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The Kathie Lee Gifford Comeback No One Wanted Is Almost Here!

As He Was: Remembering The Jeremy Piven Of Yesteryear

• Chicago Hope: Love and Hope [Hulu]

Kate Walsh Intends To Make An Important Point

What Bob Saget and an Ensemble of Trained Animals Can Teach Us About Spoof Movies

In Search Of The Next Grazerhead

A helpful operative happened to notice a Banksyian homage to everyone's favorite cultural-attaché-seeking (or maybe seeking no longer? We'd love a hiring update!) superproducer-entity, Brian Grazer. They write in to explain:

I was mountain biking the other weekend and spotted this stenciled Brian Grazer image spray painted on a traffic light control box at the intersection of Sunset Blvd and Allenford.

Dodgers, Tori Spelling, Darjeeling Limited

· Even though the game has already started, it's worth noting that today is Opening Day at Dodger Stadium. Dodger dogs all around, play ball!
· We all know that Donna Martin graduated, but can she read? Check out Tori Spelling presenting sTORI telling at Book Soup to find out.
· The New Beverly is presenting a double dose of Wes Anderson this evening; they'll be showing The Darjeeling Limited and The Royal Tenebaums back-to-back.
· Bring your dancing shoes if you decide to hit up Justice and Diplo at the Mayan Theater, Pete Rock at Amoeba or Voxhaul Broadcast at Spaceland.
[Photo Credit: AP]

Our Top Three Conspiracy Theories Regarding Jessica Simpson's 'Kidney Infection'

Singer/actress/Game Day curse Jessica Simpson was recently treated for a kidney infection at Cedars-Sinai, according to People today. Though her rep assures us she's been released and is doing just fine, our ears tend to perk up whenever we hear of a troubled starlet being rushed to the hospital for all kinds of issues, be they asthma attacks or a simple case of the Batshits. But this is the first time in recent memory that a celeb has attributed their hospital visit to the kind of condition one generally (well, pretty much always) associates with the joy of sex. We did a bit of research, and came up with our top three guesses on what (or who) sent Jess to the operating table, after the jump.

Jennifer Lopez Drops The Baby Weight Even Faster Than She Could Spend That 'People' Payday

It's been only five weeks since Jennifer "Don't Call Me J. Lo" Lopez gave birth to twins and, magically, the singing sensation seems to have withered down to her pre-baby weight. Though we have often been mystified by what Jennifer does — particularly by her decision-making process post Wedding Planner in choosing which films to star in — her desire to quickly trim down doesn't surprise us in the slightest. To that end, we compared Lopez's figure from before Marc Anthony worked his magic on her urgent uterus to a photo of her weeks before she popped to her stunning appearance last night at the New York premiere of Shine A Light.

You Can Take The Girl Out Of The Country, But You Can't Take The Country Out Of The Girl

Diablo Cody Brings the Poetry of Baby Batter One Step Closer to the Mainstream

Having flirted with dangerous levels of underexposure since winning her Best Screenplay Oscar a little over a month ago, Diablo Cody is back with a double-barreled blast of creative miracles. First up, The Hollywood Reporter notes that Cody's long-rumored comedy series The United States of Tara — starring Toni Collette as the title character afflicted with multiple personalities — is nearing a full-season order from Showtime. We can handle this without much difficulty — and by "handle" we mean "believe," because the second project has the calendar-conscious skeptic in us praying for an April Fool's Day revelation:

"Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs," a 15-track collection boasting a ditty performed by star Ellen Page, will debut exclusively through iTunes for a suggested list price of $9.99 on April 8, distributor Rhino Records said. Page performs 'Zub Zub,' a song written by the film's Oscar-winning screenwriter, Diablo Cody, for a scene that was eventually cut for time. Page's character bemoans her fate with such lines as "he filled me with baby batter, then we ate some orange tic tacs after."

Donny Deutsch Uses Controversial Cupcakeboarding Technique To Get Artie Lange To Speak

• The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch [CNBC]
• Artie Lange on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch - 03-27-08 [YouTube]

Ben Silverman To Whisk You Away From Society's Ills

· NBC is close to unveiling their very fantasy- and action-heavy 2008-09 lineup, including a pickup of Knight Rider, and Robinson Crusoe, an "'adrenaline-charged' update of the classic tale." Said Ben Silverman, "We just wanted to give audiences a viable alternative to all the really, really gay stuff Steve McPherson seems to love so much over at ABC." [Variety]
· The heirs of Superman creator Jerome Seigel have won a lawsuit against Warner Bros. that could cost the studio millions. This all comes courtesy of attorney Marc Toberoff, who's pursued similar claims against the studio on such other projects as Wild Wild West, Dukes of Hazzard, Smallville, and Get Smart, earning him the nickname "The Copyright Crusader," or, as WB execs refer to him, "Ass Tumor." [Variety]
· The first organized protests by a Fanboys fan group called the 501st are not likely to elicit any pants-soiling from Harvey Weinstein: "The 501st claims 14 members showed up in New York and, when confronted by two security guards, chose to go inside and pay to see 21 instead." They are now planning a 21 demonstration for later in the week, protesting the film's "lack of quality Kate Bosworth boobage." [THR]

Supportive Mick Jagger Publicly Recognizes Martin Scorsese's Struggles as Actor