John Mayer reveals his full jerkiness
We always knew John Mayer was a little weird, but we didn't know he was a total jerk until he gave a shocking interview to Playboy in February 2010.
In the piece, Mayer talks about his dream to write porn, goes into detail about what Jessica Simpson was like in bed ("sexual napalm" in case you were wondering) and calls his penis a racist "white supremacist." All this before we found out he broke the heart of America's sweetheart Taylor Swift, a crime for which he is lucky he wasn't lynched.
Christina Aguilera divorces for publicity
We don't know for sure it's all for publicity, of course, but the timing certainly is suspect: Christina Aguilera announced her plans to divorce husband Jordan Bratman at the exact same time the publicity machine for her film Burlesque went into overdrive. Coincidence? Maybe. Juicy? Definitely -- and so are the rumors the singer had an open marriage and regularly picked up other women in clubs around LA, including Lindsay Lohan's ex Samantha Ronson.
Oh yeah, and she already has a new boyfriend -- a guy she met on the set of Burlesque earlier this year, before she separated from her husband. Hmmm...
Katy Perry tries to seduce Elmo
Hell hath no fury like the mother of a preschooler confronted with a pair of supple, bouncing 20-something breasts.
Katy Perry had a lighthearted romp with Elmo on Sesame Street that turned into a mommy war when parents complained about the Teenage Dream singer's cleavage. While more than a few parents voiced the opinion that Perry was actually wearing more than Tinkerbell, Sesame Street yanked the spot from their winter lineup. Katy later appeared on Saturday Night Live playing a teenager who didn't understand why the neighborhood moms suddenly objected to her volunteering at the local library -- while wearing a tiny, ripped-open Elmo tee shirt.
Paris Hilton gets busted again
After a relatively quiet couple of years -- no upskirt photos, DUIs or engagements to wealthy Greek heirs -- Paris Hilton proved once again that a leopard really can't change its spots.When Hilton and her boyfriend were pulled over for suspicion of DUI, cops found cocaine in Paris' purse.
Even better? She told the cops multiple stories, including the purse in which the coke was found wasn't hers, that it was actually hers but a friend had recently borrowed it, and that she thought the little package of cocaine was actually gum.
Hilton was sentenced to a ton of community service and a year of parole, but the incident is said to have cost her something much greater: An invite to Nicole Richie's wedding.
Miley Cyrus hits the bong
Deep down inside we knew all hell was going to break loose the minute Miley Cyrus turned 18. Not long after the Disney star's birthday, a video surfaced of Miley taking hits from a bong and immediately becoming nearly delirious.
Some say she was smoking salvia, a legal hallucinogen, others insist it must have been pot. The only thing for certain is that it made Miley Cyrus even more annoying than usual.
Heidi Montag 2.0
Not content to look like every other California valley girl of average attractiveness, Heidi Montag and her fame-grubbing husband Spencer Pratt decided Heidi needed some upgrades to look like every other California trophy wife of plastic "attractiveness."
The Hills star underwent ten surgeries in one day, emerging with a frozen face and crooked boobs, then trash-talked her plastic surgeon after he died in a car crash. Classy.
Lindsay Lohan gets out of jail free
There is absolutely no reason why Lindsay Lohan shouldn't be in jail right now. Yet she is not.Lindsay missed court dates while partying in Cannes, failed court-ordered drug tests and generally was Lindsay Lohan.
The judge was not amused and really did try to send her to jail, but her lawyer found a loophole and she's been shacked up in the Betty Ford Clinic ever since.
Expect her to stay there until at least a few days into 2011.
Charlie Sheen and the porn star: A love story
It's no surprise that Charlie Sheen is on a list of the top scandals of any year, let alone the top scandals of 2010.
What's amazing is how the guy manages to avoid jail. After picking up a porn star (and paid escort) at the Plaza Hotel, Sheen and his new friend proceeded to get wasted. They went back to his room and, the story goes, when she asked for cash he discovered both his wallet and his $150,000 watch were missing. Sheen went ballistic, trashed the place, and was hospitalized overnight after the police were called. Little miss porn star tried to get greedy by pressing charges and suing, but once again Charlie Sheen skated off scot-free.
Mel Gibson's filthy mouth strikes again
The public had already lost most of their respect for Mel Gibson after he ran his mouth against cops, women and Jews during his 2006 DUI arrest, but the tapes of his crazed rants against his baby mama Oksana Grigorieva turned him from a mean drunk into a monster.
In the tapes, he is heard screaming obscenities at Grigorieva, using the N-word and calling her sick names. Grigorieva claims Gibson hit her while she was holding their baby; Gibson says she is trying to extort him out of millions.
The pair is currently embroiled in a vicious custody battle.
Jesse James cheats on Sandra Bullock
The world thought girl-next-door Sandra Bullock had tamed bad boy Jesse James, but both the world and Sandra were wrong.Just days into what should have been the happiest period of Bullock's life -- celebrating her Oscar win and the secret adoption of baby Louis -- news broke that Jesse was cheating on her with a tattooed Nazi stripper.
Multiple other women soon came forward to say that they too got a piece of Sandy's husband. Jesse went to rehab and gave a couple of weepy mea culpa "my daddy didn't hug me enough"-type interviews, but Sandra divorced him anyw
