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• A-List actor George Clooney has generously agreed to appear on the crappy NBC sitcom that helped kickstart his career. (Entertainment Tonight)

• Actor Chace Crawford had some trouble remembering his lines for a recent PSA shoot. Fortunately, his Gossip Girl alter ego is more about spacey stares and sex with cougars than public speaking. (Usmagazine.com)

• And speaking of line-flubbers, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Roberts privately swore in President Obama one more time yesterday. This time, we're told, he got all 35 words of the oath of office correct. (LA Times)

• Mad Men hottie Elisabeth Moss gives renewed hope to semi-attractive funnymen everywhere by agreeing to marry awkward/hilarious SNL castie Fred Armisen. (E! Online)

• Although The O.C. stopped airing new episodes a long, long time ago, our obsessive crush on Adam Brody will live on forever. (Just Jared)

+ Hugh Jackman (a.ka. the X-Man who's bringing sexyback) will be hosting this year's Academy Awards. Snicky, snicky, soine! (FYI, that was us imitating Wolverine's berserker attack with his Adamantium claws. As if you didn't know.) (TV Squad)

+ Demi Lovato's rep says her client's scary wrist injuries were actually the result of a "gummy bracelet" gone wrong. Well, obvs. (MTV News)

+ Um, has Paris Hilton been stealing style tips from Gumby? Just askin'... (Scandalist)

+ Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg to release a new comedy album, Incredibad, with a little help from his famous friendzies like Justin Timberlake and Natalie Portman. Why? Well, for starters, cause "D--k in a Box" is still funny as hell. And, yeah, Mr. Pibbs + Red Vines are still crazy delicous. (MTV News)

+ Brad Pitt to George Clooney: Stop rockin' my 'stache, yo! (People)

+ Candace Cameron (you know her as D.J. Tanner from Full House) is now officially a skinny mini! And she says she dropped the weight without a super-expensive personal trainer/private chef/crazy fad diet! After all, we're in a recession. (Usmagazine.com)

• Only Kim Kardashian would get all freaked out over claims that she WON'T be stripping down to her skivvies and posing in Playboy. (Celebuzz)

• Overly perky morning show host Kelly Ripa denies rumors that she and hubby Mark Consuelos are headed for Splitsville. (Usmagazine.com)

• Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes and her husband Gregory were evicted from their 5-bedroom home. But don't feel too sorry for them. Nene claims she and Greg are "financial able [sic] and stable to live where ever we feel fits." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Us)

• Late Show host David Letterman unforgivably mistakes gross eyeball-fondling woman for talented newcomer. (Best Week Ever)

• Brad "Groucho Marx" Pitt sez he's trying to bring mustaches back, plus he tells Ellen DeGeneres the surefire way to lure George Clooney onto her talk show: "Send him "a bunch of Chippendales [dancers]": "He’s yours...three, four—no less than three." (E! Online)