Even Donald Trump has quietly lobbied to replace Cowell, as if the Donald could do anything quietly.
The daily Mel
Sheriff's detectives in L.A. are checking extortion allegations against Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend.
Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, who issues so many statements, the guy must sleep on a cot in the office, says the agency is looking into whether Oksana Grigorieva may have tried to extort the "Braveheart" star. He declined to offer any other details on the inquiry.
* In Touch Weekly reports that the
only shoulder Mel has to cry on belongs to . . . Britney Spears.
When Britney experienced her meltdown a few years ago, Mel reached out to her, and now she's returning the favor.
Besides, Britney knows "Toxic."
The daily Lindsay
L.A. sheriff's officials say that Lindsay Lohan will spend only about two weeks of her 90-day sentence in jail - a fraction of the time that the gossip industry will spend covering her stay.
But Lindsay's rehab portion of her sentence won't be trimmed, like her jail stint, by overcrowding and credits for good behavior.
"It's a straight 90 days," said prosecutor Danette Meyers.
In Lindsay's case it might be a bi 90 days.
* Thanks to the
crackerjack reporting of TMZ.com - although in this case it might be crack-whore-jack reporting - this is what prisoners at the Lynwood Correctional Facility have to pay for their lady products: Massengil Douche, $2.10; Tampons, $2.70; Pepperoni Beef Stick, 85ยข.
Vibrating Pepperoni Beef Stick? Priceless.
Other items available for under $2 include shampoo, baby oil, cocoa-butter lotion, orange drink mix, ramen spicy shrimp and a jalapeno cheese squeezer.
Jail: Great bars, great nachos.
The Bristol Stomp
Maybe the press should have left Bristol Palin alone when it had the chance. Now that she's become a media-made celebrity, she can't shut up.
