Still wondering why Terrence Howard was summarily fired from Iron Man 2? Jamie Foxx has a few ideas!

The United States of Tara, legend goes, was an idea that popped into the mind of Steven Spielberg, who then handed it over to screenwriting phenomenon Diablo Cody to flesh out into a half-hour pilot.

Not long after we reported on Tara Reid getting free rehab at Promises, a rep for the rehab facility contacted us, took us into a quiet, seaside-adjacent massage room, and began a healing confrontation.

If and/or when Hollywood makes the definitive movie about victims of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme, we're sad to report that Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick can be recruited to play themselves.

The early word on Kirk Cameron's Fireproof hinted that the religious-themed drama would pack a wallop at the specialty box office in late 2008. But $33 million? Holy Christ, indeed.

Last night, MTV started its new "Brody Jenner finds a friend" series Bromance in the way many had anticipated: with a loving homage to the naked, hooded dehumanization perfected at Abu Ghraib.

· Still have an appetite for memorable Defamer video moments after getting through the Hall of Shame? Intern Leigh Lumford compiled A Top 10 Defamer Video Moments for your 2008 nostalgic enjoyment.

12/25 — GENE SIMMONS and family at Gonpachi — service and food was shitty but it was nice to see Gene and family having just as bad a time as we were. SHANNON TWEED looks fantastic and their son is fantastically tall. [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

· Robin Thicke at Club Nokia, and The Movies play the final show of their December Spaceland residency.

We'd be lying if we said we weren't excited for Cleo, Steven Soderbergh's upcoming 3-D Cleopatra musical/possible practical joke starring Hugh Jackman and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Now, Soderbergh has revealed insane new details.

The Hills is over, but in its oily wake are Bromance and The City. The first is a competition show where dudes aspire to be bros and the second is chicks pretending to be useful.

Now that Fox and Warner Bros. no longer have SAG to engage in their quest for mutually assured destruction, they've officially entered the saber-rattling stage of their own legal wrangle over the rights to Watchmen.

There's a fine line between refreshing candor in movie reviews, and the kind of oversharing that tickles the "look, I just wanted a thumbs up, not emotional scarring" area at the back of your brain.

As this year's Best Actor race begins to winnow down toward a Mickey Rourke/Sean Penn face-off, Rourke has cleverly masked his one misstep—calling a journalist a "faggot"—by casting texted aspersions toward his rival.

12/26 — JASON BATEMAN and family at Il Sole on Sunset... he is ridiculously hot... and seemed like a nice guy. COURTNEY COX, DAVID ARQUETTE and family also at Il Sole... she left the table last so everyone would see her, stopped by Bateman's table, and then headed out to the paparazzi... all two of them. Guess no one cares about her anymore. [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

Having a hard time coming up with resolutions for 2009? We understand the difficulty in coming up with ways to improve your already perfect life. But the stars know a few things you don't.

Celebrities have fallen on hard times! They can't subsidize their sad lives with appearance fees anymore. We just received a long list of pseudo-celebs looking for work. Let us share the names with you.

12/24 — An OLSEN at the cafe next to American Rag... and she was eating!! She looked great and was shoveling food in her mouth like the rest of us commoners. ["An Olsen?" Who can be more specific? Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

The Monday Morning Box Office looks basically the same as it did on Friday, with Marley and Me shocking everyone with a $51 million holiday frame. But what does its surprising success really mean?

Though our wintry economic climate provides plenty of reasons to drink, it also leaves us with little money to spend on lavish, unhelpful rehab facilities. How bad have things gotten? Just look at Promises!