Transgression. Adam LeVINE's transgression.

"I typically hate celebrity fragrances," says the ever-subversive Maroon 5 singer in a video for his two new celebrity fragrances.

Perhaps realizing some potential buyers might recall that 2011 tweet in which he proposed banning celebrity fragrances, as "punishable by death," he then explains his rationale -- in similarly positive (cough) language:

"I don't believe the people promoting them were particularly connected to the way they were making them."

Levine, however, is different. He's honest. In fact, the noted celebrity's celebrity fragrance is ... "the anti-celebrity fragrance."

You see, Adam can read your nostrils' minds.

"You don't want to be alarmed by a scent," he posits, having clearly witnessed a storm of fearful caterwauling at the unveiling of Katy Perry's Purr.

Also -- bonus -- Levine's fragrance won't make your eyeballs wretch: "I want it to look like ... you could actually have it on your counter and not have it be offensive."

And he's completely into celebrity fragrances now, despite all that stuff he once tweeted. In fact he's so secure about his lack of insecurity that he figured, "Eff it. I'll just include lots of words that connote doubt in my ad to prove I'm for realz."

To wit: "I don't really feel insecure about it where I definitely had my reservations and my apprehension."

Obvs. Watch the video, in all its confident glory, over on People.



 

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Join us, if you will, as we travel back to 2008. After a bitter divorce and custody battle, Denise Richards texted ex-husband Charlie Sheen to let him know that their daughter, Sam, was under the weather. He responded by wishing cancer on her and suggesting she "rot in hell, you [bleeping] whore."

 

We remind you of this because he's apparently still quick with the text tantrums. Deadline.com reports that Sheen fired Selma Blair from "Anger Management" with a text message wherein he called her the c-word. What's more, this wasn't the "only abusive, expletives-filled text she had received" from the actor, who also serves as an executive producer on the series.

 

On Monday, Charlie reportedly gave execs a her-or-me ultimatum because he believed Selma had complained about his work ethic. Word is, he felt betrayed because he had pushed to get her hired for the FX show.

 

Lionsgate Studios confirmed her exit on Tuesday.

 

Producers are already actively seeking an actress to replace Blair, whose contract will reportedly be paid off (all without having to kiss or cuddle up to Charlie, so score). The new castmember will not step into her role as Charlie's therapist.

 

Selma, meanwhile, is taking the high road in the kerfuffle and tweeted her gratitude to fans shortly after news of her departure broke: "I thank you for support and love."

She "really had no problem leaving after Charlie flew off the handle," a source tells E! News, "and seems to be at peace to be off the show."

Besides, "It would have been much harder to stay," adds the spy, because the situation had grown so "awkward and toxic for everyone."

 

Lady Gaga "borrowed" a concept from a French performance artist? Mais, non!

Mais oui. Or so says the artist Orlan, who is suing the Mother Monster and Universal France for $31.7 million on grounds that the beginning of the "Born This Way" video features a look the singer stole from one of Orlan's pieces.

The artist -- who might wanna get in line behind Madonna with her finger-wagging -- says the disembodied heads you see above not only look like but were even constructed in the same manner as Orlan's "Femme a Tete," built in 1996.

Le Quotidien de l'Art broke the news Wednesday, prompting buzz from a number of European and visual arts publications. According to the National Post, Orlan's $31.7 million figure represents 7.5 percent of what the video and album sales of "Born This Way" have already raked in. She is reportedly also asking that the album be taken off the market.

The suspicious chatter reportedly began shortly after Gaga was spotted rocking those little skin-toned shelves on either side of her head to promote the video. Though not surgically implanted as Orlan's external bumps were, they look mighty familiar, says French blogger de Camille (via HuffPo).

Various other art taste makers and bloggers quickly noticed the similarities, yielding sites like the Tumblr gagaorlan.com, which is entirely devoted to proselytizing about the Gaga's art of the rip-off.

Still, $31.7 million is a lotta bread, especially when you consider that Madonna has yet to take Lady G. to court over the relatively explicit idea-poaching of "Express Yourself" for "Born This Way."

Then again, maybe calling the kid on her you-know-what from the stage of an arena is more poignant. It's gotta be more fun ...

Orlean / Gaga photo, courtesy decamille.com.


 

Why, Miley Cyrus? Why? We are dumber for having watched her party-themed, twerking-filled "We Can't Stop" video, and we also fear some sort of psychological scarring may have occurred. It's not just the sight of the former "Hannah Montana" cutie-pie waving her yoga-toned butt in the air and waggling her tongue while simulating multiple sexual poses. Slightly disturbing, but, hey, at least she's owning it. We can even handle her gold grill and the clip's blatant product placements (Beats by Dre and EOS lip balm, respectively). No, what bothers us is that someone, somewhere, thought this bizarre, raunchy video was a good idea and approved the concept. Let's break down the weirdest, worst moments, shall we?

Miley cozies up to a doll. The doll then presumably went to authorities and used her own plastic body to show where Miley touched her.

Who doesn't prefer a guy with Old Faithful in his pants? Nothing more attractive than a crotch geyser.

Whatever he has must be catching, because this lady's private parts are also smoking. We suggest penicillin ASAP.

Here's a skull made of french fries, because, sure. Surprisingly, this doesn't put us off fries.

This guy munching on a sandwich full of $100 bills, an apparent metaphor for the cash wasted on this high-concept, sense-free video.

You'd think we'd focus on the hot dog being smoked like a blunt. Nope, we're more concerned with how excited that girl in the background is by the pork products littering the floor after tumbling from a pinata.

This girl slices off her (plastic) fingers and Pepto-Bismol spills out, which we suppose is a good thing, considering how upset our tummy gets after we mutilate ourselves.

Miley presents her butt for inspection. Let's hope she didn't smoke any of those wieners.

Miley makes an enemy of PETA by wearing a fur coat and carrying some sort of taxidermied creature. Oh, and she's pulling this on a leash ...
Please see aforementioned psychological scarring.

We love Wonder Bread, too, but unlike this guy, we don't love Wonder Bread.

These twerking, life-size teddy bears wonder how their G-rated life went so wrong.

 

It may not have the appeal of "D--- in a Box," but what "(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum" lacks in catchiness it makes up for in goofy suggestiveness. Four months after "White House Down" co-stars Tatum and Jamie Foxx debuted the song on Jimmy Kimmel's post-Oscar special, it now has a really weird video, with cameos from Miley Cyrus, Olivia Munn, Gabourey Sidibe and the late night host's longtime nemesis, Matt Damon.

 

Are you as confused as Kimmel about what the ditty is about? The new dad and reigning Sexiest Man Alive raps an explanation: "Channing Tatum on the mic, I know you're kind of confused/ We all be singing out my name making sexual moves/ But if you're gonna go and Channing then you better be warned/ Going Channing on the Tatum makes the babies be born/ Respect the name my mama gave me and don't be no fool/ Please be smart before you Channing, also stay in school."

 

Adds Foxx, "I see a pretty lady sippin' on a drink / I gaze into her eyes, then our glasses go clink / And I know/ I wanna Channing all over her Tatum! … When ya splashing in the water and you think you might drown/ Channing tosses you his noodle and he calms your ass down. … He just Channing'd all over your Tatum."

 

Oh, and Miley, sporting a teeny, Channing-emblazoned crop top, somehow ends up pinned under a vending machine. Just watch it.

 

After so many years on the road, the grind may be getting to Rihanna. On Monday night, she once again left fans angry and frustrated when she turned up more than two hours late for the Birmingham, England, stop on her Diamonds world tour. The all too familiar delay came after she apparently partied into the wee small hours with model Cara Delevingne. Perhaps RiRi's tardiness explains why one audience member was reluctant to let her go once she was within touching distance.

 

While belting out "We Found Love," the chanteuse waded into the Birmingham crowd and greeted front-row fans. Bodyguards and a metal barrier protected her from the screaming masses, but she still couldn't break the grip of an overzealous admirer. She tried to pull away before quickly whacking the offender with her microphone, producing a thud and freeing her to strut off.

In a since-deleted Twitter exchange, a witness noted, "[Rihanna] just hit someone with her mic on accident haha oops." RiRi, living up to the name of her "Unapologetic" album, reportedly responded: "Purpose! That b---- won't let me go."

Watch the incident from two different but equally annoying angles below:

 

Can't ... stop ... watching ... Leo ... dancing. If any part of "The Wolf of Wall Street" is as good as Leonardo DiCaprio cutting a rug, save us a seat.

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