Oy, biopic season. Can't we just skip this year and forget about Milk and W and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People? Or, just keep that last one on account of Simon Pegg being funny and Kirsten Dunst being tolerable, and get rid off all the rest?

Because it's not officially time for the movie biographies unless actors start whipping it out to Oscarbait, here is Jamie Foxx going full retard crazy for the movie adaptation of L.A. Times' columnist Steve Lopez's book, The Soloist. Foxx plays "troubled street musician" Nathaniel Ayres, with perennial character actor and Iron Man supah-star RDJ along for the ride as Lopez, natch:

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• Despite the insistence of George Contanza, double-dipping really is like "like putting your whole mouth right in the dip."

• If you're L.A., be sure to check out the weed vending machines.

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• Action star Jamie Foxx's reputation suffered a huge hit when a clever paparazzo discovered that the man wears clip-on earrings.

• Someone mistakes a naked picture of Kim Kardashian for a hot commodity.

• Oh, no! It turns out Hilary Duff isn't a very strong swimmer! Fortunately for her, she has those brand new flotation devices to help keep her from drowning.

• Three former Duke lacrosse players sue disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong for totally ruining their lives.

• Condoleezza Rice's gal pal breaks Condi's heart sets the record straight by publicly announcing she's heterosexual.

• Larry Craig is officially the least popular boy in Senate, the last one picked for all the recess kickball games.

It’s not the way America has handled the war, it’s the way George Bush has handled it. I think George Bush and the guys that are there, just don’t have the charisma to pull off the things that they’re trying to do…They go to war in a high-risk, high-return or high-risk, no return in this situation. You’ll be in Iraq for another 30 years. You can’t get out.

[Meanwhile] you have never partied until you go over there. They throw down! You’re drinking out of crystal, eating off of solid gold forks — everything is top class. I thought I threw some good parties, but I ain’t got nothing on them! Phantoms (Rolls Royce), all that. They have some serious cash.

–Jamie Foxx, who evidently found time between filming The Kingdom (set on-site in the Middle East) and trashing the Bush administration to "rock the casbah." [MSNBC]

• Jamie Foxx does his best Kathy Griffin impression at the Borgata, dissing everyone from Prince ("he wears 10-inch stilettos") to O.J. Simpson ("I threw a party in Miami and he showed up…He shook my hand hard as hell. He did it!")

• Penelope Cruz continues to dispel those lesbian rumors by getting hot and heavy with the uber-masculine Orlando Bloom.

• Lindsay Lohan continues to demonstrate her horrible common sense by reportedly dating seedy "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis.

• Widdicombe's daily riddle has us pondering "which aspiring starlet (more former than latter) had to be stepped over on a Chateau Marmont staircase Sunday morning because getting back to her room before having sex was too much of a chore?"

• Tara Reid has somehow recovered her pre-liposuction bod.

• Brad and Angelina light up the red carpet at the Golden Globes last night, offering "sizzling" new details about their fave breakfast cereals.

• We guess this means Jamie Foxx's career is pretty much over. [Page Six]

• Nick Denton now has an outlet for all those celebrity iPod playlists. And oooh, it sparkles. [Idolator]

• Anyone remember INXS? Yeah, neither do we. Which makes us wonder if they paid people to write this story. [NYDN]

• It’s official: Jay-Z can’t stand Beyonce’s music, and he’s going to make sure everyone pays attention to him now. [Y!]

• We’re now placing bets as to how long it takes for the other members of Rockstar: SuperNova to start hating Lukas Rossi. [Billboard]

• We thought it was Michael Jackson who gets blamed for doing weird things to random people … not the other way around. [Jam!]

• Daniel Powter doesn't care who he plays for, as long as their alive. He'll even play for Americans. [InsideDenver]

• Poor Carmen Electra. She couldn't find a better rebound guy than Jamie Foxx? [Page Six]

• We don't really need a huge explanation for why people love the Dixie Chicks so much … but it helps. [NYDN]

• How can we make fun of Luciano Pavarotti? We can't — we really just can't. We just thought you should know that he's planning on returning to tour after he undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer. [AP]

• It pains us to think how awkward it's going to be when someone tells Heather Mills she's not important enough to have stalkers. [Page Six]

• The BET Awards are so B-List, even Jamie Foxx wins. [AP]

• Brandon Flowers is one to talk … like he's the prototype of good old masculine rock-n-roll. The guy wears more eye make-up than RuPaul! [NME]

• Though we'll miss the absolute randomness of Michael Jackson living Bahrain, France is still better than here. [R&M]

• Axl Rose is back on the streets. So, uh, be careful of leaving your ankles exposed. [MTV]

• For once, it seems Mariah Carey is the lesser of two crazy-ass people. [Page Six]

• Kanye West and Ludacris are not guilty ya'll. While it may seem like they take their beats from various other sources, it's only sheer coincidence. [Billboard]

• Rappers' lawyers lying to judges for their clients? No … never! [MTV]

• Sexercising with Jamie Foxx anyone? It's only 30 minutes, but he guarantees you'll be sore when you're done. [Showbiz News]

• Even country music singers need to chill out from time to time. Which, of course, means growing copious amounts of your own weed. [AP]

• Delusion strikes: Brandon Flowers says The Killers are recording the best album of the last 20 years. [NME]

• Jamie Foxx does not have sex to his own music, because that would be too egotistical, even for him. [MTV]

• As if we needed more proof that hip-hop really is pretty gangsta'. [Billboard]

• American Idol Paris Bennett gets the boot. We're guessing Paula Abdul cried for hours in an alcohol induced sob sesh. [AP]

• Guys, stop laughing — Keith Richards is really hurt. He's gonna stop drinking and smoking, too. Ok, you can start laughing again. [Page Six]

• Like, seriously guys, Lindsay Lohan wants us to take her acting seriously. We told you Linds, have a baby, and we'll see your movie. [ET]

• Did you know Queen Elizabeth and Hugh Hefner are the same age? Too bad she can't have six hot ripply boyfriends. [Vogue]

• Paris Hilton decided to bet her Bentley away in a game of poker. Actually, it was a game of strip poker, but everyone at the table had already seen her naked, so they took the car instead. [Superficial]

• Jamie Foxx knows how to spend money, sing, and most importantly, screw around [3am]

• Because Gem and Barbie weren't dirty enough, we now have The Pussycat Dolls dolls. The perfect gift for that special little 11-year-old whore in your life. [TMZ]

• Rached Sklar thinks being right is more important than being first. To which we say "psha!" [Mediabistro]

• Clearly if a group of rappers got their hands on an Oscar, they must have "stolen" it. [AP]

• CD's performed by and marketed to kids are selling better than ever, thanks in part to the inexpensive nature of child labor. Shouldn't their showbiz parents be on top of this? [NYT]

• An America's Next Top Model winner finally got a job! To be fair, it's appearing in a Jamie Foxx music video. [MTV]

• Frankly, we have a hard time seeing Paula Abdul as any sort of threat, unless you're trying to protect an open bar. [People]

• Supposedly an entire trove of unreleased Johnny Cash recordings is ready to be released, though we're not entirely convinced it's not going to be Joaquin Phoenix wailing instead. [Rolling Stone]

• Despite the Hermes party being in his honor, Lou Reed admits that he cannot afford the designer accessories. Maybe if he spent less money on drugs you could buy a heinously expensive scarf once in a while? [Cindy Adams]

• We thought Jamie Foxx had come such as long way since Booty Call. But, after listening to his album, in which he offers up X, and says, "I'll make you turn around and touch your toes," we think, hmm, not so much. He best not be kissin' Oprah with that mouth. [Slate]

• Leif Garret's mom blames Rock 'n Roll for his drug problem. But, Courtney Love's mom says that she's been troubled since infancy. At least we know no body's mother is to blame. [NYDN]

• The new Beastie Boys movie, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That was shot entirely by fans at a Madison Square Garden Beastie's concert. Home videos shot by a bunch of drunk people are fuckin' awesome. Just ask Drew Barrymore. [NY Times]

• Pink — the insipid, scantily clad pop star who's video criticizes insipid, scantily clad starlets — is so meta. What's next? La Lohan and Kate Moss in a D.A.R.E. commercial? [People]

• This particular AP headline caught our eye: Music Sales Are Booming On Internet. By "sales" do you think they mean "illegal downloading?" [AP]

Last night's Golden Globes were relatively … well, boring. There were few shockers and no surprise couples, but still, the winners and outcomes were not disappointing. Favorites were: Walk the Line, Brokeback Mountain, Lost, and Desperate Housewives, with Joaquin Pheonix and Reese Witherspoon cleaning house in the best comedy or musical category.

Thank god for the likes of Mariah Carey, Sandra Oh, Ang Lee, Jaime Foxx, and Eva Longoria. There were just too many damn white people at this award ceremony. Ok, white people can be funny, too. Our favorite highlights, plus links to the coverage, after the jump.

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• Barry Gibb decides to re-hash the good old days by purchasing Johnny Cash's house. [AP News]

• Now celebs you haven't heard from in years are jumping on the divorce trend. [AP]

• You've already downloaded it, but Arctic Monkeys tired to stop you by rushing out their album a week early. [NME]

• IPods might hurt your ears, but at least you can't catch mad cow disease from them. Unless you bought your iPod at a Wal-Mart in Honolulu. [Local 6 News]

• And, here comes the New York Times, two weeks later, asking now irrelevant questions. [NYT]

• We all want to take Jamie Foxx seiously, but, unfortunately we can't just erase Booty Call.
[MTV]

• Intern Molly may be the only person we know who reads this (apparently very well respected) music site, but since round-ups seem to be today's theme, the top 50 singles should come from people who (supposedly) know what they're talking about. [Pitcfork Media]

• Sometimes people's depressing stories make us laugh. But when it comes to Pete Doherty, we just can't find the words that make drunk driving and HIV tests funny. [NME,
Page Six]

• If you're a rock star and girls don't want to sleep with you, pull a Rivers Cuomo and tell everyone it's was a conscious decision. [AP]

• Calling Jamie Foxx a 'hook girl' will probably get your ass beat in some parts of town. All we're gonna say about his new album is: its pretty much not the rage [Newsday]

• 10 years in stoner years is like, a lifetime, dude. Finally Phish phans can get their hands on the 1995 New Years Show, performed at Madison Square Garden. And when you're high, who cares if you're watching a total bootleg? [Phish.com]

• In case you were nervous that people were getting tired of Scientology, here's a little reminder: Beck is still one of the Cruise-aiders. This damn religion really knows how to get the good ones, don't it? [Alternet]

• Lindsay Lohan says the reason she dates those older "bad boys" (think Christian Slater, Colin Farrell and Jared Leto) is because she has "issues" with her jailbird daddy, Michael Lohan. And all this time we thought it was for the publicity.

• Finally, some good news in Kate Moss Watch™. The sinking supermodel has been offered a five-year, $5 million spokesmodel contract with online gaming site Nine.com, though she's required to complete rehab and a two month "corporate retreat" (i.e., surveillance) or she's outta there. Or if she relapses, whichever comes first.

• Gotham magazine released its list of "Hundred Hunkiest" NYC bachelors. Included on the tally: Mark Birnbaum, Jonathan Cheban, Gary Mantoosh, Eugene Remm and Hudson Morgan. Just because they wrote "bachelor" doesn't mean hetero, kids.

• Jamie Foxx is revisiting his Ray-sized ego on the set of Michael Mann's big screen remake of Miami Vice. With his contract signed before he won his Oscar, Foxx whined until his paycheck was raised to match that of Colin Farrell.

• Reese Witherspoon's paparazzo-from-hell Todd Wallace has quite the rap sheet. Among his other misdeeds: threatening a pregnant store manager, plus convictions on battery, burglary and grand theft charges. Wallace served more than four years in a California prison and (fingers crossed!) might just extend that record.

• Anna Nicole Smith is taking her divorce settlement all the way to the Supreme Court — and they're holding open the door for her. The justices agreed to hear her argument for the $474 million she claims was illegally kept from her after her 90-year-old husband died.

Now isn't this always the way it happens: Big name star with no feet to stand on demands big-name-star payday — and everybody laughs.

While Dreamworks studio execs OK'd sizable payouts for Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy for the upcoming Dreamgirls musical, they've shut the door on lonesome diner Usher.

Despite his Grammy-riddled CV, Usher has nary an acting credit to his name, which meant Dreamworks had little inclination to write a check for his usual sum. Instead they jumped down the list to Tyrese before landing with former B2K-er Omarian Grandberry, who you may remember from such instant classics like You Got Served.

And without the payday, we've got a hankering we might be in for another Showtime melodrama special.