TOMKAT: INSIDE THEIR BABY BATTLE  —  At a time when Katie Holmes, 27, and Tom Cruise, 43, should be blissfully anticipating their child, "there's lots of stress in their home.  The baby is due any day, but they haven't come to an agreement on the birthing site," says an old friend of Katie.

Phil Collins and Wife Split Up  —  For now, they'll go on living "Separate Lives."  Singer Phil Collins and his wife of six years, Orianne, have decided to separate, the couple said in a joint statement on Wednesday.  —  Collins will continue to live in Switzerland to be near to his two young children …

Lachey & Cavallari Meet Again  —  Last week after Nick Lachey and Kristin Cavallari were spotted together, she said they were "just friends."  But they were spotted together again over the weekend, PEOPLE reports in its latest issue.  —  The pair were seen having a drink together …

The Glamour (Sigh, Whine) of Heartbreak  —  Thanks to a nation of enthusiastic high-school kids, emo bands are everywhere; plaintive punk has become the soundtrack of white adolescence.  Thanks to a nation of enthusiastic downloaders, sexually explicit images of celebrities are everywhere, too.

Britney Spears Has Table Manners  —  Before she took off to Hawaii to get chubbier, or more pregnant, Britney Spears had yet another public display of trashiness.  She was eating at a fancy Los Angeles restaurant and decided her table was as good a place as any to change Sean Preston's dirty diaper.

Tom Green Hospitalized in Central America  —  Tom Green was hospitalized for two broken ribs on Monday after being hit by a wave on a beach in Central America, the comedian's manager, Howard Lapides, confirmed to PEOPLE.  —  Green, who was released from the hospital Tuesday, calls the incident a …

Madonna Must Be Joking  —  Although her "special working relationship" with record producer Stuart Price was allegedly the cause of the her recent marital problems, the real cause may have something to do with the story that Madonna has decided that her husband, film director Guy Ritchie …

Rockers Irate at Hall of Fame Induction … Backbiting by Blondie members and a bitter letter from the absent Sex Pistols helped color Monday night's 21st annual induction ceremony of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in New York's Waldorf-Astoria ballroom.  —  Also inducted: Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd and jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.

JENNIFER'S FURY AT EX-ROOMIE'S SLUR!  —  Jennifer Aniston has hit back at an ex-roommate for allegedly revealing some of her most intimate secrets.  Budding author Nancy Balbirer, 40, made her thinly veiled attack in a New York City bar where she read out a story about "Jane" — who bears striking similarities to Aniston.

Is 'Skating With Celebrities' Winner Kristy Swanson Pregnant?  —  Is Kristy Swanson showing a baby bump?  The former Playboy cover girl was once best known for her role as the original Buffy in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  —  Now she may be best known for her 'Skating …

Sienna Miller Nude Pirelli Video and Pictures  —  In light of the recent Sienna Miller post about the downward spiral of her self-control, the appearance of this video from her Pirelli calendar photoshoot couldn't be more apropos.  It features a scantily clad (meaning almost nude) …

Will Ferrell is not dead, not paragliding  —  Earlier this morning, a press release was put on i-Newswire, a free online press release distribution service, claiming that Will Ferrell died in a paragliding accident yesterday.  Here is the first sentence of the release:

Jessica Simpson Eyes 'Lovers & Players' For Movie Role  —  Super sexy Jessica Simpson is reportedly in love the novel 'Lovers & Players' as it is so "steamy and sleazy and fun," Star People reports.  —  She is so in love with Jackie Collins' novel, that she wants it developed into a movie so she can play the female lead.

JESSICA SIMPSON SET FOR REPUBLICAN DINNER  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee has snagged the wholesome, blonde and buxom Jessica Simpson to attend its fundraising gala on Thursday.  House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is the lucky guy who gets to sit next to the "Dukes of Hazzard" star.

Memo Pad: Wenner In Honcho Hunt? ...  Black Cuts In At Tango  —  WENNER IN HONCHO HUNT?:  The high rate of top-level turnover at Wenner Media is proving a boon to the executive recruitment industry.  As headhunter Beth Peelle continues to canvass the magazine world for a new Rolling Stone publisher …

LINDSAY TO BE LOUIS VUITTON'S NEW FACE!  —  Lindsay Lohan, 19, will be the new face of French fashion house Louis Vuitton, a friend of Lindsay's exclusively tells Star.  The deal has yet to be officially announced, but fashion industry bible Women's Wear Daily reported on March 8 …

Del Toro is The Wolf Man  —  Universal Pictures will scare up a new version of its horror classic The Wolf Man, with Benicio Del Toro playing the title role, reports Variety.  —  Se7en screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker has begun writing the script.  Scott Stuber, Rick Yorn, Mary Parent and Del Toro will produce.

Sharon Stone Nude Scenes are Disturbing  —  Sharon Stone wants you to know that her nude scenes in Basic Instinct 2 are probably going to scare the hell out of you.  In an interview with The Evening Standard, Stone described her full frontal nude scene as "startling," "distrubing," "threatening," "brazen," and even "masculine."

Hurt to show violent side in 'Brooks'  —  William Hurt, who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in "A History of Violence," has been cast opposite Kevin Costner in "Mr. Brooks," a psychological thriller that Bruce Evans is directing for MGM.  —  Costner will play Brooks …