· After bleeding some of their cred by featuring a foundation-heavy American Idol also-ran on their last cover, Rolling Stone reestablishes themselves as the rock journal of record.
· Phil Spector has requested a TV, an iPod, and Internet in prison -- all of which will give him unfettered access to Jon & Kate Plus 8, thereby rendering the Kate Gosselin-inspired assymetrical wig he's meticulously styling out of a mop that much more authentic.
· A debate has erupted in Twitter's Grumpy Film Bloggers forum over a Slashfilm post titled "The Works of Sam Mendes." This might be a good time to make Movieline's advertorial policy clear: We would never sell ourselves out for anything less than the GNP of a small country.
· Find yourself somehow paying to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen against your will? Pretend your infant child directed it, or anything else on this list of suggestions to help you salvage the experience.
· The Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Meyers is continuing his crusade to bring drunken bar brawling to the world's airports.