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Well, it’s official: Katy Perry and Russel Brand are serious.

The two were sighted looking very cozy (ie: making out and cuddling) at a party at the home of pals’ Paul McKenna and Randy Jackson this weekend.

And apparently Katy already wants her new boy toy to meet her parents, according to Perez Hilton. Meeting the family would would be a big step for Brand - who has most recently made himself famous by quite vividly sexing up Kristin Bell in Forgetting Sarah Marshall – considering Perry’s parents are serious Evangelical Christians.

Keith and Mary Hudson are pastors in Temecula, CA, even so far as having the legal right to marry couples.

Perry and Brand have been sighted all over lately - unbeknownst to me – making a particular splash in some outlandish outfits at Paris Fashion Week. Perry is set to host the MTV Europe Music Awards next month, which will be a big night for the new couple’s public image.

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Parent’s Just Don’t Understand… Yet?

Hey Ethel! I killed those Nazi zombies with my, uhh... I killed those Nazis!

Our parents are great, for the most part.  When we are too small to defend or feed ourselves, they take care of us.  As we grow and mature, they guide and nurture us so that we can become fully functional human beings, and not the equivalent of lower primates, sitting in trees flinging our own crap at each other (thank you Red Forman).  But one area where most parents don’t quite have the ability to be the all-knowing influence they would like to be:  video games.

When I was growing up playing tag and hide-and-seek, my parents totally understood.  They would ask how the game went, where I was hiding, what kind of tag rules I played with – they were very involved, because they could relate my experience to their own. However, when I picked up my first Genesis game, they watched Sonic the Hedgehog like he was an alien from outer space (wait, was he?), shook their heads, and left the room.  Thus ended my parent’s ability to fully understand me – from that day forward, there would always be that barrier between us – the invisible yet impassable wall made of 1-ups and gold coins. READ MORE »

Clay Aiken is “smiling from ear-to-ear” after the birth of his son.

According to E! News, the former “American Idol” contestant and his platonic baby-making partner Jaymes Foster welcomed their first child together Friday.
Parker Foster Aiken tipped the scales at 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measured in at 19 inches.

Back in May, Foster’s brother David Foster confirmed that the pair conceived the child through artificial insemination. Aiken, 29, and Jaymes Foster – who is believed to be around 50 – have been best friends for years.

The best buddies plan on raising the child together – even though the two are not “a couple.”