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• Entourage star Jeremy Piven shocked fans (and co-stars) by stepping down as the star of his hit Broadway play Speed-the-Plow owing to a "high mercury count" -- a condition he attributed to his above-average sushi intake. Playwright David Mamet's response? "My understanding is that [Jeremy] is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer." Zing! (Usmagazine.com)

• Gossip Girl scoop: That creepy/icky Aaron character is never, ever coming back from Argentina! Dan Humphrey fans, rejoice! (E! Online)

• O.C. cutie Rachel Bilson continues to insist that her love life with hottie Hayden Christensen is uninteresting. We'd argue but we're too busy hating her immensely. (E! Online)

• Meanwhile, Price Is Right contestant Terry Kniess continues to insist that he didn't cheat to win the Showcase Showdown. He just happens to be SO good at valuating strange items that he was able to guess the exact cost of every single one of the prizes ... right down to the very last cent. (TV Squad)

1. It's like Entourage, except for realzies! Fortch, we've always had a thing for overgrown Van Wilder types.

2. There's something for everyone. According to Just Jared, every episode ends when "a rejected 'bro' is asked to leave the bachelor pad dripping wet during a 'Hot Tub Elimination Ceremony.'"

3. The show has AMAZING branding possibilities. (Think: "Frankie Say Relax!" and "Can't We Just Be Bros?" t-shirts)

4. Brody gets by with a little help from his (Hills) friends. And we can't wait to see LC teach these boys a lesson.

5. It's like watching history in the making. World? Get ready to meet the next Spencer Pratt.

+ Need more convincing? Check out the new Bromance trailer and watch as Brody gives these 9 regular dudes the chance to change their lives -- and prove they're best-bud material.

• Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Jeremy "Turtle" Ferrara's real life maybe-coupledom is an inspiration to chubby freeloaders everywhere. (Scandalist)

• Alec Baldwin says making out with Jennifer Aniston (who recently guest-starred on 30 Rock) was "painful." (Usmagazine.com)

• Rosie O'Donnell wants you to know that the ladies from The View get along about as well off-camera as they do on the show. (LA Times)

• Dancing with the Stars' Julianne Hough says she's quitting the show because it's hard to dance and sing at the same time. Also hard? Walking and chewing gum! (TV Watch)

• TLC unveils plans for its newest series: Toddlers in Tiaras, a pageant-themed show aimed at exploiting the exploitation of underage girls. Hey, sounds neat! In a disturbing JonBenet Ramsey meets the chubby girl from Little Miss Sunshine meets Lolita kinda way.

• FYI, Sarah Palin will NOT be guest-starring on Desperate Housewives, okay? Also, that thing about her not knowing Africa's a continent? Yeah, apparently that was all just some sort of crazy hoax. Ah, rumors... (E! Online, NY Times)

• Reality tv takeover! Girl Next Door Kendra Wilkinson and bootiful DWTS castoff Kim Kardashian will reportedly be joining Spencer and Heidi in their How I Met Their Mother cameo. (People)

• Jamie-Lynn Sigler may have dumped Turtle for, um, divulging all the dirty deets on their relationship on last week's Entourage...but in real life, she and actor Jeremy Ferrara are said to be getting extremely cozy. And Jamie's keeping her mouth shut. (Usmagazine.com)

• Earlier this week, a woman who once auditioned for American Idol committed suicide in front of Paula Abdul's house. (E! Online)

• Nicole Richie and her former stylist Rachel Zoe appear to have patched things up! Huzzah! (Hollyscoop)

We love ourselves a good old-fashioned Hills cameo. Which is why we were thrilled to see Whitney Port's blink-or-you'll-miss-it appearance on last night's fashion-centric episode of Entourage. Or as Newsday.com blogger Mark LaMonica puts it: "[Whitney] had just about as much face time in Entourage as she did in some of the early season episodes of The Hills."

Ouch. Fortunately, Whit's days of fading into the background are almost over! With all the buzz surrounding her new spinoff, The City, it's only a matter of time before Lauren's former Teen Vogue sidekick becomes a major star in her own right. That is, assuming designer Diane von Furstenberg feels like sharing the spotlight (Whit, we heart you, but if DVF's got half as much watchability as People's Revolution boss-lady Kelly Cutrone, we have a feeling our eyes will be permanently glued to the back of her wrap dress.)

+ Think Whitney can carry a show of her very own? Let us know whether you'll be following her post-LC adventures in the Big Apple. Plus, check back later tonight when we catch up with Whit on her way to the Hills: Live After Show! (Bonus: Not a cameo -- she's the featured guest!)

• After seven blissful months with Benji Madden, Paris Hilton's apparently ready to start procreating. The reality show star says she's ready to have "three or four" kids in the next "year or two." Maybe she'll recruit her new BFF to start babysitting on Friday/Saturday nights? (People)

• Tina Fey continues to shine in her recurring role as a folksy, likable Alaskan hockey mom. (Scandalist)

• This photo of Kim Kardashian at fourteen proves she's either (a) never had plastic surgery, or (b) been rocking an artificial C-cup for over a decade. Take your pick. (Kim Kardashian's site)

• Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor is officially out of the Dancing with the Stars competition. Worse still, the volleyball phenom reportedly needs surgery on her injured achilles tendon. (Usmagazine.com)

• Entourage has already been renewed for its sixth season! Reportedly, next year's plotlines will center around Vince's hotness, Eric's shortness, Ari's douchiness and Drama/Turtles' romantic foibles. (E! Online)