1 In upcoming film, Catherine Zeta-Jones dances in midriff-baring belly-dance costume
Sadly, this is the logical next step in her ''midriff crisis.''

2 Mary-Louise Parker reportedly engaged to Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Rats. I had a fiver on Mary Kay Place and Harry Dean Stanton.

3 Spike Lee says ''Do the Right Thing'' and vote Obama
Across town, John Carpenter said Obama would mean ''Big Trouble in Little China.''

4 ''Britney's Law'' would establish a paparazzi-free ''personal safety zone'' around celebrities
Having your own law named after you is going to be the 21st-century version of receiving a star on the Walk of Fame.

5 Lindsay Lohan re-creates Marilyn Monroe photo shoot
She also wanted to marry America's most celebrated playwright, but none of her advisers knew who that was.

6 Joel Madden says daughter Harlow is more partial to mama Nicole Richie because ''all she does is eat''
Hearing this, Paris immediately texted Harlow on her baby cellphone: ''piggy piggy.''

7 Director wants Nicole Kidman to play Valerie Plame in biopic
Rumors? Intrigue? Questions about her marriage? This'll be a snap.

8 Bai Ling arrested for allegedly shoplifting $16 worth of batteries and celebrity magazines
Guess she didn't see herself in them and wanted that to change, like, immediately.

9 Steven Spielberg drops his involvement in 2008 Olympics
This really opens up the floor-exercise category.

10 Miley Cyrus apologizes for not wearing seat belt in movie
Miley blamed ''Hannah'' by saying, ''Hannah sometimes makes me do bad things,'' and displaying, as proof, a dead drifter in her trunk.


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