Madonna dresses up as a schoolgirl for the Jewish celebration of “Purim” at the Kabbalah center in New York. Her rumuored boyfriend Jesus Luz wore a Joker costume and held Jerry Seinfeld’s wife Jessica’s hand as they pretended to be a couple on arrival at the party.

Picture of Jesus and Jessica Seinfeld in costume after the jump! (more…)

Bachelor star Melissa Rycroft says she was thrilled with her performance on Monday’s Dancing With the Stars premiere, even though she only had three days to rehearse.

“Unbelievable, surreal — all those emotions,” she told Usmagazine.com after the show. “I never expected, after what just happened, that I would be standing here right now. I got the call on Friday around lunchtime and was on a plane literally seven hours later, and now we are here!”

“Feeling the support from the audience the second we stepped out, I was like, ‘This feels so good!’” added the reality star, who replaced an injured Nancy O’Dell.

Rycroft and partner Tony Dovolani earned a 23 out of 30 for their waltz. Judge Bruno Tonioli — who called her “a revelation” — said, “I don’t know the Bachelor guy, but he’s a loser.” The crowed booed at the Jason Mesnick reference.

How did Rycroft do it, with just three days to rehearse?

She benefited from studying ballet as a child, said Dovolani.

“I took what assets she had, those elements, and created a waltz around it,” he told Us. “We kind of faked it through! We really had no technique, like Len said. We had no time!

Added Rycroft, “I came in, and we instantly started a friendship and began having fun and that made this experience so much better.”

Another last-minute replacement, Holly Madison (who filled in for Jewel), admitted she “definitely messed up” her cha cha cha. (She got on an 18 out of 30.)

“But I had fun with it, and so that part was great,” she told Us. (more…)

Newlywed Stacy “Fergie “Ferguson wastes no time when it comes to her career. Fergie made her way to a studio in the Burbank, CA area this afternoon.

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Regarding the chemistry she and Clive shared while shooting “Duplicity,” Roberts says: It’s energy, chemistry is energy, right? Like we have chemistry. I’m being serious. I do think it’s energy, so Clive and I have similar sense of humor and that translates itself when you try to package it as sexual or romantic. It’s the same thing.”

Regarding shooting love scenes, Roberts says: “Oh I try to avoid it at every turn. I’ve kissed through sheets ‘cause I just think it’s bizarre.”

Roberts continues: “People go ‘Oh is it sexy?’ What is sexy about 60 people standing there going, ‘Is it lunch yet?’”

From TMZ:

Sources tell TMZ Chris Brown would cop a plea, but only to a misdemeanor and with no jail time. After we broke the story yesterday AM it has triggered a passionate public reaction.

We’re told Brown’s people have consulted with outside legal eagles — including law school professors — who have said Rihanna’s own aggressiveness takes it out of the felony category. Sources say Rihanna was the first one to strike — slapping and striking Brown “numerous times” while he was driving, after seeing the text message from another woman. And Rihanna was fighting Brown as he punched and hurt her. We’re told much of this is reflected in the official police report based on what Rihanna told cops. As a result, they say, this is not a case that demands a felony plea.

On the other side, there are plenty of cases in which the woman engages the man in a fight but the jury convicts the male because it was an unfair fight and the man could have walked away. The photographs of Rihanna — the most graphic of which have not been seen by the public — demonstrate Brown’s superior strength. Add to that the fact that Brown had no significant injuries and it presents problems for him.

Perhaps worse for Brown, sources tell TMZ Rihanna told cops he had beaten her before and the violence had been escalating.

And there’s this. According to the detective’s note filed with the search warrant papers, Brown sent a text message to Rihanna’s assistant in which he apologized for what he had done to Rihanna and said he was getting help. That would be admissible in court and extremely damaging — as a legal admission.

What do you think of JT’s look?

Bespectacled Justin Timberlake enjoys the company of girlfriend Jessica Biel as they stroll around their Tribecca neigborhood.

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