The oft-rumored gaiety of flaxen-haired show dad Joe Simpson got a signal boost last night from Simpson's former son-in-law Nick Lachey. While promoting a new 98 Degrees album on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Lachey quipped: “The best thing about not having Joe Simpson anymore as a father-in-law is I don’t…

Baby weight: A thing that happens, sometimes. Ways to fix/change it: Tuna melts*, not caring, doing Zumba or some shit, more tuna melts, or encasing yourself in a chamber of horrors like Jessica Alba. In an interview with Net-a-Porter's magazine, Alba divulges her post-pregnancy weight-loss secret after giving birth…

This probably won't last much longer than the flattened Zebra Cake in my purse, but Rihanna and Chris Brown have broken up once again, shortly after he was photographed holding the hand of a 22-year-old blonde waitress named Keisha Kimball at Da Club last Saturday.

Woot! After a five-month leave of absence to undergo a bone marrow transplant for a rare blood disorder, Robin Roberts has returned to Good Morning America, opening with: "I have been waiting 174 days to say this: 'Good Morning America." She added: "I keep pinching myself and I realize this is real. This is actually…

A probably fake, albeit hilarious new report has emerged that Harry Styles dumped Taylor Swift because she's "asexual" and "constantly talked about antiques." A rather Regina George-y sounding friend of Taylor's says that America's Unicorn Sweetheart doesn't realize that she's constantly being dumped because she's a…

K8 Middleton, rather delightfully referred to in this New York Daily News article as a "queasy royal," is feeling a little better after getting fluids but remains in London's King Edward VII hospital due to severe Wingardium Leviosa!! hyperemesis gravidarum. A palace spokesman wants everyone concerned for Kate to know…

Alpha males Robert De Niro and Jay-Z's squabbling almost ruined Leonardo DiCaprio's birthday party for everyone. De Niro let Hova have it for mentioning that he'd be willing to record a song for the Tribeca Film Festival and then failing to return any of De Niro's calls to follow through. Jay-Z tried to joke about it…

Someone named Lane Garrison, who was apparently on Prison Break, says he doesn't for ONE MINUTE believe the gay rumors about Papa Joe Simpson:

Today in unbaby news, after taking a stroll with Ashton Kutcher during which she displayed "significant roundness in the stomach area" over the weekend, Mila Kunis immediately got the baby-bump media treatment. Can we expect Ashmi spawn in the next 9 months?! What will they name her?! When will I get another job, and…

Apparently "the gay community of Hollywood" isn't surprised by the rumors that Joe Simpson has come out to his family after the dissolution of his three-decade marriage, because some 21-year-old punk-ass West Hollywood kid has been going around and "boasting" about dating the 54-year-old former youth pastor for at…

As is the case with many a dad/manager, I could have told you something was going on with former youth pastor and Baptist minister Joe Simpson. All those icky comments about daughter Jessica's breasts? That DUI he got in Sherman Oaks in August? His divorce from Tina, his wife of 34 years, late last month? Supposedly,…

Now all we need is a few close-ups of Prince William's bald spot and we can call it a day, because French gossip rag Closer has run a bunch of topless shots of Kate Middleton taken on the terrace of a private guest house during a vacation to Provence with Willz last week. (Click through for the NSFW shots, featuring…

Joe Simpson (Jessica's dad, duh) was arrested August 4 after taking a voluntary breathalyzer at a checkpoint on Ventura Blvd. He spent a night in jail and today was charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence. If convicted, he could face six months of jail time, a fine, and probation.

Today in Tweet Beat, Elizabeth Banks claims to have some Snooki in her. Plus, it's Thong Thursday of course.

We hear a lot about stage mothers, but some young stars — most recently Thora Birch — have to deal with stage dads too. And they can be even creepier.

Joe Simpson allegedly called John Mayer for a "man to man" discussion about his Playboy interview. Though John explained he called Jessica "sexual napalm" as a compliment, Joe said he shouldn't "even think of uttering Jessica's name again." [OK!]

Joe Simpson is developing a comedy series with Nickelodeon based on his own life. The show will center around one of two daughters, who begins imitating her psychologist-dad at school. The show has not yet been titled. Any suggestions? [US]