L.A. juries sure do have a tough time convicting celebrities of murder. O.J., Robert Blake and now...Phil Spector.
The judge in the Spector murder trial has declared a mistrial after jurors announced that they they were hopelessly deadlocked, according to TMZ.com. The jurors were deadlocked 10 - 2 but not sure which way. I'm guessing conviction. Prosecutors charged Spector with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson nearly five years ago. Spector's attorneys had argued Clarkson committed suicide.

In other tidbits...

Joe Simpson has given an interview where he says his daughters, Jessica and Ashley, have not gone the way of Britney and Lindsay because "we have a real family." Fair enough. Then he tells us what we all know: Ashley had a nose job...NFL star Michael Vick is in even more trouble with the law after testing positive for smoking marijuana...Now THIS is kinda nutty: It seems that Ryan Seacrest is gonna produce a sitcom starring David Hasselhoff for the E! channel. I sense a train wreck...Apparently, those resports of Jan and Marcia Brady enjoying some off-screen fooling around are not true, according to the publisher of Maureen McCormick's forthcoming book. Dammit. I liked that story a lot more than the creepy one about Greg Brady dating Florence Henderson...Question of the day: Is Paris Hilton really gonna boycott David Letterman's show because he made fun of her? C'mon, everyone makes fun of her.

And finally, video clip of the day: Britney Spears visiting a Quizno's in LA. You watch this madness and you feel for her, then you see her smiling and it seems clear: she likes it! But I don't think she liked the fact that the Quizno's employee, who apparently brought a tampon into the restroom for her, was filming part of their conversation. I ask you, how low can you go?