I used to have a friend who was a lot like Courteney Cox's character on Cougar Town (which bows tonight on ABC) minus that girlishly neurotic/rockin' the suburbs/sexy divorcée vibe, plus the sleazy mack-on-impressionable college girls vibe. He used to frequent Williamsburg bars to that end. We don't really talk anymore now. But it is odd that we're all so quick to jump the gun and castigate Cox when really olds having been preying on youngs since the dawn of time, and it's mostly because she's a lady whose personal storyline most of the Western world is having trouble with. Or it could be the sneak peeks at the trailer. Either way, wolves, badgers, Donald Trump, and cougars have all been part of this tenuous food chain for ages. What's more problematic for me is that by singling out Zac Efron as her ideal prey, Cox will have to fight Perez Hilton for leftovers.

Even when not stalking Robert Pattinson or being Ryan Adams, our trusty interns remain vigilant. Early this morning, we received a tip that went straight to the BlackBook Red Phone: the cast of Gossip Girl was shooting on location at Japonais, two blocks from our office. I quickly dispatched our elite squad of hardworking, perpetually awesome BlackBook interns on a mission: locate the cast of Gossip Girl. Document them with your high-tech image capture devices. Extend a copy of our tangible paper product visible in the frame. Finally, exfiltrate from the hot zone and return safely to HQ. Did they succeed?

Well, this won't be pretty. Remember that one time when some jerks decided they wanted to re-do Footloose but couldn't because dearest blessed Zacquisha wanted to pursue more manly roles so as to grow a chest hair or two? And then we all heaved a collective sigh of relief? Well, such joy was short-lived. Because now the casting geniuses have reached their glorious a-ha! in statue-like Chace Crawford.

● Valentino wants hot men, and he wants them now! The legendary Italian designer went to 1Oak last Sunday for their gay night, but left shortly after arriving when he found nothing visually pleasing. [P6]
● Britney Spears has soiled her private jet by leaving junk food everywhere and letting her puppies do their business on the plane floor. [PostChronicle]
● Speaking of classy, former Hef-girlfreind Kendra Wilkinson is starting her own line of stripper poles. Wilkinson describes them as “... like Carmen Electra's, but ... better.” [UsWeekly]

Maybe Michael Lohan needn't worry after all. Lindsay Lohan, who marked Valentine's Day with a number of lovers' quarrels versus Sam Ronson, could be nearing the end of her lesbian liaison. The relationship showed its first cracks when Lohan made a little face-time with Sean Penn, although now her googly eyes have locked in on Chace Crawford.

Madchen Amick (pronounced Madchen Amick) is coming back to New York. The "Twin Peaks" star, who played Carrie Fairchild for 21 episodes on the short-lived "Melrose Place" knock-off "Central Park West," is joining the cast of "Gossip Girl." She'll play an older woman to Chace Crawford’s younger man when the show returns on September 1st. We hope Ms. Amick knows what she’s getting herself into: paparazzi stalking you in SoHo, screaming girls waiting outside your trailer, and rumored romances with Carrie Underwood.