BRINKLEY DIVORCE CASE SETTLED  —  MODEL APPEARS TO SCORE VICTORY  —  After days of acrimony in court and a night of intense negotiation going into the wee hours of the morning, Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook settled their contentious divorce case.  —  “It is my pleasure to report …

First Look — Inside Jessica Simpson's 28th Birthday Party!  —  Happy 28th birthday, Jessica Simpson!  While the singer's real big day is today, she partied the night away with her favorite people at Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas on Monday.  Jessica showed off that big Texas smile as Tony serenaded her with “Sweet Child o' Mine”.

PAINED C-ROD: I STILL LOVE HIM  —  BARES HER ANGUISH OVER SPLIT FROM WAYWARD ALEX  —  CONTINUED  —  OK, but having been bruised this badly, why will she be there to pick up those pieces should and if this happens?  Because she has a graduate degree in psychology for abused and abandoned children.

Jessica Biel: I Don't “Have to Have” Marriage  —  Jessica Biel says her life will be fine even if she doesn't walk down the aisle one day.  —  “The actual idea of signing those papers and doing all this stuff ... I've never been someone who's like, ‘I have to, have to, have to have it,’” …

Jessica Alba on Pregnancy: ‘I Never Felt Less Sexy’  —  Angelina Jolie may love being pregnant, but not everyone in Hollywood is similarly gushing.  —  “I never felt less sexy,” Jessica Alba says of her own pregnancy.  “I mean, I wouldn't have changed it for the world ... but I wanted to get rid of all the weight.”

Heidi Montag Hits Gun Range “in Honor” of Her Late Step-Bro  —  Why were Hills stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt at a firing range in L.A. Tuesday?  —  “All the super soaker ranges were closed,” Pratt joked to Usmagazine.com.  —  “Seriously, we're learning in honor of Heidi's step-brother,” he explained.

Nicole and Keith: ‘We Feel Immensely Blessed’  —  She may be little, but four-day-old Sunday Rose Kidman Urban has her parents gushing in a big way.  —  “We feel immensely blessed and grateful to be given this beautiful baby girl,” Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban said in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE in this week's cover story.

Wacko Jacko hits a toy shop in pyjamas, a surgeon's mask, a rasta wig and a wheelchair  —  Any popstar worth their salt knows that to survive in the business, you have to reinvent yourself every so often - and the King of Pop must know that better than any.  —  But quite what Michael Jackson thinks …

Jose Canseco: Madonna Begged Me to Impregnate Her  —  Alex Rodriguez isn't the first athlete Madonna has pursued.  —  In the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now), former Oakland A and onetime Yankee Jose Canseco details how the singer, 49, tried to romance him in 1991 even though …

Downey Jr. set for ‘Sherlock Holmes’  —  ‘Iron Man’ actor cast in WB, Guy Ritchie drama  —  In what will be his first job since the blockbuster “Iron Man,” Robert Downey Jr. is set to star in “Sherlock Holmes,” the drama that Guy Ritchie will direct for Warner Bros.

Ethan Ties The Knot  —  Though it's been reported that Ethan Hawke and his [homewrecker] girlfriend, Ryan Shawhughes obtained a marriage license in June, Hawke's publicist has confirmed to X17online that the couple was officially married last month in NYC.  —  Ryan is currently pregnant …

Tobey Maguire Gets Spidey Scary  —  Tobey Maguire and wife Jennifer Meyer have a casual dinner at Madeo in Los Angeles on Wednesday.  —  When leaving the restaurant, the Spiderman star became enraged with the paparazzi when they kept flashing photos in his face.

Isaac Hanson and Wife Nikki Have a Boy!  —  The Hanson brothers' brood has gotten even bigger.  —  On July 1, Isaac Hanson and his wife Nikki celebrated the arrival of their second son, James Monroe Hanson, in the family's hometown of Tulsa.  —  Baby Monroe weighed in at 8 lbs., 11 oz. …

EX-FILE  —  JOHN Mayer can't keep those pesky ex-es away.  His girlfriend Jennifer Aniston found “a batch” of love letters from his ex-girlfriend Jessica Simpson in his guitar case.  “Jennifer was more hurt than angry at the discovery,” said a source.  “The letters surprisingly were very touching and well written.”

Brian Austin Green on Megan Fox: “We're Solid”  —  Brian Austin Green says everything's going great with fiancée Megan Fox.  —  (London's Daily Star reported that Fox, 22, called off her engagement to the former 90210 star after realizing “she's too young to marry him.")

Rush & Molloy: It's grad school for Franco  —  Being a movie star isn't enough for James Franco.  —  The gorgeous actor graduated from UCLA last month at the age of 30, after quietly taking English literature courses for years.  —  And he's not stopping there.

Dancing with the Stars to Tango with Gay Twist?  —  The celeb-and-pro lineup for Dancing with the Stars' Season 7 won't be officially revealed until mid-August, but already rumors are surfacing about who might prance across the parquet.  —  The latest buzz has Lance Bass signed on to samba …