Annoying!!!!  —  So it's out on the gossip sites that I quit my job at Playboy, which is true.  I quit for several reasons: 1.  I moved to Vegas and that job doesn't pay enough to make a commute worthwhile ( I never cared about the salary when I got the job-I made my money doing Girls Next Door …

Didn't I (Blow You This Time)?  —  National Enquirer (February 16, 2009) breaks the story of New Kids On The Block's Jonathan Knight being outed by his lover.  From the lovey-dovey pix, it would appear it was worth it—after all, his homosexuality has been an open secret.

Intense scrutiny has Phelps weighing whether he will swim in 2012 Games  —  Swimmer speaks out in first interview since photo of him smoking from marijuana pipe was published in tabloid  —  In his first interview since a photo surfaced showing him smoking from a marijuana pipe …

Meow!  Etta ‘whups’ on Beyoncé and Bam … Best Of NYDN.com

Miley Cyrus Apologizes for Controversial Photos  —  Miley Cyrus is finally speaking out on controversial photos that show her using her fingers to make her eyes slant, which is considered degrading to Asian people.  —  “I've also been told there are some people upset about some pictures taken of me with friends making goofy faces!

Jessica Alba's Body After Baby Secret: A Girdle  —  Jessica Alba wants the world to know her body after baby secret - and it has nothing to do with celery sticks or crunches at the gym.  —  “I wore a girdle,” the actress, 28, tells the March issue of Elle.  “Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack.

Madonna Jealous of Daughter Lourdes?  —  Not only does Madonna have to worry about young pop stars crowding her spotlight, she also has to contend with competition from an unlikely source: her 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes Leon!  —  “I think Madonna can't stand that Lourdes is growing into a beautiful teen …

Exclusive: ‘Gossip Girl’ spots Anne Hathaway-inspired plot  —  Forget that ho-hum Oscar nomination.  Now Anne Hathaway has something even cooler to brag about: her very own Gossip Girl plot!  —  Sources confirm to me exclusively that the show is planning a season-ending story line loosely inspired …

Kara DioGuardi Calls Idol Bikini Girl a B—ch  —  Kara DioGuardi got the final word in her feud with Katrina Darrell — a.k.a. “Bikini Girl” — on Wednesday night's American Idol.  —  While Darrell was stalking off the stage after being voted off, DioGuardi snapped: “What a b—ch!”

Gatecrasher: Pickup guru's theme - I will survive  —  First Neil Strauss wanted to help average Joes get lucky.  Now he wants to help save their lives.  —  The author of the best-selling pickup-artist book “The Game” is set to release “Emergency,” an eye-opening look at how to survive …

Amber Heard joining Johnny Depp in ‘Diary’  —  Film is adapted from Hunter S. Thompson's novel  —  BERLIN — Amber Heard is in negotiations to play the coveted female lead opposite Johnny Depp in “Rum Diary,” the adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson novel, which Bruce Robinson is writing and directing.

The Perfect T-Shirt To Wear While Looking For Dick!  —  Don't these people look so happy?  They are smiling and cheery-like.  Well, you know they are straight-up weeping inside, or at least their genitals are.  That's because they are part of the Passion for Chris Movement ,which I guess …

Sex and the City Sequel: SJP & Co. Make it Official!  —  Break out the bubbly—the Sex and the City sequel is finally official!  —  I can exclusively reveal that all four stars—Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis—and writer-director Michael Patrick King …

Fitty Won't Have to Pony Up 50% to Babymama  —  50 Cent's baby mama won't be able to take half his loot, a judge just ruled in New York.  —  A Supreme Court judge just dismissed Shaniqua Tompkins' claim to half the rapper's assets, which she had estimated at $50 million.

Pregnant tourist abducted, killed in Puerto Rico  —  Kidnapped jogger called for help from trunk of car; FBI arrests local man  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A pregnant American tourist was killed Wednesday after she was abducted during a morning jog.  Stuffed into the trunk of a car, she made a desperate call for help.

WHERE AM I AGAIN?  —  TOM Cruise could use a geography lesson.  In Rio de Janeiro hawking “Valkyrie,” Cruise tried to ingratiate himself to reporters by saying hola (hello) and gracias (thanks), not realizing that the language of Brazil is Portuguese, not Spanish.

Orlando Bloom to star in ‘The Cross’  —  Cassel, Kurylenko also join sci-fi project  —  Orlando Bloom, Vincent Cassel ("Eastern Promises") and Olga Kurylenko ("Quantum of Solace") will topline “The Cross,” to be directed by Andrew Niccol ("Lord of War" ).  —  Niccol has initiated pre-production …

Cramps Singer Lux Interior Dead At 62  —  Singer died early Wednesday of an existing heart condition.  —  Lux Interior, lead singer of influential garage-punk act the Cramps, died Wednesday morning (February 4) due to an existing heart condition, according to a statement from the band's publicist.

Carrie Ann Inaba and Artem Chigvintsev Have Split  —  Artem Chigvintsev and Carrie Ann Inaba  —  Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba and her boyfriend of 2½ years, dancer Artem Chigvintsev, have called it quits, Inaba tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “I'm single.

Lily Allen's new album gets bargain price  —  NEW YORK - Lily Allen isn't giving away her new CD, but at $3.99, it seems pretty close.  —  The 23-year-old British star is teaming up with MySpace Music and Amazon.com in a promotion that will offer her sophomore CD, “It's Not Me, It's You,” for that low price until Feb. 16.

PARIS IS A MARVEL  —  PARIS Hilton is trying her hardest to land a big-money man.  At Sundance, she latched onto MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe, who ditched her days later.  But before that, we've learned, she had her eye on David Maisel, chairman of Marvel Studios.

‘Candy Land’ coming to bigscreen  —  Cohen to write, Lima will direct Universal film  —  Universal Pictures is sweet on “Candy Land.”  —  Studio has set Etan Cohen to write and Kevin Lima to direct a live-action feature based on the enduring Hasbro board game.