Freddie Prinze Jr. has a new job with WWE

We haven't paid much mind to Freddie Prinze Jr. since he was in I Know What You Did Last Summer -- okay, we admit, Wing Commander -- but we do know the actor has joined the creative team for World Wrestling Entertainment. You know, with the wrasslers and whatnot.

Prinze will be working on USA's Monday Night RAW and other programs for the group, Zap2It.com reports. Not bad work for a confessed wrestling fan, especially since his sitcom Freddie lasted about a half an episode.

"Freddie Prinze, Jr.'s passion, energy and creativity make him an excellent fit for WWE," WWE head Vince McMahon said. That's good, because he hasn't been fitting in anywhere else.

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Russell Brand can't swear, mention Scientology

Remember how we said Russell Brand is slated to host the MTV Video Music Awards in September? Well, what would a story about an Englishman in America be without some rules about etiquette?

"I've been warned when I'm presenting there are two things I am never allowed to say: one -- c---. And two -- Scientology," Brand told London's Mirror. "There is one sentence that could join both of those words but I'm going to try and not say it."

That's good thinking on the part of the guy who came to work at MTV dressed as Osama bin Laden on Sept. 12, 2001. Besides, we all know mentioning Scientology anywhere gets you into big trouble. Oops.

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Obama campaign rejects new Ludacris song

Barack Obama's campaign folks are working overtime to call out Ludacris for his new cut Politics as Usual, which goes after folks like Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Jesse Jackson and George W. Bush. (Take a listen above.)

"As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn't want his daughters or any children exposed to," campaign spokesman Bill Burton told the AP. "This song is not only outrageously offensive to Sen. Clinton, Rev. Jackson, Sen. McCain and President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are trying to raise our children with the values we hold dear. While Ludacris is a talented individual he should be ashamed of these lyrics."

What could be so bad that his campaign labeled the song "outrageously offensive"? Try the part when Ludacris says, "Hillary hated on you, so that bitch is irrelevant." Or for Jackson: "Jesse talking slick and apologizing for what? If you said it then you meant it how you want it have a gut."

As far as his Republican opponents are concerned, Ludacris raps, "McCain don't belong in any chair unless he's paralyzed...Yeah, I said it, 'cause Bush is mentally handicapped...You the worst of all 43 presidents."

Obama may be rethinking that Rolling Stone interview in which he said he liked Ludacris. Or maybe he'll take the rapper's suggestion and ask Ludacris to be his running mate.

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Who needs drugs when you have YouTube?

Stare at this and don't look away. We promise it's not a joke, but it is quite the trick.

Thanks, Lamberto.

Britney Spears wants Sam Lutfi to go away

In incremental Britney Spears news, the cig-smokin' mama has declared she no longer wants to be around enabler Sam Lutfi anymore, despite not asking her attorney to seek an extension for a restraining order against her former "friend" and "manager."

"Britney has made clear to everyone that she does not want to be further harassed or contacted in any way by Osama 'Sam' Lutfi, now or at anytime in the future," her attorney Samuel D. Ingham III told the AP.

Lutfi has been accused in court papers of holding Brit hostage during her worst days, drugging her and raking through her finances. That has led to a court-ordered conservatorship that was extended Thursday through the end of 2008. Now, though, Lutfi seems willing to stay away.

"Mr. Lutfi and Mr. Spears (presumably dad Jamie) have mutually agreed in private that no hearing or order is necessary at this time," he said in a statement. Of course not -- that would be like a garden grub staying put after the rock it was hiding under got moved.

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J.K. Rowling's 'Beedle the Bard' is a big deal

In case you haven't logged into Amazon.com and searched for anything today, Harry Potter mastermind J.K. Rowling has announced a new tome sure to empty piggy banks everywhere.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a collection of five wizardful tales written by Rowling, is going to be published for charity, the AP reports. The Children's High Level Group, co-founded by the author to help support institutionalized children, hopes to raise $8 million through sales of the book. At $12.99 apiece (or $100 for a special leather bound edition) starting Dec. 4, they'll probably make that in the first hour.

Rowling said the new edition would include her illustrations and introduction, the stories themselves and commentaries by Albus Dumbledore, sending geeks everywhere into a tizzy. She had previously produced the book in seven handwritten volumes, giving away six and auctioning the last to Amazon for almost $4 million. Boy, that's looking like a good investment these days.

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Man sues Tom Cruise, Scientology for $250 mil

Tom Cruise has been named in a $250 million lawsuit brought by a man in Southern District Court right here in Florida. Ex-Scientologist Peter Letterese says the church has been harrassing him since he left and has been stealing intellectual property rights from him, the New York Daily News reports.

The solution? Sue the entire church using the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization law, which, if you've seen The Dark Knight (or any mafia movie made since the '70s), allows organizations to be indicted for crimes its members may have committed, hence Cruise's involvement.

"(Letterese) is just including a celebrity name to get attention," according to Paul Barresi, a private investigator who has worked for Cruise and gave the DN the court papers. Among Letterese's claims is that a Scientologist called his lawyer at home, telling the lawyer's wife he was her husband's homosexual lover when she answered the phone.

Letterese also states that CoS honcho David Miscavage is  "aided and abetted by the actions of Tom Cruise, his right-hand man for foreign and domestic promotion, as well as for foreign and domestic lobbying. He has assisted the syndicate in acquiring funds and (made) his own donations of money believed to be in the multiple tens of millions of dollars."

The real issue seems to be that the church is using the business book Effective Sales Closing Techniques as part of its courses, the Daily News says. Letterese had bought the rights from author Leslie Dane's widow, so of course this must infringe his intellectual property rights.

Except that CoS spokeswoman Karin Pouw says that earlier in July a federal court had already ruled the church's use of the book was fair use, and that Letterese was fined $266,000 "by a California court for refusing to provide evidence to support many of the same allegations." Whoops.

"This is a frivolous suit based on falsehoods," Pouw told the Daily News. Not that the courts would know anything about that.

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Katie Holmes tells Tom Cruise to kick out family

Rumors that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are in a sham marriage took a blow this week, with InTouch Weekly reporting that Katie is demanding that Tom get rid of the extra family members hanging around their Beverly Hills home. Hating your in-laws? That just sounds too plausible to be fake.

Holmes has said in interviews that Cruise's mother, Mary Lee South, and sister Cass (plus her two kids) have been sharing the home off and on with TomKat, daughter Suri, and Tom's two kids, Isabella and Connor. But enough is enough, she says.

"He’s very close with his sisters and his mother and he always welcomes his family into his house," an "insider" tells InTouch. "Cass and her sons have been an integral part of Tom’s life, and Cass helps take care of Tom’s children when he is away."

But now that TomKat has moved into a new $35 million Beverly Hills manse, Mary Lee and Cass will supposedly be staying at a duplex apartment at the Scientology Center on Hollywood Boulevard, since they're all Scientologists.

"Tom agreed things needed to be different," the source adds. "He assured her that they would not be moving in with them."

We'll see how much they follow through with that the next time they need another babysitter so they can jet off to Italy or wherever.

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Cheech and Chong are reuniting for new tour

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong have decided to tour one more time before the pair are totally cashed, the duo says. It will be their first comedy tour together in more than 25 years.

Marin told AP Radio that he and Chong "looked at each other going, 'If we're ever going to do something it has to be now because you're not getting any younger and neither am I.' "

The pair have tried to reunite several times after breaking up over creative differences (really, how much weed can you smoke and still be friends?), but always ended up fighting. But the "Hey, What's That Smell Tour" will be different.

"It takes about 3 minutes for that to happen. There's this veiled hatred," Cheech said. "We've kind of resolved that. We've gotten to the age where we don't feel like fighting anymore because the end is a lot closer than the beginning."

Meanwhile, Robert Rodriguez is busy looking for a character actor to play several roles in his movies.

And in more old-guy news:

• Ed McMahon, 85, has been sued by a divorce attorney he had hired for his daughter for allegedly not paying $275,168 in fees, Reuters reports. To be fair, Ed was busy not paying his mortgage with that money.

• Jerry Lewis, 82, was cited at the Las Vegas airport for carrying a gun in his luggage (his manager claimed it was a prop) when trying to board a flight to Detroit, the AP says. What happened to keeping things in Vegas?

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Trailer trash: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'

Is this Harry Potter person like an alien or a terminator or related to the guy from Jeepers Creepers or something? Apparently he's got some movie coming out.

Judge Judy ain't scurred of no 5.4 earthquake

It was a really tough decision, deciding between footage of Judge Judy and Big Brother, both of which had cameras rolling, but we decided to go with the Judge. Because Big Brother is awful.

Alicia Keys, Jack White sing new 007 theme

From the AP:

It's a double-O duet. Alicia Keys and Jack White have recorded the theme song for the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, producers said Wednesday.

The R&B singer and White Stripes frontman have teamed up for Another Way to Die, the first duet to be chosen as a Bond theme.

Producers said White has written and produced the song and also plays drums, as well as singing with 11-time Grammy winner Keys.

Producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they were "delighted and pleased to have two such exciting artists as Jack and Alicia, who were inspired by our film to join together their extraordinary talents in creating a unique sound for Quantum of Solace."

Previous Bond themes have been performed by the likes of Paul McCartney, Duran Duran and Madonna, and each new film's tune always produces intense speculation.

Troubled diva Amy Winehouse had previously been linked to the Quantum of Solace theme. But her collaborator Mark Ronson said earlier this year that work on a song for the film had been abandoned because Winehouse was not ready to record.

No smart-aleckness warranted -- this may be the best Bond theme yet. And boy, did Wino blow it or what?

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Fergie is 'thrilled' to play a prostitute in 'Nine'

In today's item with the most obvious joke, Black Eyed Pea Fergie says she's "thrilled" to be playing the role of Saraghina the prostitute in the big-screen adaptation of Tony-winning musical Nine. We'll pause for a second to let you formulate your own inferences about the former meth-head (Fergie, not Saraghina).

"She's basically a prostitute on the beach," Fergie told the AP. "She introduces him to the world of sexuality. It's a very strong song. I'm just thrilled I get to play a character. I'm singing, but I'm not singing as myself. I'm going to be singing as a character, and that's what's really exciting to me."

Personally, we'd go for a joke in the Method acting vein, but even that is too obvious.

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Amy Winehouse's dad says drink was spiked

Always good for a laugh is Amy Winehouse's pop, Mitch, who takes every opportunity to get in the British papers. This time the U.K.'s Sun says he claims Wino's latest hospital stay wasn't so much a reaction to medication as it was a dastardly act of sabotage courtesy of someone who spiked her drink.

“Mitch is furious. He’s certain someone put E in Amy’s drink — and he’s determined to get to the bottom of it," a source tells the rag. “He is convinced that one of her hangers-on was responsible and he’s waiting for a toxicology report to show what caused her to fit."

Mitch apparently vowed to hunt down the ne'er-do-well who caused the issue: “If his suspicions are proved right, he wants someone to be punished," the source says. "He is seriously unhappy about Amy’s flat being a stop-over for randoms and wants an end to it.”

More and more this is starting to sound like one of those Lifetime movies where the concerned parent is fretting over the sick child only to be caught putting lye in the kid's oatmeal or something. Munchausen's by proxy, next week on The Juice*!

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Kate Hudson, Lance Armstrong break it off

In the fast-paced world of celebrity hook-ups, the relationships are often over before your really bothered to remember they began. Such is the case with Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong, whom Us says have called it quits after a whole three months (the warranty must have expired).

"There was no drama or ugliness –- they just decided to end things," a source tells the mag. "There is no hatred, just sadness." And sadness from The Juice*, as well because we only wrote about this relationship once, and that was just to say they'd been spotted at a steakhouse in Austin back in May.

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Christian Bale takes his wife Sibi to Japan

This is Christian Bale in Tokyo for the Japanese premiere of The Dark Knight with his wife, Sibi. You know, the one his sister and mother allegedly bad-mouthed after supposedly asking Bale to give them something like $200,000. What could they possibly say about her? She's too hot, and makes Christian look ugly in comparison? We'd commit verbal assault, too, if someone said something bad about Mrs. Juice*. Only instead "verbal" it'd be "physical," and instead of "assault" it'd be "beatdown." And then we'd laugh all the way to the bank, because Dark Knight has raked in $300 million so far.

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Shia LaBeouf found not at fault in DUI crash

Surprise, surprise: Even though Shia LaBeouf was arrested for DUI following a traffic accident in L.A. over the weekend, he was found to not be the one who caused the accident, police told the AP.

Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says detectives have determined that the other driver apparently ran a red light, and will be also be cited.

"He was not at fault," Whitmore said of the Transformers actor. But he is at fault for contributing to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and that's crime enough.

Meanwhile, the AP also confirms that costar Isabel Lucas, a 23-year-old Australian actress, was the passenger in the car. At least it wasn't Megan Fox!

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Mario Lopez is the new host of TV's 'Extra'

While we just got you all up to date on Dustin Diamond's and Elizabeth Berkley's latest career moves, fellow Saved By The Bell alum Mario Lopez refuses to be outdone, with syndicated ent-news show Extra announcing he will be the new full-time host starting Sept. 15.

"Mario has done a great job as the host of our weekend show and has established himself as a highly engaging, likeable and sought-after host and personality," Telepictures President Hilary Estey McLoughlin said in a press release e-mailed to The Juice*. "He will be a fresh and dynamic presence for the show, and we can't wait for him to assume his new role."

Current co-host Mark McGrath will depart to focus on a post-Sugar Ray music career (good luck) and co-host Dayna Devon will be shunted aside to be a special correspondent, or to fill in when A.C. doesn't feel like coming into work. Which will probably be often.

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24's Mary Lynn Rajskub has a (big) baby boy

Mary Lynn Rajskub, whom most of you know as Chloe O'Brian on 24, has had her baby, a boy named Valentine Anthony, who came in at a whopping 9 pounds, 5 ounces. And it's no wonder: The kid was almost two weeks late, People says.

"It was like an episode of 24 with the clock ticking," Rajskub said. It's the first child for the 37-year-old and her 28-year-old boyfriend, Matthew Rolph, who is a personal trainer (go Chloe!). But Valentine? We think Jack Bauer Rajskub-Rolph has a better ring to it.

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Keira Knightley doesn't want bigger boobs

Airbrushers may have boosted her bust for 2004's King Arthur posters, but Keira Knightley is drawing the line at retouching materials for her latest, The Duchess. The Daily Mail says the 23-year-old is refusing to let masterminds carve more cleavage out for her in promotional stuff for the flick.

"She has insisted that her figure stay in its natural state," says a source. "She is proud of her body and doesn’t want it altered."

That includes makeup similar to what was used in King Arthur, where she appeared much curvier than she is in real life. The Juice* has a solution: Head over to IHOP and start eatin', KK.

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Amy Winehouse released from the hospital

Amy Winehouse is back out of a London hospital following her admittance Monday for what her spokesman Chris Goodman calls an adverse reaction to medication, the AP says. The Juice* didn't bother mentioning it before because covering Amy Winehouse going to the hospital is like writing about an OTR trucker stopping at gas stations.

"She had a bit of a scare yesterday because of a reaction to treatment. She was kept in overnight purely for observation," Goodman said in a statement. "Amy is at home now after leaving with her father and manager. She is having a rest."

And that's what we all need: A rest from Amy Winehouse.

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Trailer trash: Oliver Stone's 'W.'

Here's the movie that will surprise no one, for it basically captures all the poignant moments in the trailer. Although we have to ask, was all this worth getting Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright arrested?

Miley Cyrus may want to quit 'Hannah Montana'

When she's not busy going all Pretty Baby in Vanity Fair or making fun of Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus actually does this little TV thing called Hannah Montana. Maybe you've heard of it. and maybe you've heard that this next season (the show's third) may be the last.

"We’re thinking this is our last season," Miley told E! Online. "I just think we did a lot of episodes. We basically did two seasons in one last year. Usually people would do one season that would be, like, 16 episodes, and we did almost 30 episodes! It seems like it's been on, like, longer."

But since Miley has been on the show since she was 11, she has been brainwashed by the giant Mouse.

"I'm still with my family," she says of Disney. "You know, they're safe. They always feel like home. And that's what I love about the company. They are family."

Her agent was quick to say they didn't know if this was the last season or not, and a Disney flack was quick to point out they own the 15-year-old for at least a few more months.

"Miley said it best when she said she's delighted to be part of the Disney family," the rep told E!. "We start production on the third season of Hannah Montana on August 4 and have an option for a fourth season beyond that. We look forward to the Hannah Montana feature film coming to a theatre near you in Spring 2009."

No escape for you, Miley. But she'll still have plenty of time to take ridiculous cellphone photos of herself.

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Kelsey Grammer hospitalized in New York

Fraiser star Kelsey Grammer was hospitalized after feeling faint, his publicist told AFP on Monday. The 53-year-old was admitted to a New York hospital, but no other details were available.

"Kelsey was feeling a little faint yesterday and went to the hospital," Stan Rosenfield said in an email to AFP. "His doctor is changing the medication and they will monitor him overnight."

The hospitalization comes two months after a heart attack that was initially described as "mild," but the actor later said was anything but. We don't suppose "mild" would be an apt description when your heart stops beating.

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Rebecca Romijn's twins, Matt Damon's girl

Brangelina isn't the only celeb couple with twins -- Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell are expecting a double bundle of joy this winter, People reports. Both babies will be girls, their representative confirms. And unlike rumors about Pitt and Jolie, they did it the natural way, without in vitro fertilization or drugs. That's pleasant.

Meanwhile, USA Today says that Matt Damon's next feature will be another daughter, who will join Isabella, 2, and Alexia, 9. "I'm so outnumbered down here, it's crazy," Damon said from his Miami home, where he and wife Luciana are staying. No young man to carry on the Damon smile? Who will make the ladies of 2025 swoon? Besides Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt.

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It's Music Monday!: Hercules & Love Affair

Long-time tbt* readers will remember our old tech columnist Mr. Right-Click, who contributes today's Music Monday selection, Time Will by Hercules & Love Affair. It's appropriate for a techie, we think.

Tony Jaa disappeared from 'Ong-Bak 2' filming

Tony Jaa, who is the most recognizable name in martial arts movies since Jet Li, has gone and left the set of Ong-bak 2 to meditate in the jungle after stress from the shoot got to him. Sahamongkol Film International president Somsak Techaratanaprasert said that even though no one can reach Jaa, who is directing the sequel and has been missing since June, the film is almost finished and will be ready for its Dec. 5 release date in Thailand.

"I guarantee that this is not a case of financial fraud, and I have no intention of pursuing any legal action against him," Techaratanaprasert said. "We're running behind schedule, and some of our international contracts have been cancelled because of that. I know he loves this film very much, so I just want him to finish the film because there's only a little work left."

After three years and somewhere around $7.8 million, it had better only have a little work left, but the acrobatic Thai's previous flicks (including The Protector, which includes the unedited, four-minute-long fight scene above) show he's probably worth the wait.

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Russell Brand prepares for closeup on MTV

The name Russell Brand may mean absolutely nothing to you now. But that should change Sept. 7, when the scraggly-haired British comedian will host the MTV Video Music Awards.

Brand is best known for his role as oversexed rocker Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but the former British MTV VJ is a huge star overseas for his quick wit and wildly rock-starrish antics (getting addicted to heroin, coming to work dressed as Osama bin Laden on 9/12.)

“I didn’t mention (that) to them when they offered me this gig,” Brand told E! Online, “which leads me to believe that they haven’t investigated my career history too closely.”

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MTV plans new 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'

Today’s crushing punch to our collective cultural groin is the news that MTV is preparing a millennial remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Variety reports.

It’ll use the original screenplay, but there could be new music not featured in the original film or stage show. There’s no release date yet, though MTV is hoping for Halloween 2009.

The Juice* supposes there’s no stopping MTV here, so let’s just all start predicting the inevitable casting nightmares: Corbin Bleu as Brad Majors, Christian Siriano as Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Soulja Boy as the narrator, singing: “It’s just a jump to the left / and then a step to the right / now YOUUUUUU crank dat time warp / YOUUUUUU crank dat time warp!”

New Rachael Ray pet foods going to the dogs

As if Rachael Ray's culinary empire needed another spire, the quirky cook is planning to offer a new line of dog foods based on recipes she makes for her pit bull, Isaboo. The name? Rachael Ray Nutrish, natch.

The AP reports Ray plans to give all proceeds from the dog foods to Rachael's Rescue, her foundation for at-risk pets.

"It seemed like not a lot of extra time to donate to something that could potentially raise millions of dollars for championing these little creatures that can't speak for themselves," Ray said.

A line for cats also is planned, which we're sure will be dubbed M.E.O.O.

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Shia LaBeouf arrested for DUI after wreck

In case you missed it over the weekend, Tinseltown's latest brand name Shia LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after he crashed his pickup into another vehicle at a West Hollywood intersection early Sunday, the AP reports.

LaBeouf was trying to make a left turn at a West Hollywood intersection around 3 a.m. when the accident occured, rolling the truck over, L.A. County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Wolf said.

"It was immediately apparent to officers responding on the scene that LaBeouf was intoxicated and he was subsequently placed under arrest," Wolf said. Oh, and fun fact: The accident happened at the intersection of La Brea and Fountain avenues, where the High Voltage tattoo parlor of LA Ink fame is located.

Shia was booked and released for misdemeanor DUI, down from TMZ's initial report of felony DUI, probably because he was a movie star. A female passenger in his truck and the driver of the other car were thankfully not injured, but if yet another actor gets away with DUI and another slap on the wrist from an L.A. court, we may as well declare La-La Land the Wild West.

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If corporations had to build stop signs today ...

Thanks to focus groups, sponsors and market research, it's scary how this doesn't seem so far-fetched these days. Sometimes all you need is a big red sign.

Thanks, Jessica.

We the Kings added to Rays concert series

Good news for fans of energetic pop-punk: Just a couple of weeks after rocking this year's Warped Tour stop in St. Pete, recent tbt* cover boys We the Kings have been added to the Tampa Bay Rays' season-long summer concert series. The increasingly hot Bradenton punks will perform following the Rays' game against the Orioles on Aug. 30, "Sci-Fi Night." Frontman Travis Clark told us recently that the group's shows in and around Tampa Bay are always big events. "The only time we really get nervous is playing in front of the people who know us best," he said. "We've been playing Jannus Landing, and it's been pretty much sold-out shows, so it's been really, really exciting." For ticket info, visit rays.mlb.com.

To get you pumped, check out We the Kings' video for their current hit Check Yes Juliet.

This week in Hollywood hookups

• Amy Adams is prepared to live happily ever after. The Enchanted star is engaged to actor Darren Legallo, whom she met in 2001; the Associated Press says the couple will marry next year. That’s how he knows that she loves him.

• Director Spike Jonze might be dating Heath Ledger’s ex, Michelle Williams, according to Star magazine. A witness tells the mag Williams and Jonze were smooching and caressing outside Spike’s New York apartment. Good news for the director, whose adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are isn’t going so well these days — its release date, originally slated for late this year, has been postponed until he and the studio can agree on a vision.

• This may necessitate a SPOILER ALERT! ... but according to People, a pair of castmates from this season of Project Runway are dating. The just-offed Wesley Nault says he’s in a relationship with Daniel Feld. “We met on the show,” he said. “And we tried to keep it very professional on the show because we were both there for our careers, and we didn’t expect this to come out of it. But I’m really happy.” Here's a photo of the happy couple from Bravo's Web site:

Inside the Nick Jonas / Selena Gomez / Miley Cyrus love triangle

Sad news for all you Jonas Brothers fanatics out there — Nick Jonas (the one in the middle, above) is reportedly going with fellow Disney Channel star Selena Gomez. Rolling Stone reported the two were photographed gettin’ all close backstage at a concert recently. A Disney flack asked RS to delete the photo, but of course they didn’t, so now the proof is somewhere out there. What does Nick’s ex, Miley Cyrus think of all this? Well, after Gomez and BFF Demi Lovato recently posted a how-ya-doin’ clip for fans on YouTube, Miley and BFF Mandy Jiroux posted their own clip poking a little tongue-in-cheek fun at Selena and Demi. Here are both clips; watch 'em and see what you think. Who comes out looking better in the battle for Nick's undying love?

Demi and Selena:

Miley and Mandy:

Yo yo. Yeah, we said it twice. Got a problem with that?

Screech to spill 'Saved by the Bell' dirt

Porn auteur and erstwhile fat man Dustin “Screech” Diamond is getting into the mud-slinging business. The Nerd Emeritus of Bayside High has announced plans to pen a tell-all book about his years on Saved by the Bell, featuring “sexual escapades among cast members, drug use, and hardcore partying,” according to New York magazine. He already spent 1.3 seconds coming up with a title: Behind the Bell. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Berkley is developing a show for MTV based on Ask-Elizabeth, her series of self-esteem Web sites for girls. Watch your back, Mario Lopez — your reign as the Saved by the Bell alum with the longest shelf life is in jeopardy!

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Camo cameramen get the drop on Brangelina

Brangelinas Pitt and Jolie have had a rough week. First they threatened legal action against any media agency that tried to run unauthorized paparazzi pics of new twins Knox and Vivienne. On Friday, word broke that a couple of camouflaged paparazzi actually sneaked onto the couple’s property in southern France (above), and got into a tussle with their bodyguards. “We caught the two and tried to escort them off the property and the guy’s just gone beserk, thrashing out, kicking and actually biting one of the security people, breaking his finger, drawing blood and screaming that he had Hepatitis C,” chief bodyguard Tony Webb told Reuters. Police brought a few people in for questioning and to file complaints, but no word yet on any charges. But they sure don’t sound too worried about it. “I won’t hide for you that this kind of thing is really not the type of problem that interests us,” police spokeswoman Capt. Olivia Poupot told Reuters. “There are, in my opinion, far more important things than paparazzi taking photos of a glamor couple.” 

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Rolling Stones sue Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne may have summer hating on him (because he’s hotter than the sun, don’tcha know), but now he’s got a new enemy: the Rolling Stones. The publishing company that owns the rights to the Stones’ track Play With Fire sued Weezy (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter) late last week, saying his track Playing with Fire is a total rip-off. Abkco Music Inc. said the song’s original music and lyrics were altered, but still recognizeable. One example cited by Reuters: the line “But don’t play with me, 'cause you’re playing with fire,” becomes “But you can’t blame me if I set this stage on fire.” And of course Abkco played the “explicit, sexist and offensive language” card, saying they wouldn’t want people to think Mick and Keef actually authorize such musical mischief. Lil Wayne better watch his back — Mick and Keef don’t mess around when it comes to unauthorized samples, as any fan of the Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony can tell you.

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Brooke Hogan wants out of the middle

Brooke Hogan told People magazine that she regrets signing what she now calls false allegations that her father Hulk Hogan abused her mother. "I did it under significant pressure from my mother," she told People. Hogan, 20, moths ago signed a legal affidavit accusing her father, whose real name is Terry Bollea, of verbally and physically abusing wife Linda during their marriage. She later thought it was a bad idea and asked that it not be filed in court.

But a tabloid unearthed the document and her spokesman said Brooke is "distressed at the latest efforts by mother Linda to fracture the family. This time they let leak out an old document that Brooke signed filled with exaggerations and fabrications about father Terry's behavior during the marriage. The months-old document was signed by Brooke at a time when she was upset with her father."

Brooke is now living with Hulk, 54, and not on speaking terms with her mother, People says.

"I love my mother, and hope to one day reconcile with her," Brooke says. "But using kids as pawns in a divorce is awful. Every day my mother resorts to this kind of behavior makes it that much harder for us to ever have a relationship again."

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Price check on 50 Cent

The AP reports that rapper 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell over an unlicensed price change on his name. A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claimed the fast-food restaurant chain is using the rapper's image and name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent. Then there were the print ads, again without is permisstion, asking him to change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent. His real name is Curtis Jackson.

Taco Bell Corp. spokesman Rob Poetsch issued a statement saying (without cracking a smile, we swear), “We made a good faith, charitable offer to 50 Cent to change his name to either 79, 89 or 99 Cent for one day by rapping his order at a Taco Bell, and we would have been very pleased to make the $10,000 donation to the charity of his choice.” If this is true, we're with Fitty on this one. A mega corporation throws chump change at a Grammy nominee while using his fame to hawk burritos? We don't think so.

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Kelsey Grammer admits "mild" attack wasn't

Kelsey Grammer tells that bastion of investigative journalisn,  Entertainment Tonight that he almost died from what had been poo-pooed by his PR people as a mild heart incident.  "We originally said it was just a mild heart attack, and it actually wasn't very mild," he reveals. "They had to blast me twice and get me started all over again."

Grammer says he's taking it slow in terms of exercising, "I'm playing a lot of Wii!" So are the nursing homes, Kels. Having lied to the public came in handy for his role in the new political comedy, "Swing Vote," in theaters Aug. 1

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Christian Bale pleads for privacy

Here's a few more nibbles on the carcus of the Bale family feud. Batman, or rather, actor Christian Bale spoke briefly to reporters Thursday on the red carpet  in Spain about his recent arrest over assault allegation filed by his mother and sister. “It’s a deeply personal matter,” the Dark Knight star, 34, said at at a press conference for the movie in Barcelona, Spain. “I would ask you to respect my privacy in the matter.” Yeah, that’ll happen.

Bale spent four hours in a London police station on Tuesday and was  released pending further inquiry. He denies the allegations. Meanwhile, Hollywood gossips are reporting to TMZ that just a few days before the family incident, Bale showed an explosive temper on the set of the new "Terminator 4," chewing out a cinematographer for messing up a shot. Christian, have you seen Russell Crowe lately? You two might need to talk

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Brad Pitt unleashes lawyers over baby photos

Yummy mommy Angelina Jolie and equally dishy dad Brad Pitt have unleashed their pack of legal guard dogs on Web sites and media outlets that might be tempted to run paparazzi pictures of their new twins. The public document collectors at the Web site The Smoking Gun have posted a copy of the letter Pitt's lawyers sent about "malicious" invasion of privacy using telescopic lenses on private property.

Unlike the rest of us who can be caught by a camera on any Ybor City street corner, Pitt maintains that when $11 million has allegedly been paid for exclusive photos of their babes, no freeloading is allowed.

In other Brangelina news, Us magazine is reporting that a “close” source in the household revealed that the impatient couple used in vitro fertilization to conceive the twins to skip the stress of trying to get pregnant. Of course in their hurry for a shortcut they might have missed the fine print of the chance for multiples increasing greatly when you conceive in a test tube

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Sherri Shepherd discusses her many abortions

Pro-lifers and pro-choicers now have a new celebrity to fight over: Sherri Shepherd. The View co-host has been forced to explain a recent interview in which she said she'd had "more abortions than I can count" during her 20s. That interview, given to the Christian magazine Precious Times, didn't tell the entire story, she told her View cohosts on Wednesday. "The full quote was I suffer from a lot of shame and guilt, and I didn't know how to forgive myself," she said, according to People. Shepherd, a 41-year-old Christian, said she was opening up about her abortions "to inspire people who go through a lot of shame and guilt (because) I too went through it. ... I just wanted people to know I wasn't being flippant about abortions."

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Fatherly pearls from Matthew McConaughey

Three gems from Matthew McConaughey, from the new OK! Magazine cover story about the July 7 birth of son Levi Alves McConaughey:

1. “We found a great rhythm. Contractions started kicking in. I sat there with her, right between her legs. We got tribal on it, we danced to it! I was DJ-ing this Brazilian music.”

2. “Having a baby is a bloody, pukey, sweaty, primeval thing! And I mean that as a beautiful thing. It is wild.”

3. “I said, 'Come here, little man.’ I saw the pecker and screamed that we’d been right all along about him being a boy.”

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