"Idol" Reject Is Trying to Screw the Show  —  Paris Bennett votes for Sanjaya Malakar — and she hopes it'll take down "American Idol."  —  Last season's petite powerhouse phoned into the "Tone E Fly Morning Show" in Minneapolis today, and called "Idol" "a joke," and said she and a few …

Sir Philip's junkie protegee  —  All the scabrous signs of his drug-based decadence were on show: weeping sores, bleeding nostrils, cracked lips.  Pete Doherty almost had to prise open his mouth to sing.  —  The junkie rocker, frontman of the aptly named Babyshambles, was doing a gig at the Hackney Empire, East London.

Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis Charged with Bribery  —  Joe Francis is having a bad week.  —  Jailed in Florida for criminal contempt on Tuesday and indicted in Reno for tax evasion on Wednesday, the Girls Gone Wild creator has now been charged with bribing a jail guard for a bottle of water …

Gwen Stefani: 'I've Always Been on a Diet'  —  You can excuse a girl a bit of vanity - even Gwen Stefani.  "If you had paparazzi outside your house, you'd make sure you looked good, too," the singer and fashion designer tells Harper's Bazaar in its May issue.

FROM THE "PANACHE VAULT," SKY VILLA PRESENTS: 'SCANDAL SHEET' by our "Shadow Unit."  —  MILLIONAIRE DIRECTOR ARRESTED (AS PROSTITUTE IN DRAG)  —  Rapper/actor Ice Cube has good instincts, he knew something wasn't quite right with his "XXX: State Of The Union," director, Lee Tamahori …

Ignition Impossible  —  PR stunts usually run like clockwork for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes but unfortunately luck has finally run out for the couple.  —  Tom Cruise was left red faced after his fancy vintage car failed to start infront of photographers, as he struggled to drive his wife away.

MEL'S HELL  —  DNA TEST DONE AFTER TEN DAYS  —  SHE was devastated when Eddie Murphy failed to get in touch after she gave birth.  —  Now a heartbroken Mel B has been reduced to tears after being forced to take DNA from her 10-day-old baby girl, Fortuna Daphne Bay, to prove he is the father.

Britney Should Give Her Boots the Boot  —  Is Britney Spears the new Linus?  —  The Peanuts character had his blanket, and it seems Brit has her security boots.  —  Spears, 25, appears unable to part with her $170, Kenneth Cole boots - no matter how bizarre the frumpy footwear looks with her outfit.

A Spoonful Of Sugar  —  Is it me or does it seem like Britney Spears has lost her home?  Has the poor dear been evicted or something?  She spends every single day out on the streets of LA. What gives?  Brit is my girl, I love her to death ... I am glad that she's looking so well at least:

Madonna Heads to Malawi for Charity  —  Madonna is on her way to Malawi for charity work - not to adopt another child, the singer's rep tells PEOPLE.  —  "Madonna is indeed going to Africa to continue her work with the Raising Malawi organization," says her rep Liz Rosenberg.

Maximum Olsens At Maxfield  —  Talk about your 'repeat business' - yesterday we actually caught both Ashley and Mary-Kate dropping some dollars into Maxfields' coffers!  Hopefully they bought something in a hue other than black - Ashley at least tried to break up the monochromatic effect …

Lindsay Lohan Says She's Not Dating Kevin Federline  —  Lindsay Lohan is denying press reports suggesting she and Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline are a new item after spending a steamy afternoon together in a Los Angeles hotel.  New tabloid reports claim Federline spent the night …

CAUGHT IN WEB  —  JIMMY Kimmel sounded smug when he guest-hosted "Larry King Live" and told Gawk er.com editor Emily Gould he "doesn't know anyone who would advertise on Web sites like hers."  It turns out Kimmel's own show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," buys ad space on three blogs similar to Gawker …

GOOD FOR YUKS  —  "AMERICAN Pie" star Sean William Scott is very comfortable with his sexuality - so much so that when another paper claimed Scott had shown up with David Geffen at "Heat," a nonexistent L.A. gay bar, he didn't even bother to correct them.  Maybe it's because he was too busy laughing.

Debra's Just Getting Started  —  We haven't seen much of Debra Messing since her lovably quirky Will & Grace days.  Apparently she's been spending time in NYC with her husband and son (and shopping for jewelry by the looks of it) - but she'll be back on the small screen soon.

Shyamali Malakar Hooters Pic Number Two  —  Shyamali Malakar couldn't have unleashed this latest Hooters pic at a better time — while little bro Sanjaya rallies on another week in the American Idol competition, the publicity generated from this photograph could be enough to get Sanjaya voted into the top three!

Ricci scores date with 'Speed'  —  Christina Ricci is joining Larry and Andy Wachowski's live-action adaptation of the 1960s cartoon "Speed Racer" for Warner Bros.  Pictures and producer Joel Silver.  —  Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman already have boarded the high-octane project …