EXCLUSIVE: PARIS BUSTED FOR DUI  —  Paris Hilton was arrested in Hollywood early Thursday and charged with driving under the influence.  —  TMZ has learned LAPD officers noticed Paris driving her Mercedes McLaren SLR erratically at 12:31 AM and stopped her.  They believed she exhibited signs of intoxication.

Lionel Richie gets the skinny on Nicole's weight  —  Plus: Hilton says she didn't make out with Barker, it was his friend  —  Lionel Richie says he's so worried about daughter Nicole's dramatic weight loss that he took her to a doctor, who assured him she's not anorexic.

Costner leaves impression at Grauman's  —  LOS ANGELES - Oscar winning actor-director Kevin Costner sunk his hands and feet into wet cement on Wednesday in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre — following, literally, in the footsteps of other stars.  —  "I feel so lucky today.

Scarlett's Hair-Don't  —  Scarlett was looking lovely in her cute shorts at the Venice Film Festival, but back in LA she attended the premiere of The Black Dahlia not looking so fabulous.  WTF was this girl thinking, or should we ask what was her hair stylist thinking?

New faces of Glam gloss up for a cause  —  What do you get when you mix a rock legend, a rapper, a burlesque babe and Elvis Presley's daughter?  —  The latest MAC Viva Glam squad, made up of Blondie frontwoman Deborah Harry, Eve, Dita von Teese and Lisa Marie Presley.

Book: Paris' granny was a Mafia wife  —  Paris Hilton is a singer, actress, accidental porn star - and, we now learn, a bit of a Mafia princess.  —  The hotel heiress' parents almost didn't get married because her maternal grandmother was married to a mobster, a new book reveals.

GETTING EVEN  —  FORMER "Laguna Beach" star Kristin Cavalleri will do anything to keep her 15 minutes of fame going.  After her ex, Brody Jenner, ditched her for Nicole Richie, Cavalleri made sure paparazzi snapped her in a "You Can Have Him" T-shirt.  Then, on Tuesday night, she was all over Richie's ex, Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein.

Natalie Portman Is Boring  —  While Lindsay Lohan is flashing her crotch, and Paris Hilton is crying over not getting into a club, Natalie Portman is visiting war victims.  —  It's boring.  —  Doesn't Natalie know that all people want to read about is rocky relationships, drunken debauchery, and the all-important nipple slip?

'Predator' comes with a big catch  —  NBC News has a seamy hit with Dateline's "To Catch a Predator" series, in which alleged Internet pedophiles are lured to meetings with nonexistent children, then entrapped and browbeaten by a television reporter and finally cuffed by cops for your viewing pleasure.

Badgley Mischka Grows Up  —  Badgley Mischka has totally shifted their image from tween to baby boomer.  We wonder what made them change their mind.  Could it be that most girls in their 20s can't afford BM?  Or maybe they wanted a more mature look.  We usually bash Ms Stone since …

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'View' ratings jump: Everything came up Rosie's  —  Rosie O'Donnell's first day on the job Tuesday at "The View" gave the Barbara Walters gab fest a serious shot in the arm.  —  The show was watched by 4.2 million people, according to preliminary ratings provided by ABC.

Hello Brad!  —  Check out the HOT pic of Brad gracing the cover of the October issue of Esquire!  The sexy star is supposedly headed to Toronto for the film festival in support of his latest movie, Babel.  It's a possible Oscar hopeful for the star.  We think this pic deserves some sort of award - yummy!

New Ferrell pics  —  I was getting a little worried about Will Ferrell for a little while there with movies like KICKING AND SCREAMING and BEWITCHED.  It's not that I doubted he was funny - I mean ANCHORMAN is a new comedy classic - but that he wasn't applying himself to the right films.

Bringing Whitney Back  —  Desperation finds a saving grace in J. Records.  Clive Davis is picking up Whitney and brushing off the bong resin in an attempt to aid her comeback.  Despite her crack appeal, Davis and Houston have already picked six tracks for the upcoming album.