• Britney Spears misses traveling. The old ball and chain (deadbeat husband and cumbersome baby) are really bringing her down. Not to mention her checking account. [Billboard]

• The "are they or aren't they" question shifts focus from Anderson Cooper and Ryan Seacrest to Coldplay and their break-up ambiguity. [NME]

• It must be the fake wood paneling that really makes the Kid Rock sex tape skeevey. [R&M]

• Scissor Sister's music goes well with "gourmet finger food." So, um, is that what the kids are calling it these days? [Stylus]

• Even Snoop Dog and Sheryl Crow can't fill XM's void left by Howard Stern. [LAT]