So you see, black doesn’t always have to be chic and sophisticated – here are some ways to break that awful stereotype!

Because if you’re going to trip over and fall flat on your face, would you rather do it in an elegant pantsuit or evening gown?

I’m so weakened by flu I can’t even come up with a good alcoholic name for this post. Maybe that’s it: I’m on cold medicine instead of booze! Yes, that’s probably why I’m ill.

Sicko movies (AgentBedhead)

Some people are sick of Kate Hudson (AmyGrindhouse)

Forget Mom Jeans: Rachel Bilson’s wearing Grandma Pants (BricksAndStones)

Tom Brady & Mrs Tom Brady make it all better (CelebritySmack)

Van Halen and Velvet Revolver heal the world (CelebuWreck)

George Clooney, spoiled (SPOILERS! duh) (ContactMusic)

Pete Doherty to infect 100% of UK population? (HolyMoly)

Death. Rebirth. Drama. Hollywood. (Defamer)

Celebrity death auctions still healthy (Gawker)

These two guys are hard to kill (EvilBeet)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an inpatient again (DListed)

Lohan’s portrait is looking rough (CandyKirby)

No, Gwinnie, we do understand. We just think it’s stupid. (Websters)

The Phantom of the Opera is there….flipping us the bird!  Who dares offend this terrifying legend with the unearthly singing voice?

I didn’t ask for foamy, but I’m supposed to be cutting calories, so more air=mo betta I guess. Of course, that did allow me to float an entire packet of sugar on top of the foam, making a delicious crust…

David Beckham, Sean Connery, and Keanu Reeves have the blues (AgentBedhead)

The 25 blogs more valuable than this one (AmyGrindhouse)

The Real Felons of OC (BricksAndStones)

Battle of the Bastards (CeleBitchy)

Medusa discovered in Beverly Hills (CelebritySmack)

Movie promotion is the pits (CelbuWreck)

The celebrity panty shot you never thought you’d see (CityRag)

Jewel, cracked (DailyStab)

No, No, Noah! (Towleroad)

Blaaaaaaaaake, Unincarcerated! (DListed)

We will fight them in the airports, we will fight them in the truck stops, we will fight them in the cafeteria (Defamer)

Kate Moss moves on from organic tobacco to vitamin-enriched smokes? (HollywoodRag)

If Cruella de Vil mated with Donald Duck you’d have… (PopBytes)

Barenaked no more (EvilBeet)

Would YOU pay to see Britney sawed in half? (Websters)

Harriet Carter Wednesday (IBBB)

Octomom’s got a job offer (CandyKirby)

Miley Cyrus as Ariel in Atlantis High Prom (GoFugYourself)

Paula and Kara, best frenemies (ImNotObsessed)

The Decline and Fall of Jade Goody (UKPopSugar)

Bark Obama (People)

Jonas Brothers scared of waxing (HolyMoly)

All actresses with enviable decolletages, but one of us seems to have nipples that have gravitated too far south.  Can you tell which one, dear readers?

Here are the answers to Monday’s puzzle corner:
1. Elizabeth Taylor
2. Meryl Streep
3. Barbra Streisand
4. Audrey Hepburn
5. Vivien Leigh
6. Grace Kelly
7. Bette Davis
8. Jane Wayman
9. Olivia de Havilland
10. Julie Christie

Congratulations to Jfox for a trophy-sweeping 9 out of 10, with kudos to Me for identifying the elusive no. 10.  We rise from our seats and erupt into rapturous applause over your mastery of Oscar history.  As your reward you may make a heartfelt speech, wrought with tears, rambling emotion and pretty pink dresses.

I know we’ve had Strongbow links before, but I believe in truth in journalism and also, once I’ve been bought a few by a mysterious, nameless Irishman with a Zimbabwean companion called Julius Caesar, I tend to lose my critical edge. What can I say?

Shock/horror: Jennifer Love Hewitt is NOT Audrey Hepburn (Websters)

James Holzier, the interview (TenGossip)

Once again, everyone on Earth but me has a book deal (ASL)

Natalie Portman still into beards (JustJared)

The Royal We (UKPopSugar)

The Crow vs The Dove = Marchesa (GoFugYourself)

Mickey Rourke has a new dog (HolyMoly)

Burglars in reality tv (EvilBeet)

Don’t bogart that Margie, Rachel (CandyKirby)

The Hills preview (IBBB)

Cougar on the prowl (CelebritySmack)

Lily Allen needs more photoshop than Faye Dunaway? (AgentBedhead)

Least plausible story so far in 2009 (AmyGrindhouse)

Even movie stars have delusional fantasies (CeleBitchy)