Sharon Stone

Scandal-causing CBS correspondent Lara Logan might be in even more trouble; she allegedly (and illegally!) brought home a couple of pre-invasion portraits of Saddam Hussein from Iraq and displayed them in her office. [P6]  

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their half-dozen children caused a traffic jam outside their hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Said someone on the scene: "Angelina undoubtedly has more foreign-policy knowledge than Sarah Palin...No wonder people don't know where to direct their attention."  [The Scoop]

Madonna and Alex Rodriguez, who caused a stir by denying their relationship this summer, had a "secret dinner" at Dos Caminos. [P6]  read more »

Per his agreement with Page Six, Harvey Weinstein now owes a charity $1 million after a leaked Scott Rudin email describing Weinstein's bad behavior during the production of The Reader turned out to be real. (Yesterday, Mr. Rudin told Gawker that the email was fake, but that turns out to have been a lie. Confusing!) Also, fun story: "When they were making The Hours, Scott sent Harvey an enormous box of cartons and cartons of cigarettes and a note that read, 'Die!''' [P6]

Heather Locklear "walked drunkenly through a California supermarket" before her arrest for driving under the influence. Also, the person who reported her to 911 is a former US Weekly staffer--clearly, she has retained her scandal spotting instincts. [R&M]

Howard Stern had a dull bachelor party at Nobu, possibly because he has finally gotten tired of strippers. Also, he's old. [P6]  read more »

Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford post their very private photos on the very public Photobucket. And there is one where Chuck--sorry, Mr. Westwick--is in bed with a girl! [Gawker]

Steven Tyler said he checked into rehab to treat a foot injury, which is of course a specialty of Celebrity Rehab's Dr. Drew. [US Weekly]

Meanwhile, Kirsten Dunst, is being questioned going to rehab for depression since Cirque Lodge said it does not admit people to treat just depression. [Radar]  read more »

New Line Cinema and Radio City Music Hall are in a spat over whose fault it was that nearly 1,000 ticket holders were turned away at Tuesday's Sex and the City premiere. Meanwhile some are saying that the film's plot is based on the affairs of Ellen Barkin with Jonathan Tisch and Ronald Perelman. [P6]  read more »

These days, when you want to raise serious bank, go to Dubai. That’s where Sharon Stone is hoping to rake in more than $1 million for AIDS research. And while the land of billion-dollar theme parks, artificial ski slopes and the world’s tallest building is rolling in it, the Arab emirate is also more-or-less stuck in the Dark Ages when it comes to understanding the disease. On the red carpet at the Dubai International Film Festival (Cinema Against AIDS’ fundraising drive will be held concurrently), the Five Dollars a Day star said that the artsy side of entertainers like her—namely, Gloria Estefan and Michelle Yeoh—can delight in working together for a common cause. “At this point we are already at $800,000, so we certainly know we're going to walk out with above a million and that's already good,” said Ms. Stone, 49, who is the global chair of fundraising for amfAR.

In much of the Arab world, of course, AIDS retains the social stigma of a disease contracted only by expendable undesirables—homosexuals, prostitutes, drug addicts and the like. But amfAR’s chairman, fashion mogul Kenneth Cole, is optimistic that the campaign will be well received in the Middle East, as it has been in other parts of the world. “We've done it for 25 years; we've done it in the United States when no one was speaking about it then,” he said. “We do it in Asia and we'll do it here...in a way that is not offensive…but at the same time hopefully awakening and interesting.”

After all, Dubai would certainly not be alone in its support. Since 1993, Cinema Against AIDS has raised more than $30 million. And since 1985, amfAR has supplied over 2,000 research teams worldwide with some $260 million.  read more »