LINE FORMS TO LEFT FOR OPEN 'VIEW' JOB; ROSEANNE EARLY FAVORITE  —  A Rosie is a Rosie is a Rosie.  —  Roseanne Barr has emerged as the top contender to replace Rosie O'Donnell next year on "The View," sources say.  —  A rep for Barr says she has not been approached.

And Then There Were 2 on 'The View'  —  And Then There Were 2 on 'The View'  —  This morning, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the blond girl on "The View" will announce that she is pregnant.  Sources say she is about three months along, which means a birth sometime in the fall.

The Anna Nicole tapes  —  DAILY NEWS GOSSIP COLUMNISTS  —  Three months after her death, Anna Nicole Smith is about to speak from the grave.  —  On its way to publishers this week is a pitch, based on hours of never-printed interviews, in which the doomed object of desire talks about everything …

X17 XCLUSIVE - Howie Days Are Here Again!  —  • Love is in the Air  —  X17 broke the story of Britney and romantic rocker Howie Day hitting it off on the tennis courts at Promises and now X17 brings you the XCLUSIVE pix of the two outside of rehab and still hitting it off!

American Idol's Jessica Sierra Charged with Battery  —  Former American Idol contestant Jessica Sierra was arrested on drug possession and felony battery charges early Sunday in Tampa, Fla.  —  Sierra, 21, allegedly hit a man over the head with a heavy glass at a café and was booked …

Diva Richie at MTV awards  —  NICOLE Richie is famous for doing nothing except being a party girl, but she can add diva to her CV after last night's MTV Australia Video Music Awards.  —  Sources told Confidential that Richie was the only presenter who refused to take part in the dress rehearsal, not leaving her dressing room all day.

Princess Beatrice drinks William and Harry under the table  —  It seems anything that her older cousins can do, Princess Beatrice can do better.  —  When it comes to partying, Prince William and Harry might have set an example running up a £5,000 drinks bill at Soho nightclub Mahiki at the weekend.

JUST ASKING . . . JUST ASKING  —  WHICH handsome former boyfriend of a boy-bander has a new, secret fling?  While the hunk is out, his new man - a famously single actor - is not . . . WHICH studio biggie is in danger of losing his job and his wife?  His bosses are unhappy with recent flops …

Britney Spears' comeback concert gets canceled  —  Plus: Kirsten Dunst wasn't bothered by breast-boosting bra  —  Britney Spears' comeback performance was postponed.  —  The "Toxic" singer had been quietly preparing to do a surprise live show at a Los Angeles nightclub, according to sources, but at the last minute, she canceled.

Kate Bosworth Bikini Pictures  —  So, you want to know what the craziest thing about these Kate Bosworth bikini pictures is?  She's actually looking a whole lot less skinny than the last time we saw her.  I know it'shard to believe, but this here is Kate Bosworth, after she's put on weight.

Do you really want to hurt me?  —  A MALE escort told of his terror last night after claiming he was kidnapped by Boy George.  —  Auden Carlsen, 28, said: "It's ironic that his biggest hit was Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? — because I'm sure he did want to hurt me.  —  "I was convinced I was going to die."

Pete Doherty gets new implant  —  Pete Doherty is set to miss the launch of fiancée Kate Moss' new fashion range because he is having a new implant fitted to help him quit drugs.  —  The Babyshambles frontman, who has battled heroin and cocaine addictions, will return to a Midlands clinic today …

The New Beckingham Palace — welcome to LA Posh and David Beckham  —  Well, this is it folks.  David and Posh Beckham's new $22 million Beverly Hills pad.  —  Posh flew 12,000 miles from London to LA and back again in just over 48 hours to sign papers to buy the home.

Whale Rider's Keisha Castle-Hughes Has Baby Girl  —  Whale Rider Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes and her boyfriend, Bradley Hull, welcomed their first child, a healthy baby girl, her rep tells PEOPLE.  —  The child, named Felicity-Amore, was born Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. and weighed 7 lb., 6 oz.

Piano Man finds peace after gay heartbreak that wrecked his life  —  FOR a time, he was the world's most enigmatic young man - a haunted, gaunt figure known only as "the Piano Man".  Now, nearly two years after the breakdown which landed him in a psychiatric clinic in Britain, the Piano Man has a name and a new purpose in life.

ARMY OF TWO  —  New albums from Tori Amos and Björk. … By the time Tori Amos was thirty, she had been through several drafts of a career.  A child piano prodigy, she was the youngest person ever to attend the Peabody Conservatory of Music, in Baltimore.  (She was five when she auditioned.)