NBC Orders Up Real Weddings, Real Crashes [FishbowlLA]
NBC has ordered six episodes of a new reality series called The Real Wedding Crashers. Improv actors go undercover at real weddings to bring what the press release calls "surprises, pranks and sometimes touching elements to the event."

Eminem Knows That Kicks Are For Kids [UnBeige]
Like Scarlett Johansson before him, Eminem announced that he's going to be designing a collection of Nike tennis shoes.

New Orleans D.A. Walks Out On ABC's Brian Ross, Calls Questions 'Stupid' [TVNewser]
New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan "bristled at criticism and walked out of an ABC News Nightline interview when told that law enforcement officials were critical of Jordan's handling of his office."

Times' U.S. Open Blog Covers Tennis One Inside-Out Forehand At A Time [FishbowlNY]
If you want to relive the Agassi match you watched last night — and didn't have an Internet connection to catch the nifty PointTracker in-match graphics on the U.S. Open's site, the Times' U.S. Open blog will give you what you crave — blow by blow by blow by blow. FBNY: Times serves up correction to tennis nerds. Also: Paparazzi salivate over potential Rodapova pic, though its no Suri Cruise.

Washington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas: The FishbowlDC Interview [FishbowlDC]
When did you last cry and why? "A few months ago. On an AIDS story I was working on. Was in a conference room, listening to folks for a few hours. I remember excusing myself, going to the bathroom, sitting on the toilet, and crying. Sounds corny, I know, but true."

John Mark Karr Walks, And Morrow's Mystery Book Back Up For Grabs? [GalleyCat]
Let's modify Ron's guess: It's Christopher Andersen, but he's going back to the well already mined for The Day Diana Died and Diana's Boys. Will this new effort be the completion of Di's memoirs, as one Borders type wonders? Or something else entirely?

Stone's WTC Donates $2.6 M To 9/11 Charities [FishbowlNY]
We've spent some time covering Paramount's lavish press junkets leading up to the opening of Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, so we probably should point out that the studio is making good on its charitable pledge, donating $2.6 million — 10% percent of the box office receipts for the film's opening — to 9/11 charities.

The Writing Life: Quirks and Idiosyncrasies [MBToolbox]
Don't worry. Some of our favorite writers were completely nuts, just like you.