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• Whoopi Goldberg has a crush on John Mayer. "In the old days, I'da snatched him up," sez she. Old days? He'd do her now.

• American Psycho to become a Broadway musical.

• Oscar organizers, dazzled by Ricky Gervais at the Emmys, are begging him to host the 2009 Academy Awards ceremony.

• Ray Davies says the Kinks could possibly reunite if his brother, guitarist Dave Davies, is healthy and the material they produce is fresh. Healthy and fresh? Sounds like more thought has already gone into this reunion than most others.

• Claymates are working through the Kuber-Ross Grief Cycle.

• Christian actor Kirk Cameron, who's sworn to kiss only his wife, used her as a lips double in a kissing scene with another actress in the movie Fireproof.

• Kanye West is developing a puppet show for Comedy Central.

• Slow burn after fighting. Brad Pitt and George Clooney are said to be not speaking after falling out over the role of Henry Higgins in the remake of My Fair Lady. We shudder to think either of them gets it. How about Steve Coogan? He's, you know, English.

• Britney Spears has put her Beverly Hills house on the market for $7.9 million.

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