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> Still smarting from rumors that her marriage is over, Madonna is now the subject of a whole new batch of sidewalk talk. Us Weekly is reporting that the pop star -- who is currently in rehearsals for her upcoming world tour -- has been receiving late night visits from Yankee's third baseman Alex Rodriguez (also known as A-Rod, or perhaps you remember him better as Derek Jeter's on-again, off-again beffie.) Supposedly the married 32-year-old baseball star has been seen at Madonna's New York penthouse apartment often creeping out "as late as midnight" leaving "all of the doormen talking," a source told the magazine. A-Rod was at Mo's April 30th NYC concert and she was recently photographed taking in a game at Yankee stadium with her children in tow. When questioned about the "friendship," Guy Oseary (who manages both Madonna and A-Rod) hung up the phone. Won't we all feel really stupid and childish when we find out A-Rod's been hired as a consultant for the A League of Their Own section of Madonna's new tour and the two have merely been working feverishly trying to get her batting stance exactly right? (This may or may not be a bit of an attempt to go a little easier on Madonna -- I've been awfully hard on her lately and the last thing she needs is another queen constantly puking all over her yoga pants. But don't expect me to look the other way every other day, Madge.)
> Pharrell -- who just released a new album with his group N.E.R.D. and has a guest spot on Madonna's new single "Give It To Me" -- has grown weary of the tattoos covering his arms and is looking to an experimental procedure to rid himself of the ink. He told the UK's The Mirror, "I got fire on my arms, I don't need fire on my arms! I'm a grown man." Rather than have the tattoos lasered off -- an expensive, time consuming, painful and still inexact science which often leaves some pigment behind -- Pharrell is growing new skin in a test tube. "There's an institute called the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina for Regenerative Skin Treatment," he says. "It's basically like getting a skin graft, but you're not taking skin from your ass or legs -- these guys actually grow the skin for you." Weird, science fiction-y, and the best (er ... worst) part is that Pharrell is only doing this so that he can get his arms tattooed all over again! "First you have to give them a sample of your skin, which they then replicate. Once that's been done, they sew it on -- and it's seamless," he says. "When it has healed you can go get whatever tattoo you want." Might we suggest the classic arrow pointing to yourself with the tag line "I'm with stupid"? Or maybe the timeless "Idiot on board"? Or he could just go back to his own classic collection and, "I just love my...brain."
> Looking for the perfect gift for the Kate Moss fan in your life? Or perhaps you need a little fashion celebrity pick-me-up yourself? Well, you're in luck. A German photographer is selling genuine Kate Moss hair extensions, fresh from the model's head, on Ebay. Apparently Moss lost the hunk of hair when trying to escape the paparazzi, and this enterprising photog scooped in and scored the extension. The auction appears to be for charity (a blurb on the auction site reads, "THE MORE MONEY THAT COMES TOGETHER: THE MORE CHILDREN THAT WE OR YOU WILL HELP TO GET A DRUG FREE LIFE!!!!!") but considering the seller's day job we're not totally convinced. And yes -- we realize maybe that's a case of the pot calling the kettle black, but while we may be guilty of many indiscretions in the name of gossip, hiding in bushes waiting for the chance to snatch a handful of famous fake hair is not one of them.
-- NOAH MICHELSON
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