· Michael's, the restaurant of choice for the media-addled, now includes the Star in its pile of readables at the front. (last item) [NYO]
· Liza Minnelli will guest star as a widowed socialite on six episodes of Fox's Arrested Development. "I'm having such fun doing it because I'm finally allowed to use my comic ability," she says. 'Finally?' But we thought the whole David Gest marriage schtick was hillaaaarious. [BBC News]
· Jerry Seinfeld is making "Bee Movie," a animated film about bees for Dreamworks. "I have always been fascinated by bee society, the world's most harmoniously run organization, and now I finally am going to be in it," the comedian says. Mr. Seinfeld also said, "Dreamworks; ka-ching!" [Washington Post]
· No, you drive me crazy. Britney on his mind, Justin Timberlake recently gave some shot-outs to teenage girls' self esteem: "Girls, if you ever look in the mirror and wonder, 'Why did he leave me?' you know why. 'Cause you're crazy.'" [The Scoop]
· Queer Eye Carson Kressly on Cher: "She's sort of like Jesus," though "she's very down to earth." (As opposed to high on a hill, hanging off the cross, evidently.) Moreover, he says, she "is a diva in a good sense of the word, meaning that she's supremely talented and superstylin'." [NY Daily News]
· J. Lo won't be seen in any more gender-neutral Louis Vuitton adverts. Her contract was not renewed for 2004 because "she took tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise with her - and even sent her assistant back to collect a particularly nifty pair of socks she forgot," according to Page Six. [NY Post]