First things first: John Mayer and Cameron Diaz. Now this is a match-up that kind of make sense! In terms of fame level, age, classiness and shared social awareness, it works. But the two most important parts of the John+Cameron rumor are: Cameron is not Jessica Simpson, and John is not Justin Timberlake. This means that John Mayer may actually be pursuing a woman he considers an intellectual equal, rather than a puppet whose identity he can morph into his own. And it is an opportunity for Cameron to finally show Justin that she is over him - and reciprocate a dose of the jealousy that Justin has likely been rousing in her with his multiple rebounds immediately following their January split. After raising the red flag by dining together on August 14, Cameron and John have supposedly been seen "all over each other" around New York the last couple weeks and insiders have asserted that the rumors "are definitely true." Wonder how Miss Simpson is feeling right about now...

Next most interesting couple: Adrian Grenier and Paris Hilton. Now wtf is the deal there? The Entourage star and hotel heiress turned heads when they attended a special screening of Leo DiCaprio's environmental documentary "The 11^th Hour" in early August. Since then they have been seen surfing and frolicking in the ocean outside Paris's Malibu beach house and going out to the movies in a very "date-like" manner. Paris laughs off romance rumors, while Adrian has chalked up their uber-togetherness to be "research" for his supposed documentary about the relationship between celebrities and the media. Adrian tells E!Online he's "not ready to talk about" his documentary, but that Paris "has a light...that everyone focuses on." Wow, what an articulate guy!

No doubt Paris is a great place to start his research, but has Paris's "light" captivated Adrian in more ways than just as a business partner or research piece? Let's take a look at their body language - bodies turned inward in that V-like manner of intimacy, eyes locked, giddy smiles on their faces?! Yup, they are definitely digging each other. I'd almost call it cute - they are like two bashful teenagers falling into puppy love and self-conscious about all the eyes on them. Or is it just Paris's usual gaiety and Adrian's awe at all that paparazzi attention? Not even Adrian's buddy Kevin Connolly knows the truth at this point, but I'm putting my money on them screwing some time real soon.

If things don't work out between Paris and Adrian, Britney Spears would be the perfect research substitute. Ain't nobody got a "light" the paparazzi likes to follow like Britney. And as 50 cent recently pointed out, getting inside her life isn't always a challenge. Her latest leech is Mindfreak star Criss Angel, who quickly earned himself celebrity-wannabe status after dating Cameron Diaz and Lindsay Lohan within the same month. Although the angelic illusionist has been seen leaving Britney's home and hotel room as late as 4 in the morning since their initial mid-August dinner date, Criss has declared that there is no romance. "We're not together. Her manager is my manager, and I'm helping with her appearance on MTV," he tells People Magazine, adding "It's amazing how you can't do anything now without people making up stuff." Cry us a river, why dontcha Mr. Angel. People are already pretty much over the Criss+Britney rumors anyways, since a lot more shiznit has gone down since then...like Britney fleeing the country and being spotted throughout Europe...and today's release of some of her new (and very dark) music. What do YOU think of the new single?

In other news, Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are definitely back on. Both actors were spotted in Martha's Vineyard with their families and have more recently been rendezvousing on dinner dates and sleepovers around Los Angeles. Glad to hear Reese is keeping her distance from ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, who has been busy sparking romance rumors of his own with Abbie Cornish, the co-star who he supposedly had an affair with back in his married days. I will say one thing for Ryan - he seems to be a pretty responsible dad - but other than that, he really is kind of a douchebag!

Men all over America can be devastated by the news that Jessica Alba has reunited with her recent ex, Cash Warren. Or perhaps they never even broke up. Either way, they shared a nauseatingly romantic walk on the beach in L.A.'s Pacific Palisades near yesterday. Sorry boys!

Jessica Biel and JT are still getting steamy all over the world during Justin's summer concert tour. The twosome have been spotted jogging in Copenhagen, dining in Sweden, and clubbing back in Hollywood. This month there have been reports that Justin is getting so serious about Jessica that he asked her to move in with him and gave her a "promise ring." Then again, there have also been reports that Justin is very not serious and that his womanizing ways haven't changed a bit. Neither report is convincing. While Justin does tend to be the relationship type, he is still rebounding from his 4-year relationship with Cameron and has only been dating Jessica since February. Not to mention that he is on top of the world right now - with the notoriety and success he's enjoying, he could probably have any woman he wants. No wonder people have been calling him "arrogant" and "conceited" lately...

Zac Efron confused people by kissing Hairspray co-star Nikki Blonsky during a live cast interview in July, which then started rumors that he had dumped girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens for the more voluptuous co-star. This is of course not the case, as the kiss was only in jest. Kinda cute that Zac and Nikki can play around like that...hopefully Vanessa is as cool with it as they are!

That's all for the Hollywood romance rumors. There are of course a crapload of other break-ups and make-ups happening in Hollywood, but who really wants to hear about Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker?

Stay Tuned, kids!

My Favorite Topic!

A week after getting naked in front of the cameras with a 21-year old extra from her disastrous new music video, Britney Spears is now in the midst of being sued for custody by ex-back-up-dancer-husband Kevin Federline. This means that she is seeing everyone around her subpoenaed to testify about what a bad mother she is. She is comforting herself by buying "a puppy a day" and planning repeated, disastrous "comebacks". In other Britney news, I think her head has gone through a pretty interesting evolution since the big shave-off.

Let's take a look:

Stage 1: Shaves Head and then just walks around bald or in a dirty gray hoodie for a while.

Stage 2: Wears any number of hideous hats and wigs hat-wigs to cover bald head and what must have been embarrassingly rat-like hair re-growth.

Stage 3: Gets extensions, but keeps roots hidden with hideous hat or equally hideous selection of bandanas.

Stage 4: The Pink Wig (need we say more)

Stage 5: Brit has finally removed the bandana. You can kind of start to see that she actually has a pretty face in the picture on the left!

Nicole Richie has breasts now. This is big news to everybody, mostly because nobody has any idea what the hell else is going on with her besides that. Shortly after she was convicted of her DUI 3 weeks ago, it was rumored that she was going to jump right into her 5-day jail sentence - while 5 months pregnant! But nope, it didn't actually happen. Instead, she did a Joel Madden-accompanied interview with Diane Sawyer and spilled on a few things - mostly just about how she's not doing drugs with baby. Not even heroin! Go Nicole!

Paris Hilton has become the ultimate philanthropist. The ultimate. She has been doing all sorts of charitable things lately. She has also been talking about it. As part of her image makeover, she has sold her Hollywood hills mansion and only smoked pot in public once since jail. But no, the philanthropy has not taken the party girl out of Paris completely - she seems to have thrown a party at her Malibu beach house practically every weekend this summer. At least it gives the paparazzi the opportunity to snap shots of celebrities in their bikinis - Paris really is a philanthropist!

Lindsay Lohan was spotted for the first time today since her relapse/car chase/arrest. Supposedly she is actually in rehab somewhere. Meanwhile, her lawyers are stuck dealing with the lawsuit filed by the mother of her former assistant - who Lindsay was chasing when she was pulled over. I'm still wondering exactly why she was chasing the assistant who had already quit on her ass - to convince her to come back to work?? To demand it? Dude, Lindsay is crazy as crazy gets. Poor girl. Since she's been out of the limelight, her mom and dad have been soaking up most of the attention lately - whether they mean to or not. While they have each pretty much earned the "worst parent ever" title independently of one another, Dina and Michael have taken up the practice of blaming each other for all of their daughter’s problems. Way to come together in amidst family crisis!

People are now predicting that Hayden Panettiere will be the next Lindsay Lohan (which Hayden is not happy about). I'm not really seeing it. Hayden seems to have a pretty good head on her shoulders, but then again, so did Lindsay back in 2003 before she lost 15 pounds and became a coke addict.

How about a little mention for the Brits too. Pete Doherty is such a basket case - how a guy as pasty, scrawny and generally unattractive as Pete ever snagged supermodel Kate Moss is beyond me. But not as far out as him cheating on her regularly, Kate sticking with him for years in spite of it, and him now trying to sell her out. Since the break-up, Pete has kept himself busy getting arrested on a regular basis for drugs. . . big surprise there...and all the more reason for Kate to ditch him for good!

Lily Allen is banned from America and has been showing people how pissed she is about that by regularly kicking things and showing the camera her nipples.

Amy Winehouse takes the cake though - last week she overdosed on heroin, coke, ecstasy and a horse tranquilizer. yes, a horse tranquilizer. Amy overdosed so bad that she collapsed, was rushed to the hospital, had her stomach pumped, and needed an adrenaline injection to come back to life. Two days later, and after releasing a sincere statement about how life-changing her death scare had been, she was caught with the heroin AGAIN by her best friend - at which point her family stopped listening to her say "no, no, no" to rehab and sent her ass packing - along with her druggie hubby Blake Filder-Civil. Damnit Amy, don't ruin a good thing - you've got real talent, woman!

Newly engaged Eddie Murphy is firing back at Melanie Brown for slapping him with lawsuits and calling him a bad daddy. I can't wait to hear his explanation for pretending Mel's baby wasn't even his!

More lawsuits! Foxy Brown is accused of throwing her Blackberry at her neighbor. Rocker/monster Marilyn Manson is being sued by band mate Stephen Bier Jr. for using band money to buy random crap like his ex-wife Dita Von Teese's engagement ring. Dita, by the way, is now talking about what a terrible husband Marilyn was and how glad she is to be single. Meanwhile, Marilyn's new girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood - who looks unshockingly similar to Dita - is getting pissy about being made fun of for dating the the freakish middle-aged outcast. She says: "I'm sorry if I have blonde hair and blue eyes and my boyfriend looks like a vampire. What do you want me to do about it?" You tell 'em Evan! On a side note, isn't it funny that Marilyn has a woman's name and Evan has a man's name?

Finally - Tara Reid is scaring people by bearing her "tummy" (if you can call it that) in bikinis and showing up at paparazzi events lately.

Well, that's pretty much the best Hollywood dirt goin' on lately. But I will be sure to check back in and let you know if Spencer Pratt starts a catfight with Lauren Conrad!

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Who's side are you on?

Today I heard Heidi Montag's and Spencer Pratt's second radio interview in 48 hours - an interview which was used predominantly to bash the couple's former Hills co-star Lauren Conrad.

On the Ryan Seacrest show this morning, Spencer and Heidi said they were "shocked" and outraged by Lauren Conrad's recent 6-page interview in a recent issue of Us Magazine. Lauren's interview is one of few scenarios in which the reality star has opened up, and she definitely does spill some nasty gossip - but the backlash from Heidi and Spencer seems a bit over the top.

Spencer Pratt quickly responded to the publication with a seething rant on his website which starts off with "for all you haters" and takes some pretty sever jabs at LC, calling her "boyfriend stealer", "desperate loser" and "pathetic wannabe fashion designer." He also attacks Lauren's love life, confirming the existence of a sex tape and claiming that three of LC's previous boyfriends call her "beef curtains."

More childish name-calling was doled out during Spencer's interview with Ryan Seacrest this morning, in which he stated that he has no remorse for his blog: "that was just one page, if I had written 6 then we would be even." For her part, Heidi had little to say about her former BFF other than to point the blame at Lauren for making her choose between Spencer and her friend. "It's very sad in a way how everything happened but, you know, it is what it is and I'm not the one who chose this, you know, it was her," said Heidi.

To most of us who have ever watched even 15 minutes of The Hills, what is really sad is that Heidi is too dimwitted to see what Lauren did see - that Spencer was threatened by Lauren's skepticism of his womanizing ways and prompted Spencer to manipulate the two girls against each other.

It should speak volumes that the LC vs. Heidi feud has split more favorably toward the LC team. Hills co-stars Whitney Port and Audrina Patridge have shown such loyalty to Lauren that Heidi had to arrange a separate photoshoot for the third season premiere. And now Brody Jenner has joined the LC bandwagon, effectively breaking off his ten-year friendship with Spencer and joining the anti-Spencer ranks, along with Joel Madden and Nicole Richie. Last month Joel Madden was so infuriated by inflammatory comments Spencer had made about Nicole's weight that he was ready to throw down in the middle of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Not that Spencer or Heidi are likely to mind that sort of media attention. Although Heidi fiercely denies that she has been focusing her career on anything but her music recording, much of her behavior would suggest otherwise. Both she and Spencer have set off "attention whore" alarms by groping each other publicly and crashing events where they knew LC was present. And why wouldn't the couple try to generate publicity for themselves? After all, Lauren was the show's epicenter for two whole season's of Laguna Beach before Heidi entered the picture merely as Lauren's college roommate. And Spencer Pratt, who only managed to appear on the show after manipulating his way into Heidi's life, has used the show to launch multiple careers which include managing Heidi Montag and his reality co-star Brody Jenner, who also appeared on The Hills as one of LC's aforementioned exes.

Season 3 of The Hills airs next Monday, August 13th, and it should be interesting to see how it all goes down. Is Spencer really as much of an asshole as he seems? Is Lauren really as sweet as she acts on-camera? Is Heidi really that dumb? The show may be scripted, but for what it's worth, this feud seems pretty real. Let's see just how juicy it will get!