Who Put the Black in Black Style?  —  AMONG the roughly 200 designers who will be showing spring collections at New York Fashion Week beginning next Friday, Malcolm Harris is one of a handful who are black.  The lack of diversity among designers is not news to Mr. Harris …

MAD FOR MARIAH  —  MARIAH Carey got a sparkling surprise before her New York concert last week when $4 million worth of diamonds appeared backstage for her.  She was doubly stunned when she found out the rocks were a gift, not a loaner.  Prince Azim, son of the Sultan of Brunei …

Madonna and Guy row over schooling  —  For most mothers the start of the new school year is a welcome relief from the hurly-burly of the school holidays.  —  But Madonna has enjoyed seeing her children so much that she wants them to stay on her Confessions world tour with her.

Brit's Kev to play sponger  —  KEVIN Federline is to appear on TV — as the deadbeat husband of a celebrity.  —  Britney Spears' hubby will be seen in three episodes of ITV4's Entourage.  —  The HBO series focuses on a hot young Hollywood actor and his freeloading mates.

John Mayer: Jessica Simpson's New Love?  —  It's the hot headline making waves, as Us Weekly magazine reports that Jessica Simpson and John Mayer have been privately dating.  —  The upcoming issue, due out Friday, claims the pair first met at a pre-Grammy bash last year.  But things only recently heated up.

MORE ON KATIE'S ESCAPE - BY HELICOPTER?!?  —  oh i really love all the tomkat drama - for sure this is one of the more interesting dramas (real or imagined - who really knows what's going on...) well in this week's STAR magazine katie's big 'secret plan' (now uncovered and not so secret anymore) …

Take, take, take... take your booty  —  Attention IRS!  Celebrities big, small and not at all continued to rake in freebies yesterday in gift lounges set up all over town for tonight's MTV Video Music Awards - and this year the swag is taxable.  —  R&B stunner Rihanna picked up thousands …

Travolta's Lip Lock  —  WTF?!?!  John Travolta has been dodging the gay rumors for years like fellow Scientologist, Tom Cruise.  Poor Kelly.  Well, we bet she had an idea of all this anyway.  So is this why he has his own plane?  —  Source

BRIT HINTS AT BABY'S SEX  —  For those of you wondering what to buy Britney Spears' unborn baby... never fear.  —  You'll find a modest gift list at a baby boutique in LA.  —  OK, modest it isn't.  —  The Toxic singer has registered for thousands of dollars worth of presents at posh baby shop Petit Tresor.

Baby talk: Are Kidman photos being doctored?  —  Plus: Looks like Hilary Swank has found a new love  —  Are photo agencies manipulating Nicole Kidman's pictures to make her look pregnant?  —  That's the suggestion being made by the "Stepford Wives" star's rep - after a mag paid $20,000 …

Rosario Dawson Double Feature  —  Rosario Dawson is my type of girl!  No, not just because she's hot and has an incredibly long tongue which is close to licking a thong (all good reasons); I like Rosario because she's smart.  You see, she chose to be in BOTH parts of Grind House.

"Show Me Where Mariotti Touched You, Alex"  —  We can't quite put our finger on why a picture of Ozzie Guillen talking to Alex Rodriguez while A-Rod violently adjusts his crotch region is funny .... but it nevertheless is.  —  Photo from Warren Wimmer of the Chicago Sports Review.

John Travolta's Kiss  —  Mmm.  Someone's going to have to take the Scientology homo-detox course again.  —  (Image source: National Enquirer)

off the rack  —  When Britney Spears was pregnant with first child Sean Preston last year, most of the time, she looked like she got dressed on a dare or had forgotten that she was no longer blessed with 500-situps-a-day abs.  But now, Britney's dropped the Red Bull can and seriously cleaned up her style (and her hair troubles)!

Vida Brings 'Dat Ass to Your Cell Phone  —  The very bootylicious Vida Guerra is about to turn the world of reality programming right on its...well, you know.  The curvy Cuban model is revealing the secrets to unbridled sex appeal on the first-ever reality show made especially for mobile phones …

NANCY VS. MARIA ACCESS CATFIGHT  —  The claws are out on the set of Access Hollywood, where an inside source says perky host Nancy O'Dell and sexy correspondent Maria Menounos are each going for the jugular.  —  "It's a real catfight," the source titters.  "They refuse to work together and hate being in the same room with each other.

Rosie to Watch Her Mouth on The View  —  As Rosie O'Donnell's first day on The View nears - she and a new set, complete with proscenium arch, will debut Sept. 5 - ABC's standards and practices department has met with the erstwhile Queen of Nice to remind her to watch her language on the air.

Rod makes Penny's dream come true with £3m gift  —  With seven children by five women, Rod Stewart is rarely regarded as the last of the great romantics.  —  But time has clearly softened the husky-voiced crooner.  —  Because, at the age of 61, the husky-voiced star …

Gibson Nailed in "Hebrew Hammer" Sequel  —  Mel Gibson gets blown away outside Moonshadows restaurant in Malibu, and it's coming soon to a theater near you.  —  TMZ has obtained the opening sequence of the script for the sequel to "The Hebrew Hammer," a 2003 Jewish blaxploitation comedy starring Adam Goldberg.