• "I'm not pregnant, and I'm not trying to get pregnant at the moment." — Victoria Beckham, always quick to keep us informed on the state of her uterus. [People]
• Not pregnant: Jamie Lynn Spears. [Daily Star]
• M.I.A.: P.R.E.G.N.A.N.T.! We assume the baby daddy is fiance Ben Brewer, from the band The Exit, to whom she is engaged. Anyway, she performed at the Diesel party in Brooklyn Saturday night with a big ol' baby belly. [Perez Hilton]
• Angelina Jolie was asked if she would vote for Barack Obama because of his international background. She said: "Obama fights for international justice, he wants to militarily intervene in cases of genocide, and close Guantanamo Bay. These are the things that could move me to vote for him, not his roots." Then she tried to adopt him. [AP]
• More images from that W photo shoot if Angelina Jolie — including pix of the kids — can be seen here. [ONTD]
• Louisiana taxpayers funded $27 million of Brad Pitt's $167 million dollar movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. [NY Times, Perez Hilton]

• Star Jones on The View: "Those girls were hateful." [People]
• Suri Cruise: "Whenever she sees kids, she gets excited and runs up to them and hugs them as if she never gets to see kids her own age. There's not a lot of socialization there." [Page Six]
• A drag queen threw a condom filled with "a questionable liquid" into the crowd at an NYC club and it hit Leonardo DiCaprio in the face. He laughed. [Rush & Molloy]
• Jake Gyllenhaal was effing around on the set of Prince Of Persia, threw a prop key in the air, didn't catch it, and it slashed his face. He had a gash under his eye and couldn't see for a few minutes because of the blood. When he came back to work, the makeup department had a tough time covering it up. [Star]
• Sigourney Weaver and her therapist are both "incensed" about Sarah Palin. [Just Jared]
• Mark Wahlberg doesn't like the SNL sketch, "Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals." He says: "Someone showed it to me on YouTube. It wasn't like Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin, that's for sure. And Saturday Night Live hasn't been funny for a long time. They've asked me to do the show a ton of times. I used to watch it when Eddie Murphy was there and Joe Piscopo and Bill Murray. I don't even know who's on the show now." Say hi to your mother for me! [TMZ]
• "There's nights in Vegas when I have my Frankie baby with me. That's right, Frank Sinatra is with me. Call me crazy. I'm not afraid to say I have imaginary friends. And Frank is one of them." — Sean "Diddy" Combs. [People]
• Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony renewed their vows at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas at 3:15 a.m. Sunday morning. New York Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran and his wife Jessica went first; then Marc and Jen. Romantic? [ET, People]
• Lindsay Lohan is gonna be Sarah Palin for Halloween. Scary! [Perez Hilton]
• Samantha Ronson was threatened by a lawyer she is suing — threatened with bad publicity. Apparently she wanted to file a suit against Perez Hilton and the lawyer sent her a draft of the suit with a message that read, "Please don't force me to do it... The blogs will pick it up." [TMZ]
• Lest you were worried, Peaches Geldof and Max Drummey are still together, still married. [The Sun]
• Blind items! 1. "Which billionaire tycoon is going to wed a much younger woman who's never been married before? She's been after the old codger since his wife of decades died." 2. "Which rock superstar has been having an affair with his young blond personal assistant? His longtime wife might suspect the worst because they've been squabbling plenty lately." [Page Six]
• Jessica Simpson says if you heard that she and Tony Romo went to some fancy store to buy a ring, it's so not true. "Tony and I have not gone to Neiman Marcus — somebody said we bought a ring there. I couldn't drag Tony in to Neiman Marcus if I tried." [ET]
• Hugh Jackman's 40th birthday party featured a film with video messages from stars like Oprah, Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen and John Travolta. [News.com.au]
• Jamie Hince and Kate Moss officially back on. [Mirror]
• Some dude went crazy and yelled "I'll stab you" at Spice Girl Mel B and her husband and baby at Heathrow airport. A paparazzo (!) told the guy to leave Mel and her fam alone, so the dude punched the photog. [TMZ]
• Stalker alert: Daniel Craig has a new £4million apartment in London. [Daily Mail]
• What's this? Daniel Craig thinks he'd be a better Bond if he were from the US? "Sometimes I wonder if it would be easier if I was American, because I am deeply English. I am always trying to self-mock. I am trying to put it down or to laugh it off but you have got to be careful because false humility is not a great trait." [Mirror]
• Video of Ryan Gosling walking his dog is half cute, half terrible, since he's clearly being stalked against his will by an idiot. [TMZ]
• Here's a headline for you: ‘Mad Men’: Is Jon Hamm up to the challenge of Don Draper? [LA Times]
• Christina Applegate kept her cancer diagnosis a secret from almost everyone working on her TV show for weeks. [Reuters]
• Hmm, why were Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher at the admissions office of Harvard? Oh yeah, there is another daughter besides Rumer. There's Scout! (And there's Tallulah, too.) [Perez Hilton]
• Jason Priestley is psyched to direct an episode of 90210. But! He won't be coming back as Brandon Walsh, sigh. [People]
• Boy George to Amy Winehouse and George Michael: "I know what it's like to be clacking, sweaty and chaotic and to have no clarity." [People]
• Speaking of Boy George, he canceled a gig at a 2,200-seat venue after only 89 tickets sold. Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry? [Mirror]
• Speaking of which, George Michael was supposed to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the Brit awards next year, but he's been dropped from the award show after being busted with drugs. [Mirror]
• Christie Brinkley reportedly begged her ex Peter Cook not to take their kids on a single-engine airplane flight this weekend — but her former hubby reportedly went behind her back and flew them anyway. Jackass. [Extra]
• Cloris Leachman will be the grand marshal for the 120th Tournament of Roses on January 1st in Pasadena. She says she's thrilled to be heading a parade that's "older than I am." [USA Today]
• Daniel Radcliffe missed his grandmother's funeral to appear on stage in Equus, because that's what she would have wanted. [Mirror]
• Cyndi Lauper's sister is a lesbian but that;s not the only reason Cyndi workes for LGBT rights awareness: "It's always wrong to discriminate. I grew up in the civil rights movement. It was wrong then, and it is wrong now." [CNN]
• Ivana Trump's 35-year-old husband has no job, so he's gonna be a contestant on an Italian reality show called La Isla de los Famosos. [Page Six]
• Matthew McConaughey's new website is like, totally awesome. Not. [Best Week Ever]
• Meat Loaf hospitalized. [Yahoo News]
• A profile of Sarah Silverman in the Guardian begins: "The character that Sarah Silverman plays on stage and television - also called Sarah Silverman - is girlish, sincere and eager to please, but also narcissistic, bigoted and, in Silverman's words, 'kind of an asshole.'" [Guardian]
• Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has made a documentary about basketball in Harlem. [Guardian]
• "Airhead heiress Paris Hilton refuses to get off plane until her make-up is done." [Mirrror]
• No one is listening to Howard Stern on satellite radio. [LA Times]
• Pete Doherty's latest YouTube video is a druggy mess. Also, his songwriting partner was caught with crack last night. [Mirror, YouTube, Perez Hilton]
• Milan Kundera reported a spy to the secret police when he was a student in 1950. [Times of London]
• Debra Winger talks about her absence from Hollywood and return, in Rachel Getting Married. [CBS News]
• Larry Hagman is excited about the 30th reunion of Dallas. because, you know, what else is he doing? Oh, he's an avocado farmer. Right. [AP]
• Lars Ulrich is selling a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting from his art collection that could set a new auction record for Basquiat. [Crain's]
• Jon Bon Jovi's being sued for $400 billion, BILLION over stolen song lyrics. [TMZ]
• "I never realized my hair was such a big deal." — Michael Bolton. [Mirror]
• "This is a serious message to everybody watching my update. Peace and love. Peace and love. I want I want to tell you after the 20th of October please do not send fan mail to any address you have. Nothing will be signed after the 20th of October. If that is the date on the envelope, it's gonna be tossed. I'm warning you with peace and love I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed. Nothing. Anyway, peace and love, peace and love." — Ringo Starr. [Mirror]
• "I would have loved to have been a villain, they had wonderful speeches like, 'The end of the world is about to come.' Bond just listens but doesn't really get to say anything." — Roger Moore. [Mirror]
• "I've phoned my dad and told him not to expect me home. I want to live here. I've already fallen in love with 20 guys since I've been here. The accents sound so intelligent and I love the way the guys are so classy and wear trenchcoats." — Miley Cyrus, who is in the UK. [The Sun]
• "Jennifer Lopez manages her career like the head of a big corporation, whereas the only thing I care about is becoming the best actress possible." — Eva Mendes. [Perez Hilton]
• "I'm not gay. And to prove it, Im giving away Madonna tickets." — Ryan Seacrest. [Perez Hilton]
• "I'm not gay so I guess I wouldn't try a relationship with a woman... I didn't say I haven't experimented but I love men too much to make it a permanent thing." — Pink. [Daily Express]

[U.S. Open, Queens, New York, September 3. Image via INF]

• 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]

[Cannes, May 22. Image via INFDaily.]

• Ellen DeGeneres is so psyched about the California Supreme Court ruling regarding gay marriage that she's gonna get hitched to longtime love Portia de Rossi. Woohoo! It would be kind of awesome if they did it on TV. And then danced! [TMZ]
  
• Pregnant Angelina Jolie will be looking "sexy" on the July cover of Vanity Fair; she was shot by Patrick Demarchelier. Wonder if he'll have her Photoshopped? [Page Six]
  
• Click here if you need info on Angelina's tattoos. [Sydney Morning Herald]
  
• Angelina will probably give birth in France, FYI. [USA Today]
  
• Angelina's dad Jon Voight is all riled up over Israel: "God gave this land to the Jewish people; they shouldn't be giving it away," he says. But, um, Voight is not Jewish. [Mirror]
  
• "If I punched every bitch who called me fat, it would be dead bitches all up and down the highway." — Star Jones. [Page Six]

• Just two weeks after marrying Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon is driving a new car: the $120,000 Maserati Quattroporte. Did Drumline profits pay for it? [TMZ]
• Ali Lohan swears that even though sister Lindsay hangs with Sam Ronson, she is not a lezebel. "They're best friends. They're just friends. It's pathetic what people say," Ali claims. [Perez Hilton]
• Here's a book for your Amazon wish list: Hollywood Babylon: It's Back has full-frontal nudes of stars like Mick Jagger, Daniel Radcliffe, Ewan McGregor, John Malkovich, James Woods and Richard Gere. Plus! Stories about the size of other actors; Johnny Depp was known as "donkey dick" and an art student who sketched Sean Connery years ago swears, "It was the biggest I've ever seen. It made me drop my charcoal pencil." [Rush & Molloy]
• As previously reported, Britney Spears and Mel Gibson are on vacay together in Costa Rica. Also along for the adventure are Brit's dad Jamie and Mel's wife Robin, as well as some "unidentified youngsters." Apocalypto! [E!]
• An L.A. band says there's a Miley Cyrus song that sounds suspiciously like one of theirs. Miley's rep says, "She doesn't write the songs - she sings them. We have referred this to Disney." Ah, well, okay then. [Page Six]
• Hulk Hogan has written letters to the court trying to get his son Nick a softer sentence; Hulk says Nick isn't the wild kid people see on TV because their reality show "is scripted." [TMZ]
• American Idol alum Taylor Hicks will join the cast of Grease on Broadway. [ET]
• Duran Duran are in the news! They rerouted their world tour to perform for Deutsche Bank staffers; then the show got canceled. Now they're hungry like the wolf. Don't say a prayer for them now, save it til the morning after. [Mirror]
• Sheryl Crow has a new boyfriend; he's a restauranteur and pilot from Alabama. He can fly home the bacon and fry it up in a pan. [MSNBC]
• Movie-industry private investigator Anthony Pellicano has been found guilty of conspiracy after wiretapping and harassing a string of celebrities, including Garry Shandling, Kevin Nealon, Sylvester Stallone and Keith Carradine. [Portfolio]
• Rapper DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. [Yahoo News]
• Jury selection is complete in the trial of R. Kelly! Maybe the trial will finally begin? [Mirror]
• Ryan Kavanaugh, the executive producer of 21, smitten with Natalie Portman? What will Devendra Banhart say? [Page Six]
• Kanye West performed with four topless dancers wearing space helmets and made $1 million. [Page Six]
• Blind item! "Which TV legend likes to play dirty in the bedroom? The larger-than-life fella ties up his conquests with bathrobes - and takes breaks from "satisfying" the girls only to snort piles of coke." [Rush & Molloy]
• Lil' Kim won $500,000 in a lawsuit against a former fellow Junior M.A.F.I.A. member. That kind of cash will get her some nice fingernails. [Vibe]
• Dennis Rodman has been charged with battery and domestic violence after allegedly hitting his girlfriend last month in an L.A. hotel. Rodman is currently in a rehab facility, but he told TMZ "I've never hit anyone." [TMZ]
• Kelly Osbourne has a new boyfriend named Luke. [Mirror]
• "The handbags alone were heavenly. I'm a handbag girl, so I was just salivating. Every time a new purse came into the wardrobe room I'd get so excited. People would walk in with arms full of bags, just trying to decide which one my character should use that day. Just flipping through them, one more beautiful than the next. I was stunned... Next time I will make sure I put a clause into my contract that I get to keep all my purses." — Jennifer Hudson, on the Sex And The City movie. [Mirror]

• Angelina Jolie confirms: She is having twins. You knew that, right? Anyway an exclusive interview scored by NBC's Today show was lifted by NBC's Access Hollywood and now NBC producers are pissed at each other. [Page Six]
  
• It was Jack Black who spilled the beans about Angie's twins, actually. [People]
  
• Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo might still be together. Unfortunately, that's not as interesting as if they were broken up. [E!]
  
• Um, more Britney pregnancy rumors. I'm scared. Someone hold me. [Mirror]
  
• Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty kissing. This is one of those pictures where obviously the buss was on the cheek but it kind of looks like they were heading for the lips. In any case, the paper calls them a "gruesome twosome." [Mirror]
  
• To be honest, Pete's got something weird on his lip and face. It is kind of gruesome. [The Sun]
  
• Meanwhile, Blake Incarcerated says Amy Winehouse will die without him, but he doesn't want to go back to her when he gets out of jail because she is doing drugs. [News.com.au]

• Madonna's court adoption ruling has been delayed. The judge needs to review some paperwork. [Reuters]
• Mariah Carey's ex-boyfriend, producer Mark Sudack, whom she was with for almost four years, is "shattered" that MC is suddenly married to someone else. He and Mariah just broke up in the beginning of 2008. [MSNBC]
• Fantasia was a "trainwreck" on American Idol. [Perez Hilton]
• Sean "Diddy" Combs is looking for sponsors for his Cannes yacht party. Any takers? [Mirror]
• Actress Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy, Gossip Girl) fainted in the middle of a downtown NYC party. But! Homegirl rallied and stayed out the rest of the night. That's how Georgina Sparks would do it! [Page Six]
• Rumor has it Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz will be getting married this weekend in a seven-figure ceremony. Friends and family were notified via Evites, haha. The good news is they were apparently made for each other; a source says: "Ashlee is so needy, she just hangs all over Pete. But he loves it. He's always had a thing for vulnerable girls...They complete each other." [Rush & Molloy]
• Blind item! "Which young actress may be a little too much like her TV character? At a wrap party for her show, the tween got totaled at the bar and had to crawl into a waiting taxi." [Rush & Molloy]
• Anne Heche's show, Men In Trees, was canceled and now she can't afford to pay child and spousal support. Unemployment sucks. [People]
• Halle Berry has a new diamond ring! On her ring finger. But it's not from her baby daddy. She bought it for herself. So very modern. [People]
• Star Jones is "sexy, single and heating up the Cannes Film Festival." Wait, what? [ET]
• The Season 3 finale of Flavor of Love is the show's finale episode. Ever. It's the end of the series. Well, we'll always have Under One Roof. Ugh. [UPI]
• A contestant on Australia's Next Top Model came close to a nervous breakdown from being bullied by the other girls in the house. [News.au.com]
• Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar won £58,000 in damages for invasion of privacy over photographs taken of them on holiday. That's enough cash for another trip! [BBC News]
• Superbad star Jonah Hill in a modern-day 21 Jump Street? Dude is no Johnny Depp. Or Peter DeLuise, for that matter. [Variety]
• A hybrid car was flown from Japan to Paul McCartney in London and critics are saying that any environmental benefits from using the car would be undermined by its mode of delivery. Sigh. [Guardian]
• Sean Penn lit up two cigarettes at the Cannes Film Festival, in violation on French laws against smoking in public buildings. Badass! [USA Today]
• The ladies of Sex And The City are on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, because they have not had enough publicity lately. [Just Jared]
• Oprah's dead dogs, commemorated in sculpture and sitting on her head. [TMZ]
• PETA still hates Mary-Kate Olsen. [Peta2]
• James McAvoy in Mean magazine: Hot. [ONTD]
• "I put on 40 pounds with Moses. And I found it really hard to loose the last 20 pounds. I didn't mind having the big boobs. But it was the stomach roll, the back fat, and the post-pregnant butt. And it was so hard to get rid of." — Gwyneth Paltrow. [People]
• "Samantha, she's Aphrodite. She loves them and leaves them. She has no guilt about her desires. If I'm associated with sexuality until the day I die I'll be happy — because I intend to be sexual until the day I die." — Kim Cattrall on her Sex And The City character. [The Sun]
• "When I see pictures [of myself] I do sometimes think, 'You miserable cow!'" — Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham. [Mirror]

• Synth! Dance beat! Breathy vocals! It's Lindsay Lohan's new track, "Bossy." And guess what? It doesn't totally suck. "Stop touching me without permission," she sings. "I'm jut a little bossy. If I want it, I get it — Now." Ha! Like that fur coat? But is the song as good as Kelis's "Bossy"? Well, LL's track was written by Ne-Yo. Lemme know what you think. I may have to listen again. And Again. And then one more time, with rollerskates on. I'm so embarrassed. [People]
  
• Meanwhile: Lindsay's dad Michael is pissed that the Mingling Moms named ex-wife Dina a "Top Mom." He says: "Are you kidding? Look at her off-screen antics, her lack of morals and how she conducts herself. She comes stumbling out of Butter at 3:15 a.m. with bloodshot eyes and a red runny nose, yelling 'Oh, [bleep],' when she saw the paparazzi." Meanwhile, Dina says: "He's on a mission to destroy me." Wow, this kind of stuff must be great for the kids to hear. [Page Six]
  
• So Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon spill all their wedding details to People, including the fact that they get along because they are 'both eternally 12 years old" and Mariah now has a "Mrs. Cannon" tattoo. [Yahoo News]

• Yeah, Amy Winehouse was arrested yesterday after video of her smoking crack and snorting cocaine made its way to police. [Rush & Molloy]
• But! Amy has already been released. She was not charged. [Reuters]
• Funnyman Craig Ferguson is writing a memoir! America On Purpose, due out next year, will touch on his addictions to drugs and booze, failed suicide attempt and career as a punk rocker. Raise your hand if you'd love to hear him read it to you. That accent! [Page Six]
• George Clooney was at the Hearst building yesterday for an Esquire photo shoot and women lost their freaking minds. [Page Six]
• After the Costume Institute gala, Jay-Z and Beyoncé — still in her ballgown — knocked on the door of a just-closed burger joint and ordered cheeseburgers and fries to go. [Page Six]
• Ashlee Simpson's boobs are big so she must be pregnant, right? "It's probably just a great bra, like any girl's secret," says her rep. [Rush & Molloy]
• Rapper DMX was arrested for driving 114 mph in a 1966 Chevy Nova. Y'all gonna make him lose his mind up in here. [TMZ]
• R. Kelly's lawyers have filed a motion to delay his trial... again. It's been five years already. [TMZ]
• "It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book ... It speaks to her true character." — Star Jones. [TMZ]
• Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee's divorce is proceeding; Russell is seeking joint custody of their two daughters. Both parties are asking the court to deny spousal support for the other since they each have more money than they know what to do with. [People]
• Brooke Shields is "starring" in a new campaign from Royal Velvet towels. Think of her when you shower. [Brandweek]
• Nicole Richie says: "Joel actually changes more diapers than I do. It's his time with her. He sings to her .... He laughs with her, plays with her. It's amazing." [People]
• Who is Minnie Driver's baby daddy? Minnie hints that he is English and "sort of in the same business." OMG what if it's Eddie Izzard??? [People]
• Does Katherine Heigl want to leave Grey's Anatomy? A source says, "She's working really long hours and is ready to move on." [MSNBC]
• A portrait of Heath Ledger has won a top Australian art prize. [Reuters]
• Wil.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas says that staying away from the Beijing Olympics because of China's human rights record and crackdown on protesters in Tibet is a mistake. "America is talking out of both sides of its mouth," he says. "I know that everything I buy in America says 'Made in China' on it. So for me to just say, 'Yeah, that's right, boycott China' ... you're talking out of both sides of your mouth." [CNN]

• In her new memoir, Auditions, Baba Wawa gives the dirt on Star Jones' and Rosie O'Donnell's departures from the View; On Rosie: "The premise of 'The View' is that of a team working together, but for Rosie it was more like Diana Ross and the Supremes, as little by little she took over." [NYDN]
  
• The problem with Miss Jones was not just her diva behavior (though Walters et. al. were embarrassed about her fiasco of a wedding to Big Gay Al) it was that Star made her View-mates lie about her gastric bypass. Walters writes: "Joy [Behar], in particular, resented having to go along with a lie that implied all one needed to do was situps and ingest one cookie instead of two."[NYDN]
  
• The septuagenarian Babs is so scandalous! She also talks about her adulterous affair with Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, the first black Senator since reconstruction. [NYDN]
  
• Jimi Hendrix's sex tape? A hoax, cries the company that owns the rights to Jimi's music. Sigh. We'll always have Cynthia Plaster Caster. [Reuters]
  
• Marilyn Monroe's sex tape? The FBI cries fake! It's amazing how many stars can issue denials from the grave. [MSNBC]

• Speaking of fake naked Marilyns, Lilo's alleged lady love Sam Ronson is suing the lawyers she hired to sue Perez Hilton for defamation. Sam Ron says the lawyers "grossly overcharged" her. [TMZ]
• Miley Cyrus is skipping a Disney appearance in Orlando the wake of her Vanity Fair sorta nudie pics. She didn't want Mickey Mouse's ears to turn red. [Yahoo]
• Pete Doherty: getting out of the pokey today. The Babyshambles frontman spent 29 days in jail, and according to a friend, Petey will "go straight to play a gig — and then get smashed," upon his release. Oy. [The Sun]
• More on Star Jones! NBA star Dwyane Wade denied a romantic relationship with the much-older Jones, saying they're "just friends" on the TNT show Inside the NBA. Inside co-host and consummate gentleman Charles Barkley added, "I like Star. She's a cougar." [AP via Yahoo]
• Uma Thurman took the stand yesterday in a lawsuit against her stalker, Jack Jordan. Thurman said Jordan's persistent letters, phone calls and visits made her fear for her life. Poor Uma! [UPI]
• Pam Anderson Lee Rock Salomon is holding an estate sale for her Malibu pad before she retires to Vancouver. She is selling a jacuzzi, among other things. Might want to steer clear of it — I hear the skeeze of Rick Salomon is water soluble. [E! Online]
• The Mariah/ Nick Cannon wedding — reportedly no pre-nup! If Cannon ever tries to lay claim to Mariah's vast collection of Hello Kitties, you know she'll have her unicorn cut him. [Perez]
• Even though Britney still doesn't have custody of her kids, she will spend Mother's Day with wee Jayden James and Sean Preston. Aw. [MSNBC]
• This headline says it all: "Rob Lowe's ex-nanny discusses her countersuit, cries." [AP via Yahoo]

• So. Fergie has recorded the theme song for the Sex And The City Movie and it is fucking insane. Seriously. It's a fast-paced track that uses the original instrumental music from the show, with Fergie sing-rapping lyrics like: "Shopping for labels, shopping for love... Manolo and Louis is all I'm thinking of... Emotional baggage just replace them with Dior... Let's stop chasing the boys and shop some more..." It does not appear to be a joke. You can listen to the nauseating ditty here. Just a warning: You may puke or cry or both. [People]
  
• Heidi Montag won't be at the White House Correspondents dinner because Spencer Pratt got involved and demanded first-class tickets for both of them — even though he wasn't invited. When he was denied, Spencer canceled Heidi's appearance because the event "wasn't A-listy enough." Meanwhile, Pamela Anderson, Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz, Hayden Panettierre, Claire Danes, Rob Lowe and Donatella Versace will all be there. Aren't you proud to be an American? [Page Six]
  
• When Ellen DeGeneres asked Ashlee Simpson,"Are you or are you not pregnant?" Ashlee said: "Well, that has been going on for quite a while. That is something that I choose personally not to discuss." In other words, yes. [People]
  
• Colin Firth and Helen Hunt were shooting an intimate scene together when someone farted. [The Sun]
  
• Amy Winehouse got drunk and tried to headbutt some dude. [Mirror]

• She also maybe punched someone else and also "snogged a mystery fella" before walking into a lamppost. [The Sun]
• Jennifer Lopez will co-executive produce, co-create and star in a TLC "docu-series" aka reality show, about how she juggles a career (including launching a new fragrance) and motherhood. Hmm, maybe with vaults of cash and lots of servants? [People]
• Also signing a deal with TLC for "unscripted" shows: Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. [Perez Hilton]
• Star Jones filed for divorce from Al Reynolds back in March, and she's now released a statement: "Several years ago I made an error in judgment by inviting the media into the most intimate area of my life. A month ago I filed for divorce. The dissolution of a marriage is a difficult time in anyone's life that requires privacy with one's thoughts. I have committed myself to handling this situation with dignity and grace and look forward to emerging from this period as a stronger and wiser woman." What she means is: "He's gay." [Concrete Loop]
• Gisele Bundchen and Sylvester Stallone: Filming a Volkswagen commercial for Brazil? [Page Six]
• Caliente blind item! "Which gorgeous Latina actress is said to have a Sapphic relationship with her hair stylist?" [Gatecrasher]
• Wesley Snipes has asked some of his famous pals to write letters to the judge who is sentencing him for fraud. His character references include Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson. Snipes could get three years in prison — he's set to be sentenced today. [TMZ]
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler and boyfriend Scott Sartiano: Dunzo. [People]
• Snoop Dogg is no longer banned from Britain! Huzzah! [Guardian]
• Sir Paul McCartney is £100 million richer than he claimed in his divorce hearing. When you have a lot of money, it's easy to forget about a £100 million here and there. [Telegraph]
• Anna Nicole Smith's mother is suing Anna's lawyer (Howard K. Stern) and TMZ, claiming she was defamed. Doesn't she know they defame everyone? [Reuters]
• Paris Hilton is banned from the Hyatt in Moscow for allegedly writing her name on the wall in her room with a black marker. "Miss Hilton ruined the wallpaper in the luxury suite. In such a case the client automatically goes on the black list," says a spokesperson. She shoulda stayed at the Hilton. [UPI]
• Alicia Keys has canceled two shows because of swollen vocal cords. [Reuters]
• Yes, yes, the rumors are true, one of the Gossip Girl characters is gay, and it's Eric van der Woodsen. [LA Times]
• Joe Simpson is the third wheel in Jessica and Tony Romo's relationship, gross. [MSNBC]
• Orlando Brown of That's So Raven was missing for 24 hours but has returned, saying he "felt a little lost and needed to get away." [People]
• The wife of Billy Blanks, creator of Tae Bo, has filed for divorce.They've been married since 1974, which is inspiring/depressing. [TMZ]
• Paramount Pictures is suing Don Cornelius, host of Soul Train. Something about $290,000 in debt. Back in the day, Soul Train was the shit, huh? [TMZ]
• Director Stephen Daldry is talking about bringing his 2002 film The Hours to Broadway — possibly as an opera. Yeah, hmmm. Ponder that for a minute. [Gatecrasher]
• Carrie Underwood has been cheated on once or twice but doesn't recommend property damage like her song says. [People]
• Imprisoned Pete Doherty is "surprisingly chipper." [Mirror]
• OMG is Amy Poehler pregnant??? [ONTD]

[Image via Oh! My God! I Miss You]

• Sienna Miller has reportedly finally agreed to marry Rhys Ifans — after he asked a third time. Summer wedding, you guys. With guests like Kate Moss and Keira Knightley! [Mirror]
  
• Is Kimora Lee Simmons knocked up? Sources say she's got a bun in the oven, thanks to Djimon Hounsou. Now we're gonna be hearing about her "fabulosity" fetus for the next 9 months. [Page Six, People]
  
• Someone placed a 911 call claiming Heather Locklear was suicidal; but when cops arrived Heather was fine, never requested medical assistance and did not place the call. WTF. [TMZ, TMZ]
  
• Star Jones and Al Reynolds: It's over! Three and a half years after their sponsored wedding, Al has moved out and Star is planning to divorce him. Anyone surprised? [ONTD, MSNBC]

• The girls from America's Next Top Model are accused of destroying the Tribeca loft they stayed in in New York. The floors are ruined, there's water damage in the bathroom and lipstick on the walls, says a source. Pretty can be ugly! [Page Six]
• Heath Ledger's father says that even though Heath's will was filed before he met Michelle Williams, Michelle and Matilda "will be taken care of." [People]
• A web site called George Clooney "gay, gay, gay." Says George: "No, I'm gay, gay. The third gay - that was pushing it." [People]
• Clooney also commented on that feud with Fabio, admitting Fabio could probably beat him up. [UPI]
• Gwyneth Paltrow got a C tattooed on her hip for her hubby Chris Martin. Or for Coldplay. Or for cookies. [Mirror]
• The Sopranos movie? No. Seriously, no. It's just a rumor. [AP]
• Q-Tip's new album features Barack Obama. Repeat: Q-Tip's new album features Barack Obama?!??!? [Page Six]
• Helena Christensen and Josh Hartnett: Dunzo. [Gatecrasher]
• It's someone's job to touch up the nail polish on Ivanka Trump's wax figure at Madame Tussaud's? Would you include that on your resume? [Gatecrasher]
• Lindsay and Ali Lohan partied in the penthouse of their LL's NYC apartment building, but stayed sober. [Gatecrasher]
• Apparently LL tells Ali to stay away from clubs. [UPI]
• Blind item! "Which skinny-again chart topper has been making multiple bathroom visits with his male friend during late nights at hot spots like Hyde? Apparently it's not just the girls who like diet coke." [Gatecrasher]
• Blind item! "Which famous braying crooner went down a line of Playmates and stunning models at a recent film festival, inquiring as to whether or not they'd sleep with him? There were no takers, and one of the models even laughed and called him 'short.'" [Rush & Molloy]
• This video of Britney walking into a bar is kind of sad. See, she literally walks into a metal bar. [TMZ]
• The obsessed fan who's been sending packages two to three times a week to Britney has included sexually explicit notes and a "battery-operated sex toy" in the mailings, gross. [UPI]
• Courtney Love claims she is the victim of identity theft — that con aritsts used Kurt Cobain's name to buy a mansion in New Jersey. [UPI]
• Except the LAPD says "It never happened." [TMZ]
• Matt Damon's wife: Knocked up. This will be the third child for the family. [People]
• Rihanna and Chris Brown: Singing each other's songs at a karaoke club in London. Sweet! [Mirror]
• Jessica Simpson's trip to Kuwait to perform for the troops is costing $150,000 for the plane and $16,000 in hair and makeup. Who's picking up the tab? [MSNBC]
• ABC soap One Life To Live has a storyline that may parallel Jamie Lynn Spears' life: A 16-year-old teenage character will have sex and maybe get knocked up. Juno, what hath ye wrought? [Reuters]
• Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards have reached and agreement in their custody battle. The exes are making nice, awww. [E!]
• Actress Samantha Morton was "close to death" after suffering a secret stroke two years ago. She took an unexplained break from making movies because she was learning to walk again. Jeez. She's fully recovered and gave birth to a second daughter in January. Be well! [Guardian]
• Kathy Griffin became a ordained online so she could officiate in a New York wedding in which the non-religious bride and groom claim laughter is the major factor in their relationship. LOL and congrats! [USA Today]
• Robbie Williams says he wants to study extraterrestrial life, and it's apparently not a joke. [UPI]
• Sound Of Music star Julie Andrews has kept a secret for 58 years: She was the child of an affair. [Telegraph]
• "I'm loath to say anything good about going to boarding school, which is one of the reasons why I'm not a believer in Harry Potter. Because I believe it fetishizes boarding school for children." — Tilda Swinton [Page Six]

[Miami, March 2. Image via INFDaily.com]

The Good:
Despite the hand of Tom Cruise yanking her down the red carpet, Katie Holmes looks gorgeous.
The hair needs a little help, but I love Tatyana Ali's slouchy and bright laid-back look.
Gabrielle Union shines in black.
Jada Pinkett Smith's dress makes up for her zombie face.
Paula Patton's a pin-up girl!

The Bad:
There's just too much going on with Rashida Jones's dress: The one shoulder, the ruffles — pick a detail and run with it.
Layla Ali's dress is so bottom two on Project Runway material.
Too much bad color matched with too much sine makes for a miss for Garcelle Beauvais.
Nia Long: No, no, no.
Vivica A. Fox's offense? Having failed to update her look past 1996.

The Ugly:
I'm saddened to see that Kerry Washington strapped a tutu to her bust and then covered her body with sequins.

[All images via Getty.]

• Courtney Love on Britney Spears: "I know exactly what's going on, having been there. If she doesn't get help something very, very bad is gonna happen. Marilyn Monroe was strapped to a gurney too, but, other than me and Britney, no one's ever been strapped to a gurney." Really? No one? [PageSix.com]
  
• Jennifer Lopez gave birth! Maybe! If you believe this blog we like! She allegedly had twins yesterday on Long Island! A boy and a girl! Maybe! [The.Life Files]
  
• If J.Lo did give birth, she did it in a couture hospital gown. But you probably knew that already. [MSNBC]
  
• UCLA Medical Center has classified patient Britney Spears as G.D., gravely disabled. She went into a manic, paranoid state when she was admitted to the hospital, screaming, "The only reason she's admitting me is because she wants to be alone with her boyfriend!" [TMZ]
  
• Kevin Federline is "worried" about Britney and feels the psychiatric hospital is the best place for her right now. [People]
  
• A former colleague says Britney's new shrink is "excellent." Fingers crossed. [People]
  
• Sources say that when Britney checked into the hospital last Wednesday night she hadn't slept since Saturday. [People]

• Nick Stern, a paparazzo, has resigned from Splash photo agency because "Directly or indirectly, Britney is going to come to some horrific end. The paps are completely out of control. It's not unusual to have 20 or 30 cars pursuing her at any one time. It's become acceptable to drive at 80mph down the wrong side of the street into oncoming traffic." [Guardian]
• A choreographer in London has created a ballet called Meltdown based on Britney's life: Dancers portray Brit fending off paparazzi, shaving her head and being carried off stage in a stretcher. Appealing or appalling? [Reuters]
• Guess who checked into the same psych ward as Britney? Grey's Anatomy star Justin Chambers. He reportedly was exhausted and suffers from a sleeping disorder and checked in voluntarily. He entered on Monday and checked out Wednesday. Maybe the five kids he's got at home are wearing him out? Be well! [TMZ]
• Is Kirsten Dunst the next star to fall? Sources say she is "not in a good place right now." Hey, you know what wasn't a bad flick at all? Crazy/Beautiful. [Page Six]
• Michael Jackson's kids? Without masks? So weird. Also, so many questions, very few answers. [TMZ]
• George Clooney during his UN speech, delivering a message about the crisis in Darfur: "I am the son of a newsman, so the job of messenger comes with the responsibility to deal with facts, not to tell people what they want to hear, but to tell them what the truth is, unfiltered." In a word: Swoon. [People]
• Some dude who "dated" Britney in 1999 is headed to Hollywood on American Idol. Good luck, man. And try to keep it classy, for crissakes. [People]
• Amy Winehouse's rehab addiction: ice lollies (popsicles)! She's also been teaching fellow patients how to play guitar. Love a positive story about this woman. LOVE IT. [Mirror]
• Oh, wait, this story says Amy was rushed to a hospital and put on a drip. Crap. [The Sun]
• At a party Wednesday night, Hayden Panettiere was seen pulling her mother's dress down because it kept hiking up too high. Who hasn't been there? "Mom! You're embarrassing me!!!!" [Page Six]
• Star Jones' new TV show: Already dunzo. [Page Six]
• The video of Heath Ledger that Entertainment Tonight and The Insider decided not to air didn't actually show Heath doing drugs. In the clip, Heath does say, "I used to smoke five joints a day for 20 years." But then immediately afterwards (which they may or may not have been planning to air) Heath says: "That's why I got this tattoo [an M, for daughter Matilda] to remind me never to smoke weed again." [Perez Hilton]
• Debbie, sorry, Deborah, Gibson is conducting scholarship auditions and a reality show taping for Camp Electric Youth. And no, you're not trapped in a time warp. [AdRants]

• Judging by her shopping choices, Christina Aguilera is having a boy. Unless she's trying to trick us! In which case she's having a girl. [The Sun]
  
• Britney's former assistant says the pop star had a shrine to Kevin Federline in her house — her wedding dress and all of his old clothes. Um, won't someone please help? [The Sun]
  
• Also, Britney has been ordered to pay Kevin Federline's $120,000 legal bill from the custody battle, since "the vast majority of the litigation deals with [Britney's] conduct." Ouch! [People]
  
• Oh, and Britney's album was denied the #1 spot on the Billboard charts after an unexpected last-minute rule change. The #1 CD is The Eagles' Long Road Out Of Eden. We're beginning to think Britney has karmic debt. [MTV]

• Lynne Spears blames herself for Britney's trainwreck: "I didn't raise my children to have Hollywood careers. This all just exploded in my face, and big dreams became big headaches." [Rush & Molloy, 4th from bottom]
• A respected Detroit reverend says that Star Jones is the victim in the kerfluffle with a local charity's "empowering" event. Rev. Horace Sherffield says his own nonprofit organization was also duped by the shady group, Full & Fabulous. They offered to pay Star Jones $25,000 to come and speak — but never sent the $10,000 deposit as required in the contract. [Page Six]
• Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams are planning to create two identical bedrooms for daughter Matilda, so that whether she wakes up at mommy's or daddy's house it'll look familiar. Uh, sounds disorienting. [Page Six]
• Is Mandy Moore dating Matthew Perry? Cuz that's kinda weird. [Page Six]
• Did Lost's Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan break up? It was kinda weird that they were together. [Page Six]
• Oooh! George Clooney was dining at an L.A. restaurant and "romance model" Fabio was at the next table. Fabio's friends started snapping pictures of each other, and Clooney got pissed. They argued! They shoved each other! Waiters had to break it up! Fabio's manager says, "George is lucky he didn't end up in the ER." Ba bum bum! [Page Six]
• The Office stars John Krasinski and Rashida Jones were seen "canoodling" at the SNL after-party last week. They dated in 2005 — maybe there's a rekindling? [Rush & Molloy, 2nd item]
• Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch is in foreclosure! Jackson is delinquent $23,212,963 on a $23,000,000 loan. [TMZ]
• David Copperfield claims he is the victim of a smear campaign and an extortion attempt by a former employee. Does this mean we can't make "grabracadabra" jokes anymore? [TMZ]
• Victor Garber, who played Jennifer Garner's character's father on Alias, says little Violet Affleck is an "extraordinary kid" who is not even two, yet "her vocabulary is daunting." Awww. [People]
• Donny & Marie Osmond's father, George, died Tuesday. Entertainment Tonight was on the plane with them as they flew to Utah to grieve. Classy! [ET]
• Welsh actor Rhys Ifans has asked Sienna Miller to marry him. In song. In Welsh! Her response? "She fell about laughing," says a source. [Mirror]
• Amy Winehouse has finally been granted a U.S. work visa! She was supposed to be on Saturday Night Live but now there's a writers strike, of course. [Mirror]
• Pete Doherty has apologized for injecting heroin on video last week. "It was a stupid, stupid action for which iI feel only shame," he says. [The Sun]

• Singer Rihanna on actor Josh Hartnett: "I would be lying if I told you we were not more than just friends... I've fallen for him big time. He is so hot and he is really sweet to me." Instead of some stupid name like Rihartnett or Joshanna, can't we just call them "freaking adorable" ? [Mirror]
  
• Rosie O'Donnell is in talks with MSNBC to have her own evening talk show. It would air at the same time as Larry King's program on CNN. Would you watch? [Rush & Molloy, 3rd item]
  
• Some teenage girls struggling with their weight are not happy that former View host Star Jones never showed up to give them a speech — despite taking a $17,000 deposit and two first class airline tickets from the group. Tsk, tsk! [Rush & Molloy]
  

• Julia Roberts wants to help Britney Spears."It's all I can do not to move her into my guesthouse and say, 'Okay, this is how it's going to be!' And just take care of her." [People]
• Benicio del Toro showed up at a meth addict meeting at the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York — not because he's gay or an addict, but because he is an addict's sponsor. Love him! [Page Six]
• Oil heir Brandon Davis allegedly gambled away some $80,000 this weekend in Atlantic City. He turned to friends for cash: A source says "he was asking everyone for $5,000." Eyeroll! [Page Six]
• Jay-Z's new album, inspired by the movie American Gangster either is or isn't doing well. Honestly? He has enough money not to sweat it too much. [Page Six]
• Some David Copperfield documents reveal details of how the magician's assistants lure women on his behalf — with brochures of David's islands in the Bahamas and a "what to say" sheet if boyfriends or husbands get in the way. Grabracadabra! [TMZ]
• Angelina Jolie says her family celebrates many different holidays: "We celebrate Moon Festival for my boys, who are from Asia, and Kwanzaa and things like that." Uh, Kwanzaa? Really? [People]
• Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis is expecting a baby girl. [ONTD]
• Amy Winehouse missed the ceremony at the Kickers Urban Music Awards over the weekend because she spent the whole night at the open bar. We've never heard of the Kickers awards, but maybe the bar was the best part? [Mirror]
• Pete Doherty is supposedly clean, so why is there video of him doing heroin on Friday night? Also, who the hell lets someone film them injecting drugs? [The Sun]
• Christina Applegate was seen making out with ex-husband Johnathon Schaech at L.A. club Les Deux Friday night. [People]

• Amy Winehouse has left The Causeway rehab facility. Apparently, she and her husband Blake Civil-Fielder got into a fight, then headed back to London. Blake "upset people in The Causeway with his behavior," says a source. She needs to dump this douchebag, and pronto. [The Sun]
  
• Between the MTV Awards in Las Vegas and the Emmy Awards in L.A., not a lot of stars are RSVPing for shows during Fashion Week. Hmm, whatever shall we focus on — the c