Katie Holmes Prepares to Honor War Vets  —  So how will Katie Holmes be spending her Memorial Day weekend?  She'll be helping to honor the country's war veterans in Washington, D.C.  —  Holmes is taking part in the 20th annual PBS National Memorial Day Concert, where she and her All My …

SUBWAY THIEF SMOKES BACON  —  SWIPES STAR'S BLACKBERRY  —  Kevin Bacon wasn't footloose enough.  —  The Hollywood star tried to chase down a thug who swiped his BlackBerry at a Seventh Avenue subway station Thursday, sources told The Post.  The brazen mugger managed to escape and was at large yesterday.

“White Ribbon” wins Cannes Palme d'Or, does Oscar await?  —  Austrian director Michael Haneke claimed the coveted Palme d'Or, the top prize of the Cannes film festival, for “Das Weisse Band” (The White Ribbon"), instantly catapulting the movie on the top of the list of this year's must see films around the globe.

Kerri Walsh Becomes a Mom!  —  Forget the gold medals.  Kerri Walsh just got the biggest prize of all: She became a mom.  —  Walsh, 30, and her husband, AVP pro-volley ball player Casey Jennings, 33, welcomed son Joseph Michael Jennings at 8:57 p.m. on May 22 in Los Angeles.

Couples Watch: Lauren Conrad & Kyle Howard, Rachel Bilson & Hayden Christensen . . .  • Lauren Conrad, hanging with beau Kyle Howard at MyHouse in L.A. for the Havianas and Details cocktail party.  One of the night's guests of honor, Howard worked the room while Conrad was content to chat …

In an amazing change of heart Jordan says she wants to save her marriage to Peter Andre  —  DUMPED Jordan sensationally has revealed: “I want Pete back.”  —  She admitted for the first time that she had made the “biggest mistake of my life” in driving away long-suffering hubby Peter Andre.

Holden: ‘Boyle has no longevity’  —  Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has said that she doesn't think contestant Susan Boyle will last.  —  The Scottish singer is currently the odds-on favourite to win the talent series, however Holden has dismissed suggestions that the final is already decided.

Jessica Biel Would Love to Costar with Justin Timberlake  —  Jessica Biel has already said she's looking to expand her resume.  Could a future film include boyfriend Justin Timberlake?  —  “If it was the right thing, yeah, I would love to costar with Justin,” Biel, 27, tells Parade.

Jay Bennett, dead at age 45  —  Jay Bennett, a rock musician with deep ties to Chicago best known as a former member of Wilco, died early Sunday morning in downstate Urbana, where he had been running a recording studio, according to a spokesman for his family.  —  The singer and multi-instrumentalist was 45 years old.

Paris Hilton kicked off boat for toilet antics with Doug Reinhardt  —  Smutty Paris Hilton has been booted off a luxury boat - for getting up to naughtiness with her boyfriend in the bog.  —  She and Doug Reinhardt had to walk the plank after Elton John's fella David Furnish caught the heiress trying to …

Britney Attends Cousin's Wedding in Louisiana  —  After making a big splash in the Bahamas the day before, Britney Spears emerged Saturday in Amite, La., where she made a low-key appearance as an “honorary” bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, Laura Lynne Covington.

Clay Aiken Apologizes to Adam Lambert on Fan Site  —  Aiken writes: “I'll be the first to admit that my opinion is just that, only my opinion, but for as much as some of the bloggers seem to dislike me and care so little about my thoughts, they sure can waste a lot of their space on what I say!

Taylor Swift, “bad boy” John Mayer duet in Los Angeles  —  In Taylor Swift's world, boys are evil.  The 19-year-old country star has sold millions of copies of her two albums, in which she excoriates the mendacious heartbreakers who ruined her young life.  So it was a little shocking when John Mayer …