The Megan Fox Backlash
• The love affair that the media once had with Megan Fox is clearly waning. Now that she's promoted the Transformers movie in every possible venue on the planet, a bunch of editors have picked Aug. 4 as "Megan Fox media blackout day." [NYDN]
• Investigators looking into Michael Jackson's untimely death searched Dr. Conrad Murray's house yesterday and left with cell phones and a hard drive. [People]
• Bar Refaeli was seen getting hot and heavy with her new boyfriend, Brazilian playboy Ricardo Mansur, in St. Tropez. [P6]
• Hulk Hogan and his wife have (finally!) reached a settlement in their divorce case. He'll get to keep his collection of bandanas; the couple's collection of blonde hair dye will be divided between the two sides. [Us]
• Lionel Richie and actress Bai Ling "have been dating up a storm." [NYDN]
• Mischa Barton is is headed to New York City to begin work on her new television show, The Beautiful Life. [RadarOnline/National Enquirer]
• Kid Rock on Twitter: "It's gay." Well, allright then. [P6]
• A Palestinian man depicted as a "terrorist" in Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno says he plans to sue the comedian. [AFP]
• Beyonce may not be happy by some of the things in Jay-Z's memoir. [DM]
• Johnny Knoxville's divorce has been finalized. [Extra]
• CariDee English had a make-out session with Semi Precious Weapons frontman Justin Tranter in LA the other night. [P6]
• Remember Kevin Federline? He's fat now, in case you were wondering. [Us]
• You know who's even fatter? Jack Nicholson. [Daily Mail]
• In honor of George Clooney's new girlfriend, Italian model Elisabetta Canalis, a look back on Clooney's other conquests in recent years. [Jezebel]
• Jill Zarin dined with Jon Gosselin a week ago and they spoke "a lot." She's not going to get into specifics about what was said because the chat was private. But she'll give the broad strokes if it means she'll get an Us story out of it. [Us]