Quaid, wife sue Heparin makers

Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington sued the makers of Heparin yesterday after their newborn twins Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone were inadvertently given massive doses of the blood thinner at a hospital. The twins are listed in stable condition. The product liability lawsuit seeks at least $50,000 in damages. It claims that Baxter Healthcare Corp., based in Illinois, was negligent in packaging different doses in similar vials with blue backgrounds and failing to recall them after three Indianapolis infants died from overdoses last year. (AP)

Russell Crowe is pinch-hitting for Brad Pitt, taking over the lead role Pitt backed out of in "State of Play," the political thriller costarring Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Robin Wright Penn, and Jason Bateman. (AP)

Embattled songstress Amy Winehouse was photographed in nothing more than a bra and blue jeans wandering outside of her London home before dawn on Sunday. But according to her rep, her disheveled look wasn't due to a night of hard partying, but rather an apparent case of bed head. "She was not on an all-night bender," her UK rep told People. "She heard all these noises, and she went outside to look and there were all these photographers. . . . She'd been sound asleep . . . of course, she looked startled." (MSNBC.COM)

Dave Chappelle (inset) has broken his own Laugh Factory endurance record. The 34-year-old comedian topped his record of 6 hours and 7 minutes, set in mid-April, by taking to the stage Sunday and telling jokes for 6 hours and 12 minutes. "Dave was determined to keep his record because he recently heard Dane Cook was planning on trying to break [his] record," club owner Jamie Masada said Monday. (AP)

Pimp C, one-half of the veteran Houston rap group UGK, was found dead in an upscale hotel yesterday. He was 33. Pimp C, born Chad Butler, and his partner, Bernard "Bun B" Freeman, were pioneers of Southern rap and hit the mainstream with their cameo on Jay-Z's smash "Big Pimpin'." (AP)

"We ran out of repeats. A month is a long time." - Carson Daly, joking about why NBC's "Last Call" became the first late-night show to return to the air with fresh episodes since the writer's strike began.