C’mon. You just knew the fractious members of the Police weren’t reuniting so they could merely put a jazz-tinted spin on “Roxanne” at the Grammys bash last night. There had to be some kind of commerce scheduled for the warmer months. Well, put on the green light: Billboard has announced that Sting will trade the lute for the loot in an extended string of live shows with the trio; the band is slated for a headlining gig at Bonnaroo, and following in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen, will set up shop in Boston’s Fenway Park. Fans will want to prep by picking up that “Walking On the Moon” ring-tone here.

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Ralph Fiennes is a member of the mile-high club and now the world knows about it, if a report via Britain’s Daily Mail can be trusted. Fiennes reportedly had a tryst with flight attendant Lisa Robertson in a business-class bathroom. Oooh, a business class bathroom. That’s the Hollywood equivalent of getting positively smutty, isn’t it?

For her part, Robertson denies that any sex took place. She concedes that Fiennes followed her in the bathroom and that he became "amorous," but she also claims that she eventually rebuffed his advances. If it turns out that actual sex took place, Robertson faces termination.

Rest assured, though, that no matter what went down, it was most likely protected: per his UNICEF ambassador duties, Fiennes was en route to India in the name of promoting HIV awareness and safe sex.

[The Daily Mail]

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Here’s Sharon Stone at a press conference during the 57th Berlin International Film Festival:

Note her determination when listening to the translated question regarding her film When a Man Falls in the Forest, which made its debut at the fest. Her cool, calculated absorption of whatever she’s being fed is that of a seasoned stenographer, or perhaps a stoic child of a jihad training camp. Do not be fooled by her composed demeanor — her wild eyes are just waiting to pounce.

Wild-eyedness is not a disease, it’s not a disorder, it’s just what her face does.

You can take the girl out of Casino, but you cannot take the Ginger out of the girl. Sharon suggests that Forrest was an emotionally freeing experience for her, countering what she describes as "Prozac society where we’re always told we’re supposed to have this kind of equilibrium of emotion." Equilibrium? What’s that? Who’s he?

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Mary J. Blige makes like her latest album title and offers some reflections on her career in the March issue of Vibe. In 1995, she thought of herself as "ugly." In response to a 1997 Vibe piece, Blige embraces her voice’s imperfection. And, when looking back at her most recent cover story, a 2005 piece that detailed her post-drama relationship with and subsequent marriage to Kendu Issacs, she implies that the honeymoon period has since ended: "In marriage, you learn quickly that he’s not going to compliment you all the time and he’s not always going to be there. I can’t constantly depend on him to make me feel smart or special."

As juicy as those bits are, though, there’s one that towers over the rest. In 2003, she opened up about her past with drug addiction and, it turns out, she’s still open. A little too open, as it were, when it comes to her analogy to dependency:

"Imagine a pile of s*** the size of this whole room is on top of you and you’d have to fight your way up. Now you may be on the mountain of that s***, but you are still dirty, and people can see that."

Ugh, Mary, do I have to? I have a lunch that needs eating. If that image isn’t enough to keep you off drugs, surely the accompanying smell is.

[Vibe.com]

In "celebration" of Valentine’s Day, Bow Wow is asking potential, uh, lovers to email bowwowvalentine@gmail.com with 20-second vlogs of themselves pleading their cases on why they’re perfect for the Bow-Weezy. So far, there are nine entries and…wow, just wow, Wow. At first I wondered why he didn’t just go all out and look for love on reality TV, but then once I saw what these girls had to offer it was clear that the Internet (and a feed on Bow Wow’s MySpace) was the perfect platform for them. They’re a little too young waaaaay too real for reality TV. And by "real," I mean of questionable articulation and more than willing to beat Ciara’s ass for breaking Bow Wow’s heart.

[Bow Wow MySpace]

Rupert Murdoch is excited and you should be too — according to The Hollywood Reporter, the silver Fox head announced Thursday at New York’s Media Summit that a Borat sequel is on the way. "[Sacha Baron Cohen] will do a sequel," said Murdoch. "He will first do something else…then he wants to come back and do a Borat 2."

Or maybe Murdoch just wants him to want to, as a senior VP at Fox is quoted as saying that the sequel is "too preliminary to discuss." Maybe too convoluted, as well — you’re more likely to find people who believe that Michael Jackson’s face is a product of natural causes than people who’ll fall for Borat’s shtick. Hell, we all know by now that he smells bad on purpose. And so, what could a sequel possibly hold for Borat? Taking on Apollo Creed? Disgusing himself to join a convent to help save a high school that’s in jeopardy? Pronounced rubber nipples? A revenge story that this time will be really personal?

The crappy sequel possibilities are endless as Cohen’s potential for greatness. At least Murdoch thinks so — during his initial screening of Borat, Murdoch recalls that he "laughed like hell" and then later laughed some more. Sounds like a jolly good time to the tune of "Buh-wah ha ha ha!"

[The Hollywood Reporter]

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