• Mischa Barton didn't get involuntarily committed to the psychiatric wing of Cedars-Sinai last month because she had a meltdown. Or a drug problem. She says it was because she had her wisdom teeth removed. Sounds plausible! [TONY]
• Speaking of lame excuses, remember how Jeremy Piven said he had to drop out of Speed the Plow because he had mercury poisoning? An arbitrator bought the story, apparently, because he ruled in his favor, dismissing charges filed against him by producers of the show. [NYP]
• Minka Kelly's rep is shooting down rumors that she's planning a fall wedding to Derek Jeter. [NYDN]

You may know Chris London (or Christopher Dwight Mejia London, Esq. as he prefers to be known) as the man who hovers at benefits and other social gatherings with his camera in hand, snapping pics that he posts to his quirky website Manhattan Society. It turns out London isn't particularly optimistic about the future of New York's society scene, at least judging by his recent rant on the faded social networking site, aSmallWorld: