TAYLOR Swift proved she’s not a lady to be messed with during her skit on last night’s Saturday Night Live.

In her opening monologue as a guest host, Swift took aim at ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas, who famously dumped her over the telephone.

And the Love Story hitmaker couldn’t resist a dig at controversial rapper Kanye West – who infamously hijacked her big moment at the MTV VMAS.

“I like writing songs about douchebags who cheat on me, but I’m not gonna talk about that in my monologue,” Swift sad. “I like writing their names into songs so they’re ashamed to go in public, but I’m not gonna say that in my monologue.

“You might think I’d bring up Joe — that guy who broke up with me on the phone, but I’m not gonna mention him, in my monologue.

“You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye and how he ran up on the stage and ruined my VMA… But there’s nothing more to say cause everything’s ok — I’ve got security lining the stage.”

Taylor — who is rumoured to be dating 17-year-old Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner — took to her Twitter account earlier this week to reveal her fears that she’ll have “a heart attack” when she makes her presenting debut.

“Starting the SNL process I kinda feel like I might have a heart attack or pass out in the pitch meeting. I’m that excited.(sic)” she wrote on the social-networking site.

HERE’S Angelina Jolie starring as Evelyn Salt — a U.S. interrogator accused of being a Russian sleeper spy — in her new movie, Salt.

The flick — which also stars Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Daniel Olbrychski — hits movie theaters in July 2010. (more…)

TAYLOR Swift ribs Kanye West in her skit for this week’s Saturday Night Live.

According to MTV News, Swift says in an SNL promo that she’ll be the host, only to hear cast member Bill Hader tell her, “Whoops, Kanye West just called. He thinks Beyoncé should host instead.”

He quickly adds, “Funny, huh?” The joke plays on West halting Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV awards to say that Beyoncé should have won. (more…)

RAPPER N’fa Forster-Jones has released a music video Heath Ledger directed shortly before his death.

The Aussie musician — a boyhood friend of the tragic actor — post the 3 minute, 31 second-clip for his song Cause An Effect on his YouTube and MySpace pages on Thursday, along with a video in which he explains how the project came about.

The Dark Night star Ledger — who died aged 28 in New York from an accidental drug overdose in January 2008 — shot a handful of videos for low-profile artists he liked.

Forster-Jones said the video was shot in one day in the garage of Ledger’s beachside apartment.

“He gave me a call one morning, as he often did at crazy hours, and he’s like, ‘N’fa, I’ve got this idea for a video,’” the rapper says in the online posting.

“He was basically running around directing me each shot,” he said. “It was a really cool day.”

“Every day I count my blessings that I got to have him direct this piece of art,” he said.

The video was first shown at a collection of Ledger’s work at the Rome Film Festival earlier this month.

SUPERSTARS Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed their amazing single, Empire State Of Mind, in front of a sell-out crowd at the Yankees Stadium to kick off game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night (October 29).

Wearing a Yankees hat and jacket, Jay-Z sang to a stadium of fans that continued to cheer even when the Brooklyn-born rapper chanted, “I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.” (more…)

WHITNEY Houston silenced her critics with a stunning performance on X Factor Italy on Wednesday night.

The pop superstar gave a sparkling rendition of her new single Million Dollar Bill. Whitney was also presented with an award commemorating her album, I Look To You, going Gold in Italy. (more…)

POP superstar Whitney Houston performed on the UK’s X Factor on Sunday night.

The comeback queen belted out Million Dollar Bill, which is from her neeew album I Look to You. (more…)

Here’s video footage of Bleeding Love singer Leona Lewis being punched at a book signing in London Wednesday.

The X Factor winner was autographing copies of her new book Dreams at a shop in London’s Piccadilly district when the 6ft 5ins man attacked her. (more…)

Amy Winehouse made her TV comeback Saturday night — on Strictly Come Dancing, which is the UK equivalent of Dancing With The Stars.

The Rehab singer performed as a backing singer for her 13-year-old goddaughter Dionne Bromfield, who was pretty good! Dionne has signed to Amy’s own record label.

Amy, 25, reportedly spent $70,000 on a boob before stepping in front of the camera.

Meanwhile, it has been announced that Winehouse will be releasing an album next year.

Darcus Beese, the co-president of her record label Island, said Friday that she is working on tracks for her follow-up album to Back To Black, which sold 10 million copies when it came out three years ago.

“I’ve heard a couple of song demos that absolutely floored me,” Beese said.

“Hopefully we’ll have her album next year.”

Dionne is scheduled to release her first album which features covers of classic soul records on October 12.

Madonna and Lady GaGa wowed America with their performance on Saturday Night Live last night.

The pop superstars performed a synchronized dance-off, dressed in matching black lingerie and knee-high boots, as part of a comedy skit for the show. (more…)