Though presidential candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain each taped segments for Wednesday night’s “Idol Gives Back” special, all were nixed in the edit, while Hollywood’s finest took… READ ON

Britney Spears was so moved by Idol Gives Back last night that the grounded star called “all on her own” to give $25,000. That’s almost 17 weeks worth of allowance… READ ON

A judge has filed a motion to dismiss the $70 million lawsuit former CBS talking head Dan Rather filed against CBS, its parent company Viacom, and honchos Les Moonves and… READ ON

We were kind of drunk at the time so we forgot to mention it, but on Monday Fox News Channel aired a debate between Candy Lightner, the founder of Mothers… READ ON

Did Rupert Murdoch just add Microsoft to his Top Friends?
Days after the News Corp’s chief buddied up with Yahoo’s Jerry Yang about ways to keep Microsoft from gobbling up… READ ON

“Troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan is planning to appear naked in an low-budget film in an effort to revive her flailing career, it has been claimed. The actress is said… READ ON

GRIP ‘N’ GRIN Barclay, Rove
Shiny, Drew Carey-esque former Cumberland County (Pennsylvania) Commissioner Bruce Barclay abruptly quit his job earlier this month because of a rape charge. Then out… READ ON

YOU OBVIOUSLY DON’T GET IT Jacobs, Teller
When Marc Jacobs somehow convinced Victoria Beckham to pose spread-eagle in an MJ shopping bag for his spring ad campaign (her head nowhere… READ ON

The one surefire way to lock up the endorsements of favor-currying super-delegates in this uncertain political time is to promise them stuff. Just ask Barack Obama. The candidate has brought… READ ON

Last night’s “Idol Gives Back” had all the trappings of a regular telethon—celebrities begging for your help, clips of orphaned children to tug at your heart strings, Bono—but with one… READ ON

Cleveland Cavaliers backup Lance Allred, who is the NBA’s first-ever legally deaf player, lived on a polygamist compound until the age of 13. Since polygamy is back in the news … READ ON

The minority of over-16-year-olds experiencing the silky pleasure of Teri Hatcher‘s throat on Idol Gives Back Wednesday night may remember the last time she tried to sing on national TV—in… READ ON

SOCIAL DISGRACE Wrongly identified De la Renta, Roberts
Given the frequency with which people of color appear in the “society” pages of fancy magazines, you’d think extra attention would be… READ ON

ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER Turner (Photo: Getty Images)
“I’ve been green since before Al Gore invented the Internet,” media mogul Ted Turner cracked at his own Ted’s Montana Grill in Midtown for… READ ON