British crooner James Blunt has told the BBC that while serving as an officer in the army in Kosovo, he disobeyed an order to attack Russian troops. James Blunt is a war hero! He also has a new album out.

Heidi Klum attended the Black Swan premiere in the signature dress from Project Runway runner-up Mondo Guerra's collection. When Heidi defended the dress on the show, fellow judge Nina Garcia snorted, "I'd like to see you wear that dress, Klum."

He's an idiot, so probably. The Huffington Post's Ryan Grimm has identified several passages in Bush's new book Decision Points that he says are "lifted" from some of his advisers' books.

Eduardo Saverin—the Facebook co-founder who isn't Mark Zuckerberg—made a rare public appearance last night, his first since The Social Network's release, it appears. Eduardo went to a Victoria's Secret party, where he mostly socialized with other tech nerds.

Glenn Beck recently unmasked billionaire Jew George Soros as a "puppet master" who controls Barack Obama and the progressive movement with his Jewish money. Guess who else he controls? Sarah Palin's chief policy adviser. Man those Jews are crafty!

[An uncomfortable-looking Canadian PM Stephen Harper probably didn't want his picture taken with sex fiend Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi at the 2010 G20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea today. Image via Getty]

[Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, looking rather waxen, at Thursday's Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas. Image via Getty.]

Uh oh! Sarah Palin is starting on a 16-state "heartland tour" this month to promote her new book. You know what else is in the heartland? Iowa. This means that she is definitely running for president in 2012.

[An American flag balloon floats away from the Veteran's Day parade in New York today. Image via Getty]

Rob Halpin, the businessman who rented ex-White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's Chicago home and wouldn't leave when Emanuel returned from Washington, is now considering running against Emanuel for Chicago mayor. Is "Rob Halpin" just an elaborate trolling scheme?

Media Matters, the reliably nitpicky watchdog of right-wing media, has paid $86,000 in a charity auction to win a lunch with Rupert Murdoch, Fox News' overlord. Sounds like a contentious face-to-face! Or maybe they'll just have a pleasant lunch.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the manpurse-loving twins who sued Mark Zuckerberg for supposedly stealing the idea for Facebook (and later accepted a $65 million settlement ), have been ordered to pay their lawyers $13 million. Lawsuits don't file themselves for free.

[Emma Watson at the London premiere of "Harry Potter and the Slow Goodbye: Part 1." Photo via Getty]

The Department of Justice was too scared to prosecute the CIA for deliberately destroying evidence that its employees illegally tortured terror detainees. But fear not: The National Archives and Records Administration is still on the case.

Alleged pundit Meghan McCain has some deep thoughts about Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: "He looks like a James Bond villain... To me he's a villain." She also describes him as a "creepy rogue Swedish guy" and "un-American," the end.

Shiloh Pitt may be the weirdest four-year-old you've ever heard about. Also today: sad news for Sarah Jessica Parker, happy news for Carrie Prejean and another religious nut, a tale of Johnny Depp's opulence, and the requisite Lohan update.

Noted Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis—who worked with Federico Fellini before making classics like Serpico, Death Wish, Three Days of the Condor, Blue Velvet, and Barbarella—died in Los Angeles today of undisclosed causes. He was 91.

[Model Lais Ribeiro looks positively tortured while getting gussied up for the Victoria's Secret fashion show at the Lexington Avenue Armory in Manhattan today. Image via Getty]

Earlier today, the U.S. Marshall's Service previewed nearly 500 possessions of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff and his wife, Ruth, that it will auction off on Saturday. Up for grabs: a bed, piano, 10-carat diamond ring, and shoes. Lots of shoes.

On November 11 for the past two years, Al Gore's Current TV has laid off a bunch of staffers. In 2008, 32 people were axed; 80 more were dismissed in 2009. With 11/11 upon us tomorrow, employees are getting nervous.