You know how everyone always blames Bobby Brown for Whitney Houston's downfall? Personally, I think Houston was an adult who made her own choices, but if people ARE going to play the blame game, I wonder why more fingers aren't pointed in Ray J's direction.

After all, Ray J was the guy who was dating Houston for the months preceding her death, and things have been mighty weird with him during the last couple days. First he allegedly got in a brawl with Houston's family at the Billboard Awards, to the point where Whitney's sister-in-law Pat Houston reportedly called security on him, and now he's been hospitalized.

For—say it with me—exhaustion.

They say timing is everything. And now we know why Mark Zuckerberg went public with Facebook this week. He needed a really good wedding gift when he married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in private. Aww!

Put it that way, and all the bad stuff we're always hearing about Zuck in the news kind of pales, doesn't it? It sounds like a pretty darn romantic gesture.

Doesn't it seem like a certain something's been missing from all these Kim Kardashian PR events? We've seen Kim preening next to stores, bottles of Midori, perfume, you-name-it dozens of times and frankly it's getting a little old. The magic is gone. Can you feel it?

What Kim needs is an exciting sidekick to complement her public appearances. Kim needs a Kanye.

Yes, Kanye West to the rescue. He's traveled with-ish Kim to London and is sort-of-but-not-really making appearances with her: He waited in the wings for his lady-friend at the FIFI UK Fragrance Awards and caught the tail end of Kim's True Reflection fragrance launch. Is it love? No. It's PRuv.

Are you gearing up for the next season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians? Whether you like it or not, the blabby clan is back on Sunday. And apparently Kim has had an epiphany: After the disaster of her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries and its negative fallout, she has decided that none of the personal details of her showmance with Kanye West will be on the show. And I've got a bridge to sell you.

Sources told TMZ:

None of their relationship will be featured on the show ... Kanye's personal interactions with Kim will not be aired. We're told if Kanye happens to be at an event with Kim ... and the cameras are rolling ... then so be it.

Oh, okaaaay. If she just happens to be at an event with him. And the cameras just happen to be rolling. Well, then, it will happen to end up on the show. Gimme a break.

Don't get me wrong -- I pretty much think Angelina Jolie is like, the most talented gift-giver ever born. Merry Christmas Brad, I bought you a waterfall! Well done, girlfriend. And I'm sure Brad Pitt is beyond thrilled with every token of Angie's affection, including the latest: A $1.6 million helicopter (and flying lessons, of course!). Um, happy birthday ... ? Nope, it's not Brad's bday. According to a source, Angie just “thought it would be nice to buy Brad a helicopter as a surprise present."

Well, sure.

Anyway, like I said, I think Angelina's instincts are spot-on. But I started thinking about what her next big-ticket gift to Brad might be ... and I started wondering about what shopping for a present is like when you've got a $1.6 million budget. I mean, it's not like you're marking pages in a catalogue with sticky notes, y'know?

What does $1.6 million get you nowadays, exactly?

Welcome to Monday on The Daily Stir! Emily has a show you won't want to miss ... because, really, she's got the perfect cast of characters today. Kris Humphries wants Kim's engagement ring back, Robert Pattinson rumors are swirling, Beyonce and Jay-Z are in the news again, Glee is being put down by Bristol Palin (*wink*wink), and Mark Ruffalo is steaming mad ... or maybe we just want him to be. Enjoy!

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If you're trying to impress a lady, court side Lakers tickets might just do the trick. Last night, Kobe Bryant and the L.A. Lakers rallied to win game seven against the Denver Nuggets and they had some pretty famous fans there at the Staples Center to cheer them on. Everyone's least favorite love birds Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were there, and so were Justin Timberlake and fiance Jessica Biel. (Zac Efron and Jeremy Renner were also in attendance.) No word on whether or not Metta World Peace or any of the Los Angeles Lakers appreciated their celeb supporters, but their victory seemed to make all of Hollywood very, very happy.

But enough about "basketball" and "winning" and "the Lakers." Let's talk about what really matters -- looking cute. Does Kimye or do Justin & Jessica win the MVP award for cutest court side couple?

You've got to hand it to Ryan Gosling. He is one smokin' hot hunk-o-rama. Not only does he look good, and he's a great actor, but he goes around saving people's lives and stuff. But also ... he loves him some older women! Yeah, there are butt men, and boob men, and then there are cougar men. I'm thinking Ryan is a cougar man. He and his cou-gal, Eva Mendes, were spotted holding hands (hell, they were clutching hands!) in New York City yesterday after grabbing some java.

Ry and Eva, who is seven years older than he is, are still going strong after a bunch of break-up rumors. And this isn't a surprise since the older gals are his thing. Just take a look at this man's romantic history.