When did Ellen DeGeneres turn into such a yenta?

12/16 — When I was going to my parking garage after work, I saw a pristine Chevy Tahoe in Valet awaiting an entourage of scenester short dudes and EVAN RACHEL WOOD dressed like Cruella DeVille. They were dining at Chaya Venice. Swanky." [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

We've already enjoyed a hearty laugh at Variety's expense for confounding the two crazy Tracys. A slightly gaucher gaffe, however, comes to us via EW.com, who accidentally went live with Lena Horne's pre-written obit.

We'll admit to having trouble ourselves keeping Tracy Morgan the very real blueberry muffin enthusiast separate from Tracy Jordan, the virtually identical interactive-porn magnate he plays on 30 Rock.

America got its first glimpse of Ryan Seacrest reality brainchild Momma's Boys last night.

· Despite a tanking economy, this year's Sundance should continue to be the conspicuous display of Stoli-and-chocolate-dipped-strawberry consumption we know and love. [THR]

America's favorite love affair between a former Fly Girl and a Puerto Rican skeleton may be coming to a tragic end. That is, if Leah Remini has anything to say about it!

That whole Milk/Hockney thing got us thinking about other recent examples of homoerotic art and their inspirations. [NSFW things follow after the jump.]

Typically, Alec Baldwin uses his platform to come out against easy targets like Sarah Palin and Dane Cook's vagina-like face. However, his ambivalent HuffPo blogging about Caroline Kennedy has been messing with his audience's mindgrapes.

In a pivotal Milk sequence, James Franco strips naked and dives into a rich gay man's pool, his creamy buttocks thereby setting in motion the ripples that would lead to a sweeping social revolution.

Valkyrie-Opening Eve is days away, when children leave plates of strudel and wheat beer for Santa Claus von Stauffenberg, in the hopes they'll wake up to a Hitler-assassination the next morning.

A political pundit who sometimes acts, Sean Penn won widespread admiration for finally appearing likable on-screen in the Oscar-buzzed Milk. Now, though, some are calling his political associations anti-gay.

Typically, when one is tasking one's publicist with the announcement of just about the biggest divorce payout ever made to an ex-husband, one wouldn't claim two days later, "Ooops, clicked 'send' too early!"

With seemingly so little left to live for (or is that just us?), the second season of Flight of the Conchords, and all the "Foux de Fafa" frivolity that implies, seems like it can't arrive quickly enough. But wait! Put down that kebab skewer pressed to your temple! You needn't wait until the January 18th premiere to catch your Brett and Jemaine fix, nor do you even need to hold out until this Monday, when the first episode streams on HBO.com. That's because it's already streaming, at this very moment, courtesy of FunnyorDie.com. We'll see you in half an hour.

It seems any Tom Cruise appearance lately is predicated on image rehabilitation, whether making amends with Matt Lauer, who he famously suckerpunched on live TV in a heated disagreement over Wellbutrin,

Hey, you there! Think you can run a network? You may be able to do it better than NBC's boy-king Jeff Zucker, who Jay Leno has just exposed as a total space cadet.

· Whose job is it to stick up that Double Showcase Winner overlay? They've been waiting for this moment for decades, and they did not let us down!

· Mercury Rev at the El Rey, Amanda Palmer & Danger Ensemble at the Henry Fonda, War Tapes at Spaceland, and Grammy-winning a cappella all-male "orchestra of voices" Chanticleer sing Christmas music at Disney Hall.

NBC will leave no stunt unplayed in its attempt to own Super Bowl Sunday, with Jessica Alba and Cloris Leachman now confirmed to appear alongside Jack Black in that night's special hour-long Office episode.

Though his sons may have grown up desensitized to monkeys and breasts, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner can still appreciate a good celebrity rack at the advanced age of 82.