See these smiling, joyous faces? They won't be around this year, because Oprah is no longer doing her Favorite Things, thanks to the flatlining economy. Well, technically she is, but it's all going to be stuff she dug out of a dumpster in her studio's back alley. According to Harpo, the show "will showcase some of Winfrey's things that cost next to nothing, including a special gift that won't cost a thing."

Did you hear that? Hugs for everyone!

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GOOD THINGS HAPPENING TO BAD PEOPLE "Monday morning could be absolutely huge in the Hudson family murder case — the cops' only suspect, William Balfour, could walk out of jail a free man. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Balfour, who's only being held on a parole violation in a case unrelated to the murders, could "conceivably" skate if there's not enough evidence to prove he did violate his parole."

Nick Hogan was finally released from jail at 12:30 a.m. today after serving 166 days of an eight-month sentence. We're assuming incessant whining and acting like a despicable human being qualifies as "good" behavior.

Now that Nick's out of jail he can focus on what really matters: His upcoming "real-ality" show, macaroni and cheese and MySpace blogs. Oh yeah, and maybe he can stop in for a few minutes to visit that guy he almost killed.

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If anyone is worried about this financial crisis, they needn't be: Rapper Lil Wayne is not struggling for money. You can all breathe a sigh of relief.

The notorious drug addict celebrated his 26th birthday last night in Miami and was presented with his gift from Birdman: A case full of one million dollars. Was he playing Deal or No Deal? Anyway, the photo's caption reads, "Lil Wayne is happy after receiving a million dollars as a birthday present." Gee, you think? And why does this guy need a million dollars anyway? It's not like he's hurting for money after selling tons of albums. When you can freeze money and put it inside an ice sculpture, that's a pretty good indication that you don't need any more.

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LIFE IS TOUGH FOR KIM KARDASHIAN "A distraught Kim Kardashian could not be consoled after being the surprise third casualty of Dancing with the Stars Tuesday night. … Once the cameras were off Kardashian rushed to the waiting arms of her family and immediately broke down into tears. Kardashian’s publicist followed the inconsolable bombshell around the press line with a box of Kleenex since, once the waterworks started, there was no stopping the outpouring of genuine emotion."

This is not good, you guys: Gas prices are so high that Diddy can't afford to fuel his private jet — and he's forced to fly commercial. Take a moment, sit down, wipe the tears from your eyes. We have word that Diddy is still alive and staying strong, even under these dreadful circumstances. To add insult to injury, he even has to fly coach! Except in the video it's pretty obvious he plops down in a first-class seat. Liar.

Here's Diddy's plea: "I wanna give a shoutout to all my Saudi Arabian brothers and sisters and all my brothers and sisters from, um … all the countries that have oil. If y'all could please send me some oil for my jet I would truly appreciate it." We have a feeling Saudi Arabia has bigger issues to worry about, but we'll see what happens.

On yesterday's episode of The Tyra Banks Show — titled "How Freaky Are We?" — some crazy guy asked a slew of audience members to stand on him. This went on for a good five minutes before Tyra moved on to other important subjects, such as a woman who wears diapers, pees in them and then has her boyfriend change her.

Just a reminder: This show is nominated for an Emmy.

Coachella banished hippies from this year's festival but still allowed all of these tools to partake in the action. Life isn't fair.

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Whoops! It looks like OJ Simpson, the stabbiest Heisman Trophy winner in the history of football, has recently been making a lot more money than people knew (the NFL alone pays him pensions of $400,000 a year!). Besides tax authorities and golf resorts, the main party interested in Simpson's income is Fred Goldman, the father of one of Simpson's alleged murder victims, who strongly believes that bankrupting his son's killer translates to justice.

Fred Goldman's lawyer, David Cook, tells TMZ that what he's really interested in is the $772,090 in "personal property" that O.J. claims on his 2005 return, because the pensions are exempt from the $33.5 million judgment that Fred won in 1997 — and which they've been trying to collect ever since. Cook says he's not sure what the "personal property" consists of, but says he'll be going after it.

Has news reached the nation's slums that in some circles poverty is considered punishment for murder? Someone should go tell them. Things will get interesting soon thereafter.

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