Buzz Cuts Gone Good:
Though they both donned powder-dusted ponytails together in Interview With The Vampire, both Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt's best look to date is the crop cut. Think Cruise in all the MI films as opposed to his Village People allusion in Magnolia, or Brad in all the Ocean's movies vs. that caveman look we never even got to see on the big screen for The Fountain. And for all his demerits, from daring to put down Madonna to failing to ever make us laugh, Justin Timberlake's sole redeeming attribute is his near-perfection of the style.

Buzz Cuts Gone Bad:
We happen to be among the few remaining females still ignoring all those silly gay rumors and clinging to Jake Gyllenhaal's heterosexual plausibility. But every crush reaches a standstill at some point, and re: Jake, that point was officially reached courtesy of Jarhead, which required The Jake to feign military obedience and cut it all off. Despite a yearning to see as much of Jake's skin as possible, we didn't appreciate said skin being exposed so plentifully on his scalp. And anyone besides us feverishly following the depressingly rapid decrease in blooming hair on Jude Law's curiously peaked head knows a buzz cut hasn't resulted in the best aesthetic for the rock heiress-snogging star. Finally, we know she's not technically a male celebrity, but no one proved just how wrong a buzz can look than Britney Spears and her infamous self-shearing.

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• STYLE IT LIKE BECKHAM: ROCKER JOHN MAYER COPIES DAVID'S LOOK [Daily Mail]
• JOSH BROLIN: I'M 'IN A BAD PREDICAMENT RIGHT NOW' [HuffPo]

Our favorite part of the clip as a whole? Letterman doesn't hesitate to a) request a closer look at Maggie's gorgeous legs, or b) attempt to hide his interest in what one does "for pain like that." We're, as always, impressed by Dave;s trademark method of wrapping perviness in a cute, toothy, smiley and lovable package.

• THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN [CBS]

All it takes is an e-mail address, to which an actual computer program pretending to be Dent will respond immediately:

Citizens of Gotham! The future of our city rests in your hands!

Alone, we are helpless against the thugs and killers menacing our city.

Together, we have the power to take back Gotham.

In just a few days, you'll find out how.

The site takes phone numbers, too, entitling Dent to a spot alongside Mom, the collections henchman and the occasional misdialer in the Official Fanboy Family Plan. We'll turn our ringers up — God forbid we miss that call.

• I Believe in Harvey Dent [Warner Bros. via Cinematical]

· They are filming the new Batman movie here in Chicago at the old Post Office, converted to the Gotham National Bank. Well the building just caught fire. smoke is pouring out of the building from the roof and those are not Gotham fire trucks.

· As you probably know, the next Batman movie, Dark Knight, is getting ready to film here in Chicago, under the alias Rory's First Kiss. I work in on the 10th floor of a building about a block away from one of the locations, the old Post Office building on Van Buren and Canal in downtown. Right now, smoke is billowing out of the roof of the building and there's about 50 fire trucks parked all around — the sirens are constant. It looks like a dense white fog but smells like a billion cap guns went off at once.

They just announced that filming would be taking place nearby in the weekly office newsletter, probably because our building is so close to the location and the filming might disrupt things here.

[An update from the same tipster] Hello again, just got this from the office manager: "As some of you have noticed, the old post office is on fire. The building has advised that they have turned off the air intake but we will still experience some odor."

So not only is Dark Knight burning down all of Chicago, we all get to suffocate as well.

Thanks, Hollywood! I'm going to stop feeling bad about downloading Spiderman 3.

Rumors that the Batman shoot is to blame for the fire may have been premature, as CBS 2 Chicago reports:

A source tells CBS 2 the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight" is being filmed near the scene, and a fan on the roof may have contributed to the fire by igniting some garbage after shorting out. But the Fire Department said the fire was unrelated to the filming of the movie.

We hope that this initial exoneration of The Dark Knight production will serve to calm the obviously simmering tensions between locals and the Hollywood interlopers (perhaps unjustly) accused of befouling their city.

[Image: CBS2Chicago.com video]

• Fire Breaks Out On Roof Of Old City Post Office [CBS2Chicago.com]

Gyllenhaal is being tapped to play D.A. Rachel Dawes, the love interest to Bruce Wayne/Batman (Christian Bale). In the first movie, Dawes was played Katie Holmes, who, like Gyllenhaal, is repped by CAA. But reps for Holmes said she was unable to reprise her role because of scheduling conflicts. [...]

"I'm extremely excited to work with an actress of Maggie's caliber, and she's a great addition to the cast as we continue our story," Nolan said.

As they have maintained since the beginning, Team Holmes is still clinging admirably to their "scheduling conflicts" story as the sole reason Holmes wouldn't reprise her highest-profile role to date, though we suspect the conflicts in question are of a different variety: Say, the kind that arise when a proven director, who has managed to reinvigorate a faltering studio franchise with massive profit potential, decides he might be able to work more efficiently by hiring an ingenue who comes fully equipped with an emotional range, and minus any lingering stage-spouses constantly reminding them to "speak from your diaphragm, Kate...and try to keep your mouth closed when you kiss Christian, just like you do with me!"

• Gyllenhaal steps in for 'Dark Knight' [THR]