Water Cooler Talk

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• Rocco DiSpirito would have been ousted from "Dancing with the Stars" had it not been for injured Misty May-Treanor dropping out. Obi-Wan was wise to hide this from us until the end.
• Nick Nolte escaped a fire that caused an estimated $1.5 million damage to his Malibu home Tuesday.
• Teenage driving is about to change. Ford is going to introduce a "My Key" feature in 2010 that allows you to limit your teen's speed and even the radio volume control with a computer chip in the key.
• Joe Biden's mother-in-law passed away Sunday after a long illness. She was 78.
• Russell Crowe gained 60 pounds for his role in the movie "Body of Lies."
• Former 'Idol' singer Paris Bennett has given birth to a healthy baby girl she named "Egypt."
• The Journal of Sex Research found 21% of men admit to watching porn at work.
• Coming soon from Britney Spears: a series of workout DVD's. It seems Britney is the new Jane Fonda.
• In addition to the longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates of Cambodia, Ethiopia, Namibia and Vietnam that Angelina Jolie has on her left arm marking the birthplaces of Maddox, Sahara, Shiloh, and Pax, she has added in blue ink the coordinates of Nice, France where twins Vivienne and Knox were born.
• The fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie won't come cheap. Johnny Depp's paycheck: $55.8 million.
• "Californication" and former "X-Files" star David Duchovny has completed a rehabilitation program for sex addiction, his attorney said on Monday.
• Keira Knightly says she was born as the result of a bet between her parents. Her dad said the only way they'd have another kid was if her mom sold one of her scripts. She did, they did and she was born.
• Men's Health found 50% of women surveyed by the magazine, admit to trying to convince a friend to dump a guy.
• Rachael Ray says she's not battling throat cancer, admitting that while she is having an operation, it is only minor surgery and is not as serious as it sounds.
• Jay-Z dished out approximately $5 million on Beyonce Knowles' wedding ring.
• Esquire names Halle Berry as the sexiest woman alive in its November issue.
• Jennifer Aniston's dog is so old its said to suffer so much from aching joints and stiffness that it receives massages, Reiki and acupuncture treatments to the tune of $350 a week.
• David Geffen is going to step down from Dreamworks, the company he founded, and try to enjoy the retirement life.
• More reports of Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman hanging out together over the weekend.
• Saturday Night Live is in talks to get the real Sarah Palin on the show soon.
• Angelina Jolie's latest tattoo is some writing on her left should. A closer look shows that it's the French birthplace of her twins Knox and Vivienne along with the latitude and longitude of her other children.