AP - Ben Jones figures he drank 43,000 beers, 2,000 jugs of whiskey, wine, gin and vodka, and smoked pounds of pot in the 20 years he was out of control.

AP - "I don't want to play anything down, but I'm the least racist person going." — Amy Winehouse, denying that her singing of a slur-filled ditty made her a racist.

E! Online - Attention, Upper East Siders: "Little J" has not left the building.

E! Online - Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt want to do it on live television.

E! Online - Who sizzled and who sank on the season finale of Top Chef? Find out after the jump...

AP - J.C. Watts thinks the uproar over statements by Barack Obama's one-time pastor illustrates the need for a national black TV news channel.

AP - Pop quiz: Why has John Cusack jumped into the political arena with a video saying John McCain is a clone of President George W. Bush who would continue policies the actor says benefit war profiteers?

Reuters - Actress Katherine Heigl, a surprise Emmy winner last year for her role on hit TV drama "Grey's Anatomy," has bowed out of this year's race in an apparent swipe at producers for diminishing her presence on the series.

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katherine Heigl won't be chewing her manicure at this year's Emmy ceremony: She says she didn't seek a nomination because "Grey's Anatomy" failed to deliver the goods for an award-worthy performance.