Pippa Middleton completed a 56-mile marathon ski race in Sweden and got a kiss for her trouble, Prince Harry is having a terrific time in the Bahamas, and Adele thinks her new place is haunted.
Despite audience requests in Georgetown, Channing Tatum did not remove his clothes to promote 21 Jump Street, Jeremy Lin likes smart women that wear sensible clothes, and all is not well at the Clinton Global Initiative.
The president tells Bill Simmons he's been hearing about the out-of-nowhere sensation for years, Tim Tebow and Taylor Swift may have gone on a date with their agents, and Us Weekly is not happy with Snooki
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have had their third child, who doesn't have a name yet, but is likely to be down-to-earth and lovely, Snooki from Jersey Shore is pregnant and MTV isn't happy, and Jeremy Lin may popping up at Columbia this weekend.
Also: Alan Ball is stepping down as True Blood showrunner, the Stanley Cup is coming to Capitol Hill, and Sean Young's history of awards season mayhem.
The best Oscar after-party moments, including Sean Young's arrest, Cameron Diaz's blackballing, and Madonna's over-the-top Gucci party favors.
Gerard Butler's stealthy rehab stint is ending today, the John Edwards sex tape is on borrowed time, and Chris Brown is being investigated for stealing a fan's iPhone
Lupo! William and Kate's cocker spaniel is named Lupo!
Also: Drew Barrymore pregnancy rumors are swirling, more fallout from the bar brawl involving Monaco's Prince Pierre Casiraghi, and Jeremy Lin has turned down "millions" in endorsement deals already.
Also: Monaco's Prince Pierre Casiraghi might have started the New York City bar fight in which his jaw was broken, Chelsea Handler's famous friends supposedly don't care for her, and former Village Voice film critic Jim Hoberman has a new job.
Also: Bobby Brown had a brief stay at the blackjack table following Whitney Houston's funeral, Reese Witherspoon remains a charmer, and Oliver Stone's son converts to Islam.
Beyoncé has some big plans, Jeremy Lin struggled during his first night of NBA carousing, and the badgering of Kate Upton continues.
Chris Brown uncorks a truly awful pick-up line, Larry King and CNN are kaput after 27 years, and Oprah is considering a big-screen return.
Also: Al Pacino is honored by President Obama and spends the following day drinking espresso alone, King's Speech director thinks he can still be friends with the pregnant fiancée he ditched, and Michael Bloomberg's birthday menu.
Also: Sports Illustrated chooses model Kate Upton for the cover of the Swimsuit issue, a 2 a.m. all-staff email from the chairman of New Regency productions demands middle-of-the-night "proactivity" from his staff, and Steven Spielberg is fine with War Horse jokes.
Accusations fly that celebrities are sending "minions" to cover their shifts at the Park Slope Co-Op, the Vogue editor had a brief run-in with a revolving door over the weekend, and the Senate barbershop gets a bailout.
Craig Ferguson is closing in on a deal to stay at CBS, Madonna's "crazed stalker" is on the loose, and Fox Business says so long to it's entire primetime lineup
Prince Harry is an Apache helicopter pilot and has a prize to prove it, the leading contender to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, and the president of Current TV denies napping during conference calls.
The security detail for the Giants quarterback wouldn't let Sarah Michelle Gellar meet him before they taped Letterman, Russell Brand doesn't want Katy Perry's millions of dollars, and sorting out the meaning of Robert Downey, Jr.'s baby's name.
Also: A John Galliano sighting in London, Karl Lagerfeld touches the Adele third-rail, M.I.A.'s marriage may be on the rocks, and Demi Moore's meeting with intuitive healers and mediums in rehab.
Also: Katy Perry has her eye on Tim Tebow, James Franco left Amanda Seyfried hanging at the Lovelace wrap party, and Susan Collins is getting married.
Also: What Michael Bloomberg and Andrew Cuomo have planned for Super Bowl Sunday, Bruce Springsteen's complicated way of not stealing the spotlight, and Walter Kirn joins GQ.com as a political columnist
Prince William and Kate Middleton don't want you to know what they're calling their dog, Fox News is trying to be nicer to Politico, and there may be an inter-office romance in bloom at MSNBC.
Scarlett Johansson's new ad executive boyfriend is a "real life Don Draper" (with sleeve tattoos), The New York Times editorial board reportedly considered endorsing John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008, and human growth hormone is the fancy new in Hollywood.
Also: Michael Vick says he never even wanter to go to Fashion Week, Rachel McAdams is through finding boyfriends on movie sets while filming is still going on, and Ashton Kutcher takes a Twitter stand.
The president attended the off-the-record dinner for the first time since 2009 this weekend, Michael Vick is struggling to land a New York Fashion Week invitation, and Robert Gibbs, and the Weinstein Brothers are planning a star-studded Giants pep rally.
Demi Moore is out of the hospital, Salman Rushdie's marriage proposal is still pending, and Bill Daley exits the castle.
There are more reports about what sent Demi Moore to the hospital, NBC is looking at giving Dwight Schrute his own show, DC's mayor chooses his girlfriend's birthday over the State of the Union, and the gory fate of John Travolta missing vintage Mercedes
A backup singer said Madonna is committed to "bringing gay" to the Super Bowl halftime show, King's Speech director Tom Hopper is either a cad or a victim of truly terrible timing, and Mick Jagger wishes you wouldn't photograph his beautiful face.
Also: An update on Tracy Morgan's Sundance collapse, Eric Holder had to see Red Tails like a regular paying customer, and Angelina Jolie was very mean to George Clooney's new girlfriend.
Also: The Heidi Klum-Seal divorce is on, Anna Wintour and Scarlett Johannson are hosting a fashionable Obama fundraiser next month, and a cavalcade of familiar faces roast and toast Politico
Also: Kobe Bryant's soon-to-be-ex-wife Vanessa is poised to collect a whopping $75 million payout, the cops in Los Angeles have been talking Brad Pitt's bodyguard about that severed head they found, Cameron Diaz and P. Diddy are canoodling in public.
Also: Jay-Z fired half of the employees at Rocawear the day before his daughter was born, investigating the unusual "tango tinge" of Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, and Gerard Butler, and Condé Nast buys some more One World Trace Center office space.
Today: Alexander Payne protected his ears with pink earplugs at Fox's Golden Globes afterparty, Russell Brand and Katy Perry reportedly had a "sit-down," and Jon Huntsman's family was apparently worried about the former presidential candidate's campaign being compared to Stephen Colbert's.
Welcome to the Smart Set. Every morning we bring you the gossip coverage, filtered. Today: The Golden Globes happened and many celebrities did many things in their aftermath. Elsewhere, Sean Penn was named an ambassador at large to Haiti.
Also: CBS and David Letterman are close to a new contract, Dan Abrams pelted Katie Couric with edamame, and Sinead O'Connor's says her marriage is over again
Today: A ringing phone had patrons of the New York Philharmonic out for blood, Ashton Kutchers cleans up but forgets to lose his wedding ring, and New York Observer publisher Jared Kushner gets not one but two lined thermal shirts in honor of turning 31.
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment reaches a deal to remain at Universal, Sean Penn's sporadic anger management therapy is going well, and Katy Perry's father has stern words for "the jew."
Also: the Downton Abbey set almost became Andrew Lloyd Webber's junk drawer for priceless art, Elin Nordegren is tearing down a $12 million house and building an exact replica in its place, and some moms are considering a lawsuit for the inconvenience Blue Ivy's birth put them through.
If you're in New Hampshire, Chuck Todd and David Gregory want to watch tonight's BCS game with you, Stephen Hawking missed his birthday party, and Scarlett Johannson's mom is having cashflow problems.
Plus: a distasteful (alleged encounter) with director David O. Russell
Zooey Deschanel's personal finances leaked, Russell Brand had doubts about marrying Katy Perry, and another Village Voice veteran has been laid off.
Keith Olbermann and Current TV can't agree why he wasn't on the air last night, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger are wearing rings in public again, and Al Roker is not the person to ask for a favor on a long flight.
Harvey Weinstein made sure the vacationing jet set could watch the New York Giants clinch a playoff spot on Sunday, Nelson Mandela's daughter is the latest person not to put a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao together, and Maureen Dowd says her dresses are nothing like the ones Jill Abramson wears.
Ellen Barkin runs afoul of the NYPD on New Year's Eve, the East Coast media descends on a tiny Iowa diner, and Russell Brand and Katy Perry are the latest famous people not to have a prenup.
Plus: People other than Rick Perry screwed up Rick Perry's campaign, Sarkozy and family get "the new palace" treatment in Morocco, and Derek Jeter might be getting back with his old girlfriend and a brief, swag-heavy stint as a bachelor.
Kelly Clarkson endorses Ron Paul and outrages the Internet, Kanye West is still available for New Year's Eve, and Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper are "totally dating."
The chosen one is almost born, all the celebrities are in the tropics for the holidays, and Americans love Tim Tebow.
Sinead O'Connor's brief marriage is over because of weed, Kristen Wiig's new romance heats up, and Queen E's main squeeze is going to be okay.
Aaron Sorkin's show gets a less cumbersome title, Barack Obama does some late-minute shopping, and Steve Kroft's wife did not care for her "upper-crust Manhattan ladies’ tennis group" one bit.
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