Jason: 'I'm Not Proud of What I Had to Do'  —  He had no choice.  —  That's Jason Mesnick's explanation for publicly dumping his fiancee, Bachelor winner Melissa Rycroft, in favor of runner-up Molly Malaney on Monday night's finale.  —  Jason says he would have preferred to have delivered …

Usher to Chris Brown: “Have a Little Remorse”  —  Usher is slamming Chris Brown over weekend photos that show the troubled 19-year-old singer smiling and riding around on jet skis in Miami.  —  In a video for Jermaine Dupri's “Living the Life” series, Usher is seen around a laptop talking …

First look: ‘Salt’ gives a grain of truth about Jolie's spy  —  The most recognizable woman in the world is going undercover.  —  Angelina Jolie begins work today on Salt, a spy thriller about a rogue CIA operative who tries to clear her name after she is accused of being a Russian sleeper agent — perhaps falsely, perhaps not.

Britney Spears Has “Nervous Energy” Before Tour Kick-Off Tonight  —  Britney Spears kicks off her world tour — her first concert tour in fives years — tonight in New Orleans.  What can fans expect?  —  “You can expect spectacular-ness,” her manager Larry Rudolph said on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday.

Oprah Adopts a Puppy!  —  Oprah Winfrey has a new puppy!  —  The talk show host and her longtime beau, Stedman Graham, adopted an 8-week-old blonde-colored cocker spaniel on Sunday, the rep for PAWS Chicago shelter, Lisa Nowak, confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  “[The dog] is really cute,” Nowak tells Us.

Jimmy Fallon, his first ‘Late Night’: Let's hear it for an ultra-ordinary guy!  —  Well, we can hope Jimmy Fallon got the most awkward moment of his first week out of the way last night: Impersonating Robert De Niro while the actor sat next to him, and then asking De Niro for approval: “That was pretty good, right?”

Pete Wentz: ‘Someone is going to murder me’  —  In an interview with the Daily Mail, Pete Wentz reveals a deep-seated fear that someone he knows is going to murder him.  Even more crazy is the second sentence that has to make Ashlee Simpson feel so awesome about birthing this dude's child:

Lindsay wants to convert  —  Lindsay Lohan at Westminster Synagogue in London (2/28)  —  Lindsay Lohan supposedly wants to convert to Judaism to prove that she's committed to girlfriend Samantha Ronson.  Lohan and Ronson were seen at London's Westminster Synagogue last Saturday for Ronson's half-brother Joshua's Bar Mitzvah.

Woman Falls, Can't Get Up, Sues Paula Abdul  —  When a woman falls and injures herself, and Paula Abdul is somehow involved, nine times out of ten the woman that fell is Paula.  This is not one of those times.  —  A woman is suing Paula Abdul — along with Bravo Television, NBC Universal …

OctoMom Probed by Child Services  —  Before she had the octuplets, Nadya Suleman was investigated by the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) ... and that's just the beginning — cops have been called to her homestead a slew of times.

Miley Cyrus Says Cleavage Baring Pic Is No “Big Whoop”  —  Miley Cyrus says she wasn't trying to give photographers a show when she wore a cleavage-baring top during a weekend jog with her shirtless older beau Justin Gaston.  —  “I don't get the big whoop, but whatever,” she said Monday on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show.

Rihanna Bikini Pictures Can't Be Beat.  Get It!?  —  These Rihanna bikini pictures are actually from last Friday, but we couldn't put them up until today without paying an arm and a leg, and what with the economy in crapper, it's best to save a buck where you can.

Alfred Molina Cast in The Sorcerer's Apprentice  —  I have just gotten word that Walt Disney Pictures has cast Alfred Molina in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced The Sorcerer's Apprentice.  Nicolas Cage stars in a modern-day, New York City-set adaptation of the classic story from Fantasia.

Billy Crudup Bares All  —  Billy Crudup has the biggest role in a very big movie.  He's the towering Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen, which has devoted fans counting down the days until its release.  —  Playing the blue and often conflicted superhero in the adaptation of the popular graphic novel …

High School Musical 4 Is in the Works  —  A new High School Musical movie is in the works, but fans shouldn't expect to see Zac Efron, Corbin Bleu and Vanessa Hudgens singing and dancing on the big screen.  —  High School Musical 4 will bring the franchise back to television …

AnnaLynne McCord Goes Bananas  —  90210 starlet AnnaLynne McCord chomps down on a banana as she takes a break from filming her hit TV show on Tuesday (March 3) in Los Angeles.  —  The 21-year-old Fired Up actress plays Gwyneth in the comedy which opened on Feb. 20.

TR2N Story Details Reveal A Little More About What Kosinski & Co. Are Up To!!  —  Merrick here...  Got these details out of Vancouver, where the TRON sequel is currently in production.  —  The source is trustworthy, so these details represent an accurate snapshot of the film …