- Michael Lohan Is Unintentionally Hilarious. Hahahaha. It's amazing that Michael Lohan is ever-ready with a quip when his daughter has relationship troubles. As in today, when his reported reaction to Lindsay Lohan's breakup with longtime girlfriend Samantha Ronson was, in a phone call to ABCNews.com, "Well, thank God." [ABC News]
- Brown Pleads Not Guilty. Chris Brown entered a plea of not guilty to assault charges Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, wearing a button-down Mr. Rogers sweater and tie. He's accused of assaulted fellow singer and sometime girlfriend Rihanna during an argument the pair had the night before the Grammys. [The Los Angeles Times]
- Variety Ed Out; Blogosphere In, Says Times. Peter Bart, who for two decades has edited movie trade paper Variety, will be bumped instead to blog and oversee editorial operations now as a vice president, the paper has announced. Now, The New York Times debates what it means that Sharon Waxman's movie-tabloid blog The Wrap effective broke the news. Something about the rise of blogs as legitimate sources of news. [The New York Times]
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