• Did Rosie O'Donnell try to romance Angelina Jolie? She told Howard Stern on his radio show:

"We talked on the phone two or three times, but that was that… There was a tentative plan to have dinner that never came through. I was a little afraid of Angelina. She's scary in a sexual kind of way." [Gatecrasher]

• Charlize Theron's nickname is Ass-nuts. No, really. [Mirror]
• Last week, Lil' Wayne pleaded guilty to possessing a .40-caliber semi-automatic cops found in a Louis Vuitton bag on his tour bus. He's focusing on partying before he gets sentenced in February — when he's expected to get a year in jail. [Page Six]
• Lindsay Lohan has moved out of her Hollywood Hills house, which was broken into in August. She's now in a West Hollywood condo. Adjust accordingly. [Page Six]
• On his album cover, Adam "Glambert" Lambert reminds me of Debbie Gibson or Belinda Carlisle. [The Life Files]
• Since her TV career is iffy, Kate Gosselin has renewed her nursing license — she used to be a labor and delivery nurse at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Pennsylvania. It's good to have a back-up plan! Imagine having contractions and then seeing her in the delivery room? [RadarOnline]
• Yikes: Matthew Broderick's new play was previewing Monday night, but he wasn't prepared. He had to stop the play to ask for his lines 10 times during the first act alone. [Gatecrasher]
• Critics cannot stop gushing about Carey Mulligan, earning her "It Girl" status. She says: "It Girl is such a weird term,… It implies I go to parties and drink champagne and um… it's weird." [CNN]
• The Church of Scientology is pissed Crash director Paul Haggis claims the religion is anti-gay. Tommy Davis, a spokesperson for Scientology, says: "The church supports civil rights for everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, race, color or creed. We are a minority, too; we understand what it's like to be persecuted, so to the extent that anything prohibits or inhibits on civil rights, we don't agree with it." So why was the Church's name of a list of churches which supported Prop 8? Davis says that was an error. [MSNBC Scoop]
• Take a deep breath: The Jonas Brothers are not, repeat NOT breaking up. It's true that Nick Jonas has formed a band called Nick Jonas & The Administration, but he says: "We've said from the beginning of our career as the Jonas Brothers that anything we do outside of the group is a side project because you can't break up brothers… My brothers are my biggest supporters." [People]
• Secrets from Sex And The City 2: The Reckoning Of The Boogaloo! It's bigger! But not as long as the first! The cast has been shooting all night! With huge crowds involving hundreds of people! Please God let it be a prison dance scene. [The Sun]
• In Lily Allen's new video, she plays a woman obsessed with Elton John. As you may recall, the two had a "feud" last year when she called him an old drunk (I'm paraphrasing) and he told her he could snort her under the table. [News.com.au]
• Richard Gere is in talks to star on the UK show Strictly Dancing. He's done ballroom before — in Shall We Dance, with Jennifer Lopez. Not that I've seen it. [The Sun]
• Andre Agassi did meth in the '90s and then lied when he failed a drug test. [NY Post]
• Ryan Seacrest is producing a show called The Bank Of Hollywood, in which contestants pitch money-making ideas to business leaders. Sean Patterson, president of Wilhelmina models (you've seen him on ANTM) will be the main judge. [Page Six]
• Dr. Conrad Murray is blaming Michael Jackson on his inability to pay child support; the DA is calling bullshit on that. [TMZ]
• Dr. Arnold Klein has filed a creditors claim against the Michael Jackson estate, claiming he's owed $48,522.89 for services performed between March 23 2009 through June 22 2009 — just three days before Jackson's death. The services include Botox, acne surgery, Latisse, Restylane, and "nutritic lips." [TMZ]
• One of the services Dr. Klein provided is listed as "I.M. injection. A source says says "I.M. Injection" is commonly used as billing code for the narcotic Demerol. [TMZ]
• Michael Jackson was in negotiations to buy a $38 million Bel Air mansion right before he died; his kids had seen the house and loved it. [TMZ]
• U2 will play a free concert in Berlin — in front of the Brandenburg Gate — to celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin wall. [USA Today]
• Idris Elba was on The Office for seven episodes, and is continuing to have a relationship with NBC: He will be the executive producer of an legal drama about a vigilante lawyer who uses "any means necessary." Malcom X, Attorney At Law? [Reuters]
• Spotted: Jane Lynch — aka Glee's Sue Sylvester — making out with a "gal pal" in NYC. [Page Six]
• Morrissey returned to the stage after collapsing at his last show and made jokes about feeling ill. [Mirror]
• Simon Cowell recommended that Gordon Ramsey get some cosmetic surgery. So he did. [NY Post]
• Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze's widow, spoke at a women's conference on grief yesterday, saying: "When the grief takes you, it's like your body is not your own. I'm just going with the flow. I know I have to go through it. I've spent two thirds of my life with him. ... My regret is that I didn't tell him that I loved him enough over that entire 34 years. I am so grateful for what I had and my connection to him, and part of me believes that I will see him again… and I'm just going to have to go on until then." [People]
• Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson had to finish taping his show by flashlight last night when high winds knocked out the power at a CBS studio. That's what they call dark comedy, ba dum bum. [AP]
• Precious star Gabourey Sidibe is in talks to appear in a Showtime series called The C Word, in which Laura Linney stars as a terminal cancer patient. Gabby would have a guest spot as a teen with a bad attitude. [Variety]
• At the link, Alicia Silverstone talks about her fave recipe, restaurant, cookbook and food destination. [The Daily Beast]
• Corey Feldman's wife has filed for divorce. They've been married seven years and have a five-year-old son together. He'll be expected to pay attorney fees and spousal support, so maybe we'll get Lost Boys 2: The Frog Brothers' Revenge. [TMZ]
• Magician David Copperfield's sexual assault lawsuit has been delayed for six months. [AP]
• As a kid, I loved Miami Vice, so it's cool to hear Philip Michael Thomas is out there doing something, even if it's hosting a fundraiser for Republican Whilly Bermudez's campaign for the Florida legislature. I guess. [UPI]
• Michael Madsen: Facing eviction. [TMZ]
• "'I Google all day long, because I'm an information freak. I'm always looking for information about something. I do believe that Google was invented for me personally. 'As for Googling myself, I did that once but I gave up. There were seven and a half million sites, so I went 'whoops.'" — Michael Caine. [Telegraph]
• "I won't even see scary movies. I've been in them, and then I've been like, 'Whoa, this is way too scary for me.' I guess I've held on to some of those little childhood moments - when you're in the dark and there's a rattle outside and you're thinking there's a monster under your bed." — Josh Lucas. [Gatecrasher]

• Jon Gosselin is demanding TLC stop filming Jon and Kate. He posted a sign on his gate reading, "NOTICE: NO FILM CREW OR PRODUCTION STAFF FROM TLC IS PERMITTED ON THIS PROPERTY UNDER PENELTY [sic] OF TRESPASS. JOHNATHON [sic] GOSSELIN"

• Last week Jon was fine with his kids filming, but now that he's been dropped from Kate Plus 8 he suddenly doesn't want his kids to be on camera. [TMZ]
• Jon Gosselin's manager, Mike Heller, told Perez Hilton: "Jon Gosselin is the new David and TLC is the new Goliath. Jon is empowered by his new attorney, Mark Jay Heller, to take back control of his family. Even if it means the revenue stream will be cut off. Jon's priority is family not money. THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION TACTIC TO get more money from TLC. We are completely cutting ties with TLC. This is something that he has been trying to do for a while now." [Perez Hilton]
• TLC responded: "We are aware of Jon Gosselin's recent statements, and remain deeply disappointed at his continued erratic behavior. He and the family were shooting as recently as last Friday, without incident, and his latest comments are grossly inaccurate, without merit and are clearly opportunistic... Despite Jon Gosselin's repeated self destructive and unprofessional actions, he remains under an exclusive contract with TLC. Direct filming of the children has been currently suspended, pending further conversations between both parents." [People]
• Kate Gosselin is similarly disappointed in Jon. She says: "I'm saddened and confused by Jon's public media statements. Jon has never expressed any concerns to me about our children being involved in the show and, in fact, is on the record as saying he believes the show benefits our children and was taping on Friday with the kids. I check in regularly with each of the kids to be sure they want to participate in and continue with the show and will continue to do so..." [People]
• Michael Lohan has weighed in on the matter saying, "All I can tell you from my conversation with him two days ago is that he does want to pursue the Divorced Dads Club... Michael Heller, he and I represent Jon on a business level, wants him to do the show. Mark is trying to get him out of the TLC contract so he can." [Radar Online]
• Sources from both sides are explaining what's really going on... or rather, their version of events. TLC sources say Jon Gosselin wanted off the show so the network offered to give him his full paycheck and take him off Jon and Kate Plus 8. But they wouldn't let Jon do any other reality show, which Jon found unacceptable. His lawyer threatened to shut down production by claiming the show wasn't good for the kids. Jon sources say the kids really have been complaining about the show, and that the show being renamed Kate Plus 8 means they'll have to be on camera a lot more to fill the void left by Jon. [TMZ]
• The most shocking thing about Michael Jackson's autopsy? He was actually pretty healthy. His heart and other organs were strong and functioning normally and at 136 lbs he was in the acceptable weight range for a 5-foot-9 man. He had arthritis in his lower back and some fingers and his lungs were chronically inflamed and had reduced capacity, but his lung condition wasn't serious enough to contribute to his death. As this is MJ, there has to be something odd: He had tattooed on eyeliner, eyebrows, and lipliner and covered a bald spot with a tattoo from ear to ear. [AP, The Telegraph]
• In a new interview with Britain's Channel 4, La Toya Jackson says that in the hospital after Michael Jackson died, Paris told her, "The cardiologist was the best, so how could this happen? What happened is they worked him too hard. He never got the chance to rest. It was non-stop work." La Toya continues, "She said, 'No, you don't understand. They kept working him and Daddy didn't want that, but they worked him constantly'. I felt so bad." [The Mirror]
• Michael Bearden, the musical director for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" tour, says the coroner's finding prove that the allegations Michael was too weak to perform weren't true and he was definitely up for performing 50+ concerts. [TMZ]
• The Jackson kids spent time with their longtime nanny, Grace Rwaramba, yesterday. [TMZ]
• Emma Watson was "quite shaken" when a group of students from the Harvard Voice stalked her at a Harvard-Brown football game. They Tweeted the progress of their "stalking mission" and posted a picture of her, calling it a "success." [Extra]
• The Voice says that their Emma Watson-stalking live blog was a "parody." The magazine responded to complaints left on their website writing, "There seems to be much ado about nothing over this photo and liveblog. Understand that these live tweets were made to be intentionally outrageous and overblown." [People]
• Could a prenup put an end to Kevin Jonas' plans to marry Danielle Deleasa? She hasn't signed yet and is reportedly taking time to come "to terms with the request." [Perez Hilton]
• Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield got "touchy-feely" between filming scenes on Melrose Place. Watch out Pete, a source says she was even doing the "hair flip thing!" [Star]
• David Copperfield wants a judge to temporarily shelve a personal injury lawsuit filed by a woman who says he sexually assaulted her on his private island because Department of Justice prosecutors are already investigating the case. [The Smoking Gun]
• Ryan Jenkins' father has hired a private investigator because he refuses to believe that his son killed Jasmine Fiore. He says, "We just want the truth to be told ... It is just unfathomable to us that he could be responsible for anything that has been reported." [TMZ]
• John Travolta's lawer Michael McDermott testified today that the plot to blackmail Travolta was hatched because one of the defendants was star struck. McDermott says paramedic Tarino Loightbourne kept the document instead of turning it in because it was singed by a celebrity and he thought it was evidence that Travolta had either killed his son or recognized he was negligent in his death. [TMZ]
• Dennis Hopper's manager says he's "feeling much better" after checking into the hospital yesterday. He had severe flulike symptoms and was treated for dehydration. [AP]
• Randy and Evi Quaid's former private investigator claims that they scammed an 87-year-old lady named Lois. She says, "Lois worked out an agreement with Randy and Evi that they would rent her mobile home for $1,000 a month... But they never paid her and they left her place a disaster. To take advantage of an 87-year-old lady who trusted them like that is really sad." [Radar Online]
• Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is pregnant. Her rep says, "she is carrying her first child after years of struggling with endometriosis, a cause for which she has co-founded the Endometriosis Foundation of America. As a result of her condition, this pregnancy has been referred to by her physician as nothing short of a medical miracle, and due to its delicate nature, we ask/implore the press to respect Ms. Lakshmi's privacy at this time." [Us]
• Flavor Flav dropped out of high school in 10th grade and now he's shopping a reality show about going back to school. So basically this will be a Strangers With Candy reality show. [Hollywood Reporter]
• Bethenny Frankel is getting her own reality show. It doesn't have a title yet but "will showcase her career as a natural foods chef, as well as the Gotham socialite's love life." [N.Y. Magazine]
• Intrawest, which operates nine ski resorts including the one Natasha Richardson died at six months ago, will implement a new rule this season, recommending that all skiers and snowboarders wear helmets. [AP]
• A preliminary hearing in the Anna Nicole Smith drug case against Howard K. Stern will be held on October 13. [TMZ]
• Ryan Seacrest hit on Madonna on his radio show today and she told him he's "too old" for her. She says she's dating a 22-year-old because, "Younger people are more adventurous. Have you met many guys my age? They're usually grumpy and fat and balding." She says as long as men are "old enough to dress themselves" she'll date them. She adds, "My body is a part of my job. I look in the mirror and say "more work.....less cake, more work." On the topic of Kanye West she says he's "impulsive" and that she wants to "give him a good talking to" because "he needs to put a lid on it." Finally she explains that she didn't notice Ryan in the front row of her concert because Jennifer Lopez was giving her "sharp looks." [KIISFM]
• Michael Bay announced on his website today that Transformers 3 will come out a year earlier than expected and wrote in a postscript (that came before his signature for some reason) "P.S. Megan Fox, welcome back. I promise no alien robots will harm you in any way during the production of this motion picture. Please consult your Physician when working under my direction because some side effects can occur, such as mild dizziness, intense nausea, suicidal tendencies, depression, minor chest hair growth, random internal hemorrhaging and inability to sleep. As some directors may be hazardous to your health, please consult your Doctor to determine if this is right for you." [N.Y. Magazine]
• Kevin Smith has compiled transcripts from his podcast into the book Shooting the Shit: The Best of SModcast. He says, "I don't feel like an author most days. John Grisham is an author. John Grisham sits down and is like, 'All right, I'm gonna write a story about this shit and it's gonna happen in Memphis and involve a couple lawyers, as per usual.' That's an author. I'm like, at best, a backdoor author. That sounds very homoerotic, but it's not gay porn - it's backdoor, man. I didn't intend for it to happen, I didn't go through the front door." [N.Y. Magazine]
• Drew Barrymore says of Whip It, "I didn't want it to be just another chick flick. I wanted it to stay true to girl empowerment. I wanted to make something that was also irreverent and relevant for boys. I wanted it to be emotional and yet romantic and also have action and have girls doing things you'd normally see boys do. That wasn't easy." [Reuters]
• Mo'Nique has done almost no press for Precious despite the fact that people are saying she's a possible Oscar nominee. Now her publicist of two weeks has quit and Mo'Nique is refusing to show up to the New York Film Festival on Saturday. [Showbiz 411]
• Mariah Carey has finally overcome her debilitating left side insecurity and is now allowing people to photograph either side of her face. She says, "I don't feel like, 'Oh, I have to be on this side, or I have to be on this side' — I really had specific things that someone told me when I was 19 starting in the business and I listened to them ... I don't care anymore. Sometimes I like that [left] side — and Nick likes that side better anyway." [Us]

• After shooting a fight scene for The Bounty, a source says Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler were "lovey-dovey" and "we saw him give her a little kiss." He was also throwing peanuts and popcorn in her mouth. [Radar Online]

• Jennifer Aniston feels "rejected and upset" because Bradley Cooper chose Renee Zellweger over her. "She wanted to turn her date with Cooper into something...she honestly feels screwed over," says a source. [Us]
• It's only been a few days since Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn announced that they're divorcing, but he's already been spotted partying with two different women. [TMZ]
• Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall are fighting on the set of SATC 2 because Kim's upset that she just broke up with her boyfriend Alan Wyse. "Sarah is too busy to comfort Kim or worry about her problems at the moment, and she basically told her as much," says a source. "Kim has been moping around, feeling sorry for herself and Sarah basically told her to snap out of it and buck up her ideas." [This Is London]
• Ryan Jenkins has been charged with the murder of Jasmine Flore by the Orange County D.A. [TMZ]
• The murder complaint against Ryan Jenkins says his bail recommendation is $10 million and a wanted poster warns that he's "armed and dangerous." [TMZ]
• The police got a "Ramey Warrent" for Ryan Jenkins that lets them bypass the D.A. and go directly to the judge, which is often used in cases when a suspect is on the run. [TMZ]
• Police have confirmed that Ryan Jenkins has entered Canada. It seems he took a boat from Washington State to Canada, then abandoned the boat and entered the country on foot. [People]
• Ryan Jenkins has business ties to Honduras and that may be his final destination. [TMZ]
• A criminal complaint had been filed against Ryan Jenkins for allegedly hitting Jasmine Flore "in the arm with his fist" in June. [TMZ]
• TMZ has an email Ryan Jenkins sent to Jasmine Fiore three weeks before she was murdered. He wrote: "Your [sic] my angel, despite what we've done to each other." [TMZ]
• Joe Jackson says Michael Jackson's burial has been pushed to August 31, two days after what would have been his 51st birthday because there are still things the family needs to get in order, that apparently they didn't get to in the past two months. [TMZ]
• Katherine Jackson asked a judge to let her show a confidential AEG Michael Jackson memorabilia deal to her financial advisors. AEG has threatened to pull out because the company is worried people are losing interest in MJ. [TMZ]
• Tito Jackson and Gladys Knight will do a U.K. tour called the "Midnight Train to Love," as a tribute to Michael Jackson. Tito will perform songs by MJ and the Jackson 5, as well as music from his upcoming album. [Reuters]
• Promoters for the global Michael Jackson tribute concert in Vienna say the web site crashed half an hour before ticket sales were set to star because a million people had logged on. 85,000 passes are available for the September 26 concert. [AP]
• David Copperfield said (through lawyers during an interview because the reporter started asking her, "Who's your favorite Australian..." The manager thought the reporter was going to ask about Australian designer Katie Perry, who Katy was in a legal battle with earlier this year, but the reporter says she just wanted to know who her favorite Australian artist is. [The Sun]
• Snoop Dogg had to poll the audience during Who Wants To Be A Millionaire because he didn't know the name of the character with an inkblot on his face from Watchmen. He said, "Man I seen that movie too and I fell asleep on it." [The Sun]
• Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Oz are suing a websites for products like "Colon Pro Cleanse, Power Colon Cleanse, Colon Max" that feature their images, names, and voices. Their lawyers say the companies are cashing in "on the false premise that [the products] have been tested or recommended by Miss Winfrey and/or Dr. Oz when they have not." [TMZ]
• Oprah Winfrey is planning a huge party for the 10th anniversary of O, The Oprah Magazine, in May. She may hold a concert at Radio City Music Hall or close down New York's West Side Highway for a charity event. [E!]
• At first the owner of the Centerville Pie Co. on Cape Cod denied that she sold Oprah Winfrey's entourage 20 pies, but Oprah herself called the Cape Cod Times to say, "the pie-gate escapade actually did happen." [AP]
• Paula Abdul was in negotiations to play Helen on Ugly Betty but was replaced with Kristen Johnston due to her list of demands, which possibly included a private jet. Johnston said, "I've always considered myself the poor man's Paula Abdul." [Entertainment Weekly]
• Richard Hatch was serving out the end of his sentence on house arrest but was returned to prison on Tuesday when he gave an unauthorized interview to NBC and now the ACLU is getting involved. A spokesman said, "It's appalling to think that he has been sent to jail merely for speaking to the media about his own court case." [AP]
• Bjork and her husband Matthew Barney are buying a co-op in Brooklyn. [N.Y. Magazine]
• Jordan Scott, who wrote an obscure vampire novel called The Nocturne is suing Stephenie Meyer because she says she stole ideas from her book for Breaking Dawn. [Reuters]
• Though it was reported that Lady Gaga would be toning things down when her tour stopped in Israel, at her last performance she faked an orgasm onstage and screamed, "Get your dicks out. Cause I heard there some pretty big cocks here in Israel!" [ONTD]
• Claire Danes is wearing fishnets and a leotard on the cover of BlackBook here: [BlackBook]
• "Life, that's what this record is about... It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing." — Avril Lavigne on her new record. [Rolling Stone]
• You can watch the new video for "Run This Town" featuring Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West here: [Just Jared]
• Jared Kushner asked for Donald Trump's permission to marry his daughter, Ivanka Trump. She says, "I thought it was adorable." [People]
• RHOA's Nene Leakes says despite co-star Kim Zolciak's accusations, she hasn't been cheating on her husband, Gregg Leakes, with NFL player Charles Grant. Nene says, "Charles is not anybody I'm seeing. I want to know where Kim gets the information from." [Star Magazine]
• Bill Cosby will be presented the Mark Twin Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by Jerry Seinfeld in October. [AP]
• Mickey Rourke says of filming The Wrestler, "I'm not 20 years old any more and when they throw your ass down, something is gonna hurt. My back would go out, my knee would go out. I had three MRIs in the first two months. If they would say they want to make Part 2, I would say, 'No, thank you.'" [AP]
• Lucy Clarkson, the model for Lara Croft says she had bulimia. "It makes me angry when I see very thin celebrities who are clearly not their natural body shape denying it. That sends out the wrong message. There are girls as young as five saying they think they are too fat," says Clarkson. "The industry wants you to look a certain way. For Lara Croft they wanted me to be quite muscular, so I was working out with a personal trainer. My curves were in demand from lingerie companies and men's magazines, but the fashion world pressured me to be skinny." [The Star]
• Kourtney Kardashian gives a run through of all the baby gifts she's already received at the link, but says she and boyfriend Scott Disick are also studying up on childbirth online. She says, "We watch these videos together on some random Web site I found called healthguru.com. They have videos which tell you what to expect, like the size of the baby at different stages, what the baby is doing inside. They're cool. Neither of us have read a book, but we're going to." [People]
• Apparently it's standard now to ask pregnant women if they'd pose nude. Kourtney Kardashian said: "I think so. I'd have to think about it." [Us]
• Heidi Klum says she and Seal won't be having any more kids after their fourth child is born. "We're outnumbered," say Klum. "Four is perfect. Three is a lot. But four? It's a lot of work. We're hands-on, and we feel like this is what we can handle." [USA Today]

• Surprise, surprise: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are a "complete nightmare" for the people working on the Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas, where Heidi is supposed to perform on Sunday night. An insider says:

"Heidi has missed many rehearsals… Spencer tried to demand that the hotel pay him to lay by the pool." Dear Miss Universe People: You have no one to blame but yourselves. [Page Six]

• BREAKING: Courtney Love caught in bed with a turtle. [The Sun]
• Renée Zellweger dared to attend a movie premiere without Bradley Cooper; he took his parents and not Renée to Alyssa Milano's wedding. Scandalous. [Page Six]
• Jon Gosselin visited kids with cancer at an NYC hospital on Tuesday, possibly in an attempt to rehabilitate his image? [Us]
• Authorities now suspect that reality show "star" Ryan Alexander Jenkins — suspected of killing his wife, Jasmine Fiore — crossed over the Canadian border on foot after driving his SUV to Blaine, Washington. [TMZ]
• Save the date: September 14. Whitney Houston will give her first full-length interview in almost seven years to… Oprah. Of course. As you may recall, in 2002, Whitney sat down with Diane Sawyer, and memorably declared: "Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack." [Mirror, NY Daily News]
• Venus and Serena Williams are in talks to become part owners in the Miami Dolphins. [AP]
• Magician David Copperfield has been sued for sexual assault. The woman is a 22-year-old fashion model and alleges that the incident happened when she was a guest on his private island in the Bahamas in 2007. She says he attacked and sexually assaulted her, threatening to kill her if she didn't go along. [TMZ]
• Jay Leno's new show will spotlight new young comedians. "I hope people become famous and get offered shows." But he won't just have "a bunch of white guys doing standup" — he plans to have a "diverse group," including women, African-Americans and other minorities. [AP]
• Will Paula Abdul return to American Idol? Focus groups may make that decision. "Fox loves focus groups," an insider says. "If Paula consistently scores far higher than any other person in her chair, they will feel compelled to make her an offer she can't refuse and make this deal happen." Another source says: "There will be four judges at American Idol come January. And that fourth judge will be Paula Abdul." [MSNBC]
• Paula Abdul's manager says that there have been "no discussions whatsoever about Idol." [LA Times]
• Amy Winehouse went out to dinner and then for drinks and the paparazzi took snaps of her a little tipsy on her way home and zoomed in on her nose and claim there's a "mystery substance" up her nose but honestly you can't see a damn thing. [Daily Mail]
• "Got Line Flu Amy?" [The Sun]
• "Oprah Winfrey and her favorite physician, "Dr. Oz," filed suit yesterday to shut down more than 500 Web sites that falsely claim the pair endorses the sites' diet pills and miracle cures." [NY Post]
• Russell Brand wears a top hat, dances in the streets and sings the lyrics "sexual rewards" in this new MTV VMA promo. [ONTD]
• Expect to see heavy cross-promotion between Project Runway and Harvey Weinstein-produced flick Nine. [Page Six]
• Pauly Shore pulled a Christian Bale and had an on-set meltdown while filming Brand Dead. Seems fake, but you be the judge. [TMZ, TMZ]
• A source says Jennifer Hudson thinks of her newborn child as a gift from beyond after her family was murdered: "She wasn't trying to get pregnant… She believes her mother played a part in sending this gift from God. She tells everyone her mother sent this baby to pull her through this." [MSNBC Scoop]
• Eva Longoria will star in a Mexican film about kidnapping, which means she will be in a Spanish-speaking role for the first time. [AP]
• Figure skater Brian Boitano is now a TV chef, with his Food Network show, What Would Brian Boitano Make? premiering Sunday. Turns out the Oylmpic gold medalist is a foodie, and the Food Network's VP of programming says his passion and command of cooking is "one of the biggest, happiest surprises I've gotten in my career." [LA Times]
• As mentioned yesterday, Leona Lewis tracks have been leaked onto the Internet. One was a song produced by Justin Timberlake. A police investigation is ongoing. [Daily Mail]
• Pete Doherty is planning on getting the Libertines back together, even if Carl "Biggles" Barat doesn't want to join. "If Biggles doesn't want to do it or gets cold feet or he thinks I'm still a crackhead, what am I going to do? Maybe I could reform the Libertines without him, like he did without me. I wouldn't really want to, but you've got to pay the bills. I'll put an advert in the NME: 'Carlos lookalike required.'" [Independent]
• District 9 sequel? Maybe. It's already being referred to as District 10. [NY Daily News]
• Nora Jones is about to release her first album in three years; this column claims she has a new look and a new sound. (Cute hair!) [USA Today]
• Phil Spector has been writing letters from prison: He fears for his safety, enjoys visits from his wife and would like to be moved to "a better prison." [USA Today]
• "I loved New York, even back then (1980s graffiti-scarred, pre-Giuliani New York). It was such an overwhelming animal. I loved the energy and attitude of the place. It's great for being productive and creative." —Eric Bana, who's on the cover of Men's Health. [Just Jared]
• "It's a lot of material to fill. It is a lot of jokes. This is lot more work. A lot more work. You're doing probably three shows worth of comedy every night. On The Tonight Show we had maybe two talking guests and a band. That's not a lot of work for me. But this will be a lot more work." — Jay Leno on his new show. [Reuters]
• "I remember sensing that my mother was holding something back from me. I used to think I had done something wrong because she could be so distant. I knew there was something going on that I didn't know about and because I was a child I thought it was my fault. It took me years to work out that she had actually been protecting me from racism… There were comments and my mother kept all that away from us and to do that she had be a barrier between us and them." — Thandie Newton, who says she and her brother were the only mixed-race kids in their area when growing up. [Daily Express]
• "Before I played Ari Gold, I was in probably 40 movies and playing a lot of very soft-spoken characters, also-rans, best friends and whatnot. That was all easily forgotten as soon as I put Ari's power suit on." — Jeremy Piven. [Time]
• "[The culture here] isn't based on anything other than ‘Who got a boob job?' That's what I feel L.A. is about. A lot of people here want to be everyone but themselves." — Mila Kunis. [Just Jared]
• "Oh my God! I was on the set of Two and a Half Men when I heard. I had all these texts, and at first I thought it was a hoax. What struck me was I hadn't seen him in years, and when I think about it, I really owe an enormous amount of my career to him. And it made me sad because it made me realize that you've really got to let people know it when you're grateful to them. They won't always be here and I regret that I didn't do that. But I have very fond memories. He was a lovely guy and knew exactly what he wanted. He'll be greatly missed." — Jon Cryer on the death of John Hughes. [Reuters]
• "I was talking to my friend about [whether monogamy] is feasible, is it realistic? I resolved that there isn't really a better model. We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun." — Claire Danes, to BlackBook. [Page Six]
• "I like clever folks. I like people who are concerned with [what] the path they leave behind them looks like… Empathy, humor, wit, self reliance and honesty. [Being attractive] doesn't hurt." —Renée Zellweger, on what she looks for in a man. [People]

• His Diddiness continues, "I'm definitely trying to get in on that in the next two years, for real," he says. [E! Online]
• Kate Winslet says that she liked reading the Feminine Mystique in preparation for her Revolutionary Road role as a miserable 50s housefrau. She calls Betty Friedan a "feisty chick" and then says she supposes that she's a feminist, "In a loose, unofficial kind of way, I think I probably am. I mean, not in a bra-burning way. But I think I am a feminist, yeah." [Guardian]
• Balthazar Getty's foul moods have been alienating his Brothers and Sisters castmates. Getty allegedly started getting surly when his extramarital relationship with Sienna Miller started over the summer, in part because Miller used to date costar Matthew Rhys, but also because some of the cast sided with Getty's estranged wife, Rosetta, the mother of his four children. "They often have to move shooting schedules around to accommodate [him]," a source says. [AP via Yahoo News]
• So it begins: 24-year-old Scarlett Johansson is already fielding questions about the status of her uterus. "I love to work and I'm enjoying myself right now. Someday in the distant future I'm sure I'll want to [have kids]. But I'm not ready for that yet." Scar Jo says. [People]
• Guy Ritchie reportedly banned Madonna from the former couples' mansion in the English countryside for the holidays. “He couldn't bear the thought of her padding round the kitchen next morning like old times — there are too many sad memories," a source says. Aw. [The Sun]
• Jeremy Piven's "mercury poisoning" from excessive sushi intake keeps sounding fishier (heh). Apparently at first he told producers he had mono, then he claimed low-level Epstein-Barr, before finally settling on the mercury story, which has been supported by a doctor with a history of fibbing for celebrities. [TMZ]
• Since Michael Phelps is the closest thing to a real, live superhero we have, it's no surprise that they're making a video game based on his persona. "Swimming will play a role, but it won't be the main event," says Newser, but the manufacturer won't say anything more. What else might Michael be doing? [Newser]
• Click here to see the trailer for Beyonce's new movie, Obsessed, a thriller co-starring Idris Elba and Ali Larter. B plays Elba's wife, and Larter is his stalker. [Just Jared]
• Rut Roh! One of David Copperfield's assistant had his arm broken during a recent performance of a trick called the "fan illusion," in which the unidentified employee was supposed to appear as if walking through a fan, before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Copperfield's producer Chris Kenner called it "a freak accident," and added "People are always saying that it's magic and it isn't dangerous. This goes to show you that it is." At least it's better than being a Siegfried and Roy assistant. [People]
• People were worried about Paula Abdul leaving American Idol, but apparently they have to worry about Simon Cowell ditching them now, too. “I'll make a decision about (whether to stay with the show) next year," Cowell says, not because of any fracas with Abdul, but because of his workload as a music and TV producer. [MSNBC]
• U2 fans take note! The superstars will release a new album in March called No Line On The Horizon. [Reuters]
• Is Oprah moving to DC in order to be close to the Obamas? Insiders say that Winfrey was looking at a $50 million, 9 bedroom house in the Washington area. Her rep didn't return calls. [Page Six]
• Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicky Hilton ex Kevin Connolly went over to Paris's house to hang the other night. Are we really still talking about her? [Page Six]
• Page Six is implying that Tom Cruise has oral herpes, as they gleefully point out that both Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes have been photographed with sores on their lips. [Page Six]
• Several stars, including the sore laden Holmes, were interviewed for a new book called The Black Book of Hollywood Pregnancy Secrets. Holmes talks about loving Home Depot, while Kate Hudson says that she finds dating difficult because she's a mom. Plucky Helena Bonham Carter rages against men who criticized her for drinking coffee whilst preggo: "Yeah. You try nine months of gestation and self-abnegation before you start censoring my diet. Your mother was probably on vodka, and do you have three heads?” Finally, Tina Fey says, “I don’t care how many [magazine] covers you’re on. When you’re chasing a 3-year-old around with a pull-up [diaper] hoping she won’t poop on the floor, you’re just like every other mom on the planet.” [NYDN]

• Judging by her shopping choices, Christina Aguilera is having a boy. Unless she's trying to trick us! In which case she's having a girl. [The Sun]
  
• Britney's former assistant says the pop star had a shrine to Kevin Federline in her house — her wedding dress and all of his old clothes. Um, won't someone please help? [The Sun]
  
• Also, Britney has been ordered to pay Kevin Federline's $120,000 legal bill from the custody battle, since "the vast majority of the litigation deals with [Britney's] conduct." Ouch! [People]
  
• Oh, and Britney's album was denied the #1 spot on the Billboard charts after an unexpected last-minute rule change. The #1 CD is The Eagles' Long Road Out Of Eden. We're beginning to think Britney has karmic debt. [MTV]

• Lynne Spears blames herself for Britney's trainwreck: "I didn't raise my children to have Hollywood careers. This all just exploded in my face, and big dreams became big headaches." [Rush & Molloy, 4th from bottom]
• A respected Detroit reverend says that Star Jones is the victim in the kerfluffle with a local charity's "empowering" event. Rev. Horace Sherffield says his own nonprofit organization was also duped by the shady group, Full & Fabulous. They offered to pay Star Jones $25,000 to come and speak — but never sent the $10,000 deposit as required in the contract. [Page Six]
• Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams are planning to create two identical bedrooms for daughter Matilda, so that whether she wakes up at mommy's or daddy's house it'll look familiar. Uh, sounds disorienting. [Page Six]
• Is Mandy Moore dating Matthew Perry? Cuz that's kinda weird. [Page Six]
• Did Lost's Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan break up? It was kinda weird that they were together. [Page Six]
• Oooh! George Clooney was dining at an L.A. restaurant and "romance model" Fabio was at the next table. Fabio's friends started snapping pictures of each other, and Clooney got pissed. They argued! They shoved each other! Waiters had to break it up! Fabio's manager says, "George is lucky he didn't end up in the ER." Ba bum bum! [Page Six]
• The Office stars John Krasinski and Rashida Jones were seen "canoodling" at the SNL after-party last week. They dated in 2005 — maybe there's a rekindling? [Rush & Molloy, 2nd item]
• Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch is in foreclosure! Jackson is delinquent $23,212,963 on a $23,000,000 loan. [TMZ]
• David Copperfield claims he is the victim of a smear campaign and an extortion attempt by a former employee. Does this mean we can't make "grabracadabra" jokes anymore? [TMZ]
• Victor Garber, who played Jennifer Garner's character's father on Alias, says little Violet Affleck is an "extraordinary kid" who is not even two, yet "her vocabulary is daunting." Awww. [People]
• Donny & Marie Osmond's father, George, died Tuesday. Entertainment Tonight was on the plane with them as they flew to Utah to grieve. Classy! [ET]
• Welsh actor Rhys Ifans has asked Sienna Miller to marry him. In song. In Welsh! Her response? "She fell about laughing," says a source. [Mirror]
• Amy Winehouse has finally been granted a U.S. work visa! She was supposed to be on Saturday Night Live but now there's a writers strike, of course. [Mirror]
• Pete Doherty has apologized for injecting heroin on video last week. "It was a stupid, stupid action for which iI feel only shame," he says. [The Sun]

• Singer Rihanna on actor Josh Hartnett: "I would be lying if I told you we were not more than just friends... I've fallen for him big time. He is so hot and he is really sweet to me." Instead of some stupid name like Rihartnett or Joshanna, can't we just call them "freaking adorable" ? [Mirror]
  
• Rosie O'Donnell is in talks with MSNBC to have her own evening talk show. It would air at the same time as Larry King's program on CNN. Would you watch? [Rush & Molloy, 3rd item]
  
• Some teenage girls struggling with their weight are not happy that former View host Star Jones never showed up to give them a speech — despite taking a $17,000 deposit and two first class airline tickets from the group. Tsk, tsk! [Rush & Molloy]
  

• Julia Roberts wants to help Britney Spears."It's all I can do not to move her into my guesthouse and say, 'Okay, this is how it's going to be!' And just take care of her." [People]
• Benicio del Toro showed up at a meth addict meeting at the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York — not because he's gay or an addict, but because he is an addict's sponsor. Love him! [Page Six]
• Oil heir Brandon Davis allegedly gambled away some $80,000 this weekend in Atlantic City. He turned to friends for cash: A source says "he was asking everyone for $5,000." Eyeroll! [Page Six]
• Jay-Z's new album, inspired by the movie American Gangster either is or isn't doing well. Honestly? He has enough money not to sweat it too much. [Page Six]
• Some David Copperfield documents reveal details of how the magician's assistants lure women on his behalf — with brochures of David's islands in the Bahamas and a "what to say" sheet if boyfriends or husbands get in the way. Grabracadabra! [TMZ]
• Angelina Jolie says her family celebrates many different holidays: "We celebrate Moon Festival for my boys, who are from Asia, and Kwanzaa and things like that." Uh, Kwanzaa? Really? [People]
• Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis is expecting a baby girl. [ONTD]
• Amy Winehouse missed the ceremony at the Kickers Urban Music Awards over the weekend because she spent the whole night at the open bar. We've never heard of the Kickers awards, but maybe the bar was the best part? [Mirror]
• Pete Doherty is supposedly clean, so why is there video of him doing heroin on Friday night? Also, who the hell lets someone film them injecting drugs? [The Sun]
• Christina Applegate was seen making out with ex-husband Johnathon Schaech at L.A. club Les Deux Friday night. [People]

• Britney Spears and Kevin Federline both went to their first Parenting Without Conflict session yesterday. They learned "polite requests," cooperative parenting and communication skills. Sounds like fun — and a step in the right direction! They're both due in court Friday for a "progress review." [People]
  
• The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, says, "I would love to talk to Britney. I really feel sorry for her. I want to tell her, 'It's OK'." Dontcha think Britney would probably be all, "Who the hell are you?" [Daily Mail]
  
• More fakeness on The Hills: Lauren Conrad rolls her eyes when people try to talk to her and the cameras are off. Plus — she went on a date, and when she was reflecting on it "afterward" she'd changed her hair and nail polish. No one thinks it's real, yet no one can stop watching. It's like wrestling. (With cell phones and skinny jeans.) [Gatecrasher, 3rd item]

• Former *NSync member Lance Bass says his new book will sell more copies than rapper 50 Cent's new book (launched on the same day) because "he doesn't have any relationships with guys in that book. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't have any space training, either." Uh, Lance has a point. [Gatecrasher]
• OMG Not so blind item: "Which Hollywood faux-mance is being cranked up higher as their film sinks at the box office?" [Gatecrasher, last item]
• Did magician David Copperfield offer a woman $2 million to drop her rape charge? Did he invite her to a "party" at his mansion in the Bahamas? When she got there, did she find it was a party of two? A pal says that night, he forced himself on her. "She told me she fought back," the friend says. "But she said that just seemed to turn him on more." [Rush & Molloy]
• A source says Christina Aguilera is expecting twins. Double trouble! [Rush & Molloy]
• Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills wants Reese Witherspoon to portray her in the movie of her life. We're trying to picture Reese with a faux leg... [Page Six]
• Fox may do a spinoff of Prison Break called Prison Break: Cherry Hill — set at a women's prison! No "gonna make you my bitch" jokes, please. [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Amy Winehouse has pledged to give up drinking... before a gig. She gave a sober performance in Amsterdam "and gave her best show of the tour yet." Atta girl! [The Sun]
• Maria Shriver is done with TV news, a decision she made after the media circus surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith. "It was then that I knew that the TV news business had changed and so had I," she says. We liked her better before she married the Governator. [Yahoo News]
• The hit single "Umbrella" was originally done for Mary J. Blige, but she was too busy. But she thinks Rihanna did a great job: "I was so glad that she caught it and knocked it out of the park, and it's still one of my favorite songs to date." [MTV News]

• Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal: It's so on! They're calling them "Reesenhaal." [The Sun]
  
• No, seriously. After dating in March, then breaking up in June, they were snuggled up all over Rome this weekend. Strolling the streets arm in arm! Photographers from Big Pictures caught all the canoodling. Hmm, think it helps that Reese's divorce was finalized this month? [Daily Mail]
  
• And Reese was on Ellen and said of Jake, "He's great!" [Us Magazine]
  
• The first thing Heidi Klum noticed about Seal? His "package," which made her say, "Wow." [People]
  
• When asked if she's happy with husband Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman says, "I don't ever say that... People's lives together are complicated and beautiful." Sure, sure. [People]

• And Word is that Nicole — who hasn't had a hit in a few years — is starring in a $175 million flick due around the holidays that is "just plain bad." [Page Six]
• Martha Stewart is going to be roasted by Katonah, New York residents who are still mad she tried to trademark the town's name for a furniture line. Think she gives a crap? [Page Six]
• The backup dancers who did most of the work while Britney Spears stumbled through her MTV Music Awards performance have not been fully paid. Also, Britney "ignored" the court-appointed parenting coach assigned to monitor her visits with sons Sean and Jayden. Same old, same old. [Page Six]
• Blind item! "Which TV 'reality' mom has had a little elective surgery to help her get over the baby weight?" [Gatecrasher, last item]
• While magician David Copperfield is under investigation, information has surfaced regarding his "system for picking up women." It involves Copperfield choosing women from the audience to assist him during his show, then photographing them and interviewing them about their favorite cologne. Uh, ew. [TMZ]
• Pete Doherty has dumped his fiancée, model Irina Lazareanu, after a huge fight on Monday. Will he try to get Kate Moss back? [The Sun]
• In other Pete Doherty news, a judge removed the remaining term of a drug treatment order, after being convinced by experts that Doherty is staying clean. Good for him! [Telegraph]
• The Spice Girls are taking pole dancing lessons in preparation for their upcoming tour. Uh, girl power! [The Sun]
• Amy Winehouse performed in Amsterdam, running off the stage six times to hug or kiss her hubby Blake Fielder-Civil. "My husband looks like a model with his new haircut," she told the audience. She also replaced the lyrics of one song with the words, "blah, blah, blah." Still really really love her. [Mirror]
• Singer Courtney Love is banned from Claridge's hotel in London, because the last time she was there, she started a fire in her room with a cigarette. [Mirror]
• Actress Gretchen Mol had a son, whom she named Ptolemy John Williams. As you'll recall, Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician and astronomer. That kid will be explaining this his whole life. [People]
• A critic wrote that on Britney's new album, "If a blow-up sex doll could sing, this is what she'd sound like." Ouch. [News.com.au]
• New unedited footage of Anna Nicole Smith makes Howard K. Stern out to be a manipulative exploiter who helped keep Anna high on drugs. Ugh. [News.com.au]

• Halle Berry was showing distorted pictures of herself during a taping of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and said "Here's where I look like my Jewish cousin!" when displaying one in which her nose looked large. Although the segment aired, NBC dropped the audio of her saying "Jewish." Berry says "I so didn't mean to offend anybody." Halle knows about nose regrets. [Page Six]
  
• Jennifer Lopez racked up $16,000 in limousine charges while promoting her film El Cantante in July... and then disputed the bill, so it went unpaid. [Page Six]
  
• Leonardo DiCaprio is single again, having split with Israeli model Bar Refaeli. But what's weird is that Refaeli is now dating Kelly Slater, who dated Gisele Bundchen after DiCaprio did. WTF. [Page Six]
  
• Ryan Gosling was supposedly dropped by director Peter Jackson on the film The Lovely Bones because he cut his own hair and fought with wardrobe. We say give Ryan what he wants! [Page Six]

• The Hills star Heidi Montag shot her music video last week — with Spencer Pratt as the camera man. Classy! [TMZ]
• Amy Winehouse's live DVD comes available with a Double Trouble combo — an engraved pint glass and ashtray. Beehive not included, boo. [TMZ]
• Owen Wilson participated in a lawn-mower race for a Willie Nelson video shoot! He raced against brothers Luke and Andrew, as well as Jessica Simpson, Woody Harrelson and Dan Rather. We wanna see! [People]
• Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm was reluctant to do the Spice Girls reunion because she suffered from depression and an eating disorder during her years with the group. "They basically said if I wanted to do it, great, but if I didn't want to do it then they were going to do it anyway," she says. Aw, sisterhood. [Telegraph]
• Kate Moss is selling the London mansion where she spent time with ex Pete Doherty... Too many memories? [Mirror]
• David Copperfield has canceled upcoming shows in Southeast Asia — but not because of his allegations of sexual misconduct, his lawyer says. The charges that Copperfield "forced himself" on an unidentified woman are false, his lawyer claims, "because David Copperfield has never forced himself on anyone." (Aside: This subject came up and Moe said, "If he is magic, can't he make 'No' 'Yes'?") [Showbuzz]
• Oprah flew to South Africa over the weekend to deal with the crisis of allegations of sexual misconduct at her school for girls. It was her second visit in ten days. [Times Of London]
• Mariah Carey's makeup artist waxed the singer's upper lip and chin — in front a studio audience at the CBS studios. Yes, there are pictures! [Daily Mail]
• Blind item! "Which major league athlete has been trying to sleep with all his former fiancee's celebrity friends since he broke up with the B-lister? But even Paris Hilton turned him down!" [Gatecrasher, last item]
• Jay-Z says that when he watched his retirement movie, Fade To Black recently, he was "embarrasssed. I couldn't watch. I had to turn it off. I was cringing." [Rush & Molloy, 2nd item]

• Everything in Norway is smoked! Amy Winehouse's arrest stemmed from someone tipping off the police that the singer had marijuana in her hotel room. Officers held Amy, husband Blake Fielder-Civil and a male member of her tour crew for about 12 hours in separate cells, then fined and released them. We're curious whether they bought the weed en route or brought it with them... [People]
  
• Isla Fisher popped! The actress and baby daddy Sacha Baron Cohen had a baby girl in L.A. on Wednesday night. [The Sun]
  
• A New York psychotherapist says that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be damaging their children by traveling so much, pulling them from schools and not creating a stable environment outside the family unit. Not that it's any of his business. [Page Six]
  
• Did the ideas from Jessica Seinfeld's book, Deceptively Delicious, come from another book? The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals has similar, icky, "just add purée" recipes. [Rush & Molloy]

• People are all abuzz because Chelsea Clinton's best friend, Nicole Davidson, is getting married in D.C. October 27. Chelsea is an expected guest, as are her parents, Hilary and Bill. Attendees are being warned not to "bother" the senator and former prez. Wonder if they'll do the chicken dance? [Page Six]
• Did Britney Spears visit a doctor's office for collagen injections in her lips? She was seen leaving a doctor's office covering her mouth. [TMZ]
• Wait! Britney may have been covering her mouth because she ran over a photographer's foot! [People]
• As for her August hit and run case, Britney cut a deal with the owner of the car she damaged. That means her charges might be dropped. [TMZ]
• Magician David Copperfield is being investigated by the FBI. Did something disappear? [TMZ]
• Ooh! Cops seized $2 million in cash from Copperfield, as well as a computer hard drive. [MSNBC]
• Shar Jackson won MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar, yawn. She says ex Kevin Federline wished her luck and told her to "kill 'em." [People]
• Ellen DeGeneres canceled the taping of her show today. She's going to take a long weekend and come back on Tuesday with a new show. [People]
• Here's how Joely Richardson looked at an benefit in London that had the Daily Mail saying "signs of strain," aka anorexia. You be the judge. [ONTD]
• If you read somewhere that Lindsay Lohan was engaged, it is not true, thank the mighty lord Zeus. [ET]
• Holy crap: Catherine Deneuve's father was a Nazi collaborator, according to an unauthorized biography of the actress. [Telegraph]
• Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham is fighting a "chest infection" which is pretty damn funny if you think about it the right way. Uh, the wrong way. [The Sun]