• LiLo wants John Mayer. [M&C]
• Alicia Keys’ video for “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” is out. [PopBytes]
• Joe Simpson says his daughters aren’t “failures.” [Celebitchy]

Happy Hump Day! Blind item time! Via Crazy Days And Nights:

This A-list female country singer just keeps on winning people over. At a recent event a paraplegic teenager in a wheelchair had been waiting with his mom for about two hours so he could meet his favorite singer and get her autograph and hopefully a picture with her. Well, after the event, the singer came by and said, “Don’t you look cute in that chair.” The teenager then asked for the singer’s autograph and she said, “Oh sorry, not today, I’m too tired, but I hope you feel better soon.” She then walked away.

Hmm, my guess is either Taylor Swift (who got flack after that whole “photographed with a guy in a swastika T-shirt” debacle) or Kellie Pickler (who is known for being on the dim side). What do you think?

“...women have power in numbers. We draw strength from the support of other women. In some cultures, girls can be seen as a burden to a family because of the need to pay out a dowry when they marry ... they are vulnerable to all kinds of abuse. When I visited shelters for female victims of violence in India, I found that a lot of the women had been raped, even at home. That’s still very taboo. Even in the United States, it’s hard to talk about being sexually abused by your husband or your boyfriend ... being able to find solace in support groups makes a huge difference.”

—Scarlett Johansson, an ambassador for (PRODUCT) RED, on the impact her trips to Africa have had on her life in the January issue of Harper’s Bazaar [ONTD]

“The photos were for my boyfriend at the time. If you don’t send your boyfriend naked pictures, then I feel bad for him. [Them being leaked online right after the incident with Chris Brown] was the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to me. I just felt like my whole privacy was taken before that and then, when that came out, I thought, ‘Oh great, so now there’s nothing they don’t know about me and my private life.’ It was humiliating and it was embarrassing—especially my mom having to see that.”

—Rihanna, finally acknowledging that those naked pics that hit the web in May were actually of her [People]

Sometimes I wonder about Taylor Momsen, because she’s playing the washed-up rocker à la Courtney Love way before her time. Several Frisky staffers, myself included, have seen her walking around NYC in this state of undress. Do you think her shirt-as-dress look is tragic or avant-garde?

I have a feeling that this quirky shirt Halle Berry is wearing probably would take a big bite outta my bank account. [Sherman Oaks, CA, 12/1/09]

We all know that Britney Spears is a seasoned pro. Like all “Mickey Mouse Club”-launched superstars, she’s been singing onstage since childhood. Which makes this video kind of baffling. Supposedly, it’s Britney’s microphone feed isolated during a concert in Vegas, though we know the “original audio” could have easily been doctored. While my first instinct was to plug my ears and laugh, it does make me squirm a little when I think of how I would sound, taken out of context, singing while dancing my ass off. I have the shower stall acoustics and appreciative backup vocals by my cat, though, so I know I always sound hilarious fab. [Live Leak]

Oh Tiger, you are so busted. Us Weekly has an exclusive interview with Woods’ alleged former mistress, Jaimee Grubbs, in this week’s issue, and along with it they have released a voicemail Woods left for Grubbs, begging her to cover his ass. In the voicemail (which you can hear above), Woods says:

“Hey, it’s Tiger. I need you to do me a huge favor. Can you please take your name off your phone? My wife went through my phone and may be calling you. So if you can, please take your name off that. Just have it as a number on the voicemail. You got to do this for me. Huge. Quickly. Bye.”

“In eight to 10 years, I want to have babies for my Dad to hold, grandkids. And I want to have a husband who loves and supports me, just the way anyone else does. I would never leave my career for a man right now, and I would never follow a man around.”
—Lady Gaga, whose kids will have the best Halloween costumes in the world [Elle]

• Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise are ready for their second baby. [OK! Magazine]
• Lisa Loeb gave birth to a baby girl on Sunday, Nov. 29. [PopEater]
• George Clooney has introduced his Italian girlfriend to his mom. [Us Weekly]

Kate Gosselin is a lot of things, but is she really fascinating? Barbara Walters thinks so; she’s included the (former!) reality TV mom is her annual list of the 10 most fascinating people of the year. Joining Gosselin this year: Sarah Palin, Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga, NFL star Brett Favre, Tyler Perry, Fox News host Glenn Beck and Jenny Sanford—the wife of cheatin’ South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. We’ll have to wait until the special airs a week from today to find out who the number one spot goes to, but until then let’s have some fun guessing. My bet’s on Michael Lohan or Octomom. Hey, if Kate’s on the list, anything’s possible, right? [via US Magazine]

“I have a problem with muse-ship. I feel like throughout history, it’s been men vampiring on women’s specialness. And why do that for someone? Maybe it’s a fear of intimacy!”

—Natalie Portman, star of the film, “Brothers,” in Marie Claire. But what about Zach Braff? [Marie Claire]

Meredith Baxter, the mom from ‘80s sitcom “Family Ties,” came out as a lesbian this morning on the “Today” show after Perez Hilton posted a picture of her yesterday nuzzling her girlfriend. “I did not want some tabloid to take the story and make it up—I wanted it to be in my own words,” the notoriously private Baxter told Matt Lauer. After three marriages and five children, she started dating women seven years ago and has been with the same woman for the last four years. She says of her public coming-out: “This is a political act, even though that’s not what it feels like to me,” she said. “If anyone knows someone who’s gay or lesbian … they’re less likely to vote against them to take away their rights. I can be that lesbian you know now …” Clip above. [via MSNBC]