LET'S MAKE A DEAL: Lawyer for Dog the Bounty Hunter star Duane "Dog" Chapman saying his client is prepared to make a deal to avoid extradition to Mexico, where he was arrested in 2003 for "deprivation of liberty" after capturing convicted rapist Andrew Luster and returning him to the U.S. against Mexican authorities' wishes. According to attorney Brook Hart, Chapman has offered to formally apologize, pay a fine, forgo reimbursement of the $1,300 bail he posted in Mexico and make a charitable donation. And, of course, stay the heck out of the country, where bounty hunting is illegal.

HEY BABY: Terminator 2 star Edward Furlong and wife, actress Rachel Bella, welcoming their first child together, naming him Ethan Page Furlong, per People. Little Ethan was born Thursday night, weighing in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces--99 percent flesh and blood, one percent liquid metal.

JUST HER LUCK? Lindsay Lohan and her omnipresent boyfriend of the past two months, Hard Rock Cafe heir Harry Morton, splitting up Thursday, according to People. However, Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnick, denies the report.

TEN WEEKS' NOTICE: Sandra Bullock's film company filing suit against Tennessee's Department of Mental Health to ensure it complies with a court order to notify the actress when her accused stalker, Thomas James Weldon, is released from the state's mental health institution. Weldon is currently under consideration for a 90-day leave of absence.

ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS: David Geffen, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Donald Trump all making Forbes' annual list of the 400 Richest Americans, while Oprah Winfrey couldn't quite make the cut. And if you believe that last line, we've got some beautiful photos of Suri Cruise to sell you.

DEAD WEIGHT: Billy Garcia, the 36-year-old heavy-metal musician from New York, voted off Survivor: Cook Islands after the Hispanic Raro tribe threw the immunity challenge simply to give him the boot. So much for sticking together.

SUPER DUPER: CBS reaching a deal with the SoCal punk band Supernova, who sued the network for unfair competition and trademark violation when Rock Star: Supernova kicked off in July. The band no one's heard of will keep its original name while the band no one cares about will go by Rock Star Supernova. Sounds like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club just got a challenger for clunkiest band name ever.

THE DOCTORS ARE IN: Grey's Anatomy kicking off its third season in a brand new timeslot Thursday with no resolution to the McDreamy-Meredith-McVet love triangle, though McDreamy finally fessed up to being in love with Meredith. The country's female population continuing to McSwoon despite the summerlong McTease.

GOOD MOVE: Overnight ratings showing that the Grey's Anatomy season premiere bested its competition, with 25.15 million viewers to CSI's 22 million. NBC, meanwhile, thanking God it yanked Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip from its own Thursday night lineup.

STILL WANTED: The Los Angeles City Council reinstating a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever gunned down the Notorious B.I.G. nine years ago.

BACK ON TOP: America's Next Top Model inaugurating the CW network's premiere night Wednesday with 5.3 million viewers tuning in to see Tyra Banks & Co. brazenly showing Madrid's Fashion Week officials that too-thin models have as much to offer as the really thin ones.

SPECIAL TREATMENT: Gabriel Byrne tapped to star as a caring therapist with a frazzled personal life in the HBO half-hour drama In Treatment, based on the Israeli series and book of the same name. Neither Tom Cruise nor Mel Gibson expected to guest star.

LADIES WHO LUNCH: Annette Bening, Cate Blanchett, Sofia Coppola and Sally Field honored with Premiere magazine's Icon Award at the mag's 13th annual Women in Hollywood luncheon Wednesday.

TRUMPING THE COMPETITION: Donald Trump continuing to pimp out his name for products he himself would likely never use as part of his Donald J. Trump Signature Collection. His latest offering is a line of luxury luggage and travel goods for customers who want to travel "Trump-style." Ill-matched spouse not included.

BACK TO BASICS: Paul McCartney's fourth album of classical compositions, Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart), to be performed at London's Royal Albert Hall Nov. 3 before making its way to Virgin's bargain bins.

LIKE A SAVIOR: Madonna defending the mock-crucifixion she staged at the end of each concert during her $193.7-million-grossing Confessions tour, saying she struck the pose "to encourage mankind to help one another and to see the world as a unified whole. I believe in my heart that if Jesus were alive today, he would be doing the same thing." Minus the cone-shaped bra, of course.

SWAN SONG: Sugarcubes--which was to Bj?rk what 'N Sync was to Justin Timberlake--reuniting for a one-off concert in their native Iceland Nov. 17, with profits from the show going toward the promotion of Icelandic music and a kicky new duck dress. Hey, she's done swans.

REUNITED: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg collaborating for the first time in nearly five years on the latter's upcoming album The Blue Carpet Treatment, due out Nov. 21. It's about time--those two go together like gin and juice.

HO, YEAH: Don Ho expected to be released from a Honolulu hospital by the weekend after getting a new pacemaker installed, which the 76-year-old crooner described as "a kind of balloon." Hopefully, there's no tiny air bubbles.