Have you heard Christopher Walken’s remake of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face?”  It’s even better than Jude Law’s version.

Sad news today as Willie Aames opens up about the struggles he’s faced over the past couple of years.  In 2008, the actor best known as playing neighbor Buddy Lembeck on Charles in Charge, found himself divorced with no family and a home lost to foreclosure.  It just makes you wonder, how does someone go from being a millionaire to sleeping under someone’s shrubs? 

Entertainment Tonight — an interview with Aames is scheduled to air tonight — released this statement (and I hope they fire the person who doesn’t know the difference between “peek, peak and pique”) about the actor, his hardships and a new career path:

Aames opens up about experiencing financial ruin after a successful career as an actor, “At the very peek [of "Eight Is Enough"] I was making a little over a million dollars a year,” he says. “Then suddenly there was no job, no bank account, no wife, no child. I never dreamt it could happen that fast. I found myself virtually homeless. I stayed with friends when I could, slept in parking garages or slept in the park. It was shameful. I remember laying underneath the bushes thinking, ‘Is this how it turns out? Is this how my life really turns out?’”

When asked about reports of a suicide attempt after his wife left with their young daughter, Aames says, “I gave people a lot of cause for concern and I think they acted on those concerns. I’m glad they did. Beyond that, that time period is a blur.”

Aames’s struggles have led to the new VH1 special, “Broke and Famous: Willie Aames,” airing Thursday night. “It’s a docu-drama on what happens to celebrities when they hit rock bottom,” he says. “You have to find some point that will give you the smallest amount of dignity and self respect back.”

Aames tells ET that throughout the years of trying to get back on his feet, he was turned down for several jobs, including wilderness guide, but was finally hired by a construction company.

Today Aames is reunited with his daughter and on his way to becoming a financial advisor. “I never dreamed I would want to be or become a financial advisor,” he reveals. “I am well on my way.”

Jeremy Piven almost committed sushi suicide last year.  Don’t laugh; it can happen.  He went a little nuts with the Philadelphia rolls and before he knew it, he couldn’t act on Broadway any longer.  (Rest assured, his mercury poisoning did not deter him from partying around town.)

After Piv’s “recovery” from the mercury poisoning as well as the subsequent legal action the Speed The Plow folks tried to levy against him, he is now faced with yet another food aversion that threatened to cause him great discomfort … and breasts.

Piven’s newest whinefest involves soy milk, which makes me wonder if there’s another project he’s trying to weasel his way out of.  ”I was the guy that dabbled in soya milk, but now I’ve found out soya milk has enough oestrogen for me to grow breasts; I had to put the soya milk down.   It was a very confusing time.”  Really, Piv?  Because I’m the gal that wants nothing more than to slap you upside with a mercury-laden tuna steak whilst simultaneously pouring a half-gallon of Silk down your throat.  You won’t be confused then.

Taylor Swift attended Katy Perry’s crazy 25th last weekend where guests were asked to show up in all white and throughout the night had paint splashed on them by other guests. Sounds like a crazy good time, right? One of the guests got so, um… carried away with his design that he or another guest painted a swastika on his shirt. And then Taylor Swift danced by him, and even worse, took a picture with him.

Now it’s safe to assume that even though she’s underage, Taylor had a cocktail or two at the affair. While this doesn’t sound like the kinda party you need to drink away, the crowd there that night wasn’t exactly sober and Taylor’s at the age where a girl would be drinking if she were in college even though it’s not exactly legal. I would say “Look at Lindsay Lohan”, but Taylor strikes me as a pretty good girl. I also see her as a smart girl. Even if she agreed with the message that this guy was putting out there, she probably would know better than to stand with the symbol had she been aware it was there. I have the feeling that Taylor may have been seeing double from her drinks and didn’t realize what she was looking at when she agreed to pose for a shot.

Does this image change your opinion of Taylor?

Tay Squared were out and about again last night.  Now they’re shopping together?  Shopping?  They’ve advanced to that level?  I’ve been married for five years and my husband and I still aren’t ready for that level of togetherness!

Pics in the gallery of the ever adorable Tay² as they hung out last night at Alice + Olive.

Chelsea Handler was on Leno — she mentioned that her father found her to be very sexual and I’m wondering if she was raised by Mitch Winehouse — last night and playing coy.  I love these “talents” that have no problem posing for a snatcherfold but then balk at the reveal.  Please.  Leno had Handler’s December Playboy cover hugely enlarged and hung.  ”Hugely enlarged and hung.”  Didn’t that sound dirty?  Anyway, Chelsea was all like, “Noooooo, nooooo!  I don’t want to see it for the first time on your show.”  Whatever, Chels.  Your twat is public property now.  Public pubes.

Jay is obviously trying to be edgy instead of all Wonder Bread these days and I admit it was the first time he’s made me laugh … ever.  It wasn’t a laugh, even.  A smirk.  It’s the first time he’s ever made me smirk.

As expected, last night turned out a huge amount of celebs attending the This Is It L.A. premiere.  (Lionel Richie actually attended the premiere in Japan, but who can resist a picture like that?)

I know Michael Jackson’s premature and unexpected death was tragic, but is there anything more tragic than Paris Hilton’s Paula Abdul’s cleavage?  I’ll just answer my own question:  Yes.  The status of Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy’s relationship is the most tragic as evidenced by last night’s body language.

Also there:  Adam Lambert, Ashley Tisdale, Macy Gray, Mickey Rooney (can never look at him and his wife without thinking of their Garden State Life Insurance commercials), Anne Heche, Mario Lopez, Nia Long, and Will Smith.