Shock waves rippled across the Internet on Wednesday when reports surfaced that American Idol fave Adam Lambert had abandoned a scheduled performance on last night's season finale. "How could this be?" Glambo Nation collectively wondered. "He's always been the consummate professional!" Well, as it turns out, reports of the "For Your Entertainment" singer's diva-tude have been greatly exaggerated. Lambert took to his Twitter account early today to set the record straight on the finale brouhaha.  As he explains, there's no way he could have canceled the performance at the last minute—because he was never invited to perform in the first place. There;...

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Lindsay Lohan just showed up for a meeting with the probation department -- just as the judge had ordered ... and we're told one of the issues the probation officer will deal with is Lindsay's prescription meds. Sources say Lindsay showed up with… Read more

Is Justin Bieber starting to turn into a diva? Baby Biebs recently appeared on Sunrise, an Australian TV show, but according to the show's host David Koch, he didn't leave that great of an impression. Koch went on an Australian radio show recently and revealed that maybe Bieber isn't the sweet, lovable little pop sensation that captured our hearts when he first hit the music scene. Koch says that a production staffer for Sunrise was directing Bieber to the spot where he would be performing on the show, and Bieber turned to the staffer and said, "Don't ever f***ing touch me again." According to...

WTF?!

Although no one actually knows whether Joaquin Pheonix's move to ditch his successful acting career and become a rapper is legit, Diddy thinks he does!

"Joaquin's for real," insisted Diddy, who produced a track for Pheonix. "If he's not for real, he tricked me. We went into the studio, did a record, mixed a record and everything."

The mock documentary about Joaquin's career move was screened at William Morris Endeavor screened earlier this month and potential distributors didn't know what to make of the film.

"Several buyers said the film overflowed with Hollywood debauchery, including more male frontal nudity than you'd find in some gay porn films and a stomach-turning sequence in which someone feuding with Phoenix defecates on the actor while he's asleep," said a reporter from the LA Times.

Insanity.

The runner-up says she's "sad"

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Spotted: Justin Bieber with Taylor Swift eating at the Pancake Pantry in Nashville today!

OMG!

Lee DeWyze was crowned the new American Idol winner, beating out Crystal Bowersox by nearly 2 percent of the vote on the star-studded season nine finale that marked judge Simon Cowell's last episode. "It's amazing, and it feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders," says Lee. Runner-up Crystal had nothing but words of praise for the new champion. "I knew he was going to win," she reveals. "I told him at our audition in Chicago, 'I'll see you in the finals.' He is a genuinely sweet guy, I love him." The two finalists were nearly upstaged by a generation-spanning group of guest performers (Bret Michaels, Janet Jackson, Chicago, The Bee Gees, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood, Alanis Morissette, Alice Cooper and Hall and Oates), who all turned out for Simon's last stand (the judge is leaving to launch a U.S. version of The X Factor on Fox in fall 2011.) However, it was the return of Paula Abdul that prompted the most moving moments. As Paula paid tribute to her old sparring partner Simon, even the departing "Mr. Nasty" had a tear in his eye.

For more with winner Lee and runner-up Crystal, click here.

It seems M.I.A. was so pissed about her cover story in New York Times Magazine, that she Tweeted writer Lynn Hirschberg's phone number.

The article tackled the rapper's crazy ass political views and that even though she married the son of a billionaire, M.I.A. is still ghetto.

Ha!

"It's a fairly unethical thing to do, but I don't think it's surprising," said Hirschberg. "She's a provocateur, and provocateurs want to be provocative…[it's] infuriating and not surprising."

And she's not even gonna changer her number! Wowsa.

P.S. CLICK HERE to "follow" Perez on Twitter!

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The lawyer for former " Survivo r" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is at the courthouse in downtown L.A. right now ... and sources tell us ... Bruce is trying to regain custody of his kids. We're told Bruce's parents have filed legal docs to withdraw… Read more

Tragic! He had so much waiting for him!

Siphiwo Ntshebe, a South African Tenor who was selected to sing the official anthem at the World Cup, has sadly died after suffering from acute bacterial meningitis.

Reports say that the young man contracted the disease about a week ago and was quickly taken to a hospital in Port Elizabeth for treatment. Sadly, there was nothing to be done.

Siphiwo would have had the great honor of singing Hope at the World Cup this June at the event's opening ceremony. He has also just finished recording an album for Epic Records, that was slated to be released after his performance.

Very sad. We send all of our condolences this his family and friends. We're very sorry for your loss.