Cook the cheat, his wife & his lover  —  There's hell to pay when older guys cut out for younger women  —  As half of one of the Hamptons' most glamorous couples, Peter Cook has enormous wealth, good looks, cute kids, a successful business and - best of all - the name Christie Brinkley on his marriage certificate.

Anderson: He's my Rock of the altar  —  Pamela Anderson is wasting no time marching hubby No. 2 down the aisle.  The "Baywatch" bombshell is set to marry on-again off-again boy toy Kid Rock, aka Robert James Ritchie, at the end of the month on a yacht in Saint-Tropez.

Tabloid retracts Britney Spears stories  —  DUBLIN, Ireland - The National Enquirer apologized to Britney Spears in its British edition Tuesday for reporting that she was ready to divorce Kevin Federline.  —  The articles were published June 5 and June 12 under the headlines …

As a singer, she may not be that hot  —  Aspiring pop star Diana Bianchi — the 19-year-old Hamptons native at the center of architect Peter Cook's nasty split from wife Christie Brinkley — has a lot to sing about.  —  But can she carry a tune?  —  Yesterday a professional music manager told Lowdown …

A Dick in a Mustache is Still Just a Dick  —  So last night, at a press screening of "Clerks II" in New York City, "Good Morning America" movie critic Joel Siegel decided he'd had enough of my shenanigans, and walked out of the flick at the forty minute mark.

Julia Roberts Returns!  —  Bouncing back on the big screen with a little project called 'The Ant Bully,' JULIA ROBERTS returns after a two-year break from Hollywood to raise her twins, PHINNEAUS and HAZEL.  Our MARK STEINES sat down to talk with the Oscar winner about motherhood and making movies.

Memo Pad: Color Me Bad ... Adding To Portfolio ... Masthead Moves  —  COLOR ME BAD: Somewhere between "Spider-Man" russet and Versailles platinum, Kirsten Dunst's hair evidently has been left the worse for wear, as Vogue recently learned when they tried to shoot the actress for an upcoming cover.

Cop Pursues Paris — Heiress Skates  —  Paris Hilton had a run in early Wednesday morning with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department but, in the end, Hilton got nothing more than a warning.  —  TMZ cameraman Josh Levine spotted Paris' Range Rover at 1:50 a.m. Wednesday on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood.

Jessica and Dane: Really just friends?  —  Simpson and Cook were caught smooching at an L.A. nightclub  —  Jessica Simpson has insisted that Dane Cook is merely "one of my dear friends."  That's some friendship.  —  Newly divorced Simpson - who recently claimed she doesn't …

Katie/Tom/Suri — The Plot Thickens!  —  It's becoming clear that Katie Holmes shops at Barney's New York the way Gavin Rossdale plays tennis - she was there almost every day for the last week leading up to Suri's birth and she was there yesterday within about ten minutes of touching down from Tom's place in Telluride!

Another woman behind Carmen and Dave break up  —  Another woman behind r Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro break up  —  Usually when a couple decides to "amicably split" there isn't another woman involved.  Not so for Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro.  Perhaps affairs aren't such a big deal …

BEASTY BOYS  —  'RETROSEXUALS' CALL  —  FOR RETURN OF MANLY MEN  —  July 18, 2006 — THE men's libbers, brutally oppressed for years by the effeminacy of the metrosexual trend, are finally - finally! - getting a little taste of empowerment.  Or so the advertising world would have you believe.

Rachel Weisz Post Pregnancy Pictures  —  Rachel Weisz was recently spotted carrying her two-month-old bundle of joy, son Henry Chance, in a denim New Native sling.  (Rachel Weisz paired a patterened lavendar summer dress with flip-flops.)  The mother-son team loaded up the family Jeep right outside …