Ryan Seacrest closes deal worth $45 mil  —  Three-year pact said to be richest ever for a reality host  —  Ryan Seacrest is Fox's 45-Million-Dollar Man.  —  The “American Idol” host has closed a major new three-year deal with CKX, parent of “Idol” producer 19 Entertainment, worth $15 million per year.

Jon Gosselin, Kids' Clothing Designer Extraordinaire  —  All play, no work makes Jon Gosselin a dull boy.  —  The newly single 32-year-old Jon & Kate Plus 8 star may be in St.-Tropez with his 23-year-old gal-pal, Hailey Glassman, but that doesn't mean the trip is all fun and games.  —  Well, maybe it does.

Mel Gibson Directs Girlfriend's ‘Heartache’  —  Mel Gibson isn't wasting anytime with his girlfriend's singing career.  Less than a month after Oksana Grigorieva released a video for her first song ‘Say My Name,’ she is back with another one.  ‘Beautiful Heartache’ was directed by Gibson during …

Disney's Hudgens to ‘strip as 1950s hooker’  —  High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens says she will sex things up in new potty mouth film role  —  Controversial Disney actress Vanessa Hudgens has warned she is ready to shock again, revealing she is to strip off as a hooker in a new X-rated film role.

Sarandon, Goodman join Kevorkian biopic  —  Project loosely based on the book ‘Dying and the Dead’  —  Susan Sarandon and John Goodman are set to co-star opposite Al Pacino in “You Don't Know Jack,” HBO Films' biopic of Jack Kevorkian, which is being directed by Barry Levinson.

CUSTODY SNUB FOR ‘BAD’ DAD  —  JACKO'S MOM & EX IN SECRET DEAL  —  Cruel stage dad Joe Jackson won't be getting his hands on his son's children any time soon, under a secret custody deal struck by Michael Jackson's mom, Katherine, and baby incubator Debbie Rowe, sources said yesterday.

Debbie Rowe Injected Jackson with Drugs  —  Debbie Rowe frequently injected Michael Jackson with drugs while she worked for Jackson's dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein.  —  We've obtained law enforcement documents from the 2005 molestation trial.  Included in the records is an affidavit …

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looking for New York digs, including Apthorp  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be looking to buy in Manhattan.  —  We hear the star couple has been quietly checking out the Apthorp, the century-old upper West Side landmark that's undergoing a condo conversion.

Scarlett Johansson: Mango Mania  —  She's the new face for the European brand Mango and earlier today (July 13) Scarlett Johansson was spotted at a photo call for the new ad campaign.  —  The “In Good Company” hottie looked lovely as she posed for the paparazzi at Santo Mauro Hotel in Madrid …

Paramount toys with ‘Max Steel’ pic  —  Studio teams with Roth for Mattel property  —  Just weeks before Paramount Pictures invades theaters with “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra,” the studio is teaming with Joe Roth to pick up Mattel's “Max Steel” as another action figure it wants to play with on the bigscreen.

Britney Spears really wants you to see her breasts  —  Here's the perpetually braless Britney Spears arriving in Copenhagen Saturday.  I'm no psychologist, but I'm pretty sure there's a direct correlation between the amount of breast Britney shows and how f**king crazy she currently is.