• Not hopeful: Legendary magazine editor and Hillary Clinton biographer Tina Brown raises her hand in support of Hill. Still, she expects Republican John McCain to capture the presidency.
• Doctor doctor: Also checking into the UCLA psych ward, Grey's Anatomy's Justin Chambers. Chambers, who plays jerk-with-a-heart-of-gold Dr. Alex Karev, voluntarily entered treatment after suffering from exhaustion and a sleeping disorder.
• A whole lotta love: Overripe talker Rush Limbaugh passionately embraces The View's Joy Behar. (Shudder.) Regis Philbin, himself pretty pumped, claims "she loved it."
• Hollywood united: Actors Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Josh Brolin, and Sarah Jessica Parker are among those who pressured Entertainment Tonight not to air the Heath Ledger drug video.
• Decaf: Starbucks' sales are down. Way down. Execs blame the fact that there are too many outlets, too close together. Kinda nice to see that bite them in the ass.
• The road well-traveled: Mary J. Blige, no stranger to substance abuse problems and the perils of diva-dom, says she empathizes with troubled singer Amy Winehouse: "I understand exactly what she's going through."