By SHARMILA NAIR
alltherage@thestar.com.my

It has been another crazy week in Tinseltown as celebrities went out and about their usual flashy, extragavant and gossip-laden lifestyles.

Pop princess on TV

Britney Spears is not stepping out of the limelight anytime soon. The singer has found a new way to stay relevant and is rumoured to be in talks to judge the Simon Cowell’s singing competition, X-Factor. She is this close to sealing the US$20mil (RM60mil) deal.

Britney Spears

Spears won’t be the first Mouseketeer to take on judging duties on a reality TV show as fellow Disney-mate Christina Aguilera has been a judge and mentor on that other hit singing competition, The Voice, for two seasons now.

Sharm says: I heart Britney forever, but is she really the right person to judge a singing competition?

A very mad man

John Hamm plays a no-nonsense guy on the hit series Mad Men and the actor is not afraid to speak his mind in real life either. The star recently spoke up about the “idiot mentality” among some celebrities and particularly aimed his displease at two socialites and former BFFs.

Jon Hamm

“Whether it’s Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated,” Hamm said to Elle UK.

“Being a f****** idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you’re rewarded significantly.”

Hamm is not the first person to direct his anger towards a member of the Kardashian clan. Last November, actor Daniel Craig also referred to the Kardashians as “f****** idiots” in an interview with British GQ.

Sharm says: Wow. Just goes to show that real men don’t prefer dumb chicks.

It wasn’t her

Last week, the Internet went crazy when nude and other suggestive pictures of actress Olivia Munn started popping up online. However, the actress issued a letter stating that not all the pictures were of her. She wrote a funny letter addressed to her fans and it was read out loud by director Jay Chandrasekhar at a screening of her upcoming movie, The Babymakers.

Olivia Munn

In the letter, Munn hinted that she’s too busy doing good deeds to be sending any lewd text messages to anyone. She ended the letter by saying that the pictures were obviously fake as they didn’t have one particular physical trait.

She wrote: “Some of those photos weren’t even me. I mean, you can’t even see my p****, and it’s pretty big for an Asian. Sheesh.”

Sharm says: LOL … how much you wanna bet that her profile is going to skyrocket now that she has those “nude” photos online?

It’s red again

Our favourite troubled young star is finally getting back to her roots! Lindsay Lohan, who has been blonde (and platinum blonde recently) for a few years, has dyed her hair red. This sudden move comes right after 63-year-old singer Debbie Harry (who also rocks platinum blonde hair) was mistaken for the 24-year-old starlet last week! While it’s definitely a compliment for the ageing rockstar, that kind of mistake must’ve been totally embarrassing for the young actress.

Lindsay Lohan

Sharm says: Aww, poor LiLo. At least they didn’t confuse her with the other blonde … Donatella Versace.