Brittany Murphy, Fiancé End Engagement  —  Brittany Murphy and Joe Macaluso, engaged since last New Year's Eve, have broken off their engagement, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  The two "have amicably ended their engagement.  They remain close friends and wish each other much happiness," a rep for Murphy tells PEOPLE.

Break  —  Talk about bringing sexy back (and now, thanks to Justin's song we're gonna be using that phrase for quite some time now), here are amazing new pictures of Jude Law playing a little game of cricket with some friends on the beach recently ...  ... yeah, I'm not *at all* interested …

From the pen of Lindsay's dad  —  Prison inmate Michael Lohan is dipping his toe in the shark-infested waters of editorial cartooning.  —  Lindsay Lohan's dad - serving time at the Collins Correctional Facility outside Buffalo - has just sent Lowdown an epic drawing depicting his troubled relationship …

Officials say Madonna's liquid plan is all wet  —  Plus: Ashton Kutcher knows his place, as Demi Moore's accessory  —  When Madonna isn't busy being crucified in concert or horseback riding in the English countryside, she wants to use the powers of Kabbalah to rid the world of nuclear waste.

Paris Hilton: My Album's So Good, 'I Cry'  —  Paris Hilton is releasing her album Paris on Tuesday, though for the 25-year-old hotel heiress, socialite and star of The Simple Life, making music is nothing new, she reveals.  —  "When I was little," she tells Blender magazine for its September issue …

Kristin Cavallari Gets All Hot For Blender  —  Kristin Cavallari almost had a scary run in with Jessica at the Teen Choice Awards last night.  Love the drama.  OAN reports that the two blondes shared the red carpet at one point.  Oh I love the drama.  Here's more:

Kevin Federline's TV rap debut panned  —  NEW YORK - Kevin Federline's TV debut as a rapper is getting derided as a not-ready-for-prime-time disaster by critics in cyberspace and the hip-hop community.  —  On Sunday, Federline — also known as K-Fed and Mr. Britney Spears — performed his new single …

Oops!  Pete's otherwise engaged  —  Did supermodel-loving junkie Pete Doherty miss his own wedding Saturday?  —  His girlfriend, Kate Moss, flew 14 close friends, including her brother Nick, to a resort in Bali last week, causing widespread speculation the couple was planning to get married.

Brooke Hogan is a glutton for punishment  —  Hot Topics: Britney Spears + Paris Hilton + Lindsay Lohan + Tom Cruise + Jessica Simpson + Mischa Barton

Ashlee Simpson's New Look Has Benefits  —  It wasn't long ago that I hated Ashlee Simpson but it's amazing what a nose job and weight loss can do.  It's weird the way I suddenly forgot that she was caught lip-syncing on SNL, was rude to a poor McDonald's employee, and is only famous because she's Jessica Simpson's younger sister.

GLAAD Doesn't Consider Smithers Gay  —  The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released a study today about the decline of gay characters in network television, the LA Daily News reports, and the results are shocking.  Apparently GLAAD does not consider long-time Simpsons regular Waylon Smithers a homosexual man!

ICYMI: Lohan's Family Circus  —  (Click image to view larger size.)  —  Jail can be a pretty boring place, which explains Michael Lohan's bizarre foray into satirical cartooning.  Sitting helplessly in his cell, Lindsay Lohan's daddy must rely on the power of his mighty pen if he hopes …

Chris Cuomo named news anchor of `GMA'  —  NEW YORK - Chris Cuomo will be working the early shift as news anchor of "Good Morning America" starting next month.  —  Cuomo, who is also an anchor of ABC News' "Primetime," will begin his dawn duties Sept. 5, joining anchors Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts at the …

Brad Pitt: Ocean's 13  —  Brad Pitt: Smoking Hot or Not?  —  Somebody needs to kick the habit!  Brad Pitt was spotted smoking yesterday morning on the Los Angeles set of Ocean's 13.  Brad puffed away at his cancer stick while sitting alongside O13 co-star George Clooney.

Jessica Biel Seals The Deal On Auctioned Date.  —  Jessica Biel Seals The Deal On Auctioned Date.... Actress Jessica Biel dined in style on Friday (18Aug06) when the man who bid $30,000 (£16,600) for her company took her out for a meal.  —  The man, named simply John …

Hulk Hogan is Still Yellow  —  It must suck to be Hulk Hogan's fluffer.  Somebody got him ready to go out and sport his appropriately colored banana hammock and you know it wasn't that wife of his.  She looks more like Rex Kwan Do's wife, Starla, in Napoleon Dynamite than anything resembling …

Heidi Wants More  —  Heidi's pregnant with baby number 3, but this won't be her last pregnancy.  She tells Life magazine that Seal thinks she is prettiest when she is pregnant, and they want lots of kids.  Heidi is always looking hot, whether she's pregnant or not.  Here's more where Heidi said:

Spielberg, Ford and Lucas on Indy IV  —  Exclusive: Dream team talk sequel  —  Getting one of the Indiana Jones triumvirate to talk about the fourth sequel is a rare opportunity, but getting George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford to spill at the same time is as infrequent as finding …

Gwyneth Paltrow Loves Her Generalizations  —  In Gwyneth Paltrow's recent interview with Harper's Bazaar magazine, she talked about a number of things: cellulite, being pregnant and her life in general.  Of course, the most annoying parts of the interview are when she's comparing the United States to her adopted home of England: