Kate Hudson Is PEOPLE's Most Beautiful Cover Girl  —  Heading the list of PEOPLE's 100 Most Beautiful People is a 29-year-old mother remarkably short on her beauty sleep - for which she lovingly credits her active 4-year-old son.  —  The beautiful, sleep-deprived mom?

Karina Smirnoff: Mario Lopez and I “Are Going Strong”  —  Despite a people.com report, Dancing With the Stars' Karina Smirnoff says she and beau Mario Lopez haven't called it quits.  —  “You know, everybody goes through ups and downs in their relationships,” she told Usmagazine.com in a telephone interview Tuesday.

Idol: Paula Critiques Jason's Second Song — Before He Sings It!  —  What the heck was going on last night?  With the top five contestants — Jason Castro, David Cook, Brooke White, David Archuleta and Syesha Mercado — each singing two Neil Diamond tunes, Tuesday's altered American Idol format must have thrown Paula Abdul for a loop!

Benji Madden Writes a Love Song for Paris Hilton  —  Paris Hilton and Benji Madden in L.A.  —  Paris Hilton has become a muse to her boyfriend of two months, Benji Madden.  —  “He actually wrote me a beautiful song, and actually recorded it in the studio,” Hilton, 27, said Monday night at the LG launch of the TV series Scarlet.

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Wahler: “I Do Not Have a Sex Tape of Lauren Conrad”  —  Jason Wahler is speaking out against Spencer Pratt's recent claims on national TV that a Lauren Conrad sex tape exists.  —  “I do not have a sex tape of Lauren Conrad and one does not exist,” Wahler tells Usmagazine.com in a statement.

MARIAH TO WED?  —  MARIAH Carey's keeping mum about that ginormous diamond ring she started wearing on her ring finger last week, but a source tells us it's definitely from her new beau, Nick Cannon - and that the duo are now engaged.  Cannon bought the bauble for $2.5 million at Jacob & Co …

Lindsay Lohan and ... Snoop Dogg?  —  Lindsay Lohan and ... Snoop Dogg?  Carly Simon and ... Not Snoop Dogg |  Sex, but Almost Dead, in the City Lindsay Lohan and ... Snoop Dogg?  —  Yes, folks, it's true: Lindsay Lohan is busy recording her third album.

Brad, Angelina Relocate to Riviera  —  The Brangelina brood has hit France, scouting locations for its next big project: Baby-delivering.  —  Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and all four kids are holed up in Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen's Villa Maryland in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera.

Madonna's Trainer: How to Lose 20 Pounds in 6 Weeks  —  Two pounds a week is the typically advised weight loss, but pro Tracy Anderson says she has worked out a way to safely shed even faster!  —  “It's perfectly healthy,” the former dancer, 33, tells Us of her plan.

Halle Berry: ‘My Baby Is Calling’  —  Halle Berry  —  Halle Berry is back on the scene just six weeks after giving birth - and she looks better than ever.  —  One day after she stole the show at a Beverly Hills auction in a plunging leopard-print dress, the 41-year-old stepped out again Monday …

Cher Reveals Tom Cruise Crush  —  Tom Cruise and Cher, circa mid-'80s  —  Photo by: Frank Edwards / Fotos International / Getty Images; Weber Anita / Sipa  —  In what sounds like a real-life, all-star version of The Graduate, Cher is now admitting to having acted upon a long-ago crush on the much younger Tom Cruise.

Smart Cookies  —  Amy Smart was shot today on the set of her new movie “Crank 2: High Voltage.”  —  We'll take two, please.

Sheen Stayed Hot For Hookers  —  IF you thought horndog sitcom star Charlie Sheen had sworn off hookers many years ago, you're wrong, according to a former Los Angeles madam.  —  Nici, who managed a stable of prostitutes that included two Playboy Playmates, tells Vanessa Grigoriadis …

Bruce Willis' British model girlfriend Emma Heming chosen to front lingerie campaign  —  Bruce Willis is already a die hard fan, now girlfriend Emma Heming is putting her car-crash curves on show for all the world to see.  —  The model has just been named the new face of La Senza and stars in the lingerie firm's racy new ad campaign.