Is 'Vixen' fixin' Whitney's woes?  —  Whitney Houston appears to have rid herself of hubby Bobby Brown.  Whether he gets back into the house may depend on hip-hop temptress Karrine Steffans.  —  Houston's friends have long blamed Brown for her woefully heavy eyelids.

MY PAL PARIS  —  COULD it be that Lance Armstrong has taken a break from incessantly working out with his new best friend, Matthew McConaughey - to spend time with Paris Hilton?  The two showed up to the Key Club in L.A. Tuesday night to catch the band the Vacation.

TV ROLE 'WENT TO HER HEAD'  —  CAROLYN KEPCHER, Donald Trump's co-star on "The Apprentice," has heard him say "You're fired!" for the last time - because this time he said it to her, sources told The Post.  —  The icy, 36-year-old blonde - who was running the Trump National Golf Club …

CLOONEY MAD FOR BARKIN  —  EXCLUSIVE GEORGE SMITTEN WITH OLDER CO-STAR  —  GORGEOUS George Clooney has a new lady in his life - and he's crazy about the twice-married 52-year-old mother-of-two.  —  The eternal bachelor usually dates much younger women - including TV presenter Lisa Snowdon …

There is Nothing Unnecessary About a Scarlett Johansson Sex Scene  —  It's official.  Movie critics are dumb.  According to ContactMusic, after screenings of Scarlett Johansson's latest film The Black Dahlia, many critics complained that they could not concentrate after seeing Scarlett's steamy sex scene.

Jessica on John Mayer: 'I'm in Love!'  —  Jessica Simpson has fallen for John Mayer - and she can hardly contain her delight.  —  "She's head over heels," a source close to the pop star, 26, tells PEOPLE in its new cover story.  "She's telling friends, 'I'm in love.' "

Scientology was set to show Cruise the money  —  Plus: Paris Hilton wanted too much money to gab on talk show  —  Did Scientology almost show Tom Cruise the money?  —  After the "Top Gun" star was dropped by Paramount, he was shopping around for financiers, and a source reports that top execs …

Justin & Cameron Bring 'Sexy Back' in NYC  —  Though they can't seem to escape rumors of discord, Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz looked cozier than ever Wednesday night at Timbaland's pre-VMA party in New York City.  —  The couple arrived at the bash at Manhattan nightclub Nikki Beach …

Nicole Richie & Brody Jenner: Heating Up  —  Nicole Richie and Brody Jenner's relationship may look like a typical quickie Hollywood romance, but don't be fooled: The pair go way back - he even predates Paris Hilton.  —  "I was there when (Brody) was born!"

Affleck ponders price of fame in "Hollywoodland"  —  VENICE (Reuters) - Ben Affleck said he drew on personal experience to play 1950s television Superman star George Reeves in a new film which uses his mysterious death to examine the highs and lows of Hollywood fame.

Candy May Net $130 Mil That Tori Won't Get  —  The stakes in the Candy Spelling - Tori Spelling war just got a lot higher.  The buzz in Beverly Hills real estate offices is that Candy Spelling has unloaded her 56,000 square-foot Holmby Hills mansion for a cool $130 million, and that the new buyer is an Arab prince.

Gwen & Kingston  —  Gwen Attending VMAs?  —  Gwen Stefani's publicist Dave Tomberlin confirmed that Gwen is not snubbing the VMAs and plans to bypass this year's ceremony because she's "too busy with Fashion Week to attend."  Please!  Sounds like a publicity stunt to me.  You make time to attend the VMAs.

Photoshop Fake!  Nicole Kidman Pregnancy Clever Computer Trick  —  The latest rumors of a Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban baby on the way have been summarily dismissed by her rep, who are now using the excuse that Kidman was "photoshopped", not unlike recent photos of Katie Couric that were revealed as doctored dupes in the blogosphere.

VH1 casts blasts from the past  —  Clay, Sizemore size up cabler's Sunday sked  —  VH1 has found its next pair of "Celebreality" Sunday stars in Andrew Dice Clay and Tom Sizemore.  —  Filling the void left by the highly rated train-wreck docudrama "Breaking Bonaduce," …

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 …

Kanye West Is A Whiny Bitch  —  One of the best videos wasn't even nominated, according to Kanye West, the maker of said video.  West, who's nominated for best pop video at Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards for Gold Digger, says his elaborate Evel Knievel spoof Touch the Sky— featuring Pamela Anderson — was better than that.

John Travolta kisses a man  —  John Travolta was spotted kissing a man as they boarded his 707 airplance in Hamilton, Ontario.  This doesn't mean he's gay or anything, it just means he has a really strange grasp of proper social behavior.  Where most people hug or shake hands, John Travolta gives awkward kisses on the mouth.

Angelina Jolie Pregnant Again?  —  "Angelina Looks Pregnant Again!" reads In Touch Weekly's latest headline.  According to the Daily News, the editors at In Touch are basing their story on one photo of Ms. Jolie with a "telltale bump!"  —  One source claims: "Angie has been looking extremely big around the mid section.