Joined by girlfriends Cassie and Amber Rose, Nicki Minaj celebrated her 26th birthday at at Tao Nightclub in Las Vegas on Thursday, December 9. In related news, the Your Love singer recently opened up about her life in her new documentary My Time Now. She said: “This film is my heart and soul- the visual component to Pink Friday. My fans are the most incredible humans on this planet. Words could never translate my gratitude. Thank you for standing by me. It’s our time now.”

Natalie Portman covers and does a beautiful spread for the upcoming, January issue of Vogue – on stands December 21st. Pictures, interview highlights and behid-the-scenes-video after the jump!

On her lesbian scene in Black Swan: “Lesbian scenes, sex scenes, they're all over the place!But because it's me, people are shocked. I see the value of a good-girl persona—it's so easy to subvert it!”

On being in favor of vulgar: “There's a difference between being in a bra and underpants as an object on a men's-magazine cover and playing yourself—a woman with desires and needs who loves and laughs with her friends—in a bra and underpants. You become an object if you simply put it out there. Most movies are made by men, it's totally natural that they're going to present their worldview, so we're trying to find more women who are writers and directors who are expressing their worldview. Did you see Tiny Furniture? Lena Dunham wrote, directed, and starred in it; she's 23, and it is just amazing. She walks around in her underwear for the whole movie; it's harsh. She's the subject, she's not the object, and it's beautiful—that's the kind of thing we need more of.”

Here’s Demi Lovato and her dancers taking pics of her mighty cleavage. This was leaked today, but apparently more pics are on the way. Isn’t she your favorite Disney girl now?

Scarlett Johansson, 26, and her husband of two years Ryan Reynolds, 34, have split up. “After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we’ve decided to end our marriage. We entered our relationship with love and it’s with love and kindness we leave it. While privacy isn’t expected, it’s certainly appreciated,” they said in a joint statement.
“At first it was … let’s fix this. And then it got to the point where it was just, if it’s not working, it’s not working. He’s an adult, and he finally just said they should stop,” a source told Us.
As for rumors saying Reynolds was cheating with costar Blake Lively, sources insist it isn’t true: “They worked together and got along really well. But there’s not more to it.”