Rimes Has No Reason

Do you ever wonder how boring life would be without the Internet? For example: we wouldn't have been able to watch security-camera footage showing (apparently) country singer LeAnn Rimes (married) making out with her "Lifetime" movie costar Eddie Cibrian (also married) at a southern California restaurant. We wouldn't have been able to read Rimes's nondenial on her blog: "This is a difficult time … not everything in our lives is black and white." And we would have missed the almost pleading response from Dean Sheremet, Rimes's husband, on Twitter: "I love my wife!!!" How nice. And nuts.

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O No, Not Another One

There's a saying that goes: "All good dogs go to heaven." We have a new one: "All good dogs that go to Oprah's go to heaven." Winfrey's newest pup, a cocker spaniel named Ivan, died of parvovirus, a gastrointestinal disease. It had lived with her for only a weekend. Last year Oprah lost another cocker spaniel, named Sophie, to kidney failure. The year before that, her golden retriever, Gracie, choked on a ball. This is obviously very sad, so how about going for a new species of pet, Oprah. Try cockroaches. Nothing can kill them.

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Face-Off: And the Beat Goes On

Beat-poetry fans won't have to drag themselves through the streets at dawn for their fix anymore. Fresh off David Cross's turn as Allen Ginsberg in "I'm Not There," two more actors will play the poet:

Why He Works: The boyish actor is playing a young Ginsberg, circa 1944.

Will it sell?: Chris Evans is Kerouac, so tween girls will be there.

Danger Zone: Story takes place before these guys were interesting.

Why He Works: Doesn't seem to mind doing nude for a role.

Will it Sell?: The matinee idol is sure to look good, even when he's bald.

Danger Zone: Franco is also at work on his own book. Literary overload?

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