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Well it didn’t take long after the VMAs last week for us to start talking about who was avoiding who, who came with who, and who got together with who while there. So the prime target for rumors this year was, as it is every other year, Britney Spears. This year she’s fueling fires that she picked up more than just her three awards this year and that the fourth award was Russell Brand, who was a stand-up comedian that made his way to radio and also hosted the VMAs this year. It’s said that the two were seen getting cozy at the show (by this, I think he was seen talking to her) and they then were spotted at a romantic candlelit dinner for just the two of them. From osoblog,

“It appears that Britney Spears went on a date with the show’s host, Russell Brand. Well, he is single again these days. So it was practically inevitable, wasn’t it?

“The pair are said to have enjoyed an intimate dinner last night at Hollywood’s Little Red Door restaurant, where they arrived and left separately in an apparent effort to avoid being photographed together,” reports the Daily Mail.”

I actually don’t know too much about Brand to comment if I would like to see them together. I did see a bit of his hosting performance at the VMAs and he was pretty funny. I do also like the way he stood up to Jordin Sparks at the show, denouncing her judgemental statements, while appearing charming of course. Maybe that’s just what Britney needs - someone who doesn’t take crap but doesn’t come off as offensive about it. Not as mean as Sam Lufti, not as wishy washy as Justin Timberlake.

I was quite angry when Jordin Sparks won the sixth season of American Idol. There’s just something about this girl that really bothers me. She has stupid facial expressions when she sings, she tries to act all cutesy in front of the camera and it turns my stomache and I really think that Simon Cowell was right when he said that she may just be too young to handle the spotlight. She proved this point herself last night at the VMAs when she indicated that anyone who has sex before marriage is a slut. It’s okay though, she clarified it by saying ‘guy or girl’ so I guess she’s at least not sexist in her thinking.

The remarks came in response to comments that Russell Brand, who hosted the show, had made earlier in the show when he poked fun at the Jonas Brothers for wearing promise rings. Here’s what People reports about it,

“Jordin Sparks spoke out against the British comedian’s jokes about the Jonas Brothers and their purity rings before introducing T.I.’s performance.

“I just have one thing to say about promise rings. It’s not bad to wear a promise ring,” Sparks, 18, told the crowd, off-the-cuff, “because not everybody – guy or girl – wants to be a slut.”

Sparks has long spoken publicity about holding onto her virginity. She, too, wears a purity ring.

Later, Brand returned to the stage to offer an apology of sorts.

“I didn’t meant to take it lightly,” the host said about his purity ring remarks. “I don’t want to piss off teenage fans.” Still, Brand, whose apology soon morphed into a series of off-color jokes, said, “Promise rings, I’m well up for it. [But] a bit of sex, it never hurt anybody.”

Although Brand was forced to offer that very unecessary apology, I’m glad that he still maintained his point. Being that it’s okay to wear promise rings and ’save yourself’ however, it’s also okay to have sex if you want. I’m so sick of these stars who act like they’re so much better than everyone else because they go outside of the norm and have ‘pure’ values - it’s a bunch of crap.

American Idol has more news surrounding its contestants this year than ever before. There have already been talks of strippers and naked photos but this latest news is much sadder than any of those. The news concerns David Cook and his own health issues as well as those of his brother. David was hospitalized a little while ago after suffering from high blood pressure and heart palpitations. He’s doing much better now but now it has also come out that his brother is suffering from cancer. From People,

“His older brother Adam Cook is battling cancer, sources confirm. David hasn’t spoken about it, the sources add, out of respect for his brother – and because he didn’t want to seek sympathy votes. But he has performed with an electric guitar emblazoned with his brother’s initials “A.C.”

Cook has had me enamoured with him ever since he sang Lionel Richie’s song Hello. He has just gotten better with every passing week and it’s extremely sad that he needs to go through this while participating in what will probably be the biggest competition of his life.

Not only that, but People managed to take an awfully sad story and turn it into a story about Jordin Sparks. Apparantly, the girl that never should have won suffered her own tragedies while on the show. I will say no more about it because I’m quite horrified that People would go into it almost completely forgetting about David Cook. I love People as I know their facts are actual facts and they bring the people what they want. But this is poor judgement in my eyes.