+ American Idol producers seem to think "America loves Paula [Abdul]." We'd argue, if we weren't so soul-crushingly apathetic. (Damn you, Seinfeld, damn you!) (TV Watch)
+ Meanwhile, British children have voted: and they think Simon Cowell's even more famous than God! We'd be willing to bet he's infinitely more recognizable, too. (TV Squad)
+ Breaking: Lipstick Jungle isn't officially canceled yet! Which means there's still at LEAST two more episodes to ogle that hot twentysomething Kirby fellow who never, ever wears a shirt. (E! Online)
+ Good news, ATL lovers! Bravo has just picked up The Real Housewives of Atlanta for a second groundbreaking season. Bring on the crazy! (Usmagazine.com)
+ The Today Show copies Barbara Walters does something completely new and unexpected and offers up their own picks for the 10 Most Fascinating People Top 5 People of 2008. (Psst...our money's still on Obama). (E! Online)
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• FINALLY, people are starting to notice that Grey's Anatomy is both disturbing and ridiculous. That is, of course, unless you like watching tawdry unrealistically hot/mentally unstable doctors (Shoutout, Izzie Stevens!) sleep with nonexistent dead people. (E! Online)
• O.J. Simpson's attorneys have asked the court to go easy on their client because he's "a first-time offender" who only hypothetically confessed to brutally murdering two people. (Scandalist)
• FYI, NeNe Leakes from Real Housewives of Atlanta (whose writing has drastically improved since yesterday) wants you to know that she and her hubby were NOT, in fact, forcibly removed from their home. (Bravo TV, via Us)
• Top Chef recap: Melissa Harrison serves up one hot tamale, Ariane "The Cougar" Duarte plays it safe and one mathematically-challenged chef gets his (or her!) just desserts. (TV Watch)
• Oprah Winfrey to move her talk show to Washington D.C. during inauguration week as part of an ongoing effort to soak up every last minute of Barack Obama's impending presidency. Yes, she can! (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)
• TMZ claims Danity Kane dropout Aubrey O'Day is headed for Playboy! Hey, guess that's one way to take the heat off the nearly-nekked Complex shoot that cost you your job/singing career. (MTV News)
• The Real Housewives of Atlanta's resident homewrecker Kim Zolciak wasn't sure she'd survive the whole experience. ""After the reunion show, I was afraid I was going to get killed," she confessed. So natch, she did what any slightly spoiled person would do: she "invest[ed] in something that would kill them instead." (Usmagazine.com)
• Carson Daly is gonna be a daddy! (MSNBC)
• Heath Ledger's entire life/film career/losing battle with prescription drugs to be reduced to one 60-minute Law & Order episode! Dibs on playing MK Olsen! (NY Post)
• Brooke Burke won Dancing with the Stars! (Um, obvs.) Fortunately, she totally nailed the "OMG, I'm so surprised!" face. (E! Online)
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• You know how Misty May-Treanor had to leave Dancing with the Stars after destroying her ankle? Well, good news! Already-eliminated DWTS contestant Kim Kardashian has graciously offered to take her place on the show! Awww, that should TOTALLY help ease the pain of May's potentially career-ending injury. (Scandalist)
• Hmm, guess Khloe Kardashian's sis wasn't all that "relieved" to be done with Dancing after all... (TV Watch)
• On tonight's Grey's Anatomy, McDreamy and Meredith's cohabitation talk leads to a disaster of biblical proportions. Sigh. If only there were some sort of sign... (E! Online)
• Okay, fine, Victoria Beckham isn't exactly a reality tv star (unless you count that thankfully short-lived NBC miniseries.) But we'd be remiss if we didn't tell you that her can't-live-without beauty secret is....a skin cream "derived from nightingale poo." (Daily Mail - UK)
• OMG, Holly Madison and Hugh Hefner are officially no longer sleeping together! Well, assuming they ever really were. (Usmagazine.com)
• Get ready for the premiere of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta tonight. Here's to hoping one of the leading ladies is a pretentious underwear-model-turned-Duchess! (LA Times)
