For an Aspiring Singer, a Harsher Spotlight  —  She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer.  Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York.

Melissa Joan Hart & Husband Welcome Baby No. 2  —  Melissa Joan Hart and husband Mark Wilkerson welcomed their second child, a son, on Wednesday, their rep tells PEOPLE.  —  Braydon Hart Wilkerson was born at 3 p.m. in Los Angeles after 10 hours of labor, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz., rep Brad Taylor says.

Francis — Free from Florida!  —  Joe Francis is just wrapping up a court appearance in Panama City, Florida, and TMZ has learned that he's a free man, after agreeing to a plea deal that will keep him out of jail — and sources tell TMZ that Joe will be back in L.A. as early as tonight.

Nicky Hilton Addresses Weight - and Paris's New Man  —  Nicky Hilton debuted her latest fashion line Tuesday night - but chatter about her weight and her sister's love life took center stage.  —  Hilton, who has been dogged by Internet speculation about recent weight loss, hit back at the reports.

Sitcom Star: Britney Spears ‘Great to Work With’  —  No first-day jitters for Britney Spears.  Arriving promptly at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday on the L.A. lot of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother with her assistant Brett in tow, Spears quickly got to work impressing her costars.

Ashlee Simpson: “I Was Never Unhappy With How I Looked”  —  Ashlee Simpson has come a long way since being a style wallflower in the shadow of older sister Jessica.  —  “I used to look at a beautiful girl on the cover of a magazine and think I could never be that,” the 23-year-old singer tells Us Weekly …

DAVID ARCHULETA'S SO-CALLED ‘STAGE DAD’?  —  Is there more to his shaky performance last night?  —  Was there more than just nerves behind 17-year-old DAVID ARCHULETA's shaky performance on last night's “American Idol”?  —  The early favorite was definitely off his game …

'Why Didn't I Rebel More?'  —  Jodie Foster on childhood regrets, an (almost) academic career and raising her two boys  —  Test your knowledge of the Oscar-winning star — TAKE THE QUIZ! … On Her Early Sense of Responsibility  —  “I ask myself, ‘What did I miss?’”

Robbie Williams' Mangina  —  I don't know how old this is, but it's Robbie Williams giving himself a mangina during some interview.  That's basically it.  I have no idea what kind of coke words are coming out of his mouth, because I was too busy focusing on his mangina to see if the clit was going to slip out.

Final ‘Harry Potter’ book will spawn two movies  —  ‘Deathly Hallows’ films are scheduled to be released in November 2010 and May 2011.  —  WATFORD, England — It's official: Eight will be the magic number for the “Harry Potter” film franchise.  —  After months of rumors …

Spitzer's Hooker “Revealed”  —  PageSix.com can reveal a portfolio description from the Emperors Club web site which could depict the “Kristen” mentioned in the Governor Eliot Spitzer prostitution case.  —  The 5-foot-5-inch brunette likes dining at fancy restaurants and will show up wearing very high heels.

Sloppy Seconds  —  Janet Jackson is laid up in the hospital dying of the flu, so she can't get on a plane to NYC and perform on Saturday Night Live this weekend.  Lazy!  Mimi will save the day.  She will take Janet's place this Saturday reports UsWeekly.  Mimi hasn't been on the show for 10 years.

Which One's The Dude?  —  If I told you the bitch in the middle was a lesbian named Esther from Asheville, North Carolina, you would believe me 100%.  Rosie O'Donnell thought about having a hot lesbo threesome with Clay Gayken for a split second, but then smelled his ball sweat and called it a night.

Kanye West Married?  —  Did Kanye have a secret wedding?  —  Is Kanye West a married man?  —  Rumours suggest that rapper/producer Kanye has fulfilled his mother's final wishes by marrying his longterm girlfriend Alexis Phifer at a secret ceremony in Europe.

BACK KEEPS NEWMAN HOME  —  PAUL Newman, 83, was conspicuously absent Monday night at the 20th anniversary of his Hole in the Wall Gang charity, which runs summer camps for ill children.  And some in the audience at City Center were worried, especially in light of tabloid reports …