• Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson had yet another "animated conversation," as onlookers described it, when they landed in Heathrow today. They reportedly ignored each other as they passed through the airport. [Daily Mail]

• Matt Dillon was arrested in December for speeding in Vermont and pled not guilty. Yesterday he was offered a plea deal, but will he take it? [Perez Hilton]
• Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson continued their French holiday, driving up to Normandy from Paris. You can read all about their romantic frolicking here. [People]
• George Clooney is now David Beckham's landlord. Beckham is subleasing Clooney's Italian villa. The two were introduced last year and now George has taken Becks "under his wing." [People]
• But Clooney's rep has issued a statement denying that the star is renting his Italian home to anyone. Does this mean reports of their bromance aren't true either? [E!]
• Jeremy Piven is appearing before the Actors' Equity board today for a grievance hearing concerning his fishy departure from Speed the Plow. [NY Times]
• Fox has renewed The Simpsons, which will take the show into its 22nd season. That means it will be the longest running prime time show in history. As Homer would say, woo-hoo! [NY Times]
• Billy Crystal may host the Oscars next year. The organizers say they don't want a "straight man" for next year's show (meaning they weren't happy with Hugh Jackman?). Apparently Crystal is the most fresh and relevant comedian they can come up with. [The Mirror]
• Despite rumors that Evangeline Lilly has been auditioning for fall pilots, her publicist says she is not leaving Lost and will appear in the sixth season. [E!]
• Drew Barrymore reportedly told Jennifer Aniston to dump John Mayer. According to a pal, "Drew told Jen she could do way better and she'd be a fool to settle for him." This story was brought to you by The National Enquirer so make of that what you will. [National Enquirer]
• In honor of Jonathan Rhys Meyers checking himself into rehab for drinking, this article rehashes his troubled childhood and a quote he made years ago. He said: "I didn't start drinking until I was 25. Since then I've been drunk maybe a dozen and a half times. When I do I'm like Bambi. I'm all over the place, hopeless, like a 16-year-old kid. People notice." [The Independent]
• Jennifer Hudson will sing on Friday's Oprah. This article says it's the first time she's sung in her hometown of Chicago since her family members were murdered. (She's performed at the Super Bowl and the Grammys.) Maybe bringing it up every time she performs isn't helping her cope. [People]
• Despite being diagnosed with tendonitis in her knees, Jewel will be able to compete on Dancing With The Stars. She says: "Yes, it is true I have had a minor setback in my training for Dancing with the Stars, but I am dedicated to getting better and showing the judges and America that I can cha cha with the best of them ... Don't count me out, as I am in this for the long run." [Us]
• There are rumors that Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton are leaving One Tree Hill, but the show has been renewed for a seventh season and a source says, "Obviously, most if not all [of the castmembers] are coming back." [E!]
• Actor Craig Bierko says of his ex, Janeane Garofalo, "When she went against O'Reilly, she was like, 'I'm cutting the cord to show biz and I probably won't work for a long time'. Scary shit happened. South Park did that puppet movie where they blew her head off and then she started getting real death threats. It was a scary time. And she hung in there. She didn't spin things. She was brave. I tell her she's a great American and she calls me a fruit, and it's over. She punches me and three hours later, I wake up!" [The Village Voice]
• A New York magazine intern made the mistake of asking Cyndi Lauper what she thinks of Madonna dating younger men post-divorce. Lauper set him straight: "What's your issue? ... You know how many old geezers do you see with young women. What's the double standard? Who cares? You know, they're both adults. Who cares? What's good for the goose is good for the gander." [NY Magazine]
• Dev Patel, Frieda Pinto, and Slumdog's eight Oscars are on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. Dev says: "I was a 17-year-old kid. I didn't really know where I was going to end up," he says. "And this film sort of fell in my lap. It feels like destiny in a way. Even now, the film winning the Oscar is very surreal. The character's given me so much, not only as an actor but as a person. I remember when production began, I was a ball of nerves, didn't really know how to work in front of a camera or how to express myself. I was a lot more introverted. And Danny Boyle came along – and this incredible city, which taught me about being an optimist. I feel I can hold my head up high now. I feel like I matured five years in the space of five months. I'm 18 and I was at the Oscars yesterday!" [Just Jared]

In order to quench readers' insatiable thirst for gossip, we've decided to try an evening edition of the much-beloved Dirt Bag. Now you won't have to wait for morning to find out the latest celebrity news. Welcome to the swirling, sleazy disco ball of "Dirt Bag After Dark". 18 to enter and 21 to drink, ladies!

• Debra Messing was sad when tabloids were talking smack about her post-baby body. "On one page it showed all the actresses who got skinny in six weeks or less, and on the other page was me! I was so depressed and frustrated," she says. But now Debs is happy because she's skinny again! "I've finally taken ownership of my body." [People]
• Former sexiest man alive George Clooney is fake-sad about passing the sexy mantle Hugh Jackman. Hugh says George called him up at 2 am and "He goes, 'Shut up, Jackman!'…I know what you did! You started this big campaign that's been going on and [you] took the title away from me.'" Clooney vs. Jackman? That is one cat fight we would pay money to see. [People]
• Kim Ledger accepted GQ's actor of the year award in honor of Heath. He called Heath a "beautiful boy" and took the award on behalf "his little one Matilda and our family." [Daily Telegraph]

• Shock of all shocks, Perez Hilton is claiming the Speidi marriage was staged by Us and is probably not legal. You don't say! [Perez]
• Beyonce says that watching her sister Solange give birth made her reconsider having babies: "I was there in the delivery room and it kind of traumatized me. I said please don't have me in the room. And she said, 'You have to. I'm your sister. Stop being so silly.' Well, I was right!" [People]
• The always-humble Kanye West says his new album is "great art." He also said that his most recent trip to the bathroom resulted in "great fart." He's so grandiose! [AP via Yahoo]
• Those of you who wanted to download all your fave Beatles hits on iTunes may have to wait a little longer. According to the BBC negotiations between Apple and the surviving Beatles are stalled. "We are very for it, we've been pushing it. But there are a couple of sticking points, I understand," Paul McCartney says. [BBC]
• Despite their public feuding, Rosie O'Donnell says that Barbara Walters is welcome on her new variety show. Who wouldn't want to share a stage with Rosie and Liza Minnelli? [ETOnline]
• Do you love Amy Sedaris enough to sit through a 6 hour PBS documentary just 'cause she's in it? You'll find out after Christmas, when she and Billy Crystal helm the docu-series Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America. [Fishbowl LA]
• Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will be on the cover of the next issue of T, the New York Times style magazine. [NYM]
• Kate Winslet is in Parade mag this weekend and she talks about watching herself in Titanic years later. "I just love seeing those things. I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn’t as well-oiled as it was," she says. [Just Jared]
• Pete Wentz dishes on the origin of "Bronx Mowgli Simpson Wentz." According to E!, "We came up with the idea Bronx, we'd been throwing it back and forth a while ago… [as for the middle name] The Jungle Book is something me and Ashlee bonded over. It's really cool." [E! Online via Yahoo]
• Bad news for the Gyllenhaal parents: their divorce proceedings have revealed that Naomi Foner and Stephen Gyllenhaal are pretty much broke. Naomi, a screenwriter, was so financially embattled during the WGA strike that she had to take out a loan. Can't Jakey spare a dime?