Avril Lavigne is releasing her first fragrance, Black Star, soon! And she wants all of her loyal fans to check it out first!  Here’s how you can do that:

Take the code m6s51 and enter it on the website www.avril-lavigne-perfumes.com.  This will take you into Black Star’s secret behind-the-scenes website!  Be sure to register for the website because the code is only good for entering the site.  As soon as you register, you can collect “Black Star points” and win cool prices and maybe a chance to meet Avril!

Wow!  That sounds pretty AWESOME!  Head over to that site now!

Uh-oh. The rumors are starting again.  The ones about Avril Lavigne and husband Deryck Whibley splitting up.  This time, the press is making a big deal about the fact that Deryck appeared out in public the other night but was hiding his left hand - with his wedding ring finger - in his pocket the entire time.  Now, this could just be because his hand was cold or that’s how he felt like walking around or some publicity for Sum 41’s tour/upcoming album and Avril’s new perfume.  It could also be that he really was hiding the fact that his wedding ring wasn’t on.  Who knows?  Anyway, here’s the picture:

What do you guys think?

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Deryck Whibley, Steve Jocz, and Cone McCaslin aka Sum 41 were at the Hoodwinked Festival in New Jersey on May 1, where they covered all Metallica songs in a tribute.  Here is their cover of Metallica’s “Master of the Puppets”.  According to Deryck (Avril Lavigne’s husband), the band was “a little drunk” when they performed this at the end of the show in the pouring rain.  Sounds like a recipe for fun! (Video 1 here, Video 2 here.)

Avril Lavigne must have toured with the Black Eyed Peas back in 2005 when they were promoting their album “Monkey Business” because I came across this photo accidentally while looking thru some photos labeled “Black Eyed Peas”!  This photo was taken of Avril performing on stage in Milan, Italy at the very end of May 2005.  Is that her friend/original guitar player Evan Taubenfeld with her?

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On Friday, we told you about Avril Lavigne’s wish for all of you to check out the new single from her good friend and former guitarist Evan Taubenfeld.  We did some digging and found this video of Evan singing an acoustic version of the single, “Boy Meets Girl” live on tour back in April.  So now you have to check it out!

Avril Lavigne updated her blog yet again, this time to tell everyone to check out her friend Evan Taubenfeld’s new single, called “Boy Meets Girl”.  Evan was Avril’s first guitar player and his done a lot of music videos with her.  You can listen to “Boy Meets Girl” on Evan Taubenfeld’s MySpace page, which is right here: http://www.myspace.com/evantaubenfeld

His record comes out in August.

Attention Twilight fans!  We’ve come across this tribute video to Twilight actor Taylor Lautner, who plays the character of Jacob Black.  Jacob is the best friend of Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart) and romantic foil to Edward Cullen (played, of course, by Robert Pattinson).  This video is set to Avril Lavigne’s song, “I Don’t Give”.  If you have any fan videos you’ve made on YouTube set to an Avril Lavigne song, send it in to us and we’ll be happy to play it on Avril Groupie!

That being said, here’s the video:

Avril Lavigne shot a brand new commercial for her clothing line Abbey Dawn, sold exclusively at Kohl’s.  Here’s a little behind-the-scenes sneak peak at the filming of the commercial, as well as Avril being silly on a break:

Avril Lavigne threw out the first pitch at the Toronto Blue Jay’s game Wednesday night.  We’ll try to hunt down some pictures, but here’s the video of her interview afterwards with some footage of the toss:

Congratulations, Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley!  The couple has made Zimbio.com’s list of 100 Hottest Celebrity Couples!

Avril and Deryck rank #73 on the list, which ranks celebrities based on four categories: Success, Attractiveness, Popularity, and Staying Power.  Zimbio.com has used real numbers and stats to get these rankings, looking at things like how much money a couple earns, how many magazine covers they are on, Google search numbers, horoscope signs, etc.

Here is what the magazine has to say about Avril & Deryck in the “Success” category:

Success.
Avril Lavigne is one of the best-selling artists in the US, having sold around 30 million albums globally. She’s also dabbled in her own clothing line called Abbey Dawn, her own fragrance, and several film and television appearances. In 2007, Forbes listed her among their 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars, estimating her 2006-07 salary at $12 million. As the frontman for the band Sum 41, Whibley has a few platinum and gold records under his belt, so he’s probably doing just fine. Their combined wealth in 2008 totalled around $18 million! Not bad for the under-30 celebs.

Definitely check out the article and see how else Avril & Deryck rank on the list in the other categories.  Then when you’re finished, check out the entire article so you can see how everyone else ranks! (Spoiler Alert: Brad & Angie are of course in the top spot!)

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