Today's news you might've missed:

• "Thor 2" has reportedly found its director in Alan Taylor, plucked from the set of HBO's acclaimed "Game of Thrones." [Deadline]
• Understanding the impatience of its target audience, the team creating Channing Tatum's stripper movie, "Magic Mike," kindly released a photo. Forewarning: It includes a topless Matthew McConaughey (which is nothing we haven't all seen befor). [THR]
• Are you craving more "Hobbit" details? Then this one's for you: Peter Jackson's recorded a video diary of the cast and crew hanging out in New Zealand, a year before the first movie hits theaters. [EW]
• Not only is Van Halen going on tour in 2012, but frontman David Lee Roth is joining them. [NYDN]
• OK, so the Christmas holiday is over, but it's still cold outside! In a lot of places, at least. Really, we just want a reason to enjoy Zach Braff and Donald Faison doing a jazzy version of this classic tune. [YouTube]

Losing a pet is never easy, but it seems it would only be that much worse on a holiday.

Kelly Osbourne and her family experienced exactly that on Christmas this year, as Kelly tweeted Sunday:

"Today is a sad day in the Osbourne family house hold we lost R dog martin of 14 years. Devastated does not quite sum it up! #NotSoMerryXmas"

But it sounds like some of the family's holiday guests were able to lift their spirits a bit. Kelly also thanked interior designer and reality star Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, tweeting, "its never quite a party with out you there daaaarling. you really cheered my mum up so thank you!"

Cirque du Soleil, the internationally renowned troupe of acrobats, dancers, contortionists, gymnasts, and circus-like performers, has finally set up a permanent show in Los Angeles, and the show couldn't have a better theme: filmmaking.

In its rollout of “IRIS: A Journey Through the World of Cinema,” the Cirque has appropriately chosen Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre as its tent, which some of you may know as the setting for the Oscars.

In fact, when the Academy Awards ceremony starts to prepare for its February 26 telecast next year, the show will take its annual hiatus, from January 23 to March 27.

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A former member of Lady Gaga's entourage has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the pop star over allegedly unpaid overtime.

According to the New York Post, 41-year-old Long Island resident Jennifer O'Neill was employed as Gaga's personal assistant for 13 months, on hand as the singer conducted her Monster Ball world tour in 2010.

O'Neill is said to have alleged in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court last week that she has about 7,168 hours of unpaid overtime, and is reportedly seeking $380,000 in compensation from Gaga's Mermaid Touring company.

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Adele and Bruno and Britney, oh my.

DJ Earworm fuses 2011’s most popular pop tunes in his annual year-end mashup, “United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)."

The mashup was inspired by “songs of regret and anger, pride and perseverance, and lots of fire,” Earworm, whose real name is Jordan Roseman, writes on his website.

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'Tis the season to hear about plenty of couples getting engaged, and Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves are among them.

The 42-year-old actor popped the question to girlfriend Camila on Sunday, and then revealed the happy news on his WhoSay account.

"Just asked Camila to marry me, merry Christmas" he posted, along with a photo of the couple sharing a kiss.

The actor and Alves, 29, have two children together, and McConaughey hasn't been shy about declaring his adoration for the Brazilian model and television personality. He told Esquire magazine in its April issue, "I found the woman...I wanna make a family with, hopefully live our life out together."

Lady Gaga was certainly in the holiday spirit this year. In addition to releasing an EP of seasonal tunes around Thanksgiving, she also had fans eagerly anticipating Christmas morning, when she said she'd release another "Born This Way" track.

Gaga announced the musical present last week, telling Little Monsters to be on watch for an "unreleased" and "uncensored" song that she'd crafted in one take on her tour bus.

Before tweeting a link to "Stuck on F****n You" Sunday, the Mother Monster gave us a little context for the single:

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Mel Gibson's marriage to ex Robyn Moore is officially over - CNN confirmed that the actor's divorce was finalized on Friday.

An L.A. Superior Court judge signed off on his split from Robyn, with whom Gibson has seven children. The pair had been wed for nearly 30 years, according to People magazine, and reportedly did not have a prenuptial agreement.

As a result, People mag asserts that Robyn is legally entitled to half of what Mel earned during their lengthy marriage, as well as half of every future check he'll get from film residuals. The report notes that the actor's earnings were previously estimated to be as high as $850 million, according to a 2006 report in the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Neither Mel's legal representation nor Robyn's has yet returned a request for comment.

Demi Lovato isn’t happy with the Disney Channel.

The former “Sonny With a Chance” star, who has been treated for depression and an eating disorder, publicly expressed her dismay regarding a joke she heard on the network’s “Shake It Up!”

“‘I could just eat you up, well if I ate’ – Disney Channel’s ‘Shake It Up’.... What are we promoting here?” the 19-year-old singer tweeted. “I find it really funny how a company can lose one of their actress’ [sic] from the pressures of an EATING DISORDER and yet still make joke about … that very disease.”

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