Spotting leaving Baby Blues BBQ (random!) in West Hollywood, CA.

Omg omg BSG…
Apologies. Had a little moment there.

While Battlestar Galactica may have gone the way of it’s battered namesake ship, creators Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor have teamed up with director Peter Berg to introduce a new made for TV movie to the Fox Network. Virtuality is in the same vein as the critically acclaimed BSG, but will doubtfully unseat the series as the creators’ flagship accomplishment.

After 10 years of wandering outerspace, the ship Phaeton and its crew are suddenly implored into saving Earth. In the meantime, to keep the crew occupied and well, sane, the ship offers a virtual reality console for entertainment, which releases a malicious virus onto the spacecraft. Suddenly confronted with two major problems, the crew slowly begins to unravel all while being filmed for a reality show back on Earth.

Not one to reveal major plot points, spoilers or a snarky opinion on sci-fi, reviews for this TV movie are up to the individual viewer. Tried and true sci-fi fans are notoriously difficult to please, so it wouldn’t be a big shock if Virtuality failed, especially considering its mediocre summer-time Friday slot.

Prolific actor Jeff Goldblum (The Fly, Jurassic Park) is alive and well despite false reports that he too passed away today along with wildly popular and beloved TV icon Farrah Fawcett and worldwide music sensation Michael Jackson.

“Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue,” said the actor’s publicist in a statement released this evening. “He is fine and in Los Angeles.”

In what some see as a sad attempt to drive traffic to their sites, stories of Goldblum’s fabricated demise hit the blogosphere shortly after the Michael Jackson story began to hit a fever pitch.

Megastar Harrison Ford was also a victim of a similar hoax. According to the New York Daily News, these false stories are generated by prank websites. A user simply plugs in someone’s name, and off to the wild blue yonder it goes.

Really, people? The internet is a pure, magical place for honest businesses like gossip blogging and porn. Shame shame.

One of my favorite all time blogs, Dlisted, had a touching post today. Below are some of the public statements made by celebrities who knew Michael well and will remember him fondly…

Brooke Shields: “My heart is overcome with sadness for the devastating loss of my true friend Michael. He was an extraordinary friend, artist and contributor to the world. I join his family and his fans in celebrating his incredible life and mourning his untimely passing.”

Madonna: “I can’t stop crying over the sad news. I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats, but his music will live on forever! My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless.”

Lisa Marie Presley: “I am so very sad and confused with every emotion possible. I am heartbroken for his children, who I know were everything to him, and for his family. This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me.”

Quincy Jones: “I am absolutely devastated at this tragic and unexpected news. For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don’t have the words.”

Liza Minnelli: “He was a kind, genuine, and wonderful man. He was also one of the greatest entertainers that ever lived. I loved him very much and I will miss him every remaining day of my life.”

UPDATE: Multiple reliable news sources are reporting that Michael Jackson has in fact passed away at age 50. So unbelievably sad.

TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson has died after being hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center. He was taken to the hospital supposedly suffering from cardiac arrest and unconscious.

E! News spoke to Joe Jackson (father of Michael) and said, “He had a heart attack. He is not OK.” Nothing else is known about the situation other than that Jackson was not breathing when someone found him and called 911. Paramedics continued to administer CPR in the ambulance en route to UCLA.

Jackson was set to mount a massive comeback with multiple tour dates in Las Vegas and overseas. While his death is not confirmed, UCLA is now swirling with reporters with multiple street closures in the Westwood area.

Lou Diamond Phillips won (ed. note: is it really winning if no one’s watching?) NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” beating out such, um… other people like Sanjaya Malakar, Janice Dickinson and Heidi Montag’s sister (another ed. note: really?). She-wrestler Torrie Wilson came in second and ex-NBA star John Salley ended up in third place.

The 47-year-old actor, like the other contestants, was fighting for a charitable donation of his choice. Art Has a Heart, a non-profit scholarship organization received a majority of the program’s purse, though the other contestants’ charities didn’t go away empty handed.

Speaking of charity, Heidi and Spencer mercifully spared the viewing public their presence on the reunion show. The vapid twosome were notoriously diva-tastic on the show, attempting to break their contract and leave multiple times before Heidi fell ill with an ulcer, thus freeing them of winning money. For a charity.

Can we nominate LA’s own Shadow Dancer next year? He can be contacted at the corner of Robinson Blvd. and Burton Ave. rockin’ out in front of a storefront window. He may also be on Twitter.

It’s OK. My boyfriend understands and yours is a total douche nozzle.

Escandalo! South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, first embarrassed by the revelation that his five days spent “missing” were actually in the arms of an Argentinean mistress, is now confronted with alleged emails between himself and his lover.

The emails, which were published by South Carolina’s The State, read like something out of a romance novel by a well, schmarmy politician. I think our personal favorite is the bullet pointed “one, two, three and finally” list of roadblocks and confusions that the Governor laments to Maria (full name withheld).

“Two, mutual feelings …. You have a particular grace and calm that I adore. You have a level of sophistication that so fitting with your beauty. I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night’s light – but hey, that would be going into sexual details …”

It’s one thing to have a mistress (who doesn’t, but it’s entirely another to be a high-profile politician who had the gall to lie to everyone about his whereabouts (hiking the Appalachians) then disappear for five days, only to be caught and forced to hold a national conference.

Legs. Tail. Insert between.

Good luck with that 2012 Presidential campaign buddy!

Perez Hilton’s celeb-fellating blog has long been blacklisted here at HQ, but that doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy a little comeuppance. Not that we’re promoting man-on-troll doll violence here, but hearing about a egotistical blogger getting a beat down by an overrated music group’s manager is just what PB&J is looking for.

Quality, people… quality.

In the wee hours of June 22, Black Eyed Peas’ ego wrangler Liborio “Polo” Molina allegedly struck Hilton (nee Mario Lavandeira) in the head two or three times before being restrained. Such a crime could carry a stiff penalty- five years in prison for an “indictable offense” or 10 months for a “summary offense.”

Hilton followed news-baiting protocol by immediately posting multiple updates to his Twitter page (Tila Tequila also follows this practice) and ranting on any available outlet short of an actual soap box in the middle of Sunset Boulevard. Initially blaming Peas’ frontman Will.i.am, Hilton has blasted the singer on perezhilton.com refusing to recant his take on the events late Sunday night.

Video: TMZ via YouTube.

Will it be Jon minus nine tonight on TLC? Rumors have been swirling around the couple for quite a while thanks to tabloid chatter surrounding Jon Gosslin’s alleged infidelity with a college co-ed and Kate’s questionable relationship with her bodguard, Steve Neild.

Barely household names when their show premiered five seasons ago, the tempestuous couple have been tabloid fixtures citing scandalous headlines fit for celebrities of a much more “bad-boy” ilk. Fielding allegations from cheating to child abuse, it really comes as no surprise that Jon and Kate are done-zo after 10 years of marriage.

We here at PB&J HQ aren’t exactly TLC’s prime demographic, but even just a tacit knowledge of the couple leads to scathing presumptions of the couple, most notable Kate. She appears to be well, a stone cold bitch, snapping at her brood of eight while Jon stands there aloof and slack-jawed, increasingly disinterested in his live in the TLC spotlight.

According to People Magazine, the couple filed for divorce today in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Further speculation puts Jon in bachelor-friendly New York City while Kate stays in bucolic Bucks County with the kids who range in age from five to nearly nine years old. Must be nice knowing one of the most traumatic moments in a child’s life will be broadcast for the world to see and live on the internet for well, ever.