- 44% of Americans don't know that Mitt Romney's first name is Willard. Mitt is his middle name.

- X Factor winner Melanie Amaro has signed a contract with Epic Records and LA Reid

- Only 7.7 million viewers watched The Bachelor's season premiere on Monday. That's down 17% from the January premiere last year. 6.2 million people watched Celebrity Wife Swap

- Hollywoodlife.com claims ABC wants Beverly Hills housewife Taylor Armstrong, Regis Philbin and Kendall and Kylie Jenner for the next Dancing With the Stars
  

- The Tiffany's engagement ring that LeBron James purchased for his fiance, Savanah, cost $300,000 and features 5-carats.

- NBC has sold all of their Super Bowl spots for the February 5th game in Indianapolis. The average cost for a 30-second spot this year was $3.5 million, with some time slots costing as much as $4 million.

- Starbucks has begun raising prices by 1% in the Northeast and Southeast regions of the U.S. because coffee, milk and fuel prices are rising. Cities like New York, Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas and Albuquerque can expect prices for 12-ounce "tall" brewed coffees and latte drinks to go up by 10 cents.

- Corey Feldman plans to compete on the British version of Dancing On Ice.

-Salma Hayek to be knighted in France

Actress Salma Hayek has been selected by the French government to be inducted into the National Order of the Legion of Honour with the grade of Chevalier, or "Knight," Fox News Latino reports.

Hayek was chosen by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to receive the honor and will be given the medal -- the highest in the Legion of Honour -- sometime in the next two months at the Elysee Palace in Paris, a source told People magazine.

The tradition was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 to honor outstanding military and civilian conduct. Joining Hayek will be Francois Pinault, her wealthy tycoon father-in-law, who has also been awarded the same honor.

British newspaper The (London) Daily Telegraph reported that some in France have accused Sarkozy of using the awards as a political move in advance of presidential elections. The tabloid also pointed out that Hayek's husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, is close friends with Sarkozy.

Former French Budget minister Henri Torre was also nominated, but he refused to accept the honor because "too many people were nominated who do not deserve to be honored," Torre told the French magazine Marianne.

-Buzz over new Steve Jobs action figure

Action figures have come a long way from green army men. The figures (don't you dare call them "dolls") have become a lot more realistic and, in some cases, a lot more expensive. Take a look at the (unauthorized) Steve Jobs action figure. It's so realistic, it's downright creepy.  The 12-inch figure, which will be sold by in icons, is set to ship next month and will retail for an Apple-like premium of $99.99. But you get quite a lot of detail for your Benjamin. The figure features Jobs's "uniform" of blue jeans, black mock turtleneck, and running shoes. The figure's face has glasses, realistic facial stubble, and the unmistakable male pattern baldness.

According to the site's product page, the figure comes with these features:

• One realistic, sculpted head and two pairs of glasses.
• One highly articulated body and three pairs of hands.
• One black turtleneck and one pair of blue jeans.
• One black leather belt and one chair (wood + metal).
• One pair of black socks and sneaker(s).
• Two apples (one with a bite).
• One piece of "ONE MORE THING" hard backdrop.