• Secretly engaged?: When asked who the special person was in her life, pop diva Mariah Carey lauded her dog, rather than boytoy actor Nick Cannon. The two are rumored to be engaged ... of course, there's a strong chance they're wildin' out.
• Screened: Scarlett Johansson wants you to know she's no cooties-infested hobag.
• Ho money, ho problems: Ex-governor Spitzer's plaything Ashley Dupré is suing Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis for feeding her alcohol and filming her when she was 17. In other words, for being Joe Francis.
• Ex Mayor excommunicated?: Rudy Giuliani takes communion and pisses off his own Cardinal Egan, who asks for a private meeting with Hizzoner to insist he keep his lips off the body of Christ. Egan's boss, Benedict XVI, once suggested pro-choice Catholic politicians who take Eucharist be excommunicated for some mess like that.