The celebrity-media complex is so bizarre and strange. People get famous for no reason, or for the reason of being attractive and on TV, and the unattractive and un-famous become obsessed with them. Perhaps no one is more qualified to point out the nuances of the Faustian bargain celebrities engage in than Ashton Kutcher. Why is this guy a star? Sure, he's married to someone famous, but as an actor, the range he showed from Kelso to Dude 1 in Dude, Where's My Car? wasn't exactly Meryl Streep-esque. So his new show, Pop Fiction, tricks tabloids and blogs into writing fake stories. Zach Taylor, one of the hoodwinked bloggers, is frankly flattered to have been fooled into writing about the fake pregnancy of Avril Lavigne. And now I'm writing about Ashton Kutchner, and promoting his new show with a clip of Paris Hilton pretending to be spiritual (which we sorta covered, at the time) after the jump. The guy might not be a good actor, but he is good at what he does. Whatever that may be.

Important musician Avril Lavigne has stepped up to correct those misinformed rumors about her with an official interview in the new issue of Maxim, an important source of journalism. "Q: NOW IT SEEMS ALL THE BLOGGERS ARE SAYING YOU'RE PREGNANT... A: Remember in high school when people would start fake rumors about you? Well, this isn't high school; it's like, the entire world." AH MAH GAH Avril you are so right! We were just sitting around the blogger table in the lunchroom talking about that. Also, she says she is a "wino." Plus, we are putting some of Maxim's sexy (if that's your type) pictures of her after the jump. Now you don't have to read the story at all!

• Nick and Vanessa believe the camera will steal their soul. [Page Six]
  

Someone's selling rocks from junior rocker Avril Lavigne's hometown on eBay. Nine people have bid so far. For the record, we're selling rocks from Robert DeNiro's hometown. It's our new business model. That and whoring out the editorial staff.
Rocks from Avril Lavigne's hometown Napanee [eBay via MeFi]