● Evan Rachel Wood has moved on and up from Marilyn Manson and is currently courting True Blood costar Alexander Skarsgard. The two were snapped enjoying an outdoor festival in Louisiana where Skarsgard is filming a movie. [JustJared]
● Drew Barrymore is throwing a roller-skating party in honor of her directorial debut Whip It; attendees can skate with Barrymore and the cast at Bonaventure Skating Center in Michigan where the film was shot. [AP]
● Rapper Ludacris channeled Oprah over the weekend by giving away 20 free cars to those in need in his hometown of Atlanta. [CNN]

If you're weary of the filthy hedonism that True Blood's main maenad champions, Alan Ball has your number. And he has major designs for that and every other arc on the vampire soap. Although you can't totally despise a character whose actress states, "When someone offers you an entrance where you're standing in the middle of the road naked with a pig, you don't say no." Ball and the beautiful people of True Blood took to the nerdapalooza of Comic-Con this past weekend. But instead of calming the tempests in our hearts by dispensing a few juicy, spoilery crumbs, they stoked more fires. Thankfully, Ball was quick to dash half-vampire, half-human hybrids from ever spawning on the series. "You’re either all human or all vampire." This is terrible, terrible news for Kim Kardashian. But excellent news (plus a spoilery trailer) for the rest of us!

Evan Rachel Wood doesn’t fear the edge—it’s her natural habitat, onscreen and in real life. Uncomfortable, Lolita-esque situations? Check. Nudity? Check. Drugs? Um… Bisexuality? Naturally. “I love me some girls, man!” Wood states unequivocally, sidling into a back booth at a sleek pan-Asian bistro near her home on Los Angeles’ West Side.

Steamy rebel Evan Rachel Wood hits the cover of BlackBook this month, on sale now (click image to enlarge). Also inside: Juliette Lewis, Hugh Dancy, Dennis Cooper, Alex Timbers, Eli Roth, The Fiery Furnaces, Esser, Rye Rye, Noisettes, Michelle Trachtenberg, and more. And check out our complete cover gallery while you're at it.

Whatever Works reunites director-writer Woody Allen with Larry David. The legendary funnymen had previously worked together on Radio Days and New York Stories. Most actors would be ecstatic to be offered the lead in a Woody Allen movie, but David had a much different take. “I thought Woody had become unhinged,” he says. “I wondered who put this crackpot idea in his head. And of course as with anything I’ve ever been offered, I didn’t feel up to the task. Feeling up to the task is not my thing.” David eventually took on the part of Boris Yellnikoff, a man who is so disenchanted with his marriage, luxurious lifestyle, and the human race that he tries to commit suicide. Saved by a canopy outside his uptown Manhattan apartment, Boris gets divorced, moves downtown, and meets a much younger woman, Melodie (Evan Rachel Wood). The two ultimately learn a tremendous amount about love and life from one another.

Did you have to dig deep to play the role of a middle-aged Jewish man?
That aspect was really unusual. I tried to find as many Jews as I could and befriend them and talk to them and see what made them tick. I went back to Brooklyn and walked the streets and interviewed people, "What's it like being a Jew? How do you behave?"

● Cameron Diaz doesn’t want children because according to her the world has enough children and who needs one more? Take that, Octo-mom! [PopCrunch]
● Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono has revealed that shortly after her 40th birthday in March, she began gender reassignment treatment to become a man. [People]
● Evan Rachel Wood will be filling Kirsten Dunst’s shoes as Mary Jane in the Spider-Man musical, with music by Bono and The Edge. [ContactMusic]

● New Couple Alert: Evan Rachel Wood has dropped Marilyn Manson for Shane West. The newly minted couple was seen leaving Hollywood club Bardot holding hands. [JustJared]
● Heidi Montag is out of I’m a Celebrity… for reals this time; she was taken to a Costa Rican hospital Saturday, and her sister Holly Montag will take her place on the reality show. [Radar]
● Stephen Colbert proved he’s awesome by making a surprise cameo in a high school principal’s commencement speech taped where the principal is currently deployed in Iraq. [Youtube]

● What happened to Billy Corgan? He was once an icon of alternative rock ... but now? He’s using former lyrics to promote PPV wrestling matches. [Youtube]
● Pharrell Williams has decided to laser all the tattoos off his arms off. [Twitter]
● Denise Richards has filmed a segment for Funny or Die about what’s she’s known for: her "funbags." [FunnyorDie]

● Usher would like Chris Brown to show a little remorse for what he did to Rihanna. I’m sure Brown, who already has won Rihanna back, will take that into consideration. [Us]
● Lily Allen is a bit upset about her "Shhh" tattoo now that see knows Rihanna had it first. Allen got the tattoo with new bud Lindsay Lohan after a night of partying, thinking the idea was original. Oops. [Entertainment.Stv]
● Despite rumors to the contrary, Slumdog Millionaire director and Oscar winner Danny Boyle will not direct the new James Bond film; he prefers watching one to directing one. [IMDB]

● Sean Penn had a run-in with ex-wife Madonna and her new boyfriend Jesus Luz at a post-Oscar party. Penn gestured to Jesus and said “Another kid, already?” Madonna was upset, but her face somehow didn't move. [TheSun]
● Why wasn’t last year’s Best Supporting Actor winner Javier Bardem at the Oscars? Because he didn’t want to hand his current girlfriend, Penelope Cruz, her Best Supporting Actress statue. [OKMagazine]
● Mickey Rourke may have not won the Oscar, but he’ll get one any way he can. Rourke is set to get a new Chihuahua and name it after the award he lost out on Sunday night. [RadarOnline]