MIKE&TRICIA'S HOLLYWOOD DIRT REPORT

IS BEYONCE INTENTIONALLY LIGHTENING HER SKIN??? - WE REPORT, YOU DECIDE: Is BEYONCE -- or her people -- purposely lightening her skin to sell records? That's the talk after new photos being used to re-promote Bey's latest CD "4" hit the net showing her with a much lighter shade of brown.

This isn't the first time Beyoncé has been accused of lightening her skin tone. In 2008, a L'Oreal advertisement prompted a similar complaint.

So what do you think? Is it just an effect of lighting and makeup, or is it conscious effort to try to make Beyoncé look whiter? We Report, You Decide!

HORSEFLY NAMED AFTER BEYONCE WHILE STRAIN OF MARIJUANA NAMED AFTER BLUE IVY: An Australian researcher has paid BEYONCE the highest compliment by naming a species of horsefly after her. He said he's named this particular fly "Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae" because ...

(1.) It was first captured in 1981, the year Beyoncé was born, (2.) It has a gold-colored backside, which the researcher describes as, quote, "bootylicious", and (3.) To help draw attention to his research so that, quote, "we can measure our human impact on the environment and protect it for future generations to enjoy."

The researcher says he hasn't heard from Beyoncé, and hopes she will take his scientific gesture as a compliment.

Meanwhile ... TMZ reports a strain of marijuana has been named after Bey's baby. "Multiple weed dispensaries in Hollywood are cashing in [on the publicity of Blue Ivy's birth] by selling a new strain of marijuana called 'OG Blue Ivy.'"

KRIS JENNER'S LOVER REVEALED!!!: 'Star' magazine has supposedly identified the man who had an affair with KRIS JENNER while she was still married to Robert Kardashian.

In her book, 'Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian', Kris named her fling "Ryan," but the tabloid reports his real name is actually Todd Waterman, and that he's a well-known Hollywood animator. "We dated for a year and a half," confessed Todd. "I was playing pro soccer and I was training with [the] L.A. Heat. That’s how we met."

Waterman, however, is not believed to be KHLOE'S "real" father as their affair occurred when Khloe was five. (--Kris' admission of the affair has led to speculation by 'Star' that Khloe is not Robert's biological daughter.)

DID KIM K. PLAN HER OWN PROPOSAL???!!!: Remember last fall when KRIS HUMPHRIES proposed to KIM KARDASHIAN on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" by spelling out the words 'will you marry me' in red rose petals, before producing a $2 million dollar diamond ring?

Well, according to Radar Online, not only was the marriage fake, but so was the proposal. Their sources say Kris is telling trusted friends and family that Kim actually planned their wedding proposal.

He had originally wanted to pop the question in his home state of Minnesota, but Kim had specific instructions on how she wanted the proposal done and it was, quote, “absolutely no surprise to her whatsoever.”

SNAPSHOT: DEMI MOORE showed up at the Cinema For Peace event in Beverly Hills over the weekend with daughter RUMOR, and still looking painfully thin ...

ELTON JOHN + ELTON’S HUSBAND vs. MADONNA - WHO YOU GOT???: It’s on between ELTON JOHN, his husband, and MADONNA. War was declared Sunday when, before the Golden Globes, Sir Elton told a reporter that the Madonna had no bleeping chance of winning the Best Original Song award. When the reporter said, "Those are fighting words," Elton replied, "Those are accurate words."

When Madge was told of the comment later in the evening, she replied, “Was he wearing a dress?” … adding, "may the best man win."

Well, Madonna did win, and that didn't go over too well in the John household. His husband David Furnish took to Facebook to blast the Material Mom. He wrote, "Madonna. Best song???? [Bleep] off!!!

Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit. Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism. And her criticism of Gaga shows how desperate she really is."

CELEBRITIES WITHOUT MAKEUP: EVA LONGORIA took a day off from glamour yesterday while on a jaunt to a bakery in Hollywood …

BABY POOP: KELSEY GRAMMER and his wife Kayte Walsh are expecting twins. Kayte has previously been pregnant before their February, 2010 wedding but suffered a miscarriage. This will be the fifth and sixth child for Grammer, the first two children for Walsh.

SPLITSVILLE: MENA SUVARI has filed for divorce from husband Simone Sesito. Suvari, who married Sesito in 2010 at a private church in Vatican City, cited irreconcilable differences. She’s asking a judge to prevent he future ex from collecting spousal support.

2. AVRIL LAVIGNE has split from her boyfriend Brody Jenner. Life & Style magazine claims it’s because they didn't see eye to eye on their views on marriage. A source tells the tab, "She wanted to settle down, but he wasn't exactly ready. It put a strain on their relationship."

SNAPSHOT: A topless SIMON COWELL pretends to talk on a banana while relaxing on his yacht ...