Rebecca Romijn (God it’s so hard to not type Stamos) joins the Ugly Betty cast as the woman behind the mask.

Britney Spears hits back at her critics and tells us she’s finally bought her trashy self some damn panties.

Perez Hilton pays a visit to Howard Stern. I can’t wait ’til those photogs whip Perez’s fat fugly ass in court.

The cast of The Apprentice 6 has been revealed. There a few cuties this year–hopefully it won’t suck.

Dakota Fanning does a spread in Vogue. Can we fast forward to her Drew Barrymore years where she smokes crack and binge drinks?

Taylor Hicks‘ CD is out on the 12th and Paris Bennett inked herself a record deal. Her album could be out as early as February.

David Beckham wants you to know he does not clean his house in the nude no matter what any explicit gay calendars may seem to imply.

After her emmy nominated stint on The Shield, Glenn Close is starring in another F/X pilot. Do it girl!

NBC announced it’s midseason schedule, and it’s a little controversial. Some shake-ups are in store involving Studio 60 and Las Vegas.

Monk released its slate of guest stars which include big names like Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin and Desperate Housewives star Ricardo Chavira.

Some interesting people are hosting SNL in the coming months including Oscar nominee Annette Bening and Grammy winner Justin Timberlake.

After weeks of being the most added song at radio in L.A. and New York, Justin Timberlake’s first song off his second album, “SexyBack” has reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. This can only mean good things for his first week sales.

The final title for the second Pirates of the Caribbean sequel has been revealed (even though we already knew that shit anyway).

Sarah Michelle Gellar is starring in yet another supernatural thriller, this time it’s called Addicted.

Donald Trump has fired Apprentice staple and employee Carolyn. Wtf, I loved that bitch!

Rising star Anna Faris is attached to a new comedy produced by Happy Madison and written by the screenwriters that brought us Legally Blonde.

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This week’s Video Clip of the Week is a performance by the Scissor Sisters of their track It Can’t Come Quickly Enough that was featured on the Party Monster soundtrack.

I’ve always loved the Scissor Sisters, but I’ve never heard this track. I watched the performance and I was like…mesmerized. Like it was almost a religous experience. Jake Shears is a God.

NBC’s schedule for next season is getting pretty crowded.

The network has renewed three more of its dramas — “Medium,” “Las Vegas” and “Crossing Jordan” — for 2006-07. They join the three “Law & Order” shows and comedies “My Name Is Earl” and “The Office” in earning pickups for next year.

NBC also has a sixth edition of “The Apprentice,” the likely return of game show “Deal or No Deal” and a new Sunday-night NFL package in line for fall. Additionally, drama pilots “The Black Donnellys” and “Kidnapped” have already been given spots on the schedule, and the Aaron Sorkin backstage drama “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” is all but certain to join them.

That doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for other new shows looking to make the cut this pilot season. “Crossing Jordan” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” which air on Sundays, could possibly be held until after the NFL season ends in January.

It also signals that NBC will emphasize stability to advertisers when it pitches its 2006-07 schedule to advertisers at next month’s upfronts. Given the network’s ratings struggles of late, that may or may not be a good thing.

“Medium,” which stars Emmy winner Patricia Arquette, is drawing about 11.2 million viewers per week this season. “Crossing Jordan” and “Las Vegas” both draw about 11 million viewers, with the latter having survived a move to Fridays without taking too big a ratings hit.

Deal or No Deal made a triumphant return to NBC on Monday, averaging an 8.1 rating and a 12 share in the 8:00 hour and beating the usual winners of the time slot, CBS’s The King of Queens and How I Met Your Mother, which averaged a 6.6/10.

But despite featuring an appearance by Donald Trump on Deal, the premiere of The Apprentice, which followed, wound up in fourth place with a 6.2/9. CBS won the 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. hours — and the night — with CSI: Miami drawing the biggest audience of the night at 10:00 p.m. with an 11.6/18.