Wednesday's Early Buzz: Katy Perry, Coldplay, DMX and more

December 9, 2008

Katy Perry publicly apologized for calling Lily Allen fat, saying "I was just kind of joking and trying to be funny. I didn't mean anything by it. Comedians are not necessarily to be taken super seriously." Maybe not, but we're pretty sure jokes are necessarily supposed to be funny.

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Coldplay released an official statement about the lawsuit filed against them that alleges the band stole the song "Vida la Vida" from Joe Satriani. The band said, "if there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him." Yeah, Coldplay doesn't need to steal in order to be unoriginal and derivative; they can do it all by themselves.

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Amanda Bynes revealed in this month's Cosmopolitan magazine that she never wants to get married. Was anyone ever concerned about this?

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Rapper DMX was apprehended by the FBI yesterday on an island off the coast of Florida. Officials have been looking for him since he missed a court date in Arizona last month.

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Fantasia Barrino, the Season 3 winner of American Idol, is having some money problems: her North Carolina house is facing foreclosure.

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Don't feel too bad about Brooke Smith getting fired from Grey's Anatomy: she's now writing a show with Deadwood creator David Milch. Wow, getting canned from the Grey's sinking ship might be the best thing that ever happened to her.