Welcome to the Ye Olde Morrissey Roundup, because the ex-Smiths singer has had quite a week. According to The Huffington Post, the vegetarian votary called Madonna “McDonna,” then blew off a Jimmy Kimmel appearance after he learned that the cast of the hunting show “Duck Dynasty” would be on. He followed that up by asking Paul McCartney to denounce his knighthood and calling out Beyonce for carrying handbags made from animal skin. Read More

Actor and barfly Sean Penn has a very candid interview in the upcoming issue of Esquire. Without naming either of his former wives — Madonna and Robin Wright — Penn pulled no punches in a discussion of his love life. Read More

‘Girls” creator Lena Dunham has made an ad for President Barack Obama, and it’s sending shockwaves through the right. “Appalled,” “pathetic” and “disgusted” were used by various pundits to describe the spot that likens young people’s first time voting for Obama to losing one’s virginity. In the video, called “My First Time,” Dunham says, “You want to do it with a great guy. It should be with a guy with beautiful … somebody who really cares about and understands women.” Read More

Madonna reportedly has a “sterilization team” cleaning up after her on her world tour, to obliterate any traces of the “MDNA” singer’s — wait for it — DNA. “We cannot even look at the dressing room, after it is ready, or even open the door,” a Portuguese concert promoter reportedly told the U.K.’s Daily Mirror. “We can only enter after her sterilization team has left the room. There will not be any of Madonna’s DNA, any hair, or anything. They will clean up everything.” Read More