–How does George Clooney take out his aggression toward his longtime publicist, Stan Rosenfield? The actor joked to reporters at Monday's Up in the Air premiere that he gets physical. "I hit him with a golf club the other day," he quipped. "You heard about that?" [Fox News]
–Someone forgot to tell Taylor Momsen that Halloween was over a month ago. The 16-year-old Gossip Girl actress channeled Courtney Love on a recent outing in New York City, causing Us to wonder 'where are her pants?' [TheFrisky.com]
–A gang of Hollywood thieves pled not guilty in an L.A. court Wednesday to charges they swiped $3 million in clothes, jewelry and other other items from the homes of celebs like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox. [PopEater]
—Family Ties mom — and Lifetime TV movie mainstay — Meredith Baxter has come out as a lesbian, and says she's been involved in a four-year relationship with contractor Nancy Locke. Baxter, who appeared as Michael J. Fox's mother on the 80s sitcom, says her desire to come out publicly came after she took a cruise with thousands of lesbians last month. [Extra]
–Can you hear me now? White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi say a dead cell phone battery was to blame after the Pentagon claims they left the couple a voicemail denying entry to President Obama's first state dinner last week. [TV Guide.com]
