We hear that near-universally reviled ICM mega-agent Richard Abate is leaving that agency in order to set up his own shop, which we hear will be called Endeavor. (Abate is perhaps best known to Gawker readers as the former mentor — okay, bossman — of agent to the blogsuperstars Kate Lee.) "Endeavor" strikes us as an odd choice of nomenclature, since there's already an Endeavor agency — albeit an LA-based one that doesn't solely represent literary clients. In fact, ICM was recently rumored to be buying that Endeavor, which probably has nothing to do with this. Anyway, weird.

Related (tangentially, maybe): The Agent Dance: ICM Denies Endeavor Rumor [Defamer]

Well, Caridee may have won the competition, but Melrose won the real prize. If that's a prize. Who wants to be the one to tell her that he's not really an agent?

If you've thrilled to the cultural tipping point known as Courtney Love's book Dirty Blonde, then you'll be chilled to see the long-awaited nude author photos finally surfacing in a "fashion" shoot for Britmag Pop. We hate to present this as the first item of the day, but really, if you click through and look, don't expect any sympathy from us. Super-duper NSFW.