Sideshow: Oprah turns the cameras on India

Oprah

has brought joy to 1,170,938,000 souls this week on a whirlwind tour of India. The eighth wonder of the world checked out one of the other seven, the Taj Mahal, on Thursday. Her Oprah-Osity, who is shooting footage for

Oprah's Next Chapter

, also partied with Bollywood stars

Amitabh Bachchan

,

Shahrukh Khan

, and

Aishwarya Rai

and had a sit-down with jet-set celeb prophet for the jet-set crowd

Deepak Chopra

. The visit hasn't been without problems: Three of O's bodyguards were arrested after they had a run-in with a local TV crew.

They were released after writing a letter of apology to the victimized journalists.

American Idol

struck it rich with wannabe

Amy Brumfield

, who moved viewers with her backstory. The "hipsy" (hippie + gypsy), as judge

Jennifer Lopez

calls her, and her hub have been forced to live in a tent in the Tennessee woods because they can't find jobs.

TMZ says Amy, 24, isn't such an innocent forest sprite: She's been arrested six times over the last seven years! Oh, give us a break. The incidents in question are silly: Amy once was arrested for being drunk outside a bar trying to bum a ride off passersby. She was twice nabbed for living in a flat after the lease had run out. Amy's sure is a Bonnie & Clyde life!

Mark Wahlberg

apologized to the families of the United 93 victims who died on Sept. 11 for telling Men's Journal that had he been on the flight, he would have put down the terrorists and flown the plane to safety.

Deena Burnett-Bailey

, whose husband,

Thomas Burnett

, died on United 93, said she was appalled. "I deeply apologize to the families of the victims that my answer came off as insensitive," Mark says. "It was certainly not my intention."

Superstar world savior

Lady Gaga

will hold the official launch of her Born This Way Foundation (BTWF) on Feb. 29 at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre. "My daughter's foundation was born out of her passion to create a better world where people are kinder and nicer to one another and are accepted for who they are, regardless of how different they may be," says Gaga ma

Cynthia Germanotta

. The foundation will partner with several dot.orgs, including the Berkman Center at Harvard, "to explore the best ways to reach youth and create a new culture of kindness, bravery, acceptance, and empowerment," a PR release says.

Adele

, whose album

21

has sold about five trillion copies, is fuming over tabloid reports that her bf, Etonian charmer

Simon Konecki

, has yet to divorce his wife. "This is the first and last time I will comment on the details of my relationship with Simon," A says. "Contrary to reports and headlines in the press today, Simon is divorced and has been for 4 years."

Mad Men

star

Jon Hamm

, his real-life gf,

Jennifer Westfeldt

, and their pooch, German shepherd mix

Cora

, provide voices for the Feb. 20 edition of PBS's animated series

Martha Speaks

, USAToday.com reports. We love the Hamm.

Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Albert Nobbs, Modern Family, and Glee are among the nominees for the 23d annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards, which honor media for spotlighting the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, says USAToday.com. The awards have three ceremonies, March 24 in New York, April 21 in Los Angeles, and June 2 in San Francisco.

Retired supermodel

Cindy Crawford

's daughter,

Kaia

, is only 10, but she has already made a splash with her debut as the model in ads for Young Versace. Mom is happy. "I'm so thrilled that Kaia was chosen to be part of the first Young Versace Campaign," Cindy says in a news release. Kaia's dad,

Rande Gerber

, also was a model.

Bruce Springsteen

's new album with the

E Street Band

, due March 6, is called

Wrecking Ball

. It was produced by

Ron Aniello

, who worked with

Springsteen's wife,

Patti Scialfa

, on her '07 album with the

Joan Didion

-inspired title

Play It as It Lays

. No word yet on tour dates or how sax player

Clarence Clemons

, who died last year, will be replaced.

- Dan DeLuca

The Boss

' single off

Wrecking Ball

, "We Take Care of Our Own," hit the Net Wednesday. It's a song for an election year that looks out on a spiritually bereft America with a damaged soul. "Where are the eyes, the eyes with the will to see? Where are the hearts that run over with mercy?" Springsteen asks. "Where's the spirit that will reign, reign over me? Where's the promise, from sea to shining sea?"

- Dan DeLuca

Pippa Middleton

, or "

Her Royal Hotness

," as the British tabs call her, has struck a blow against the dozens of paparazzi who shoot her around the clock. (The photo editor at London's Daily Mail says he receives 400 photos of Pippa every single day.) Pippa's lawyers

have sent a cease-and-desist letter to the media agencies that distribute celeb photos. It says Pippa is in "serious distress and anxiety" and warns she'll sue if paparazzi continue to stalk her.

Pippa, a pro party planner, recently signed a $622,000 publishing deal for her book, How to Be the Perfect Party Hostess.