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John Mayer has a reason to get a date (like he needs one). Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus have a shared reason to grouse. Jennifer Hudson has a reason to smile.

We've outlined the top Grammy nominations. Now we're going to sort through all the Grammy nominations—the noteworthy, the weird, and, yes, the snubs. Here goes:

• Mayer earned his annual ticket to the Grammy party with five nominations, including one for his non-euphemistic duet with Alicia Keys ("Lesson Learned," up for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals), and one for his artistic contribution to The Bucket List ("Say," up for best song written for a movie).
• Swift cohosted the "nominations concert," watched ex-Joe Jonas and his brothers score a Best New Artist nod—and got nothing. Not a single nomination. (Her just-released album Fearless wasn't eligible, but some of her earlier released songs were.)
  

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• Some people wait for pressure to get married from their parents. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are waiting until their kids make them buckle.

• John Mayer is working on giving the Food Network's Ace of Cakes a run for his money.

• Madonna and Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez may be looking to join the ranks of Blair and Chuck on the Upper East Side.

• Lindsay Lohan has been peaced out of Facebook, and she is not happy about it.

• Poor Scout LaRue Willis! Sure, she got to attend the internationally posh Crillon ball, but she had to endure all four parental units—Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Bruce Willis and his GF Emma Heming—watching as she danced with boys!

• Dear Kim Kardashian: Thanks for the promise of a devamped image, from cutting bangs to wearing clothes. Love, Rise 'n' Shine

John Mayer took a break from wining and dining Jennifer Aniston Tuesday night, and things got a little rough.

Mayer dined with a male friend at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills, where, although the private exit was ready for him, Mayer decided to leave out the front door—into the teeth of the paparazzi scrum.

As Mayer ducked into his awaiting BMW, his bodyguard shoved a shutterbug to the ground and then briefly grabbed the photographer by the throat.

The guard then hopped into the driver seat and whisked Mayer away as customers and employees spilled out of the steakhouse to see what the commotion was all about.

Although the encounter lasted just a few seconds, and the paparazzo, Marc Rhea, immediately stood up and started screaming at the Mayer crew, E! News has learned the photographer subsequently headed to a Tarzana hospital to make sure he had no serious injuries. Rhea has not filed a police report, but plans on contacting a lawyer.

No comment yet from the Mayer camp.

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John Mayer's been keeping mum about his rekindled romance with Jennifer Aniston, and he hasn't been nearly as playful lately as he used to be with the paparazzi. Add to this his somewhat pensive picture from the other day, and we couldn't help but wonder: What happened to our usually jovial music man?

"I am not darker, angrier or moodier these days," the singer writes on his blog. "In fact, it's just the opposite. All that's happened is that I've given up on trying to find a way to use unwanted media as a form of entertainment. (It still was worth a try.) A walk to the car isn't the best time to try and analyze my mood or disposition, so you'll probably always get a bad read from it."

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