I missed this last week, and on the chance that you may have missed it too….please take a moment to watch and laugh. To me Ellen DeGeneres is just one of the funniest people alive. Like this commercial spoof of Keith Urban’s cologne Phoenix.

“You know that you’re the only women on the planet that would be ok with my wife,” Urban told DeGeneres on the show after the spoof plays. The singer is married to actress Nicole Kidman.

And this is great news. A new sitcom is coming that might actually be …dare I say it…FUNNY.

…It was also announced on Thursday that DeGeneres and her “Ellen” writer Alex Herschlag have teamed up to create a comedy. DeGeneres will executive produce the project series called “Weitz & Wong,” about a mixed race Jewish-Chinese couple and their children, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.

Katy Perry announced on a taped appearance of The Ellen Degneres Show set to air today that she will be officially changing her name to Katy Brand. Sweet.

Katy says she in the process of legally changing her last name, which is really no big deal because Perry isn’t her real last name anyway. Her maiden name is Hudson but she changed it to her mother maiden name to avoid being confused with actress Kate Hudson.

Katy told Ellen that people are already called her Brand anyway..so why not do it.  “Sometimes when people try to get my attention. Like if I’m at an event or something like that and they want special attention. They go, “Mrs. Brand!” and I go shwoosh [looking back].”

If you want more Katy click here to see her pictures from Maxim magazine January 2011 issue.

It seems like tons of celebrities have taken the teenage suicide/gay bullying problem as their pet project lately. Many speaking out on how they were bullied in school. But you know shit is serious when Madonna takes the time out of her very busy and photo shopped life to crusade against the gay haters.

On why she’s speaking out against bullying:

“Well, I just feel it would be incredible remiss of me to not say something. I’m incredibly disturbed and saddened by the overwhelming number of teen suicides that have been reported lately because of bullying. Suicide in general is disturbing. Teenagers committing suicide is extremely disturbing but to hear that teenagers are taking their lives because they are being bullied in schools and dormitories, what have you, is kind of unfathomable. I know a number of people have spoken out about it but I feel like I need to say something. The gay community has been incredibly supportive of me. I wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for the gay community…I have a teenage daughter and I have ongoing discussions with her about this topic so I feel like I need to say a few words…”

On how out of control the situation is :

“The concept that we are torturing teenagers because they are gay. It’s kind of like I said earlier. It’s unfathomable. It’s like lynching black people or Hitler exterminating Jews. Sorry if I’m going on a rampage right now but this is America. The land of the free and the home of the brave.”

On how we should all mind our own business:

“I think it would be interesting for everybody to try one simple experiment. If you want to talk about solutions or how can we solve this problem? Try to get through the day each and everyone of us…without gossiping about somebody. Without gossiping about anybody. And not only that. Not even listening to gossip. Walking away from it. Can you imagine what your day would be like? How much more free time you’d have? I also feel like you’d feel about better about yourself.

**I totally agree. Don’t gossip about the real people in your life. But celebrities don’t count, so reading my blog is perfectly ok.

Ellen DeGeneres is leaving “American Idol” after one season as a judge for the hit Fox TV singing contest. Surprised? Not so much. I don’t think that was really a good fit for her.

So with Ellen not returning for the 10th season, there are now two vacancies on its judging panel. Fox has yet to announce a replacement for Simon Cowell, although names like Brett Michaels, Chris Isaack, Jessica Simpson and Courtney Love are being thrown around.

Let’s hope Fox takes this opportunity to revamp the judges panel ….for the better this time.

I vote for Courtney Love and Brett Michaels. They would totally offset all the “dawgs” coming from the other end of the table.