Today's news you might've missed:

• Robert Pattinson, likely to the shock of his fans everywhere, dared to be seen in public with a woman who was (presumably) not his co-star and (visibly) not Kristen Stewart. Let the gasps and cries of outrage begin. [X-17]
• We were happy to hear that Tom Hanks' son Chester, whom you may also know as the rapping Chet Haze, was able to get his final paper done on time after his emailed plea to Northwestern U. classmates for help completing it was broadcast for the rest of us to see. [Gawker/Twitter]
• Jessica Biel "loved" acting pregnant in the movie "New Year's Eve," which means she'll now be put on eternal baby bump watch in real life. [Us Weekly]
• Is Lindsay Lohan headed overseas for the U.K. show "Celebrity Big Brother"? No such luck - but her rep says you still have that "fantastic" and "tasteful" Playboy spread to look forward to. And by the way: You will see her on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday, December 15. [E!]
• Rihanna: Now a blonde. [Daily Mail]
• Tom Cruise was screening "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" in Mumbai over the weekend when he dropped this calling card to Bollywood filmmakers: "[If offered a role in a Bollywood film] I'd never say no." [THR]

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, lead political anchor, host of "The Situation Room" and all-around nice guy, took some time recently to answer a few iReport questions.

Wolf sets the record straight about his name (real or made-for-TV?), reveals how he keeps his iconic beard oh-so-perfect and tells us where his journalism career got its start.

He’s also got a not-so-hidden dancing talent. If you haven’t caught one of his many high-profile performances, well … here you go.

Thanks to all of our iReporters who submitted questions, especially iReporter Wolf Fishzter who - in the interest of full disclosure - also happens to be our CNN.com newsroom fish. Well, happened to be. Sadly he’s no longer with us. (On a related note: Welcome to the newsroom, Anderson Grouper.)

While he is starring in one, rapper T.I. is still not a fan of reality shows.

"It's less about the lives of people and more about the catastrophes within the lives of people," he said. "They just want that moment of drama and tragedy to exploit instead of really focusing on the foundational structure of the lives of people."

That hasn't stopped T.I., his wife Tameka "Tiny" Cottle and their kids from agreeing to appear in the new VH1 reality series “T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle.” FULL POST

Serial killer drama “Dexter” has been renewed for two more seasons, but that could be all fans will get out of the series.

Showtime president David Nevins has told Entertainment Weekly that while this could change, "everybody is operating under [the] assumption" that seasons 7 and 8 will constitute the end of “Dexter.”

Additionally, a storyline is already being crafted to be carried out during those next two seasons.

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Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” has depicted Taylor Armstrong's personal issues, but the reality star is planning to tell you even more.

E! News reports that Armstrong has signed a memoir deal with Simon & Schuster, and is writing about life with late husband Russell Armstrong, who committed suicide in August.

The month prior, Taylor filed for divorce and told People magazine that she was verbally and physically abused during their nearly six-year marriage.

The couple’s marital issues, filmed before the split, have been playing out on season 2 of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”

Taylor’s tell-all tome will hit shelves on February 7.

As Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain suspends his bid amidst allegations of sexual harassment and an affair, he leaves us with an entertainment-related (and, to some, probably entertaining) news nugget.

On Saturday, Cain announced that he was suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, and his parting words included a quote from an unlikely source: A song from “Pokémon: The Movie 2000.”

The former CEO of Godfather's Pizza said this weekend as he has previously during his campaign, "Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, it's never easy when there is so much on the line. But you and I can make a difference.”

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Beyonce is finally slowing down now that she's expecting, and she says she's having a grand time doing it....but not by indulging in cravings you may have read about.

The 30-year-old entertainer told Katie Couric on "20/20" Friday that she hasn't been chowing down on ice cream with hot chili sauce as some gossip has claimed.

"I've read that I like ketchup on everything," she says, noting that's also not true. "I was on a plane and the flight attendant came and was like, 'I have your hot sauce and pickles and bananas.' And I'm like, 'That is absolutely disgusting, what are you doing?' And he was like, 'I read it on the Internet,'" she laughed.

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Disney/Pixar's award-winning 2009 film "Up" made such an impact on one California couple, they've shelled out around $400,000 to live in a Utah-based replica of the movie's brightly colored house.

Reports Salt Lake City's KSL, the ability to live in the real-life version of the "Up" home is a fantasy realized for Lynette and Clinton Hamblin.

"When we heard about it over the summer, we thought, 'Oh, that's probably a multi-million [dollar] home," Lynette Hamblin told KSL. "We didn't think that it would be attainable. So, when it all fell into place...it was a dream come true."

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Dane Cook seems to have just as many fans as he has detractors, and for the latter category, this is probably good news:  The successful comedian tells the L.A. Times that he's unsure if he'll return to stand-up.

"I don't want to say I've retired, but this is an important time to shift my energy to something new. If I'm going to do stand-up again...I want to feel like I'm lending something to it," he says.

So in the meantime, Cook is angling for different opportunities, such as the new drama "Answers to Nothing," in which he plays an unfaithful husband in an unhappy marriage.

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Fans were not happy to see "X Factor" contestant Drew Ryniewicz go home last week, and they seem to be directing their ire at judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger.

For example, commenter Mary wrote in on the "X Factor" recap Friday, "The judges need to be fired, e[s]pecially the girls. The whole show is a joke. Drew should have stayed. Nicole is...a fake, Paula is a ditz. I am so sick of her and will never watch this show again until she and Nicole are gone. Simon is the best entertainment ever."

It seems some are taking their dislike of the female half of "X Factor's" judges panel quite a few steps further - TMZ reports that Paula and Nicole received angry and violent threats via Twitter and Facebook, with at least one telling the two women to "go die."

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