Last night’s Emmy Awards ceremony was mostly lackluster (thanks, Howie Mandel). Despite the 30 Rock sweep and Don Rickles riffing, there were only a small handful of enjoyable moments, the best by far being the stand-off between Ricky Gervais and Steve Carrell.

Just a year after winning an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress on Grey’s Anatomy , the TV-cum-movie star has publicly excused herself from this year’s possible list of nominees due to her character’s lackluster material.

The Best Links:

1. It’s Cool, Katherine Heigl’s Writers Don’t Like Her, Either
2. If Katherine Were a Dude…
3. And Open Letter to Katherine Heigl From New York Magazine
4. An Open Letter to Katherine Heigl From TV Squad
5. “Just One Year After Her Astounding Emmy Win, Heigl Has Basically Given the Entire Staff of Grey’s a Giant, Nicotine-stained Middle Finger”
6. Katherine Heigl: Asshole Or Martyr?
7. Heigl Verbally Bitchslaps Her Writers

Mel Gibson took Britney Spears (and her dad?!) to his home in Costa Rica for a little R&R.

The Best Links:

1. “A Drunken Racist and a Bipolar Hillbilly Board a Private Plane…”
2. Top 10 Things Overheard at Dinner with Britney Spears and Mel Gibson
3. The Friendship Allegedly Blossomed When the Gruesome Twosome Ate Russian Together in March
4. “Plague of Frogs is Next, You Say? Neat.”
5. Sometimes, a Drunken Bigot and a Mentally Ill Baby Machine Just Need Some R&R, Y’know?