Critics attack Larry David; Lambert's 80s album cover

-- "Comedian Larry David is under attack from critics who say he pushed the mocking of religion and Christian belief in miracles over the edge in the latest episode of his HBO series 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' On the show's most recent installment, which aired Sunday, David urinates on a painting of Jesus Christ." Guess they don't watch "South Park." Did you see the show? What did you think? [FOX News]

-- Lyndsey Parker, Reality Rocks blogger, says Adam Lambert's "disco-fevered album artwork was revealed today [Tuesday], and it seriously could be mistaken for an alternate cover of the Xanadu soundtrack." The album "For Your Entertainment" will be released Nov. 23. [Yahoo!]

Adam's "For Your Entertainment" album cover:

"Xanadu" movie poster (c. 1980):

-- - "Michael Jackson's This Is It" premiered to high praise from fans who applauded at each number as though they were at a concert and marveled as the singer stepped nimbly through his moonwalk and other signature moves. That was in Los Angeles. That's not so much the case here. [AP | PilotOnline]

-- Hostile Letterman Show: A former writer for David Letterman said she quit his NBC talk show in part because of alleged sexual favoritism and a hostile work environment. Nell Scovell, writing for Vanity Fair online Tuesday, said she had no intention of filing a lawsuit and wasn't seeking revenge. "I wanted to shine a light on gender inequality in that particular workplace," Scovell, who went on to a successful Hollywood career, said in a telephone interview. [AP]

-- Magician David Copperfield has won a six-month stay in a lawsuit filed in July by a Seattle woman who contends Copperfield sexually assaulted her while she was a guest on his private island in the Bahamas. [AP]

-- "Amy Winehouse is back in London after months in St. Lucia, a drug addiction and a divorce from husband Blake, and she's showing off her new breasts." No really she is: [HuffPo]

-- ShowBiz Minute: 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' premieres around the world; Four of Jackson's brothers attend star-studded L.A. premiere; Ex-Letterman writer claims hostile environment. [AP]

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