Today's news you might've missed:

• Lindsay Lohan won't be on "Ellen" to talk about her Playboy spread until next Thursday, but someone's already leaked a copy of the cover with the 25-year-old actress straddling a red bunny ear chair. [The Insider]
• Alec Baldwin seems to be saving his vocabulary for the game that got him kicked off an airplane Tuesday, as he's deactivated his Twitter account. [Twitter]
• Joining Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter in officially-divorced-land are Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz. Should we thank them for the memories? [E!]
• They didn't grow up enough the first time, apparently, because Adam Sandler's "Grown Ups" is getting a sequel. [Vulture]
• Angelina Jolie is said to be in talks for a Luc Besson dramatic thriller, but in the meantime, she's speaking up about a copyright lawsuit alleging her "In the Land of Blood and Honey" story infringes on a Croatian journalist's book. Ms. Jolie says in an interview that such legal situations are simply "par for the course," but she's "never seen" the text in question. [Deadline/L.A. Times]

One of the nation’s most famous doctors has teamed up with an A-list TV producer to create a new medical drama.

TNT has ordered a pilot from David E. Kelley (“Chicago Hope,” “Ally McBeal”) and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

Kelley wrote the pilot for “Chelsea General,” a dramatic hospital series based on Gupta’s upcoming novel “Monday Mornings.”

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Now that we know Robert Downey, Jr. and wife Susan are excitedly awaiting a baby boy, we wanted to find out how they're feeling leading up to their expected February due date.

For Susan, she's thinking "move down a little bit, I need a bit of breathing room please," she joked on Tuesday.

But as for Downey, he's having visions of stardom for his unborn: "I'm thinking, 'What are the child labor laws, and are you ready for your close up?'”

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Tuesday night's season finale of "Covert Affairs" was definitely one of the better episodes this season.

The idea of a spy mission going horribly wrong with an innocent family member along for the ride is certainly an intriguing one, and series creators Matt Corman and Chris Ord wisely chose this plot for the finale.

The way some of these scenes were shot – with Annie and her sister Danielle struggling to escape an assassin while vacationing in Sweden – certainly increased the suspense by putting you in their shoes.

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The Discovery Channel's San Francisco-based series "MythBusters" caught some California residents by surprise when a cannonball accidentally tore through a neighborhood during filming.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the television show was taping an experiment Tuesday afternoon at the Alameda County Sheriff's Department bomb disposal range. The paper describes the scene as involving large containers filled with water and a homemade, cantaloupe-sized cannonball.

When the cannonball was fired, it missed the water containers and instead blasted through a wall and bounced its way into a suburban neighborhood about 700 yards east, the paper says.

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The Mumbai premiere of “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” was said to be packed full of ecstatic Tom Cruise supporters cheering wildly for the movie star, as reportedly was the airport when Cruise arrived in India Saturday.

But according to the Hollywood Reporter, Indian papers are reporting that those fans were actually paid extras. And Tom’s camp is fighting back.

The First Post Bollywood reports that approximately 200 extras were paid to cheer for Tom, 49, when he arrived in Mumbai. The paper says the “fans” were given 150 rupees a piece (or about $3), plus lunch.

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Of all the things to compare "Saturday Night Live" to, we wouldn't have gone with "Melrose Place" - but we also don't work there. Kristen Wiig, however, does. At least for now.

Earlier this year, after she announced that she was retiring two of her "SNL" characters and hitting it big with "Bridesmaids" (which she co-wrote and starred in) a bit of gossip circulated that this was going to be her last season on the sketch comedy show.

But her rep tells Paper magazine, which interviewed Wiig, that the rumor isn't true. (There's also the fact that "SNL" casting won't be finalized until the end of the season.) And it's not like Wiig doesn't like her comedic co-workers.

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Pauly D isn't limiting his musical talents to the DJ booth - the "Jersey Shore" star is working on an upcoming album, with some help from 50 Cent.

The rapper has signed the reality star to his label G-Note Records, saying in a statement, "Pauly's a great addition to G-Note and G-Unit family. He's smart, creative, and will definitely bring something special to the label. We're really excited about his project."

50 Cent tells MTV that Pauly's offering will be "more like what you would get from a DJ Khaled or DJ Drama but also what you would get from David Guetta - so it's a cross between those two worlds...We're gonna make a hit record out of the actual material that we have around and some of the new stuff we've put together."

Pauly D dropped hints of the upcoming album earlier this year to Billboard. "I'm focusing on music. That's my passion," the "Shore" star said, adding that the album with 50 Cent is "going to be a little bit of everything."

As "Thor 2" angles for a November, 2013 release, it looks like the film is on the hunt for a new director.

According to Deadline, Patty Jenkins has parted ways with the project over "creative differences." Jenkins, who directed Charlize Theron in her Oscar-winning "Monster" role, was said to have stepped into the position in late September.

Entertainment Weekly reports that this shift in direction shouldn't impact the "Thor" sequel's progress, which is expected to begin filming in the late spring.

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It's been reported that a third "Bridget Jones" film called "Bridget Jones's Baby" is in the works, and Colin Firth tells CNN "there's every intention to get that done."

And a good thing, too, as it sounds like Firth and his "Jones" co-star Hugh Grant didn't get to spend nearly enough time together.

"It'll be nice [to be reunited]," Firth, 51, said of working with the cast again Tuesday. "It would be like one of those rather tempestuous '70s pop bands trying to get together in a way. We always had a good time."

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