Remember this blind item from earlier in the week?

WHICH big Hollywood actress is about to come out of the closet? She’s been living with her girlfriend in a small town, where all the neighbors know, and the two are now engaged to be married.

Well, Jodie thanked her girlfriend, Cydney, when she received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at the 16th annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast on Tuesday.

At the end of her remarks, she thanked “my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss.”

Now, granted, she didn’t exactly thank “my beautiful Cydney, who eats out my pussy and sucks on my tits and sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss,” but still. She never mentions Cydney in public. Will there be an “I’m Gay!” People magazine cover in Jodie’s future. I think yes.

The country stand-out was one of the presenters for the Grammy noms this morning when she heard her own name announced and promptly started hugging everyone on stage.

“I’ve always been a hugger,” she says. “I honestly did not think I was going to get nominated, so when they said my name I just felt like hugging somebody. I’m glad that everyone started hugging. If we all hugged more, the world would be a better place.”

Ah, the key to world peace, thanks to Taylor Swift. Someone get the President on the phone. You hear me, Jenna Bush??

Taylor, honey.

Hugging spree = boring

Drinking spree = good

Write it down, sweetheart.

Lance Armstrong was sighted picking up the check after dinner with Sheryl Crow at at Noho Star in NYC.

Are they just friends?

Or could these two be rekindling a romance?

And what the fuck happened with Lance and Ashley Olsen? That was shaping up to be a latecoming winner for best celeb romance of 2007. I was so ready. I had so many jokes lined up. Now it’s possible I won’t even get to use them. :(

Rumer Willis worms her way into a picture with Hayden Panettiere at the GQ “Men of the Year” party.

How are these two even from the same planet?

Okay, this is a very weird story. I don’t know much about Ricki Lake, but, last I heard, she wasn’t exactly John Mayer’s type. So I’m not sure what to make of this latest bit of gossip.

John Mayer – clearly not thinking of his most recent flings with Minka Kelly or Cameron Diaz – made a beeline for Ricki Lake at the Sunshine Sachs p.r. company’s Christmas party. The two talked about Lake’s new documentary, “The Business of Being Born,” before Mayer confessed, “I’ve had a crush on you for two years.” Helpful publicists then herded the two to a back table, where they exchanged numbers. Lake soon left and went to the Rose Bar, where Mayer texted her throughout the night.

What do you guys think? Is Ricki Lake hot?

The Grammy nods are out, and there are no surprises.

Kanye West and Amy Winehouse led the pack with 8 and 6 nods respectively. Here are some of the highlights:

Best Male Pop Vocal Perfomance:
Michael Buble – Everything
John Mayer – Belief
Paul McCartney – Dance Tonight
Seal – Amazing
Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around Comes Around

Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Christina Aguilera – Candy Man
Feist – One Two Three Four
Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry
Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
Amy Winehouse – Rehab

Song of the Year:
Before he Cheats, Carrie Underwood
Hey there Delilah, Plain White Ts
Like a Star, Corinne Baily Rae
Rehab, Amy Winehouse
Umbrella, Rihanna

Album of the Year:
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace — Foo Fighters
These Days — Vince Gill
River: The Joni Letters — Herbie Hancock
Graduation — Kanye West
Back To Black — Amy Winehouse

For a full list of nominees, jump in.

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