Blog Posts by Erin Carlson

Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesAll you Beliebers out there can breathe a collective sigh of relief: Mariah Yeater has quietly dismissed her paternity lawsuit against Justin Bieber, 17-year-old squeaky-clean teen dream, and so he doesn't have to worry about that now. TMZ reports Yeater dropped her case late last week, and that her lawyers jumped ship, too. Bieber had even planned on taking a DNA test to officially prove he's not the father of the 20-year-old's baby son. It's worth nothing that Yeater -- who stoked a media frenzy with salacious allegations about encountering Bieber backstage after one of his shows -- had also accused an ex-boyfriend of fathering her child.

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People.comThis morning People magazine announced its 2011 "Sexiest Man Alive," and it's ... Bradley Cooper? Not Ryan Gosling. Bradley Cooper. Weird. Anyway, we'll concede that Cooper is nice to look at and all that. So congrats to him. [Forced smile.] Harrumph. Like we even care about magazine editors' unscientific rankings of the world's "sexiest men" -- all universally appealing famous actors you could bring home to meet your mom or whatever, as designated by focus groups full of mom-types. Here's why People chose the "Hangover" wolf-man (and not Joel McHale):

Ladies, take note: this Georgetown grad can whip up dinner, take you for a spin on his motorcycle and whisper sweet nothings in French (he's fluent!). Just don't try convincing him what a catch he is.

Oh shut up, Noel Gallagher. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty ImagesThe moody, fight-y Oasis singer is publicly burning another bridge by verbally attacking Katie Holmes on his blog. The cause of his anger: an encounter backstage at Letterman last Friday.

"We literally bumped into that top Scientologist Katie Holmes on the way into the studio. We came out of the lift and BANG, there she was," he recalled, stewing.

Andrew H. Walker/Getty ImagesThe Famous hid behind a diamond-encrusted bush at the 8th Annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards in New York, and tape-recorded this awkward moment (no we didn't):

Calvin Klein: My publicist tells me I should take a picture with you and that you're the girl from "Dragon Tattoo." You were excellent in the film.

Rooney Mara: Oh, have you seen it?

Klein: No.

Joe Scarnici/WireImageBleak but fascinating: Jo Piazza, author of the new book "Celebrity Inc.," argues that Lindsay Lohan would be more successful dead than alive. Piazza writes, via Gawker:

At this point yet another glimpse at her prematurely aging breasts paying homage to Marilyn Monroe will not reinvigorate Lindsay's sagging brand and career. The only thing that will save brand Lohan from total Kristy McNichol-dom is if she truly channels Monroe and actually leaves us for good.

Han Myung-Gu/WireImageBrad Pitt, who vowed to retire from acting in three years, backtracked on that statement during a press conference in Seoul:

Ray Tamarra/Getty ImagesAfter more than two weeks in hiding, Kris Humphries has resurfaced in New York with intent to sign those divorce papers, People reports.

A source tells the magazine Humphries returned to the Big Apple on Monday for "business" purposes. "He will be signing the papers," quoth said source, dismissing reports the 26-year-old NBA player has hired a new legal team to battle the Kardashians in kourt.

Katherine Kalnes for The Famous

When The Famous saw how Chicago-based artist Katherine Kalnes could transform a pancake into Justin Bieber, we asked her to make a pancake portrait of Ryan Gosling exclusively for us. Behold the result! Kalnes, 25, created this work of art using a contraption called a "batter blaster," frosting, peanut butter and raisins. We would gobble it up, but we don't want to ruin the perfect, fluffy face of a man once praised by Orson Welles (via the popular Tumblr blog F-- Yeah! Ryan Gosling, of "Hey Girl" fame) as -- and we quote -- "the most awesomest, raddest, coolest dude since me." And swoon, he's a feminist, too.

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