· After holding it in through years of her own private hell, the N-word finally makes Elisabeth Hasselbeck cry. We salute Whoopi Goldberg's restraint in not climbing over the table and drying her tears one slap at a time. [The View]
· Carpetbagger blogger David Carr's crack-rock memoir The Night of the Gun give Emily Gould a run for her NYT Magazine money. [NYTM]
· Matthew McConaughey plans to start a record label; three guesses as to what kind of music he'll feature. Actually, no. One guess. [NYP]
· Roman Polanski wants the LA District Attorney to review the new documentary about his sketchy 1978 rape conviction. Another review? Is it being re-released again? [NYT]
· Hooray for Hollywood, home of the second-worst industry growth rate in the country! [THR]
· Zach Braff is leaving Scrubs — conveniently enough, only a few seasons after its viewers did. [Variety]