Topics discussed this week include:

Oscar Nominations the BWE panelists who were snubbed by Oscar J-Lo's Get Right video FOX's The Simple Life: Nicole Richie is America's new spoiled brat and getting rich in the process the film Alone in the Dark celebrity dish like Pam Anderson and boyfriend Stephen Dorff in a huge fight, natch end of a trend: being gay as a motif on television panelist Doug Benson's instructional video: how to sound like you watch the popular shows (TV small talk) Amazing Race has an inadvertent wet t-shirt contest FOX's American Idol: is Paula losing it? and more

Special segment: Paul F. Tompkins, Celebrity Defender -- Robert Blake Edition

Who had the best week ever: actor Paul Giamatti; even though he was snubbed by the Oscars he's having a great career.

Closing video: ""Get Right,"" by Jennifer Lopez.