Lily Allen had a smile for her escort when she arrived in Paris this morning from London, but quickly turned shy and unhappy as the paps spotted her and began to flag her down for her photo. We see a lot of these photos, celebrities assuming they are having a normal moment only to discover that they are “back at work” again having their photo taken to be splashed all over the Internet. Then jerks like me make a photo gallery out of it and a bunch of people comment on it. Crazy world we’re living in, huh? But anyway, I felt kinda bad for Lils when I saw these pictures because I know at this point she’s just dealing with it. A few years back ago she would have assaulted the cameramen or put a cigarette out on their face or something. Now she knows this is just what she’s gotta deal with.

Bad news to report today.  Lily Allen is giving up music.  She’s been under a lot of fire lately for her views on file sharing (she’s against illegal file shares but does illegal file sharing), but I don’t know if that’s related to her decision to stop.  She wrote on her blog, ”Just so you know, I have not renegotiated my record contract and have no plans to make another record (applause).  I do however remain a fan of new music, so this is not some selfish crusade.”

For the sake of all the Lily fans out there, let’s hope this is just some sort of launching pad for her “Lily is Back!” 2010 concert tour.  The Stones do it, Cher does it, Barbra Streisand does it, and it works!  It’s a shake down that sells lots of tickets but usually it’s done by people who’ve been in the music biz for decades.  Lily is still so young!

In unrelated news, guess who’s not going anywhere?  Melrose Place.  The CW has just ordered up six more episodes, undoubtedly to accommodate Heather Locklear’s impending arrival.

Lily Allen stripped down to nothing when she heard she was awarded “Woman of the Year” by the UK’s version of GQ. The singer was recently signed to Storm Modeling Agency (just like her partner in crime, Kate Moss), so who knows if our future holds even more topless Lily pics. I know that most of you can’t stand Ms. Allen, but I am a huge fan of both her singing and her looks. The girl has a sense of personal style both on and off stage. Most of the NSFW spread can be checked out in the gallery below.

“The drinking is taking its toll and making her take silly risks.  Her record company was furious about the bad publicity she’s been getting recently and she’s been told to get her act together. Lily’s always contrite afterwards and filled with horror at what she might’ve done while she was drunk. She’s joked that she likes drink, but it doesn’t like her – and that’s true. Her outrageous behaviour also extends to her love life. She’ll hook up with anyone when she’s drunk.”

A “friend” of Lily Allen’s, expressing concern over the singer’s apparent issues with alcohol.

You know that you’ve spent too much time researching celebrities when you start to recognize their re-dos of outfits.  Lily Allen is currently really into a black and white tunic that’s spending time in her closet.

She wore it on June 22nd to Nobu.

She wore it on July 1st walking on the streets of London.

She wore it — kinda — last night at the MontreuxJazz Festival in Switzerland.

Someone, get this girl some new clothes!  Preferably, something that fits!

Lily Allen dined at Nobu in London last night donning a platinum blond wig.  Why do celebs wear Frisbee-sized sunglasses and completely obvious wigs when trying to appear incognito?  It’s like saying “I’m pretending I don’t want to be detected but I’m so relieved all the paps that my publicist called are here!”

In the new music video for her single, Fuck You (Very Much) Lily gives the figurative finger to homophobes, warhawks, and racists. And she makes me giggle.

Lily Allen lets it all hang out while sunbathing in France this weekend.

For the full set of pictures, check out the Evil Beet Photo Gallery.

Also new in the Photo Gallery today:

Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson Vacation in Paris
Madonna and Boyfriend Jesus Luz Hold Hands and Stroll Through NYC
Rihanna Catches the NBA Playoffs at a Bar in London

I took the suggestions you guys left in the comments and made it so that you can flip through the photos in the galleries one by one rather than always having to return to the main page to view another. I’m trying to come up with ways to get you guys lots of the photos you love without skimping on the actual news, so please leave feedback as to how these galleries are working for you and any changes/improvements you’d suggest.

“Cubed” means to the third power, right?  Because I need to make sure that I’m using the right mathematical term to define the insanity that occurred last night at the Wiltern in Hollywood.  Lily Allen did a cover of Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” and danced with Lindsay Lohan.  I’m sorry, But Lily Allen and Lindsay Lohan singing and dancing to Britney Spears?  That is, just…tri-fuckery.

Oh, poor Lily.

We’re all so focused on Britney’s tour and Paris’s new romance and Lindsay’s new sunless tanner and who the hell is paying attention to Lily Allen right now?

We’ve been neglectful, folks, and now Lily is acting out.

When the paparazzi accidentally slammed into her car yesterday, Lily jumped out, threw a water bottle at one of them and then slugged another.

I’m sure Lily has a lot of regrets about this — mainly, that she didn’t have an umbrella handy.

Am I honestly supposed to feel sympathy for someone whose talent has recently been overshadowed by their own third “nipple”?

Lily Allen is claiming that she is a victim of the credit crunch. Times are SO hard she was forced to sell her BMW. She is totally keeping the Jamaican beach she purchased while drunk though.

Although her second album, It’s Not Me, It’s You, went to No.1 last month, as did her latest single, The Fear, it seems Lily isn’t rolling in it.

She laughed: “I had to sell my car because I’m so broke. I bought it last year and that was probably my biggest extravagance. Clothes, too. I’m always buying clothes.”

When your emergency financial decision is ‘do I sell my luxury vehicle or my private beach?’ you are not broke, and as someone who was, at times actual-2-dollars-in-my-bank-account broke in college I resent the implication that we’re on the same level. To rub it in a little further she decides to qualify her statement.

“I’m completely skint,” she said. “I can’t even spend on credit cards. I mean, I won’t be broke because I’ll get the royalties from the album and all the radio plays, but that takes about a year.”

If “I get a fat royalty check at the end of the year” is the new broke then sign me up PLEASE. Ugh. I hate celebrities sometimes.

“Well, he’s hot. He’s cute, isn’t he? I had a sleep-over two nights ago and he came along. Quite young, for me. What d’you wanna know? How big his cock is? It’s very nice.”

The irrepressible Lily Allen, talking about her burgeoning relationship with dancer Tom Dinsdale, in a new interview.

Lily also opens up about her penchant for strip clubs: “I signed my publishing deal at Stringfellows and had a private dance. One of the naked ones. It was really embarrassing. It’s quite awkward if you’re not attracted to women, and I’m not. I went to Spearmint Rhino the other day actually, for six hours. I’ve had lap dances there. It’s fun. I like having a chat with the strippers.”

I totally feel her on this one. Despite being a decidedly heterosexual woman, I love strip clubs. I have so much fun getting lap dances and getting to know the strippers. This is going to sound weird, but it’s almost like a female bonding experience. I dig it. I’ve always been really comfortable in strip clubs and with strippers. Plus I can never sleep with a man without telling anyone who’ll listen what his cock’s like.

I hate that the more I learn about Lily Allen, the more I realize how similar we are.