• After some pointless blather about terrorism and economic recovery during today's White House Press Briefing, Robert Gibbs addressed the question weighing most heavily on Americans' minds: Will the State of the Union preempt Lost's 3-hour season premiere?

• In a video at the link, Lady Gaga talks about her deal with Polaroid. She explains:

• Last night Samantha Ronson got pissed when the paparazzi followed her to a tattoo parlor in L.A. with her stepbrother Alexander Jones. "Why are you here?" Sam asked. "She told you to come here? She told you to come here?"

Tila Tequila has been blogging furiously, attacking her late fiancée Casey Johnson's exes, friends, and family, and promising that "our wedding will be even more beautiful in Heaven and Marilyn Monroe can be my Maid of Honor." [Tila's Hot Spot]

• MTV's breakout hit Jersey Shore will be back for another summer. Vinny spilled to a reporter:

With the news that 30-year-old Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson passed away, people are wondering: Who is she and why should I care? Let us give you 10 facts via videography.

• Though Casey Johnson was known to have a drug problem, law enforcement sources say she may have died from not taking her diabetes medication.

Today in Tweet Beat, Casey Johnson is mourned by family friends like Star Jones, Melissa Rivers, Dori Cooperman, and Paris and Nicky Hilton. Also, the consensus is that Johnson's fiancée Tila Tequila is milking this for press.

After the death of heiress Casey Johnson, speculation flies about her "downward spiral" and relationship with Tila Tequila — and the coverage reveals that being rich and famous didn't save her from discrimination.

• Casey Johnson the Johnson & Johnson heiress and recent fiancee of Tila Tequila, was found dead in her Los Angeles home by her maid yesterday morning. Johnson had reportedly been dead for several days. [TMZ]

• Earlier this week on The View, Joy Behar joked about Tiger Woods' mistress Rachel Uchitel: "Yeah, you-ka-tell she's a hooker." Uchitel didn't find it so funny, and her lawyer threatened to sue the show.

• Though "sources" recently claimed Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal had broken up, an insider now says, "Jake is planning to pop the question over the holidays and couldn't be more excited."

• Amy Winehouse must be coming to her senses: she's given control of her £15 million fortune to her parents. She can't spend her own money without their approval, so drugs are probably out. [Mirror]

• It's going to be Kate Winslet vs. Kate Winslet at the Bafta awards. [Guardian]
• And! Winslet is on the February cover of In Style. [The Life Files]

• Has the fighting between Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony has turned physical? Yes, according to Star.