on NFL star Ben Roethlisberger allegedly raping a woman in his town. [TMZ]

whose movie, 500 Days of Summer, begins with these words: "Any resemblance to people living or dead is purely coincidental. Especially you, Jenny Beckman. Bitch." To Page Six.

explaining the job title of the 32-year-old son of French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld at an art show he "tailored" for Nicolas Pol, to Vanity Fair.

reacting to high school teachers who (wisely) confiscated a student's copy of Hooking Up with Tila Tequila, in Steppin' Out. Also: "You want kids to read a fucking book, then let them read a fucking book, you fucking moron."

an 18-year-old college student demonstrating exactly who you'll meet if you give into the utterly befuddling hype and go see the allegedly so-bad-it's-good movie The Room, in the Los Angeles Times (which also has an enlightening photo).

the provacateur doing his best to eradicate any remaining supporters of Roman Polanski's effort to get the world to overlook the fact that he raped a 13-year-old girl in 1978, in an interview with The Atlantic.

Food & Wine editor describing the challenges of styling bird carcasses for magazine covers, in the New York Times via CJR's The Kicker.

the author giving you the justification to just give up trying to read that copy of The Plot Against America that's been on your nightstand for the last two months, in an interview with The Daily Beast via The Guardian.

the popular porn actress discussing her experience playing the porn version of Liz Lemon on last night's 30 Rock [Fleshbot NSFW], in an interview with BSCReview.

describing his approach to producing films and raising financing for movies like Cannes darling Precious, in an entertaining profile by Lynn Hirschberg that will run in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine.

predicting on Extra! last December that her supposed feud with Palin (remember when that was a thing?) would end once her book was published; Palin's appearing on Oprah's show on Nov. 16, one day before Going Rogue goes on sale.

at a memorial service held today at Lincoln Center for 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt who died at age 86 in August, according to Broadcasting & Cable.

responding to a New York party reporter who had asked for his opinion on the health care debate.

on what it takes for someone named Trump to flourish within the Trump Organization, in an interview with Nightline airing tonight to promote her book, The Trump Card. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump.

defending his 2005 prediction — "We will never see a black president, yet they are all over TV so what good does that do? It only sounds politically correct, but it's not a reality" — in an interview with Blackbook.

when asked whether Spike Jonze's movie based on his book Where the Wild Things Are is too scary for kids in a Newsweek interview.

commenting on how New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has played the fat card in his election campaign against the Republican challenger, to the New York Times.

offering public testimony today at a hearing before the state's board of education on proposed standards requiring history textbooks to cover Newt Gingrich and Phyllis Schlafly, via Talking Points Memo.

reacting during a Good Morning America report about whether Barack Obama is overexposed after Jake Tapper suggested the White House "would be happy to deny all of ABC News' interview requests for the president," via TVNewser.

responding to The Daily Beast's Sean Macaulay request that the New Yorker writer, (former?) friend of Tina Brown, and famous ladies' man share some of his secrets of seduction.