• Jamie Foxx seems to be taking a page out of the Robin Williams hambook, by singing, acting and performing stand-up in his concert routine. Stay tuned for when he bitchslaps this journalist for comparing him to Zsa Zsa Gabor.
• And congratulate this newspaper writer, who somehow managed to turn Beyonce’s new armpitiful pose into a 241 word article. Though we do appreciate the speculation as to whether or not she’s reading too many “50’s cheesecake magazines”, whatever the hell that means.
• Keira Knightley plans on suing UK’s The Daily Mail for saying the actress has an eating disorder. No word if this disorder implies that she cuts all of her food with her chin.
• The 90’s continues to haunt your dreams, as Joey Fatone, Ian Ziering and Billy Ray Cyrus are all slated for the new season of Dancing with the Stars.
• Finally, people who enjoy reading about free motorcycles, BMW’s and bags of diapers washing up on shore will likely enjoy this article about a clumsy cargo ship and some British treasurehunters.

Dreamgirls, the new movie musical directed by Kinsey’s Bill Condon, has been attracting a lot of attention thanks to its glitzy cast and $25 price tag (temporarily at least). So when the opportunity arose to catch a sneak preview, we tucked our $25 money orders back into our diamond-encrusted bras and jumped at the chance. Our verdict: If the salt-water-stains on our silken robes tell you anything, it is AMAZING. Yes, certain parts are cheesy and over-the-top (there’s a Jackson 5 montage that will force some cringe eating) and sure, Jamie Foxx’s singing voice is about as pleasant as a balloon slowly farting across a room, but people: There is so much to love!

After the jump, an informal review, an informal music video, and an informal poll: Will you be seeing Dreamgirls?

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The NY Post is reporting that, at $25 a ticket for the first ten days of its release, the film Dreamgirls will break records as the most expensive box office admission ever. As we thought 25 bucks for a Beyonce/Eddie Murphy/Jamie Foxx vehicle seemed a little steep, we did some investigating and found out exactly what every dollar of every ticket is paying for. Roll over the pie chart to find out!

• CAN’T-MISS CLIP: BWE and The Office’s Guide To What Is Safe and Not Safe At Work. (BWE)
• SUFFOCATED SWEETHEART: Nick Lachey told girlfriend Vannessa Mannillo that his goal to get remarried means that she had better be serious about their relationship and, most importantly, getting Newlyweds 2: For Real This Time a place in E!’s 2007 reality programming schedule. (The Bosh)
• CAST-OFF WISDOM: Jamie Foxx says that the part of the new James Bond should have gone to P. Diddy instead of Daniel Craig. But then again, a guy can say a lot of crazy things when he’s been binging on Cristal and blowing lines off naked Laker Girls on his aspiring actor buddy’s yacht for three days straight. (IDLYITW)
• SEE-THROUGH SIMPSON #1: The hard-hitting investigative reporters over at Marie Claire had to dig a little deeper to make the startling discovery that Ashlee Simpson may not be completely authentic, and is possibly using the press for selfish purposes as opposed to an open forum in which she can fearlessly share her real feelings, fears and frustrations. (Junkiness)
• SEE-THROUGH SIMPSON #2: Possibly trying to support her sister’s credibility, Jessica Simpson uses her unsupported breasts and a revealing dress to hypnotize us into forgetting about Ashlee, forgetting about her lies, forgetting…very…sleepy. (Hot Online News)

• Rachel Weisz gives birth to baby boy. Not the new messiah so who cares.
• Jamie Foxx has sex everyday for 30 minutes to keep his body in shape, and his ding-dong herpi-fied.
• Brad Pitt was scared to death during birth. Not of labor, of impending apocalypse.
• Nicole Kidman won’t have sex with Keith Urban until her wedding night. She was married to Tom Cruise for 10 years so she’s probably still a virgin.
• Kirstie Alley needs to spend some more quality time with Jenny Craig.
• Britney is back in her baby-hurting convertible. But this time Sean won’t set foot inside.
• What do you get when you cross a Blue Man with a Playmate and a Carrot Top ? The best season of Surreal Life ever.

Jamie Foxx, Academy Award-winner and self-proclaimed “saviour of R&B”, is insisting that he is not the godfather of Suri Cruise, even though just a few weeks ago he accepted Tom’s offer for the role of “uncle” in the divine comedy known as The Cruise Family. While no one is yet resorting to DNA testing to determine whether or not Foxx is in fact the child’s godfather, you’d think he could have at least waited for like a week after M:I3’s disappointing box office debut to wash his hands of the child and jump off the sinking Tom-tanic Cruise liner. Foxx sure seemed to love Tom back when the relationship was all fun and flirty, but now that reality sets in and things get a little rocky, Romeo is stealing off like a thief in the night. For shame.