• Jennifer Hudson will sing for President Obama, Michelle Obama and their guests at a state dinner tonight.

I love that the Obamas love their Chicago gal. She should always be at the White House. For some reason, I am imagining a scenario in which JHud sings "And I am telling you… I'm not going…" And then actually refuses to leave. [ET]

• Miley Cyrus went for burgers, and when the counter person asked her name to mark the order, the teen dream said: ""Are you serious? You don't recognize me? I'm Miley Cyrus." The counterperson shrugged, having no idea what that meant, and replied: "That's nice for you. Here is your order. Have a good day." [Page Six]
• Wow, Carla Bruni is going to be in a Woody Allen movie! "I don't know for what role but I said yes," she explains. And she admits she lacks experience as an actress: Perhaps I will be very bad." [WSJ]
• Judi Dench was filming a Christmas special set in the 1840s when she lost a crown on her tooth. ''There wasn't time for me to change,'' she says. ''So I was in my wig and bonnet and all my clothes. I went into the waiting room and sat and registered, and everyone kept looking at me. When I got in to see the dentist, he said: 'Are you busy working at the moment?' I was wearing a full wig with curls." [Telegraph]
• BREAKING: Amber Tamblyn got eyelash extensions. [Page Six]
• Jon and Kate might be over, but the Jon Gosselin drama lives on! The breach of contract suit against him — in which TLC claims be took on unauthorized work — persists. Now there are — you guessed it — phone call recordings between Gosselin's manager and (who else?) Michael Lohan. [MSNBC Scoop]
• At the link, you can listen to a recorded Jon Gosselin rant about TLC and say: "I put my kids out there to every pedophile on the planet and they never got paid for it." [Radar Online]
• Mariah Carey was on GMTV in the UK, and the host of the show says: "She had two people to lower her on to the GMTV sofa, in case her dress got crushed, one person to walk in front of her backwards at all times in case she fell over and several people behind the camera making sure she was going to be filmed from the right angle! Oh, and she brought her own toilet roll as well." [The Sun]
• Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds partied all night for ScarJo's birthday, and ScarJo and RyRen looked so in love and everything was wonderful and their life is perfect. [Page Six]
• Regis Philbin will be away from Live with Regis & Kelly for a month while he recovers from hip replacement surgery. Be well Reege! [NY Post]
• Emma Watson has a new boyfriend, Spanish rock star Rafael Cebrian. Allegedly. [Page Six]
• Amy Winehouse spent thousands on "saucy" underwear, perfume and a rhinestone-enrcusted whip over the weekend. According to a source, "Amy loves showing off her new boobs and wanted to get sexy underwear to make the most of them. She couldn't resist getting a few other bits and pieces, like the whip." [The Sun]
• Remember when Nicole Kidman said she'd "explored obsession" and "strange sexual fetish stuff"? She takes it back, sorta: She meant when acting! "That's what I said in relation to my work. In terms of my work, yeah, I'm interested in exploring love and so that comes in all different forms. In terms of my private life, I'd never reveal what I've explored in my private life." [Daily Express]
• Just because Taylor Lautner is on the cover of Men's Health and Taylor Swift was on the cover of Women's Health doesn't mean they're in competition with each other. Jeez. [Page Six]
• A film about Lil' Wayne is controversial? You don't say. [CNN]
• For some reason I hallucinated that Cougar Town was cancelled. Instead it was just on a break while Courteney Cox dealt with a "family matter" and will be back filming on November 30. I would love to do a "when do you think Cougar Town will get cancelled" pool, though. [People]
  
• Neve Campbell talks about living in London, getting ready to film Scream 4, her "terrible" fashion mistakes in the past, her work with an orphanage in African and "working the Sidney bob" for the Scream flicks. [BlackBook]
• Timbaland says he did not delete Chris Brown's vocal from a track called "The One I Love" due to the drama in Chris' life — "Chris is a friend to us," a rep for Timbaland claims. But Chris is missing from the song. [E!]
• 50 Cent settled the lawsuit he filed against Taco Bell after the fast-food chain used his name without permission. The dollar amount has not been disclosed, but 50 was asking for $4 million, which buys a lot of 99¢ tacos. [NY Post]
• Tyler Perry has donate $1 million to the NAACP. [WaPo]
• Spencer Pratt bet some DJs that Heidi Montag's performance at the Miss Universe pageant was the most-watched performance of all time and now he wants his money. [TMZ]
• Jeez, the Aerosmith dramz is never-ending. Joe Perry is not speaking to Steven Tyler and seems generally hostile about the situation. [MTV News]
• It appears that Pulp Fiction writer Roger Avary is updating his Twitter account and Tweeting. From JAIL. [The Wrap]
• Rosie O'Donnell raised money for her Rosie's Broadway Kids charity not by offering trips or prizes or dinners — but by working the room. [Showbiz 411]
• Poor Kirk Cameron. Going to a UCLA to convince students that Darwin's theory of evolution is wrong really backfired on you, huh? The students totally know what they're talking about when they say Darwin had evidence. [TMZ]
• Tila Tequila claims a sex video that recently popped up on a porn site was stolen from her laptop two years ago. She's planning to sue. [TMZ]
• There will be a Susan Boyle documentary on the TV Guide Network? Isn't that the one where the channels scroll all day long? [NY Post]
• Little Richard is recovering from surgery and asks for your wop bop a loo bops and prayers. [USA Today]
• Whatshername would like to apologize for her behavior since her divorce. [BBC News]
• "I knew what tone I wanted for the book, and it was a matter first of coming up with an outline, getting the characters, the ending, and then figuring out how to get from one point to the next. I'd send [a chapter] to [my collaborator]. He'd come back with some notes. If there was something I felt strongly enough about, then we'd talk about it to see if it would work. The book had to sound like I wrote it." — Al Roker, on his new mystery novel, The Morning Show Murders. [The Daily Beast]
• "The difference between you and me is that even when I wash my hands, I can't get it out of my mind that they're not clean. I have to go back to the sink, I can't even continue with my day. I have to leave the party, leave work. Those thoughts are so intrusive and on a continual loop that I can't inhibit it. Everybody has irregular thoughts, but not like this… I'm probably the only guy set up for these book signings hoping no one will show up. I don't want to face anyone, look anyone in the eye. Who, with my condition, would do a book tour right in the middle of H1N1 flu season?" — Howie Mandel, whose book, Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me, hits stores today. [USA Today]
• "Why are people embarrassed about elderly sex? I hate it when I'm given a script in which the guy's wife is dead. That's just an easy way to dispense with having sex. Audiences don't want to see Big Daddy and Big Mama in bed – but I like to talk about it." — James Earl Jones, who plays Big Daddy in the all-black stage version of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, now in London. [Guardian]
• "We have gotten ourselves into a big, deep hole in the way that we look at healthcare. We are in a system where they get money when we're sick. That's never going to work for us. So when someone says, 'You don't need a mammogram until you're 50,' you take charge of that. I don't trust any of that." — Melissa Etheridge. [People]
• "We were working 12 hours a day, so it didn't leave too much time to eat." — New Moon's Ashley Greene on staying thin. Then her publicist nudged her, and she said: "We had a personal trainer and then we also had fight training." [Ny Daily News]
• "It took us only six months to get married, but it took us five years to commit to making a movie together." — Tao Ruspoli, who made the indie flick Fix with his wife of seven years, Olivia Wilde. [Page Six]
• "I'm all set [with a boyfriend]. But unfortunately not everyone out there is and it's tough to date, to be out there and so I kind of wanted to portray that other side of women's reality and [my song] 'Did It Again' is about making recurrently the same mistake which is something us women tend to do because of our emotional nature, that emotional, romantic and dreamy nature." — Shakira. [AP]
• "He plays guitar and has a great voice. Kids and dogs love him. He loves his mom and sister and girlfriend. He's perfect... too bad he's ugly." — Natalie Portman on Jake Gyllenhaal. I know she's kidding, but I do suspect he's had a nose job. [Mirror]

• So, you know how Tina Fey called out commenters from the messageboards in her Golden Globes acceptance speech? She's started a flamewar!

Tina says: "DianeFan thinks I have a smug smile. I don't know her. I don't what I did to her. Sometimes (I take it personally), but not too much. I don't read it too much." Now, DianeFan has posted: "I'm famous. She mentioned BabsonLacrosse too. Sorry Tina Fey but I still don’t think you deserved to win." Sigh. Giving the interwebs a bad name. [Perez]

• Heath Ledger's Golden Globe will eventually go to 3-year-old Matilda. [News.com.au]
• Did Mickey Rourke use steroids when he was training for The Wrestler? He told Men's Journal that he trained twice a day with an Israeli cage fighter and ate 7 meals to bulk up. And yeah, maybe got some other help: "When I'm a wrestler, I behave like a wrestler." [Perez]
• At a Golden Globes after-party, some drunk lady told Brad Pitt he looks "as ugly as a dog" in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. She also said: "You should definitely shave that goatee because it looks just horrible." In other news, Drew Barrymore was heard saying: "My biological clock is ticking so loud it sounds like a drum. I want kids so bad, but with no husband prospects around, I am thinking of adopting." Then Angelina gave Drew her number. And! Jonathan Rhys Meyers got wasted, as we saw. Yes, he did go to rehab five years ago. [This Is London]
• OMG: Mariska Hargitay has suffered a partially collapsed lung. [Reuters]
• And: Howie Mandel has been hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat. [Yahoo News via AP]
• Fox's Roger Friedman says Jennifer Aniston is doing just fine and is "warm and funny, a nice person to talk to on a Friday night." Eyeroll. [Fox 411]
• Oh, dear: Prince William and Prince Harry "affectionately" refer to an Indian family friend as "Sooty." Someone needs to get these Royals some sensitivity training, STAT. [Daily Mail]
• Never-single Kate Hudson is currently frolicking on the beach in Hawaii with Australian PGA star Adam Scott. They look like they're having fun. [Daily Mail]
• Tom Wilkinson was asked if he had any stories of hanging out with Tom Cruise off the set of Valkyrie and answered: "No, Tom isn't the kind of guy who hangs out." [E!]
• The latest on Amy Winehouse in St. Lucia is that she broke a bed and a lamp in her room during a weekend pillow fight that got out of hand, and by the time security arrived, she was naked and giving a lap dance. She was last seen trying out the resort's trapeze and telling guests: "Josh has gone home. He was lovely. But it was a holiday thing. I still love my Blake. While he’s locked away, I’m still gonna have a good time. He can’t do anything about it." [The Sun]
• Amy's "friend" Josh Bowman has flown home, and Blake Fielder-Civil has reportedly filed for divorce. [Daily Express]
• Britney's camp is looking for a Media Manager to update her Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc. And they're looking on a Harvard job board. You've gotta be smart to speak for Brit Brit! [MSNBC Scoop]
• Good news and bad news: Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd could reunite for a Moonlighting TV movie! David Addison lovers celebrate! Oh. And. Anne Hathaway could star in a remake of Breakfast At Tiffany's. Arg. [Variety]
• Emma Thompson is one of the environmentally-minded celebrities who purchased land near Heathrow airport to keep developers from building. [Mirror]
• Jennifer Love Hewitt just got a restraining order for the 62-year-old man who is stalking her. He's sent dozens of letters describing violent and sexual fantasies involving Hewitt. [AP]
• Ewan McGregor is going to direct the true story of two Scots who fooled the music industry into believing they were American gangsta rappers. [Daily Express]
• The peeps at Findmypast.com looked up David Beckham's ancestors and found that his great-great-great-great grandad, John Beckham, born in 1846, was a rag and bone man, which means NOT that he wore $242 skinny jeans but that he went door to door collecting old clothes and stuff for resale. In other news, Amy Winehouse is descended from Russian Jews. [The Sun]
• Have you seen this clip from Renée Zellweger's new movie, New In Town? It's always a gas when regional accents keep people from understanding each other. Not. [People]
• Oh no! Two Ugly Betty stars are leaving the show. Ashley Jenson, aka saucy Scot Christina, is one of them. The other character might be new love interest Molly. [E!]
• Bollywood! This picture of Ione Sky and Ben Lee's Hindu wedding in India looks pretty freakin awesome. [People]
• Total real life dramz for Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford: Divorce action between her and her estranged husband has turned ugly, and she wants to bar him from leaving the country with their 2-year-old son, because she's afraid they will vanish. [People]
• Amy Poehler is not surprised her new flick, Spring Breakdown, is headed straight to DVD: "Warner Bros. doesn’t want to release it because it’s Oscar season, and I think they’re afraid it may win. It would make them look bad, because they know they were sitting on an Oscar-winning movie." [Gatecrasher]
• This is the second time we're hearing this: There are some great guys again this season on American Idol. Auditions begin tonight! [USA Today]
• Music to your ears? Alec Baldwin is the voice of the New York Philharmonic. [Page Six]
• Kylie Minogue and her Spanish hunk have been strolling the streets of Barcelona. [The Sun]
• Figure skater Sasha Cohen has become a yoga enthusiast. "I wish I had taken it up much earlier," Sasha says. "It will always be a part of my life now." [USA Today]
• Four years after Everybody Loves Raymond left the air, Ray Romano is returning to TV, but with a midlife-crisis drama. [Reuters]
• Tilda Swinton will be on Patrick Wolf's new album? Great news for those of us who loved his "Magic Position", or "The Libertine". [Guardian]
• Lauryn Hill "wandered in" to an equestrian center in New Jersey and took a riding lesson. Ready or not! [Page Six]
• Robert Downey Jr.'s dad made a film called Chafed Elbows, in which the main character has an affair with his own mother, gives birth to $1,800 in $10 bills, has a hysterectomy, impersonates a cop, is sold as a piece of living art, goes to heaven and becomes a rock singer. It was made in 1966 but is playing in NYC for two days in February. [Page Six]
• Blind item! "Which Oscar winner got tired of eating at home — and cheated on his pregnant girlfriend with their local waitress?" [Gatecrasher]
• Fess up: Which one of you stole Lady Gaga's custom-made Christian Louboutin shoes, causing her to go on Jay Leno's show barefoot? [Gatecrasher]
• "What people don’t really know is that it’s a real illness and I am not a doctor, so I cannot identify specifically what brought me down. All I know is — the truth is — that I ended up in the hospital for three days." — Jeremy Piven on his mercury poisoning. [Gatecrasher]
• "I'm 41, and I'll go to the bathroom and glimpse myself in the mirror, and I'm like: What happened?" — Philip Seymour Hoffman to London's Observer. [Page Six]
• "It was right after I graduated high school, so it was a long time ago. I worked there for three months. I had been working as a dancer and I was on my own, so I thought, 'Tights and a leotard, tights and orange shorts, it's the same thing.' It wasn't the same thing. That was one of my Giselle moments [like the clueless Enchanted character] I was talking about when I realised it was completely different. It was so long ago. It's so not a part of who I am." — Amy Adams, on working at Hooters. [Sydney Morning Herald]
• "Gravity and wrinkles that come with aging are fine with me, it means nothing compared to the new wisdom inside my head and heart. It's the best time of my life. I don't think I've ever been happier. If my breasts fall down to the floor and everything starts to sag and becomes hideous and gross, I won't worry. I'll just stop appearing in front of the camera." — Drew Barrymore. MSNBC]
• "I made a decision. I wanna make popular music, but I want less fans. I want the freedom of having less fans. It's like the freedom of having less money. If you have less money, you have less responsibility. It's like Björk. If she wanted to pose naked, you'd be like, 'Oh, that's Björk.' But if I wanted to pose naked, people would draw all type of things into it. I definitely feel like, in the next however many years, if I work out for two months, that I'll pose naked. I break every rule and mentality of hip-hop, of black culture, of American culture." — Your friend Kanye West, in Vibe. [MSNBC]