[London, November 18. Image via Getty] US actor Zac Efron ’s fans react as he arrives in London’s Leicester Square for the British Premiere of his film, Me & Orson Welles, on November 18, 2009. AFP PHOTO / MAX NASH (Photo credit should read MAX NASH/AFP/Getty Images)

Amy Winehouse was supposedly in the hospital because she was sick, but now her dad says: “It wasn’t because she had a cold. She’s fine, she just had a little [pointing to his chest] leaky something or other.” All together now: What kind of fuckery is this? [ The Sun ] Mariah Carey is supposed to turn on the Christmas lights at a shopping mall in London, and has asked for 20 white kittens and 100 white doves as well as confetti shaped like butterflies to shower her after she emerges from a Rolls-Royce driven on a pink carpet to a podium where she will wave a wand to turn on the lights. A source says: “We did manage to source the doves that we were going to release into the sky, but the kittens proved terribly difficult. In the end, it was made clear that due to …

Is there anything left to say about Sarah Palin ? Going Rouge , the just-released liberal answer to Palin’s memoir, has something to say, which is that strikingly little has changed about her a year later. That’s both good and bad news. Yes, Palin has shaken off the McCain entourage and that pesky government gig. Levi Johnston has broken with the family values narrative and is visiting with Sodom and Gomorrah. But the major memes are unchanged: her breezy embrace of ignorance is still only slightly tempered by a new round of …

Zac Efron adjusted his shades as he headed out for an appointment in LA yesterday, and kept his eyes covered during a stop at the Sunset Towers hotel today. He arrived in town earlier this week, and wasted no time getting back to his social routine - attending a bash thrown by Nylon Guys in his honor last night along with Ashley Tisdale . It was the latest meetup for the High School Musical friends, who are spending some quality time together while his girlfriend and her

Charlize Theron stepped out for the LA premiere of The Road last night with Stuart Townsend and mom Gerda by her side. Her hair and wardrobe were light, but Charlize spiced things up with a deep red pout . Those lips sadly won’t be getting anywhere near Johnny Depp in the near future – he’s in talks to sign on to The Tourist , which Charlize dropped out of last month only to have Angelina Jolie pick up the role . For more photos from the premiere just read more. View 15 Photos ›