Toasting Obama: Courteney & Jen Celebrate in L.A.; Oprah, Brad On Hand in Chicago  —  While Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt opted for the live version, a couple of Friends got together to watch their guy win it all via satellite.  —  E! News has learned that Courteney Cox and hubby David Arquette hosted …

Oprah, Brad Pitt Celebrate Obama's Victory in Chicago  —  “I'm vibrating,” Winfrey told Usmagazine.com.  —  How will she celebrate?  —  “Just to be fully present.  I'm just trying to take it all in,” she told Us.  “I can't even talk about it.”  —  “This has been the greatest experience of my lifetime,” she told reporters.

Carnie Wilson: I'm Pregnant!  —  Carnie Wilson - who lost nearly 50 pounds this year with OK! exclusively following her struggle to get slim and healthy - is now announcing her happy baby news.  The singer and her musician husband, Rob Bonfiglio, are pregnant with their second child.

Celebrity obsession reduces fear of death.  —  Can reading Perez Hilton reduce fear of death?  Recent research (reported in PT) suggests that we identify with celebrities to boost a sense of our own immortality.  The demi-gods: They're just like us!  —  According to “terror management theory …

Carrie Underwood: I “Lose All Respect” for Stars When They Back a Candidate  —  Carrie Underwood has a message for Oprah, Diddy, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and even Heidi and Spencer: Don't publicly back candidates for office.  —  “There is someone I do support, but I don't support publicly,” she tells TV Guide, according to Just Jared.

Conchords star becomes a dad  —  Flight of the Conchords Kiwi comedy star Jemaine Clement and his new wife are celebrating the birth of their first child together.  —  Clement's wife, Wellington actress and playwright Miranda Manasiadis, gave birth to their son, Sophocles Iraia Manasiadis Clement, in New York last month.

Angelina Jolie Teaches Her Kids Real vs. Movie Brutality  —  Angelina Jolie loves shooting things up onscreen, but she wants to make sure her kids understand the difference between make-believe and reality.  —  “We don't take war and violence lightly, but we don't hide it from anybody,” …

At city's celeb hot spots, Obama-rama  —  It was the cheer heard 'round the world.  —  And nowhere was it louder than in New York.  In the bars, at the posh parties, every time a news anchor called another state for Barack Obama, you could hear them roar.  The feeling was, we got our country back.

Tim Robbins Couldn't Vote — Cops Called  —  Tim Robbins tried voting at his NYC polling place earlier today.  There was some kind of ruckus and the cops were called.  —  Apparently Robbins has been voting at that polling place for more than a decade but today his name wasn't on the register.

On the scene: ‘Twilight’ Q&A with Robert Pattinson and Catherine Hardwicke  —  For all the swooning, declarations of love, and marriage proposals proffered last night, it would have been easy to imagine oneself in the midst of a French restaurant on Valentine's Day — instead of the gray-walled mezzanine of a New York City Apple store.

Charlize Theron plans ‘Tourist’ trip  —  Actress in talks to costar with Tom Cruise in pic  —  Charlize Theron is negotiating to star with Tom Cruise in “The Tourist,” the Bharat Nalluri-directed remake of the 2005 French thriller “Anthony Zimmer.”  —  In the Julian Fellowes-scripted drama …

Anne Hathaway's New Man - REVEALED!!!  —  While Raffaello Follieri's got 4 and a half years in prison to contemplate his sings, Anne Hathaway is happily consumed with all the giddiness of a brand new relationship!  —  Life & Style caught up with Hathaway's new squeeze, actor Adam Shulman in New Orleans …

Lindsay: Lesson Learned  —  Lindsay Lohan has gone from a hard-partying It girl in the fast lane to self-confessed couch potato — and she's grateful for how she's wised up.  “I've learned my lesson at an early age and I am very thankful for that,” Lindsay confesses to “Extra.”