Tears as Britney's pal served with court papers to testify on the star's 'parenting skills'  —  Britney Spears's former assistant, Alli Sims, was served with legal papers summoning her to testify on Spears's parenting skills as part of the custody battle between Spears and her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, it was reported.

LET KATE PLAY  —  KATE Hudson's ex, the Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, couldn't be happier things are heating up between Kate and her new guy, comic Dax Shepard.  "Dax is basically living at her house right now," said our source.  While the rest of her family is...

Lars and the Real Girl  —  Written by Six Feet Under scribe Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl is a heartfelt comedy starring Academy-Award nominated Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life.

JAILED JOE NOT WILD OVER HEF  —  "GIRLS Gone Wild" tycoon Joe Francis is disappointed with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner for failing to support him as he rots behind bars on what he claims are trumped-up charges of using underage girls in a sexual performance.

Courtney Love to Hollywood: You're All Bulimic Liars!  —  Courtney Love infuriated Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld when she wore an exact knockoff of one of his couture designs to Paris Hilton's birthday party last February.  But after Love sent a letter of apology, the designer forgave …

Mel B's hubby is a duck killer  —  MEL B's new husband is wanted by police — after he bludgeoned a DUCK to death.  —  A warrant is out for STEPHEN BELAFONTE's arrest in his former home state of New Jersey.  —  The film producer, 32, admitted killing the mallard with a brick outside …

Bad Sushi Night — Brad Garrett Attacks  —  Things got downright racial last night in Malibu, when a paparazzo taunted Brad Garrett, calling him racist to his face.  Garrett then took out his anger on the wrong guy, bitchslapping a TMZ photog.  —  It happened outside Nobu restaurant around 11:30 PM …

Chris Evans Takes Out The Garbage Naked  —  Neighbors of Fantastic Four star Chris Evans are in for a visual treat - he often takes out his garbage naked.  —  Evans, who recently came third in a poll of most eligible Hollywood bachelors, admits he is fond of streaking in his yard.

America Ferrera House Hunting with Her Boyfriend  —  How is Emmy-nominated Ugly Betty actress America Ferrera biding her time before the Emmy Awards on Sept. 16?  By house hunting with her longtime boyfriend, Ryan Piers Williams.  —  The couple very recently began looking for a new home together, a friend of the pair tells PEOPLE.

In the women's mags: Katie goads her stuffy Tom into makeover wardrobe  —  This week's New Idea reveals that Katie Holmes has finally had enough of her control-freak husband Tom Cruise and is about to overhaul his outdated image.  —  Sick of playing the obedient wife to the mega-star …

K-Fed Going Commando on Brit  —  Kevin Federline's so serious about getting custody of his Britboys that he actually hired an ex-Israeli commando to serve Britney's cousin-assistant Alli Sims and former boytoy J.R. Rotem with papers.  —  The New York Daily News reports that Aaron Cohen …

Nicole Richie buys Rogaine for women, plus new pics of Nicole and Joel  —  Amid all the "Nicole Richie pregnancy scare!" stories in this week's tabloids is a much more amusing story about the tiny pregnant do-nothing.  Nicole Richie was said to have been seen at a Santa Monica drug store with six boxes of Rogaine for women in her cart.

Worst Celebrity Smiles  —  Teen AOL compiled a list of the worst celebrity smiles.  A little mean spirited... but ok.  They pretty much hit everyone on my list.  Hope you are ready for these pictures.

'Amy's had awful ordeal but will be fine', says father  —  The father of troubled singer Amy Winehouse has insisted she is on the road to recovery after collapsing from a drugs overdose.  —  The 23-year-old, who is notorious for her wild partying, was treated in a London hospital last week …

It's Lauren vs. Heidi in Battle of the Ex-BFFs  —  "The Hills," which opens its third season on MTV tonight, is more convincing than "Friends" and just about any other comedy about female relationships because — as anyone who has ever been a young woman knows — undying friendships die.

Sometimes Dykes And Bikes Don't Mix  —  Not all dykes like bikes!  Rosie O'Donnell wrote on her blog about her weekend encounter in Florida with a dude on his Harley.  Rosie and her girlfriend, Kelly, were leaving a restaurant and while Kelly was backing the car out, the dude apparently flipped out.

THIS ONE OTTO GET A MEDAL  —  IT'S amazing that the star of "Sex and the City" 's sexiest scenes, Kim Cattrall, didn't quit show business after the indignities she suffered on the set of her first movie - in which she had to appear nude and was cruelly berated by a fearsome Hollywood director as a lousy actress.