CLAYMATES DEAL WITH THEIR GAY GRIEF  —  High-pitched shrieks and excited OMGs could be heard all through America's suburbs yesterday as Clay Aiken admitted that he's gay, on the cover of People.  Aiken's rabid fanbase, who call themselves Claymates, have taken to the message boards to deal with this shocking (to them) news.

In Touch Exclusive: Natalie Portman is single again  —  In Touch can exclusively reveal that Natalie Portman has split with her boyfriend, musician Devendra Banhart.  “Yes, they have broken up,” a source close to Devendra tells In Touch.  The couple met and fell in love while the actress …

Spotted: Chuck Bass Snogging ... Drew Barrymore?!?!?!  —  D. got a piece of Bass last night.  —  Photo: Justin Bishop/Courtesy of Vanity Fair  —  OMFG.  Last night at Webster Hall, the main event proved not to be the performance by Kings of Leon but the intense makeout sesh …

Britney Spears continues to not look like a total trainwreck who shouldn't be allowed near children  —  Britney Spears stopped for some coffee yesterday after leaving a dance studio in LA. She continues to look remarkably decent for a woman who only months ago filmed amateur porn in Mexico and spoke with a fake British accent.

Kirk Cameron Finds Way Around Self-Imposed Kissing Ban  —  Christian actor Kirk Cameron forced movie bosses to cast his wife Chelsea as a smooching stand-in for his new film Fireproof, because he refused to kiss his onscreen wife.  —  In the movie, Cameron plays a firefighter battling to save …

She was launching a perfume... so why did Jordan have to strip down to her underwear?  —  In recent months, Katie Price has been trying to relaunch herself as a class act, maintaining that she's more than just a glamour model.  —  But the artist formerly known as Jordan appeared to throw …

HEFNER'S CRUMBLING HAREM  —  JUST as Page Six predicted a month ago, Hugh Hefner's sham-like world is falling apart.  His youngest “girlfriend,” Kendra Wilkinson, has been hooking up with Philadelphia Eagle Hank Baskett.  Now, it seems his “No. 1” gal pal is looking for an out, too.

EXCLUSIVE: LETTERMAN MOCKS MCCAIN CANCELLATION  —  David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.  —  Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric.

Leighton Meester Born in Prison but Mom Was “Always There For Me”  —  Leighton Meester's upbringing was nothing like that of her Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf: the actress was born to a mother who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for smuggling marijuana.

X17 XCLUSIVE - BRITNEY FILMING ‘WOMANIZER’ RIGHT NOW!  —  HOT LINKS : Britney Spears  —  Brit stopped by McDonald's this morning around 9 a.m. on her way to one last rehearsal before her music video shoot for Womanizer!  —  Queen B fueled up on a hash brown (loves it!) before heading to downtown LA …

Kid Rock to plug a premium beer  —  A match made in heaven!  Drinks Americas Holdings Ltd. announced an agreement with Detroit's prototypical suds guzzler Kid Rock to develop and market a premium domestic beer.  —  And now the hype: J. Patrick Kenny, CEO of Drinks Americas, said …

Lance Armstrong: Return to Racing a Family Decision  —  Before deciding whether to come out of retirement and compete in the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong needed to speak to one person in particular: his ex-wife Kristin.  —  “Quite frankly, if she had said, 'I don't support it …

25 Under 25: Hollywood's Hottest Young Stars  —  Warning: reading may cause you to feel old and unaccomplished.  —  Fame and success can be fleeting in Hollywood — just ask the Coreys.  —  So which young stars of 2008 will still be entertaining us in 2018, or even 2028?

Former Bachelorette Jen Schefft Gets Engaged  —  Former Bachelorette star Jen Schefft is engaged to her boyfriend, Joe Waterman, she tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “I'm so excited and so happy,” says Schefft, 32.  —  The couple, who live in Chicago, met on a blind date in February.

808s & Heartbreak coming soon....  I CHANGED MY ALBUM TO NOVEMBER SOMETHING CAUSE I FINISHED THE ALBUM AND I FELT LIKE IT.. I WANT YALL TO HEAR IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE  —  GOOD ASS JOB!!!  —  haha repost but mr. west man i cannot wait to hear it really  —  Good S**t Fam!  Can't wait.  —  yay!

Oprah joining cast of Disney movie  —  Oprah Winfrey is going to the Big Easy — at least in the fictional world of animation — by joining the cast of an upcoming Disney movie set in New Orleans during the jazz age.  —  In “The Princess and the Frog,” which is set for release in late 2009 …

Officer: “Divine Intervention” Travis Barker Got Out of Crash  —  Travis Barker was screaming from intense pain after he and DJ AM survived the crash of a private plane Friday night.  —  “You could tell he was in pain,” Lt. Jason Shumpert of the South Congaree Police Department told the Associated Press on Wednesday.

WORLD PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: ‘Man’ who gave birth enjoys a day out with his wife and child  —  These pictures of a man cradling his new baby and kissing his wife appear to show a perfectly ordinary family enjoying a day at the park.  —  But if there was ever a family that proved appearances can be deceptive, this would be it.

Thin Talk from ‘90210’  —  “Extra's” Tanika Ray visited the set of “90210” to get the scoop from the pin-thin pretties.  Last week, CW stars Shenae Grimes and Jessica Stroup graced the cover of Us Weekly with the unflattering headline, “Too Thin for TV.”  The young stars of “90210” …