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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Desperate Housewives Star Adopts  —  Actress Joely Fisher and husband Christopher Duddy have adopted a newborn baby girl named Olivia Luna Fisher-Duddy, her rep told Usmagazine.com.  —  “The Fisher-Duddy's other children Cameron 22, Collin 20, Skylar 7 and True, pushing 3 …

TIGHTER POCKETS  —  PEOPLE magazine scored the first pictures of Clay Aiken and baby son Parker (along with the unsurprising “I'm gay!” interview) for $500,000 after, sources said, OK! bowed out.  “We were in the running,” an OK! source said, “but then [new editorial director] Kent Brownridge passed.”

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?

Anne Hathaway does not discuss a particular sex practice in Esquire  —  There's a rumor going around that actress Anne Hathaway frankly discusses anal sex in an upcoming interview with Esquire Magazine.  The quote, which is completely fabricated, is so amusing that there's no way it can be true.

Salma Hayek Steps Out With Her Ex - Again!  —  Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault at Paris Fashion Week  —  L'amour, encore?  —  Salma Hayek hit the Balenciaga fashion show in Paris Tuesday morning with a very special guest.  Her escort?  Ex-fiancé Francois-Henri Pinault …

Sienna Awarded Damages for Paparazzi Pursuit  —  Looks like some good finally came of Sienna Miller's relationship with Balthazar Getty.  Relatively speaking, that is.  —  The Factory Girl thesp has accepted roughly $27,000 in damages and an apology from Britain's Daily Star tabloid …

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.

Merv Griffin's company sues Ed McMahon  —  LOS ANGELES - Court documents show a company founded by Merv Griffin is suing Ed McMahon for a $100,000 loan it claims has gone unpaid.  —  The Griffin Group Inc. claims it loaned the money to McMahon, Johnny Carson's sidekick on the “Tonight” show, in 2005.

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.

Elizabeth Hurley Covers Up For Money  —  I'm a little disappointed in Elizabeth Hurley, normally when she attends these fancy events she's wearing a nice low cut dress that shows off her considerable cleavage.  Now here she is at he Pink Ribbon Ball in aid of breast cancer and she's got them covered up.

Gay Families Find the Bronx Is a Place to Call Home  —  It is a statistic surprising even to those it describes: Same-sex couples in the Bronx are more likely to have children than those in any other New York City borough, according to a study released last month, and perhaps more than any county in the country.

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 …

'I'm a gushing new mum' - Footballer's Wife Zoe Lucker introduces baby Lilly Alabama … As Tanya Turner in the TV show Footballers' Wives she got her kicks from snorting cocaine, designer labels and being a superbitch.  —  But the latest high in actress Zoe Lucker's life is the most natural there is …

DWTS' Cloris Leachman: “I Don't Have Any Worries” About Being Eliminated  —  Cloris Leachman hasn't exactly been a hit on Dancing With the Stars.  (Judge Bruno Tonioli joked that she resembled her Young Frankenstein character while dancing the paso doble Monday night.)

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.

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.