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Happy Monday Kiddies and away I go.

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks celebrated her birthday by getting herself tattooed.  The singer turned 18 at the end of last year and decided to have her brother Phillippi’s initials and her favorite bible verse etched on her. She now has ‘PJ’ tattooed behind her left ear and ‘Timothy 4:12′ on her wrist. She admits the verse is very important to her: “It says `Don’t let anyone look down on you because you’re young, and instead set an example in life, faith, speech and purity.’ “It’s a daily reminder. I like it.” How Ironic. It’s like rain on a rainy day.

So who is ready for a good Britney story. Sam Lutfi reportedly has agreed to keep his distance from troubled U.S. pop star Britney Spears for another month. Lutfi, a member of the singer’s entourage sometimes described in media reports as her manager, hasn’t been allowed to have any contact with the recording artist since last month. A temporary restraining order keeping him away from Spears was set to expire Monday, however, Lutfi has agreed to keep his distance for another month and the pact between representatives for Lutfi and Spears’ family is expected to be approved by a Los Angeles court, People.com reported. Yeah, another step in the right direction Britney. Way to go. Keep it up.

Speaking of Miss Brit-Brit. The Lovely retired Pop Star and Mel Gibson shared their troubles over dinner on Saturday. The odd couple was spotted entering and leaving Russian restaurant Romanov in Studio City, Los Angeles within minutes of each other, and staff later confirmed they dined together for almost two hours. It is not known why the pair met for dinner, but both have been the subjects of media scrutiny in the past two years – Gibson was vilified for anti-Semitic remarks he made to a Jewish traffic cop during a drink driving arrest, while Spears’ erratic behavior and child custody battle has long been a tabloid staple. Wow, that is kind of strange. Does anyone else see Doomsday Coming?

Halle Berry and her partner, model Gabriel Aubry, are celebrating after welcoming a baby girl into the world on Sunday. The Catwoman star gave birth at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. It’s the first child for the 41-year-old and her model/restaurateur beau.  Berry recently cooed about her pregnancy, stating, “I want to stay pregnant forever”.  The Monster’s Ball star met 32-year-old Aubry on a photo shoot for Versace in 2005; the couple announced the pregnancy in September. Wow, I am kind of sad. I loved her pregnancy boobs. Maybe she will breast feed like Christina.

World’s greatest rocker Paul McCartney was ordered on Monday to pay his estranged wife Heather Mills 24.3 million pounds ($48.7 million) after an acrimonious divorce battle.  McCartney, 65, married the former model and charity campaigner Mills, 40, in 2002 but they split four years later, blaming media intrusion into their private lives. They have a daughter, Beatrice, aged four. Speaking outside the court, Mills criticized McCartney’s lawyer, accusing her of handling the case badly and of calling her names. “I am so glad it is over,” she added. “We are very, very pleased.” Oh I just home there is a gag order on her. There has just got to be.

2 more than I am done for the day.

File this under the bad ideas box underneath the toilet. Paris Hilton is joining Benji Madden and his band Good Charlotte when the rockers kick off an international tour next week.  The 27-year-old heiress has been with the guitarist – bandmate and twin brother of Nicole Ritchie’s partner Joel – for just over a month, but she is convinced their new romance will be able to survive life on the road. She tells People magazine, “We’re actually leaving in a couple days for South Africa, so I’ll be with him. “I’m just happy to be together, so no matter where we are, we’ll have a great time.” Wow the Hollywood dating pool is just getting smaller and smaller.

And finally, cooked up a rock ‘n’ roll bash in Austin, Texas – drawing revelers at the annual South by Southwest music festival who were treated to Mexican food and a performance by her husband’s band. Called The Feedback Showcase, Ray’s Saturday night party at Beauty Bar was all about music, fun and, of course, food. “We both love Austin so much and we just wanted to come visit the city again and have some fun,” Ray told people.com about her trip with hubby John Cusimano.

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Happy Thursday Kiddies and might I add. Can it be an more pretty out?

Diddy is launching a car service for intoxicated celebs – a service that is perhaps long overdue. Us Weekly reports that the hip-hop mogul is looking out for his fellow celebrities who enjoy drinking. “After partnering with Ciroc vodka, he wants to make sure everyone’s partying responsibly,” his rep tells Us. One campaign goal? “Making sure nobody gets arrested!” Combs, the father of twins, says. Why? “Making sure nobody gets arrested!” Combs said. Wow, look at Diddy manning up. Make sure La Lohan has your digits on speed dial.

Us Weekly reports that Melissa Joan Hart brought a new son into her family on Wednesday, with her husband Mark Wilkerson. The couple made the announcement on her Myspace page. Braydon Hart Wilkerson was born at 3 p.m. Weight at birth was 7 pounds, 3 ounces.  The couple has another son, Mason, who just turned two in January. Hart told Us Weekly in January that being pregnant again is a lot easier than when she was pregnant with Mason, because she has experience. “With your first pregnancy, you’re reading all the books, learning all the rules. And then, of course, the baby comes and you’re like, ‘Woo! Hello, here it is,’” she said. “The first time, I was so scared. Everyone rants, ‘Don’t do that, don’t eat that.’ I thought it was important to play music twice a day for 10 minutes, write in my journal, stuff like that. Even when she was Preggers I would still totally hit that.

Us Magazine reports that the Ventura County Fire Department has released a 911 call that prompted paramedics to rush to actress Heather Locklear’s L.A.-area home on Saturday night. A man who said he was a doctor said: “I have a patient and I have a feeling she’s suicidal, and I want someone to go there.” Within fifteen minutes the man called twice regarding Locklear. “I called in earlier through 911 to L.A. and was transferred to Ventura County,” he said. “I’m not sure if that call went through or not.” He then asked the emergency workers to call him back. “I want to know if someone has gone there and that she’s OK,” the doctor said. No not uber-hottie Amanda from Melrose, she can’t be suicidal. Maybe she is because she dated David Spade.

REM front man Michael Stipe paid an emotional tribute to tragic Heath Ledger – before launching into one of the actor’s favorite songs. The band dedicated their track “Until The Day Is Done” to Ledger in front of a packed crowd at Stubbs’s Barbecue during their stint at Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest festival on Wednesday. A visibly upset Stipe announced, “This is dedicated to Heath Ledger who loved this song,” before shouting at the end, “Goodbye Heath, we loved you!” Ledger suffered a fatal accidental overdose of prescription drugs in his New York apartment on January 22. He was 28. Way to man up Michael, and still have an influence over people. Oh wait, it is not 1994.

Top comedian Larry the Cable Guy has become the unlikely face of weight loss company NutriSystem. The star, real name Dan Whitney, has lost 50 pounds using the NutriSystem program, and he is so pleased with the results he’s decided to help promote the firm in a series of print and TV advertisements. In a post on his website, the comic jokes, “Now I look just like Brad Pitt, only totally different.” The ads will be made public later this month. Eh he is no Valerie Bertenelli or Jeff Foxworthy.

2 more and then I am out the door. Ashlee Simpson graces the cover of the latest makeover bonus issue of Us Weekly, and she tells the magazine that she’s never been unhappy with her looks. “I used to look at a beautiful girl on the cover of a magazine and think I could never be that,” she told the magazine. And what about that rumored rhinoplasty? “I think as long as people have two eyes, then you probably know the answer,” she told Us. So wait, she is still to admit the obvious that she got a nose job. But I would love to get a nose job from her. No wait, that is a bl*wj*b.

And finally, According to the Hollywood Reporter, the CW is fast-tracking development of a spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210, everyone’s favorite ’90s high-drama soap opera. The Aaron Spelling-produced hit, which starred Jason Priestly, Jennie Garth, daughter Tori Spelling, Shannon Doherty, Luke Perry, Brian Austin Green, Gabrielle Carteris and Ian Ziering, enjoyed a heyday on FOX from 1990 to 2000, following the lives of privileged teens. Darren Star, creator of 90210 and its original spin-off, Melrose Place, is reportedly not involved with the new venture. See comment I made about REM and Michael Stipe.

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PS Wait, was this an entire post with no Britney Update?

Happy Tuesday (Tuesday yeah I know I am a slacker, but now you have my undivided attention.)

Pop Megastar Janet Jackson is down with the flu, Usmagazine.com reported Tuesday.  Jackson has been busy promoting her latest album Discipline, which is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart. Usmagazine.com cited a source who said the singer was taken to a Los Angeles hospital late Monday night because she was experiencing a shortness of breath. But her representative assured the magazine: “Janet is fine. She’s just battling this flu like everyone else. TMZ.com said Jackson has canceled plans to perform on this week’s SNL. I guess this means no Nipple-gate 2008. Hey that rhymed.

Britney Spears will play a secretary in her forthcoming cameo in sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The show’s star Neil Patrick Harris has revealed all about Spears’ forthcoming acting foray, dubbing her part a “very interesting role.” He says, “I was shocked that Madame Spears was willing to come and do some acting! She hasn’t acted in a while. She plays the secretary to another girl that Ted (played by Josh Radnor) is after. “It will be very unlike any Britney we have seen before, and we have seen a lot of Britney recently.” Um, let the come-back trail begin. I laughed big time when she was on Will and Grace 2 years ago.

Speaking of Britney, Justin got a little revenge on her last night. Justin Timberlake was inducting Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday night with a saucy speech that dubbed her a control freak and revealed how the “Material Girl” once gave him a vitamin injection in the backside. Justin called Britney a Madonna “wannabe” in his cheeky monologue at the ceremony at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. After silencing whooping fans, by shouting, “Shut up, it’s not about me tonight,” Timberlake – who produced Madonna’s latest album Hard Candy – said, “People always ask if she is the control freak people say she is. Hell yeah” Oh wow, that’s it Justin. Earn your dirty laundry for all of us freaks to see.

I really should do more reports for The Hills, So. Lc’s BFF trusty sidekick Audrina Partridge will take the stage alongside the Las Vegas Pussycat Dolls show inside Pure Nightclub on March 28 to celebrate the new season of The Hills. Sources tell PEOPLE that Partridge will don the skimpy burlesque outfit that the Dolls are famous for. Exactly what she will do during the show has yet to be Determined, but previous celebrity hosts have sung, danced in a champagne glass, and swung from the ceiling on a swing. Woohoo. Anyone who goes, please video tape and put it on you tube because I don’t think I can fit it into my schedule.

Nearly three and half years after they swapped “I dos” at their corporate-sponsored wedding, Star Jones and Al Reynolds are calling it quits. The National Enquirer reports the legal diva sent Al his walking papers a month ago. A rep for Jones says the report is false, but the Enquirer goes on to say, “They hadn’t been seeing eye to eye for months and had already spent a great deal of time apart,” a friend of the couple told the Enquirer. “Finally, Star decided it was over. She told Al at the end of January that he had 30 days to get his act together or ‘get out.’” I wonder if it is because he loves the ween?

Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Island,” is serving six months’ unsupervised probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana in her car. She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving. Under a plea agreement, three misdemeanor counts — driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance — were dropped. Yeah, even washed up has-beens are potheads. Hooray. I bet if she and Gilligan ever smoked out the SS Minnow?

And finally, Women of the world who pine for George Clooney: breathe easy. The “Michael Clayton” star is not engaged, says his longtime rep Stan Rosenfield. The British Marie Claire reported that Clooney and his girlfriend of nearly a year, Sarah Larson, are going to tie the knot this summer at the actor’s home in Lake Como, Italy. “There is no truth to reports,” his rep says, pointing out that the false news originated with an Italian restaurant owner. Oh, and I thought he was going to take the plunge finally. Oh Well!

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