A-Rod set to buy £40m New York pad next door to Madonna as relationship heats up … Madonna's ‘soulmate’ Alex Rodriguez is weeks away from buying a New York penthouse apartment two blocks from the superstar's - in a bid to be close to her.  —  Speculation of a romantic relationship between …

Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell dies in Los Angeles  —  LOS ANGELES - Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died.  He was 86.  —  Blackwell died Sunday of complications …

David Banda's Dad: “Maybe He'd Be Better Off Back With Us”  —  In light of Madonna's divorce from Guy Ritchie, David Banda's biological father is having second thoughts about giving his son up.  —  “I am still a poor farmer with nothing to offer, but maybe he'd be better off back with us,” he told Britain's The Sun.

Lil Wayne Expecting a Boy  —  Lil Wayne  —  Get ready for another Lil Wayne on the scene.  The rapper announced during the BET Hip-Hop Awards his first son will be born in “a couple of days.”  —  “I got a son about to be born any day now, so shout-out to him.

PRINCESS CARRIE SETTLES SCORES  —  CARRIE Fisher, who had a disastrous marriage to CAA superagent Bryan Lourd, ridicules the idea that she changed Lourd's sexual orientation.  —  In her hilarious memoir, “Wishful Drinking,” due in December from Simon & Schuster, Fisher says of Lourd, the father of her daughter Billie:

'Grey's' goosed again  —  So what's the deal with “Grey's Anatomy”?  Last Thursday's episode averaged only 14.5 million viewers, a far cry from its average last season (roughly 18 million viewers), and was steam rolled, again, by “CSI” (19.2 million viewers).

OK!  Exclusive: Ellen & Jen Hit Hollywood Baby Bash  —  Jennifer Aniston, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Ellen DeGeneres, Jack Black, Tobey Maguire, Kate Beckinsale, Jonah Hill... That's a list of stars that you'd expect to see at an exclusive blockbuster movie premiere or major awards show.

Zac Efron Turns 21!  —  Zac Efron  —  It's party time for Zac Efron!  —  The star of High School Musical 3: Senior Year celebrated his 21st birthday Saturday with an intimate two-hour dinner party at L.A.'s Pace restaurant with a group of friends and family that included his parents and brother …

Epic ‘Ugliness’ Coming to Madge-Guy Split?  —  Even though it's less than a week since Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced they would be divorcing, many have begun speculating on just how nasty and public the split would become.  According to one source, expect “ugliness of epic proportions.”

From Paris to London...Ms Hilton is ‘here to stay’ … Paris Hilton has decided to relocate from her natural Los Angeles habitat to make London her new home.  —  The hotel heiress may not have been successful in her attempts to attract the attentions of Princes William and Harry on a recent evening …

Faith Hill is a Bikini Babe  —  Bikini-clad Faith Hill takes the December 2008 cover of Shape.  Here's what the mother-of-three had to say:  —  On her first time ever posing in a bikini: “Wearing a bikini on a magazine cover is my 41st birthday present to myself.”