• Though we've already read the eulogy for SATC, Hollywood executives have decided to revive the franchise with a film based on Candace Bushnell's prequel book The Carrie Diaries. And if you believe some anonymous insider, Michael Patrick King wants Blake Lively to play Carrie Bradshaw. "There are no plans to bring SJP and the other girls back together in the old format," says the source. "The prequel is about breathing new life into the story and exploring Carrie's first few months in NYC and the beginning of her relationship with an older man." If Star Wars: Episodes I-III have taught us anything, it's that prequels are always an awesome idea! Now that Blake has been cast, it's time to start looking for someone to play the culturally insensitive Jar Jar Binks character. [Grazia]
• Christina Aguilera released a statement about flubbing the lyrics to the national anthem at the Super Bowl. "I got so caught up in the moment of the song that I lost my place," she says. "I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through." [Rolling Stone]
• Supposedly Christina was "visibly upset" and flew home right after the performance. [E!]

Dallas, Feb 4: Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas attends The Black Eyed Peas Super Bowl Party presented by Sports Illustrated and Bacardi at Music Hall At Fair Park. (Image via Getty)

• The National Enquirer reports that John Travolta's Vermontian resort getaway was semi-secret, and that Kelly Preston was not there. Travvie and his guy-pals were "very discreet," a source told the Enquirer. "You could tell they didn't want to be seen."

• Mila Kunis, who's also in that movie about the ballet dancers or whatever, is Nylon's covergirl. "It's always trippy to walk into a room and be confronted with a life-size cardboard image of yourself," she joked at the party. [WWD]

[New York, December 2. Image via INFDaily.]

• After almost getting divorced, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are back in marital blissland and preparing to renew their marriage vows. They've been through so much together! Isn't their ability to forget the past kind of inspiring?

• We've heard about it before, but apparently the specter is persistent: Lady Gaga is "terrified" and "annoyed" by a ghost that has been following her while she's on tour. The ghost's name is Ryan.

• Lady Gaga is now the most-followed user on Twitter.

• Breaking: Katy Perry kissed a girl. [TMZ]
• Also! Katy Perry bought her mom a facelift. Katy's dad says:

• Susan Sarandon, the self-described "Johnny Appleseed of ping-pong," is working on a reality show about her ping-pong nightclub SPiN, and the young players trying to make it to the Olympics. "It won't be the Jersey Shore," says Susan.

• Katy Perry has posed topless for Esquire UK.

• Today Mel Gibson's camp put the word out that he's filed a restraining order against his ex Oksana Grigorieva. However, she actually got a restraining order against him first, claiming domestic violence. She explains, "He's playing dirty."

[Beverly Hills, June 24. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]

• Mad Men star January Jones allegedly crashed her Range Rover into three parked cars and then left the scene.

• Rachel Bilson, the new Sunglass Hut "style director," posed for pictures in, you guessed it, sunglasses. "It's fun to wear [aviators] with something a little more dressy because it adds a little edge to your outfit," opines the actress. [People]

[Paris, June 4. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]

[Paris, June 3. Image via INF]

[London, May 28. Image via Getty.]

• It would be fairly epic if Madonna became a judge on American Idol.

• Brittany Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, was found dead last night in the couple's Hollywood home.

[Milan, May 13. Image via INF]

[London, May 8. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]

• Last night at Pratt, during a lecture from which many members of the media were banned, Vogue's Anna Wintour discussed fashion bloggers and her "intellectual crush" on photographer Irving Penn:

[Los Angeles, April 15. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

[Vancouver, April 11. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

• Abercrombie & Fitch was named one of America's worst companies by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. Weight Watchers also earned the dubious plaudit. [NYTimes]
• The new L'Officiel is a tribute to Alexander McQueen, and includes over 1000 photos of his work. [DesignScene]

• Last week, Dr. Drew said that he believes that Lindsay Lohan needs help; now Lindsay has told GossipCop:

• Michael Lohan won't have to introduce Lindsay Lohan to his fiancée Kate Major — Back in 2007 she was Lindsay's assistant/close friend. Kate even picked Lindsay up from rehab, but Linds dropped her when she started getting close to Michael.

• Demi Moore says she used to have "an extreme obsession" with her body. "I made it a measure of my own value." Furthermore, she explains:

• Today on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, Heidi Montag revealed that in addition to the 10 recent plastic surgery procedures we know about, she also had her waist cinched and her "back scooped." Wondering what that is? Heidi has no idea:

[Los Angeles, April 1. Image via INFDaily.]

• Teri Hatcher is launching a website for women called Get Hatched, a "chick's guide to life."