● Leonardo DiCaprio is preparing to get all Christian Bale for his new film Inception. The actor is set to start a crash diet so he can appear emaciated for a pivotal scene in the film. [Radar] ● After a four-year hiatus, the VH1 Divas Concert is back on with everybody’s favorite incoherent diva Paula Abdul as host. [JustJared] ● Those rumors that Gwyneth Paltrow is the Yoko of Coldplay are back on now that the actress is allegedly trying to get husband Chris Martin to leave the band and go solo. [BettyConfidential]
● Neil Patrick Harris has been added to the revolving door of guest judges on American Idol that already include Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, and Joe Jonas. [LAT] ● There’s a feud brewing between Jay-Z and Bill O’ Reilly; the latter doesn’t care for the rapper’s new song that references O’Reilly, telling him to “fall back.” [Rap-Up] ● Liev Schreiber calls his turn as a transvestite in Taking Woodstock “exhilaratingly humiliating,” saying it was hard for him to look good in a dress. [People]


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