Gabrielle Union opened her eyes, having trained herself to wake the instant the sun crept over the horizon. She stretched across her linen-wrapped divan and looked over at Marcus Aurelius, who had returned from the dead in order to read to her while she ate breakfast. "You're sure you don't mind?" she had asked when he appeared carrying her perfectly poached eggs and six roasted asparagus spears last March. "Please," he said, raising his hand…

John Mayer's got Shia LaBeouf's back these days it seems. The singer went on a Twitter spree Wednesday morning defending the actor's latest controversial (and wacky) behavior. "Re: Shia. Being young and very talented/successful is like dropping in to the top of Mount Everest via helicopter," Mayer wrote. "There are moments in life where you need to feel quantum shift, movement. And if where you already are is considered the top…" He added, "The dumb people disintegrate, and the…