Joe Budden may not be the biggest player in hip-hop, but he's sure got some powerful enemies. Not only did he inadvertently start a feud with The Game and G Unit with some improved lyrics - [the] G-Unit [music] video with all the gangsta actors" - but he's also reportedly had a falling out with Jay-Z.

Perhaps that's why Budden's yet to release his second album through Def Jam, which Universal honcho Jay-Z operates. Oh well, we'll always have his eponymous debut and its underrated single, "Pump It Up".

• When studio execs first saw footage of Johnny Depp in character as Jack Sparrow for Pirates of The Caribbean, they had but one question: "Is he gay?" Okay, they had two: "Is he drunk?" [Newsweek]

• When Project Runway 3 premieres next month, there will be more to talk about than Heidi Klum's auf wiedersehens. The hot model mama is expecting her second child with husband Seal. [People]

• Jay-Z's feud with Cristal continues. Not only did he pull the champagne label – which famously denounced the hip-hop community as customers – from his 40/40 club, he'll be pulling Cristal's name from his song lyrics. Lucky us, so many liquor companies reach out to the gay community, it makes choosing easier. [Page Six]