AP - "It seemed to me to be like a product of extreme sexism, and I kept thinking to myself, 'God, if this was just, like, Kal Penn or George Clooney or any of the other (Obama) surrogates or supporters ... there wouldn't be (any) question about it. Nobody would even talk about it." — Scarlett Johansson, who says she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "e-mail relationship" with Barack Obama.

Reuters - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty will host India's take on the British reality TV show "Celebrity Big Brother," which she unexpectedly won last year.

Reuters - A pithy but entirely lightweight original movie, Lifetime's "True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet" entertains nonstop and even tosses out a few truths about its subject matter. Although the title suggests something almost pulp-like, this little cream puff of a film, which revolves around the misadventures of a teen superstar, is fit for any teenage viewer.

E! Online - CBS is investigating a replacement for its lead CSI.

E! Online - Just call it Lauren Conradpalooza!

E! Online - Bob Barker can really retire now.

E! Online - With all this media coverage of the noisy dent Lauren Conrad and her roomies are making in their cozy Hollywood Hills enclave, a number of neighbors have also been getting more time in the spotlight than usual.

Reuters - Millionaire socialite Paris Hilton has jumped into the U.S. election campaign, calling Republican candidate John McCain a "wrinkly white-haired guy" and offering her own energy policy.

AP - Paris Hilton didn't need cue cards for her presidential campaign ad.

AP - A law enforcement official says federal prosecutors have dropped the investigation into how Heath Ledger obtained two painkillers that contributed to his overdose.

E! Online - The guys may have been running on fumes, but it was full steam ahead nonetheless.