EXCLUSIVE: Ashlee Simpson Engaged - and Pregnant?  —  Ashlee Simpson, 23 and her rocker boyfriend, Pete Wentz, 28, are tying the knot, Usmagazine.com has confirmed.  —  A rep for Simpson tells Us, “Yes, they are happily engaged.”  —  Earlier today, the singer told Us, “I'm really happy!”

Nicole Richie's Mom Claims Harlow Has Said “Hi!”  —  Harlow Kate Winter Madden may only be three months old, but she's already burbling out her first words, says grandma.  —  “The other day I was holding her, and Harlow said, ‘Hi!’”  Brenda Richie told Usmagazine.com at the ASCAP Pop Awards in Hollywood on Wednesday.

Halle Berry keeps baby under wraps  —  Plus: Did Miley Cyrus have her teeth fixed?  Harrison Ford gets personal  —  The Scoop  —  It looks like we'll be seeing pictures of Halle Berry's post-baby body before we see pictures of the baby.  Berry and Gabriel Aubry's baby, Nahla …

A GREAT BIG KID  —  JOHN Travolta has an 8-year-old daughter, but it looks as if he's the one obsessed with “The Little Mermaid.”  The pudgy “Pulp Fiction” star sat front row with daughter Ella at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 46th Street Saturday, where he sang along to the show's tunes, including “Under the Sea.”

Cruz, Bardem to marry this year?  —  Spanish stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are to marry, reports claim.  —  Bardem, who won this year's Best Supporting Actor Oscar for No Country For Old Men, is thought to have proposed last month during a holiday in France.

CBS News, Katie Couric Are Likely to Part Ways  —  Barring a Change, Departure Could Follow the Election;  —  A Successor to Larry King?  —  After two years of record-low ratings, both CBS News executives and people close to Katie Couric say that the “CBS Evening News” …

Solange Knowles Talks About Beyoncé's Future As a Mom  —  First came Crazy in Love, then came the hush-hush marriage - could the baby carriage be far behind?  —  “Whenever Beyoncé decides to have a child, I definitely think she'll be banging on my door,” younger sister Solange Knowles tells PEOPLE.

Jordan the buxom mermaid makes a splash at book signing  —  There's very little Jordan won't do in the name of publicity, and her latest appearance at a London book signing is a rather colourful case in point.  —  The star arrived at Waterstone's in Harrods dressed as an eye-popping mermaid …

Lindsay Lohan to go nude in indie movie to prove she's a ‘serious actress’  —  Troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan is planning to appear naked in an low-budget film in an effort to revive her flailing career, it has been claimed.  —  The actress is said to have agreed to strip …

WHITNEY'S SEX LIFE PUT TO MUSIC  —  As the 44-year-old diva with the legendary voice struggles to make her comeback, both of her exes have written scandalous things about her.  —  Her ex-husband Bobby Brown has come out with a tell-all autobiography, “Being Bobby Brown: The Whole Truth and Nothin' But …

BACK - FOR NOW  —  REPEAT rehabber Pat O'Brien is getting “one last chance” from CBS brass after the host of “The Insider” was temporarily replaced with Donny Osmond.  A source told Page Six that O'Brien (who just completed his second rehab stint) is returning to host the show alongside Lara Spencer …

‘SILDA KNEW OF HOOKERS’  —  SILDA Wall Spitzer knew - and didn't care.  That's the word we're hearing from a reliable source who says in recent days disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has told friends his wife was aware of his dalliances with hookers for years but looked the other way.

Renee Zellweger struck by snotty nose on red carpet  —  Renee Zellweger's new film should be called Snottyhead rather than Leatherhead, after her nasal antics at the London premiere.  —  The Hollywood, er, beauty, 38, suffered from embarrassing bogies as she tried to catch …

Ryan and ScarJo were lovers, but . . .  Word from spywitnesses is that “The Proposal” star Ryan Reynolds and his galpal, Scarlett Johansson, had a bit of a lovers' spat in the Financial District the other day.  —  According to Someone Who Was There, the Tinseltown lovebirds were walking …

CBS axes reality show after 1 episode  —  NEW YORK - The secret talents of celebrities will remain hidden.  CBS is axing its new reality show “Secret Talents of the Stars” after only one episode.  —  The first airing Wednesday had former “Star Trek” actor George Takei singing “On the Road Again.”