Pat O'Brien

• As the Writers Guild votes on the new agreement reached with Hollywood producers, some of the striking writers with producing responsibilities are back at work today, while (pending approval of the contract) everyone else should resume work Wednesday. Hopefully they're well rested and ready to give us some new TV! — BuzzSugar
• On top of his weekend caucus victories, Barack Obama took home another award on Sunday: the Grammy for best-spoken word performance of his book, The Audacity of Hope. He beat out Hillary in that category, but the big competition between these two has yet to be decided. — CitizenSugar
• Fool's Gold was #1 at the weekend box office, followed by Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins and Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour in third place. Looks like Kate and Matthew . . . struck gold. — BuzzSugar
• Pat O'Brien has entered rehab for the second time since 2005. No racy voicemail messages this time, but we wish him the best. — The Insider
• Madonna apparently requested that six rows of treadmills be cleared for her at NYC's Reebok Sports Club so she could exercise in solitude. She'll spend $12 million for privacy in London but will exercise in public in NYC? — Page Six
• ICYMI, Heath Ledger's family held his wake over the weekend in his hometown of Perth, Australia.

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• In latest WTF news, Marilyn Manson is said to be dating 19 year old actress Evan Rachel Wood. We hope Dita gets all those cats she wants. - People
• Brooke Burke and fiance David Charvet welcomed their first child together on Monday, daughter Heaven Rain Charvet. That's quite a name to have to live up to. - US Weekly
• Howard Stern has just been given another $83 mil in stock by Sirius radio for exceeding subscriber growth targets. That makes his total compensation over $700 mil. That's just silly money now. - NY Post
• Rumor has it Pat O'Brien is about to be bumped from The Insider due to the publicized disgusting messages he left on a woman's voicemail in 2005. He'll probably just get his own talk show. - Gatecrasher
• More than 200 people showed up to bid on Whitney's belongings at at auction in New Jersey. The final tally was not released but her see-through piano went for $20K. Hopefully she made enough to pay off her debts! - People

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