Perhaps caught up in "The Social Network" mania, Tom Hanks has finally joined Facebook. The Oscar winner launched his profile page yesterday, with his first status update announcing, "OFFICIALLY on Facebook!"

Hanks' page includes several studio shots of the star — uploaded in June 2009 — as well as a black-and-white shot of him looking cool while driving down a road in sunglasses.

The rest of the page is largely blank, although the 54-year-old actor — who had almost 350,000 friends as of press time — lists his info as follows:

"I'm that actor in some of the movies you liked and some you didn't. Sometimes I'm in pretty good shape, other times I'm not. Hey, you gotta live, you know?"

We "Like."

“Green Lantern” star Blake Lively has officially been named the most desirable woman, according to an annual list compiled by AskMen.com.

The 23-year-old blonde stunner climbed from No. 85 on last year’s list to take the top spot in 2011. Landing in No. 2 is “Black Swan’s” Mila Kunis, with "Modern Family” favorite Sofia Vergara rounding out the top three. Anne Hathaway comes in at No. 9, followed by Katy Perry at No. 8 and Scarlett Johansson at No. 7. The top 10 also features models Miranda Kerr and Selita Ebanks at Nos. 5 and 4, respectively.

Although Kunis, Hathaway and Ebanks made large leaps to the top of the list compared to last year, 2011 marks Vergara's debut.

But she's not the only one - also new to the list: “Mad Men’s” Jessica Pare (No. 10); Rosie Huntington-Whitely (No. 15); Cameron Diaz (No. 50) and Prince William’s fiancée, Kate Middleton (No. 61). Other newcomers are “Glee” stars Lea Michele (No. 91) and Dianna Agron (No. 81).

While last year's most desirable woman, Emmanuelle Chriqui, fell to No. 12 in 2011, others from last year’s list have been bumped off, including Jessica Simpson, Heidi Klum, Whitney Port and Carrie Underwood.

"Madea" star Tyler Perry is ditching the drag and the dress for his next project. The hit filmmaker is set to play detective-psychologist Alex Cross in a film adaptation of James Patterson's novel "I, Alex Cross."

According to Deadline.com, the casting could prove controversial, as Perry's projects — such as 2010's "For Colored Girls…" — usually draw a largely female audience while Patterson's mysteries appeal mostly to men.

"I, Alex Cross" — Patterson's 16th novel —follows Cross as he attempts to track down barbaric serial killer Zeus. The project was originally conceived for actor Idris Elba before Perry, 41, landed the lead.

Morgan Freeman previously portrayed Cross in the films "Kiss the Girls" and "Along Came a Spider."

What do you think of Perry being cast as Alex Cross?

Talk about "Country Strong"! Gwyneth Paltrow says she has learned to stop fretting over people slamming her GOOP lifestyle site and newsletter as being too celebrity-oriented and unrealistic.

On the site, Paltrow, 38, serves up her favorite vacation spots, products and fitness tips, all of which have been criticized as being just too unobtainable for the average person.

But Paltrow tells the March issue of Harper's Bazaar U.K. she no longer takes the negative feedback personally.

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Update, 2/2/2011 1:00 p.m.:  Not so fast, "Big Lebowski" fans. EW.com reached out to a Coen Brothers rep who said there are no plans for "Big Lebowski 2." A spokesperson for Tara Reid added to EW, “She heard Jeff Bridges say that he wanted to make 'Big Lebowski 2' and have all the original cast members in it, so she may have misspoke, thinking that included her based on what Jeff said.”

Could Tara Reid have provided us with the best "cat out of the bag" moment so far this year?

Hollywood.tv recently asked Tara Reid, who played the toenail-polished Bunny in the oft-quoted "The Big Lebowski," what projects she's got coming up and, yes, she said it: "Big Lebowski 2."

"The whole cast should be coming back for that," she said.

Is it true? Well, there have been rumblings from "Lebowski" cast members in the past, but nothing definitive. The Dude himself, Jeff Bridges, teamed up with "Lebowski" directors, the Coen Brothers, for "True Grit." He told MTV News back in July that "there were no plans, man" to reunite for "Lebowski 2," but said, "If it happens, what a wonderful surprise."

The fact that Corey Haim was missing from the SAG awards "In Memoriam" montage didn't go unnoticed by Corey Feldman.

"We have become used to not being honored by our peers in the industry," the actor told the Hollywood Reporter of his pal, who died in March 2010 at age 38.

Feldman, who co-starred with Haim in "The Lost Boys," "License to Drive," and the TV series "The Two Coreys," said he hoped his friend would be shown some respect when the Oscars airs its memorial montage.

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Oprah’s groundbreaking 25th season will be over before you know it. Could Katie Couric replace Oprah?

The brand new reports today about Katie possibly replacing Oprah got the "Showbiz Tonight" staff buzzing. Katie was truly charming as “Today” co-host and she’s a good interviewer over at CBS News, but the daytime TV talk show landscape has changed dramatically since then.

Does Katie have what it takes to become the next “queen of daytime TV”? Post your thoughts here.

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Will Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon paint their twins’ nursery pink or blue? Possibly both. They’re expecting a girl and a boy, a source close to the couple confirms to CNN.

The couple announced that 41-year-old Carey was carrying twins back in December, despite being wary of revealing too much about the pregnancy.

Though the color of their baby room isn’t known as of yet, the location is. Cannon recently told People they’re “building nurseries in both L.A. and New York.”

He also talked baby names: “They won’t be crazy names like Carburetor or something,” he said. “But they’re definitely unique.”

Did watching the much-talked about "Saturday Night Live" with Jesse Eisenberg and Nicki Minaj leave you curious about the boisterous rapper, who clearly has a sense of humor? Never fear - we've compiled a few notes on Minaj to give you the rundown.

Be honest, ABC Family - do you even know who A is?

With so many clues, cryptic notes and possible motives uncovered in each new episode, how is it possible that we still have no idea who the culprit is?

More confusing than that is the fact that the characters on my list of potential As - Jenna, Mona, Melissa and Ian - don’t even appear in every episode. What are they doing when they’re not on screen? Digitally blackmailing their frenemies? Taping money to paper towels in bakery bathrooms, perhaps?

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