BIRKHEAD, NBC IN SECRET DEAL  —  THERE'S a good reason why NBC has been getting scoop after scoop in the Anna Nicole Smith soap opera and leaving the other networks in the dust - it has a secret $1 million deal with Larry Birkhead, the biological father of her 7-month-old baby, Page Six has learned.

Such A Special Treat  —  Gwen Stefani surprised the crowd at her Los Angeles concert at the Gibson Amphitheater on Friday night by bringing onstage very special guest Shirley Manson - of Garbage - to duet on her song Wonderful Life.  —  She just gave birth a year ago (almost exactly) to little Kingston.

Jennifer Love Hewitt $ued by Former Manager  —  TMZ has obtained a lawsuit filed against sexy tv star Jennifer Love Hewitt.  The suit, filed today in a Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims Hewitt owes her former management company for brokering the seven-year deal for her hit show "The Ghost Whisperer."

Jenna Elfman Defends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's Marriage  —  Elfman and Cruise  —  Tom Cruise's friend Jenna Elfman is shooting down reports that the actor's five-month marriage to Katie Holmes is unstable.  —  "Honestly, they're happy," Elfman, 35, told PEOPLE at Thursday's Healthy Child Healthy World benefit in Santa Monica.

Cary Elwes, Wife Welcome a Girl  —  Cary Elwes and his wife, photographer Lisa Marie, are the proud parents of a beautiful and healthy baby girl named Dominique, the actor's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  The baby arrived Tuesday at 10:41 p.m. at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

'Studio 60' Returning in May  —  Show will return after sweeps and after the upfronts  —  NBC has set a return date for "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."  —  The Aaron Sorkin drama, which arrived last fall as the season's most hyped show and vanished from NBC's schedule amidst sinking ratings …

Can't Britney Spears afford new fishnet stockings?  —  INF Daily (back) and Daily Mail (side)  —  Even hookers walk around with less holes in their stockings than Britney Spears, but I wonder if they share same hole in the crotch area?

Out and about  —  (click on thumbnails for larger images)  —  Britney Spears outside Millenium Dance Studios with her boys  —  At the Us Hot Hollywood event:  —  Carmen Electra, Ashlee Simpson, Jennifer Lopez  —  Lindsay Lohan, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Ali Larter  —  Laura Prepon out with a friend at Griffith Park in LA

Name the Shy Starlet  —  Or whatever you want to call her?  Find out who's being shy after the jump.

Greasy  —  Ashlee Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, Mischa Barton, the Olsens, Nicole Richie, Fuggie Fug...all these dumbasses are starting to look the same.  They even dress the same.  They all have that nasty-ass hair that's just begging to be washed.  —  Fuggie arrived in Australia today for the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend.

Kiki gets dressed up to go shopping in Paris, 4/27  —  Jen  —  meow_town  —  She has a posture like a 90 year old.  —  Nao  —  Why are alot of actors pigeon-toed?  —  alice  —  hey kirsten, i think your bra's showing.  alot.

Jordan 'frantic' as Andre may have meningitis  —  The husband of glamour girl Jordan was admitted to the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, Surrey, at the weekend.  —  Jordan is said to be "frantic" with worry and maintaining a bedside vigil.  —  A spokeswoman for the couple said in a statement …

Paris vs. Lindsay: Celebs Take Sides  —  As the one-year anniversary of the Battle of Firecrotch nears, Us Weekly's Hot Hollywood Party was the scene of the latest Lindsay Lohan/Paris Hilton encounter — and camps are divided by strict party lines!  School's in session, kiddies!

ROLE PLAYING  —  Also attending the Tribeca Film Fest: Leonardo DiCaprio, who teams up with close pals Entourage star Kevin Connolly and Lukas Haas at a screening of their film Gardener of Eden.  The movie, about a young man who finds purpose in life after catching a serial rapist …