As PerezHilton.com was the first to exclusively report…

John Mayer and Jessica Simpson very recently broke up and our sources confirm exclusively to PerezHilton.com that is was John who dumped Jess.

Sad. Tragic, actually. Yet kinda funny too.

Poor Jess!

”Kelly is not a puppet; she does not like to be told what to do. She could have gone the easy route, which is, you go with [‘Since U Been Gone’ producer] Max Martin — it’s a guaranteed success. She made it absolutely clear that she wanted to steer the musical direction on this record. You just gotta say, ‘You know what? This girl has given us millions and millions of sales.’ You’ve got to give her that opportunity. If it works out, fantastic. If she then decides she wants to do a pop album, every good writer and producer wants to work with her. Because Kelly will be here for 30 years. She has one of the best pop voices in the world right now. What she sold in the U.K., Europe, Asia had nothing to do with American Idol. It had everything to do with the fact that she made a great record and she’s got an incredible voice. She’s not a girl who got lucky in a talent competition; we got lucky to find her.”

– Simon Cowell tells the new issue of Entertainment Weekly about Kelly Clarkson‘s recent struggles with her record label

Fugs ‘n’ Jugs are over!

Multiple sources confirm exclusively to PerezHilton.com that John Mayer and Jessica Simpson have ended their relationship.

And John’s fans are probably rejoicing!

The split happened very recently. “They officially called it quits this past weekend,” a well placed source tells us. “They’d been having problems for a while now and just decided it’d be better to end things.”

This news will come as a surprise to many, especially Jessica’s dad – who just a few days ago was publicly praising Mayer in the press.

While Jessica is currently in Cannes – seemingly having a great time – John is wasting no time enjoying the single life either.

Mayer and his entourage hit up New York City club Stereo on Thursday night, and the rocker was having a really good time.

“He was way tipsy and was spending a lot of time with an ugly brunette that was not Jessica Simpson,” a spywitness tells us.

Enjoy it, John!

Fugs ‘n’ Jugs = R.I.P.

Hallelujah!

Britney seems to have jumped the hump.

Thankfully the silly hats are gone and her wardrobe is inching slowly towards better. Plus, she seems to be exuding some genuine happiness from her face.

The former pop star is heading on the road this weekend, performing two shows in Florida.

Meanwhile, her recent romance, musician Howie Day, is heading back to rehab!

Hello friends up North!

Tune in to MuchOnDemand this afternoon, Friday!

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Hope you can catch it!

Brad Pitt has just made a new addition to his tattoo collection.

Last year, the actor got some ink on his lower back, a Sanskrit Buddhist blessing meant to protect his little Maddox. It’s similar to a tattoo that Angelina has on her back.

Now, Papa Pitt is sporting his latest tat – a drawing of the Iceman Otzi.

Also knows a Frozen Fritz and Similaun Man, Otzi is a a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC, found in 1991 in a glacier in the Alps.

The man’s body had tattoos in several spots, as shown in the graphic below.

Brad’s homage to the Iceman must have some special meaning for him.

Proof that John Stamos is not perfect – he’s got a funked up bellybutton!

The E.R. actor had a hernia surgery as a kid and “Stevie Wonder was the surgeon” who sewed him up, he joked to Conan O’Brien on Wednesday night.

After showing his and prompting fellow guest Tom Selleck to show the goods too, Stamos reveals his bellybutton, which he thinks looks like a nose.

It’s….interesting looking.

Click here to check it out!

Something must be seriously wrong if he did this!

Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that Brandon Flowers and his band, The Killers, cancelled their sold out concert during the show at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado on Thursday night.

“Brandon starts out sounding completely fine then bam! In the middle
of his second song he walks off stage,” a source tells us.

A doctor comes on shortly thereafter and tells the thousands of concertgoers that Flowers has a “serious” throat injury and that the show could not go on.

“After sitting through 2 horrible warm up bands and waiting for 1/2 hour for him to come back on stage many in the audience booed Brandon,” adds our spywwitness.

What a bummer!!!

Get well soon B boy!

The Gossip were on the UK’s Radio One Live Lounge yesterday and they performed a killer cover of Wham‘s Careless Whisper – in keeping with their garage band sound.

Beth Ditto‘s voice just cuts down straight to our core, through our heart. Though her genre is rock, she’s one of the best “soul” singers around.

You can just feel it when she sings. When she sings, she LIVES it!

Enjoy Beth & Co.’s take on Careless Whisper – with a bit of Kelly Clarkson‘s Since U Been Gone thrown in for good measure.

Mandy Moore and her “guy friend” stop by Pinkberry in Los Angeles on Wednesday for is it or isn’t it frozen yogurt experience.

The actress/singer even took time to pose for a photo with a Crackberry staffer before going off to feed her vice.

[Image via Celebrity Babylon.]
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