• That Channing Tatum's Step Up grossed $20 million in its opening weekend has Hollywood mouths agape — and some worried that studios will be looking to nobodies for box office paydays. [TMZ]

• Laguna Beach's Boom Boom Room – scheduled to close over Labor Day – gets a one year life extension. [OC Register]

• Your First Amendment rights are being restored, thanks to a federal judge ruling the White House's wiretapping-without-warrant policies are unconstitutional and must be ended immediately. [NYT]

• When Martina Navratilova retires for the second time in September after the U.S. Open, the tennis great will be honored with induction into the U.S. Open Court of Champions. [Southern Voice]

• Since its inception two months ago, a law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in Washington State has really only raised question about the policy, rather than uproar about gays and lesbians being protected. [Advocate]

• To celebrate the release of Christina Aguilera's new album Back To Basics, Marc Jacobs gave the songstress a shopping bag full of his fall collection. As a thank you, Christina offered the designer a "campy young gentleman" — and they proceeded to dance the night away to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." [NYDN]

• Fall fashion weighs more than the models displaying it. [Gawker]