Eva Mendes: I Needed a Cocktail to Film Sex Scene  —  Eva Mendes may have confidently showed off her body in tiny bikinis on magazine covers, but going totally naked on screen terrified her.  —  "I wasn't comfortable at all," she told reporters Friday at the Cannes press conference for We Own the Night …

NETWORK'S DIM VIEW  —  THE view isn't rosy for Meredith Vieira.  Since she left ABC's "The View" to join Matt Lauer at NBC's "Today," the ratings at top dog "Today" have slid to a 13-year low.  ABC's "Good Morning America" has cut the "Today" lead in half and now trails by just 310,000 viewers.

HEATHER AXED  —  HEATHER Mills has been dumped from a big-name US TV show after a row with its powerful host Barbara Walters, it was claimed yesterday.  —  The presenter, an American TV legend, was furious when Mills failed to turn up for an interview after her stint on Dancing With the Stars.

Connie Nielsen, Lars Ulrich have baby  —  LOS ANGELES - It's a boy for actress Connie Nielsen and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.  —  Nielsen gave birth to Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen on Monday in San Francisco, publicist Craig Bankey said in a statement Friday.  —  It was the couple's first child.

Brangelina: Hollywood saints or just bonkers?  —  She wants to rescue another orphan - but only if it's the right colour.  He's trying to save the world at £2m lobster and champagne parties.  Are Brad and Angelina Hollywood saints ... or just bonkers?

ask ro  —  Tim writes: … 56?  —  grommie writes: … great idea  —  MACaroni writes: … dont b sorry  —  i am not  —  Tony writes: … no interviews  —  u watched it happen  —  b 4 ur eyes  —  FRANK writes: … cause bo is a stupid  —  uninformed  —  hate monger

Random Crackhead or Amy Winehouse?  —  Amy Winehouse is back in London.  I thought it was just coincidence that the air around here no longer smelled of burnt rubber.  It makes sense now.  I honestly want to take her in and bathe her in bleach and boiling water.

Lindsay Lohan stripping video from "I Know Who Killed Me"  —  So here's the video of Lindsay Lohan stripping from the "I Know Who Killed Me" promo site.  And sad to say, it's very underwhelming.  Then again, it might have something to do with the fact that we've already seen the goods …

Simon Cowell tells Britney Spears to 'Go Home'  —  I have a new hero today, and his name is Simon Cowell.  The man tells it like it is, and he is usually about 95% right of the time.  He's the voice of reason between Paula's Vicodin-laced ramblings and Randy's Dog Pound.

Being named second sexiest woman doesn't faze 'Idol' star  —  Singer Katharine McPhee is on the telephone from her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., when she's told FHM magazine's annual poll, which drew 8 million votes, has chosen her the No. 2 sexiest woman in the world for 2007.  —  ''Really?'' she says.

Anna Falchi  —  Here's half Italian, half Finnish Anna Falchi.  Not much to say about her except she has this awesome habit of being topless in just about every goddamn pic!  I'm serious.  It took me a long time to find 7 pics that I could actually put up on the site...for some reason my advertisers frown on nudity.

Sarah Jessica Parker Says Some Young Stars Are 'Vulgar'  —  Sarah Jessica Parker has lashed out at young Hollywood - because she finds their need for attention "vulgar."  The proper actress isn't naming names but she doesn't like the fact that so many young celebrities are becoming famous - just for being famous.

K-Fed's ex: Marriage to Brit hurt 'innocent people'  —  VENICE, Calif. — Shar Jackson's life has been a lot less chaotic since last November.  That's when Britney Spears split from Kevin Federline, Jackson's former beau and dad to her children Kori and Kaleb (who turn 5 and 3 in July).

Boy Bags Wild Hog Bigger Than 'Hogzilla'  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie.  But the sequel may be even bigger: Meet Monster Pig.  An 11-year-old Alabama boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 …

Sorry Ladies, Taylor Hicks Is Off The Market  —  It looks like American Idol winner Taylor Hicks has gone out and gotten himself a girlfriend (a rather hot girlfriend if I may say so).  We spotted the happy couple doing more than a little frolicking on the beach in Hawaii

DIRTY DIRECTION  —  MARILYN Manson and his 19-year-old girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood, aren't actually having sex in the video for his new single, "Heart-Shaped Glasses" - or are they?  Manson tells Spin magazine that James ("Titanic") Cameron, who was in the director's...

Lost star Michelle Rodriguez pulls it off  —  Lost star Michelle Rodriguez got herself into a bit of a tangle while out swimming near her hotel in the south of France.  —  The actress, in town for the Cannes film festival, cooled off with a swim, jumping from the treacherous looking rocks near exclusive Eden Roc Hotel in Antibes.