--The troubled saga of Lindsay Lohan took another turn early Tuesday when police booked her for investigation of drunken driving and cocaine possession after a frightened woman dialed 911 to report being chased by Lohan's SUV. Less than two weeks out of rehab, with another drunken-driving case pending, Lohan had a blood-alcohol level of between 0.12 and 0.13 percent when police found her about 1:30 a.m., Sgt. Shane Talbot said. She is now heading back to rehab. (I love how she's now saying the coke wasn't hers. Good one).

--Vanessa Minnillo credits boyfriend Nick Lachey with helping her overcome the embarrassment of leaked pictures of her cavorting with Lindsay Lohan. Pictures of Minnillo and Lohan playing with knives and pulling at each others' tops at New York club Bungalow in June last year were leaked onto the internet last month. And Minnillo says she only got through the ordeal with the support of Lachey, whom she has been dating for a year. She says, "It was a tough time. I want people to see me for who I am. When a photo like that gets more press than you do it's sad. Nick said to me: 'This is one bad chapter in a book of your life.' It was a period of seconds, over a year ago. Yes of course, it was bad judgment. I was embarrassed."

--Comic Drew Carey was tapped Monday to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show "The Price is Right." Carey confirmed the deal during a taping of the "Late Show" with David Letterman.

--OK! magazine's editors have chosen not to sanitize a "heartbreaking" interview with Britney Spears, during which she wiped her fried chicken-grease-covered hands on a $274 dress, picked up her puppy's poop with a $6,700 Zac Posen gown , and expressed fears her ceiling was about to collapse. Editor-in-Chief Sarah Ivens insists the interview, which will appear in the upcoming issue of OK! will leave readers "shocked and sad." Insiders tell Tmz.com Spears had a "total meltdown" during the interview and accompanying photo shoot, refusing professional make-up and hair help and insisting her untrained friends style her. Sources tell the website Spears was "completely out of it" and "erratic" during the shoot, and took "frequent bathroom breaks" without closing the door, Tmz.com reports, "She was also completely paranoid during the entire interview, fearing at one point the ceiling was about to cave in on her." OK! says in the issue hitting stands today. (Mother of the mother effing year right here)

--BET's provocatively titled "Hot Ghetto Mess," which drew sharp criticism and overshadowed the rest of the cable channel's new schedule, is getting an upbeat new name. "We Got to Do Better" is the title the series will have when it debuts Wednesday, BET spokeswoman Jeanine Liburd told The Associated Press on Monday. "We've decided to change the name because we want to highlight the show's real intent, which is to offer social commentary in a context that sparks dialogue, debate, and most importantly, change," BET said in a statement. (Umm...)

--"They don't exist anymore. Why? Don't ask me. I haven't met anyone I wanted to spend an evening with, much less a life with/" "Frankly, the only men I've been interested in these past 20 years, that I thought attractive, were married, and there weren't many of them. They had wives, and I can't deal with that - although both my husbands [Humphrey Bogart and Jason Robards] were married when I met them. It's weird, isn't it?" As for sex, she adds, "Sex? I don't even remember the word." --Lauren Bacall, on the lack of intelligent and witty men. (God, they don't make classy female stars like this anymore).

--Luke Wilson had to change his cellphone number this weekend, thanks to an annoying prank by his pal Johnny Knoxville. The "Jackass" star found out Wilson was going to hang out at the Polaroid Beach House in Malibu for the Boost Mobile party Saturday and hired a plane to hover above the place with a banner that read: "Luke Wilson's phone number 3105000082." Apparently, it was his real number. It's now out of service. But Wilson decided not to hang at the beach, probably because he had to deal with all the annoying calls.

--"It's kind of hard for me as the mom, I'm with Cole probably 99.9 percent of the time – to open a magazine or read a newspaper article with Matt saying, 'Oh, I love being a dad. I love changing diapers. I love doing this.' I'm like, Wait, what?" "It's been hard when I'm doing all the work, but he gets all the credit." --Brynn Cameron, mother of Matt Leinart's child

--Pregs? Those sure are kind of mom pant-ish.

Random Thought of the Day:
We need to start thinking of some classy females in Hollywood to hover around. Classy AND smart. Like Bacall, Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, etc. Ok, let's start the list...I'll go first: Ummm...Laura Linney, Julianne Moore, Dame Judy, Helen Mirren, Anne Hathaway, ok...drawing a blank...jury's out on ScarJo, but she'd probably be in here for now, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Meryl Streep, Sela Ward, Marg Helgenberger, Mariska Hargitay, ok...you think of some! See, there ARE a few out there!

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