Secret sources say that Snoop Dogg "insisted" on receiving a stockpile of watermelon-flavored gum as part of his rider request—requiring staffers to embark on a frantic search for the stuff. Why didn't he just bring his own?

• Even though sometimes remakes seem like cop-outs, the Clint Eastwood-directed A Star Is Born starring Beyoncé could actually be awesome.

• You know how a ball drops in Times Square at midnight on New Year's Eve? This year, Snooki will be INSIDE.

• When asked about playing mom to boyfriend Cy Waits' 7-year-old daughter, Paris Hilton said, "I have a new BFF." The four BFFs she found on reality shows are going to be so jealous!

• Well shit. Love her or hate her, you cannot deny that Megan Fox looks amazing and happy in her beachy, pretty wedding pictures.

• Uh-oh! Alicia Keys fell while performing on stage.

• Britney Spears is facing allegations that she abused her two young sons.

• Star is reporting that the real reason Al and Tipper Gore are divorcing is that he's been having an affair with Laurie David, Larry David's ex-wife, for the past two years.

• Alicia Keys is pregnant with her first child, and engaged to marry producer Swizz Beatz.

• Britney Spears' dad has banned her from leaving home without a bra.

• Whoa: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt will be heading down the aisle in "about a month"!

• Michelle Obama and Barack Obama taped a segment Wednesday for American Idol's "Idol Gives Back" episode Wednesday. They look almost this cute in a picture at the link. [Fox News]

• Last night, during the first concert of her Australian tour, Whitney Houston was breathless, barely finished any of her songs, and left the stage at one point, telling her brother to take over the microphone.

• Uh-oh. This could be controversial, if you have read the books: Angelina Jolie will play Kay Scarpetta of the bestselling Particia Cornwell mystery novels.

• Shocker: Angelina Jolie's dialect coach, Howard Samuelsohn, says that story in In Touch about an affair is "total bullshit." Samuelsohn tells Radar:

• Gossip Girl's Jessica Szohr scored the February cover of Teen Vogue. She says dating Ed Westwick is easy because "He's a rad guy… he's awesome and smart and talented and adorable, and we make each other laugh." [Teen Vogue]

• Creator of this season's mightiest shoes, Alexander McQueen, is suing Steve Madden. McQueen's lawyers say the only reason the Madden is a knock-off and not a pure counterfeit is the omission of the logo'd zipper pull. (L-R: McQueen, Madden.) [WWD]

[Paris, October 6. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

[Paris, October 5. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

• Handbag model Lily Allen performed live at the farming-themed, hay-strewn Chanel show this morning. [Fashionista]
• Claudia Schiffer has formally announced she will no longer do any runway modeling. She plans to fill her downtime with a trip to Iraq. [Sun]

• John Travolta allegedly refused medical help after his son Jett suffered a seizure — which is why the paramedics in the Bahamas were trying to blackmail him.

• According to this report, Mischa Barton was taken from her home last week because she was so high on coke friends were afraid she was going to kill herself. [NY Post]

• Harry Potter starRupert Grint recently came down with a "mild" case of the swine flu, but has since recovered, thanks to a quick healing potion whipped up by Professor Snape a few days of rest.

• Robert Pattinson was grazed by a taxi cab in New York while running across the street to get away from hysterical fans. The cab only hit him in the hip and he was uninjured.

• Miley Cyrus and Justin Gaston have split after less than a year together. A source says the breakup was a result of Miley's traveling, and not Nick Jonas, although he and Miley "have been spending time together." [Us]

[New York, June 8. Image via WENN]

[Indio, CA. April, 2008. Image via Getty.]

[Paris, May 20. Image via Bauer-Griffin]