• Pete Wentz and his unknown guest graciously smile for the cameras.

• Meanwhile, for once we actually agree with Perez. The most poignant way to describe Avril Lavigne is, in fact, by scrawling "SUX" over her face with a giant white sharpie.

• Never underestimate the brazen self-confidence of an overweight, SCRAM-wearing SNL alumnus.

• A movie adaptation of annoying late-90's catch-phrase "He's just not that into you?" We're just not that into it.

• Tyra Banks donates $2300 to someone other than Tyra Banks. Now that's fierce.

• Kate Walsh buys $4.5 million mansion for herself and her fiancé (and boyfriend of three months) which will be worth approximately $2.75 million after the inevitable quickie-divorce settlement.

• A furtive Ashlee Simpson hides her penchant for KY jelly from her pervy dad-slash-manager.

• Gwyneth Paltrow pulls a Madonna and puts British culture on a pedastal above American.

• Keith Urban is out of rehab and back to brunch with Nicole Kidman.

• Paris Hilton ditches Kim Kardashian for being too popular.

• Tracey Morgan disinvited from Christmas tree lighting by Mayor Bloomberg for all those DUIs.

• Marc Jacobs' ex-boyfriend and former rentboy Jason Preston spotted making out with Perez Hilton, the celeb blogger who claims his sex life is nonexistant.

• If Nikki Finke is to be believed, the flick from the anti-Semitic actor-producer is going to perform better than a feel good movie about killing for diamonds.

• Jake Gyllenhaal finds love with a M.M. that isn't Matthew McConaughey?

• Michael Richards might be Jewish. Or he might not be. If he is, it could be good for image post-racist remarks. Or it could be bad.

• Seriously? "Frat pack" is the best Hollywood conspiracy theory we could come up with?

• Add record label EMI to the list of media companies (potentially) enterting the private ownership sphere.

• Another season of Kathy Griffin's D-List is picked up by Bravo, which means we'll get to see what another bottom barrel celebrity's life looks life after divorce.

• "Nativity Fight" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "War on Christmas."

• NYT pussyfoots its way toward calling Iraq a "civil war" — clearly upset that the LAT and NBC beat 'em to it.

• Nick Denton readies a girlie blog, which will hopefully have a gayer logo than that music blog of his.

• Tracey Morgan again cited for drunk driving. That's cool at SNL. At 30 Rock, that's just embarrassing.