LADY GAGA 'THE SIMPSONS' EPISODE WILL BE SEASON FINALE

The 23rd season of The Simpsons will go out with a bang ... that's when the when the episode featuring Lady Gaga will air. Gaga'a episode, "Lisa Goes Gaga," was taped last summer and Gaga factors into the plot as someone who comes to Springfield in order to cheer up Lisa. Gaga says about her role on the show, "I play a little bit of a slut. The apple doesn't fall far from my artistic tree." The exact air date of the season finale of The Simpsons has not yet been confirmed, but it should air sometime in May.

ADELE GIVES THE FINGER AT BRIT AWARDS, APOLOGIZES

M.I.A.'s Super Bowl finger flipping spotlight has just been stolen ... by someone you'd least expect that kind of foolishness from. Adele gave the finger and last night's BRIT Awards when she was cut off while making her acceptance speech. Adele had just won the award for British Album of the Year for 21 and was making a genuine, from the heart speech. She was saying, "Thank you very, very much. Nothing is better than coming home with six Grammies and winning Album of the Year. Nothing makes me prouder than to be British."

That's when host James Corden cut her off. Not only did the crowd boo, but he got the finger from Adele. At a post-awards press conference, Adele commented on her reaction, saying, "I was cut off during my speech but I wanted to thank the British public for all their support. I was held up with my voice and troubles but the album kept walking without me. I flipped the bird for the suits at the BRITS who cut me off. Sorry if I offended anyone but it was for them, not for the fans."

Adele also won for British Female Solo Artist. Giving the bird wasn't the only reason people were talking about Adele's fingers ... she was also sporting a huge rock on her left hand, fueling talk of an engagement to her boyfriend Simon Konecki. There's been no confirmation of that.

WHITNEY HOUSTON DIGITAL BOOKS HIT INTERNET

Since Whitney Houston's death, her life has been an open book and the gossip is non-stop. Most recently now, a rash of digital books about Houston's music and life have hit the Internet. According to the Los Angeles Times, there are 14 just-released Whitney Houston Kindle e-books available on Amazon.com ranging in prices from 99 cents to $9.99. Most of the titles are fan tributes, a book of poems dedicated to Houston and a couple of unauthorized biographies. One book, in particular, is comprised entirely of Wikipedia pages about Houston's life, her music and her movies. Although none of the titles have hit Amazon's Top 100 paid Kindle e-books list, they are attracting interest by Houston fans.

NICK JONAS IS BACK ON THE MARKET

Nick Jonas is back on the market. The 19-year-old has officially split with girlfriend Delta Goodrem ... who is 27. The couple were first linked together nine months ago ... you think the age difference had something to do with the split? Reps says the couple decided mutually to go their separate ways and remain friends. Despite their eight-year age difference, the relationship seemed to work. The pair reportedly collaborated on songs and vacationed together in Mexico last fall. Nick can next be seen as a guest star on the Feb. 27 episode of NBC's Smash.

BRET MICHAELS SUES TONY AWARDS FOR $50 MILLION

Bret Michaels is launching another legal battle against TV producers behind the 2009 Tony Awards, accusing them of broadcasting his onstage accident just to boost ratings. The Poison frontman was performing at the award show when a large stage prop fell and hit him in the face, leaving him with a broken nose, cut lip and life-threatening head injuries.

On Monday, Michaels filed a $50 million lawsuit against award bosses and CBS network executives for neglecting to censor the incident and broadcasting it. Michaels claims CBS could have prevented the footage from airing, by using the standard seven-second broadcast delay. This is Bret's second lawsuit against the Tony Award producers ... last year he sought unspecified damages claiming show bosses were ultimately responsible for the brain hemorrhage and mild stroke he suffered after the incident.

SUGARLAND DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR STAGE COLLAPSE

Sugarland have responded to a civil suit filed against them after last year's deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse, insisting they're not the ones to blame for the tragedy. Seven people were killed and dozens more injured when the stage collapsed onto a crowd of fans when a storm swept through the Indianapolis fairgrounds in August ... right before Sugarland were due to perform. Affected audience members launched legal action against the band, concert promoters and stage builders, accusing them of negligence ... but Sugarland execs have now fired back, and are pushing for a jury trial to prove they are not to blame.

AKON SUED OVER CONSTRUCTION BILL

Akon is being sued by a contracting company in Georgia for failing to pay $51,000 in construction bills from work on his mansion. The contracting company, Southern Electric, filed the lawsuit, claiming they completed over $344,000 of work on Akon's place ... including the electric work, framing, and molding ... but he refused to pay $51,941 on their final invoice. They're now suing for breach of contract for the amount allegedly owed, plus interest. Akon's Georgia mansion is a two-story four-bedroom, eight-bath model that he forked over $1.65 million for.

COLDPLAY, FOO FIGHTERS WIN BIG AT BRIT AWARDS

Last night’s Brit Awards, the UK’s equivalent of the Grammys, in some ways proved to be a mirror image of this year’s Grammy Awards as six-time Grammy winner Adele walked away with walked away with two of the night’s most important trophies - British female solo artist of the year and British album of the year for 21. Coldplay took home the coveted best British group prize and five-time Grammy winners the Foo Fighters were named best international group. Coldplay kicked off the ceremony with a powerful performance of “Charlie Brown” off Mylo Xyloto.

BLUR TO PUT A BOW ON 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS

The reunited and rejuvenated Blur will help close the 2012 London Summer Olympics with a special concert performance at the event’s Closing Ceremony Celebration on August 12 in Hyde Park. UK favorites The Specials and New Order will also be on the bill. Blur members Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon premiered a new group song called “Under the Westway” on Sunday at the War Child benefit concert in London and last night were honored at the Brit Awards for their Outstanding Contribution to Music.

BECK, MODEST MOUSE TAPPED FOR NYC’S GOVERNORS BALL MUSIC FEST

In addition to the usual dance-laden lineup, the 2012 New York City Governors Ball Music Festival will include performances by rock acts such as Beck, Modest Mouse, Cage the Elephant, Built to Spill, Cults, Explosions in the Sky and more. The two-day event will take place in Randall’s Island Park on June 23-24, with day-one featuring a heavy dose of dance/electronica and two-two leaning more guitar-heavy. General ticket sales will begin this Friday.

CODEINE CONFIRMS CONCERT RETURN

Nineties rock trio Codeine announced it will support the re-release of its back catalog with a reunion tour of America and Europe. Following an April 9 date in Seattle, the band will play eight international dates before returning to the United States for a show on June 29 in Brooklyn, NY. The group will crisscross the country for six more shows before returning to New York City to wrap the tour on July 15.

MEGADETH, ROB ZOMBIE TEAM FOR NINE-STOP ROAD TRIP

Metal monsters Megadeth and Rob Zombie are partnering to hit the road together for the first time ever on a co-headlining tour that gets underway on May 11 in Holmdel, NJ. So far, the powerful pairing has sealed the deal on nine dates, with more shows to be piled on soon. The confirmed concerts will include two fiery festival performances on May 20 at Rock on the Range in Columbus, OH and on the tour closer on May 26 at Rocklahoma in Pryor, OK.

WOOD: ROLLING STONES IN ‘TALKING MODE’ OVER 50^TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

At least the Rolling Stones’ famous tongues are wagging about a possible fiftieth anniversary worldwide tour, according to guitarist Ron Wood. The 64-year old told Radio Times magazine, “We’re still in talking mode…each week brings a new development. Basically, get the boys feeling comfortable with each other cause we’re all ready to go individually, it’s just a matter of tying up loose ends and coming together as a unit.” Wood revealed that the band spent some time together in a studio before Christmas. “It was great keeping our chops together, that’s what we love,” he said.

BRUCE SPOON-FEEDING FANS NEW SONGS ONE DAY AT A TIME

Fans of Bruce Springsteen are being treated to audio appetizers of his forthcoming 17^th studio album Wrecking Ball one song a day until Friday, March 2. The album arrives on March 6. On Monday, Springsteen premiered “Easy Money” on Backstreets.com. Yesterday, “Shackled and Drawn” was debuted at Rollingstone.com. Click here to check out the release schedule for each song. Springsteen and the E Street Band kick off the first U.S. leg of their 2012 Wrecking Ball world tour on March 18 in Atlanta.

DREW BARRYMORE PREGNANT?

Is Drew Barrymore expecting? The actress, who turns 37 today, was photographed over the weekend leaving a doctor's office with fiancé Will Kopelman, holding what appears to be a sonogram.  Barrymore and Kopelman announced their engagement a few months ago. When asked whether the actress was pregnant, Drew's gave TMZ a "no comment."

BOBBI KRISTINA LOOKED ''WASTED'' AT WHITNEY'S BURIAL

Over the weekend it was reported that Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina disappeared after the singer's funeral Saturday and was found high on drugs just moments before the family left for Whitney's burial on Sunday (a charge family insiders deny). Well, now a witness tells Radaronline that the 18-year-old looked stoned during Sunday's service. "Bobbi Kristina didn't want to be at the burial, and she looked wasted," a source told RadarOnline.com. "Krissy's eyes were glassy, and she seemed to be very disconnected from the service. Krissy hasn't been eating or sleeping and just can't stand to be around her family right now." Sources say Bobbi Kristina's father Bobby Brown is worried about her and wants her to go to rehab. "Bobby is terrified she's going to do something stupid," said a source. "He wants her in a treatment center, getting professional help to get her through the grieving process without falling back on alcohol or drugs to mask her pain."

WILLIAM & KATE NAME DOG LUPO!

The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton yesterday revealed that she and Prince William have named their new black cocker spaniel puppy Lupo. The Duchesss was visiting school children at the Rose Hill Primary School, when a little boy handed her a stuffed dog and she suggested it be named after her own pooch, Lupo. As for how they came up with the moniker, a royal source explains, "they liked the name. They like the play on the word for wolf." (Lupo is Italian for wolf.)

DENZEL'S WIFE FILLS OUT HIS OSCAR BALLOT!

Denzel Washington is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences but he doesn't have much influence over who wins the Oscars each year. That's because Denzel doesn't actually vote for them. The two-time Oscar winner admitted during interviews for Safe House that he lets his wife Pauletta fill out his Oscar ballot each year.  "Actually, my wife watches all of the movies. You know they send you the DVDs and she watches them all," he said. "So she actually does the voting, I'll be honest with you. I watch some of them but she watches them all. She's like, 'Oh no, no, no - you don't want to put that one down.'"

MAJORITY OF OSCAR VOTERS ARE OLD WHITE MEN!

And speaking of Academy Awards voting…A new study by the Los Angeles Times revealed that over 94 percent of the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (5,100 of the 5,765) are white.  In addition, 77 percent are male and 54 percent are over 60.  The paper says the "white and old" voter bias may explain why little-watched films like The Hurt Locker and The King's Speech have won in recent years, and fan favorites like Harry Potter don't even get nominated. The 84^th Annual Academy Awards airs Sunday on ABC.

SALDANA HANGS OUT WITH BEAU'S MOM!

Things must be getting serious between Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper because the Avatar star is already hanging out with her boyfriend's mom. Saldana and her sister Cisely were seen enjoying a girls' day out in Los Angeles over the weekend with Bradley's mother Gloria. The trio enjoyed lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen, before heading into a showing of the Rachel McAdams/Channing Tatum flick The Vow.

KARDASHIANS CAUGHT UP IN POSSIBLE DIET DRUG LAWSUIT

Kim and Khloe Kardashian may soon find themselves mixed up in a class action lawsuit. Back in 2009, the two sisters were paid to appear in ads for the diet product QuickTrim, and posed in bikinis to show off their new slim bodies. Well, the New York Post reports that the New Jersey-based company Windmill Health Products, which distributes QuickTrim, may soon be sued over the product's high levels of caffeine which the FDA says is "not safe or effective for weight loss." The law firm of Bursor & Fisher, which has won or settled cases against firms peddling products like the hair loss remedy Avacor and diet supplement Xenadrine, has been retained by a client who purchased the diet supplement and is said to be preparing a suit against the company.

TEEN MOM 2 STAR ATTACKED!

TMZ is reporting that Teen Mom 2 star Leah Messer was attacked over the weekend.  The site reports that the 19-year-old mother-of-two is telling friends that she and her fiancé Jeremy Calvert were leaving a movie theater in West Virginia Sunday night when an older woman began following her and calling her names. Then, out of nowhere, two other girls appeared and the three chicks started beating up Leah.  Calvert, with help from a security guard, pulled the three women off, and then he and Leah quickly left the scene. (TMZ posted a picture of Leah's swollen face.) Leah didn't recognize her attackers, but plans to file a police report in connection with the incident.

HOWARD ORDERED TO PAY ESTRANGED WIFE!

Actor Terrence Howard is currently in a bitter divorce battle with his estranged wife, but for now he's going to have to cut her a check.  A judge in Los Angeles yesterday ruled that the Red Tails star must pay Michelle Ghent Howard more than $50,000 while they hammer out a long-term divorce settlement. Michelle will get $10,000 in temporary support for rent and food, $20,000 for lawyers’ fees, $20,000 for accountants’ fees, and $1,800 a month for her car payments. Both sides are due back in court in 60 days.

SHEEN APOLOGIZES FOR CRITIQUE OF KUTCHER!

Charlie Sheen seemed to be back to his outrageous ways last week, telling TMZ Live that his Two and a Half Men replacement Ashton Kutcher "sucks" at his new job. Charlie told the site, "I'm tired of lying ... I'm tired of pretending the show doesn't suck ... I'm tired of pretending Ashton doesn't suck." Well, Charlie has now had a change of heart and has issued an apology to his replacement. "Dear Ashton, My bad. I was disrespectful to a man doing his best," he wrote. "I got excited and I threw you into the crossfire, but the rest of my statement I stand behind. You however, deserve better. Safety in your travels good sir."

TV PREVIEW!

● NBC announced yesterday that Community will return to the schedule, Thursday, March 15^th at 8 pm, moving 30 Rock to 8:30 pm.

● With House ending in May the show's stars are already looking for new work. The first to land a pilot is Peter Jacobson (Dr. Taub), who will join Liev Schreiber in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan. The series stars Schreiber as a professional "fixer" for L.A.'s rich and famous.  Jacobson will play the recurring role of Lee Drexler, a foul-mouthed wheeler-dealer who relies on Ray whenever his high profile clients get into trouble.

● The Vampire Diaries' Taylor Kinney (a.k.a. Lady Gaga's boyfriend) will star in the NBC firefighter drama pilot Chicago Fire. The series revolves around the heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department. Kinney will play Squad Lieutenant Kelly Severide, the leader of a group of elite firefighters who respond to the most dangerous rescue operations.

● Big Love's Jeanne Tripplehorn has landed a multi-episode arc on Fox's New Girl. She'll play Ouli, the ex-wife of Jess's (Zooey Deschanel) new boyfriend Russell, a single dad played by Dermot Mulroney.

● The pro-Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated will premiere on Reelz Channel March 11^th. The airing comes one day after HBO premieres its film Game Change, an account of the 2008 presidential campaign starring Julianne Moore as Palin and Ed Harris as John McCain.