So, Chris Brown will appear on Larry King Live this week and some reports highlight the fact that the singer claims he doesn't remember beating Rihanna. But he does, says Brown. He just "misspoke" and evil editors are to blame.

In news that has rocked fake-Hollywood, Audrina Patridge announced today she is leaving MTV's quasi-reality show The Hills sending industry analysts into coma-like stupors attempting to figure out what this means, or if it means anything.

Whatever government agency is in charge of monitoring rioting by hysterical teenage girls went onto high alert today with the release of information about nudity (full and sorta) from two stars of the Twilight series.

While the box office savants are impressed with the better-than-expected grosses of this weekend's horror flicks — Final Destination 3-D and Halloween Rebooted 2 — the question on many lips is why did this slasher showdown have to happen?

With Disney's big buy of Marvel, America suddenly finds much of its entire animated universe — from Spider-Man to Pluto — in the hands of one media conglomerate. How many cartoon characters must a company own before the FTC acts?

Last night's episode of Mad Men was like a perfectly-rolled joint: tight, slow burning, and leaving everyone completely satisfied. There wasn't a lack of things harshing our mellow, but here are the five overarching themes of this beautifully constructed hour.

It was announced today that Disney shelled out $4 billion for Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Not only does it now own Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Iron Man, but is also in business with almost every Hollywood studio. What a tangled web!

It's not good enough to just be gay anymore. To rank, you have to be a total S&M queen. Oh, the modern age! It is also home to dirty game show hosts, undersexed starlets, and secret relationships. Whip it!

Those gabby gals from The View have something to celebrate tonight, for they finally won a Daytime Emmy for their talk show host skills. Meanwhile, for some reason, condescending Tyra Banks won her second award for "informative talk show." [Variety]

Once in a great while a mystery will come along and captivate the world. Who shot JFK? Who shot Mr. Burns? And now, who shot it to make Michael Jackson's youngest child, "Blanket?"

It's looking more likely that Warner Bros. Picture Group's president Jeff Robinov's renewing his contract.

So, L.A., apparently, you're on fire, we hear? 3,000 homes on the northeastern edge of the city are currently being evacuated after 20,000 acres have already been burned. Want to see what it looks like in 24 seconds?

Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, the nightclub disk jockey who not one year ago narrowly escaped death in a jet crash, was found dead in his New York apartment. He was 36.

Last night, the sounds coming out of the mouths of the Real Housewives of Atlanta were even more dulcet and beguiling than Kim Zolciak's debut single. There is only one appropriate response to such beauty: poetry.

Project Runway is about vision and delusion. The vision to make pretty clothes for pregnant ladies. The delusion that they will wear just any old thing. The vision to create clothes out of concepts, the delusion that it will work.

Finally, we have something nice to say. Boring, huh? One actress kindly paid for her poor friend's entire wedding. Aww. We're not being nice to a star's bratty kids, a bad celeb restaurateur, or a cheating golfer. No way.

Cops found murdered model Jasmine Fiore's abandoned car and say the blood covering the inside "like finger-painting" shows signs of a definite struggle. [AP]

HBO has a bona fide hit in True Blood, their Alan Ball-created vampire soap opera. While some may see it as nothing more than a ratings smash, Ginia Bellafante sees something more: the US of A.

Jeremy Piven today celebrated his court victory over the producers of Speed-the-Plow, who sued the actor after he dropped out of their production. He said he got "mercury poisoning" from fish. The National Fisheries Institute wants you to remain skeptical.

The arbitrator in the case of sushi-loving Jeremy Piven versus the Broadway producers of Speed-the-Plow ruled today that the producers could not prove their breach of contract suit against the star. But they still think they were right.