Congrats to Uma Thurman, who got engaged to hottie “financier” boyfriend Arpad Busson.

Arpad gave Uma a ring so big “she can’t fit it through the sleeve of her coat,” a friend said.

In other engagement news, congrats to Beet reader and my friend Trish, who got engaged this weekend to her boyfriend Jesse! Congrats you crazy kids!!!

From TMZ.com:

Verne Troyer has filed a $20 million lawsuit, claiming TMZ violated his rights by publishing and airing portions of his sex tape.

In the suit, filed today in U.S. District Court in downtown L.A., Troyer claims TMZ violated his privacy rights and infringed on his copyright and trademark by running portions of the tape on TMZ TV and TMZ.com. He also alleges TMZ violated his right of publicity and misappropriated his name and likeness.

Troyer says the tape was stolen and ended up in the hands of Kevin Blatt, the guy who distributed “One Night in Paris.” Blatt is also named as a defendant.

In addition to damages, Troyer wants an injunction prohibiting further dissemination of the video.

Calls to TMZ were not returned.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

TMZ has not pulled the clip.

It is still viewable in all its glory here.

Oh, how I hope this thing gets released in full. Please, God. In the past ten days, I have had three of those awful, hurty, way-beneath-the-skin pimples. I am owed this.

Despite being an outspoken proponent of Obama’s candidacy, Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith pose with Chelsea Clinton at Elton John’s AIDS Foundation benefit in Windsor.

I guess now that Obama’s the nominee everyone can be friends again.

Check out Mary-Kate Olsen on David Letterman last night. Go to around 5:20, where she and David start talking shit about Spencer Pratt, with whom MK apparently went to high school.

Paris Hilton has made a “generous” donation toward the construction of a medical building at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, although hospital officials would not disclose the amount.

“The children I have met through my involvement with Childrens Hospital have truly touched my heart,” Hilton said in a statement. “I am proud to make a donation and lend my name to the fundraising effort to help children who are facing terribly serious illnesses.”

Heh.

You just know she donated a hundred hair straighteners to the chemotherapy ward.

What, Paris? You think this is gonna make me be nice to you?

Fat chance.

Well, at least we know that one thing is big about Verne Troyer: his lawsuits.

Mini-Me has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against TMZ for running a clip of his sex tape on their website. He says that TMZ disregarded cease-and-desist letters sent both before and after the video showed up on the site.

Troyer has also sued Kevin Blatt (the man who sold the One Night in Paris footage), claiming her purchased the stolen tape and was trying to sell it to SugarDVD for $100K.

I can’t quite figure out how much he’s asking for (you can take a stab at the legal papers yourself here), but it seems to be at least in excess of $20M.

Wonder if TMZ will be reporting on this turn of events …

For reasons I can’t begin to imagine — well, I guess it’s just to generate buzz — the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has released the Top 10 contenders for Best Comedy and Best Drama, even though the actual five nominees won’t be released until later.

I assume this is just a way to boost ratings for the Emmy telecast — to get people talking about it sooner rather than later — but I just think it’s just kind of mean to be like “You were this close” to everyone who doesn’t make the final cut.

Anyway, here are the semi-nominees:

TOP 10 COMEDY SERIES FINALISTS
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“Entourage”
“Family Guy”
“Flight of the Conchords”
“The Office”
“Pushing Daisies”
“30 Rock”
“Two and a Half Men”
“Ugly Betty”
“Weeds”

TOP 10 DRAMA SERIES FINALISTS
“Boston Legal”
“Damages”
“Dexter”
“Friday Night Lights”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House”
“Lost”
“Mad Men”
“The Tudors”
“The Wire”

Noticeable snubs include “Desperate Housewives,” “My Name Is Earl,” “Scrubs” and “Heroes.”