Lindsay Lohan In Surgery  —  TMZ has confirmed that Lindsay Lohan has undergone an operation to remove her appendix.  —  Leslie Sloane Zelnik, Lindsay's rep, tells TMZ that Lindsay was not feeling well and went to the doctor yesterday.  The doctor performed several tests and determined that Lindsay was suffering from appendicitis.

Tyrese Allegedly Punches Pregnant Girlfriend  —  TMZ has learned that police are conducting a criminal investigation into allegations that R & B singer Tyrese punched his pregnant girlfriend twice early this morning.  —  Initial reports indicated that Tyrese allegedly hit the woman in the stomach …

Britney Spears Having a 'Rocky Moment,' Says Manager  —  The New Year is about to bring a new, improved Britney Spears, her manager vows, adding that the pop princess is aware that her image has suffered lately.  —  "She understands what's going on right now, and she calls it her 'rocky moment …

The View Replacing Thick, Black Star Jones With Thick, Black Sherri Shepherd Foreign Policy Debates Real World Issues Like a Skilled 10-Year-Old Lindsay Lohan Should Really Check Who's In Her BCC Field Megan Mullally's Attempt to Break Free from Karen Walker Gets Shat On by NBC, Just As We Suspected

X17 XCLUSIVE: New Year, Same Routine For Britney  —  Nobody's seen Britney since she hit the floor at Pure on New Year's Eve - until now!  Check out our XCLUSIVE pictures and video of Britney leaving Dolce after dinner last night and then making an appearance at Les Deux - she was out until 2:30 AM!

Another Young Hollywood Marriage Bites The Dust  —  "Lost" actress, Emilie de Ravin and her husband of six months are now calling it quits.  The couple, who married last June, had been together for almost four years before deciding to take a walk down the aisle.

SAG Nominations Announced  —  It's the beginning of the year and that means it's award show time!  Elijah Wood and Sandra Oh woke up early this morning to announce the nominees for the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in West Hollywood.  Many look to the SAG awards as an indicator …

Soap Operas Have The Best Crazy Fans  —  Actor, Drake Hogestyn of "Days of Our Lives" fame, was recently harassed in his own home on New Year's Eve, by a man who was hoping to expel the devil from Hogestyn's person.  The man (who has since had a restraining order placed on him) …

Irwin's wife gets video of his death  —  SYDNEY, Australia - Authorities gave the video of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's fatal encounter with a stingray to his family and destroyed all copies to prevent the grisly footage from being made public, an Australian state coroner said Thursday.

DUCK AND COVER  —  A JOB is waiting when Tara Conner gets out of rehab.  Playboy wants to shoot the troubled Miss USA for its cover.  Donald Trump and his execs at the Miss Universe Organization are mulling the offer.  Conner, who hails from a small town in Kentucky, was nearly stripped …

NOVELIST HAS 'BLUES' OVER FILM  —  REAL estate czar-turned-movie producer Bob Yari has been having a rough year.  —  Yari has dropped the screen adaptation of Elmore Leonard's acclaimed crime caper "Tishomingo Blues," which was to have been the long-awaited directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle.

This Better Not Interfere With Heroes, Scary Spice to Hold Televised Paternity Test  —  All Headline News reports that Mel B plans on proving Eddie Murphy is the father of her future child support check.  On TV. … More details after the jump.  —  (WENN) … If the boot's in your foot, there's a problem.

Celebrity Patents  —  Last month, Google introduced its new Patent Search feature (in beta), allowing users to dig through 7 million US patents from 1790 to mid-1996.  On-line patent searching has already been possible through the US Patent and Trademark Office website …

Scott Stapp, Wife Welcome a Daughter  —  Former Creed frontman Scott Stapp and his wife, Jaclyn, welcomed their first child together on Thursday, the singer's rep tells PEOPLE.  —  Milán Hayat Stapp was born in Miami at approximately 1:00 p.m. She weighed in at 6 lbs., 7 oz. and was 20 inches long.

Dem big's bio: Money is the running theme  —  Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe has been called the most successful political fund-raiser of all time, but it wasn't always as easy as when he hit Hollywood at 22.  —  Fresh out of college, the New Yorker cold-called …

Ashlee Simpson Bikini Pictures  —  Yesterday, we saw Ashlee Simpson have a nipple slip while she was swimming in the ocean and today I thought it be nice to follow it up with some new bikini shots.  Granted they're not the best quality (which is rare here) but don't worry, I'll try to have high-res versions up ASAP.

Paris Hilton 'Fired' By Namesake Nightclub  —  It seemed like a perfect match: Paris Hilton and a pair of nightclubs.  —  But the two Florida establishments named after the heiress will no longer be associated with her, their owner, Fred Khalilian, tells the Associated Press.

The O.C., RIP  —  RECOMMENDED (1)  —  Apparently when the bell tolled for Marissa Cooper, it also spelled curtains for the entire O.C.  —  After ordering up an abbreviated season of what was once TV's hottest prime-time teen drama (Beverly Hills, 90210 with even more beach time, if you will) …

Pop Quiz: Remembering the OC  —  Ok, we know the O.C. reached its peak like 2 years ago, back when Marissa was still alive, Summer wasn't a hippie and there were Newport galas galore.  Now that the show has officially been cancelled, we invite you to reflect on the good old days with us since …