• Sarah Jessica Parker talked to Access Hollywood about her new twin girls. She's mad about how the media is hounding her surrogate, and explains that she turned to surrogacy many disappointments trying to conceive.

• "Yeah, I mean I couldn't pretend otherwise," she said. "It would be a complicated – it would be odd to have made this choice if I was able to, you know, have successful pregnancies since my son's birth." She added, "I'm in disbelief. I'm really grateful. I feel really fortunate. My son is so excited, my husband is so excited." [Access Hollywood]
• Jennifer Aniston has been given time off from filming The Baster and promoting Management because she's suffering from exhaustion. "Her life is hectic anyway with her producing responsibilities and the pressure of being in the public eye all the time," says a friend. "It all just caught up with her in the last few days so she's been told to take a break. She's exhausted." [The Sun]
• Quentin Tarantino did a Pulp Fiction-like dance on the red carpet at the premiere of Inglorious Basterds with French actress Melanie Laurent. [Yahoo via AFP]
• Brad Pitt says he doesn't remember why he agreed to do Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds. Pitty says: "Quentin came to visit some time at the end of the summer, we talked about backstory, we talked about movies - I get up the next morning and see five empty bottles of wine right on the floor, five, and something that resembles a smoking apparatus - I don't know what that was about - and apparently I had agreed to do this film." [Mirror]
• Despite rumors that their relationship is on the rocks, there are pictures here snapped at a restaurant in Cannes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie kissing. [The L.A. Times]
• In this Huffington Post editorial, Alec Baldwin apologizes to the people of the Philippines about his "mail-order bride" joke. He writes, "Such anger and frustration about the issue of sex trafficking is understandable. The Philippines has suffered significant problems with the issue of sex trafficking and I would like to turn your attention to the work of an organization called Love146 that my brother Stephen educated me about." Also contrary to popular belief, he doesn't want U.S. autoworkers to lose their jobs. [The Huffington Post]
• Amy Winehouse was hospitalized for the third time in three months yesterday, but she was released a few hours later. She was supposed to perform in London at the end of the month, but a source says, "Amy's gig might as well be canceled now. She's not going to make it. It's not worth her while even if she does make it, it will be a shambles." [Perez Hilton]
• Terri Seymour, Simon Cowell's ex, was assaulted after attending the American Idol finale last night. A woman walked up to Terri, asked if she was Simon's girlfriend, then attacked her and tried to choke her. The suspect, Janice Thibodeaux, was arrested for felony battery and is being held on bail. [TMZ]
• In an interview from prison, Janice Thibodeaux said the attack was retaliation from Simon Cowell choking Paula Abdul on American Idol the other night. "I wasn't cool with Simon Cowell choking Paula Abdul on the show last week and with her crying-out ‘help' as he did so," Thibodeaux said. "Nobody said anything about that so I wanted to confront him about it because that is not appropriate behavior, is it?" [Radar]
• Kate Gosselin is now blogging. She wrote about her recent trip to Party City to buy stuff for the kids' birthday, saying, "Jon was unexpectedly away. We mistakenly got our wires crossed and I ended up having no help from our babysitter, so I decided I'd brave this adventure by myself!!!" [Just Jared]
• In a new interview Jason Hummel, who has accused his sister Deanna Hummel of having an affair with Jon Gosselin says, "Personally, I do think they're going to continue seeing each other. I think they think they can get away with it." [E!]
• After Mary Carey made a porn parody of Celebrity Rehab, saying she liked, "Dr. Screw more than Dr. Drew," Dr. Drew Pinsky Tweeted: "Mary's choice to mock ... makes me sad." Carey told TMZ, she "loves Dr. Drew and wasn't trying to make fun of him or mock him." Dr. Drew Tweeted back to Carey: "Not mad just sad that you are getting sucked back in, please give [your AA sponsor] a call. I know it must be difficult." [TMZ]
• There are rumors that Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are engaged because she was photographed wearing what looked like an engagement ring. Her rep said: "I am aware of the images. However, I am not in a position to comment." [People]
• Ann Kelly, the New Jersey woman accused of having an affair with Bruce Springsteen, has filed divorce papers against her husband saying that he was abusive, cheated on her, and made up the Springsteen rumor because, "he and his attorney felt there could be 'big money' in this ... because, true or not, the celebrity would want this to 'go away.'" [People]
• Here's the album art for Britney Spears' new single "Radar." [BritneySpears.com]
• Yesterday, CBS cancelled Medium. Today they saved it. Also renewed for next season are The Ghost Whisperer, The Mentalist, The Unit, Without A Trace, Eleventh Hour. [E!]
• Yesterday John Mayer Tweeted: "I love how some dudes hate me for dating their fantasy girl, as if they were going to if I hadn't." [Pop Sugar]
• Lindsay Lohan started her day yesterday with a business meeting and in the wee hours of the morning today she showed up at Samantha Ronson's house. [Socialite Life]
• Here are some pictures from the new CW show The Beautiful Life. It's about a house full of models so Corbin Bleu, Mischa Barton, and company are all giving their best Blue Steel. [Just Jared]
• Here are the cast photos from the new Melrose Place. It is not about a house full of models, so Ashlee Simpson and company really have no reason to look so sullen. [Just Jared]
• Cher is in talks with producers to star with Christina Aguilera in the movie Burlesque. [E!]
• Wayne Allwine, the actor who voiced Mickey Mouse for more than 30 years, has died. [USA Today]
• The start of Michael Jackson's London comeback concerts have been pushed back from July 8 to July 13. [USA Today]
• Michael Vick has left a Kansas federal prison. He will serve the last two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement in Virginia. [CNN]
• Rafiq Qureshi, father of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali, says that his home was destroyed in the slum demolition drive, but authorities say his home was not one of those that were razed. [CNN]
• Ghostbusters III may start shooting this fall, and there are many more rumors at the link. [Ain't It Cool News]
• Peter Andre spent the last week with his family in Cyprus, but he has returned to England to deal with his divorce from Katie Price. [The Sun]
• Peter Andre got a nasty surprise when he came home. Katie Price told housekeepers to pack up all of his belongings and put them in storage. [The Daily Mail]
• Nas has asked a judge to deny his estranged wife Kelis' request for support payments. He says she can pay her own way now, even though she's weeks from giving birth. [TMZ]
• Here's video of Carrie Prejean practicing for her Fox News debut by serving as anchor on a local San Diego TV station. [TMZ]
• Justin Long says he's a pretty good boyfriend, but "I have a time-management problem that's not very appealing for girls," he says. "I'm not very good with that – I'd say that's definitely a flaw that I'm trying to work on." He added that his biggest flaw is, "I'm too good a lover." [People]
• America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan had Stevie Wonder record a wedding proposal for Morgan's girlfriend. He says, "I met [Wonder] in L.A. and I got him to record a marriage proposal to my girlfriend Celia on video, so it's ready to unleash should I need it. He's her favourite singer, so this is a powerful tool to have up my sleeve, but I have to choose the right moment." [The Daily Express]
• "The most A-list celebrity? I'd love to see Hugh Jackman! Wouldn't he be handsome up there doing the fox-trot?" - So You Think You Can Dance? judge Mary Murphy, on who she'd love to see on the show. Jackman does love to dance, but somehow it seems unlikely. [E!]
• The secluded home on an island in the Baltic Sea where Ingmar Bergman spent his final days is up for sale. [Yahoo]
• Ashley Olsen will be on the cover of Hamptons magazine. [Fashionista]
• Beyonce says that in addition to purposely buying clothing that is too small, she inspires herself to lose weight by looking at a painting in her gym of an Oscar statue. "I look at it, and I'm like, OK, I have to stay in shape," she says. However, she added that she felt she was too thin in Dreamgirls. I felt very chic, like a model," she says. "But it didn't look natural for me. I didn't feel very sexy or feminine, and I didn't have much confidence because I didn't feel like myself." [Yahoo]
• Soulja Boy Tweets: "Technology is so advanced from like 10 years back. I'm in the club last night chick sittin directly across me talking to me on Twitter LOL." [E!]
• When America didn't vote to make Gilles Marini the winner of Dancing With the Stars they made his son cry. "My son looked at me and started crying because he wanted me to get that trophy," Gilles said. "He was just crying and crying and crying. I feel so badly because I want to be with him but now I am flying to New York. I feel like a bad daddy because I can't see him and hold him." Are you happy now? [E!]

• Rihanna has a new song, with guest vocals by Lady GaGa, titled Silly Boy. Kanye West posted it online, and the lyrics are:

"I said I'm not coming back. You fooled me once but you can't have that ego turning… Cause you had a good girl, good girl, girl. That's a keeper. You had a good girl, good girl but didn't know how to treat her… So silly boy get out my face. Why do you like the way regrets taste?" Maybe I'm old, but the vocals sound like they were performed by a GPS unit on a dashboard. [The Sun]

• Wow. Eminem is flying 200 laid-off Toledo auto workers to L.A. to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live May 15. The idea is to "put a face on" the plight of American auto workers. [Toledo Free Press]
• Tourism peeps in St. Lucia are still glad Amy Winehouse performed, even though her set at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival was cut short because of rain. Uh, didn't she walk off the stage? [Yahoo News via AP]
• Madonna is so over Yankee Alex Rodriguez, she took her kids to a Mets game. Burn! [Page Six]
• Although Brooke Shields is calling Kiefer Sutherland a "gentleman," this report notes that one of his former co-stars claims he would "go to the bar immediately after he'd finish working. He'd sit there for hours, putting them back. When it was time to go home, he'd be cantankerous and ornery. He was not a pleasant drunk." Now he faces a $1,000 fine and a year in jail in L.A. for violating his DUI probation. [Gatecrasher]
• Heidi Klum and Seal renewed their wedding vows in a "white trash" wedding, and reporter Rosemary Black writes, "Why is it still PC to make fun of a huge segment of the Caucasian population that is frequently low income and under-educated?" [NY Daily News]
• Will Kara DioGuardi return for another season of American Idol? Seems like she doesn't even know: "I hope I'm here for another season," she says, "but I haven't been asked yet." [Gatecrasher]
• After his stint on Saturday Night Live, Justin Timberlake had dinner with girlfriend Jessica Biel and father Randy Timberlake, who "seemed really proud of him." Aww. [Page Six]
• A lady who works at a St. Louis beauty salon found the Twilight sequel script in the trash outside of a hotel. She returned the New Moon pages to the studio and has been invited to the premiere. [Breitbart]
• The National Enquirer says that Kevin Federline wants more cash from Britney: He currently gets about $40,000 a month but "can't afford the rent, his help, the food and the booze it takes to keep up (his home)." According to a source. [MSNBC]
• Speaking of Britney, Sam Lutfi may have to pay her legal fees from the courtroom battle over the restraining order; that's about $123,142. Not to mention the $72,292 her lawyers are going to try and squeeze out of Adnan Ghalib. [People]
• How will the show Jon & Kate Plus 8 — the fifth season of which premieres in two weeks — deal with the "scandal" its star, Jon Gosselin is involved in? [MSNBC]
• Oh, no. No no no no. Jennifer Aniston wants to be on Mad Men. "I like Mad Men," says Jennifer. "I would love to be in that, it's great. I love the era. I would love it if they offered me a role." But, but, that's part of the charm! That there are no "stars," except for the ones the show created! Sniff. Sob. [Daily Express]
• These drunk pix allegedly caused the marriage of Katie "Jordan" Price and Peter Andre to disintegrate. The "mystery man" makes my gaydar ping, though. [The Sun]
• On Celebrity Apprentice, Joan Rivers sniped that Annie Duke was "worse than Hitler; Hitler never had PMS." Now Rivers says: "It's just an expression. But I stand behind it." [CNN]
• This paper says Joan Rivers is "forever the comeback kid." [NY Daily News]
• In this video interview from August, Farrah Fawcett talks about her terminal cancer: "It's much easier to go through something and deal with it without being under a microscope. It was stressful. I was terrified of getting the chemo. It's not pleasant. And the radiation is not pleasant. It becomes your life. People call, 'How are you?' 'How do you feel?' 'We're praying for you.' 'Do you still have your hair?' 'What do you feel like?' When every single call is that kind of call… it's all you talk about. It's all-consuming. Then, your quality of life is never the same." [LA Times]
• In this video, Farrah Fawcett's friend Alana Stewart talks about the "cutting edge" treatment FF received in Germany. [ET]
• Ryan O'Neal recalls the moment he knew Farrah Fawcett was really really sick; they were walking on the beach: "We used to take that walk all the time to the rocks and back. And halfway there she stopped and said, 'Can we go back?' And Red and I looked at each other and we knew…" Also, Farrah doesn't realize son Redmond visits the house in shackles, since he is currently serving a jail sentence. "When you go in to her," Ryan tells Redmond, "don't rattle your chains." Ryan told Today's Meredith Vieira, "She doesn't know... she just holds him." [People]
• The Gossip Girl spinoff, possibly now called Lily and not Valley Girls, appears to be BACK ON. [NY Mag]
• Heidi Montag Pratt has a new video, which involves writhing in a bikini. Also breaking: The sky is blue. [Perez]
• In this interview with Depeche Mode, Martin Gore talks about giving up drinking and Andy Fletcher comments on the band's 30th year of being together: "I think at first when we found out it was going to be 30 years, I think it was, 'Oh my God, how embarrassing. We're really old!' But I think now we've really got our heads around it, and I think it's something to be actually proud of." [CNN]
• Yoko Ono has unveiled a John Lennon exhibit at New York City's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex. Included is a billboard featuring Lennon's blood-splattered glasses that marked the 30th anniversary of his death. Ono says: "I thought I might be criticized for it.. But it's very important now for people to understand what violence is about." [USA Today]
• Congrats to SNL star Maya Rudolph, who is expecting baby number 2. [People]
• Ooh, Rachel Weisz is in talks to play one of my faves, Hedy Lamarr, in a flick called Face Value. Lamarr was not only a screen siren but an accomplished scientist; she created a method of changing frequencies which is the key to modern wireless communication — which will be the subject of the film. [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Dermot Mulroney will make his directorial debut, Keep It Together, a comedy/drama about "love and divorce." Christopher Walken and Blythe Danner in negotiations to join the cast! [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Scott Speedman is in Atom Egoyan's film Adoration as a tow truck driver: "The guy teaching me didn't realize I was an actor doing it for a movie. He yelled at me up and down. I didn't use a tow double, even though I'm sure they had one at the ready." [USA Today]
• Every anniversary, Tori Spelling's husband slips a new diamond ring on her finger and this year it is a white diamond and a yellow diamond and blah blah blah being rich is awesome. [People]
• Trudie Styler, who co-founded the Rainforest Foundation, flew her hairstylist from New York to Washington, DC, last weekend on a private jet to do her hair and makeup for the White House Correspondents' Dinner. [Page Six]
• Mark Landon, eldest son of Michael Landon, has died at age 60. [Yahoo News via AP]
• The Simpsons stamp could become the nation's most popular stamp, knocking Elvis out of the top spot! [NY Post]
• Blind item! "Which buxom B-list pinup only helps out charities that ply her with cocaine?" [Gatecrasher]
• "How would you like being a young actor walking into a casting agent and the first thing they say is, 'Leave!' " — Liev Schreiber on NPR on the way people used to mispronounce his name. [Page Six]
• "As a mother, you have to read your kids a lot of these books, so it's fun to get involved in the process. I've had such a good time with this. This book is about becoming self aware and that realization in childhood. The title is my nickname, and I hated my nickname when I was seven years old. At that age, I tried to get rid of my freckles and I hated dodgeball - I still hate dodgeball." — Julianne Moore, at a reading of her second children's book, Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully. [WWD]
• "When David and I got to the first shoot we were both standing in our bathrobes, looking at each other and saying, 'Okay, who's going to drop their dressing gown first?' It can be a little intimidating standing half-naked in a studio full of strangers, so it's good to have the support of each other, reassuring and encouraging one another. David is always incredibly supportive of everything I do. I never used to go to the gym before working with Armani – but if you're going to be photographed in your bra and knickers you want to look as good as you can… I still work out every day. I drop the kids at school, and from the school I go to the gym and do the miles on the treadmill. I have worked hard, and if you are going to agree to be photographed in underwear you have to put the hours in, so when you turn up on the day and take off your robe you feel confident that you can do the job. As a 35-year-old mother of three, I'm looking okay." — Victoria Beckham. [The Sun]

• Oprah! In final talks! To be on 30 Rock! She'll play herself in scenes with Tina Fey's character Liz Lemon. Will Arnett and Jennifer Aniston are also making appearances on the show this fall. The bad news? The season premiere doesn't air until October 30. [E!]
• Paris Hilton has "manipulated" the Toronto Film Festival to get more publicity for a documentary about herself. There were three screenings of the film Paris, Not France; now there is only one, because that will "create more buzz." Hasn't her moment in the spotlight come and gone? [Page Six]
• The trailer for Lindsay Lohan's new movie, Labor Pains, is online. LL plays a publishing assistant who avoids getting fired by pretending to be pregnant. It looks almost barely funny. [People]

• Jon Voight is one of the few openly Republican celebrities at the RNC. He thinks John McCain is "an amazing guy." He says Sarah Palin was a "beautiful choice." He claims John McCain's 95-year-old mom is "tough as nails." [LA Times]
• Jennifer Lopez commissioned a book of nude photos of herself two weeks before she gave birth and gave it to hubby Mark Anthony. "I was like, how am I going to rock this moment of my life? I felt very womanly. Marc was in a dream. He loved it." [Star]
• This headline reads: "Sex Addict David Duchovny 'Cheated On Wife Tea Leoni For Years." Oh, dear. [Daily Mail]
• This report claims that Tea Leoni has been visiting Duchovny in rehab. [ONTD]
• More on Duchovny's "indiscretions" and Leoni's ultimatum: "Get treatment or our marriage is over." [Rush & Molloy]
• Paula Abdul loves her new American Idol cohost Kara DioGuardi, whom she met years before. Apparently the two have been hanging out in hotel rooms, going to dinner and sharing laughs about the old days in the music biz. Paula says: "The American Idol cast was such a boys club, now I have a true sister to share the fun with. It's been amazing." [Page Six]
• Star Jones has a new gentlemanfriend! They were seen kissing in the stands of the US Open. He's a chef! [People]
• Here's video of drunk Lily Allen on stage with Elton John at the GQ Awards. You can see her say, "Fuck off Elton," as previously discussed. [Perez Hilton]
• Entourage is coming back September 7, with special guest stars Leighton Meester and Tony Bennett. [Fox News]
• David Spade's a father: Playboy Playmate Jillian Grace gave birth to Spade's daughter Aug. 26 in Missouri. Back in January, Spade said: "I had a brief relationship with Jillian Grace. If it is true that I am the father of her child, then I will accept responsibility." Guess the test came back positive. [UPI]
• Yesterday, a judge dismissed most of a lawsuit filed by a woman who accused a paparazzi agency of secretly filming Heath Ledger doing drugs in her hotel room. She needs to amend her claims if she wants to get anywhere. [Yahoo News]
• Britney was busted for driving with an invalid license last year, and she might have to go to trial in October. [E!]
• Lynne Spears' new book says Britney started drinking at 13, lost her virginity at 14 and did drugs at 15. Gimme more! [News.com.au]
• Christina Aguilera's greatest hits CD — which features two new songs and rerecorded versions of two other hits — will be released only at Target. Can you believe it's been ten years since her first album? [USA Today]
• An in-depth look at Bono's do-gooding. [Wired]
• Blender magazine has named 2Pac the most overrated artist. Are they not afraid of getting shot? [Reuters]
• Headline of the day: "How Did Glamour Model Jordan Become A Bestselling Author When She Doesn't Even Write?" [Daily Mail]
• Earlier this year, 90210's Jennie Garth had a terrible family crisis: "I had this six months of hell," she says. "I had a sick daughter and then my father passed away, so there was a six month period in my life when I didn't think about my looks or my weight or my body or anything." Turns out her kid had a form of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis but it's in remission now. [People]
• Mackenzie Philips was charged with cocaine and heroin possession yesterday after being arrested last week while going through airport security. Oh, she's also charged with unauthorized possession of a hypodermic needle. [Yahoo News]
• If you've got half a million dollars, check out the Jimi Hendrix, Beatles and Elvis memorabilia up for auction today. $900,000 will get you a scorched guitar that Jimi set on fire in London in March 1967! [AP]
• RIP Bill Melendez, the animator for Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters. He met Peanuts creator Charles Schulz in 1959. The two became friends and Melendez was the only one authorized to animate his characters. [AP]
• "When I was 3, my dad thought it would be hilarious to teach me swear words, then have me say them to his friends. They would laugh and laugh. I realize now the laugh was pure shock value, but it felt really good, and I've been chasing it ever since." — Sarah Silverman in Rolling Stone. [Page Six]
• "My father saved my life. I probably wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him." — Britney Spears. [MSNBC]
• "You were the love of my life. I’ll always love you. You know that, baby." — Anne Hathaway's supposed parting words to Rafaello Follieri. [MSNBC]
• "I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough." — Beyoncé. [ET]
• "In Scotland I'm just like a lot of other guys. But in America I'm seen as a very strong, masculine guy. In Glasgow, you probably grow up faster. You have to deal with more shit, more realism. In LA, it's a superficial, perfect world. In Glasgow, you're expected to be a man - but it doesn't make you the perfect man. It makes you a man who's not able to talk about his feelings." — Hot Scot Gerard Butler. [Guardian]