Even though she claims to be a good Christian girl and is now married, that did not stop Heidi Pratt (Montag) from The Hills from posing for Playboy. Although she doesn't appear nude in her cover or pictorial, her husband Spencer calls the photos "beautiful art." Heidi and Spencer claim that the pictures are high class and Spencer just raves about the way that Heidi looks. In fact the couple were so proud of the Playboy cover they brought a copy of the magazine to the premiere of G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra. The issue hits newsstands August 14th, which also happens to be Spencer's birthday.

Kelly Clarkson has come out in the new issue of SELF Magazine saying that her weight does fluctuate but she is fine with her weight and never had a problem with it. Well, it appears that SELF Magazine had a problem with it. If you compare pictures of the magazine cover with recent pictures of Clarkson performing on Good Morning America only a few weeks ago, there is a dramatic difference in the way that she looks. It looks like she had about 15-20 pounds Photoshopped off her for the cover of the magazine. SELF Editor-in-Chief Lucy Danziger says that they did touch up the pictures of Kelly but no more than what they do for other celebrity cover models. In a statement she says, "Kelly Clarkson exudes confidence, and is a great role model for women of all sizes and stages of their life. She works out and is strong and healthy, and our picture shows her confidence and beauty... We love this cover and we love Kelly Clarkson." I wonder what Kelly is thinking when she sees the pictures and how different she looks. Reminds me of the cover that Kate Winslet did for a magazine and they Photoshopped a good 15 pounds off her as well. If only Photoshop could be used in real life.

Sources:
www.usmagazine.com
www.foxnews.com

Big news for Grey's fans! Despite the ever-circulating rumors, it's been confirmed that Katherine Heigl is returning to Grey's Anatomy! Or, maybe this isn't such good news for you, since several fans are over Heigl's "too-good-for-the-show" attitude. What do readers think? Because like it or not, her BFF T.R. Knight might be off the show, but Izzy will return next season. No word for how many seasons though, so rumors could recirculate yet again at the season's end.

Other news has also surfaced, but it's yet to be confirmed. Twilight's Robert Pattison and Kristin Stewart have been photographed going out together with just the two of them...without their Twilight entourage. Rumors came out swirling even stronger when Stewart's supposed boyfriend, actor Michael Angarano, was photographed biking solo and looking rather sullen. But again, this hasn't been confirmed and no one knows for sure if Pattison and Stewart are dating - he's also been photographed making out with a newly divorced Emilie de Ravin at a beach in Hollywood.

Hollywood is the setting for *Lauren Conrad*'s new book, L.A. Candy, which she promoted on The View on Thursday, June 18. But she didn't really promote the book though. Instead, she further confirmed that The Hills is absolutely a scripted and staged show. Turns out that *Spencer Pratt*'s apologetic phone call to Conrad was fake, and she wasn't on the other end of the line. We can't really say that we were too surprised, though...

Not a week has a week gone by without Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt gracing the covers of a celebrity magazine or entertainment news television reel. The couple's turbulent on-again, off-again relationship began in the public eye on the reality television show The Hills. Though they appear to be the reality couple grabbing much of today's press, Montag and Pratt aren't the only couple who have tied the knot after having a very public wooing on reality television.

Trista and Ryan Sutter: The Bachelorette
Montag and Pratt might have had a little help from MTV in finding one another, but it was ABC that helped bring together Trista and Ryan Sutter. The couple met during the first season of The Bachelorette, with Ryan proposing to Trista at the end of the season. The couple did receive quite a bit of press attention, a la Montag and Pratt, both before and after their 2003 wedding. The arrival of their first child in 2007 brought the couple back into the spotlight, as has the arrival of baby No. 2—a girl born on April 3, 2009. It appears that despite the press attention they still receive at times, the Sutter family is able to make their much publicized wooing and union work.

Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich: Survivor
It wasn't The Bachelorette or The Hills that brought Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich together, but Survivor. The couple met on an all-star season of the hit reality show and fell in love. Though there was much speculation at the time about the sincerity behind the couple's relationship, they've proved that they are truly in love, and had a televised wedding. Their relationship, which does seem to be based in reality after all, is going on strong after four years of marriage. The couple makes public appearances, including a stint on Amazing Race, so they haven't faded from the public eye entirely.

If Montag and Pratt want to make a success of their marriage, they would do well to turn to Survivor's Mariano and Brkich and The Bachelorette's Trista and Ryan Sutter. These couples have managed to overcome the reality television odds and make their relationships work, and given Heidi and Spencer something to aim for.

SOURCES
US Weekly
AOL Television
The Hollywood Gossip

Fans of +The Hills +television show know how tumultuous the relationship of Heidi and Spencer can get. The way they are portrayed on the show seems like they have fights and disagreements rather often and that Spencer is controlling. Well, apparently that has not stopped the couple from eloping. Yes, Heidi and Spencer eloped to Mexico last week. And don't worry the cameras for The Hills caught the whole thing. But who didn't get to see the wedding? Heidi's family. Heidi's sister Holly and their mother are quite upset about the whole elopement and not getting to see Heidi get married. In fact, Holly and Heidi's mom didn't even find out from Heidi that she got married. They had to learn it from other people, including US Magazine that was there for the wedding. I feel sorry for Heidi's family. First of all she married Spencer, who wouldn't be my first pick in a man, and then they don't even get told by her. We'll all get to witness this firsthand when the 5th season of The Hills is on.

Something must be in the water on the set of How I Met Your Mother. First, actress Alyson Hannigan came out and announced that she was pregnant and expecting her first child in the spring. Now, her co-star on the show, Cobie Smulders, has announced that she is also pregnant. Cobie and her boyfriend, actor Taran Killam, are expecting their first child in late spring of 2009.

Another celebrity expecting his first child next year is Carson Daly. The talk show host will welcome his first child with his girlfriend Siri Pinter next spring. It appears that there is going to be a celebrity baby boom this coming year!

Sources:
www.people.com
www.usmagazine.com

The television show How I Met Your Mother is opening up its doors to reality television stars. Kim Kardashian, Kendra Wilkinson from The Girls Next Door, and Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag from *The Hills *will all appearance on an episode of How I Met Your Mother. The episode is being taped this week, so it likely will not air until sometime next year. The reality television guest stars will all be playing themselves in a fantasy sequence in the show. I guess these reality television stars are trying to increase their 15 minutes of fame into 20?

Comedian Adam Sandler and his wife, Jackie, welcomed their second daughter into the world. Sunny Madeline was born on November 2. Sandler wrote on his web site, "Everyone is happy and healthy." The couple already has one daughter, Sadie, who was born in 2006. The couple has been married since 2003. Can you imagine having Adam Sandler as a father? I just think that it would be so hard to take him seriously as a father. Who knows? He's probably a really good father, and I wish the family the best.

According to Jennifer Aniston's interview in the December issue of Vogue, Jennifer and her mother, Nancy, are slowing reconciling after years of estrangement. Aniston told the magazine that they first started talking again when Aniston went through her breakup with Brad Pitt in 2005. Aniston's states that her mother "has changed," and that "she's humbled with age." The past estrangement from her mother stemmed from a interview that her mother gave to a tabloid television show, and the book that she wrote, From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir, which was about Jennifer's and Nancy's relationship. I think it's a great thing when a mother and daughter can be brought back together, because a mother-daughter relationship is a bond that everybody needs.

Sources:
www.usmagazine.com
www.people.com

Well, there seems to be more drama in the hills with Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge. There is a rumor going around in the online world that Lauren hooked up with Audrina's on-and-off-again boyfriend Justin Bobby. Lauren is denying all the reports and rumors that she hooked up with Justin Bobby. In fact, it seems like she is blaming the one and only Spencer Pratt for spreading the rumor about her. Now, anyone who has watched "The Hills," knows that Lauren couldn't stand Justin Bobby, so why would she hook up with him? She always thought he was gross and that Audrina deserved better. For once, I actually believe Lauren and think she didn't do anything with Justin Bobby, and if she did then she has some problems!

Howard Stern is once again a married man. Stern married his fiancée, Beth Ostrosky on October 3 at Le Cirque restaurant in New York. Among the guests that attended the wedding were Jimmy Kimmel, Kelly Ripa, Silver Silverman, Joan Rivers, John Stamos and Barbara Walters. Best of all, they had actor Mark Consuelos act as the official of the wedding vows, while entertainers Billy Joel, Phoebe Snow and Pat Monahan all performed at the wedding. Who wants to bet how long this celebrity marriage is going to last? In my opinion, it will end the same way as Howard's first marriage did ... in divorce.

Finally, justice has been served. Former football player and actor O.J. Simpson has been found guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping. The verdict came down exactly 13 years after he was acquitted of murdering his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Simpson was convicted of all 12 counts against him for an incident that involved sports memorabilia in Las Vegas last year. The charges hold a mandatory 5 years in prison and up to a life sentence. Sentencing on this case will be held on Dec. 5 for Simpson.

Sources:
www.usmagazine.com
www.people.com

I'm sure you've heard the sad news about Christina Applegate being recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The famous blonde underwent a double mastectomy, which is a hard choice for any woman to make, but ultimately the best choice for her since she didn't want to take the chance of the disease coming back. Christina's own mother battled with two serious bouts of cancer, so she definitely knew what she was in for. She will be having reconstructive surgery and is looking forward to having a baby sometime in the near future as well with boyfriend, Martyn Lenoble. Let's hope this is the end of the cancer scare for Christina!

At this point, I'm not really surprised by much of anything that comes out of the mouth of Heidi Montag and her slimy boyfriend, Spencer Pratt. I know that the two will say just about anything for publicity. But the latest verbal fallout to spew from Speidi is that the clueless blonde couple actually wants to adopt children just like their A-list role models, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Can you imagine bikini-wearing Heidi Montag with a child from a Third World country? You know that orphaned children all over the world just went into hiding to save themselves from the fate of having Heidi and Spencer as their parents.

And finally, former model/talk show host, Tyra Banks, has been showing signs of diva behavior recently and even her Tyra Banks show studio audience is seeing it. Now I've personally never like Tyra Banks very much because she seemed incredibly self-obsessed. In fact, one of my favorite guilty pleasures is watching The Soup's Joel McHale mercilessly make fun of her on a weekly basis. But the latest story is that she actually went as far as keeping her studio audience waiting for over two hours while she chatted with the crew backstage. Then when she finally did head over to the stage, she didn't even bother to apologize to the audience for the long delay - she just started the show as if nothing had happened.

Sources: Celebitchy - http://celebitchy.com, TMZ - http://tmz.com, E! - http://eonline.com

Is it just me or are twins the latest fashion accessory in Hollywood?

Adding their names to the list of celebs who are expecting twins are Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn. The couple married last year and the twins will be their first children.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are running from the hills - the Hollywood Hills that is. The couple recently told Extra that they are shopping for some new digs away from all the drama that comes with being a reality TV star in Hollywood. Of course, this being Speidi, they were also quick to mention that the home they hope to buy is in the $15 million range (yeah, right) and will be the home where they raise their family in. I don't know if I buy the whole "getting away from the drama" story, my suspicion is that they're being run out of Hollywood. Makes more sense, doesn't it?

As if Ryan Seacrest hasn't already appeared on a million different TV shows, he's now eligible for an appearance on Discovery Channel's Shark Week. That's right, Ryan Seacrest was actually bitten by a shark while he was hanging out on the beach wearing his sexy swim trunks recently. Luckily, Ryan's shark bite didn't prove to be too bad - he was back on the air later that day bragging about it and asking for an Advil. What do you want to bet we hear about this shark bite for years to come from Ryan?

Rumor has it that the Gossip Girl stars Penn Badgley and Blake Lively are heating things up by constantly touching each other and making out on set that it's making the other cast and crew members very uncomfortable. Not only that, but now that Penn Badgley has a new love interest on the show, Blake is becoming incredibly possessive to the point that nobody is talking to the new girl in fear of upsetting Blake. Anybody else see a cat fight in the future?

As if Lindsay Lohan 's life wasn't already drama-filled, her dad, Michael Lohan, just dropped a major bomb on her and the rest of the Lohan clan. It seems that Michael hooked up with another woman during one of his "off" periods with ex-wife Dina Lohan and actually fathered a daughter with the other woman. Which means that somewhere out there is a Lohan half-sister that the world didn't know about. Michael Lohan has said that his love child even has some of the classic Lohan features. Wonder how LiLo is going to handle this one? And more importantly, how does the secret Lohan sister feel about being a Lohan? Of course, Michael is really only a father in the technical sense, he hasn't provided any sort of financial support to the other daughter (not that he provides any financial support to his kids with Dina either).

Russell Simmons will have to fork over $40,000 a month in child support to Kimora Lee Simmons for his two daughters. Now $40,000 is about what most regular people make in a year, much less in a month. I guess baby fur coats and kiddie spa treatments don't come cheap these days.

Mary-Kate Olsen made an appearance on Letterman for her new movie, The Wackness, where she revealed that she actually went to school with one-half of the World's Most Hated and Vomit-Inducing Couple, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag. Apparently, Spencer had a reputation even in his high school days. She said that he was on the soccer team and would often lose his temper and walk off the field during games. She even agreed when Letterman asked her if she thought Spencer was "wormy." Spencer, ever the gentleman, responded to Mary-Kate's comment by saying that it must be tough being the less-attractive Olsen twin. I think he's forgetting that Mary-Kate could buy him up in a heartbeat if she wanted to.

And guess who's playing matchmaker for Britney Spears now? Her buddy, *Mel Gibson*! It seems that Mel is eager to set Britney up with one of his sons. He thinks the two would have a lot in common seeing as how they've both had stints in rehab. Yeah, somehow I don't think that's the kind of thing you want to lead with when you're trying to set two people up. Thank goodness that Britney was smart enough to say, "No thanks."

Sources:
TMZ - http://tmz.com
OK Magazine - http://okmagazine.com
US Magazine - http://usmagazine.com
Celebitchy - http://celebitchy.com

The Hills are alive with the sound of... spin-offs? Certainly looks that way. An inside source from the MTV hit show, The Hills, is saying that Whitney Port will be getting her own Hills spin-off series. The yet-to-be-named series will follow Whitney Port as she moves up at fashion PR company, People's Revolution and makes friends on both the East and West coast. Hey, it could've been worse - MTV could've offered Heidi and Spencer their own show as they plan their wedding and get booed at event after event.

One person who doesn't think that Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's wedding is a good idea (and really who does) is fellow Hills co-star, Audrina Patridge. Audrina was recently asked her opinion about the rumored nuptials and she expressed some concern about the fact that Heidi was still really too young to be married and suggested that the couple try living together for a year to see if they could make it through that without breaking up saying, "Once you're married, you're married."

Hollywood hottie, Vin Diesel, recently became a dad! He and his model girlfriend, Paloma Jimenez, welcomed their new baby girl into the world back in April. So that means it is possible to give birth in Hollywood without lavish baby showers, photo shoots and paparazzi. Who knew?

We all knew it was coming, but the on-again/off-again couple, Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff have officially called it quits. The two first met on the set of Dancing with the Stars and dated for two years afterwards. Karina Smirnoff dodged rumors of a possible romance with her last dancing partner, R&B star Mario, all last season but denied anything happened. Twenty bucks says she hooks up with the new Mario within the next month.

You know how they says that dogs are great judges of character? Well, what do you think it means when you adopt a new puppy and they make a run for it one week later? That's exactly what happened with former America's Next Top Model judge, Janice Dickinson and her newly adopted pup. She adopted a chocolate lab pup from LA celebrity pet store, Pets of Bel-Air, and now has no idea where it's run off to. This is the same pet store that made headlines in 2007 when it was accused of re-selling dogs from puppy mills. I guess the little pup couldn't handle living with the "world's first supermodel".

Shania Twain is speaking out for the first time since announcing her separation from husband of fourteen years, Robert "Mutt" Lange. She recently posted a message on her website thanking her fans for the letters and emails that she's received expressing their support and encouragement. She says that she has a lot to say, but wants to do it the best way she knows how - through music. I wonder if this means that we should expect the next great bitter break-up inspired song from the pop-country queen. Wouldn't that be the best revenge - creating a hit album without the help of her producer-husband? Can't wait to hear it!

Sources:
Access Hollywood - http://accesshollywood.com
US Weekly - http://usweekly.com
Pop Squire - http://popsquire.com
People - http://people.com