Professional semi-endearing obnoxious person Howard Stern has backtracked (not apologized, he clarifies) from ragging on professional semi-endearing obnoxious person Lena Dunham. After Girls co-star Jemima Kirke tipped Dunham off that Stern had called her "a little fat chick who sort of looks like Jonah Hill and keeps…

R.Patz is hoping Water For Elephants will help him slough off Edward Cullen. I don't know about that, but the NYC premiere was as grown-up as it gets.

This Bulgari event in Beverly Hills benefited several very worthy causes, which is great. And Gerard Butler was there, which was also great.

It's sort of bizarre how so many times I've heard a friend or a public figure note that they've had trouble with men/a certain man, and that life would be so much less complicated if they were gay.

The Social Network premiered at the New York Film Festival last night, and the celebrities in attendance were (mostly) dressed to impress, sticking to sleek suits and simple dresses.

It's a truth universally acknowledged that celebrities love product launches. And judging by the assembled starpower - Amber and Venus and Felicity and Christina and Rashida, among others - they really loved the Blackberry Torch.

• Oh no! Boo: Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Etheridge (formerly Tammy Lynn Michaels) have ended their nine-year relationship. Sadness!

When stars slum it on Broadway, apparently they make their dressing rooms ridiculous, according to the Wall Street Journal:

• Kate Gosselin says that though Jon Gosselin called the breeder and had their two family dogs taken away, "They'll come back I'm sure at some point. But for now, I just needed a break."

• Just what you always wanted: Heidi Montag has posed for the September issue of Playboy: