• If you had to name one person who Jennifer Lopez emphatically isn't but might accidentally believe herself to be, you could do a lot worse than "Goldie Hawn." That makes it doubly irritating that Lopez is reportedly starring in a completely unnecessary remake of Overboard, the dumb but surprisingly charming Hawn-Kurt Russell comedy.
• Please enjoy this long history of the feud between two San Francisco alt-weeklies. And when I say "feud," I mean ... "feud."
• As folks have been speculating she might for a week or two, Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN to become the host of ABC's This Week.
Sarah Palin, Shel Silverstein, and a super-popular series of kids' books, after the jump.
• One fewer birthday gift you have to sweat out for your favorite kid: There's a new collection of never-before-published Shel Silverstein poems on the way.
• Speaking of books and kids, if yours are fans of the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid series, you undoubtedly know that the movie adaptation comes out this weekend — here's a talk with writer Jeff Kinney about the books, the movie, and "going Hollywood."
• Here's an update on the possible Sarah Palin reality show, executive produced by Mark Burnett tentatively called Sarah Palin's Alaska. Short version: current bidders appear to be led by A&E Networks (which also owns Lifetime, for instance) and Discovery Networks (which owns TLC and a bunch of other possible outlets).
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