OSCARS BURNING QUESTIONS: YOU ASKED, WE ANSWERED  —  Where were Brad and Angelina?  - Katie Dennis, Westwood, Calif.  —  Angelina Jolie did not attend the Academy Awards because the actress is back in Africa to monitor the crisis in Darfur in her official capacity as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the U.N.'s refugee agency.

Bobby Brown Arrested at Daughter's High School  —  Bobby Brown was arrested on Sunday and jailed in Massachusetts for failure to appear in court and pay child support fines.  —  "He was picked up last night outside his daughter's cheerleading competition" at her high school, Patrick McDermott …

The snorting life for Brit  —  Britney Spears abused cocaine and prescription drugs and nearly had a fatal overdose of pure ecstasy, her first husband claims in an interview.  —  Childhood pal Jason Alexander, who was married to Spears for 55 hours in 2004, claims he's breaking his silence …

MARRIAGE BUG BITES HEFNER  —  IT'S not true that nobody in Los Angeles can talk about anything except movies.  The buzz of the weekend Oscar parties was that Hugh Hefner, 80, will get married again before the end of the year to his No. 1 girlfriend, Holly Madison.

Bad heir day ruins Paris' party  —  HOLLYWOOD — Leo, Clint, Naomi and Beyoncé were among those who lent glamour to parties on Oscar eve.  But if you were looking for celebrity mayhem, Paris Hilton's birthday bash Saturday night was the place to find it.

Shiloh Upstages Brad and Angie  —  The ever-elusive Shiloh Jolie-Pitt made a rare public appearance with her parents — for a stroll around the block.  —  Superstar do-gooders Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie showed off their beautiful daughters, Shiloh and Zahara, during a walk through New Orleans' French Quarter on Friday afternoon.

Birkhead - Stern Settlement?  —  TMZ has learned that lawyers for Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern are in settlement negotiations.  —  There was a buzz at the courthouse after Krista Barth, Stern's lawyer, removed a styrofoam cup of water that rested on the witness stand as Birkhead testified in the Anna Nicole burial hearing.

After 'Idol' dreams, an Internet nightmare  —  Be careful what you wish for.  —  Whatever 20-year-old singer Antonella Barba expected to gain from auditioning for the star-making machine "American Idol," it was likely fame, not infamy.  But Barba — until last month a Catholic University student …

THE unlikely hot star nominated for Best Actor at this year's Oscars has a tangled secret life away from Hollywood's glitz.  —  Married Forest Whitaker —stunning as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King Of Scotland—has a 16-year-old son, Ocean, from an on-off affair.

Daniel Baldwin: Britney Doing "Great" in Rehab  —  Britney Spears seems "a little fearful" but is "doing the do," according to Spears' rehab compatriot Daniel Baldwin, 46, who says he's 97 days sober and recently ran into the pop princess in Malibu.  —  "I told her if she needed anything …

Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner: Hot, New Couple?  —  Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner turned heads when they showed up holding hands at Dreamworks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg's The Night Before party at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Feb. 24!  —  "They looked very much like a couple …

Cameron Diaz in a Bikini, Smoking a Joint, with Drew Barrymore, also in a Bikini  —  I don't know what it is with all the celebrities smoking pot in public lately, but it seems to be the new trend.  Yay!  (Note: sarcasm)  —  Last week we saw Paris Hilton smoking pot in the passenger's seat …

Ricci No Longer The Prude After Lingerie Scenes.  —  Ricci No Longer The Prude After Lingerie Scenes.... Playing a chained-up, half-naked nymphomaniac in her new movie Black Snake Moan helped Christina Ricci overcome her prudish nature, because now she parades around in her underwear all the time.