• Expect to see Donatella Versace pop up on Oprah late this month to discuss her field of expertise: drug use. Oh, and they'll probably talk about fashion, and maybe anorexia too. [Gatecrasher]

• You aren't supposed to be able to pick up the 2006 Zagat guide until Oct. 17, but one Barnes & Noble pulled a Harry Potter and had it on bookshelves two weeks before its release. [Page Six]

• Michael Jackson appeared in public with his children for the first time since, well, we're not sure — it's easy to forget about veiled kiddies. This time he took them on a trip to see an exact replica of himself at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London, whereupon Paris, Prince Michael Jr. and Prince Michael II immediately added six years of therapy. [The Sun]

• Supposedly, learning you're losing your heavily sought after gig at Vitals is easier to absorb when delivered by Fairchild president Mary Berner, also known as the chic that's firing you. [Page Six]

• When we heard rumblings a couple days ago that the New York Post and New York Daily News had – gasp! – called a truce, we were reluctant to believe it. And then the Post's Page Six confirmed our suspicions yesterday when they continued their anti-NYDN rally. Or maybe the NYP's deadlines were before the white flag handshake? [Page Six]

• Dancing to Kabbalah can be hazardous to your health if you're Madonna. Because the dance diva wrote a track about one of the sect's holy men, she's been warned it could lead to divine retribution and forbidden from using his holy name for profit. Funny how they weren't squawking about her devotion being used for their profit up till now. [Globe & Mail]

• Yeah, so about that subway terror alert? Fuhgettaboutit. [AP]