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• 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).