- Items found in Janis Joplin’s handbag: an antique cigarette holder, several motel and hotel room keys, a box of Kleenex, a compact, a bottle of Southern Comfort (empty), a hip flask, gum, sunglasses, credit cards, aspirin, assorted pens and writing pad and a corkscrew. I assume the hip flask was full of SoCo. At least mine is. [The Hairpin]

- Shit is getting UGLY in the Halle Berry/Gabriel Aubry custody battle. Apart from calling her a “fucking bitch,” the Aussie allegedly (his daughter is part black after all) called her the “N” word. I hope she (finally) put that Oscar to good use and threw it at his gorgeous head. [TMZ]

- Jennifer Aniston confronted professional douchebag Perez Hilton about his cruelty to her. I’d like to confront Jennifer Aniston over her current injustice performed upon me. [Huff Po]

- Sassy black lady, my favorite kind of lady, Jazz Ison Sinkfield has been growing her nails for the past 22 years in an effort to meet Oprah Winfrey. I guess that beats my strategy of slowly growing into Gayle King. [Styleist]

- Speaking of becoming a woman, GLAAD is all in a gay huff over an SNL skit they deem to be “dangerous and blatantly anti-tansgender.” Hey, GLAAD, why don’t you untuck for a second and realize it’s just comedy. Sheesh. [Jezebel]

- Lindsay Lohan is under investigation for filching a $2500 necklace from a Venice, CA store on Jan. 22. I hope she threw in a fur and some diamonds as well because $2500 is not worth going to jail for. [People]

- Sartorial star Anne Hathaway had a rare misstep at the premiere of her latest film. And that step landed her in some truly hideous culottes. [Gawker]

- “Oh my god, did someone just jizz on you while you were on your period?”/ “No, silly, I’m just wearing the new Lady Gaga fragrance. And yes.” [Musings of a Muse]

- Jean Paul Gaultier will have his first museum retrospective in June. Make sure to watch your eyes around those cone bras. [NY Mag]

Amber Heard, left, with girlfriend, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Heard  made her first public appearance with girlfriend, photographer and artist Tasya van Ree at GLAAD‘s 25th Anniversay celebration. After the event, she told AfterEllen.com:

“I think GLAAD is one of the many reasons that I, as a 24-year-old, can come out…I hate the idea of a label just as much as anyone else but I’m with who I’m with, I love who I love and I’m if not a better actress than I was yesterday and my personal life should have no effect on that.”

Go.

Head.

Girl.

Friend.

How refreshing for a young actor in Hollywood to have the ladyballs to step out of the closet. She’s still hot and I’m sure guys will still wank off to her online.

Probably even more now that they have this little bit of info. Fellas, am I right?

Photo: Getty

LINK LOVE: Daily News

Amber Heard, left, and girlfriend,

GLAAD is in a bit of a tizzy over this Life & Style cover which asks if it’s harmful to call a girl John and dress her up Clay Aiken with a Tavi haircut. I see no harm, but if the roles were different and they were dressing up Pax in Bryan Boy dresses, I think we might have a problem.

SIDENOTE: I’m saddened that my only pop cultural references are a runner up from American Idol a wannabe celebrity blogger, and a 13 year old. I need to really start watching more TV… or start picking up Life & Style.

Christian Siriano has apologized to the gays for comparing ‘drag queens and trannies’ in the gay world to ‘white trash and trailer parks’ in the straight world. In the new Time Out Magazine, Siriano was featured on a GLBT panel about Gay Pride in 2008. Siriano said: “If you think of heterosexuals, they have white-trash women and trailer parks, and we have drag queens and trannies.”

Evidently this comparison did not sit well with his ‘tranny mess’ fans. Today Siriano released a statement to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD): “I mean no disrespect to the transgender population and I never will. Some of my close friends happen to be transgender and I think they are some of the most inspiring people in my life…I completely support the fabulousness and amazing fashion inspiration that most transgender people provide.” He added that “I wish that my words were not taken in that way. When I was speaking, some comments that I made were not used in the article.”

I guess GLADD doesn’t have a problem with Siriano popularizing the term “hot-tranny-mess” to straight folks from Middle America, but comparing the gay community to white trash…..that’s just too far…