· Kevin Kline gives advice to cub gossip reporters at De-Lovely premiere: ""Don t be cunts. Be nice." Wife Phoebe Cates backs him up: "'I m sorry,' she mouthed over the flash of cameras, 'but it s true.'" [NYO (3rd item)]
· Former 'Access Hollywood' anchor Pat O'Brien disses former co-worker Shaun Robinson in massive email: "it must be sad for you to realize that you are literally hated by most." [NYP]
· Bleecker street club Nocturne closes down, blaming zealous Bloombergian ticketing. [NYP]
· Why did J.Lo back out of carrying the Olympic Torch? No one would pony up the 60K her fifteen minutes of work would cost. [NYDN]
· Tommy Lee: off the wagon, and face-down on the town. [NYP]
· Michael Musto's theory on Britney's knee injury: TV's "Moesha" got all Tonya Harding on Britney over their current common boyfriend. [V.V.]