Brooke on Cruise Baby: 'Irony Is Perfect'  —  April 18 is a day that will go down in irony - as even Brooke Shields is noting.  —  Both Shields and Katie Holmes - the fiancée of Shields's one-time debating opponent Tom Cruise - not only had babies on that day two weeks ago …

Magician Spending Week in Water Bubble  —  NEW YORK - Take a deep breath.  David Blaine's latest stunt is spending a week living in an 8-foot acrylic sphere filled with water.  —  The 33-year-old magician, shirtless and with an oxygen tube in his mouth, slid into his snow globe-like "human aquarium" Monday at Lincoln Center.

Halle Berry May Join Hollywood's Latest Trend  —  Halle Berry says she wants to adopt a child — someday.  "I will adopt if it doesn't happen for me naturally," the 39-year-old actress said in a recent interview with TV newsmagazine "Extra."  "I will definitely adopt.

A DIM 'VIEW' OF STAR'S FUTURE  —  May 2, 2006 — NOW that Rosie O'Donnell is joining "The View," Star Jones may be on her way out.  Sources say Jones fashioned herself to be the next Meredith Vieira on the show and wanted to be the moderator of the crew - but grande dame Barbara Walters wasn't going to let that happen.

Sopranos Chef Lands in Hot Water  —  Actor John Ventimigli - who plays restaurant owner Artie Bucco on The Sopranos - was arrested for drunken driving and cocaine possession on Monday near his Brooklyn home, authorities tell the New York Post.  —  The actor admitted to cops he drank four glasses …

Cooper's own sad story  —  Anderson Cooper has traveled the globe covering war and famine and disaster, but he's been reluctant to report on his own family tragedy - until now.  —  In his new memoir, "Dispatches From the Edge," Cooper writes that reporting the horrors of Hurricane Katrina cracked open …

Keith Richards Released from Hospital  —  Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is rolling again - making "a speedy recovery" after being injured while on vacation, says the band's spokeswoman.  —  Adds Auckland's Ascot Hospital duty manager Geoff Sparks: "I can categorically confirm Mr. Richards …

Paris Hilton And Stavros Niarchos Are Over  —  According to People and Hello!, the cozy couple have split up.  Squish, squish. … Can we please take a second of silence (I would have suggested a minute, but Paris should be dating someone else by then) to remember what we've lost.

WHO'S BEING HARASSED?  —  We all know how annoying it is when your mate gets their camera out and keeps snapping away - without enough warning to suck in the tummy, flick the hair and hide the double chin.  —  But who would have thought celebs felt the same?

Depp Wants Room for His View  —  He may have once said America is still "growing as a nation," but Johnny Depp would prefer it if the country didn't grow right in his own backyard.  —  The Finding Neverland star is embroiled in a lawsuit against the city of West Hollywood to stop the construction …

Garofalo gushes over Scientology-linked project  —  Plus: James Bond fans are shaken by Connery's ex-wife's allegations  —  Why is Janeane Garofalo touting a Scientology-linked project?  —  The actress and talk-show host has done two segments on her Air America radio show "Majority Report …

Anderson Cooper, Vain and Fair  —  Our friend who's seen the Anderson Cooper book told us that it wasn't so much interesting: A slight book, a quick read, and with virtually no personal revelations.  But that didn't stop Vanity Fair — bless its glossy heart — from teasing out those few personal bits …

David Spade Loves Leftovers  —  David Spade is feeling the wrath of Denise Richards after the Showbiz Show star called the actress a backstabber amid reports of Richards' romantic involvement with Richie Sambora.  Spade, who is reportedly dating Heather Locklear, said Locklear was …

Author goes from 'Prada' to nada  —  Anna Wintour nemesis Lauren Weisberger might be ruing the day she ever wished for fame and fortune.  —  Trying to produce the second of two novels with Simon & Schuster - with which she has a seven-figure deal - Weisberger apparently has a case of writer's block.

On MTV's 'Real World' Paula Meronek Deals With a Grim Reality  —  In February, when "The Real World" began its 17th season on MTV, it opened with snippets from the cast's homemade audition tapes.  One young man caught a Frisbee while dressed as Scooby-Doo.  Another fumbled a cartwheel.

KATIE: THE BUFF BRIDE  —  Snapping back into shape after giving birth seems to be a real trend with celeb mums.  —  And a mere two weeks after giving birth to daughter Suri, Katie Holmes, 27, is already thinking fitness programme.  —  But it's not just Katie setting the pace.

Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey Caught in Romantic Tryst?  —  Have Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey been caught in a romantic tryst?  That's what a report suggests as apparently the pair have been sneaking off to the San Fernando Valley to meet in what is described as 'discreet hotels.

Anna Nicole Smith Scores Supreme Court Win  —  Anna Nicole Smith received a unanimous thumbs up from the United States Supreme Court on Monday, paving the way for the former Playboy Playmate of the Year to collect millions of dollars she claims were promised her by her late Texas oil tycoon husband, J. Howard Marshall II.