OMFG!  IT'S THE GOSSIP BOYS!  —  Penn Badgley (the good boy), Chace Crawford (the cougar bait), and Ed Westwick (the arrogant rake) are ubiquitous on the Web and in the tabloids, and every hot young woman in America wants a piece of them.  Maybe their preppy soap opera, Gossip Girl, will propel one or all of them to superstardom.

Janet Jackson Released from Montreal Hospital  —  Janet Jackson has been released from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, according to a hospital rep.  —  “Yesterday evening she was checked into the Royal Victoria Hospital and left a couple of hours later,” Rebecca Burns …

Adnan: I have Britney sex tape  —  BRITNEY SPEARS' ex-boyfriend has confirmed he owns a sex tape featuring himself and the US singer.  —  ADNAN GHALIB, the British pap whom she dated during her breakdown, says he WILL sell the tape for the right price.  —  He told Heat magazine …

FEAR OF FRYING  —  TRAVIS Barker, released from the Atlanta burn center over the weekend, is taking the long way home.  A rep for Barker's ex-wife and on-again love, Shanna Moakler, confirmed they're “driving” to Los Angeles in a tour bus provided by Barker's band, Blink 182.

Moment Heather Locklear has to be helped from police car after being arrested for ‘drug-driving’ … Struggling even to stand up, this picture shows Dynasty actress Heather Locklear being helped from a police car after being stopped for driving under the influence of prescription drugs.

Pop Tarts: Jenny McCarthy Slams Amanda Peet Over Vaccines  —  LOS ANGELES — Actress and new mom Amanda Peet referred to parents who choose not to vaccinate their children as “parasites” in a recent interview.  But despite her public apology aimed at parents of autistic children who believe …

Caught in the Act!  —  • Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, stepping out in sync - both dressed in gray blazers - for dinner at Italian restaurant Il Valentino in midtown Manhattan.  Perhaps the outing was a celebration for Holmes's success in the Broadway show All My Sons?

HEATH'S KID DENIED $10M INSURE PAY  —  ‘SUICIDE’ PROBE EYES MARY-KATE  —  By TERRY SCHERMERHORN in Los Angeles and CLEMENTE LISI in New York  —  Heath Ledger's insurance company has refused to pay on his $10 million policy by claiming he died under “suspicious” circumstances …

Jennifer Lopez: Lady Looks Like A Dude  —  Jennifer Lopez launched her new fragrance for men ‘Deseo For Men’ the other day at Macy's and she showed up in drag.  I don't know about you but I've seen better looking trannies in the Gay village.  I'm not sure if this was the right look for JLO for this appearance.

Kirsten Dunst Talks ‘Spider-Man 4,’ So Is She In Or Out?  —  For quite some time now, “Spider-Man” star Kirsten Dunst has had one major condition as to whether or not she'd sign-up for any future sequels of the franchise — that director Sam Raimi and co-star Tobey Maguire be signed on as well.

Exclusive: Mark Wahlberg's new baby's name  —  Oh baby!  Life & Style can exclusively reveal that actor Mark Wahlberg and his fiancée, Rhea Durham, have named their new baby boy Brendan Joseph!  The couple welcomed their third child, who weighed in at 7 pounds, 10 ounces, on Sept. 16.

Brad and Angelina plan their seventh child: Couple ‘considering adopting AGAIN’ … Not content with six children under the age of seven, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are said to be planning to expand their brood further by adopting again.  —  The couple - who recently denied rumours …

Duffy fears fame will lead to ‘breakdown’  —  Welsh singing sensation Duffy fears she is heading towards a breakdown as she struggles to deal with the pressures of her meteoric rise to fame.  —  The Mercy star, who grew up in a tiny town in Wales, admits she finds it hard …

I turned Megan Fox lesbian  —  Is this the maddest man in the US?  Meet the fireman who ditched star for being too wild  —  SWEETHARTS: Ben Leahy and Megan Fox  —  THIS is the firefighter who broke gorgeous Megan Fox's heart and made her run into the arms of a female stripper.

Sean Penn sent a text to Madonna after his first same sex kiss  —  Sean Penn stars with James Franco and Josh Brolin in Milk, a biopic about the first openly gay man elected to office in San Francisco.  Harvey Milk served as the city supervisor in late 1970s San Francisco and campaigned for gay rights.

Christina Applegate Still “Shaking” Over Breast Cancer Diagnosis  —  On Tuesday's Oprah Winfrey Show, Christina Applegate says she wasn't surprised when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36.  —  “I knew.  I just knew.  And I went home and they called me and, I mean,

Paris: At Balenciaga, Light Play  —  Pieces from the spring 2009 Balenciaga collection during Paris Fashion Week.  (Jean-Luce Huré for The New York Times)  —  A super-thoughtful and technically interesting Balenciaga show this morning from Nicolas Ghesquière: very light, luminous and leaning again toward the futuristic.