● Rumor has it that Kanye West is staging his next short film (think: that 30-minute "Runaway" cut) in the Middle East, where he will utilize local talent and production crews "to create an 'authentic' depiction of the culture." Or, as a source familiar with 'Ye's plans put it, the anti-Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. [NYO]

● Katy Perry has unfollowed Russell Brand on Wwitter, but Russell Brand is, for now, still following Katy Perry. We can't all be like Demi. [Us]

● Back from cell block 23, Lil Wayne is publishing a "revealing" prision memoir from diary entries written during his time at Rikers, titled Gone Till November and to be released November 28th through Grand Central Publishing. Alternative titles suggested: "Tell warden, kiss my ass." [GalleyCat]

● "I'm into love, and maybe I'll get more into making love when I'm older," says a crowned Justin Bieber in this month's V magazine, adding that, for now, "I want to do it at my own pace." [NYDN]

Weezy and Drizzy = best pals. Their joint song "The Motto" didn't make it onto Drake's Take Care, but that doesn't matter -- they've released a video for the outtake (via October's Very Own), in which they pal around with some of their friends, such as E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. (The video is shot in the Bay Area, where those guys are from.) It opens with an inspirational message from the late Mac Dre's mother, and then it's off to the races.

● Ex-Kardashian Kris Humphries was booed by the 20,000 fans at Madison Square Garden last night when his Nets fell to the Knicks, 88-82. "I felt like Rudy out there," he says. [ESPN]

● Britney Spears got engaged to her boyfriend Jason Trawick last night in Las Vegas. [TMZ]

● One of the most memorable moments of last night's American Music Awards happened in the audience, when BFFs Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez were caught singing along with Nicki Minaj's performance of "Superbass," a moment for which they've been practicing.  [Jezebel]

● According to essayist and homeowner John Jeremiah Sullivan, eight or nine people make a pilgrimage to his house each day, which is also the house where the Peytons "live" on One Tree Hill. [GQ] ● Bill Clinton isn't afraid to make fun at himself or the Clinton Foundation in this new Funny or Die video, wherein he is joined by a "celebrity army" in mocking his "actionable climate change initiatives." [THR] ● Rick Ross is hitching a ride home on DJ Khaled's tour bus after suffering two seizures on two flights in one day. Easy riding, Bawse. Ruh! [TMZ]

● Someone has offered a cool $1,000,000 for the unreleased track playing in the background of Tupac's sex tape. Bidding on the tape, meanwhile, has only hit $150,000. [TMZ] ● Roseanne Barr's return to network television is nearer then ever, NBC having picked up her sitcom Downwardly Mobile. [THR] ● Michael Jackson's kids showed up to Saturday's tribute show to the late performer in MJ-inspired garb. Also of note from the night: Beyoncé performed "Wanna Be Where You Are", and Jennifer Hudson failed to show up, citing "production problems." [People]