Today's news you might've missed:

• Rumors are flying today that some of the "Real Housewives of New York City" - including Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon and Alex McCord - got the pink slip from the show. Bravo tells CNN no decisions have been made yet, as do McCord and Zarin. We'll be honest: We don't know what "RHONY" would be without those three.  [Huffington Post;  TooFab]
• Little Monroe may be a diva, but neither she nor her twin brother Moroccan will have a career in the entertainment biz, if their dad Nick Cannon has anything to say about it. And he does: "Absolutely not...I want them to strive for something greater than entertainment."  [People]
• 50 Cent's upcoming movie originally had the same title as Chinua Achebe's internationally renowned novel "Things Fall Apart," and the author was not happy about it. Achebe demanded Fiddy change the movie's name, and not even an alleged $1 million could change his mind. [The Guardian]
• We know Heidi Klum's one hot mama, but we didn't know she was so dangerous. Web security company McAfee named her the top most dangerous celeb on the Web. At No. 3? Piers Morgan. Be careful out there. [CNN]
• We have no idea if "The Muppets" will go down as one of the greatest flicks in 2011. But we do know they could just keep creating trailers and parodies, and we'd be satisfied. Stick around till the end - it's worth it.

Life is officially imitating art for January Jones - well, at least in one sense.

The "Mad Men" actress, known for playing chilly mom Betty Draper, is now a mom herself for the first time.

Her rep confirms to CNN that Jones, 33, gave birth to a son on Tuesday. She named the little one Xander Dane Jones. "Mom and baby are doing great," her rep says.

Jones confirmed she was expecting in April, although she's stayed mum on details about the father. A source close to the actress told People at the time that she was “really looking forward to this new chapter in her life as a single mom.”

George Lucas may keep tweaking “Star Wars,” but another big director regrets messing with his masterpiece. Steven Spielberg said at a recent event that he wishes he hadn’t altered “E.T.” when he re-released the movie in 2002, reports New York Magazine.

"Speaking for myself, you know, I tried this once and I lived to regret it,” Spielberg said when asked about Lucas’ upcoming “Star Wars” DVD release at an anniversary screening of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

He explained his regret was “Not because of fan outrage, but simply because I was disappointed in myself.” (For more in-depth discussion, check out Geek Out's coverage.)

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Sean Penn's J/P Haitian Relief Organization has received a $2.25 million grant as the aid group works to help Haiti recover from a devastating 2010 earthquake.

”We believe this grant marks an important step in the rebuilding of Haiti,” Penn, the founder of the organization, said in a statement.

The J/P HRO was awarded funding from the Government of Haiti through a grant by IDA - the World Bank's financing facility for poor countries.

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There’s an age-old adage that says, “When you talk trash about people you don’t want them to see you.”

OK, so maybe I lied about that being a work of ancient scripture, but it rings true today and seems to be the underlying theme of CW’s “H8R ” (and an actual quote from one of the show’s “characters").

Here’s the skinny: Mario Lopez hosts a show where celebs and their biggest haters are forced to confront each other with the hope that the celeb will be able to convince his/her detractor otherwise. In some cases it works and in some cases, well, I guess haters gon’ hate.

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I can't believe I'm saying this, but congratulations to Rachel Reilly for her much-deserved win on Wednesday night's season finale of "Big Brother."

To say that Rachel has been a controversial contestant over the last two seasons (she returned as part of the "newbies vs. veterans" twist this year) would be a vast understatement. Rachel backstabbed, whined when things didn't go her way, and said the words "my fiance'" so many times as to render them essentially meaningless.

Even so, as she liked to point out – over and over again – she is a competitor and had a target on her back from day one. When her beloved Brendon was evicted (not once, but twice!), she somehow stuck it out to the point where she was the obvious person to vote for as the winner.

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Holly Durst and Michael Stagliano may have won $250,000 on the second season finale of "Bachelor Pad," but it's not all wine and roses for the formerly engaged couple.

Durst told Stagliano on Monday's season finale that she was now engaged to fellow "Bachelor Pad" contestant Blake Julian. Stagliano, who spent part of the season trying to win Durst back, was visibly stunned by the announcement, even telling host Chris Harrison that he may need some water and a commercial break to recover.

"I tried calling Michael the night before [the finale taping] to talk to him about the engagement," Durst said. "When I finally tried calling him, he already had his phone taken away from him for production reasons."

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Anna Faris is looking for a few good female friends. The star of upcoming comedy "What's Your Number?" would like her own "equivalent of the Judd Apatow crew," but tells Marie Claire she finds it hard to meet other women in the business.

"When we meet each other, it's always at some fussy event where everyone's, you know, schmoozy and full of s-–. So it's difficult. I would love to have more actress friends, but I don't," she laments. “I have to call somebody's agent and be like, 'Hey, I know this is crazy — I don't even have a specific project — but I'd really like to hang out with this girl.' It has to be awkwardly coordinated like that."

She's not looking for just friendship, though. Faris says she notices that it’s much easier for her husband Chris Pratt to network in Hollywood.

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We can hear you groaning.

Wednesday was all about the Salahi drama as the former "Real Housewives of D.C." cast members found themselves front and center in the press. It all started when Tareq Salahi claimed that his wife, Michaele, was missing, and said he suspected that she had been abducted.

The pair first came to fame after the "White House gate crashing" incident in 2009 when they dropped in on a state dinner. So it was expected that after news of a "missing" Mrs. Salahi broke, the blog OMG mused "Um, has anyone checked the White House?" FULL POST

"You EEEDIOT!"

"Happy, happy, joy, joy." "Hwarf." "No sir, I don’t like it." If this all seems like a random assemblage of words, then you’re not a child of Nicktoons (and I greatly pity you). The aforementioned are but a few of the indelible memories “The Ren & Stimpy Show” left singed in the brains of kids who grew up in the '90s, like a red-hot poker of cartoon lunacy sent plunging into our gray matter.

Back in August, the animated show about a neurotic chihuahua and his daft feline sidekick turned 20, sending shockwaves of nostalgia and terror through 20- and 30-somethings. And thanks to Nickelodeon’s recent surge of recycled  nostalgia programming, you can relive the classic series on Nicktoons (yep, we’re so old, the animation block has been given its own network).

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