• The Lohan clan strikes again: this time, Dad Michael was arrested for violating a restraining order from an ex-girlfriend ... [Popeater]
• ... while Lindsay was given a July 2010 deadline to complete alcohol education classes as part of her DUI probation. [Starpulse]
• Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone—in typical Kanye fashion, of course. [Oh No They Didn’t]

An easy story for GQ would have been just another Rihanna puff piece, like the disappointingly bland one Glamour ran. GQ could have just let Rihanna say, “Domestic violence is bad! I wear funky clothes! Buy my album!” and have left it at that. But in the article “Good Girl Gone Badass,” journalist Lisa DePaulo brilliantly captured how Rihanna’s manager positioned herself two feet away from RiRi and DePaulo’s conversation and interrupted the interview not once, not twice, but three times, to instruct Rihanna on how to talk about her life. Clearly, Rihanna’s allowed to reveal more in her photo shoots than she is in her interviews.

This Verizon commercial for the LG Chocolate Touch featuring Ciara has been making the rounds for a while now, and I’ve finally figured out why it annoys me so doggone much. The ad goes beyond using sex to sell a product and enters low-class strip club territory. I mean, Ciara is all but rubbing that guy’s face in her crotch. Broke strippers must often resort to the nastiest, most demeaning tactics to get customers to give up a few dollars; exposing the goodies and letting themselves get fondled is commonplace in these situations. Ciara is relying on a similar talent—her ability to gyrate—now that she’s fallen way off because her music ain’t cutting it.

We probably could have predicted this, but Tara Reid has finally decided to pose for Playboy. Her reasoning behind doing the cover and a spread in the January issue? She wants us to know that her botched plastic body is fixed! Tara likened her bad plastic surgery to a broken bone. “I mean, it’s like breaking your arm,” she says. “I broke my arm and everyone knew about it, and then I got it fixed. And now my arm looks great! I think no-one really wanted to think I got fixed, or that I’m better, but I am and everything in my life is better now.” Great extended metaphor, Tara!

“I just don’t…. This is just so not… I’m here to publicize ‘Nine.’ If I was here to do an exposé on myself then I’d be like, ‘Let’s go’, but I have no interest in discussing any of that.”

—Nicole Kidman in response to an interviewer who asked her about Scientology and referred to the “religion” as a “bullying cult.” Oh please, oh please, someone do an expose so she will talk about it! Watch the video here. [Times Online UK]

Last Tuesday, Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady had a baby boy who will probably grow up to be way too cute for his own good. Only, they’re not sure what to name him. “It’s kind of back to the drawing board,” Tom said in a radio interview yesterday. “We thought we had a name picked out for about six months and then about two days before he was born she said, ‘I don’t like that name anymore.’” Here are our suggestions, keeping in mind that celebs these days pick some wackadoo names. [People]

Do you need some used leggings? Sure, we all do. Lucky for you, Lindsay Lohan is selling off some of her old clothes on her family’s website, LohanHouse.com. Head to the shop and you can buy this “Marc Jacob” (who needs the ‘s’?) jacket for $75 or these still-tagged Frye boots for $275. According to Lindsay’s Twitter account, a “potion” of the proceeds will go to charity. And if Lindsay’s items do not get your shopping juices flowing, you can also shop from the closets of Ali and Michael, Jr. I think you now know what to get me for the holidays. [Fox News]

Our favorite tell-it-like-it-is Real Housewife, Bethenny Frankel, is the latest to shed her clothes for a PETA ad. This image is stunning and will likely sell many of her Skinny Girl Margaritas. But, uh, can PETA work on getting more dudes for this campaign?

• Kourtney Kardashian has given her baby boy a not-so-Hollywood name. [Starpulse]
• Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez have reportedly split. [Us Weekly]
• Elin Nordegren appeared in public without her wedding band. [E! Online]

“I’m a little freaked out about dating. So, I’m just going to let time pass and just do my thing. For some reason whoever I date has been famous for a while. I can’t sit here and be like, ‘Oh, please let me live my life in private with this famous person who’s been around for 15 years.’ The last thing you want is to see me doing is bashing my head going, ‘I’m shocked, that I’m being followed right now.’ ... I’m just going to hunker down. 2010 is a peaceful year for me no matter what I do.”

—Notorious playboy John Mayer tells Ellen DeGeneres his immediate dating plans on the set of her show yesterday. You may remember some of his famous exes include: Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson, Minka Kelly and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Actually, John, bashing your head really isn’t the last thing we want to see you doing.

• Jamie Jungers, allegedly one of Tiger Woods’ mistresses, is reportedly moving to NYC to begin a modeling career. [Starpulse]
• Alec Baldwin‘s sexiness sure has (de-)evolved. [PopEater]
• Sienna Miller says plus-size models are more attractive than skinny ones. [Us Weekly]

Courtney Love has lost custody of her 17-year-old daughter, Francis Bean, her child with her late husband, Kurt Cobain. Cobain’s parents are now in charge of Francis Bean’s personal well-being and financial assets. Love previously lost custody of her daughter in 2003—after she OD’d on painkillers—but won custody back in 2005. There’s no official information on why Love lost custody, but TMZ is reporting that Francis Bean’s grandparents requested guardianship on Friday and apparently the court had been monitoring Love’s actions for awhile. Francis Bean will turn 18, i.e., legal, in August of 2010. [TMZ]