People descibed the 46-year-old (I know, wow) actor as “the king of cool with killer cheekbones.”

Depp last won the honor in 2003, and this year, he joins the likes of Brad Pitt and George Clooney in winning twice. After Depp, the rest of the top five are Ryan Reynolds at number two, Jake Gyllanhaal at number three, Bradley Cooper at number four, and Robert Downey Jr. at number five.

Rabid Twilight fans might be disappointed to know that Robert Pattinson ranked 15th, but the rest of us will wonder how he ranked so high.

Pick up People magazine to check out the full list.

The Associated Press reported that Richie successfully obtained a restrainging order against two photographers she blames for her car accident last month in Beverly Hills. The photographers have also trespassed at Richie’s home. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson granted Richie’s request and order the photographers, Eduardo Arrivabene and Ivon Emilio Melo Miguel, to remain 50 yard away from Richie and her two young children.

Judge Goodson expressed concerns about violating the First Amendment rights of Arrivabene and Miguel, but the pair said they would follow the restraining order. Miguel even apologized to Richie on the stand and said he wouldn’t take any more pictures of her, boyfriend Joel Madden or their children. Obviously, Madden and Richie responded that they no longer wanted their picture taken.

Meanwhile, Tila Tequila is suing Shawn Merriman over the assault accusations she had him arrested on in September, ESPN.com reported. Merriman had been arrested after Tila accused him of battery and false imprisonment, but after reviewing police reports, San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis did not charge him.

Tila claims she was choked and thrown to the ground, while Merriman maintains he was trying to her from leaving the house while extremely drunk. Dumanis decided there was not enough evidence to charge Merriman, but it seems Tila is strongly convinced otherwise.

In the 2008 conversation between parents Michael and Dina Lohan, the magazine reports that Michael tells Dina that he represents the bad things in Lindsay’s life but his ex-wife interrupts him to say, “her cutting herself and hurting herself? Yeah, it’s bad Michael, it’s bad.”

It’s been a quick road downhill since “The Parent Trap.” Lindsay is the stereotype of a hot mess, and she doesn’t have the popularity of a “Britney” to dig herself out of it. Britney Spears was/is a hot mess, but all she has to do is make another song every time she needs to solve her problems — and it can be any song. She can belch into the microphone and it will to platinum.

Little Miss Values, 22, ousted from the Miss USA pageant after coming out against gay marriage, has penned a book called “Still Standing,” which has been a flop so far. Even the well-timed “scandalous” and “malicious” release of a Prejean sex tape that reportedly shows the fallen blonde beauty queen pleasuring herself hasn’t spurred her publicity.

You can’t market Carrie Prejean — not unless you get her, Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter and 9 other women together with bearskin rugs and rifles, and make a calendar.

She claimed that she made the tape for a boyfriend — because she was in a proper male-female relationship and “cared about” the guy the tape was “for.”

Prejean also went on Sean Hannity, because if anyone’s going to defend her, it’s Fox News.

Let’s be clear: This tape is no accident, and the topless photo of Prejean (right) was no accident either.

But there was plenty of backfire. The sex tape ruined Prejean’s lawsuit against Miss USA, and it’s not helping her book sales.

You can’t shine shit. No matter how hard you, uh, rub.

According to MTV.com, Rihanna said her relationship with Chris was just too intense. They started out as close friends, and their love bordered on obsession. Rihanna also admitted to feeling guilty for reconciling so quickly with Chris because of the message it sent about domestic violence victims. But now, she says, it’s really over.

“I went through … a host of emotions,” she told Sawyer. “It was confusing for me. I was still attached by love. But I wasn’t thinking about … the reality of the situation. You start lying to yourself. … This is a memory you don’t want to have ever again. … The physical wounds go away, you put it in the back of your head and you start lying to yourself subconsciously.”

Long interview short – she still loves and cares about Chris, but doesn’t think they’ll ever get back together. She hated him for a while, yet felt bad that he was facing so much hatred. Now, she just wants to move on.

“I don’t want that five years from now — every time they see Rihanna, they think of Chris Brown beating me,” she said. “That’s not who I am. It’s just one thing that happened to me.”

You can tune in to MTV tonight at 6:00 to here Chris’ side.

According to MTV.com, Brown will answer questions about his fight with Rihanna, including “What caused the singer to lash out against his former girlfriend in the first place? Why has he tweeted old photos of the two of them and released music inspired by her? What does he think about, nine months later, when he recalls that fateful night?”

Brown told MTV that he has been using therapy to deal with his anger and understand his behavior. He also said, “My thoughts [when I look back on it now] is like, why did it happen? Like, what was I thinking? What is wrong with you? That’s what I’m thinking with myself. That’s what my thoughts are, basically, now.”

Tune in Friday for the full, hour-long interview.

According to TMZ.com, Minnesota provided extra security for Farve, including a special security team specifically asigned to him. A Viking’s spokesperson told TMZ,”I can confirm that we did have extra security in place throughout the trip, including at the hotel Saturday night and at the stadium yesterday. Taking the necessary precautions to protect our players on any road trip is always a priority of the team, and this situation was no exception.”

What a very pleasent way to say he’s a traitor of the worst kind to Packers fans and they’d most likely stomp him given the opportunity. No exception? Doubt it.

In her new autobiography titled “unSweetined,” 27-year-old Jodie says she used the money from the college appearances to fund a $700 per week drug habit that included coke, meth and Ecstasy. The lowest point of all, she said, was driving drunk with her infant daughter in the car.

The book won’t be out until Nov. 3, but an excerpt is available on Amazon.com.

“I did a few key bumps and headed to the lecture hall, where a sold-out crowd waited to hear me speak,” Jodie wrote. “I thought for sure that one of the professors would take one look at me and kick me out. But none did. They wanted to hear about the trials and tribulations of Jodie Sweetin, or at least the Jodie Sweetin I had created.”

As Stephanie might say, ‘How rude!’

According to the affadavit, Jasinski agreed to sell 2,000 oxycodone pills to a cooperating government witness. He flew in Logan International Airport from his home in Florida, where he met the witness and drove to a strip mall in North Reading. When they were confronted by DEA agents, Jasinski struggle and threw a sock full of the pills under a parked car.He then gave up his Miranda Rights and told the agents “that for the past several months he had been obtaining thousands of pills of oxycodone and reselling them to customers all along the east coast.”

As you’ve probably already guessed, he was using his $500,000 ‘Big Brother’ prize to by copious amounts of pills.

He made his inital court appearence on Monday and has a detention hearing on Thursday. In the meantime, he is in the custody of the U.S. Marshals.

According to LAPD records, the 23-year-old was pulled over and arrested at 3:45 a.m., booked in Van Nuys jail, and released on $5,000 bail at 10:30 a.m.

“It was your basic DUI. Our traffic officers driving down the street spotted her and pulled her over,” Sgt. Sal Ogaz told People. “She was cooperative and there were no issues with her arrest.”

Pratt, who was officially charged with a misdemeanor, had been at Holly Montag’s birthday party at the LA club Empire earlier that night.

“its my sissy @hollymontags bday party!” she Tweeted around 11 p.m. “just finished dinner and going to Empire but im pretty tired aka yes i am the party pooper ”

And so, another starlet (if you can give a reality TV star that title) adds drunk driving to her list of non-talents. Remind me never to drive in Hollywood.

The New York Daily News reported that Lindsay is working to file a restraining order against her father, Michael. He recently told X17 he plans to see a judge about helping Lindsay this week.

“If I can’t get a conservatorship, then I’m going to take her to an undisclosed location and get her straight,” he said. “But I know I’m gonna get charged [with] kidnapping.”

Michael was also on the Maury Povich Show to publicly commincate with his daughter. He looked into the camera and said, “I’m gonna do anything and everything I have to save your life, whether mom likes it, the public likes it, or anyone.”

Mama Lohan, on the other hand, just wants him to shut up, particularly since he told reporters Lindsay is addicted to prescription pills.

“Michael Lohan needs to focus on being a parent, paying child support, of which he is six months behind, and making up for all the years he was an absentee dad,” Dina told People magazine. “And stop going on national television talking about his children publicly.”

And so, LiLo is trying to protect herself. A source told People “Lindsay is actively getting a restraining order, her lawyers have already been contacted. She’s scared. This is really serious.”

Meghan's Twiiter pic.

In either a desperate bid for attention or just a stupid mistake, Meghan McCain posted a provocative picture of herself on her Twitter account, the Los Angeles Times reported.

In response to the negative press, Meghan had this to say:

“Could it be it’s because I have breasts? Because for those of you who didn’t know, I have two. They’re larger than some women’s and not as big as others. I don’t usually show off my cleavage — as I did in the photos I posted — which I will admit is not the smartest thing I have ever done.”

The ‘every woman has them, what’s the big deal’ approach – a favorite of scantily clad women everywhere. But she went on.

“For years I have struggled to accept the fact that the way I look in a tank top comes off more ’sexual’ than a flat-chested woman. And once again I was reassured by the media that someone with my cup size should always be covered up. Or what, I’ll be seen as a slut?”

The ‘woe is me, I’m attrative’ approach – even more annoying.

Although she seems to be denying any real wrongdoing, she said she has learned a valuable lesson about the line between public and private use of social media. Then she wrapped the whole mess up with this gem:

“I just wanted to get that off my chest.”

Zing!

After LiLo showed up an hour and a half late, Judge Marsha M. Revel told her, “I ordered you into court today because I wanted to speak to you directly. I don’t want to get any more notices again [that you might be in violation of probation], no warrants … where you’re thumbing your nose at the court.”

Apparently Lohan had been missing alcohol education classes while working out of the country and had a warrent for her arrest earlier this year, which was later dismissed as a misunderstanding. Judge Revel ordered Lohan to seek approval from the court before leaving the country for work again.

On a compassionate note, she also added, “I’m rooting for you to successfully complete probation.”

Lohan, on the other hand, had almost nothing to say. She simply replied “yes” when asked if she understood the proceedings. Hopefully she does, because it seems like we’ve all been “rooting” for her to succeed for a while and it still hasn’t happened.

The hearing was held to determine if the three will “stand trial for conspiring to illegally provide Smith with controlled substances,” the AP reported. Brighthaupt said, “This whole situation — I just have to say something and get it out of me or I’m going to die.”

He testified that he witnessed Stern – Smith’s boyfriend and lawyer – inject were with a sedative after she begged for a sleep aid. Brighthaupt also said he saw Smith inject herself twice and Eroshevich – her psychiatrist -  inject her once, but he did not know what the injections contained.

The bodyguard also said that Eroshevich provided Smith with a bottle of chloral hydrate to help her sleep when her son died in 2006, and that he also saw Eroshevich bring Smith a bottle of liquid that she started to drink by spoon, but then it was “straight bottle to the mouth, a gulp.” Chloral hydrate was indentified during the autopsy as the primary cause of Smith’s death.

Brighthaupt has also that Stern repeatedly injected Smith, and told of one particular instance when he found Stern melting Valium pills with a ligher and spoon, then draw it up in a syringe and inject it into Smith.

Stern’s lawyer told the AP he believes Brighthaupt has reason to lie, but did not explain. Like many people in Smith’s life, he’s wrapped tightly in the legal battle and was involved in the fight for her estate.

Meanwhile, Larry Birkhead also testified on Wednesday and proved through DNA evidence that he is the father of Smith’s daughter.

The hearings have continued today.

The acting and writing duo from Cambridge share a 10th grandfather on their fathers’ sides, William Knowlton of Ipswich, making them 10th cousins once removed.

“We suspected they might be related since both of them had ancestry going back to colonial New England,” said geneologist Chris Child.

Rhonda McClure, another geneologist involved in the research, told the Herald she saw Affleck filming in Copley Square recently and just decided to look into it. McClure and Child also discovered that Affleck is related to Princess Diana and 16 U.S. presidents, including Obama. Similarly, Damon is related to “six or seven” presidents.

While interesting, this doesn’t really mean much. Anyone with colonial ancestry is likely to be distantly related to a lot people. Damon and Affleck’s friendship is certainly a lot stronger than their blood connection. Still, it’s rather nifty.

Marge stips for Playboy. Photo: EW.com.

There are a couple fun things happening, so here’s a mini round-up.

Soulja Boy spent Wednesday night in jail, MTV.com reported. He was arrested on charges of obstruction after Georgia police responded to a call about juveniles in an abandoned house and he fled the scene. The 19-year-old rapper was caught when he returned for his Ranger Rover. He was released Thursday morning on $550 bail.

Playboy will feature Marge Simpson on the cover and in a three-page spread in an issue out on Oct. 16. Why in the world, you ask? It’s the 20th anniversary of “The Simpsons.” According to EW.com, Marge’s nudity will be “implied nudity.”

And never fear, Miley hasn’t quit singing, acting or being annoying. But there will be a lesser degree of annoyance, because she’s deleted her Twitter account, the New York Daily News reported. Her last tweet said, “FYI Liam doesn’t have a Twitter and he wants ME to delete mine with good reason.” Seems like a good call on Liam’s part (he may or may not be her boyfriend, no one is sure), but her father is not happy. Billy Ray tweeted, “Miley. You are a light in a world of darkness. You were born ‘Destiny Hope Cyrus’ for a reason. You can’t leave everyone now. We r countin on u.”

Yes, Billy Ray. When war, the economy, poverty and corruption get me down, where will I turn for comfort without Miley?

Besides, everyone is too busy having a cow about Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize to even notice.

According to EW.com, “Law and Order” will air an episode with Jon and Kate-like characters on Oct. 16. Of course, it isn’t a first for the show to do it’s own take on the news, but this one is particularly fictious and odd.

The episode is titled “Reality Bites.” The Kate-like character gets murdered and the Jon-like character is the prime suspect. A little creepy, but it’s starting to seem like anything will happen in the world of Gosselins.

So can Jack McCoy take down the infamous (fictional) daddy-turned-womanizer? If you’ve seen even one episode of either show, you know the answer will be yes.

But one of America’s favorite sagas died with Sarah Palin’s vice presidential dreams: Levi Johnston. Well, he’s back and prepping for a photoshoot with Playgirl, Usmagazine.com reported.

“Team Levi is in the process of preparing for his Playgirl appearance,” Rex Butler, Johnston’s lawyer, said. “He is in the gym six days a week for the next three weeks.”

No word yet on when the photos will run or the nature of the shoot. Naked snowmobiling, perhaps?

She was “horribly hurt by my behavior,” he said, and added that the affairs were over and that he had his work cut out for him to fix the relationship.

As usual, he lightened the mood with jokes, saying not even GPS would talk to him, and “This is only phase one of the scandal. Phase two: Next week I go on ‘Oprah’ and sob.”

I’m sure Regina appreciates the jokes.

In an appearence on NBC’s “Today” show…today, Kate claimed that jobless Jon has almost completely drained their joint bank account.

“He took $230,000 of the $231,000 we had,” she said. “I have a stack of bills. The last thing I wanted was to do this show and end up not being able to pay our bills.”

According to People magazine, Marty Singer, a lawyer for Kate, said Jon did not notify Kate that he would be withdrawing money, nor did he seek approval from a court (which he has already been ordered to do).

And so, Kate and the kids have allegedly been left with just $1,000 to get by. If that can sustain all nine of them for even two weeks, I’ll be shocked.

Now we can all rest assured that Jon is still scummy. Super.

Andrews said in a statement, “I am deeply grateful to Assistant United States Attorney Wes Hsu and Special Agents for their dedicated service; and to ESPN for its support during this difficult time. I hope that today’s action will help the countless others who have been similarly victimized.  For my part, I will make every effort to strengthen the laws on a State and Federal level to better protect victims of criminal stalking.  I am also grateful to those who have expressed their concerns and good wishes for my family and me.”

Barrett is appearing in a Chicago court today.

He explained to his studio and TV audience that he recently found a package and letter left in his car. The letter said, “I know that you do some terrible, terrible things and that I can prove you do some terrible things.” The package, of course, contained the proof. The blackmailer – who has been identified only as an employee of CBS – asked for $2 million to keep his mouth shut.

But whoever the extortionist was, he should have predicted what would come of this. Letterman, who has always seemed a genuine figure, was honest.

“My response to that is, yes, I have. I have had sex with women who work on this show,” he said.

He didn’t say when the affairs occurred, which will surely leave people wondering since he’s been married since March and had a son in 2003. He also said he intends, or hopes, to protect the women involved, his family, himself and his job.

All in all, a brilliantly handled scandal. But will honesty keep him off America’s shit list? We’ll see.

On Wednesday, People.com reported that despite rumors, the couple remains together. But even People’s sources were a little ambiguous.

“They’re together,” an insider told People. “They’re not breaking up. Any time they spend time apart it’s because they’re working.”

Than again, another anonymous source said, “Things have been a bit up in the air recently. They’ve been spending more time apart – more time with each of their friends, and they’ve been reevaluating [their relationship].”

But the New York Daily News had a very different story. Apparently, Justin was a cheater and Jessica was clingy.

“Justin had to leave dinner once because Jessica was calling him incessantly. They got into a huge screaming match over the phone about how she’s always ‘checking up’ on him,” a source said. “She’s extremely needy and is always keeping tabs on him.”

And you’ll probably remember when Lindsay Lohan’s Twitter account was “hacked” and showed a picture of JT dancing with an unknown blonde.

Of course, another source said, “There’s no way of knowing if it’s a firm breakup, because with them it’s so hot and cold.”

So what’s REALLY going on? Your guess is as good as mine. I’d like to think he’s not a cheater and she’s not a clinger, but if their blabbermouth friends don’t even know, who does?

According to BBC News, former speech writer for George W. Bush, Matt Latimer, said JK Rowling was considered for the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the U.S.’s top honor for civilians. She was eventually rejected, however, because some members of the Bush administration believed the Harry Potter series promoted witchcraft.

First of all, didn’t our ancestor’s leave Rowling’s country because of this kind of thing? And second of all, doesn’t this mean that the Bush administration is acknowledging witchcraft as being real?

Besides, the number of kids who grew up reading HP and decided to become Wiccans is probably very very low.

Next thing we know, they’ll be kicking Emma Watson out of Brown. Wouldn’t want her promoting sorcery in the Ivy League!

Yup, you read my oh-so clever use of a strikethrough right. Jon the bachelor will not be returning (maybe that should be “Bachelor,” would anyone watch that?). Now, if you’re looking for something nauseating to watch, you’ll have to tune into TLC’s “Kate Plus Eight.”

According to EW.com, Jon opted out of a show called “The Divorced Dads Club.” Sounds surprisingly like a smart move, especially considering one of his co-stars would have been Michael Lohan. He will, of course, have some appearances on “Kate Plus Eight,” as he’ll probably have to pick the kids up or something. Awkward.

As for Kate, you’d think she’s been embarrassed enough to move out of the public eye. Apparently, she wants her struggles to adjust to divorced parenting broadcast to millions.

“Kate Plus Eight” starts Nov. 2.

Apparently, Hatcher recently competed in a triathlon and the gag was meant to mock her.

“We did this bit and at the very end, when we ran in to cross the finish line, he slipped as he was crossing the finish line and hit his head,” she said.

For Conan, who’s a lanky 6′4″, that’s a very long fall. But the New York Daily News said he was doing well at the hospital.

“Last thing I remember I was enjoying the play with Mrs. Lincoln, and the next thing I knew I was in bed being served cookies and juice,” O’Brien said.

Hopefully, the comedic genius part of his brain was unharmed.

He is being held by the Swiss for a 2005 international alert put out by the US. Polanski fled the US in 1978 after pleading guilty to having sex with a minor.

He has been living primarily in France for the past thirty years, due to their lenient extradition laws. Although Polanski owns a home in Switzerland, he had never been arrested there. This time, however, US officials were aware of his trip in advance, which gave them time to draw up paperwork for his arrest and send an arrest warrant to Swiss authorities.

Organizers of the Zurich Film Festival said they felt “shock and dismay” over Polanski’s detainment, according to the BBC. Festival managers said in a statement that a special ceremony is planned for Sunday night “to allow everyone to express their solidarity for Roman Polanski and their admiration for his work,” reported the BBC.

A Swiss spokesman told BBC that they are now awaiting an official extradition request from the US.

“You know what? You freakin’ just threw an ashtray full of butts at my head,” said Slate. Totally acceptable live-TV statement. Then she crossed the line. “You know what? You stood up for yourself, and I f—– love you for that.”

Slate immediately realized her mistake, bulging her eyes and puffing out her cheeks. Fellow cast member Kristen Wiig, however, didn’t miss a beat.

“You’re in my heart, babe,” said Wiig. “You’re in my heart.”

Watch the video below.

But rather than attempting to maintain a little privacy, Brittney’s baby daddy will join the new cast of VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club.” People.com reported that Shar Jackson, Federline’s ex-girlfriend and mother of two of his kids, will also try to slim down on the show.

So which is more awkward? Watching Z-list celebs exercise, or witnessing a Shar/K-Fed reunion? I guess we’ll see.

“We had to shoot the scene at 6 a.m. before any of the photographers were up. It was done in such secrecy that it wasn’t even in the script. Only three people, including myself, knew it was going to happen,” Director Guillermo Arriaga said.

The scene shows Theron standing naked in front of a window, smoking a cigarette as people walk by.

Most men will probably agree, few women have looked so good at dawn.

Giselle looking preg-a-liscious.

 Giselle Bundchen is taking to the skies, baby bump and all.

And I don’t mean glamorous jet setting. According to TMZ.com, Giselle is working on getting a helicopter pilot’s liscense.  She’s been building up too the required 65 hours of flight time during lessons at Marshfield Airport in Marshfield, Mass.

Whether or not that’s safe choice for baby Brady, I don’t know. But what I do know is that Giselle is probably the most goreous pilot ever. (Sorry Amelia.)

According to The Associated Press, firefighters who were working the red carpet joked that they might have to go to work if the TV star decided to pop out her own little award statue.

“Hey, did you see Heidi Klum? She’s like 8 months pregnant. So you be ready, you might have to deliver,” fire Inspector Jim Fisher said to his colleague Craig Hancock, the AP reported.

Keep up the good work, gentlemen. And Heidi, we can’t wait for the baby!

According to the Actress Archives, told MJ of Tampa Bay  radio station 93.3 FLZ’s “MJ Morning Show,” “You know, honestly, I’m trying not to make it into a bigger deal than it already is. It’s kind of become more of a bigger deal than I thought it would be. I would just like to move on a little bit… I didn’t know what to think but I think we should talk about something else. It’s nothing I feel like we should talk about.”

When MJ pressed on, he suddenly found himself talking to Taylor’s rep instead.

She has endlessly thanked friends, family and other celebs for their support all week – it’s no wonder she’s tired.

“Well, you know I think that the outpouring of love is what I focus on about that whole thing, and getting flowers from Janet Jackson is something that I never thought would happen in my whole life,” she told MJ. “Just everybody being supportive and showing love, it was really nice [to know] people I didn’t even think knew who I was were out there having my back and being really very kind to me.”

And, like a good country girl, she still hasn’t publicy bashed Kanye. More power to her.

Stephanie Santoro, 23, was the Gosselin’s nanny for a month, during which she and Jon allegedly had sex nine times.

“It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t the best I ever had,” she told the magazine.

All this mediocre sex was going on after Kate had filed for divorce and Jon was “in love” with Hailey Glassman.

According to Stephanie, Jon called her up to hang out. That one phone call led to massages, a hot tub make out session and eventually sex. And if that’s not cliche  enough for you, he apparently told her, “Whatever you do, don’t fall in love with me, because it’s going to be impossible for me not to fall in love with you.”

Gagging yet? I am.

“I’ve had to say to Brian, ‘You have to go and stop talking to me, because I’m going to kill you. I’m going to stab you with something. Please leave,” she told Rolling Stone.  I’d never own a gun for that reason. I wouldn’t shoot to kill. But I would shoot him in the leg, for sure.”

Need I say more?

Well, she did. In fact, she got quite personal. When Rolling Stone asked if she ever cut herself, Fox replied, “Yeah, but I don’t want to elaborate. I would never call myself a cutter. Girls go through different phases when they’re growing up, when they’re miserable, and do different things, whether it’s an eating disorder or they dabble in cutting.”

She also admitted to some serious insecurities, saying, “I’m really insecure about everything. I never think I’m worthy of anything. … I have a sick feeling of being mocked all the time. I have a lot of self-loathing.”

She did hold back on discussing whether or not she’d ever had an eating disorder though. Her reasoning? She doesn’t want to be a role model.

You can read the full story (filled with more delisciously blunt quotes) and oggle her cover shot in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, or on rollingstone.com.

“When I first pitched this project to Archie Comics,” said Michael E. Uslan, executive producer of the Batman film franchise and writer of the Archie comic book wedding,”I wanted to write a story that updated the characters somewhat, but still retained the sense of fun that has always embodied Archie comics.”

The long-awaited engagement caused some controversy in the comic book world last year.  Some would have preferred to see Archie marry fan favorite and the girl next door, Betty.

Alas, Uslan is confident that the fans will be satisfied.

“I’m sure that people have a lot of questions about the choice that Archie made,” Uslan said, “and all I can do is tell them to pick up the comic. I guarantee that this story is not finished, and there are still some surprises left in the story to come.”

Archie comic #601 arrives in comic book stores September 16 and hits newsstands and bookstores a week later.

Leno announced that Kanye requested some time to talk before the performance, and out he came looking abnormally humble.  What followed was extremely uncomfortable to watch.

First, there was the admission of guilt:  “I immediately new in this situation that it was wrong…it was actually someone’s emotions that I stepped on…it was rude, period.”

Then, it got truly painful. Leno asked Kanye what the late Mama West would think if she had seen the spectacle he made. Kanye was speechless and covered his face. After what felt like an eternity of silence and an awkward moment in which Leno put his hand on Kanye’s leg, Leno pushed forward.

“Would she be disappointed in this?”

Seemingly choking back tears, Kanye conceded that he would have disapointed his mother.

Wow. Sure, Kanye behaved like an idiot and hurt a 19-year-old girl’s feelings – but having to admit his dead mother would be disapointed on national television? Hopefully he’s learned his lesson, because that’s pretty damn rough.

Incidentally, the following performance was a spectacular collaboration of hip-hop titans.

Kanye pulled another stunt at MTV’s Video Music Awards last night – effectively embarrassing Taylor Swift, Beyonce and himself.

When a stunned 19-year-old Taylor took the stage to accept the award for Best Female Music Video, she only managed to get a few words of thanks and surprise out before Kanye took the mic from her hands. “Taylor, I’m really happy for you, and I’m gonna let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time,” he said. And then he was gone.

Poor Taylor was left in stunned silence on stage and cameras turned to a clearly embarrassed Beyonce, who later won Video of the Year. During her acceptance speech, she invited Taylor on stage to give her another shot at her moment. A very nice gesture, but I doubt Taylor feels much better about the evening.

Photo: Popvine.com

That’s right, this December Giselle Bundchen and Tom Brady are expecting what is likely to be the most attractive and talented baby ever.

After considerable speculation by, well, everyone, Brady finally made the announcement. According to the Boston Herald, he ‘fessed up to ESPN, joking that his supermodel wife would have to keep that baby inside on game days. “I told her . . . no Sundays,” he said.

Patriots fans will surely be worrying this season. Brady already has a two-year-old son and a recovering knee on his plate; now he’ll (rightfully) have a pregnant wife to take care of.

So what does the QB think about the challenge?

“Well, it couldn’t be harder than this training camp, so I’ll be prepared,” Brady told ESPN. “The women are the ones who have to do the work, we just have to be there and support them, so it’ll be nice to do that.”

You can check out the full interview Sunday and Mondy on SportsCenter.