Brittany Murphy's Funeral; Steven Tyler's Trip to Rehab
• Brittany Murphy's funeral has been scheduled for tomorrow, Christmas Eve. In other Brittany news, her super-sketchy husband Simon Monjack, who indicated initially that he didn't want an autopsy to be performed on Murphy, now says he wants to know exactly what caused her death, although he also says he's sure it didn't have anything to do with her having a drug problem or eating disorder of any kind; the coroner in LA is completely baffled how information about Murphy's giant cache of prescription drugs made its way to TMZ and says he's planning a full investigation; and in what may be the most twisted development of the day, it seems Murphy's LA home has already been added to a "Haunted Hollywood" tour.
• Poor Mischa Barton. She showed up at the Whole Foods in Soho with her Shih-Pom, Ziggy, and was then informed that the store doesn't permit dogs inside, even those that happen to belong to semi-famous people. [NYDN]
• Steven Tyler of Aerosmith says he's been addicted to painkillers for years and is now heading to rehab. [People]
• The couple who engineered the Balloon Boy hoax face justice today. [AP]
• A giant archive of documents pertaining to Michael Jackson were released by the FBI yesterday. It's not quite as exciting as it sounds. [NYP]
• Is loopy heiress Casey Johnson just jealous of fellow heiress Paris Hilton? Possibly! [Page Six]
• Lady Gaga was spotted getting cozy with a "new boytoy" in LA the other night. [E!]
• Not necessarily bad: Jake Gyllenhaal was spotted partying in New York with pals Matt Dillon, Justin Theroux and Mark Ronson. [People]
• Not good: Lindsay Lohan was spotted at a LA club where she strolled up to a table occupied by Kevin Connolly and helped herself to a drink. [People]
• A judge has ruled that Britney Spears will have to remain under the conservatorship of her father for six months to a year. [TMZ]
• The guy who stalked Ashanti's mom recently was convicted. [NYDN]
• Johnny Knoxville and his girlfriend are the parents of a baby boy. [People]
• Christina Aguliera was in little car crash last night. But she's fine, so you can stop worrying now. [TMZ]
• You may have trouble believing this, but Tiger Woods' favorability rating seems to have gone down the past couple of weeks. How strange! [NYP]