An exec at the network told the New York Daily News:

If her album went to No. 1, that would be a newsworthy thing. If they were to become parents, we'd see that as worth noting. If something did happen to them, physically, we'd probably cover that. But ultimately, we were looking at it more like avoiding stories about them walking down Robertson or going to dinner. It will affect the various news shows on E! and it will affect online. ... It was just a question of overexposure and wondering how much of the news about them was truly news or contrived. It just started to feel as if they had maybe jumped a shark in the past couple of weeks and it might be time to just take a rest. It wasn't really one particular instance, it just seemed like they'd reached a point where they crossed a line in the interest level of our audience. [Emphasis ours.]

We rarely ever say this (except to you, Joel McHale, our delicious chestnut love), but good work E! (This is how it's done, Iran.)

Although! It does make us wonder... If E! followed this new revolutionary philosophy to the letter, wouldn't that kind of lead to the shuttering of the entire operation? Other than having her on their own damn network, what reason would they have to keep Kim Kardashian in the rotation? And what about that hideous stable of Dancing with the Stars washups? We're all for E! taking a principled stand and all, but one minor concession is still... one minor concession.

Though, no one ever said progress was quick.

Growing Generations is a leading surrogacy firm that unites happy new families "regardless of marital status or sexual orientation." Which, considering NPH and his lover live in California, is a good thing.

Update: Ha, oops, no they're not.

So congrats to them. In other funny (not in a ha ha way) gay news from the Left Coast, Adam Lambert—the jingle-jangle, sparkle-twangle American Idol runner up who also happens to be gay—was named one of People magazine's hottest bachelors, which he thinks is silly. We think it's silly too because, in a state where it's now constitutionally illegal for gay men and women to get married, how could an openly gay fellow ever not be a bachelor? Lambert'll be a hottest bachelor til he gets old and withers and dies and poofs into glitter and smoke and all that's left is a few gold records and a solid silver piano. And that just doesn't seem fair, does it?

Anyway.

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Gwyneth Paltrow was taken to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital Monday for "a little gastrointestinal situation," her pal, chef Mario Batali, told Usmagazine.com.

"It's now been straightened out," he said at the grand opening of The Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas Thursday. "She's [doing] great."

In three weeks, he said they're going to Majorca, Spain, and then Valencia, Spain, to shoot a PBS cooking show, set to air in October.

We hope that allays your fears: Gwyneth is over her gastrointestinal situation and feeling great, madly in love with husband Chris Martin, having the time of her life raising his two beautiful children, and presently prepping for her trip across Spain where she'll discover that region's culinary traditions with guide and chaperone, Mario Batali. We know you couldn't be happier for her.

• Mario Batali: Why Gwyneth Paltrow Was Hospitalized [usmagazine.com]