Today's news you might've missed:

• Rihanna (who, apparently, prefers to get in shape in an itty-bitty bikini) will perform with Coldplay for the first time at the 54th annual Grammys. Also performing: Paul McCartney!
• Whitney Cummings is the latest to come to the defense of Lana Del Rey. Bottom line? Performing is hard, and everyone should learn to chillax. [Whitney Cummings' Tumblr]
• Ladies and gentleman, please remain seated as we alert you that reports are saying William Shatner's been axed as Priceline's "The Negotiator." [EW]
• The bada** honey badger more than likely doesn't care, but there's a TV show being developed around the viral video character. [THR]
• There's a tabloid rumor going around that O.J. Simpson is Khloe Kardashian's dad. We don't know how to wrap our minds around this gossip, so we'll point you in the direction of Kim Kardashian's joking tweet, which was posted Thursday along with a photo of the offending headline: "Now we have all the answers! It makes sense now! Khloe u are so tan!" [Kim Kardashian's Twitter]

When Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley adopted daughter Naleigh in 2009, 33-year-old Heigl wasn't expecting to not bond with their new baby right away.

The "One for the Money" actress tells CNN that at first, Naleigh gravitated more toward her husband.

"[Josh] would just come into the room and make her giggle and make her laugh," Heigl recalls. "I would always think, 'Something's wrong, something's wrong. She doesn't like me, she doesn't want me.' So I think it is sort of a female thing."

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"American Idol" made its premiere last night, but the long-running series can't quite boast powerhouse ratings.

Entertainment Weekly reports that last night's 11th season premiere earned a 7.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic, a 24 percent drop in ratings since last year's season 10 premiere.

Although 21.9 million tuned in overall, Wednesday night's bow was "Idol's" biggest year-over-year ratings decline ever for a premiere episode.

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The amount of fake tanning and bronzer the cast of "Jersey Shore" relies on is so immense it's comical, but for once, we get to see one of the show's stars without her trademark orange glow.

Snooki tweeted a photo of herself on a "no makeup day" on Wednesday, and fans immediately responded to the fresh-faced look.

"[You] look great without it u should go natural more often," said one Twitter follower, while another was stunned into swearing.

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February 14 is still a month away, but Neil Patrick Harris and his longtime partner David Burtka are already giving us a serious case of the "aww!"'s.

The couple, who are also parents to one-and-a-half-year-old twins Gideon Scott and Harper Grace, share their "love story" in the February issue of Out magazine.

"How I Met Your Mother" star Harris kicks it off, recalling how he fell for E! correspondent Burtka, 36, eight years ago.

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Selma Blair recently told TMZ that she’s a fan of “tried and true” baby names.

But, without mentioning a certain Blue Ivy, Apple or Aleph, the mom to 6-month-old Arthur - her son with fashion designer beau Jason Bleick - said it’s not because she doesn’t appreciate unique monikers.

“I was gonna name him a weird, obscure name, but then I was afraid ‘cause if they’re not good looking and they have a weird name they’re really screwed. Like, a good looking kid can get away with a lot of stuff. … I didn’t know if he was gonna be really homely, so he’d better have something tried and true like Arthur.”

Harsh, or does she have a point?

Let's get this out of the way, first and foremost, about Wednesday night's episode of "Modern Family": Yes, it involved Cam and Mitchell's adopted daughter Lily saying the "F" word, not once, but several times. Before the episode aired, this upset some people.

As executive producer Steve Levitan explained, "For the record, when shooting, the actress who plays Lily never actually dropped the F-Bomb. After, who knows? She gets cranky when tired."

The young actress, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (though, we're guessing it is not really her) tweeted, "Fudge IS the f-word. Right?"

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This week we learned the Restaurant Wars hangover cure: one part Charlize Theron, one part Eric “The Ripper” Ripert, one part Padma in a romper, and a dash of product placement.

For the Quickfire, everyone’s favorite subtitled guest judge told the cheftestants they had 30 minutes to create a dish incorporating three random ingredients from a conveyor belt.

It was a completely absurd premise featuring a bunch of junk food, with a few choice seafood ingredients thrown in. The whole thing would’ve been more entertaining if we had seen the nervous interns behind the curtain swapping items on and off the belt as the Benny Hill music played.

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"Sex and the City" producer Michael Patrick King couldn't imagine telling Carrie Bradshaw's story pre-Manolos, Aidan, and Big, but the CW can.

The home of "Gossip Girl" and "90210" has put in a pilot order for a "SATC" prequel series called "Carrie Diaries," based on the Candace Bushnell novel of the same name.

Bushnell's book follows Bradshaw's character as a high school senior living in a small, New England town during the '80s.

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Chris Hemsworth has a busy year ahead, appearing in at least a trio of films, but the actor is getting ready for a busier home life as well.

The "Thor" star, 28, and his wife, Spanish actress Elsa Pataky, are expecting their first child together, a rep for Hemsworth tells CNN.

According to People magazine, Pataky, 35, gushed to Hola! that the couple "are ecstatic, very happy and excited."

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