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"It was almost out of fear of being left behind" said director Richard Kelly of his reasons for joining Twitter at last night's Power of the Tweet Poolside Chat for the L.A. Film Festival.  The chat was intended to bring together some of Hollywood's most Twitter-happy personalities, More»

  • Simon Monjack, husband of the late Brittany Murphy, was found dead in their Hollywood Hills home last night, just five months after the actress' untimely death [Huffington Post]
  • After last week's theatrics about not being able to make it back from Cannes in time for court, Lindsay Lohan is apparently "freaked out" over the rescheduled date with Judge Marsha Revel for today [TMZ]
  • At a recent photo shoot for Spin Magazine, Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, who has famously battled drugs and addiction and claims to be clean, arrived two hours late, chain-smoked, and threw back four glasses of scotch [NYPost]
  • A 15-year-old girl died in the Mid-City area yesterday evening, apparently while playing Russian roulette with a gun her friend believed it had no bullets inside [LATimes]
  • With summer quickly approaching, a new study reveals sunscreen may actually speed up the skin cancer we use it to prevent, and that SPF ratings are totally bogus -- seriously: SPF 100 performs like SPF 3.2 while SPF 15 performs like SPF 2 [AOLNews]

Lindsay Lohan will play Deep Throat star and porn pioneer Linda Lovelace in an upcoming biopic. It's not the Merchant Ivory prestige pic that would give Lohan some much-needed credibility. But it could set her on a comeback trail previously blazed by another Hollywood wild child, Drew Barrymore. More»

  • Conan O'Brien tour starts April 12th - go team CoCo! [TheWrap]
  • Heidi dumps Spencer as manager to add more crazy to her team. Yes, apparently that's possible. [People]
  • The full Eclipse trailer! [Perez]
  • Corey Haim's doctor says the former child star couldn't handle the pressure. [Radar]
  • Casey Johnson's estate won't be buying Tila much Tequila. [TMZ]
  • Wall Street sequel delayed. Wouldn't it be funny if there was no money? [DailyBeast]
  • Brittany Murphy's ex quickly moves on, still grosses us out. [Celebslam]
  • New farmer's market in the Hollywood Hills! [Racked]
  • CW says more reality shows on the way. [THR]
  • Minnie disses Tinz. [NYP]
  • Heidi dumps Spencer as manager to add more crazy to her team. Yes, apparently that's possible. [People]
  • The Chanel iceberg: "snice." [TheCut]
  • Ron Burkle throws Bill Clinton under the bus for telling everyone he's a sketchball. Takes one to know one... [Mediaite]
  • Not all child stars destined for tragic ending. Just most of them. [EOnline]
  • Brittany Murphy's ex quickly moves on, still grosses us out. [Celebslam]
  • Brittany Murphy's autopsy report confirms that the actress was not abusing drugs. [EOnline]
  • Academy considering discipline for "Hurt Locker" bickering. [Deadline]
  • Tweets mourn Andrew Koenig. [Radar]
  • MGM rushing second round of bids. [TheWrap]
  • Rumors (or at least pictures) suggesting Kristin Cavallari and Brody Jenner are back together (yeah!). [TMZ]
  • Simon Cowell confirms engagement. [Perez]
  • It's a snow day in New York. How convenient that we don't live in New York! [NYP]
  • Mike's apartment still bumping. [Gawker]
  • Brittany Murphy's autopsy report confirms that the actress was not abusing drugs. [EOnline]
  • Bono a total diva at Butter. [NYDN]
  • Coroner says Casey Johnson's death from untreated diabetes. [CNN]
  • After a desperate search by his family, Growing Pains star Andrew Koenig found dead. [People]
  • It's a snow day, just not for GofG - the city's still buzzing, man! [NYP]
  • Jon Cryer's ex wife allegedly had a hit out on him. That's awkward. [TMZ]
  • Levi Johnston ordered to pay up. [Intel]
  • More suspect moves from Brittany Murply's widower, Simon Monjack. [TMZ]
  • Director Kevin Smith kicked off Southwest flight for being too fat. [People]
  • "Fashion is dead in New York." [NYP]
  • D & G names lipstick after Scarlett Johansson. [Scarlett-fan]
  • Kiefer Sutherland surgery stalls 24. [EOnline]
  • Longest married couple Tweets for Valentine's. [NYMag]

Brittany Murphy, who definitely spent a good portion of her brief life being hounded by the tabloids, definitely knew a thing or two about determined tabloid reporters. The sad thing? Gossip-mongers probably would have an easier time finding the terrorists.

So see? We're fixing all the world's problems here at GofG! Send the Fashion People to Haiti, and the Tabloid writers to Afghanistan, and 2010 would start looking up!

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  • Latest collab action: Kate Moss and Longchamp. [PopSugar]
  • Katie Lee puts house she shared with Billy Joel up for sale. [NYP]
  • Obama's first State of the Union Address, in five minutes. [Intel] In many more minutes (full transcript). [Mediaite]
  • Michael Douglas's son pleads guilty to dealing meth. [People]
  • Brittany Murphy's husband suing Warner Brothers for her death. [DailyBeast]
  • Spencer Pratt to cops: let's hit the clubs! [TMZ]

Last night was the opening of Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber's Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge. Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman and Ellen Barkin were all there to watch the stars try their hand at live theater. So what did the New York Times have to say about Johansson's stage debut? More»