PETA launched its newest campaign, “Fur-Free and Fabulous” last week and the White House is in an uproar. First Lady Michelle Obama appears alongside Tyra Banks, Oprah Winfrey and Carrie Underwood in advertisements for the organization (which can be seen in the D.C. area).

All four women have openly refused to wear real fur, but the White House maintains that the First Lady is not a spokesperson for the PETA organization and that they had no right to use Obama’s image in their ads.

In response, PETA president Ingrid Newkirk insists they wouldn’t have sought Obama’s consent for the ad because they know that she can’t make such an endorsement.

“The fact is that Michelle Obama has issued a statement indicating that she doesn’t wear fur, and the world should know that in PETA’s eyes, that makes her pretty fabulous,” she said in a press statement.

PETA senior vice president Dan Mathews added that Obama should be flattered. Introducing the campaign, he said: “By rejecting fur, these style icons demonstrate to the world that fur is old-fashioned and cruel.”

Though police have announced that no further investigation is required in Tiger Woods’ late-night crash, the rumor mill is still working overtime and jeopardizing the marriage of the 7-time green jacket winner.

Jaimee Grubbs, Tiger’s alleged mistress, played a voicemail message that the golf superstar had left her on November 24. In the message, Tiger asked her to remove her name from the outgoing message on her voicemail because Elin (Tiger’s wifey) was becoming suspicious.

TMZ reported that Elin also called Jaimee herself on Friday, the day of the crash. Jaimee says the caller — a woman — did not identify herself but said, “You know who this is because you’re f**king my husband.”

So, maybe it isn’t a rumor.

Are celebrities really dumb enough to think that cocktail waitresses, strippers and the like will keep their mouths shut about hooking up with a superstar?

Actually, Robert Pattinson has been deemed Sexiest Man Alive. People Magazine’s annual issue has chosen Twilight, New Moon’s teen vampire as 2009’s sexiest guy. Robert is actually 23 years old and claims “I still can’t get a date.”

Maybe he should bathe. Sources from his movie sets claim Robert’s hygiene is terrible and that gorgeous messy hair? Dirty, oily and likely weeks without a wash! So, swoon on teenie-boppers…his smell is surely overpowered by his bite.

Other hotties joining Robert on 2009’s list include John Legend, Adam Lambert, Jerry O’Connell, Bradley Cooper, David Beckham and the guys from Glee.

Some are calling this recent clash of wrestling legends a stunt. Hulk Hogan was beaten and bloody after a press conference in Australia earlier this week. Hogan and fellow wrestler Ric Flair both appeared at the press conference to promote the upcoming Hulkamania Tour, when an argument ensues and the punches began to fly. Flair delivered hard blows to Hulk’s head, over and over.

The end result…a bloody Hulk and a bruised ego. Hulk’s camp insists the entire incident was real. Real or fake, Hulk lost this battle.

Yet another sex tape involving a sexy starlet (well, in this case…a wannabe starlet) has surfaced. Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California, infamous for her opposition to gay marriage, has released a statement saying the recently divulged tape was “the biggest mistake of her life.”

Carrie said she was just a teenager when she sent an intimate video of herself to an ex-boyfriend. The tape surfaced when the dethroned queen pursued a settlement with the Miss USA organization for a whopping amount totaling more than $1,000,000. The pageant’s lawyers showed Prejean the x-rated tape of her and…herself. Prejean quickly dropped the whole thing. She walked away with nothing.

Why don’t we ever hear about sex tapes from less attractive people? Like Tom Arnold or Rosie O’Donnell? Are the pretty people the only naive ones to think that no one else will ever see their home videos?

Faviana dresses are making a return to Wheel Of Fortune this week!! Vanna was actually wearing one on Monday, but I read the email wrong and was being slack so this post is slightly late.  But, if you are a big Wheel fan, she will be wearing another Faviana dress on tonight’s episode!  Check your local listings for channel and time (I’ve always wanted to say that!).

Newly released information states that the FBI investigated Anna Nicole Smith for the attempted murder of her late husband’s son. She was never prosecuted. One of her ex-boyfriends claims ANS tried to get him to do the deed when they dated. The Associated Press reported this:

Smith’s FBI records, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, say the agency investigated Smith in 2000 and 2001 in a murder-for-hire plot targeting E. Pierce Marshall, who was at the center of a long legal fight to keep the starlet, model and stripper from collecting his father’s oil wealth, valued in the hundreds of millions. The younger Marshall died three years ago of natural causes.

The documents released under the Freedom of Information Act depict an investigation going on as the fight raged over J. Howard Marshall II’s estate. Vast sections of the 100 pages of released materials — a fraction of Smith’s full FBI file — are whited out, and no evidence of her involvement in such a plot is detailed.

The FBI files show a .357-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver was confiscated from Smith’s home, along with a 3 1/2-inch stainless steel knife and, for reasons that were not explained, a black and orange hat described as “Dr. Seuss.” All three objects were returned to her about seven months later.

Of course, she won’t be prosecuted now. The actress died in 2007 of an apparent overdose.

No, not in person, on Victoria Rowell’s body! The actress donned  a cotton strapless gown that she–get this–made herself! Her 2010 Emmy Awards gown featured the presidents face along with some sort of arabic looking symbols.

Rowell’s homemade homage to Obama definitely turned heads. Isn’t that what starlets want anyway—attention?

That’s right, Leno brings the billigerent bad-ass to the verge of tears. After Sunday night’s outburst at the VMA’s, Kanye West appeared on the season premiere of Jay Leno’s new show to answer for his behavior.

During Kanye’s apology for his disrespectful rant, his voice quivered, eyes filled with water and he hung his head. Leno invoked the rapper’s deceased mother, asking Kanye what his mother would have thought about his actions. After a long, awkward pause, West said this:

“So many celebrities, they never take the time off. I’ve never taken the time off to really — you know, just music after music and tour after tour. I’m just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else’s hurt. My dream of what awards shows are supposed to be, ’cause, and I don’t try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That’s period. But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I’m going to make it through the rest of this life, how I’m going to improve.”

Translation:  I did it because I never take any time off (and that is Taylor Swift’s fault). I was wrong and now I will be going into hiding until this all blows over.

In case you missed West’s drunken rant during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, here you go.

That’s right, Simon has a new sidekick for the upcoming season of American Idol. Not another Kara DioGuardi (who knew her before Idol anyway?), in fact she is the polar opposite. Ellen DeGeneres, self-proclaimed lesbian, impromptu dancer and comedian, announced the breaking news during a taping of her talk show just yesterday.

Sending the pop culture media into a frenzy, the announcement comes on the heels of the departure of the great Paula Abdul. The ninth season of American Idol premieres in January, it should be interesting to see what Ellen brings to the table.

Let’s face it…the A.I. ship was sinking, they had to revive it somehow. What better way than with a judge that has absolutely no vocal background.