And Courtney Cox and Brad Pitt Get Cozy...

* Madonna is reportedly dropping over $1,000 a week to get her latest toy, Jesus Luz, English lessons. Sources say she's "tired of his inability to pick up her native tongue." Triple digits seems like a lot to pay for him to learn three words: sit, stay and shut-up.

* Oh no she didn't! Courtney Cox is supposedly Jennifer Aniston's BFF but she was snapped having a grand old time chatting it up with the enemy, Brad Pitt, at a Chris Cornell concert. Jennifer is SO going to have something to say about this. Don't THINK she won't drop Brad's name a few dozen times during the conversation and emphasize how over she is about the whole Brad dumping her for Angelina thing. Because she is. Really. That Brad voodoo shrine in the spare bedroom? Uh, yeah just stuff she hasn't gotten around to throwing away yet. Busy.

* Christina Aguilera is slated to play "an ambitious small town girl with a big voice who finds love, family and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club" in a big-screen musical titled Burlesque that appears to be right out of Bob Fosse's Cabaret. Hmmm, sounds like the extended music video for "Lady Marmalade" to us.

* Cameron Diaz and her Brit boyfriend Paul Sculfor have split after a year-long romance. Unfortch, Jennifer Aniston's prospective pool of exes is running pretty much on empty at the moment, but Gerard Butler should be coming to his senses in 3, 2, 1 . . .

* With boys on her mind again, party-hopping, direct-to-DVD star Lindsay Lohan was reportedly getting up close and flirty with former flame Jared Leto who "pinned Lindsay against the wall" inside a private suite for 20 minutes at the Young Hollywood poolside party at the Roosevelt Hotel. More likely he was just trying to keep super skinny LiLo from falling through the cracks in the floor and disappearing.

* Michael Jackson is being sued for $44 million by a former publicist who claims the pop star has not paid her for deals she's done. His lawyer started to issue the always-on-file That child has no proof and his parents just want money statement to the press, before asking, Waitthis is about what now?

* Just in time to hawk his upcoming book, one-balled wonder Lance Armstrong reveals that he and ex fiancee Sheryl Crow split in 2006 because she wanted kids -- and he didn't. You know, in case you were wondering. Or cared. Except, uh, didn't Lance just knock up another woman?

* Beyonce Knowles says that she was a "chubby" and "ugly" kid who sometimes needed help to squeeze into her jeans. Sure, Bey, just like all supermodels were nerds who stayed home alone on Friday nights.

* Dina Lohan says she's a good mother, and that she isn't letting daughter Ali run wild. Fifteen-year-old Ali is just "supporting her sister." That would be the same sister who is busy throwing eggs at the paparazzi?

By Paige Muller

Paige Muller, Gossip & Hollywood Hijinx
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		Paige Muller is a gossip gal with an appreciation – some would say obsession – for Hollywood hijinx, celebrity style and the latest fashion trends.  From who hooked up, who's knocked up and "WTF are they wearing?", Paige offers all the dish, with a side of snark. When not pondering Jennifer Aniston's perplexing post-breakup PR strategy, Paige is a published writer and communications professional who has worked with brands like Dove, L'Oreal, More magazine, Gap and WE: Woman's Entertainment.
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