Trump: Miss USA Tara Conner Not Fired  —  It's official: Donald Trump has not fired Miss USA Tara Conner.  —  "I've always been a believer in second chances.  Tara is good person.  Tara has tried hard.  Tara is going to be given a second chance," Trump announced at a press conference in New York on Tuesday.

Cartoon pioneer Joe Barbera mourned  —  LOS ANGELES - Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna were hired within a month of each other in 1937 by the MGM cartoon factory.  They soon hit on the idea of a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry.  —  "When we started, people said, `Cat and mouse?

Yo!  Ventimiglia gets into the tough-guy act  —  LOS ANGELES — Steeped in vintage Scarface machismo, Milo Ventimiglia enters the lobby of a refurbished Culver City hotel.  —  A fedora is pulled down over one eye, and three days' worth of stubble toughen up his baby face.

Tori's Trial Run With Dog in Stroller  —  To say Tori Spelling was weird would be an understatement.  She grew up in a mansion with 400 rooms.  She has had more plastic surgery than every episode of Nip/Tuck combined.  She had a yard sale where she sold such precious heirlooms as autographed pics …

Sienna Miller's Diet Tip for Girls: Drink Vodka!  —  Hollywood is the best place on earth for role models.  Don't believe me?  Just look at Britney, Lindsay, and Paris.  They've been doling out great advice on fashion, drug awareness, and hygien for quite some time.

Christina Ricci Promises To Never Wear Fur Again  —  Prompted by a fan website closure and some hate mail Christina Ricci apologizes for wearing fur in a recent photo shoot.  From ContactMusic.com: … Hey while you're doing all this apologizing why not one for your offensive acting in 2002's Miranda?

Gibson says controversial tirade was 'a gift'  —  Plus, Courtney Love wants to make peace with Madonna  —  Despite making anti-Semitic comments earlier this year, director Mel Gibson's new film "Apocalypto" opened at No. 1 in its first weekend in release.  —  Slide show

IM-POLE-ITE  —  THE strippers at Scores East Side were surprised to read on Page Six yesterday that Lindsay Lohan was sore from pole dancing to prepare for her topless role in "I Know Who Killed Me."  They were amazed she even got the part.  When Lohan worked the pole there one night …

Ryan Seacrest: Next Idol Will Be 'Extreme'  —  With less than one month to go before the new season of American Idol kicks off, Ryan Seacrest tells PEOPLE that there will be some eye-openers early on.  —  "I was just on the phone with Simon, and we were talking about the auditions," Seacrest said at Shore Club's Skybar in Miami.

Fatone wants to appear on ABC dance show  —  NEW YORK - Actors, pop singers and athletes have busted some moves on "Dancing With the Stars."  Now celebs seem eager to appear on ABC's ballroom hit.  —  Joey Fatone, of former boy band 'N Sync, told a Florida radio station Friday that he's ready …

Aaron Carter is Young and Stupid  —  Aaron Carter has found love again, just months after splitting from his  —  The 19-year-old singer celebrated his birthday at Hollywood's Shag nightclub  —  on Friday (12.15.06) with his twin sister Angel and new girlfriend,  —  18-year-old singer Kaci Brown.

Nicole Does the "Walk of Shame" From Joel's House  —  Nicole Richie left new bf Joel Madden's house in Glendale yesterday without shoes or makeup.  (Let's hope she left the Vicodin there, too!)  When not even a DUI can keep a couple apart - you know it must be love!  —  SEE MORE AFTER THE JUMP »

SEAN PENN: IMPEACH GEORGE W. BUSH, DICK CHENEY  —  Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn called for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney in an impassioned speech Monday night in New York.  —  The occasion was Penn's winning the first annual Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award …

Dimension manic for 'Madman' pic  —  Rodriguez brings comicbook to bigscreen  —  Dimension Films has made a deal to turn the Michael Allred-created comicbook "Madman" into a live-action film.  —  George Huang ("Swimming With Sharks") will direct a script he'll pen with Allred.

SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE BACK ON!  —  Since the show ended in 2004, rumors have swirled about the making of a Sex and the City movie, and finally, Kim Cattrall has confirmed to Star that fans will be getting their Christmas wish this year — the movie is officially back on!  —  But Catrall was apparently the last to know!

Flashy performance by Brit  —  So much for Britney's pledge to clean up her act.  —  The newly single pop star continued her hard-partying trampage Sunday night at a Los Angeles burlesque club 40 Deuce, when she jumped onstage between striptease acts.  —  Britney and some girlfriends gyrated …

ANNA LETS CAMERAS IN!  —  VOGUE staffers are a bit surprised to hear their boss, Anna Wintour, has agreed to strike a pose on camera.  The notoriously frosty editor-in-chief gave the green light for a "feature-length documentary" on the making of Vogue's huge September issue, known as "the Bible of fashion."