· Madonna becomes a Jew and immediately a car bomb goes off outside her Manhattan apartment. I tell ya, when she co-opts an identity, she really goes all out. [WEN]
· Rolling Stone daughter Theodora Richards on the allegedly anorexic Mary-Kate Olsen: "But I mean, what about the other one? They're both the same kind of skinny." [NYDN]
· After weeks of rumors, confirmation finally comes on the heroin overdose death of A.R.E. Weapons member Ryan Noel. [NYP]
· Official denials get a corroboration: yes, the film of Jay-Z smacking some chick up is all in play. [NYDN]