Halle Berry Is the Sexiest Woman Alive, 2008  —  As the culmination of our anniversary celebration, Halle Berry — who just had a baby, like, six months ago — presents the final re-creations of classic Esquire covers.  Here, she delivers her acceptance speech.  —  Halle Berry  —  Wow.

Nolte's House Burns  —  Nick Nolte's house caught fire today and he suffered injuries.  —  The call to L.A. County Fire came in today at 11:34 AM.  When firefighters arrived, the Malibu house was burning and Nolte was trying to put the blaze out himself.  We're told the fire started in a bedroom …

OK!  Exclusive: Jamie Lynn & Casey Fight the Rumors  —  A recent series of scurrilous tabloid stories have alleged that not only has 19-year-old Casey been unfaithful to Jamie Lynn, but that he's also gotten another woman pregnant.  The stories insist that the couple's relationship is a sham and that he is still seeing other girls!

David Crosby — Lowe Nanny Liked It Big and Black  —  David Crosby claims the only thing bigger than Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was the genitalia Rob Lowe's nanny coveted.  —  In a declaration filed in the case of Laura Boyce — the former Lowe nanny who claims she was sexually harassed …

TINA SNARES SPIKED J.LO PIECE  —  ELLE magazine killed a touchy profile on Jennifer Lopez, but reporter Kevin Sessums got his piece posted on Tina Brown's new Web site, The Daily Beast.  —  Sessums, originally hired to write this month's J.Lo cover story for Elle, was pulled from the assignment …

Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini Joined at the Hip  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini were like a couple of high schoolers last night at Elle's Women in Hollywood Tribute.  —  The two arrived hand in hand and then dashed through the predinner cocktail reception still holding hands.

Whitaker to direct, star in ‘World’  —  Legende film based on Louis Armstrong  —  Forest Whitaker will direct and star in Louis Armstrong biopic “What a Wonderful World” for Paris-based Legende, the company behind “La Vie en rose.”  —  Legende's Alain Goldman is producing alongside Edward R. Pressman.

Details of Ashlee's ‘White-Trash’ Birthday Party Revealed  —  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz traded her stylish maternity wardrobe for trailer-park chic Friday night, at a costume party to celebrate her 24th birthday.  —  “It had a white-trash theme,” says a guest who attended the bash at Simpson's parents' home in Encino.

Sarah Silverman: “We're Very Bruce and Demi”  —  Sarah Silverman is reluctant to state whether she and ex Jimmy Kimmel are back on.  —  “We talk every day.  It's fine, it's great,” she tells Tuesday's New York Times.  “I'm doing his show at the end of the month.  We're very Demi and Bruce.”

‘The View’ Battle Rages On  —  Round 3,540 of “Elisabeth Hasselbeck vs. Everyone Else” broke out today on the epic battle known as “The View.' The election has stirred up daily controversy on the daytime talk show, resulting in a nearly incomprehensible din with all four co-hosts bickering at once.

Avril Lavigne Nude Pictures  —  To our knowledge, Avril Lavigne has never done a naked photoshoot.  That's what makes these obviously fake, but very well done images of her so much fun.  Click to view uncensored! (nsfw)...  Real Live Naked Celebrity Pictures  —  Avril Lavigne is a High Quality Chick

Derek Hough: I'm Living with Shannon at Her House  —  Derek Hough rumbled with his current partner Brooke Burke on last night's Dancing with the Stars, but on the home front things are better than ever for the pro and his former Dancing partner Shannon Elizabeth.

Adam Gregory Dating Jessica Lowndes  —  90210 stars Adam Gregory and Jessica Lowndes take their love off-screen, holding hands while shopping at the Intuition boutique in Los Angeles on Monday.  —  On the hit CW drama, Jessica, 19, plays troubled Adrianna Duncan, and Adam, 20, who plays rich jock Ty Collins.

Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess  —  KATMANDU, Nepal - Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.  —  Wrapped in red silk and adorned with red flowers in her hair …

What not to wear... anything from footballer Ronaldo's boutique … Cristiano Ronaldos' metrosexual high-maintenance fashion style is both ridiculed and admired in equal measures.  —  So it perhaps comes as no surprise that the Manchester United winger is expanding his fashion empire …

Real Chance of Love: Gaze Into Their Eyes  —  We know you love Real and Chance.  We know that they're you're favorite brothers in the history of Celebreality, probably in the history of television, possibly in the history of brotherhood.  We know that you love their singular concoction of sensitivity …

Idol's Taylor Hicks Goes Indie  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Taylor Hicks is adding to the recent surge of news to come from otherwise forgotten American Idol types, announcing his next album will drop Feb. 10, 2009.  —  After getting dumped by J Records earlier this year …