Any possible hope NBC had of retaining Jay Leno at their network has no completely vanished.

In an unusual move, the talk show titan has finally proclaimed publicly that he is done with the peacock network next year, when they are forcing him to leave The Tonight Show for Conan O'Brien.

In a new interview, Leno says:

"I am definitely done next year - with NBC. I'm not a beach guy, and the last time I was in my pool was to fix a light. Don't worry, I'll find a job somewhere."

Getting fired from NBC was probably the best move for Leno and television.

He'll make mad money on ABC (or Fox) and now TV will have a third show at 11:35 P.M.

Woo hoo!

The Dark Knight is the new box office king.

Exceeding initial expectations, the film went on to shatter records left and right this weekend.

The most notable: the new Batman film is not the biggest debut ever in U.S. box office history, especially impressive for an opening on a non-holiday weekend.

The Dark Knight took in $155.34 million Fri-Sun.

That bests Spider-Man 3's 151.1 million in 2007.

Did U see the film???

Thoughts????

Thanks to everyone for THIS!

DMX was arrested at a Phoenix, Arizona mall this weekend.

His latest crime?

Identity theft!

The rapper has been arrested on a number of charges these past few months, from animal abuse to drug possession.

How many more times does he have to be arrested before he's locked in jail for good????

Thankfully the Scientology hands have faded away.

Katie Holmes was back to being her regular self this weekend, which means she looked like a zombie going through the motions.

Tom's pet took daughter Suri at the Grove in Los Angeles on Saturday.

The pair hit up the American Girl Doll Shop.

Do they sell alien dolls there????

[Image by Eric Gray via Buzz Foto.]

One of Miley Cyrus's dancers wears a Gossip Gangsstar tank from our Perez Hilton for Hot Topic collection.

Lovesit!!!!!

Update: The dancer's name is Ashlee Nino.

Represent, mami!

Cristiano Ronaldo continues to enjoy his time in Los Angeles.

The soccer stud lounged by the pool on Friday, chatting up some hoochie hos.

His skin is starting to turn purple!

We really hope he's wearing some sunscreen…and using condoms.

[Image via National Photo Group.]

The Jonas Brothers have just left a comment on Kristina Chen's official MySpace page.

OMG!!!!!

The Los Angeles Times just ran this very interesting article about LezLo and saMAN Ronson and why the mainstream media has taken the unusual step of "outing" them and their same-sex relationship.

Naturally, Lohan refused to comment for the article, though her publicist did say that Lindsay "wants to keep her private life private."

Uh huh!

What's especially interesting, though, is that editors of Us Weekly, People and Page Six all declined to comment for the article.

But, thankfully, Perez did speak!

Perez Hilton, whose website perezhilton.com regularly exposes perceived inconsistencies and hypocrisies in famous people and institutions, has also found himself wondering about this subject. "I've been fascinated by the reluctance of anyone in the mainstream media to talk on the record about the issue," Hilton said in an interview. "Most of these big media organizations — still to this day — have an unwritten policy against, quote, 'outing' people.

"What's especially interesting to me is that the publication that first jumped on the Lindsay-and-Samantha relationship bandwagon . . . is People magazine! And People magazine, of all the celebrity weeklies, is the tamest, the most celebrity-friendly and the most by-the-book. I'm fascinated by why they're doing it. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it's just surprising to me."

So why won't People — or US or Page Six — say why Lohan and Ronson's relationship is different than other same-sex celebrity relationships that they ignore? "Maybe because they have no good explanation for it," Hilton said.

Ronson also refused to comment for the article.

We're sure she's THRILLED we spoke, though!

Click here to read the whole piece.

[Image via National Photo Group.]

He's alive!

The seemingly retired rapper has been MIA for a few years now.

But, no worries - reports are that Slim Shady is about to begin working on his first new album since 2004!

A protege of Slim Shady's, Bishop Lamont, says Eminem is excited to be working on the project.

He's apparently "got a lot to get off his chest."

Lamont also said that Eminem was "emotionally devastated" following the killing of his friend and rapper Proof back in 2006.

He is now channeling his feelings into his music.

Lamont says, "He went through what he had to go through, and now he's been able to take all the pain and stress and put it out in his music."

So what happened between 2004-2006?

Why didn't do he produce anything during that time? Or 2007????

No news yet on when the new album will be released.

We can wait. We can definitely wait.

[Image via WENN.]