One-on-one with Angelina Jolie  —  When Angelina Jolie came into the room, just four days after returning from Namibia, she was alone.  No handlers, no entourage.  True, elaborate precautions had been made to make sure no photographers followed her to the hotel where we met, but there she was …

Nic's nuptials  —  NICOLE Kidman has arrived in Australia ahead of her wedding to country music star Keith Urban in Sydney next weekend.  —  The Oscar-winning actress flew into her home town early this morning.  —  The celebrity couple arrived from Shanghai on Kidman's private jet …

Jessica Biel is Working Out  —  A great philosopher once said, "never trust a big butt and a smile," but I don't think he's ever seen Jessica Biel.  Even though she looks like she could pick up a car in these pics taken at her Brentwood gym on June 15th, the chick is hot.

The Gospel of Superman  —  The Man of Steel goes godly in a mythic parable that—don't worry—delivers the action-film goods  —  A big summer action movie!  About the very first comic-book hero!  From the director of X-Men!  The arrival of Bryan Singer's Superman Returns is exciting news to three groups …

Ted & other political animals  —  Ted Kennedy doesn't take Al Gore at face value when the ex-veep claims he's not flirting with White House ambitions again.  —  "He's going to have to decide what he has to do," the Massachusetts senator told Lowdown the other day, making it clear that Gore is keeping his options open.

Elisabeth Shue Has a Girl  —  Elisabeth Shue and her husband, Davis Guggenheim, welcomed a baby girl, Agnes Charles Guggenheim, on Sunday, a rep for the actress tells PEOPLE.  —  "Mother and daughter are happy and healthy," says rep Stephen Huvane.  —  This is the third child for Shue and Guggenheim, who are both 42.

Lindsay Lohan is Not Jewish  —  Lindsay Lohan bugs me.  I don't care if she drinks underage, does drugs, or screws every guy she meets.  That stuff is par for the course.  What does bug me is that she thinks turning a five-thousand-year-old religion into her latest fashion trend is a cool thing to do.

Meryl Streep is 'The Devil Wears Prada'  —  It's Meryl Streep's most "Devilish" role yet as the white-haired woman with a red-hot temper in "The Devil Wears Prada."  —  "My daughter looked over to me in the screening and said, 'It's the real you,'" Meryl revealed.  "That's why you have teenagers: to keep you humble."

Green Beret regrets revealing Aiken encounter  —  Plus, Sharon Stone's fundraising attempt comes to naught - so far  —  The man who claimed to have had a one-night stand with Clay Aiken now says he's sorry he blabbed.  —  John Paulus, the former Green Beret who took his tale to the National Enquirer …

Bruce Willis files defamation suit  —  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Bruce Willis filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against a paparazzi photographer who accused the "Die Hard" actor of attacking him outside a restaurant.  —  Anthony Goodrich allegedly made "malicious, fabricated and defamatory statements" …

BLAINE'S HIGH AND DRY  —  LATEST DARING STUNT  —  June 18, 2006 — Rehabilitated and 30 pounds heavier since emerging from a 2,000-gallon tank outside Lincoln Center six weeks ago, David Blaine was hanging from the suspension wires of the Brooklyn Bridge last week.

Thanks for the parody — maybe  —  Former network anchor Connie Chung has always had a fun side and loves to sing parodies.  "I didn't rebel as a teenager.  At 60, you can do anything," she said Monday from her Montana summer home.  —  Chung pushed the envelope Saturday with a purposely off-key …

The D.J. Auteur  —  North Hollywood sounds like a place that could be glamorous or, at the very least, mildly attractive.  It is not.  Or at least it's not on Hinds Avenue, where dirty one-story buildings look semideserted and many of the local "beautiful people" appear to have jobs that involve …

EISNER QUERIES IRK PAT  —  June 18, 2006 — TELEVISION preacher Pat Robertson was a little irked after being challenged by Michael Eisner, the former Disney boss-turned-talk show host, on several topics, including whether or not Jewish people go to heaven.  —  Robertson, who most recently …

An Apology to Celebrity PR  —  I would like formally apologize to all celebrity publicists : I had no idea how much you do.  Generally speaking, I always thought being a celebrity publicist was a job a chimp could handle: stick by the celebrity's side, bang on things and make a lot of noise whenver the star is talking.

Justin Hot for "FutureSex"  —  Get ready, ladies, Justin Timberlake has your "SexyBack."  —  The erstwhile 'N Syncer has announced plans to release his second solo effort, FutureSex/LoveSounds, via Jive Records on Sept. 12, with the first single, "SexyBack," going out to radio stations across the country July 7.