem is excited to be working on the project.

He's apparently "got a lot to get off his chest."

Lamont also said that Eminem was "emotionally devastated" following the killing of his friend and rapper Proof back in 2006.

He is now channeling his feelings into his music.

Lamont says, “He went through what he had to go through, and now he’s been able to take all the pain and stress and put it out in his music."

So what happened between 2004-2006?

Why didn't do he produce anything during that time? Or 2007????

No news yet on when the new album will be released.

We can wait. We can definitely wait.

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Tom Cruise's career is on the decline and he doesn't seem to know it!

According to a new report, Tommy boy lost the lead role in Columbia's pix flick Edwin A. Salt.

What? Why would someone turn down Tom Cruise???

Well, producers didn't want to pay the fee Tom was demanding.

Looks like Hollywood doesn't think he's worth the $20 million per pic he used to get!

The studio is supposedly eyeing Tom's friend Will Smith as the man to take on the lead.

Aw…will that spark a lover's quarrel?

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Filed under: Miley Cyrus

The latest Miley news sure to give the Disney execs another heart attack -- "I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry wants a little sapphic smooch with the Mouse House moneymaker.Katy's 23 ... Miley's only 15. Perry might want to wait a few years. See...

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CLICK HERE to check out the new trailer for Terminator 4: Salvation.

Thoughts?????

Drama!

Sources say things on The Who reunion tour aren't going well.

Frontman Roger Daltry and guitarist Pete Townshend are supposedly not getting along.

Amongst other beef between the two, Townshend supposedly wants to try out some of the new stuff he's written on the road, whereas Daltry thinks they should stick to the classics.

But, with the tour expected to make $100 million, anything and everything's being done to keep it together. Here's how they're doing it:

- The two rockers must have separate dressing rooms on opposite ends of the hallway.

- There will be no conversation between the two of them either before or after performances. "They will basically show up, play, and leave," reveals the insider.

- They must have separate travel arrangements, separate hotel accommodations, as well as separate staffing.

Crazy!

A friend of ours reports that the The Who ended their VH1 Rock Honors performance a little weird on Saturday.

After the last song, while Roger Daltry was saying 'thank you' to the crowd, Pete Townshend hurriedly walked off stage.

When Daltry realized he was on stage sans Townshend, he shrugged his shoulders to the crowd before scurrying off.

Now it's coming together.

Interesting!

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