And so Swiftika rages on! A few days ago, photographs from Katy Perry's 25th birthday party emerged. And country darling Taylor Swift promptly found herself at the center of a potential backlash that Kanye West knows too well. Although what happened was just a series of unfortunate events. Swift was at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong way-too-ironic hipstery douchewibbler doing the Macarena near her. Then things went quiet. And TMZ, a little late to the game, picked up on the story, which then set off a wildfire. Funny how Hollywood cannibalizes itself! And while a bloody showbiz tempest is fun and all, perhaps it's time to back away from this picked-clean carcass. Fix your mandibles on the ever-easy Heidi Montag; she wants to be Kate effing Gosselin for Halloween. She's showbiz prey we can all guilt-lessly tear into.

Last weekend, Katy Perry rang in her 25th birthday with a party wherein celebrities showed up donning white and chucked paint on one another. Which, as far as parties where colorful staining occurs, is probably better than inviting a throng of your closest friends over, accidentally spilling wine all over their finery, and then spending the better part of the next day convincing them that it was a paint party. But Katy Perry's party also sets the stage for a Taylor Swift backlash. Tragic that! Especially considering just how just yesterday, we were remarking on how her unique take on smizing is an approach more beleaguered starlets could replicate in order to save their careers. But after her career sinks, there will always be a place for Swift in Dollywood, serving up chicken nuggets, root beer floats, and singing a Fine Young Cannibals covers.

● Katy Perry takes time away from new BF Russell Brand to talk to her fashion BFF Karl Lagerfeld about music. Uncle Karl dishes that Perry’s rival Lily Allen and her song ‘It’s not me, It’s you’ best describes him as a person. [Elle]
● The ladies of Nine appear frozen and very badly photo-shopped together on the cover of the new Vogue, maybe that’s why their film is being pushed back until December. [JustJared, Rope of Silicon]
● Jon Gosselin brought a misspelled cake to his twin daughter’s birthday party. As it turns out an entertainment show phoned the order in and misspelled daughter Mady’s name as Maddy. [People]

While the tabloid press is buzzing about the best job ever -- Katy Perry’s personal boob wrangler -- we’re wondering who designed that futuristic hot pink dress. There’s something about the cut and space-age design that is so familiar. Recent images of Lady Gaga, MIA, and Ciara come to mind. As do The Teaches of Peaches. So what LA designer separates Katy Perry from her boob adjuster?

Since Paula Abdul's principled exit from American Idol, producers have been trotting out a lunch buffet of guest judges whose claims to either the "American" or "Idol" parts of American Idol are dubious at best. Apart from Mary J. Blige (who is probably as close to an American idol as the show's revolving door of judges will ever get), some of these judges seem a little shaky, like Victoria Beckham and Broadway favorites Neil Patrick Harris and Kristin Chenoweth. But because we forgive their un-Idolicious standing because they're awesome. And the others, well ... they're frankly just not as awesome. Like the previously announced Joe Jonas, who is probably the least qualified for this gig. This means that even though their claims to fame are as rooted in novelty as Beckham's, there's little reason for them to be dispensing advice to aspiring pop stars when they themselves have become dusty casualties of the music industry -- and all who have become significantly eclipsed by past Idol winners like Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks.

● Actors like Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, and Steve Carell in the exclusive $20 million club have had to swallow their pride recently and take pay cuts in order to act in Hollywood films. [StudioBriefing]
● After years of frying and dyeing her hair, Lindsay Lohan may be going bald; but knowing Lohan, if that’s the case, she’ll start her own line of wigs. [Showbizspy]
● Nancy Meyers has unveiled the trailer to her new romantic comedy It’s Complicated. As always it’s about a zany older woman (Meryl Streep) having an affair with her ex-husband (Alec Baldwin) while juggling a relationship with her equally zany architect (Steve Martin). [Apple]

Jessie James is a young, Southern belle, getting some recognition for some Billboard-friendly tunes about heartbreak and girl power that was on the soundtrack for some movie that was equally about heartbreak and girl power. Now she's taking her act on the road, opening for the Jonas Brothers, showcasing that country twang to legions of squealing tweens in advance of the August 11 release of her debut album. Miss James called us from the road in Colorado to talk about who uses sex to sell and who doesn't, enjoying Nickelback's music, and her desire to take down the Third Reich.

Not just for Barbie and 13-year-old Lolitas anymore, pink lipstick is making a major comeback. Katy Perry, the Patron Saint of kissing, has rocked a pink pout since she turned cherry chapstick into an aphrodisiac back in ’08, and now the ultra girly color is showing up in various shades on all the sexy young things. Kim Kardashian wore an elegant pinky red gloss on her trip to Monte Carlo earlier this week, and the supernaturally gorgeous Megan Fox opted for a subtler raspberry shade at a recent event. Jessica Biel managed to look sophisticated with a baby pink pout at the screening of Easy Virtue last month, and the color shows no signs of slowing down.

● One actor not looking towards a future career in politics would be Tom Cruise, as he thinks he has the better job as an actor. [CelebGossip]
● Katy Perry is happy to be back with ex Travis McCoy, of Gym Class Heroes, as she hated being single. [Showbizspy]
● Jessica Biel’s nude scenes in the straight-to-DVD film Powder Blue have leaked online. [PopCrunch]

● Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut in the vignette series "I Love New York" has been cut for what producers say are "creative difference." [E!]
● Swine flu has stopped Heidi Klum and Seal’s renewal of their vows; the couple were married five years ago at their Mexican vacation home and hoped to duplicate the ceremony. I hear you can get a good deal in Vegas now. [LAT]
● Dennis Rodman is entering outpatient rehab so he doesn’t have to miss the Celebrity Apprentice reunion show. Why not just wait for the next season of Celebrity Rehab? [E!]