Today's news you might've missed:

• Who knew that Drake was such a hugger? Check out some adorable photos of the rapper hugging everyone - from babies to Biebs. (Tumblr)
• Lady Gaga sent tweet No. 991 from her Twitter account (which has a following of more than 12 million) to spread the word about her music video for "You and I," which she's planning to release in conjunction with her 1,000th tweet. (Twitter)
• The cast just promoted "The Amazing Spider-Man" at Comic-Con, but apparently there's a sequel already in the works. (Hollywood Reporter)
• Move over, leading men of Hollywood. Mark Wahlberg quipped that Taylor Lautner is going to put both him and DiCaprio out of a job, thanks to his good looks and toned physique.  (Us Weekly)

There was a healthy amount of rumor surrounding Cheryl Cole's exit from "The X Factor" on both sides of the pond. First she was supposedly dropped from the judges panel of Fox's "X Factor" because her accent was too thick, and then there was an inkling it was because she didn't get along with fellow judge Paula Abdul.

Days later, the former Girls Aloud songstress wasn't included in an announcement of judges for the U.K. "X Factor" either, although she'd been a judge on that version since 2008. Whatever went down, what was clear was that Cole had been replaced on the U.S. version by Nicole Scherzinger, who joined judges Abdul, Simon Cowell, and music producer L.A. Reid.

Cole has already broken her silence about the situation, and now, during the "X Factor" panel at the Television Critics Association press tour, so has Cowell.

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The website for the next Bat-sequel, "The Dark Knight Rises," leaked the first image of the film - Tom Hardy as Bane - back in May, and on Friday, they unleashed another one: the first look at Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle.

Warner Bros. Pictures has been careful not to describe Hathaway as Selina's alter ego, Catwoman, but Hathaway let slip that she is playing "Catwoman" when speaking to Oprah Winfrey back in February.

So far, no sign of the character's trademark catsuit-with-mask-and-ears, made famous by the likes of Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt and Michelle Pfeiffer. But this Selina Kyle is seen riding a motorcycle not terribly different from the one Batman rode in "The Dark Knight." Plus the glasses are pretty cool.

What do you think of this photo? Are you getting excited for the final Christopher Nolan "Batman" next year? Let us know in the comments.

In this week's edition of weeklies cheat sheet, there's a potential nanny tell-all supposedly from Brangelina's former help, a "Bachelorette" couple, and (still!) plenty of J. Lo.

Now that same-sex marriage is legal in New York, word is "Project Runway" judge Michael Kors is tying the knot!

Life and Style spotted the famed fashion designer and longtime partner Lance LePere at the city clerk's office in Manhattan on Wednesday, and the New York Post reports that the couple is indeed set to marry.

"Lance and I are very excited to finally be able to have the opportunity to marry in our home state after many years together,” Kors, 51, said in a statement. “We have no plans for a major party, but we will be getting married privately."

The couple met in 1990, when LePere joined Kors’s company as an intern.

"Over the years and the day-to-day process of dreaming together, things just naturally fell into place," LePere has said of their relationship, according to Life and Style.

Well, three out of four ain't bad.

In recent weeks, Sasha has blown the judges away with her powerful performances, and, whacking aside, it turns out she had enough support to make it through to the finale, despite my picking of Caitlynn Lawson as a dark horse for the final four. I was happy to see that they went directly with the voters' choices this time.

The first to be named for the final four – shocker – was Melanie, the clear front-runner. The two guys were also not terribly surprising, Marko and Tadd.

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Just months after "Mad Men" creator and executive producer Matt Weiner reportedly received a huge check to continue the show for two more seasons, AMC is pushing to cut costs on its other shows, reports the L.A. Times.

The network’s other popular series include “Breaking Bad,” starring Bryan Cranston, and “The Walking Dead.”

After a long, drawn-out negotiation process, Weiner will reportedly get $10 million for each of the next two seasons of “Mad Men.” Fans may be ecstatic that the swinging '60s show will go on, but those behind AMC’s other shows are rumored to be complaining that the hefty “Mad Men” deal is cutting into their shows’ budgets.

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For her third album, Brit hitmaker Adele plans to employ a country/bluegrass sound.

Although the singer may have had to reschedule most of her U.S. summer tour due to laryngitis, she kept busy absorbing American music styles, and wants to use what she's learned on her forthcoming album.

"I was exposed to a lot of country, rockabilly and bluegrass," she tells The Sun of her time in the States.

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Whether teetering on 10-inch platforms or draped in raw meat, Lady Gaga knows how to excite the fashion world - and for a moment, it looked like she was bringing her style to the next generation.

On her "Jimmy Kimmel Live" appearance, the Mother Monster made a video spoof to promote a clothing line for babies called "Gaga Goo Goo," set to her hit "Born This Way."

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It’s not uncommon in Hollywood for women to become mothers in their late 30s, 40s, or even 50s. But Sofia Vergara, 39, isn’t following the celebrity trend: she was a teen mom!

The “Modern Family” star was 19 when she had her son Manolo, and can’t imagine having children now. "I don't even want to think about it,” she tells the new issue of Redbook magazine.

The Colombian-born actress was married at 18, and gave birth the next year. "When I had Manolo, I was 19, and I had the energy for everything," she says of the benefits of having a baby young.

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