Lady Gaga has opened up about the backstage meltdown which saw her crying on camera before she took to the stage at a show in New York, explaining she was "nervous" and found the experience "overwhelming".

The 25-year-old singer was seen breaking down in tears in documentary footage recorded in her dressing room at Manhattan's famous Madison Square Garden venue.

She wept as she opened up about her insecurities, saying, "I still sometimes feel like a loser kid in high school. I gotta (sic) pick myself up and I have to tell myself that I'm a superstar every morning so that I can get throu...

Christina Aguilera sat down with Ellen Degeneres today to discuss her new show, her love life and her flub of the national anthem at this year's Super Bowl back in February.

But the singer is over her little mishap now and ready to move on with her new show The Voice, which debuts tonight on NBC.

Reflecting on her shining moment in front of millions of people on live TV, Christina tells Ellen, "I took in the moment a little bit too much... shoot me for appreciating the moment... but I was like, here I am at the Super Bowl, singing for a team and in front of, you know, the world."

The sin...

Robert Pattinson ran out of underwear while shooting the last "Twilight" movie "Eclipse" and had to wear boxer briefs gifted to him by chat show host Ellen DeGeneres.

The British hunk picked up a pair of Ellen pants when he was a guest on her show and when he found himself without a clean pair to wear for one fight scene - and he admits his trousers kept slipping down to reveal the "Ellen" waistband.

Appearing on DeGeneres' show on Wednesday, the actor told the comedienne, "I save your ones (underwear) for special occasions, so they very rarely get brought out.

"I was doing the last Twil...

Pia Toscano was on The Ellen Degeneres Show to talk about her untimely departure from American Idol - but Ellen Degeneres couldn't help herself from asking about Pia's alleged boyfriend, Dancing with the Stars pro Mark Ballas!

"I'm so angry, I really don't understand it," Ellen said. "I think you have such an amazing voice."

Pia responded, "The night before I said to my parents, 'I don't know why - I have this feeling that I'm gonna be at the bottom tomorrow. So don't be upset.' And sure enough I was. I just had a feeling the entire time that it could be my time to go."

"I hope people ...

Hayden Panettiere is often left blushing by fans' interest in her personal life.

Hayden, 5'2" tall, is dating boxing giant Wladimir Klitschko, who stands at 6'6", and she admits the little-and-large factor appears to fascinate the public - especially when it comes to their sex life.

She explains, "He is quite a big bigger than me and I get the prudish people coming up to me [saying], 'Does it work?' I'm like, 'Yeah... we find a way.' Where there's a will, there's a way."

Appearing on Tuesday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, the actress adds, "They're very conservative people most of the time; the...

Katie Holmes isn't always the best bed partner for husband Tom Cruise - because she insists on wearing a facemask between the sheets.

The actress admits her beauty comes with a price - and her husband suffers more than most men.

Appearing on Friday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Batman Begins star revealed, "SK2 does these masks that are in a little package. It's white and you stick it on and then it kind of goes into your skin the whole night to the point where in the morning it's kind of dry and yucky and you just pull that part off and you're hydrated.

"I said (to Tom) I apologize but it...

TV/radio host Carson Daly has voiced his anger after Britney Spears' representatives made a series of "insane" demands ahead of a planned chat with the pop star, insisting he is "shocked" she is not allowed to "do a normal interview."

The Toxic hit-maker is currently promoting her new album, Femme Fatale, and she was scheduled to sit down for a talk with Carson on 97.1 AMP Radio this week.

Carson has now revealed Spears' managers demanded the interview be pre-recorded and submitted for their approval - and he's taken to the internet to fume about the move, insisting the singer's reps are ...

Heart Performing On The Ellen Degeneres Show On March 29 In Support Of The Current "Night At Sky Church" DVD And Blu-ray Disc

“What About Love” Will Be Performed During The Telecast and

“These Dreams” Will Be Put On The Ellen Website.

LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2011—Ann and Nancy Wilson will bring their rock band Heart to the Ellen DeGeneres Show on March 29 (airdate.) They will perform “What About Love” and “These Dreams,” the latter will be featured on the Ellen website, both are on the Legacy Recordings, Night At Sky Church, a new full-length concert film from the ground-breaking Seat...

Actor Ryan Phillippe dreads having his love life splashed across the tabloids, because he faces tough questioning from his sick mother whenever she reads a new rumor.

The Cruel Intentions star has been linked to Amanda Seyfried in recent months and he admits his mom Susan is always quizzing him for information about the gossip - even when she's ill.

He tells Ellen DeGeneres, "My mother, who recently had surgery, she's not in the best of health. She's recovering. She spends all day in front of the computer. Every other day or so, I'll see her name come up on the (phone) caller ID and pre...

A lock of Justin Bieber's hair sold for a whopping $40,668 on eBay today, all of which will be donated to charity.

The clipped hair, which the "Baby" singer gave to talk show host Ellen Degeneres last week as a belated birthday gift, was put up on the auction site to raise funds for The Gentle Barn, a California animal rescue center.

The winning bidder will also get to attend Ellen's show the next time Bieber's booked to appear on it.

Ellen Tweeted her gratitude to Bieber earlier today, saying "Thanks @JustinBieber! My birthday gift raised over $40,000 for @GentleBarn. How fast can you g...

Bids for a single lock of Justin Bieber's hair have reached $7,000 (at press time) in an online auction.

The pop superstar cut his famous hair over the weekend and he is offering his locks to various charities in an effort to help them raise money.

And one lot has already proven to be a big success on eBay.com.

The hair up for grabs on the auction site was given to chat show host Ellen Degeneres during a taping of her show on Tuesday.

Bieber told DeGeneres, "I'm giving pieces of it (hair) to different people. We're doing something special. We want you to donate it to whatever charity yo...

Justin Bieber guested on Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show on Wednesday bearing a gift, making a superfan's day, and wearing a pair of purple 'Ellen' branded underpants.

The "Baby" singer also joined the host and British singer James Blunt to speculate what Lady Gaga new single, "Born This Way," will sound like.

The new Gaga song doesn't debut on the radio until Friday and the three stars shared their thoughts on what it's going to sound like - based only on the song's lyrics, which were released January 27th by Gaga via her TwitLonger page.

Ellen kicked things off by playing piano and ...

Jennifer Aniston convinced celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to tone down his "mean" comments after confronting him during a chance meeting at a gas station.

The showbiz writer vowed to stop taking aim at particular celebrities on his infamous website after a spate of teenagers committed suicide across America last year as a result of high school bullying.

Hilton appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show and promised to stop posting jibes at stars, and Aniston reveals it was her stand-off with the blogger which prompted him to change.

The Friends star tells DeGeneres, "I ran into Perez Hilton in...

Romantic Jennifer Love Hewitt is so eager to wed she has already picked out her Tiffany rings. The actress admits she has selected three bands at the top jewelers in the hope it will make her future husband's choice easier.

Appearing on Tuesday's Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hewitt says, "I feel like I'm doing the guy a favor. I feel women are very confusing. We never know what we want and we're not very good at nailing that down for them, and I feel like I don't want to be upset if he picks a bad ring."

And the actress reveals she lets her man know about the rings whenever a relationship is g...

Pop star P!nk was devastated when details of her pregnancy leaked to the press early - because her parents heard the happy news on the radio.

The singer is expecting her first child with husband Carey Hart, and baby rumors surfaced online at the beginning of the month before she had told her close friends and family.

And Pink admits she subsequently chose to go public with her pregnancy news on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, after her parents found out through the press.

She tells Britain's The Sun, "We wanted to wait and not talk about it for a while. But the world started talking about i...

Madonna has offered up a practical solution to stamp out bullying - she's encouraging fans to give up gossip for one day to eradicate cruel teasing.

The Papa Don't Preach singer has spoken out against bullying after a number of American teens allegedly ended their lives over hateful taunts from classmates. Madonna is convinced students can eradicate the problem if they stop gossiping about their peers, and she is urging everyone to try it for one day.

Appearing via satellite on The Ellen DeGeneres show, she says, "I think it would be interesting for everybody to try one simple experimen...

Justin Bieber has fallen victim to online bullies since he shot to fame, but he's determined not to let the vicious jibes get him down.

The Baby hit-maker opened up about his bullying experiences during a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and he told the presenter he tries to brush off the hateful comments with humor.

He says, "Everybody goes through bullying. Everybody has, even me. On my YouTube page there are so many haters. They just say crazy stuff. Like, I'm not mad. I'm 16 years old and I don't have chest hair and I'm not angry about it at the moment. That will come. People are...

David Beckham and Ellen Degeneres decided to play a prank on a masseuse when he stopped by Ellen's show. The masseuse was shocked that her next client was David, but that was nothing compared to his bizarre behavior!

Beckham wore an earpiece during the encounter so that Ellen could feed him funny things for him to say and do. After convincing the woman to "connect energetically," he insists that she doesn't use thumbs during the massage, and then sings the Birthday Song while she works on his back!

David gets props for being able to keep a straight face despite the ridiculous things he ...

Greyson Chance probably didn't think he would be performing in front of a national TV audience with a record contract when a video of him playing Lady Gaga's Paparazzi hit the web.

Millions of YouTube hits later, Greyson will appear on Ellen Degeneres' show today at 4 PM to debut his single "Waiting Outside the Lines" for record label eleveneleven.

Here's the video, via PopEater:

Lady Gaga called her protégé "sweet and talented." She added, "I'm so excited that you covered Paparazzi... Just keep following your dreams and work really hard and stay away from g...

Kanye West was on Ellen Degeneres' show to talk about his new album and how his life has drastically changed since his infamous incident with Taylor Swift last year. On a lighter note, he also got to show off some "teeth bling!"

Kanye says of the fallout from the Taylor Swift incident: "I left America. I stopped doing music all together. It was the first time that I got to stop since my mom had passed. I had never stopped and never tried to even soak in what all had happened.

"It was time to take a break and develop more as a person as a creator and focus more on my thoughts and my idea...

Harry Hamlin has fired back at reports the break-in at the Los Angeles clothing store he owns with his wife Lisa Rinna was a publicity stunt for the couple's new reality show and books.

The TV stars were promoting their new show "Harry Loves Lisa" and their books on a New York breakfast show when they first received word their store Belle Gray had been burgled in the early hours of Monday.

Hamlin actually took the call from an assistant while he was on air on TV news show "Today," and revealed $100,000 of goods had been stolen.

The media was immediately cautious to report the tale becaus...

Jenny McCarthy has joined the bullying debate after hearing about a spate of school suicides, brought on by years of teen torment - revealing she was once the target of thugs.

The sexy star recently "evaluated" her own years of torment in Chicago, Illinois after reading up about the tragedies of Seth Walsh, Asher Walker, Billy Lucas and Justin Aaberg, who all took their lives rather than face the bullies ruining their lives - and she realized she was once just like them.

Recalling the terror of her abusive youth on Tuesday's Ellen DeGeneres Show in America, McCarthy said, "I would have gi...

Rap newcomer Nicki Minaj has reached out to her gay fans and urged them to stand up to bullies, insisting suicide is "never the answer."

The "Your Love" hitmaker was left devastated after learning of four separate incidents in which gay American teenagers had taken their own lives after being bullied for their sexual preferences.The tragic death of one boy, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, hit the headlines this week when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey after his roommate allegedly videotaped him having sex with another male and posted the footage on t...

Former E.R. star Maura Tierney is laughing through her breast cancer battle, insisting her new boobs feel like Gummy Bears.

The actress has undergone breast reconstruction surgery - and she's more than happy with the results.

Speaking out about the work she has had done for the first time, Tierney tells talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, "I had to get reconstruction done and there are different kinds of breast implants these days. I don't know if you know, but there is standard silicon and there is something called a Gummy Bear.

"They have a sour patch one too... No, but they're different c...

Former "Ally McBeal" and "Arrested Development" star Portia De Rossi has changed her name again to officially become Mrs. DeGeneres.

The Aussie actress, who was born Amanda Lee Rogers, adopted the name Portia de Rossi when she first became a model - years before arriving in Hollywood.

A Los Angeles judge granted the actress official permission to change her name in court on Thursday.

She'll now be known as Portia Lee James DeGeneres.

The actress married comedienne-turned-TV personality Ellen Degeneres in 2008.

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Selena Gomez was on the Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday, where she shared an "awful" pre-performance secret that she learned from Kelly Clarkson.

In a magazine interview, Clarkson said that she drinks a bit of olive oil before every show, and Gomez decided to copy the advice. She claims to go through the ritual in preparation for every show. "It's awful," she told Ellen DeGeneres. "You let it go down and it coats your throat. I gag every time."

Selena was then asked what her relationship with Justin Bieber. She responded with an incredulous "What?" before seeing a photo on a nearby scre...

We spotted Paris Hilton and her new pet named Mugsy shopping together at Petro Zillia in Beverly Hills on Monday. We just can't decide which one has the prettier mug - Paris or her pug!

Paris has famously been the owner of a wide assortment of animals, including a kinkajou, monkey, mini pig, and parrot. She admitted on the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" that she owns 17 dogs.

The reality star/socialite hopes to launch her own chain of hotels. She is the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the tycoon who founded the international Hilton Hotels brand.

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Robert Pattinson showed off his new buzz haircut on The Ellen DeGeneres show. He cut his famous locks for Depression-era movie Water for Elephants.

He joked, "It's three days old. I got a terrible infestation of nits [lice] and had to shave it all off."

The talk show host then ran a contest for a fan in the audience. An Australian flight attendant was tasked with finding Pattinson out of a line up - by touch alone. She chose the wrong man, but was given a kiss on the cheek by the Twilight star anyway.

Robert then showed off a few clips of Twilight: Eclipse, which heads to theaters June 3...

The latest internet sensation and YouTube phenom is a 12 year old sixth grader from Olkahoma named Greyson Chance. A video of the boy was posted on YouTube from an April 12 school talent show where he plays piano and performs Lady Gaga's hit song "Paparazzi."

At last count the video has seen some 8 million views and that didn't go unnoticed by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." He appeared on the show Thursday and told Ellen he's "never taken a voice lesson and that Lady Gaga is probably his number one inspiration." Later in the program Lady Gaga called in to give him some advice. "Be focused," s...

After scoring four smash singles off her five-million-selling 2008 debut album "One of the Boys," two-time Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Katy Perry returns to set airwaves ablaze with a scorching brand-new single "California Gurls," which ignited radio with a surprise release on May 7. The single is now available for sale digitally worldwide.

An irresistible, hook-filled clarion call to throw on Daisy Dukes and a bikini top, "California Gurls" will "melt your popsicle," Katy assures us in this party anthem of the summer. The sizzling track - a fresh evolution of Perry's witty, sas...