• Jeremy Piven left his Broadway show Speed the Plow, which he once called "the role of a lifetime" [1], because he said he was sick with a high mercury count. David Mamet joked he's leaving to "pursue a career as a thermometer." — Variety [2]
• Police authorities investigating Scott Ruffalo's death ruled it a homicide yesterday, despite a witness who claimed he died while playing Russian roulette [3] with himself. — AP [4]
• At an emergency custody hearing yesterday, Jodie Sweetin was accused of being an "unfit mother" by her ex, and is temporarily not allowed to see her baby daughter without supervision. — E! Online [5]
• Sarah Palin's teenage daughter, Bristol, is due to give birth to a baby boy on December 20, her grandfather revealed. — Page Six [6]
• Mindy McCready was hospitalized in Nashville after an alleged suicide attempt where she cut her wrists and took multiple pills. In July, Mindy went to rehab after overdosing on Ambien [7]. — NY Daily News [8]
• Ed McMahon had a new mortgage loan negotiated for him and will be able to make the payments, which will stop his home from being foreclosed. — TMZ [9]

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