Divas Make the Scene in Splitsville

Surely. 32--year-old Britney Spears must believe all men are pigs by now or at least be questioning her taste in them. TMZ broke the news that traveled worldwide in a nanosecond that the singer dumped her latest boy toy, David Lucado, after a video surfaced of him "making out with a woman and dancing with her." It was also reported in Star magazine that lothario Lucado was seen pawing, and dancing all night with, another woman at a club in West Hollywood.  It's Britney, bitch! And she doesn't like the disrespect. Who can blame her?

While Brit posted "Ahhhh, the single life!" on Twitter, a representative for Lucado stated that the ex-bf is still "very much" in love with the superstar and hopes to get back together with her. Good luck, pal!

This all comes very shortly after news that Mariah Cary filed for divorce from husband Nick Cannon after discovering Nick was engaging in some extramarital activities, namely with two mistresses. Carey, reportedly devastated, wasted no time in seeking a divorce from the cad. Unrepentant and defiant, the loose Cannon claimed that as far as he was concerned, his marriage with Mariah was a mirage, as it was, in his opinion, "already over." Cheeky!

Ah, my divas! Too often you are victims of the very songs you sing, to paraphrase Candi Staton. All those adoring fans but can't find a man to love you as you know you deserve.

It ain''t over until the diva sings it's been said. Well, Britney and Mariah have just belted it out, boys. So, go, go out the door, don't turn around now, you're not welcome anymore. Do you hear your swan song?

Remembering Joan Fontaine

The belief that celebrity deaths come in threes played out once more this weekend when the light went out for movie stars Peter O'Toole, Joan Fontaine and Tom (Billy Jack) Laughlin.

Silver screen icon Joan Fontaine, born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, has passed away of natural causes at age 96. She is survived by sister and rival Olivia de Havilland. She received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her starring role in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940). ("Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.") She also had the title role in Jane Eyre. How Gothic Romance can one lady get? She practically cornered the market! Joan Fontaine won the Oscar for Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941) and was the only leading lady to do so in a Hitchcock film.

Joan's last theatrical starring role was in the Hammer horror film, The Witches, released in the USA as The Devil's Own (1966). It's actually a cult favorite of mine and Joan was, at middle age, still playing demure damsels in distress ~ and pulling it off!  She even appeared in a 1937 film called Damsel in Distress, for crying out loud!

In 1939, she impressed audiences as the bashful, doe-eyed Mrs John Day in George Cukor's The Women, holding her own against a stellar cast including Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell and Norma Shearer.

Her sibling rivalry with sister Olivia de Havilland is legendary dish. Apparently, it started in childhood when Olivia would cut up her frocks that were to be hand-me-downs to her younger sister, forcing Joan to sew them back together. Joan felt their mother always favored Olivia. Both sisters went on to win Academy Awards. But tensions in their relationship came to a boil in 1942 when Fontaine won the award for her role in Suspicion over de Havilland's performance in Hold Back the Dawn.

In a 1978 interview, Fontaine told the press, “I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, she’ll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!” Livvy must be livid! You beat her to it again, Joan. Congratulations and RIP.