[A PETA volunteer does her best Cheetara impersonation during one of those "fur is bad, sexy girls are good" protests at Rockefeller Center today. Image via Getty]

New Yorker staff writer and Looming Tower author Lawrence Wright is writing what his agent calls "the most profound reckoning to date" with Scientology, told through the eyes of director and apostate Paul Haggis. This should be good.

Shrinking violet Khloe Kardashian, of the notoriously reclusive Kardashian-Jenner clan, is launching a new TV show called Khloe & Lamar. Previous enterprises of unyielding humility and fine-tuned subtlety include Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami and Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Professional media prevaricator Howie Kurtz has long bent over backwards to balance anything that might be construed as a "viewpoint" with an equal, opposite viewpoint. It comes from working in Washington too long. But sometimes, it gets out of hand.

Last August, Jane Mayer wrote a long investigative article in The New Yorker about the Koch brothers, the conservative billionaires who bankroll a host of right-wing causes. Since then, she's apparently become the victim of a disturbing, organized smear campaign.

William Hattar was riding the subway this morning and the doors made a different and really cool song when closing. Have a listen. Hey MTA, can we adopt "Doors Closing: Extended Dance Remix" as the official song of subway doors?

Christine O'Donnell will file amendments to all the campaign finance reports her campaign filed during the 2009-2010 election cycle, a lawyer for the failed Delaware Republican Senate candidate wrote in a letter to the Federal Election Commission.

"I've always gravitated toward gay people," Mila Kunis tells gay magazine The Advocate. Then she drops the most annoying line in the fag hag canon: "I've often been told I'm a gay man in a woman's body." So, she's transgender?

Do people take what they read over Twitter as fact or opinion? That's one of the issues of contention in a lawsuit by designer Dawn Simorangkir against Courtney Love, over allegedly false tweets Love sent to her 40,000+ followers.

Jersey Shore heffalump Snooki told the Daily News that she'd like to be called by her real name, Nicole, now that she's a published author. Here are some good reasons why that will never happen.

Robert Gibbs, the nation's highest-paid kindergarten teacher, will resign in February, the New York Times reports. He says he'll continue to advise Obama and intends to get working on his 2012 re-election campaign.

The local tourism board of Britain's Suffolk County, in seeking to attract visitors, asked residents to vote for the county's greatest icon. The plan backfired when the singer of the metal band Cradle of Filth won by a landslide.

Hugo Chávez doesn't like Barack Obama's nomination for US Ambassador to Venezuela, Larry Palmer, who suggested that Chávez's administration is basically a drug cartel, so Palmer was rejected. But Chávez has a few suggestions — famous people who like him!

Poor President Obama! All of his besties are leaving the White House. Advisor David Axelrod and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs are likely leaving soon, Gibbs as early as Friday, at which point Obama may announce a new Chief of Staff.

[One of Michael Jackson's biggest fans has a message for Dr. Conrad Murray, who went on trial for manslaughter in Los Angeles today in connection with the superstar's death. Image via Getty]

The Weinstein Co. is buying a 25% stake in Starz, putting lady-dragging Starz CEO Chris Albrecht and reporter-dragging monster Harvey Weinstein in business together. Good luck, kids!

Everyone has them: the actress who appears on screen and immediately creates a feeling of repulsion. You hate her vehemently, but can't explain why. Which actress tops your list, and just why does this phenomenon exist?

Hugh Hefner is upset about a rumor that the Playboy mansion smells like urine. He admits his life "reads like bad fiction," but he's not a sex slave rapist in a palace of poop. Just a horny old control freak.

Nicki busts a move and her dress. John Travolta goes on a boys-only ski vacation. Michael Phelps and Pauly D share a girlfriend. Gwyneth discusses feeling "like a zombie." Tuesday gossip wishes it were a nip slip.

[Las Vegas is better known for Cirque du Soleil than Frosty the Snowman, but residents had a chance to play with the latter after a rare winter storm covered parts of the city with inches of powder. Image via Getty]