● 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]

It's a realistic concept, at least, to watch Robert Pattinson hooking up with all the women across town in the first trailer for his new film, Bel Ami, which based off the novel of the same name. He plays a penniless soldier named Georges Duroy, who decides the only way to rise to power is to use what God gave him: that chiseled mug, that perfectly coiffed hair. But it's not in the romantic (?) way of his Twilight escapades, no. Judging from the trailer, Duroy is a total sleaze. 

● Connie Britton (Tami Taylor) says that a Friday Night Lights movie is "happening for realsies." They've got a producer and someone to write the script. "It's really just a matter of ... getting everyone's busy schedules aligned and making it happen," Britton told Us Weekly.[Us] ● Willow Smith got a verse from Nicki Minaj for her latest single, "Fireball." New colors will need to be invented before they can make the music video. [NahRight] ● In a sad, slurred, and often unintelligible tape played for jurors yesterday, Michael Jackson makes clear the pain he felt for his lost childhood, and the children he befriended. "I love them. I love them because I didn't have a childhood," he mumbles. "I feel their pain. I feel their hurt." [NYDN]

● Now that Twighlight's done, Robert Pattinson is prepping a "guitar-based" and "very organic-sounding" album. According to someone who knows, Pattinson has been waiting for this moment: "He's tortured because he avoids it. When he's sitting around jamming in the studio, it's his favorite moment of life." [Us] ● In this month's GQ, Bawseman Rick Ross weighs in on the Anthony Wiener scandal. "Real ni**as don't send dick flicks," he says. "Chicks send me pictures. And I appreciate it! I love all of them. But I don't do that shit. I'm the Boss." [GQ] ● Glee's Ryan Murphy loved Country Strong so much that he's now working on a musical movie that could star his good friend and frequent Glee guest Gwyneth Paltrow. "An original--I want to write an original movie for Gwyneth and Maya Rudolph, both of whom I'm great friends with." [E!]

● Incredibly level-headed young exes Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner shared a nice evening together at the Teen Choice Awards. Reportedly, the two "were laughing and having nonstop fun." Swallowed pride works every time. [NYDN] ● Arnold Schwarzenegger went out for a bike ride in an unfortunate t-shirt that read "I SURVIVED MARIA" on the front, and had the dates "1977-2010" -- the years they dated -- on the back. Oops! [TMZ] ● Eldest Palin child Track and his wife Britta welcomed their first child, Kayla Grace, in Wasilla, AK over the weekend. [People]

● Robert Pattinson ditched Kristen Stewart at the MTV Movie Awards' podium to land a big kiss on Taylor Lautner. Eclipse took home nearly half the night's awards. [Gakwer] ● Speaking of which: a trailer for Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 -- the one where Bella and Edward, after several movies of stilted, emotional foreplay, uh, well, you know... It was a good night for all the Twi-hards out there. [HuffPost] ● Don't be mad about the half-dead models in Kanye's "Monster" video. "It is an art piece and it shall be taken as such," quoth West. [KanyeWest]

● Kristin Cavallari is drawing up a careful invite list for her wedding: high-school nemeses LC, Heidi, Whitney, and Brody are out; high-school besties Stephen, Audrina, and Stephanie Pratt are in. [PopEater] ● Michelle Williams will join James Franco, Rachel Weisz, and Mila Kunis in Sam Raimi's prequel, Oz, the Great and Powerful, as Glinda the good witch. [Variety] ● Robert Pattinson fancies himself not just a shimmering vampire but a singer, too. The New York Daily News thinks he sounds like Ray LaMontagne. We'd say that's generous. [NDYN]

Reese Witherspoon and Rob Pattinson make their co-starring debut in Water For Elephants this month, and it seems like the duo’s time on set together was as eventful as whatever actually happens in the film. Using a series of interview sound bites courtesy of Reese, we were able to outline the evolution of their blossoming relationship, which, oddly enough, began when Pattinson was cast to play Reese’s son in 2004’s Vanity Fair.

● Charlie Sheen is down two children, up 706,301 twitter followers, and still always winning: "My sons' are fine... My path is now clear... Defeat is not an option..!". [Radar/Twitter] ● Robert Pattinson's puppy-dog eyes harbor way more sadness than we imagined. “I’ve just kind of stopped doing everything,” he says. “I never change the channel in my trailer. I just watch reruns of House of Payne and Two and a Half Men." Will the cancellation of Sheen's show be too much to bear? [Vanity Fair] ● The 33 Chilean miners who spent 69 days trapped underground all have agents now to help them navigate a yet bigger darkness: the public. [NYP]

● Another day, another celebrity pregnancy: Kate Hudson is pregnant with her second. The year in celebrity spawning continues. [People] ● Having done some thinking during his court-ordered stint in a mental institute, Gucci Mane got a three-scoop ice cream cone marked "Brrr" and a red lightning bolt tattooed on his face upon his release. [Source] ● Golden voiced Ted Williams is entering rehab at the urging of Dr. Phil, thus completing the full course of his celebrity cycle. [PopEater]