We know 50 Cent is a pretty passionate guy — I mean, the dude’s house was burned down! But, when it comes to friends, he’s just as hot: 50 Cent treated Val Kilmer to a $100,000 1965 Chevy Impala after they became friends shooting Streets of Blood in Louisiana. They both adore vintage cars, according to In Touch Weekly. “Val was shocked. 50 is an amazing guy and incredibly generous,” said 50 Cent’s producing partner Randall Emmett.

Scottish artist KT Tunstall thinks that Oasis‘ Noel Gallagher is an a** … but so does the rest of the world. The only difference is that, this time, Tunstall came to the aid of Gallagher’s recent nasty remarks about Jay-Z’s inclusion in a traditionally rock music festival. “People need to get a f*****g grip - Jay-Z is one of the biggest stars in the world. Of course he should be headlining,” she told Britain’s Daily Star of the June 28th event. “Glastonbury is about diversity and introducing new people to stuff they maybe haven’t seen before. It’s prejudice against hip-hop. So does that mean we should get rid of the world music and dance stages?” Tunstall also called out that nobody cared when Kylie Minogue, clearly NOT rock n’ roll, was included on the roster. Gallagher just got PWND.

Oh, Sharon Stone … Word has it that the back-tracking actress has been dropped by a Chinese film, Mermaid Island, largely in part to her insensitive comments recorded at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Stones had indicated that the recent earthquake in Sichuan Province was “karmic,” and that it was done in retribution to the nation’s political stance against Tibetan independence. Although Stone admitted that she was pretty stupid and a victim of “news sensationalism,” it’s not going to bring back her contract with the film or Dior anytime soon.

Britney Spears: she’s only MILF who still made it to Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 list while apparently subsisting on a diet of Cheetohs and Frapps, while mistaking tunic tops for sundresses. Nevertheless, the “Gimme More” singer is reprising her fame via The Pussycat Dolls, and was spotted in Burbank on the set of their newest music video on June 4. Nicole Scherzinger and Carmit Bachar, the only two Asian American members of The Pussycat Dolls, made both the Maxim Hot 100 list as well as FHM magazine’s Top 100 Sexiest Women. Maybe Spears just wants to be sexy by association? Keep it classy, L.A.

MTV is rolling out the newest line of reality TV focused on insecure wannabe celebrities in search of an entourage, because buying friendship is too expensive and paying for a male escort will get you on the front page of Star magazine. The Hills‘ star, Brody Jenner, and Ryan Seacrest are banking on Bromance – which has a lot of Hollywood insiders snickering about Seacrest’s dubious sexual orientation, and others crying foul over the Entourage-esque storyline. Contestants will be expected to go skydiving, play wingman at night clubs, group date at Spago, and spend lots of “alone time” with Jenner … that is, when he’s not fleeing the Papps. Did I mention the “Hot Tub elimination ceremony”. If anything else could be more wet, hot, and in spandex, it’d get its own float in the Gay Pride Parade.

CBS-5 TV reporter, Sue Kwon, threw a private party for friends and family in the upstairs mezzanine of Harlot (46 Minna Street) to ring in her 40th birthday party with Michael Meadows and Danny Guillory. The ’80s-themed party was kicked off with a special remix CD set, created by Kwon, that included one hit wonders Bow Wow Wow and Lisa Lisa. “Try not to hurt yourself dancing,” Kwon laughed as guests arrived sans ’80s attire — save one fabulous friend whose teased hair endured both endless Lemondrop cocktails and DJ Jerry Ross’ mix. “I was inspired by Something About Mary,” she told me. “The trick is to tease, tease, tease, and tons of hairspray.” Guests under 28 were advised not to attend, “unless accompanied by an adult, haha,” Kwon wrote in her invitations, and even fashion designer Colleen Quen arrived with her husband, furniture designer Rick Lee. Guests dined on a satay and cucumber salad with pad thai, and noshed on a very chic display of gourmet mini-cupcakes throughout the night. Quen will be debuting her commissioned dress on Wednesday’s Asian Art Museum gala for “Power and Glory,” June 25, 6:30 p.m.

Nicole Scherzinger admits she has sacrificed relationships for her career and her music. “I have had to make sacrifices for my career and I would say those have mostly been in my relationships. I am working on so many different projects, it is difficult to maintain a relationship,” the loveless diva said. Maybe she should be even more bummed as her solo album release last fall didn’t even spark any interest, and she was spotting dancing by herself at a nightclub when the song came on. (sad face) Scherzinger admitted to Hello! magazine that she’s so desperate, she’ll even settle for the fake stuff. “I would really love to do a romantic comedy, or maybe a comedy - Will Ferrell, Ali G., Adam Sadler, all these guys make me laugh out loud and I’d like to be part of something like that.” Uh-huh, you do that.

I just got back from the Vanity Fair private party, but will be gearing up soon for the upcoming GLAAD Media Awards — which take place this Saturday in Los Angeles — which reminded me:

Don’t forget to watch the Steven Seagal, Bai Ling and Quentin Tarantino trifecta at the AZN Asian Excellence Awards 2008  on Comcast’s E! Network at 6:00 p.m. PT/ET, or 5:00 p.m. CT.

AZN AXA 2007

But, according to Baby director, Juwan Chung, the best thing about the show was Jabbawockeez’s performance!

As for the GLAAD Awards, this year, Michelle Krusiec’s Dirty Sexy Money co-star, Candis Cayne, will MC the San Francisco GLAAD Media Awards … and I’ll be there to Twitter it directly from the event! Last year’s penthouse afterparty got pretty crazy when a few stars got caught in the same elevator with the Dalai Lama’s monks and ended up crashing their party on the 14th floor at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, and Rosario Dawson played double-duty at both the GLAAD Awards and the 50th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival Midnight Awards — right before jumping off-stage and mauling me for a big bear hug.

As for Coachella, Prince rocked the weekend show — and Rose McGowan was “cute and babelicious as always” on Saturday’s Midnight Awards show, even though her boyfriend, director Robert Rodriguez, cancelled at the last minute. (The pair met in 2006 while filming Grindhouse, while Rodriguez was still married to wife of 16 years, Elizabeth Avellan.)

So … umm … stay tuned, to say the least.

Cheers! And good night.

In a rocking Lazyboy chair, no less …

Try and top THAT, Will.i.am!

Not only is Hapa author, Kip Fulbeck, the master of bicultural consciousness … but he’s also the master of the spork and, apparently, a centaur.

Happy Birthday to Fulbeck, who’s latest skin obsession is now an exhibit exploring tattoos and the personal stories behind them. Permanence is on display at New York City’s A/P/A Institute through the end of this month.

http://www.janm.org/exhibits/kipfulbeck/