David Duchovny

Barack Obama did some last minute strategizing in a Monday morning conference call that included Oprah Winfrey and Sean "Diddy" Combs (also Donna Brazile, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, and Rev. Joseph Lowery). [R&M]

Lindsay Lohan is once again harnessing the power of Myspace to remind fans to vote. [People] 

Justin Long, who previously dated Kirsten Dunst and Drew Barrymore, was spotted making out with, uh, Tila Tequila. [P6]  read more »

The Christie Brinkley-Peter Cook scandal circus continues: Page Six is claiming to have seen graphic stills of a sex tape Mr. Cook produced with his then-18-year-old mistress, Diana Bianchi. [P6] 

Madonna and Guy Ritchie did not have a pre-nup, and the director is now reportedly looking for "a nice piece of the pie." [NYDN] 

Prince deigned to visit the exclusive Eldridge only after he'd sent in an "advance man" to scope the place out. After arriving with five bodyguards, he stayed for about an hour before departing for Butter, where he installed his personal DJ. (This is all acceptable because he is Prince.  read more »

Someone knocked Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld "out cold" after the company's bankrupcy was announced. Seriously. [Radar]

Ashley Dupre now travels with three bodyguards (does Eliot Spitzer even still have a security detail?). [R&M] 

Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who co-stars with Leonardo DiCaprio in the upcoming Body of Lies, may be barred from re-entering Iran because of her participation in the film. [R&M] 

One piece of good news on the Amy Winehouse front: She is not on an official suicide watch. [People]  read more »

Nick Tosches, a former Florida snake hunter who started out as a journalist at Creem and Fusion, is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. He is also the author of novels Cut Numbers and In The Hand of Dante, and biographies of Dean Martin and Jerry Lee Lewis among many others.

When Salon published a profile of Mr. Tosches in 1999, it described the writer's penchant for leopard-printed loafers, smoking two brands of cigarettes at all times, and dining at Da Silvano on a daily basis. In the piece, Mr. Tosches also talks about not caring about what goes on in Hollywood, despite it being the place where many of his works were planned on being adapted.  read more »

Add another trend piece to the ever-growing 'Internet Porn Addiction Ruins Relationships' canon. This month, Details' Em & Lo offer Jerking Off Is the New Infidelity (subhed: "Is your secret habit causing your marriage to slip through your fingers?"), in which we learn that, "While some guys store everyday images and encounters to fuel their imaginations, many go straight for the porn."

Sadly, the article was released too prematurely (tee-hee) to include this month's poster boy for self-love, David Duchovny.  read more »

Jessica Alba did not approve of all the stars-and-stripes themed outfits at the Democratic National Convention, but still felt "fortunate" to be there. [Celebrity Myspace]

Bristol Palin and putative fiance Levi Johnston were sporting tattoos of each other's names at the Republican National Convention last night.[US Weekly] 

Paris Hilton has canceled two screenings of Adrian Petty's film "Paris, Not France" at the Toronto International Film Festival "in an attempt to gain more publicity for [the] new documentary about herself." [P6]  read more »

Oh David Duchovny. We’re so sad to hear the news that you have checked yourself into rehab for sex addiction. Sex addiction sounds like a totally exhausting thing to have to keep up with, and we can’t even begin to imagine how out-of-control things must have gotten to give a quote to the public about it. We know you’ve asked for respect and privacy for your wife and children (we totally love you too, Téa!), and we totally feel you on that, but here’s the thing we keep wondering. Would it or would it not be less embarrassing (and career damaging) for you and your family if you said the rehab was for some sort of drug or alcohol addiction? Something prescription (of course) and easily mended….  read more »

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson have responded to Michael Lohan's public comments about Ms. Ronson's supposed tell-all book via their MySpace celebrity blog. [MySpace via Daily Intel] 

A Gossip Girl script for the upcoming season has leaked! Click through at your own risk. [Gawker]

At the DNC, Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) asked staff to introduce her to Jennifer Lopez. Meanwhile, Jessica Alba is over there drinking something called a "Dirty Delegate" martini. [NY Daily News]   read more »