To the surprise of absolutely no one, Law & Order alum Fred Thompson formally announced his candidacy for President on the Jay Leno show Wednesday night.

Thompson will go up against Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and a host of others in the Republican primary.

You know what I say?

Fuck that.

JACK MCCOY FOR PRESIDENT!!!

The famed tenor finally succumbed to the pancreatic cancer he’d been fighting since last year, and passed away early Thursday morning. His manager released this statement:

“The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterised his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness.”

Everyone has a fashion line!

Lauren Conrad’s line debuted awhile ago — well, virtually, at least — but now it’s live and in person and ready for your closet.

The latest issue of Life & Style has the low-down on Lauren’s line, and they sent along some choice pics. She named a minidress after Lo! How cute is that?

You gotta give Gwen Stefani credit. For a singer-turned-fashion-designer, she’s really taking the fashion part seriously. Her 2008 line debuted at NY fashion week on Wednesday. This is just a sample of the stuff that went down the runway. What’s the verdict?

Apple just dropped the price of the 8GB iPhone by $200. You can get it for $399 now.

That’ll teach you all to be early adopters.

Eve is out on the town and rocking that SCRAM bracelet.

For the second time this week, the rapper showed up at an NYC fashion event looking fantastic and proudly sporting the alcohol-monitoring anklet.

If only Lindsay Lohan cleaned up this well!

And, perhaps more pressingly, does anyone care if she is?

Paltrow, that chick who used to be in movies that didn’t suck, is married to Chris Martin, that dude from that band you used to listen to. The couple haven’t been seen together in months, although Gwyneth recently told a fan that “just because he’s not here doesn’t mean we’re divorcing.”

But sources close to Paltrow say she rarely talks about her husband, and, when she does, she is “vague and unenthusiastic.” The couple have two children together, Apple and Moses.