• Bookish battle: Publisher Nan Talese lays into Oprah for her rude treatment of fabulist James Frey.
• No kidding: In a rare moment of lucidity, Dick Cheney tells Larry King he was wrong two years ago when he claimed the insurgency in Iraq was in its "last throes," marking the first time a Bush Administration official has ever admitted to being wrong about anything ever.
• Whatchu talkin' 'bout, lady?: Former California gubernatorial candidate Gary Coleman is cited with disorderly conduct after a heated argument with a woman in a parking lot.
• Done deal: With News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch now calling the shots, say hello to the new Wall Street Journal.
• Death threats: Manic momma Britney Spears threw a baby bottle and threatened to kill two photographers after being kicked out of the Wynn Las Vegas hotel—by Steve Wynn himself.