A new study shows that antidepressants like Paxil are okay for severe depression but mostly worthless for less-than-severe depression. And they think Prozac will be just as worthless. Hopefully this news depresses you enough to make your meds work. [Related]

I don't know how stupid you have to be to be terrified by a talking Photo Booth, but watching these people totally freak out is pretty funny either way.

If you happen to be interested in the current whereabouts of New York's most famous former prostitute (and the city's newest sex columnist), a tipster tells us that Ashley Dupre is getting her hair cut right now at the Warren-Tricomi salon in Midtown. You're welcome.

Just what the world needs in these heady times: A reality TV show is casting for little gay elves (us) to help farty straight boys and girls (them) figure out how to date each other. A gay man's forte!

Ha, the family of sci-fi writer Philip "K" Dick is threatening to sue Google for stealing its "Nexus One" phone name from the Dick story that inspired Blade Runner (it also featured Androids, get it??). Google's response: "Nerds." [WSJ]

Is Tiger Woods hiding out at the Long Island mansion of Jim Dolan, the "controversy-prone CEO of Cablevision and owner of Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks"? That's what Us Weekly reported this morning, although reps for Dolan have called the story "preposterous." [Us]

ABC's after school special "Ace Hits the Big Time" was a revolutionary event. Marvel as a group of purple-clad men dance around revolutionary bowling commentator and former Mr. Belvedere cast member, Rob Stone (he was the older brother).
They're gonna punch his front teeth way back into his mouth!

Wanna take your main squeeze to the flicks but can't afford the high priced tix? Watch this video!

The first batch of homeless Chihuahuas will be arriving in New York from Los Angeles today. (As you may recall, Paris Hilton's fascination with the breed a few years back led a big bunch of California residents to adopt Chihuahuas, but many of them were abandoned when the fad passed.) As part of "Operation Chichuahua Airlift," about 15 dogs will be landing at JFK today aboard a Virgin America flight. Why NYC? According to the ASPCA, "the East Coast has long had a shortage of small dogs." [AP, ABC News, previously]

No, not Jakob Lodwick. (Give him time.) But Harold Ford, Jr.! Ford is planning a run against appointed New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and he has the backing of New York's richest Democratic donors.

Here, it's an unprecedented mosaic of Hubble space telescope photos showing more than 12 billion years of cosmic history. Are you impressed? You're not, are you? God, you people. [Pic: Hubblesite.org/ NASA. Click to enlarge, or are you too busy?]

When Kathie Lee's outta town, America's Got Talent's Piers Morgan comes to play. This morning, the two discussed types of underwear. Piers to Hoda: "The idea of you in a thong? Exciting!" Quick, let's cut to the baby pandas!!

She's got such a good hold on her piece of muffin no human can capture it.

As there's been a spate of ill-fated megastar-driven Broadway productions recently, one tends to be skeptical about any movie-to-stage transition actually succeeding. So imagine my surprise when I warily settled into Scarlett Johansson's B'way debut and totally didn't hate it.

What a beautiful sight. Serene sunset, tall grasses, a view for miles and...HEY! What's that stupid tree doing in the way?!

Conde Nast CEO Chuck Townsend is meeting personally this month with shell-shocked staffers at the company's various magazines for what is described as "a rah-rah speech" with "lots of charts and graphs." Everybody, "Conde rules" on one! [NYO]

Julianne Moore standing on a subway platform waiting for a downtown train ... a spiffy-looking Kiefer Sutherland walking in SoHo ... Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni filming scenes for Law & Order: SVU in Murray Hill ... Sarah Jessica Parker arriving at her townhouse in the West Village ... Teri Hatcher posing for photographers outside the Late Show with David Letterman in Midtown ... Ashlee Simpson walking to her apartment downtown, and later clowning around with husband Pete Wentz by walking in Union Square wearing Halloween masks.

4-year-old Sydney sings The Plain White T's song that infected all of our ears last year. Somehow, she makes it cute.

Sleeping with her drug dealer was the only way to get him to forget about the money she owes him. The "next Casey Johnson" in L.A.'s socialite set hasn't sunk that low—yet. And finally, a star does something kind!

Shady Lady Ranch in Beatty, Nevada is now hiring what will be the state's first legal male prostitutes. The big controversy is whether they will do GAY things (optional), but the real triumph here is: jobs! [LAT]