· Paris Hilton will be returning to the recording studio in order wrap her debut LP by February. Thankfully, she'll be working with Lil' Jon, if only to maintain her usual skeety aura. [MTV]
· Let the guessing games begin: who'll replace CBS Evening News Dan Rather come March? Anderson Cooper? Jon Stewart? Triumph the Insult Comic Dog?
· Gwyneth Paltrow and her fruity baby Apple are back in town. Let the young child's lifetime of American schoolyard name-calling commence! [JJB]
· Just to verify who does and doesn't suck, it's the 50 Coldest People In Hollywood. Congrats to this year's big winner, filmmaker Michael Moore. [Film Threat via Defamer]
· Thanks to the most bizarre celebrity auction to date, you too can own a stapler signed by the Dixie Chicks. [cMarket]
· Real rappers still steal shit, even if they've signed a record deal. [NYP]