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It very well could be. But even if he is, I have to give the Salahis props for going "having an affair with Neal Schon of Journey" route.  I mean, that's way better than just making Montel Williams angry.

I can't think of very many circumstances in which a fan might give me a flower. That being said, I don't object to flowers generally, so no, I don't think I would have a skin-crawling moment.

Maybe if someone sent a bouquet of dead roses, that might creep me out a little.

Madonna is totally allowed to dislike hydrangeas, as her rep pointed out. But she should still be gracious when an admirer gives her something. After this many years in the business, surely she knows that.

Actually, Paul Williams is working the FBI on this matter as we speak. He's studying those photos verrrrry closely...

The best part, as a blog commenter already pointed out, is that every Journey song seems like a perfect description of the situation. "Send Her My Love."  "Open Arms." "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin." I mean, Journey has lyrically been preparing for this moment for decades.

I wonder how Steve Perry feels about this whole thing.

Do thistles count as a flower?

You might be a H8R, actually.

I didn't really do comparative studies myself. (By the way, I am not encouraging you to look at nude photos of Ms. Johansson even though half of you have probably just left this page to Google them...)

I can't decide yet if "Zoo" is going to be good-weepy,  or trying-too-hard-weepy. I am a fan of Cameron Crowe, as well as Damon, so I'm hopeful.

As I understand it, the FBI is already investigating hacking situations that involve other celebrities.

If Johansson's situation were an isolated incident I would agree about resources. But given the widespread nature of the News Corp. scandal, the FBI is already on this sort of thing already, so it's more like they're adding Johansson to their list rather than launching an entirely fresh investigation. At least that's my take.

That said, it's unclear whether this is a waste of money, as you said, or not.

Thank you for saying this.

This is what I cannot, for the life of me, fathom. Once we all heard about the News Corp. situation, shouldn't ever celebrity on the planet either a. stop taking those kinds of photos and/or b. delete any existing photos from their cell phones/e-mail accounts?

Hacking and leaking the photos is wrong. But if you can control the existence of them, start there by not taking them in the first place.

I completely agree with you, as I said in my review of "H8R."

Are people a little too vindictive and mean on the Internet? Absolutely. Everyone, famous or not, deserves a little respect.

But I don't think we all need to have a pity party for Snooki because no one understands the real you. She plays herself on a reality show in which she gets drunk and hooks up all the time -- if people want to accuse her of being a drunk who sleeps around too much, well, being on "Jersey Shore" is an invitation for people to make those comments.

To be honest, I doubt seriously that Snooki is really that offended about it. The whole thing seemed painfully orchestrated, as evidenced by the fact that neither "H8R" seemed terribly surprised when they got confronted, or when Mario Lopez stepped in.

Re: Mila Kunis and Timberlake?

I think that phrase probably makes the photos sound more salacious than they are, from what I read. (I have not seen the photos of them.)

But they were salacious enough to make them worthy of leaking, I guess, assuming that they're genuine photos. Which is an assumption. Johansson's attorney confirmed that the pictures really came from her cell.

Yes, I was very appreciative of Sarah's blog work while I was gone.

Thanks for asking, it was nice.  Although I'm already ready to take another one. It's amazing how four days back on the job can do that to a person.

Agreed.

If they did, I am guessing they won't now.

They should totally invite Steve Perry to perform. You know, because the President and First Lady have nothing better to do than think about the Salahi/Journey situation.

Speaking of which, we need a name for this "scandal." Journeygate seems too predictable. Anyone have ideas?

Hey, to each his or her own. Everyone has different taste.

I saw the pilot and I was not a fan. Maybe it will get better as the episodes progress. It just seemed like it was trying super-super hard to remind us at every turn that Zooey Deschanel is ultra-adorable.

She is, but it was a little twee to the 80th degree for me.

Yeah, but we don't even know his name, do we? Maybe it's better that way.

If he gets married (I don't know if he is married already, so clearly this is hypothetical) he should cover the joint with hydrangeas. Then, invite Madonna.

Ah, you're right to point out this error.

To say I am often writing the mix under duress is an understatement, today in particular because I had to get out the door for a meeting. which is no excuse for my mistake, just an explanation.

Me will fix it after the chat, between you and I.

(Yes, that was a joke.)

I have? No one told me. Just hadn't gotten to that one yet.

I have and he does look good.

He's also pretty great in "Moneyball," which I recommend. A lot of good movies on the horizon, kids. Best time of year to go to the multiplex.

I wondered that, too.

I think we can all privately guess based on recent relationships.

Good question. Per the previous chatter who suggested there was a Palin ban, I have to say I haven't followed this whole thing super-closely since it involves a politician and an athelete, personalities covered by other Post writers and bloggers.

I'm not sure if it does anything for Rice, really, other than get his name into headlines.

Man. I was really trying to be more discreet than that.

Signed,

Lou Gramm, former frontman for Foreigner

We need something that suggests a real moment.

Michaele Salahi's Journey Frontiers? Because4 Journey released an album called Frontiers?

Man, I know way too much about Journey.

Ooh, Schondoggle. That's good.

Wow,  your loathing of Palin is actually increasing your interest in her.

The more books sold about her -- even the negative ones -- the more it affirms she's someone people pay attention to. (Which, honestly, they do.)

Schadenfreude -- the engine that continues to drive our celebrity economy.

Speaking of which, I have been thinking about starting a regular feature called Schadenfreude Fridays, in which we vote each week for the celeb whose misfortune was most shamefully enjoyable to us.

Would you be a regular reader of such a feature?

I actually don't know whether she covered him as a reporter or not.

But in general, yes, a reporter dating or hooking up with his or her subjects is a bad idea.

I contacted her rep for confirmation and still haven't heard back. By the time he gets back to me, they will probably back on again, assuming they're really off now.

Anyway, that whole story died once the Johansson thing broke.

It's an interesting pairing. Did you know she's a Baltimore native and went to Towson University?

She did! A Marylander dating Clooney. If you live in Maryland, that totally could have been you. Well, maybe.

Exactly -- same sort of idea.

All right, that's one vote against Schanfreude Fridays.

Can you tell I have not been paying attention to this story AT ALL?

If it's true, then that's definitely not a wise move for a journalist to make.

I think it makes the rest of the RHODC crew as irrelevant as they already are. The show was canceled, after all.

Oh, of course. I mean, if someone gets diagnosed with a disease or divorced, that's off limits.

Honestly, I thought of this idea after Kate Plus 8 got canceled. So much schadenfreude there. But I'm not sure if there's enough fodder to sustain it week after week.

I have heard that it's so-so. Critics seem to like the other show she produced, "2 Broke Girls," a bit more.

Yeah, we posted that video. It didn't quite strike the right tone, although it did make me laugh.

As she did at the "I Don't Know How She Does It" premiere this week, she does tend to emphasize them a bit, um, much. I guess she's making the most of her assets.

I personally think she's pretty regardless of the cleavage.

One yes for schadenfreude...

Yes, there are tickets, although they may be sold-0ut. Check the Kennedy Center Web site.

The caption contest was fun. I'll take that under advisement.

And I also was thinking the same thing about the regularity of the feature, but this next person seems to strongly disagree...

I think we would probably focus mostly on reality stars and celebutantes if we wound up doing a regular Schadenfreude thing. Thanks for your thoughts.

The winery thing does constitute 15 minutes. I say that's maybe 5 at best.

So really, we're at 45 minutes now, which could extend to an hour depending on how the Neal Schon thing plays out.

Fine, the general Baltimore area. My apologies to Dundalk.

And I suspect she is enjoying him, based on the happy photos of them that recently circulated.

Sure.

All right, I'll keep pondering whether or not we should do that. In the meantime, I have to bounce.

One final note: the Emmy Awards are Sunday and both Lisa de Moraes and I will be covering them. There will be posts in both Celebritology and the TV Column so please feel free to experience the show with us. (I'll be tweeting, too, @celebritology.)

Look forward to bumping into you online then, and next week, when we do this lovely chat again.

Until then (have to say it, have to say it) -- don't stop believin'.