NOT JUST DIET  —  IS Courtney Love not telling the whole truth about her dramatic weight loss?  Love insists her fabulous new figure is due to diet and exercise, but a friend said, "She's telling people she got the gastric band surgery.  She even said she had to sleep with a towel …

Justin Timberlake: I Called Britney Spears  —  Justin Timberlake was so concerned about Britney Spears, who entered rehab in February, that he reached out to her, he has revealed.  —  "I called her because I worried about her," Timberlake, 26, said recently at a press day for his new movie Shrek The Third.

Federal Tax Rap for "Girls Gone Wild" Boss  —  IRS: Joe Francis caught in $20 million corporate evasion scheme  —  Joe Francis, the "Girls Gone Wild" founder, was indicted today on federal tax evasion charges for illegally deducting more than $20 million in phony business expenses from his 2002 and 2003 corporate tax returns.

BACK TO MALAWI  —  SOURCES close to Madonna say the pop queen is headed back to Malawi this weekend to look at adopting another baby.  "She's going to Africa on Saturday, and on Sunday her family will be one bigger," our spy predicted.  But her rep, Liz Rosenberg, said …

Blast At Cbs Nuts And Wimps  —  FORMER CBS News reporter Bernard Goldberg is biting the hand that once fed him in a new memoir, taking wicked shots at network CEO Les Moonves and anchor Katie Couric.  —  In "Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right," from HarperCollins …

Update: Britney Denies Crush on NBA Giant, Chokes Back Tears  —  Britney Spears cleared up any rumors Wednesday that she's got a crush on Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton, 27, whom the singer had dubbed "cute" in 2004.  Spears communicated to inquiring paparazzi that it is her cousin …

Dangling some 'evidence' that Saddam is still alive  —  DAILY NEWS GOSSIP COLUMNISTS  —  Saddam Hussein is "alive and well" - or so says an agent selling what he purports is "forensic evidence" that the Iraqi dictator's execution was faked.  Phoenix-based David Hans Schmidt tells us he's …

LC on the Sex Tape: "They Went Out of Their Way to Hurt Me"  —  On April 5, Lauren Conrad received a shocking phone call.  A friend told her about a report on the gossip Web site PerezHilton.com claiming Conrad's ex Jason Wahler was peddling a tape of them having sex.

Dancing Queen  —  Britney's back in the dance studio! — just hours ago, after a quick shopping trip in Malibu, Brit headed to Millennium Dance studio in North Hollywood for a rehearsal.  She was there for about two hours, fueled by Red Bull, practicing with backup dancers — for what?!

Pete: 'Kate and I ARE engaged'  —  Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty dedicated a song to lover Kate Moss, describing her as his fiancee as she appeared on stage alongside him.  —  Performing a solo gig at the Hackney Empire in east London, he introduced the track "KP Nuts", and said …

Are Pink's anti-Bush views being censored?  —  Plus: Madonna and Justin Timberlake making beautiful music together  —  Singer Pink told Jimmy Kimmel that she hasn't been able to sing or discuss her anti-Bush song on other shows.  —  Are Pink's anti-Bush views being censored?

The amazing £179 test that shows if you've left it too late to have a baby  —  A new test shows women if they've left it too late to have a baby.  We asked three 35-year-old singletons to take it.  For two, the results were shattering...  He's always visiting his 'mother'.

"Idol" Finalist Sex Tape — "Nastiest I've Ever Seen"  —  Olivia Mojica, a top 24 contestant on Season Two of "American Idol," has a sex tape that will be released soon, sources tell TMZ.  —  We're told the tape is "very explicit" and features 40 minutes of "smoking hot sex."

CAPRIO TO BE A DADDIO  —  NEWS that Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to wed stunning girlfriend Bar Rafaeli in the summer shocked many.  —  But now we may know the real reason they're getting hitched so quickly.  Word reaches us that the couple, who have been dating for just 15 months, are expecting their first child.

JOHN TRAVOLTA WON'T DO 'TODAY' FOR 'HAIRSPRAY'  —  John Travolta Won't Do 'Today' for 'Hairspray'  —  John Travolta won't be joining his cast mates when they publicize "Hairspray" on the "Today" show this July.  That's because Travolta's respected publicist, Paul Bloch, says "Good Morning America" simply asked first.

No Love for Shiloh  —  Life & Style is reporting that when Angelina Jolie returned from Vietnam with Pax Thien she suddenly stopped showering Shiloh with attention.  Sources close to the couple say that Brad Pitt is upset that she isn't showing their bio-child the kind of love she's showing …

Mel B names Eddie as dad  —  LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Mel B has named Eddie Murphy as the father on her daughter's birth certificate.  —  The former Spice Girl is certain ex-lover Eddie is two-week-old Fortuna Daphne Bay's father, and has hired a top lawyer to prove his paternity in court.

Jen, Courteney & David Cozy Up for The Tripper  —  David Arquette premiered his directorial debut last night surrounded by his family and friends.  David's movie looks like a comedy/horror mash up called "The Tripper" - think Scream but not as cool.  One of my favorites, Balthazar Getty …