This is truly a 24-hour job.

I went to a screening for Elizabeth: The Golden Age this afternoon (which, by the way, co-stars Abbie Cornish, the Australian temptress with whom Ryan Phillippe cheated on Reese Witherspoon, and it pains me to know that movie critic after movie critic will review this film without even mentioning that very salient fact). Anyway, the film was incredible. I loved the first one, and this one was every bit as good. The dresses and hair were amazing. I’ve decided I’m going to be Queen Elizabeth for Halloween.

But that’s not the point.

The point is that, on Tuesday, a judge ordered Britney Spears to be booked for her August hit and run. You know, when she hit a parked car and the paparazzi got the whole thing on tape?

Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Rebecca Omens said the 25-year-old pop star must be fingerprinted and photographed before Oct. 25, when she is required to appear in court. Spears was charged last month with hit and run and driving without a valid license after she allegedly smashed her car into another in a parking lot in August.

Spears was not present for Tuesday’s arraignment. She was represented by attorney Michael Flanagan, who said his client “must go to any L.A. police station for fingerprints and mug shots.”

From the National Enquirer:

The 55-year-old actor has suffered a severe drinking relapse and was readmitted to a Los Angeles hospital to detox on Oct. 8, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER reports in its new issue.

“David does so well staying sober and then something kicks in and he’s back drinking,” a close source told the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

Weak and trembling, David was readmitted to Cedar Sinai Medical Center, where doctors began the detox process.

“He looked awful when they brought him in,” said the source. “His color was ashen. He felt sick. It was just so sad.”

See, it’s sad because he’s probably going to die soon if this keeps up.

Lindsay Lohan, let this be a lesson to you!

Once again, we’re playing nice with PR people … and YOU’RE the beneficiary!!!

We’re giving away a copy of KT’s new CD, Drastic Fantastic, to two lucky winners.

All you have to do is fill in the following sentence and email it to us at evilbeet@gmail.com.

I would like to see KT Tunstall make a sex tape with ____________________ because ________________________.

Entries should come in by 5 pm PST on Wednesday.

Congratulations to Tiffany and Crystal, the winners of our Vanessa Carlton CD contest.

Crystal says:

Vanessa Carlton is great because…

A) she is not: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan
B) she has not slept with: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan.

Tiffany says:

Vanessa Carlton is great because……she’s hot, plain and simple….and let’s face it, she’s got a different sound about her that I can’t help but adore.

Vanessa’s new CD, Heroes and Thieves, came out today. I’ve been listening to it on Rhapsody, and I must say, it’s really quite good.

Stay tuned, because we’ve got another contest coming up this afternoon!

Fresh from my inbox:

Over 3.9 million total viewers tuned into the “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels” reunion special this past Sunday night (10/7) to learn that Bret’s love match was a mismatch. VH1 will continue to help Bret find his ‘rose’ and announces today that a second season of the record-breaking series will premiere on VH1 in early 2008.

After handing in her VIP pass, Jes, the pink-haired beauty proved she was not fit to handle Bret Michaels’ rock-star lifestyle. But the tour continues on and the Poison frontman is searching again for someone to ‘rock his world.’ The second season will feature 20 new women pining for Bret’s heart.

Our favorite heiress has been staying out of trouble lately. Is it possible she’s growing up? She still managed to attract some photogs when she hit up Fred Segal in WeHo on Monday. Although these are WireImage photos — not typical stalkerazzi — which leads me to believe she invited the photogs, rather than was followed by them.