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.

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 …

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 …

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 over the weekend ...

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.

The Three Amigos: Trouble In Paradise?  —  Could it be splitsville for Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong, celebdom's most visible new BFFs?  A report today in the New York Daily News' Ben Widdicombe says that Jake Gyllenhaal has edged out Matt for the plum role of playing Lance …

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.

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!

Dear Whitney: An imaginary mash note from Osama bin Laden  —  [My colleague Scott Brown was recently blindfolded, taken to a safehouse, drugged, flown to Pakistan, beaten, fed delicious sweets, and made to listen to a horrible ska cover of "Rock Lobster."  Back at PopWatch HQ …

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 …

Pete Wentz most popular naked thing online  —  Well, more popular than Pamela Anderson...  Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz has been found to be the most popular internet search keyword.  —  The bassist has come top in a AOL poll of searches for nude pictures.  —  Pamela Anderson was second and Paris Hilton was third.

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.

Derek Jeter Happy For His Ex, Vanessa Minnillo  —  Derek Jeter was recently overheard in a restaurant, speaking fondly of his ex Vanessa and her new beau, Nich Lachey, according to In Touch Weekly.  —  "She's a great girl but we were done five months ago.  As long as they are happy, I'm happy for them," Jeter told the magazine.

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 …

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 …