• The National Enquirer reports that John Travolta's Vermontian resort getaway was semi-secret, and that Kelly Preston was not there. Travvie and his guy-pals were "very discreet," a source told the Enquirer. "You could tell they didn't want to be seen."

• After Amber Portwood was arrested on domestic violence charges, a judge prohibited her from contacting Gary Shirley or their daughter Leah. Now Leah is back in her custody and Gary is lobbying to have the protective order dropped.

• Apparently Dina Lohan has forgotten that Lindsay Lohan is in court-ordered rehab in lieu of jail. Dina says she's, "trying to get her to New York to be with us for Thanksgiving," and the judge isn't pleased.

Emmy Rossum is all Athena'd out. Los Angeles, November 20th. Image via Bauer Griffin.

[New York, August 11. Image via Flynet.]

Today in Tweet Beat, Michael Lohan broke up with Kate Major (Jon Gosselin's ex) and now they're feuding on Twitter. He claims she's a prostitute, she claims he's a cokehead. Also, celebs are stoked about overturning Prop 8.

• Oh-so-demure Emmy Rossum will take off her clothes in a new Showtime series called Shameless; she plays a daughter who has to raise her nine younger siblings while their father (played by William H. Macy) becomes a drunk.

[New York, June 21. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]

[Beverly Hills, June 16. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]

The 2010 American Museum of Natural History Dance brought out natural history-loving stars like Claire Danes, Ivanka Trump, and Emmy Rossum...as well as a horrible new we-hope-it's-not-a-trend in eveningwear...

The 7th Annual New Yorkers for Children Spring Dinner Dance at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel is one of the big charity galas of the year: and models, actors, socialites, awesome clothes and, um, Lance Bass were ready:

"The Darker Side of Green" climate change debate at NYC's Skylight West was a serious discussion of a planet in peril. Which is why the stars wore feathered stilettos, capes, and leather vests.

[Beverly Hills, March 17. Image via Splash.]

Today in Tweet Beat, Solange Knowles realizes that the doctor who delivered her son also delivered Prince and Paris Jackson, Peaches Geldof has a crush on Nick Zinner, and Hugh Hefner is psyched that people read Playboy for the articles.

[Los Angeles, February 4. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]

• Police were called to investigate a "possible kidnapping" and Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag's house this afternoon. As a helicopter patrolled overhead, armed police swarmed the house and yelled, "Man in the black shirt. Come out of the house."

Today in Tweetbeat: the awesome Emma Stone returned to Twitter today, Leighton Meester wishes "27 year old straight men" would come to her concerts, and Margaret Cho is looking for bears. (Presumably, the gay dude kind.)

Today in Tweetbeat: Sarah Palin "learns" "humility" by stumbling on a stage, Katy Perry initiates the Great Katy Perry/Real Housewives Summit of 2009, John Mayer has a high-tech (and illogical) cheating trick, and Soulja Boy says what now?

Today in Tweetbeat: Ellen loves her wife Portia's defense of equal marriage on The View, Katy Perry jokes about her trainer's body-snarking, and Emmy Rossum answers an obvious question with grace.

• A source claims that Lindsay Lohan "stormed out of" Brittany Gastineau's birthday party in tears after her ex-girlfriend, Courtenay Semel confronted her at the party and tried to talk her into going to rehab. [PageSix]