That Katy Perry offered a half-hearted apology regarding her quip about being the skinner version of Lily Allen: "Yeah, I made a joke about that. I was just kind of joking and trying to be funny. I didn't mean anything by it. Comedians are not necessarily to be taken super seriously"... That Katy Perry thinks she's a singer AND a comedian... That's funny... That Oprah Winfrey has gained 40 pounds and can't fit into the dress she was going to wear to BarackObama's inauguration... That Michael Jackson is auctioning off his bejeweled glove, "along with more than 2,000 other personal items, during a five-day auction next year"... That Mischa Barton is dating DJ SteveWright's son, Tom... That Lorraine Kelly has signed up to be a football reporter for Off The Ball on Radio Scotland... That Sinitta had this to say of her Christmas plans: "I'm going to be in Barbados for Christmas for a few weeks with my babies. We're going with Simon (who, again, she's not dating, again) and staying in the house where we shot The X Factor. I don't know what we'll be doing because this will be the first time I will be away with the children. I imagine we'll all be down at the beach building sandcastles with my Santa Claus outfit on"... Said "outfit" will most likely consist of a Santa hat and a fluffy red string bikini... That Davina McCall said: "People still think they can tell me to my face that Big Brother is disgusting and they ask me how I can be involved with it, assuming that any decent person automatically thinks that. I know lots of people think I'm just an annoying, shouting woman in charge of this horrible TV show. But you know what? I really don't care anymore. Actually it's a brilliant format which I totally stand by, and I totally admire the people who work on it"... That she has to say that considering Celebrity Big Brother is starting on New Year's Day... That Shaha Mishaal Adham, the woman who handed herself in to police after MarcRuffalo's brother, Scott, died of a gunshot wound to the head has been released without charge... TMZ reports: "Adham's attorney says she saw Scott accidentally shoot himself while retrieving her keys from his apartment - and fled the scene"... Sources are now bandying about the term "Russian Roulette"... That today's RobertPattinson comment goes as follows: "The stuff I find attractive in women, I always regret finding attractive. I always like a kind of madness in a woman, and when they are really, really strong. And they're the worst - mental, strong women! But I like it when they hate me right from the beginning"... That's one way of ensuring your crazy tween fans become even battier... That Victoria Beckham said: "I know how a dress should sit. I've worn so many in the past and when I see the photographs I think, crikey, my boobs are up round my neck again, because the corsets are too short and not cut high enough"... That the gammy boob job wouldn't help matters either... That Jessica Biel has finally admitted to trading on her looks rather than anything resembling talent: "Your face and your body can get your foot in the door, obviously. And I'm thankful for that"... That she also pulled the "there's no decent roles for women" card, saying: "I think it's almost historical in Hollywood that there just aren't so many good parts for women as there are for men. I think as long as you're playing the wife or the girlfriend to the lead then you're always playing second fiddle to the guys"...