• Fall Out Boy has decided to postpone release of its new CD so it won’t coincide with Election Day, as the band explains in a website posting: "Six months ago, we thought it would be fun to release our album on election day but this is not the election to be cute. This is the most important election of our time…we felt as though rather than making a commentary, we were only riding the wave of the election. This seemed less and like what we intended to do and more of a gimmick"…
• Britney Spears has reportedly struck a deal with event producer AEG–but the details of when and where are still unclear.  She hinted recently that she’d like to do a world tour, and her new album Circus will be out December 2–so the tour is either planned for early next year, or she’s going to a lot of trouble to establish a play date…
•  Justin Timberlake and steady squeeze Jessica Biel attended an Obama rally in Las Vegas, where he told the crowd that he wasn’t there "as some dude who writes goofy songs", but rather, "Me and Jess, we’re here as Americans. We’re here as humans because this something we had to do."  JT later sang Vote In A Box–an off-shoot of the wildly popular Saturday Night Live sketch song you may remember, only this version was more political and less scatological…
• Tina Fey says she is done impersonating Sarah Palin after Election Day–especially if John McCain wins the election, telling TV Guide, "We’re gonna take it week by week. If she wins, I’m done. I can’t do that for four years. And by ‘I’m done,’ I mean I’m leaving Earth."  Does that mean that Palin would take over on 30 Rock?
• A new autobiography by Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick called Here’s The Story: Surviving Marcia Brady And Finding My True Voice is a frank discussion of her drug abuse as well as her romance with co-star Barry Williams.  Can you imagine Alice catching Marcia and Greg making out–that would be a totally creepy threesome…
• Gossip says The Emmy Awards people are considering a new category for best reality show judge, which would certainly include Idol’s Simon Cowell–but what about David Hasselhoff from America’s Got Talent?  As long as the category was Least Possible Negative Judge Ever In The History Of Judging…
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According to Pussycat Girls member Nicole Scherzinger (the Doll in front), vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin would make a great addition to PCD because, "She seems like a headstrong woman, a tough chick. And she’s hot!" These of course are ideal qualities–if you’re looking for a lap dancer for the Cabinet…

Britain pop superstar Leona Lewis is a bit peeved about a London label’s plans to release an album of her before she became a houshold name, and in fact her attorneys are talking lawsuit against the label if they decide to move forward.  Leona says she did the songs just for the experience of recording–which probably means she’s about as proud of them as one of William Hung’s memorable Idol performances..

A Boston musician who claims Bon Jovi’s song I Love This Town–which has been used extensively to promote baseball’s postseason–was based on his similarly-titled (Man I Really) Love This Team and is suing the band for $400 billion, based on damages of a hundred grand for each of the 4 million CD’s the band sold with the song on it.  While there are those who say his copyright claim may have some merit, it’s likely any settlement would be reduced–by, say, 8 or 9 zeroes…

Janet Jackson’s people continue to postpone shows on her Rock Witchu tour–after announcing Friday that she would resume the tour Saturday in Connecticut, and then scrapping it later in the day, they claimed her show Monday in upstate New York would be next, only to postpone that performance over the weekend.  Since she’s probably put off more shows than she’s done, they could refer to the makeup gigs as the Broken Leg of the tour…

Former The View host Star Jones is pulling no punches when she talks about her time on the show, referring to her co-hosts in an Essence magazine interview by saying, "Those girls were hateful."  Gosh, Star, you’d be mad too if someone asked you 15 times a day, "You’re rich–you better buy me something nice for my wedding!"…

Late-night TV’s David Letterman and John McCain have kissed and made up, with McCain again scheduled to appear on Letterman’s show Thursday night–after a flap that developed when McCain canceled a previous appearance at the last minute.  Letterman may have a little fun with him though–you know, calling him "that one" pretty much all night…

• Britney Spears isn’t suprised that so many of us were asking, "What was she thinking?" when she exhibited all that bizarre behavior a year ago–she told MTV in an interview for an upcoming documentary that she was actually thinking the same thing at the same time.  This totall explains how she married Kevin Federline…
• Reps for Janet Jackson say she’s well enough now to return to her Rock Witchu tour Saturday, after scrapping shows in 6 cities due to a mystery illness that kept her under a doctor’s care.  I’m still not convinced she didn’t get sick from her hairdo…
• Rapper T.I. knows his musical success has given him a lot of influence over teens, and he takes it seriously–he says, "When I’m speaking to young people and they say, Who you voting for?,’ I say, Cut your PlayStation off and turn to CNN and listen…to each of the candidates’ platforms. Whoever you think is speaking passionately and intelligently and will do the things you think need changed, that’s who you vote for"…
• British singer Estelle has a huge hit with Kanye West called American Boy, and to hear it you’d think he’s that dude–but she says otherwise, telling the Houston Chronicle it would be more like, "Will Smith. Just a general, all-around sexy guy. I’m not too fussy."  Apparently, too fussy for Kanye…
• Gossip columnist Cindy Adams of the New York Post reports that Saturday Night Live is set to welcome Sarah Palin as a guest on its October 25th show.  This could turn out to be a huge opportunity for Palin–if things don’t work out next month, she could join the cast as a Tina Fey impersonator …
• Look for Angelina Jolie to grace the November cover of W Magazine–breastfeeding one of  her twins– Knox Leon or Vivienne Marcheline.  Why do I guess that this issue will be snapped up by millions of Lara Croft fans?

• Looks like Britney Spears will go on trial for driving without a valid license, as her attorney rejected an offer  from prosecutors that would have put Brit on a year’s probation and pay a $150 fine–a pretty good deal, but one that would have left her with a criminal record which her side does not want.  I just hope Brit won’t be rethinking her legal strategy from inside a cell…
• Rapper T.I. not only put his new CD Paper Trail at #1 on the album sales chart, but he actually was able to replace himself at the top of the singles chart as well, with Live Your Life taking over from Whatever You Like.  Enjoy that while it lasts, since it happens about as often as a humble reality show contestant…
• Travis Barker told Us Weekly that he’s happy to be alive after the September 19 plane crash that left Barker and DJ AM seriously injured.  He’s also lucky that none of his tattoos melted off…
• British singer Leona Lewis has said "no" to an offer from upscale London department store Harrods to pay her nearly $2 million to just show up and have a few photos taken–all because Harrod’s sells furs and Lewis is opposed to that.  I can certainly respect that, but boy are those some expensive principles…
• Tuesday’s second presidential debate was seen by some 63 million viewers–huge, but still fewer than the 70 million who saw Sarah Palin and Joe Biden last week, which was the most-watched VP debate ever.  I imagine about half of them watched to see what Palin was going to say, and the other half watched to see if she whether she would sing or tap dance for the talent competition…
• Paris Hilton is continuing her "fake" run for the presidency with another video posted on Funny Or Die, where she and The West Wing star Martin Sheen discuss campaign issues, with Paris calling the current economic crisis, "the worst depression since The Notebook".  It’s close, but the movie definitely has better actors…

• A Vibe magazine poll voted Eminem as "The Best Rapper Alive" from a field of 64 that placed Jay-Z second.  Em released a statement saying, "It’s obviously an honor to have won the fans’ support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive. I don’t think there is any one rapper that is simply the best, though… But since Vibe’s offering the distinction, hell yeah, I’ll accept!"…
• Katy Perry shed some light on her upbringing in a Blender magazine interview, revealing that her mom once dated Jimi Hendrix and her dad was a drug dealer specializing in a potent strain of LSD–all a part of their days as hippies in the ’60’s–but abandoned that lifestyle to become Evangelical ministers.  You could say they found religion after meeting God…
• Britney Spears is still wrapped up in some legal difficulties, as a three-judge panel refused to dismiss a misdemeanor charge of driving without a license that stemmed from an incident when Brit hit a parked car and fled the scene–with one charge in that case already dismissed.  Maybe she should just bit the bullet and take responsibility for it–it’s just what a clean and sober person would do…
• Fergie is experiencing one of those "blast from the past" moments she would have just as soon avoided–her prom date way back in 1993 was arrested for allegedly robbing a Southern California supermarket bank branch, with surveillance video showing him waving a gun during the holdup.  You gotta admire whoever managed to dig this tidbit up–just they way you admire a mosquito, right before you squish it into oblivion…
• Actor Nick Nolte escaped with just minor injuries when an electrical fire broke out at his Malibu home Tuesday, causing about a million dollars in damages.  Maybe he was just trying to get rid of as many copies of these photos as he could…
• Director Oliver Stone says W, Stone’s film about President George Bush, is not a hatchet job designed to make Bush look bad–Stone claims he worked to make it "fair and balanced and compassionate".  That kinda sounds like a report by Mother Teresa on Fox News…