DICAPRIO NOT SEARCHING FOR JACK DAWSON FAME "I’ll never reach that state of popularity again. And I’m not going to try."

ARE POLITICS KILLING MOVIE STARS? "Leonardo DiCaprio is a big supporter of saving the planet. George Clooney is always at the U.N., trying to prevent more mass murder and starvation in Darfur. Matt Damon recently criticized Sarah Palin, saying if she were elected vice president it would be 'like a really bad Disney movie–'The Hockey Mom.' ' Agree or disagree with their stands–would that really stop you from seeing their movies? If you ask conservatives, the answer is yes. … According to [one conservative blog]: 'Many Americans no longer trust Hollywood not to insult their beliefs and values…. the fall of the movie star … might have something to do with their strident and boorish politicking. Even Americans in sympathy with what DiCaprio and Clooney believe don't want to be scolded about the environment by the private jet, mansion-dwelling crowd.'"

• There's nothing better than LOLCats. [CityRag]

• Lauren, Lo and Audrina all went to an LA nightclub together. This might be exciting for all two of you who have been keeping up with the LC-Audrina feud. [ICYDK]

• Hugh Hefner's new girlfriends have a criminal past. Raise your hand if you're surprised. [DListed]

• Eva Mendes has some harsh words for Jennifer Lopez. J.Lo's going to be pissed. [INO]

• Britney Spears makes us sad when she says things like this: "You’re guarded. You have to be that way, so I’m kind of stuck in this place and it’s like: How do you deal? And you just cope, and that’s what I do. I just cope with it, every day." [Yeeeah]

• Don't worry, everyone: Leonardo DiCaprio's might have saved his relationship with Bar Rafaeli. Because Leo being back on the market would just be terrible. [PS]

Here's Jessica Alba's latest ad for the Declare Yourself campaign, aimed at getting young people to vote. Although, if you ask us, this doesn't inspire us to do anything politically — we're just creeped out and annoying by Alba, as usual.

In other political celebrity news, an army of famous people — including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry and Jonah Hill — shot a new ad encouraging everyone not to vote. You can watch it here.

Is the election over yet?

DARLING NICKY: THE HILTON BLACK SHEEP? Hey now! Despite her sister being a vehement racist and her parents and grandparents being major McCain campaign donors, Nicky Hilton, the one whose privates you can't google, was reportedly at Barack Obama's $28,000 a plate fund raising dinner Tuesday night, seated at the same table as Leonardo DiCaprio. Wonder how daddy feels about his money becoming Obama's money?

A full rundown of the guests and their seating assignments is here.

Hypocrisy in action, everyone! Leonardo DiCaprio, who won't stop whining about storks choking on oil and baby bears having fevers or whatever, in March spearheaded a campaign to create a national "Do Not Mail Registry" to cut down on America's paper-wasting junk mail. But just this week, writer turned snitch Philip Recchia received in the mail an envelope - with DiCaprio's name in the return address space - full of solicitations for the Natural Resource Defense Council's "Polar Bear S.O.S." campaign. Whoops!

DiCaprio's rep says Leo's "environmental commitment is unending."

New research calls into question a study suggesting circumcision halves a man's chances of contracting HIV, a claim detailed at length in 2006 in this former "Most E-Mailed" New York Times article. According to one expert, the latest data shows the 2006 findings to be "spurious and unsupported" and more related to behavior than physicality. Whoops.

Sorry you got such a bad rap, hooded friends. To make you feel more included, after the jump, we've made a list of all your ALLEGEDLY uncircumcised brethren in Hollywood.

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MOVIES ARE NOW ABOUT VIDEO GAMES "Paramount Pictures has snapped up a pitch titled 'Atari,' with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star. Written by Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman, project is a biopic about entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, the creator of Atari and one of the founding fathers of the vidgame industry."

• Had you forgotten that jerks everywhere are making sure "art" looks stupid? Check out this video for a reminder. We just got that professor an A in his own stupid stupidy stupid class for stupids. [Pop17]

• Cord Jefferson is now also an editor-at-large at Stereohyped. Check in over there once in a while, y'hear? [SH]

• The Olsen twins are releasing a book about their influences. It's going to be called Influence, and it's going to be a lie because it's not going to include cocaine. [DListed]

• Jakey G likes crossword puzzles. Swoon, nerd girls (and boys). [PS]

• Leonardo DiCaprio rocks out to Elton John, and that's more than fine with us. [INO]

• One of Snoop's sons is named "Corde." This is upsetting to us here at Mollygood. Very upsetting, actually. [ICYDK]

• LOLbritneys! [CityRag]

Two Beverly Hills plastic surgeons recently asked a bunch of people who are unhappy with the way they look what they would consider perfect celebrity features. As if it weren't a disgusting enough enterprise, Star magazine took the project one step further by then using the survey's results to form composite images of what hopeless, narrow motherfuckers believe to be ideal beauty.

At right are artisanal SuperCelebs Star mashed together from the following:

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Remember that famous, famous, famous polar bear Knut, who only months ago graced the cover of Vanity Fair with Leonardo DiCaprio? Well, in a turn of events that has yielded the best metaphor ever for explaining Britney Spears, celebrity itself and indeed life in general, the coddling of Knut and his massive fame have caused him to become, according to experts, a "psychopath."

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Here is some behind the scenes footage Details magazine shot of High School Musical darling and their upcoming cover boy Zac Efron. Listen for him to twice use the adjective "classy" (which frequently says more about the user than the thing described) and then circuitously answer Leonardo DiCaprio to the question "Who was your first celebrity crush?"

They're so cute when they're this intent on seeming masculine!

GIRL, YOU'LL BE A FELON SOON "Police will seek the extradition of a woman accused of fleeing to Canada after slashing Leonardo DiCaprio with a broken beer bottle at a party in 2005, authorities said. Prosecutors are awaiting a formal communication from police before they launch an inquiry into whether the charge against Wilson is an extraditable offense, district attorney's office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said."

• Obama's thoughts on the gays and the church and the Democrats and…just a whole lot of prevarication. [Queerty]

• Celebrity non-justice. [DListed]

• Dick in a cell. [EBG]

• More court dates than romantic dates makes Britney a crazy lady. [PS]

• Charity fashions! [INO]

• Dr Kevorkian movie. Killer. [ICYDK]

• Petra Nemcova at a charity event. Graceful. [HT]

• The 17-year-old virgin. [Yeeeah]

• "Benicio Del Toro or Wolf Man?" [CityRag]

Model and Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend, Bar Rafaeli, speaking about fleeing Israel's female conscription:

"I don't regret not having been drafted . . .because I made out big," she told an Israeli paper. "Why is it good to die for one's country? Isn't it better to live in New York?"

Unfortunately, Bar, quite a few people from this country actually died in New York not too long ago, so it wasn't better for them. And now, a whole lot of pageantry stemming from that New York incident has resulted in many other people dying abroad for this country. But, y'know, just keep being a stupid model.

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Leonardo DiCaprio is rumored to be in talks with Hugh Hefner about creating a biopic about Hef's 81 years on the planet.

A source said: “Leo and Hugh have been friends for a long time and Leo has always been interested in Hugh’s life story. Leo thinks it would make a great movie and Hugh would love Leo to do it - on condition Hugh is alive to see it.”

Sorry, Leo, but you already made the movie about the rich guy's descent into lunacy. But instead of Ava Gardner to incessant paranoia, this one's decline is from Malcolm X to Chris Tucker.

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Just from being alive and not deaf for the past couple decades, we should all be aware that smoking's really unhealthy. Knowing that, it's a damn shame how determined and stern a handsome smoker in a suit looks. It's "brooding artist" in a nice li'l package! Toss in the fact that "stepping out for a smoke" is a perfect way to excuse yourself from awkward situations and that puffing kills time between sips at bars, and you've got a perfect habit. Now if scientists could just get around that whole cancer thing…

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Sources have told Page Six that Jessica Simpson has a new crush, and this time he's even less interested in her than her previous love, John Mayer.

Jessica Simpson was at an exclusive party on a private yacht after the Vanity Fair party at the Hotel Du Cap Saturday night, but she wasn't fitting in with fellow guests. The part-time girlfriend of John Mayer "spent the whole night following Leonardo DiCaprio around like a lost puppy," said our source. "He just seemed freaked out and kind of ignored her."

Getting dumped by John Mayer and then going after Leonardo DiCaprio is like getting fired from a Western Union and applying at Merrill Lynch. Not gonna happen.

And what a major surprise that Jessica Simpson has a difficult time socializing with Vanity Fair elite. It probably looked like the dinner scene from Pretty Woman but not endearing.

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