Miramax will handle the domestic distribution of The Aviator, the Martin Scorcese-directed, Leonardo DiCaprio-starring Howard Hughes biopic. The movie's set to be released Dec. 17th.

Jeff Goldblum's caught in the act with Tim Burton ex/model Lisa Marie (perhaps best known as the sexy killer alien in Mars Attacks!). Click the link below to see a lot more of Goldblum than you're probably ever wanted to see, and just the right amount of Lisa Marie. Water's pretty cold, eh, Jeff?

Morgan Spurlock, director of Sundance documentary darling Super Size Me, in which he eats nothing but McDonald's for an entire month, enthusiastically blogs about his first press junket:

A new report shows that representation of race and gender on network television is showing all of the diversity of your average NHL team. (Ed. note—NHL teams are overwhelming composed of white men, many of whom are Canadian.)

Think CBS couldn't top Janet Jackson's titty flopping out in front of the year's largest television audience? Tomorrow night's episode of 48 Hours will show pictures of a dying Princess Diana at the scene of her fatal car crash, according to the BBC.

Is Sony trying to gobble up MGM? Reuters reports that advanced talks are under way.

OK, seriously, who is supposedly A-list celebrity blogger Rance?

MTV has announced the nominees for its MTV Movie Awards (which exist somewhere on the kudos-time continuum between the Oscars and the Crest Whitestrips Style Awards). Pirates of the Carribbean led all movies with six nominations, while X2: X-Men United and 50 First Dates nabbed four apiece.

Page Six says that The O.C.'s sandwich-deficient star Mischa Barton has been banned from Fred Segal for calling the store "hell" and dissing the clothes as "high-end generic" and "not made with any love."

With the network upfronts (where the new Fall line-ups are announced to advertisers) just around the corner, The Futon Critic's Brian Ford Sullivan takes a very thorough look at NBC's potential schedule. In his "What They Did Wrong" analysis, Sullivan notes that NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker might want to invest in the adult undergarment industry:

Doctors are now offering what is sure to become the hottest surgerical breakthrough to hit Hollywood since the discovery of the breast-bazooming properties of silicone: "voice lifts." The surgery strengthens old vocal chords and has the patients sounding young again.

In his weeklong diary for Slate, Brit writer Toby Young takes the overdone observation that "fame is like a drug" and extrapolates it into a city-wide epidemic:

It's nearly time for the Cannes Film Festical, and as usual, the French have continued their annoying habit of insisting on having French movies in the competition. Though in a potentially good sign for Franco-Hollywood relations, they've reduced the number to three, down from the five of a year ago.

Like that extra, overlooked gift hidden under the Christmas tree, we discover this: "Sharon Stone Introduces the First-Annual Crest Whitestrips Style Awards", a press release for an awards show for behind-the-scenes stylists of many stripes and sponsored by Hollywood's favorite tooth-whitening solution.

Producer Neil Moritz (S.W.A.T., 2 Fast 2 Furious and its upcoming sequel—we can't resist, 3 Faster 3 Furiouser?) has signed on to bring the Johnny Depp TV vehicle 21 Jump Street to the big screen for Paramount.

The LAT reports that a trial date has been set in the Disney investors' lawsuit that claims the company's directors are responsible for former President/spectacular Disney failure Michael Ovitz's $140 million severance package.

The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the way for NBC's acquistion of Vivendi Universal. The FTC won't oppose the merger, which is expected to be completed in early or mid May. NBC was the last major network without a movie studio. Now, all their evil plans to cross-promote Will & Grace and Connie and Carla can come to delicious, neutered-gay fruition!

Earlier today, we made a crack about Ashton Kutcher's, ahem, mature taste in female companionship. This, of course, was before we learned that Mr. Punk'd is actually 5,782 years old. OK, it's in Kabbalah years, but still. As the kids say, that's hella old.

Indiewire is launching its own "invitation-only" blogging community. In case you haven't heard of this whole "bloggy" thing, they offer a helpful FAQ, What Is a Blog?

Susan Lyne is out as president of ABC Entertainment, Daily Variety is reporting. Touchstone TV head Stephen McPherson is expected to take over. ABC is planning on making an annoucement later today about the changes in their executive corp, so we'll know more about who's going to announce the latest Bachelorette installment for the Fall season.