- Ooh, progress! Britney Spears hired a chauffeur! This is what they call "baby steps." [Extra]
- Hmm, and is Britney dating a waiter? Rumor has it she's "fallen for" Michael Marchand, who waits tables at L.A.'s Mirabelle restaurant. We like it when guys bring us food, too. [TMZ]
- Nicole Richie spent her Thanksgiving at a homeless shelter in Hollywood. Hopefully, she didn't just give food away — but ate some, as well. [Just Jared]
- A singer named Peter Pepper claims that Amy Winehouse killed his hamster. "I don't know what she did to it — it was probably crack!" [Mirror]
- Lindsay Lohan will probably guest-star on Ugly Betty. There's no deal yet, but LL had been in talks before the writers' strike. We're imagining an episode in which Betty gets extensions, wears leggings and blames the black kid. [NY Post]
- Brad Pitt quit a film — the American remake of the British thriller State Of Play — over "concerns about the script." The writer's strike means there's no way to change or rewrite material. Costars Edward Norton, Helen Mirren and Rachel McAdams are hanging in there. [Guardian]
- A DJ claims that Kate Moss was "a total nightmare" and it was "obvious that she was on drugs" when he was working a party in London. He also says she snorted from a bottle of alkyl nitrate (known as "poppers") and asked the him for cocaine. But we're sure none of this happened, because she's sober now, right? [Mirror]
- Sean "Diddy" Combs had a foot operation last week. Maybe the marathon he ran a few years back ruined his arch? [Page Six]
- Singer Vanessa Carlton performed in New York on Tuesday and was "all over the place" "babbling incoherently". She blamed her behavior on antibiotics. [Page Six]
- Kimora Lee Simmons was asked what's on her Christmas list; she responded, "A baby!" Is Djimon Hounsou listening? [Page Six]
- Headline News host Nancy Grace, who gave birth to twins on November 4, has taken her son home. Her daughter remains hospitalized. [People]
- Perez Hilton accused x17 Online of mistreating its workers, but a judge in L.A. dismissed his lawsuit against the photo agency, ruling that Hilton has no standing to intervene on behalf of the photographers who work for the company. Meanwhile, x17 is suing Hilton for copyright infringement. Messy messy business! [E!]
- Producers are suing Francis Ford Coppola Inc. and American Zoetrope over Sofia Coppola's 2000 film The Virgin Suicides, claiming they're owed $500,000 in profits. [The Hollywood Reporter]
- Alicia Keys has released four albums over the course of her career, and all four have debuted at #1 on the Billboard top 200, including As I Am, which dropped last week. [MTV News]
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