PREGGERS NICOLE SET TO WED  —  NOW that she's pregnant, Nicole Richie is getting hitched, too.  The tiny "Simple Life" star and her boyfriend, Joel Madden, showed up for the YSL Pool Party to benefit Center Dance Arts at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday night - and she was conspicuously wearing a huge diamond engagement ring.

Angelina Jolie Open to Peace with Her Dad  —  Angelina Jolie may be opening the door to a future relationship with her estranged father, Jon Voight.  —  "I am hoping my relationship with my father will be more private in the future," Jolie told the U.K.'s Evening Standard newspaper in an interview this week.

Hasselhoff gets sole custody of teen daughters  —  Actor and recording star David Hasselhoff has been granted custody of his two teenage daughters after a bitter court battle with his ex-wife, Pamela Bach.  —  A Los Angeles judge ruled Friday that Hasselhoff, 54, should have "primary …

Rod Stewart Marries Penny Lancaster in Italy  —  Singer Rod Stewart has wed for the third time, PEOPLE has confirmed.  —  The 62-year-old rocker said "I do" early Saturday with model Penny Lancaster, 36, his girlfriend of about seven years, in a small town just outside the Italian Riviera resort of Portofino.

Candy to Britney: It's No Pap Smear  —  Dear Britney:  —  You made me do it.  I didn't plan to write another letter now.  I took two weeks off from TMZ.com because I didn't feel strongly about what anyone was doing — or else I couldn't decide which side to believe.

Sophie Monk For The Finish  —  Well, it's finally Friday and I'm going to kick off the weekend with Sophie Monk in Stuff Magazine.  Now we all know that she's dating or is engaged to the other douche from Good Charlotte, Benji.  A guy so ugly that if he weren't famous …

LAYING ON LUXE FOR PARIS  —  PARIS Hilton had better hope she stays sick.  The celebu-con is getting the princess treatment in the medical wing of the Century Regional Detention Center.  Her fellow pokeymates say most inmates "have to be bleeding from their eyes" to get into the eight-bed ward …

Chaos Reigns As Britney Spears Stages Hotel Drive-By  —  Britney Spears caused chaos in Santa Monica, California yesterday in what appeared to be a desperate attempt to get a little paparazzi attention.  Photographers camped outside celebrity hotspot the Casa Del Mar hotel …

JT: No Biel on the Road  —  All work and no play make Timberlake a dull boy indeed.  In a recent interview with the UK's Daily Mirror, pop prince Justin Timberlake admitted that he sent new flame Jessica Biel home from his European tour because he wants to focus on putting on a good show.

Shar: No Fed-Ex Packages Here!  —  Shar Jackson, K-Fed's baby mama numero uno, quelled rumors that she's preggers with another little K-Fed junior.  Earlier this week her reps denied the story, and Jackson came out personally to deny the claims, too, with a little TMI.

Top gossip maven dies  —  Cancer kills ex-Newser Claudia Cohen  —  Socialite gossip columnist Claudia Cohen, who brought New Yorkers her savvy and edgy observations on the rich and famous, died yesterday.  She was 57.  —  The end came shortly before 5p.m. at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center …

Someone's Doesn't Want to be Photographed  —  Find out who the shy celebrity is after the jump.

WNBA Star Lisa Leslie Has a Baby Girl  —  WNBA star Lisa Leslie and her husband Michael Lockwood welcomed their first child, daughter Lauren, on Friday in Los Angeles, their rep tells PEOPLE.  —  The baby was born at 4:05 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz.

Britney Spears: Hanging By a Dress Strap  —  Britney Spears manages to avoid a full wardrobe malfunction as she barely catches the strap of her dress from falling completely off on Friday afternoon.  Le sigh.  —  The pop princess was on her way for her java fix at Starbucks in North Hollywood …