• LL Cool J is said to be "furious" that Jessica Simpson's debut country album did better than his new album. Furious, maybe, but is he surprised? [Bosh]

• "Meet Jose Cruz. In the long history of American jurisprudence, the West Virginia man may be the first defendant to ever be charged with passing gas in the face of a law enforcement officer." [TSG]

• T.I., who would probably prefer to stay out of courtrooms these days, was ordered by a judge to pay the mother of two of his children more child support. [SOHH]

• Jada Pinkett chronicles the hazards of being married to Will Smith: America's Sweetheart. [SP]

• Janet Jackson has severed ties with the record company her man works for, but they are still in love. Inexplicably. [CL]