24/7 SIZZLER EXCLUSIVE!  Ali Lohan Speaks Out!  —  "Lindsay will be fine she is just going through a rough time right now but she will be fine."  —  "My father is telling all lies to people...my father was never there for us."  — Ali Lohan, in an email to 24/Sizzler's David Caplan

'VIEW' PROSPECTS  —  EXPECT an announcement any day on the new lineup for "The View," Barbara Walters' estrogen-heavy chat-fest with Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.  We'd heard that Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Griffin and Sherry Shepherd would all be hired and fill the empty seats left behind …

Angelina Depressed Over Her Film Flop  —  Bad Box office numbers can be a real bummer.  According to a source close to Angelina Jolie, 32, the actress is "devastated" by the audience rejection of her movie A Mighty Heart (it has earned just $9 million).  —  "She poured her heart into the story …

Is This the New Britney Song?  —  UPDATE: We're told this song may have been first recorded in 2003 and leaked in 2006.  So why would someone leak it to us again?  Hmmm... It's all I gots y'all!  —  Hand-delivered to the TMZ offices this morning was a yellow padded envelope with a CD inside that simply read, "Britney — Get It."

Paris Hilton Buys (Another) New Pooch  —  Paris Hilton already has a huge family of pets - but she added one more to the brood with a new Chihuahua on Wednesday.  —  The heiress adopted the young, male pooch from Pets of Bel Air in Los Angeles just after 1 p.m.

Heidi's Klum-thing else  —  Naked truths ... Heidi strips off for Arena  —  WELL-HEELED supermodel HEIDI KLUM posed naked - except for her shoes and a strategically placed cushion for Arena mag.  —  The mum-of-three - who is married to Brit singer SEAL - agreed to the sexy new photo shoot …

Turncoat Michael returning to 'Lost'  —  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Turncoat Michael is making a "Lost" `comeback.  Harold Perrineau, who plays the character last seen betraying his fellow crash survivors to save himself and his son, will return to the show next season.

Nicole Richie to Break Her Silence  —  Pregnant and soon-to-be on trial Nicole Richie has spent her summer so far on media blackout.  —  Next week, however, the Simple Life star will finally come out of hiding for an interview with Diane Sawyer.  In three segments set to air August 2nd …

WE HEAR  —  THAT Brad Pitt is reuniting with Gwyneth Paltrow for "Dirty Tricks," a political drama on the aftermath of the Watergate scandal with Annette Bening, Meryl Streep and Sharon Stone . . . THAT Heather Graham and Dominic Chianese, who star in "Adrift...

Nicole and Joel Madden's Public Blowout  —  Nicole Richie and Joel Madden may be on the rocks.  —  According to Star magazine, the couple recently had a huge blowout where Joel unleashed his fury, screaming at Nicole in front of people and causing a scene.  —  From Star: … I've never liked Joel.

Claire Danes Nipple Slip Pictures  —  Oops!  Looks like Claire Danes might want to wear a bra next time... This Claire Danes nipple slip happened while claire was doing an on-camera interview at MTC Canada, though I don't know if it was just one lucky photographer, or an entire country's worth of a lucky audience.

Ian Ziering 'Disappointed' at Price Is Right Rebuff  —  Ian Ziering lit up the floor on Dancing with the Stars earlier this year - but he won't finish 2007 hosting The Price is Right, as he'd wished.  —  "I guess I was a little disappointed," Ziering, 43, told PEOPLE at Tuesday's …

CHOCO-LICIOUS  —  KELLY Rowland once wanted to look white.  "It's said that brown-skinned girls don't sell magazines and that's so sad," the sexy songbird tells next month's Essence.  "I remember wishing I was more fair-skinned, but Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's mom, would say, 'Don't you know how beautiful you are?'

Scarlett Johansson Buys $8 Million Hollywood Mansion  —  Actress Scarlett Johansson has splashed out $8 million on a mansion in the Hollywood Hills.  The Lost In Translation beauty, 22, bought the spacious property from movie maker Harold Becker, and the house boasts seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

Backstreet Boys Plot Comeback With October CD  —  After an extended break and the loss of original member Kevin Richardson, the Backstreet Boys will return Oct. 30 with their next, as-yet-untitled studio album for Jive Records.  The first single, the piano-heavy rock ballad "Inconsolable," will hit U.S. radio outlets Aug. 27.

Hasselhoff: 'Drunken video gave me closure'  —  David Hasselhoff credits the drunken video of him eating a burger off the floor with bringing "closure" to a troublesome period in his life.  —  The former Baywatch star has battled alcohol problems in the past and during a relapse this year …

UNFAZED BY CRITICS  —  'IT'S ALL about hair, isn't it?" asked Katie Couric when she was on the "Today" show and I wrote about her new haircut.  Instead of complaining about how trivializing this was, Katie just tossed it off.  I took her point.  —  Katie has had a lot of occasion lately to toss off criticism.