UPDATE - M.I.A. MAY HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR FINGER 'MISHAP': If NBC gets fined for rapper M.I.A.'s middle finger gesture during MADONNA'S Super Bowl Halftime performance, she may have to foot the bill. TMZ is reporting that M.I.A. signed a contract that specified she'd be responsible for any fine related to her performance, not NBC or the NFL.

While the NFL and NBC issued apologies shortly after the incident on Sunday, M.I.A. continues to remain mum about it, but a "source close" to her "who is not authorized to speak on the record" told Headline News M.I.A. "feels horrible for putting Madonna in that position. She was amped up and in performance mode...and [the] adrenaline took over."

The source adds that the "mishap" was not meant "as a statement of any kind."

Meanwhile ... The British tabloid "Sun" is claiming that Madonna is "livid" at M.I.A. for upstaging her. According to their source, Madge is upset that, quote, "everyone ended up talking about this girl's middle finger."

GISELE BUNDCHEN STANDS BY HER MAN, INSULTS PATRIOTS' RECEIVERS: GISELE BUNDCHEN is getting a ton of heat for defending husband TOM BRADY at the expense of the Patriots' receivers following New England's Super Bowl loss Sunday.

As Gisele was making her way through Lucas Oil Stadium after the game, the supermodel was heckled a New York Giants fans who yelled out "Eli rules, Eli owns your husband."

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Although she didn't comment directly to the heckler, she leaned over to the friend next to her and semi-whispered, "You (have) to catch the ball when you're supposed to catch the ball. My husband cannot f****ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time."


Unfortunately for Gisele, there were cameras on her, and her words are now being percieved as her taking a pretty hard swipe at the Patriots' receivers.

TMZ says Tom's teammates are ticked off, because Gisele violated a, quote, "code of brotherhood" and the gossip site is now calling her the ‘Yoko Ono of the Patriots.’ I think that means that when she sings it sounds like somebody is strangling a cat. No?

I don’t think she wasn't trashing his teammates; so much as she was defending her husband. It's not like she was being interviewed, or like she posted this on Twitter or Facebook She probably never meant for these remarks to go public. She said them in the heat of the moment, and someone happened to be taping her.

But Tricia thinks standing up for your man is one thing. Doing it at the expense of his teammates is another. What say you? Discuss.

COULD BE TRUE, COULD BE CRAP - RUSSELL BRAND PERSUING ZOEY DESHANEL:According to OK! Magazine, RUSSELL BRAND has his sights set on "New Girl" star ZOEY DESCHANEL. In fact, the pair have supposedly been corresponding over text message for weeks.

A source tells the tab, "He's been in contact, asking to meet up. He thinks she's hysterically funny and cute, too. He loves her quirky sense of humor. There seems to be a spark there. Zooey doesn't know whether she'll meet up with Russell yet. She's still recovering from the breakdown of her own marriage."

KELLY CLARKSON IS 'FINE' WITH HER WEIGHT: KELLY CLARKSON knows you're making fun of her weight, but that's cool. She doesn't care. She's happy and that's all she cares about.

In an interview with 'Think', Kelly said, "When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You have a problem with it. I don't. I'm fine!' Sometimes I eat more, sometimes I play more. I do it totally for my psyche. And I also love food, so there's a payoff."

QUOTE/UNQUOTE: "I...destroy men on a weekly basis. It's like a hobby. I'm like a praying mantis. They (eff) me, and then I eat them." - KE$HA, in an interview with 'Glamour.'

SNAPSHOT: LEANN RIMES and KIM KARDASHIAN chitchat after attending Life Change Community Church services together in Agoura Hills, California over the weekend.

Is that even proper religious service attire?  Discuss.