While her husband Barack Obama was trying to get a historic health care bill passed in Washington yesterday, Michelle and the girls got out of town and headed to New York where they took in a Broadway show!

The first lady took Malia and Sasha (along with a friend) to a matinee of "Memphis", a musical inspired by actual events about a a white radio disc jockey and a black singer whose love of music -- and each other -- transcends race lines and airwaves.

Before they took in the rather adult-sounding show, Michelle made time for kid stuff. With her mother along for the fun, the first family visited New York's famed F.A.O. Schwarz toy store for about an hour.

Yesterday Mickey Rourke went for a stroll with his poofy pooch in New York City, and the once sexy actor is still rocking an arm brace from the injury he sustained earlier this month in an arm wrestling match.

Though I have no comment on his fashion choices for the day, I will say this...I can't WAIT to see him wreak havoc in Iron Man 2, which hits theaters on May 7.

British singing sensation Cheryl Cole is set to start divorce proceedings this week, according to reports.

After rumors of her husband Ashley's infidelity began to surface, the star was spotted without her wedding ring, and a few days later she announced she would be splitting from the adulterous soccer star.

A source tells the Mirror, "Cheryl has turned a corner and is now ready to move on. But she doesn't want a messy divorce - it must be as quick and as amicable as possible. She's not looking to profit and was never with him for his money. She doesn't want a penny from him."

Robert Pattinson said the experience of stripping down for some steamy sex scenes with Emilie de Ravin for Remember Me has given him "a lot of respect for porn stars!"

The Twilight hunk told The Sunday Times Style Magazine that he struggled with the tools the film provided him to try and maintain a shred of modesty.

"When you end up doing it, you have this little patch on your privates. I didn’t really tape it up properly, so I’d spent so long taping it round myself and then literally it falls off within one second and it’s taped to the sheet," he said. "And you realize the whole crew are looking directly at your butt crack. I can’t think of anything exciting for them about this. It gives you a lot of respect for porn stars.”

I bet I know a lot of girls who would find that incredibly "exciting!"

And speaking of tools, the director gave him a few of his own to work with for the scene.

“We got on to the bed and the director was like, ‘I got you these things, if just maybe you wanted to use them. You don’t have to use them, maybe it will make you more comfortable.’ They were these bondage things: lube and handcuffs and porn videos. It was so funny!“

Do you think Kristen would be laughing to see him bare-assed on a bed with sex-toys and beautiful Emilie de Ravin?

For most people, Sunday night is the time when we realize we have to go to work bright and early the next morning, but for Lindsay Lohan it's just another opportunity to hit the clubs.

We caught the starlet leaving Voda spa yesterday evening, and after that she arrived at the Chateau Marmont for a meeting. After taking care of her business at the hotel (we don't even want to know what kind), the 23-year-old starlet went to Crown Bar to party with her pals. Hey, it's not like she had an early call time today!

After being linked to a slew of other men, Avril Lavigne was spotted getting matching tattoos with her ex-husband Deryck Whibley at Tattoo Mania in Hollywood last night. The former lovebirds were all smiles as they stepped out of the joint with bandages on their forearms, and then we caught the two heading to the Chateau Marmont for a night cap.

Are these exes giving it another go? After their last public outing her rep claimed they were just friends, but you know what that always leads to...

In case you haven't gotten your hands on the New Moon DVD yet, here's a clip from Eclipse that's at the end in the extras section. It's not exactly a thrilling action sequence, but we'll take as much Robsten as we can get!

Spotted: Fergie's hot hubby Josh Duhamel arriving at LAX at the Delta terminal Sunday morning - dressed down in disguise perhaps? I bet he's happy the cheating rumors are surrounding Jesse James and not him anymore!

Josh also revealed at ShoWest in Las Vegas last week that the Transformers 3 script is complete and filming begins this May. Can y'all handle yet another sequel with Josh and, of course, Megan Fox?