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.

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.

Jay Bennett, dead at age 45  —  UPDATED MONDAY MORNING WITH STATEMENT FROM JEFF TWEEDY  —  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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Gabrielle Union Takes Legal Action Against Website Over Affair Claims  —  Actress Gabrielle Union has taken legal action against bosses of a gossip website that printed an anonymous letter about her alleged sexual exploits.  —  Editors of Ezoox.com recently posted a letter about the Ugly Betty star from a …

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.

“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.

Stampede kills 11 people at world music festival in Morocco  —  A stampede at a world music festival featuring Kylie Minogue and Alicia Keyes has left at least 11 people dead, most of them women and children, in the Moroccan capital Rabat.  —  Some 70,000 spectators were at the Hay Nahda stadium …

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 …

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!