Martha Stewart Cutting Costs, DJ AM Recovering
♦ Martha Stewart has been busy wielding the ax. First she fired one of her show's directors; now she's cut her longtime hairstylist/makeup artist, allegedly because the staffer was spending too much on makeup and hair dye. [P6]
♦ The doctor who has been treating DJ AM and Travis Barker since their plane crash on Friday says both men should make full recoveries. Four others died in the wreck and investigators now suspect a blown tire was the cause. [People, LAT]
♦ Ron Perelman and Pat Duff are still fighting in court over their daughter Caleigh. It seem the teenager is still skipping out on those court-ordered visits with her mom. [P6]
♦ Lindsay Lohan will be a judge on the first episode of next season's Project Runway. [NYDN]
♦ Tina Fey was a big winner at the Emmys last night. You can check out a full list of winners here. [ET]
♦ Now that she's married, Portia de Rossi is changing her name to Portia DeGeneres. [Star]
♦ Mariah Carey is playing a Harlem social worker in a new movie. Also: She recently made her security team clear out the bathroom at Morimoto for 10 minutes while she used the facilities. [NYDN, P6]
♦ Chace Crawford's apartment is a pigsty with "crusty toothpaste and self-tanner all over the bathroom." [NYDN]
♦ John Mayer might possibly be inking a deal with CBS for his own "Ed Sullivan type variety show." Ugh. [Fox 411]
♦ George Michael was arrested for possession of drugs, although he was just "cautioned" by police and no charges were filed. [NYDN]
♦ Dane Cook was evicted from his LA apartment for not cleaning up after his dog. [P6]
♦ Michael Lohan says he's still not officially engaged, even though his girlfriend has already had her engagement ring for months. [E!]
♦ Staffers at the Ziegfeld wouldn't let Robert De Niro's daughter, Drena, inside to see her dad's new movie because they didn't believe she was really his daughter. [P6]
♦ Scarlett Johansson refused to take a photo with a doorman the other night. "I'm not the Statue of Liberty," she reportedly told the man. [P6]
♦ Kate Moss and Jamie Hince have finally split up for good, apparently. [The Sun]
♦ In a new book, Sean Lennon says his father once screamed in his ear so loud that he had to go to the hospital. [P6]
♦ The crisis on Wall Street is particularly tough on the city's strippers. [P6]
♦ Mark Wahlberg and his fiancé, Rhea Durham, are the new parents of a baby boy. [NYDN]
♦ Natalie Cole has been hospitalized since September 12 due to complications from a Hepatitis C medication. [NYDN]
♦ Ryan O'Neal swears the drugs found in his Malibu home last week weren't his. [Extra]
♦ A new biography of Britney Spears, written by someone who went undercover as a paparazzo, says Britney's mom Lynne is a "spin doctor and a borderline manic-depressive." [NYDN]
♦ Heather Mills donated $1 million worth of vegan food to Bronx children. [Access Hollywood]
♦ Federal and local investigators are on the hunt for someone trying to sell photos of Jamie-Lynn Spears breastfeeding her baby. [TMZ]
♦ Alex Rodriguez gets his blonde highlights done at the Frederick Fekkai Salon. Just in case you were wondering. [P6]