John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston in Miami again

After a couple weeks of "was it them or not?" going on, John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston were spotted together in Miami again. We could basically rewrite what we said two weeks ago and say they hung out at the Mandarin Oriental, where Aniston is filming Marley and Me with Owen Wilson, but that's boring.

Thankfully Star can tell us exciting details likehow the had some drinks, ate some pineapple and smeared suntan lotion on each other. Wow. Next thing you know, they'll be saying the couple were wearing bathing suits (wait for it) ...

"Jen was in a pink bathing suit looking amazing," a source tells the mag. "John did the majority of the talking to Jen, who was listening to his every word intently and leaned in close while whispering in each other's ears."

Oooo, what did he say? Perhaps he was talking about the creepy photog who was taking their photo over and over so he could sell it to Star (but make it so expensive The Juice* can't afford it).

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'HSM3' gets rolling, Miley Cyrus speaks out

 

Various and sundry Wildcats arrived late last week in Salt Lake City for the start of filming on High School Musical 3: High School Musical with a Vengeance (or whatever it will be called). Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and all the rest were on hand, but not everyone was feeling the East High spirit. E! News says the newly beschnozzed Ashley Tisdale “never cracked a smile and did not socialize with anyone, except Vanessa Hudgens,” and had a police escort by her side at all times. Still, the cast put on their best smileys and somehow managed to remain fully clothed. “We’ve done the first and second one here, and it brings back so many memories,” Hudgens told the Salt Lake Tribune. “Just being here feels like home — being back here with everyone, it’s amazing.” The plot of HSM3 will revolve around Troy and Gabriella’s relationship as they prepare to head off to different colleges. In the interest of realisim, The Juice* hopes to see a touching scene in which the two clique-crossed lovers clumsily culminate their relationship in the backseat of a Ford Focus at a post-prom field party.

Elsewhere in the wonderful world of Disney, Miley Cyrus finally spoke out on the sorta-scandalous photos that have been the talk of every pervert on the Interwebs this past week. According to People, at a concert Saturday night in Orlando for the Disney Channel Games — which is apparently a thing — Cyrus thanked the crowd for standing by her during this tumultuous time: “I saw a sign back there that said, 'Miley, I’m praying for you.’ I could not be more appreciative. Thank you guys for all your support. Without you, none of this would be possible. I love every one of you and I could not be more appreciative. God bless you.”

(Photos: HSM, Getty Images; Miley/Mickey/Minnie, handout.)

Harder, better, faster, stronger, fitter, happier, more productive

G'morning, Juicers. And what a fine morning it is, considering we've got two of the year's hottest shows on tap for the Ford Amphitheatre within the next 36 hours. Tonight it's Kanye West with Rihanna, N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco. Tomorrow it's Radiohead. So let's hear it: If you could only go to one of these shows, which would it be: Radiohead, or Kanye? Leave your answer in the comments. And if you're going to both shows, well, not only does The Juice* envy your disposable income, but we want to hear your mini-review. Come back after the show and tell us what you thought. And who knows--Kanye might actually see your comments, because he pretty much reads everything about him.

(Photos: Kanye, Getty Images; Thom, AP)

Miley Cyrus skips out on Disney red carpet

Miley Cyrus (her real, full, legal name nowadays) may have been in Orlando for the 2008 Disney Channel Games this weekend, but she skipped out on the red carpet "on the advice of her management team," People says.

Miley was supposed to head to a media event on Friday to start off the fun, but she decided not to go. A source told People, "Miley was invited but she is focusing on her rehearsals and preparing for her show tomorrow. She's happy to be here."

Of course, we're more likely to believe that she's been in the spotlight a little too much this past week.

"She was invited to the media party but understandably, is not attending on the advice of her management team," another source adds. "She is just 15 and worried and upset over everything related to the photos of her. Her parents are upset and her entire family is affected, too."

It didn't keep her from meeting Sen. John Edwards and his family on Thursday, though, including his two youngest children, Emma Claire and Jack, who are big fans.

"She chatted with them about all the rides and attractions they saw at Walt Disney World," a source close says. "It was a sweet moment." Yes, and good press, to boot.

[Photo: AP]

Jennifer Aniston is dating John Mayer now

Who needs Jessica Simpson? John Mayer is all about Jennifer Aniston these days, In Touch says. The mag has several photos of the pair lounging around Miami last weekend.

The singer apparent flew to Miami on April 23 and checked in to the Four Seasons, even though he spent most of his time over at the $3,000-a-night (!) presidential suite at the Mandarin Oriental. Jen is there shooting Marley & Me with Owen Wilson, but she obviously had time for John.

After being caught with her several times by paparazzi, Mayer told In Touch "My weekend was good," sending Aniston fans into a twittering frenzy about whether she'll finally be able to get over Brad Pitt. We're more curious whether her career will be able to get over The Break-Up.

Ewan McGregor, Jim Carrey try Miami gay bar

Two Ewan McGregor items in the same week? Mrs. Juice* is thrilled! But maybe not, because the Miami Herald says the Scot was seen conducting "field research" with Jim Carrey and Rodrigo Santoro for their new flick, I Love You Phillip Morris.

Why is that too bad for her? Because Phillip Morris is a true story about a Texas convict who falls in love with his cell mate. And the research took place at Halo on South Beach, a pretty popular gay bar.

"Jim's character is a con artist and an escape artist, who escapes from prison to be with me," Ewan said. "It's an incredible story." Well, the missus can certainly appreciate that. Maybe this is the thing that give Carrey the Tom Hanks-style turn to serious films he's been hoping for -- it's been a long time since Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind made us think it was possible.

[Photo: Getty Images]

Have you ever seen a naked cockatoo?

Oscar needs a tiny sweater.

Vanilla Ice arrested for allegedly assaulting wife

Vanilla Ice may have been a one-hit wonder in the early '90s, but he must have saved the rest for his wife. Robbie Van Winkle was arrested and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail Thursday night after his wife Laura called the cops to say the former rapper was beating and kicking her, the Palm Beach Post reports.

The 40-year-old was stopped on his motorcycle around 7:15 p.m. two blocks from the couple's Wellington home. Laura told deputies that she didn't want any media attention but wanted a divorce. Despite what she said during the call, she reneged and claimed her husband had pushed her, resulting in a charge of simple battery.

"He started yelling at me for going out to buy a bedroom set. In front of my daughter," she said, according to the arrest report. "I'm sorry I can't say any more until I talk to an attorney."

Vanilla, meanwhile, said that while they had been arguing since the day before, his wife was bipolar and had thrown a picture frame at him while he was with their 8- and 10-year-old children. Maybe the frame had the gold record for To The Extreme in it.

Today he was ordered by Judge Nancy Perez to stay away from his wife, and was told to only contact her by phone, which implies something was going on. Maybe he was having some Suge Knight flashbacks.

[Photo: Getty Images]

Giada De Laurentiis' c-section: Good or bad?

Once again, our resident mommy member adds her two cents: Giada De Laurentiis' va-jay-jay is up for debate over at Celebrity-Babies.com. While some of the mums are miffed at the picture of the perfectly made up new mother, which no real woman looks like in the delivery room (see it here, courtesy of People), the maternal rage is directed at how daughter Jade Marie was delivered via c-section on March 29.

There's lots of c-sections in Hollywood, with the rumor being celebrity moms will only have a kid if they go out through the window instead of the door to prevent any tearing ... you know ... down there.

Christina Aguilera told Hello the reason she asked for a caesarean section: "I didn't want any surprises. Honestly, I didn't want any (vaginal) tearing. I had heard horror stories of women going in and having to have an emergency c-section (anyway). The hardest part was deciding on his birthday. I wanted to leave it up to fate, but at the same time I was ready to be done early!"

Victoria Beckham was dubbed "too Posh to push" by the British tabs when she had her 1999 C-section for her son Brooklyn and is said to have kicked off the trend. She said the kind cuts for her two other children were medically necessary, but she's widely regarded as having had them done to preserve her famously skinny figure. Others on the c-section greatest hits: Angelina Jolie, Anna Nicole Smith and Britney Spears.

So tell us, Juice*heads, since you had such spirited opinions on Jennifer Lopez's thoughts on breastfeeding, what do you think of all this vagina vanity?

[Photo: Getty Images]

Coheed and Cambria singer to marry local gal

It’s not every day that an international rock star pops the question to a local girl. But that’s what happened to model and Seminole native Chondra Echert, 25, who recently got engaged to Claudio Sanchez, 30, the lead singer for prog-punks Coheed and Cambria. “They’re both very excited,” Chondra’s mom, Cheryl Echert, tells The Juice*. “He’s a real sweet guy.” The pair have been dating five years, Cheryl said, Sanchez proposed in late March, during the group’s tour of Japan. Chondra, a graduate of the University of Tampa, is now working on a comic book project with Sanchez.

And by the way, photos of rock stars and Christmas trees? Priceless.

(Photo courtesy of Cheryl Echert)

More Grand Prix party photos (including a shocker!)

We have more party photos from the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. These shots came from Dan Wheldon's after-party at the plush Push Ultra Lounge in St. Pete.

Here's Wheldon dancing with wife Susie Behm ...

 

Here's Wheldon with teammate Scott Dixon...

 

Here's driver Buddy Rice, at left, with some friends ...

Finally, we are proud to present Marco Andretti and Dan Wheldon ... flashing the shocker!

You cheeky Brit, you.

(Photos: Luis Santana/tbt*)

Celeb sightings at the Grand Prix and Final Four

Despite hosting a pair of high-profile sporting events, the Tampa Bay area was surprisingly light on celebrity action this weekend. Miss America (above, with Charlie "Mr. America" Crist) was in town for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, and so was Gene Simmons (below, with the private plane that brought him here). Paul Newman, whose driver, Graham Rahal, won the race, was rumored to be in town, but alas, t'wasn't to be. Finally, we present to you a photo of Danica Patrick eating an energy bar, because why not.

Meanwhile, over in Tampa, the celebrity action was even lighter. Aside from the star power on the court, celebrities were few and far between. If you're going back on Tuesday, the concourse outside the ESPN setup seems to be the best place to spot players and coaches. We spotted ESPN's Stacey Dales, Stanford's Candice Wiggins and Tara VanderVeer, and Tennessee men's coach Bruce Pearl hobnobbing with fans there. A lot of the Forum's luxury boxes appeared to be dark and empty.

The biggest star in the house might have been the Stanford Tree, a.k.a. Patrick Fortune, a 21-year-old Stanford junior. The Juice* got to hang with Fortune, who seemed like a pretty cool conifer.

But after meeting the tree, we realized something amazing -- Stanford's upset victory over UConn was portended (in a way) by none other than Christopher Walken on this past weekend's Saturday Night Live.

Plants with googly eyes -- you just can't trust 'em.

(Photos: Grand Prix, Luis Santana/tbt*; Bruce Pearl, Carrie Pratt/St. Pete Times; Tree, Jay Cridlin/tbt*.)

Hulk Hogan out and about with new girlfriend

While Hulk Hogan's divorce from Linda seems to be winding down the long and winding road of legal procedure, People confirms rumors he's taken up with a new girl. The Hulkster has been spotted on Miami Beach with Jennifer McDaniel, whom sources say he met at the first of the year.

"He's very happy," a source tells the magazine. "He just seems very happy. His mood has changed. He's in a better place." You mean besides Belleair?

The pair apparently have gone to more than just the beach. They went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans together, were in L.A. to shoot a promo for NBC and should head back there while Hulk does another season of American Gladiators, People says.

"I hear she's very sweet and nice and a very good influence on him," the source says. If that's the case, then she should be telling him to give up on the idea of Hogan Knows Best.

[Photo: Getty Images]

Danica Patrick, hanging out at the Hard Rock

If Danica Patrick plans to win her first IndyCar Series race this weekend at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, she'll have to drive better than she did Wednesday in Tampa. Patrick was among the drivers who took part in a charity remote-control car race at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. She was paired with Bay News 9's Virginia Johnson, and together they endured more flipouts and fender-benders than we could count. "That’s why I’m leery of doing these sorts of things," Patrick said. "If people feel like they beat me in some way, they feel like they can beat me as a race car driver. There are going to be a lot of people here that think they can probably beat me in racing."

Arie Luyendyk Jr. and 101.5-WPOI The Point's Corey Dylan won the 20-lap race, bringing in $5,000 for All Children's Hospital. (The Hard Rock also donated $1,000 apiece to the Children's Cancer Ceter, the Ryan Neece Foundation and the American Cancer Society. Awww.) If you'd like to bid on the battle-damaged cars, check out WPOI's Web site in the near future; they'll be auctioning the 18-inch hot wheels off.

Check out Thursday's tbt* for a one-on-one with Danica. In the meantime, Luis Santana of tbt* snagged some footage of her and the other drivers racing. (Danica's car is the blue one.)

(Photos/video: Luis Santana/tbt*)

Mickey Rourke gets slap for reckless driving

Mickey Rourke, who was originally arrested in Miami in November for supposedly riding around on a Vespa while drunk, has pleaded guilty to reckless driving, the Palm Beach Post reports.

“I did a left U-turn at a red light, but I wasn’t drunk,” Rourke says. He was sentenced to six months’ probation, must pay $1,178.75 in fines and court costs and serve 50 hours of community service, which he can apparently buy off for $10 per hour.

“The only thing he has to do is take an online driving course,” his attorney, Michael Grieco said. None of this means the 55-year-old actor was happy, though.

“I’m friends with most cops in the city and they told me the guy who got me isn’t even liked by his colleagues,” Rourke told the paper. “He’s a 400-pound f—- unfit for duty. I said to him: ‘F—- you, I’m not drunk.’ I guess he didn’t like that.”

And what about the blonde that was on his scooter when he was arrested? “Don’t ask me her name,” Rourke says. “I have no idea who she was. I met her in a bar and never saw her again.” Ah, the glam Tinseltown lifestyle ...

[Photo: Getty Images]

Ashley Dupre was a hit on 'Girls Gone Wild'

Eliot Spitzer's favorite hooker, Ashley Alexandra Dupre (nee Kristen the call girl) got her career off to a raucous start in Miami by letting Joe Francis' Girls Gone Wild crew shoot plenty of film, PageSix.com says.

Her debut apparently was in Spring Break 2005: Anything Goes, a collection actually shot in 2003 that shows Dupre gyrating in a bikini and trucker hat in a room full of drunk college students before things take a decidely skimpier turn.

And never one to let an entrepreneurial opportunity pass him by, the recently freed Francis' Web site boasts about seven tapes of material from the Emperors Club's main event, including the obligatory girl-on-girl action. Dupre had apparently lived on the GGW bus for a week after getting kicked out of her hotel room.

Francis was apparently about to offer the now-22-year-old $1 million to appear in a non-nude spread in his new magazine, the AP says, but after a quick archive check they found they had all the footage they needed.

"It'll save me a million bucks," Francis told the AP. "It's kind of like finding a winning lottery ticket in the cushions of your couch."

There's a catch, though: Before the company can put all the footage on their site and charge you $29.95 per month for it, they're investigating claims by Dupre's lawyer, Don Buchwald, who tells TMZ that Ashley's birthday is April 30, 1985, which would make her only 17 in the footage, which was shot between March 13 and March 20, 2003. Whoops.

But no worries, Joe says that Florida and federal laws allow her to be filmed in any state of undress as long as she consents and there is no sexual contact. And it's really creepy that he knows that.

[Photo: Screen capture from GirlsGoneWild.com footage via AP]

Oh, and here's some video, too:

Mandy Moore's mom leaves dad for a woman

We like Orlando-raised Mandy Moore well enough, if for no other reason than we never have to write about her doing drugs or stealing or getting into cellphone-tossing fistfights. But the National Enquirer drags her name into the spotlight with a story saying her mother has left Mandy's father for another woman.

Stacy Moore apparently has left Don Moore for the arms of tennis pro Claudette Laliberte, the Enquirer says, whom Stacy has dated secretly since 2006.

Not salacious enough for you? The Enquirer says the catalyst for Laliberte was when her other lover found love-letter emails between her and Stacy last year. Everybody's a pack of cheaters, ain't they?

Stacy didn't seem too inclined to discuss the relationship with the Enquirer, though, telling the rag, "It's nobody's business why we're together." You'd think the former news reporter would understand the need for a good quote.

[Photo: Getty Images]

Joe Francis pleads no contest in Panama City

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution charges in Panama City on Wednesday, settle a case that began in 2003.

Fox New reports Judge Deede Costello sentenced the video kingpin to 339 days in jail, giving him credit for the last year he’s languished in jail in Bay County and Reno, Nev. That means Francis’ court troubles in Florida are over with, and he can stay out of jail on bond until his federal tax evasion trial begins in Nevada.

“I am happy to be done with Bay County,” Francis told TMZ.com. He’s on six months’ probation and will get back $60,000 and a Ferarri Bay County confiscated from him last year, but the big news is that he’s not allowed to film in the area for three years. Just wait until that big comeback video in 2011!

[Photo: Getty Images]

Joe Francis coming back to Florida for hearing

Much to the behest of fathers everywhere, jailed Girls Gone Wild mogul Joe Francis is returning to Florida. It’s not all margaritas and camcorders now, though, since his trip to Panama City is to face charges of filming underage girls.

The AP says defense attorney Fred Atcheson coughed up a $1.5 million cashier’s check to cover Joe’s bail on tax evasion charges in Nevada so he can come to Florida for a court appearance on Wednesday for four felony and two misdemeanor charges in a case that goes back five years.

We certainly hope he can get back to Nevada to face his tax evasion trial in August — he’s only facing 10 years in prison and $500k in fines for that.

[Photo: AP]

Aaron's (pot) party

Chalk another legal mishap up to one of Tampa Bay's Carter brothers. Aaron Carter -- Apollo Beach native, floppy-haired brother of Backstreet Boy Nick, prepubescent wooer of Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan and (reportedly) Brooke Hogan -- was busted for drug possession Thursday in Texas after cops nabbed him for speeding and allegedly finding marijuana in his car. Cater (shown above performing at Lithia Elementary in 2001 ... was he ever so young?) was to be arraigned Friday morning, according to E! Online. Kimble County sheriff Mike Chapman said officers found less than 2 ounces of pot in his car. Poor, poor Aaron -- when will you learn that not even drugs will make songs like "Stride (Jump on the Fizzy)" and "That's How I Beat Shaq" palatable? 

(Times file photo: Stephanie Boyar)

Lenny Kravitz hospitalized for bronchitis

Lenny Kravitz was taken to a Miami hospital Monday with an extreme case of bronchitis, Ok! says. The magazine says the 43-year-old singer has had the flu since mid-January, which led to the infection.

“Due to extreme dehydration and fatigue, doctors were unable to control it with outpatient treatment and advised the singer to check into the hospital,” Kravit’s rep told the AP on Monday. “He was taken this morning to the emergency room at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami for immediate treatment.”

The stay has forced him to postpone a European tour promoting his new album, It Is Time for a Love Revolution. We hope he’s taken the nose ring out for all that sneezing.

[Photo: Getty Images]

Linda Bollea parties at the Hard Rock; Lawyer admits she went to Betty Ford for evaluation

She may be going through a nasty divorce, but that’s not stopping Linda Bollea (Hulk Hogan’s estranged wife) from having a good time now and then.

Our spies tell us Linda and family partied the night away on Saturday at Floyd’s inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. Daughter Brooke (who looked great at the Grammys on Sunday -- see right) and son Nick were on hand, but Floyd’s is a 21-and-up crowd, so they left early. But 48-year-old Mama Hogan held it down in the VIP area, as evidenced by these paparazzi shots.

Meanwhile, the St. Pete Times reported over the weekend that the National Enquirer’s John Blosser contacted Linda’s lawyer, A.J. Barranco Jr., with a letter seeking comment for an article the rag was writing about “her erratic behavior, her drinking habits and her verbally abusive language” toward Hulk and the kids.

Barranco replied in another letter that Linda was a “stay-at-home mom during their entire marriage,” and the children still live with her. He also says that Hulk and Blosser were compadres, with the wrassler referring to him as “my guy in the tabloids.”

And as far as the drinking, Barranco cops that Linda “sought an evaluation of herself at the Betty Ford Clinic.” But they apparently “found no issues and she was sent home after less than one week.”

Saying such allegations often arise in bitter divorces, Barranco insisted the case “will be resolved on the legal merits and true facts, not on the ‘he-man tactics.’ This case will be tried in court and we shall see a ‘smackdown’!!”

Good, good — we love it when people end letters in trite wordplay.

 

(Photos: Luis Santana, Getty Images)

Tyra Banks has new show, readies 10th 'ANTM'

Longtime readers of The Juice* know we’re big fans of America’s Next Top Model, a show that thrusts emotionally stunted post-teen girls into a pressure cooker of stress, spectacle and emotional isolation, then broadcasts it for everyone to gawk at.

But the Hollywood Reporter says ANTM host Tyra Banks is working on a new show described as The Devil Wears Prada meets The Apprentice.

“It is a competition show about aspiring assistants looking to become assistant editors at a fashion magazine,” ANTM co-producer Ken Mok says. “At the same time they’re trying to prove themselves as aspiring fashionistas, that they have a sense of style and savvyness, all the things to make it in the fashion world.”

The untitled show, which will begin an eight-episode production in April, will feature contestants trying to produce pages for an elimination device called “The Book.” In each episode, one winner’s page will be kept in The Book, while a loser will be eliminated. The overall winner gets a job in the fashion industry (hopefully something better than Meryl Streep’s secretary).

Meanwhile, cycle 10 of ANTM starts Feb. 20 and features two Floridians — 22-year-old Stacy Ann from Miami (third from right in the photo above), and 20-year-old Whitney from Atlantic Beach (second from right). Oh, and supermodel Paulina Porizkova joins the panel to ruin even more self-esteem than usual.

[Photo: CW]

Did Mary J. Blige and friends take steroids?

For all of you who don’t follow baseball, you’ll be glad to hear that several entertainers have now been named in a steroid investigation out of Albany, N.Y., the AP reports.

The Times Union of Albany said law enforcement sources claimed Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland, Wyclef Jean and even Tyler Perry may have received or used performance-enhancing substances. What, like tea with honey or a lumberjack breakfast? No, things like steroids or human growth hormone.

Those same sources say evidence doesn’t indicate those celebs broke the law, but investigatos are focusing on doctors, pharmacists and clinics that may have provided the drugs. And wouldn’t you know it, there’s a Florida connection.

Signature Pharmacy of Orlando is the main focus of the probe by the Albany district attorney, with 10 defendants pleading guilty to various charges. The probe claims Signature was at the center of a collection of businesses and doctors that illegally wrote prescriptions for steroids. They were raided almost a year ago, with the owners and operators awaiting trial in Albany.

Records show the celebrities named received ’roids and hGH, the paper said, with the specific example of Blige ordering the human growth hormone Jentropin and Oxandrolone, an anabolic steroid, to be sent to her at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

“Mary J. Blige has never taken any performance enhancing illegal steroids,” spokeswoman Karynne Tencer told the New York Daily News. Time for all the Juice*heads (the good kind) to read up on the Mitchell Report.

[Photo: Getty Images]

Kim Kardashian, Reggie Bush might be engaged

We still fail to see what Kim Kardashian has really done to make her worth writing about, but reputable rag Ok! is saying that she and New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush are engaged. As in, to be married.

The pair were in South Beach on New Year’s Eve while Kim hosted Tanqueray and Ciroc New Year’s Bash, and although she wasn’t wearing a fresh rock, she made perhaps the most ironic statement by a pseudo-celebrity, ever: “One thing I did learn from ‘07 was to try to keep it as private as possible so I’m trying to hold that close to my heart but I’m here with everybody that I love.”

Never mind she had a sex tape, was in Playboy, has an awful reality show on E! and basically whores it up for paparazzi cameras everywhere at the drop of a hat. Did she have anything to do with the 22-year-old Heisman trophy winner’s injury-shortened season? We’ll probably see the tape soon enough.

[Photo: Kim and her sister Kourtney. Getty Images]

Hulk vs. Rosie: It's on!

Memo to Hulk Hogan: You don’t need this. Your son’s in trouble, your marriage is on the outs, and you’re about to host American Gladiators. Why do you want to sink even lower by picking a feud with Rosie O’Donnell? Hasn’t Trump already been there, done that? At a press conference Thursday, when asked which celebrity he’d most like to see get worked over by a Gladiator, he said: “Without a doubt Rosie O’Donnell. Somebody needs to shut that big mouth up.” Rosie quickly retalliated on her blog: “Hulk Hogan, the wrestler guy, wants to pummel me. Isn’t that sweet and wildly odd. It’s like a gang of gross guys, a club almost, dumb, white and on TV.” (We love how she classified Hogan as “the wrestler guy,” as opposed to Hulk Hogan, “the Russian literature guy,” or Hulk Hogan, “the nanotechnology guy.”)

(Photos: Getty Images; photo illustration, yours truly)

Three more Florida Hannah Montana shows!

Miley Cyrus, the tweener generation’s Elvis, will extend her hugely popular concert tour with 14 more performances in January — three of them in Florida. The 15-year-old Disney Channel star and daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus has one of the hottest concert tours of the year, with all 55 shows selling out in minutes and scalpers getting four to five times the tickets’ face value. Tickets for the new shows go on sale starting 10 a.m. Saturday, Walt Disney Records spokeswoman Maria Kleinman said. The Florida dates include Jan. 28-29 in Orlando, Jan. 30 in Jacksonville and Jan. 31 in Miami.

(Photo: AP)

Catherine Bell coming to Clearwater

By celebrity-Scientologist standards, Catherine Bell is probably a B-lister -- not as famous as Tom Cruise or Beck, but probably the equal of Leah Remini or Ethan Suplee. So that's good news for anyone who wants to see her in Clearwater on Friday. The former JAG actress will help celebrate the grand reopening of the city's Cleveland Streetscape project by cutting a ceremonial ribbon at 5:30 p.m. Friday (12/14) at East Avenue and Cleveland Street. Afterward, you might be able to rub elbows with Bell at 5:45 p.m. in the lobby of the Atrium building. It's labeled a VIP party, but anyone who's interested in downtown Clearwater, the Church of Scientology, or chicks from FHM photo spreads is welcome to attend.

(Photo: Hallmark Channel)

Steven Tyler's gal pal throws down

And to think: It could have happened in Tampa! Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler’s girlfriend got into a catfight with a Native American woman at Pangaea, a trendy nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino down in Hollywood. The New York Post says Tyler’s g-f, Erin Brady, got mad when a Seminole woman tried to take a picture of Tyler. “Next thing everyone knows, the two girls are going at it,” a witness tells Page Six. “Scratching, hair-puling, hitting. It lasted about six seconds, then security broke it up. Steven got up to try to pull them apart, but it happened so fast, he really didn’t have time to do anything.” Said a club spokeswoman: “Nothing like a catfight and an aging rock legend to make an evening entertaining.” Indeed. Now how can we get Joe Perry to try something like this at Floyd’s?

(Photo: AP)

Howie D takes a wife

Perhaps if we built a time machine and traveled back to 1999, it would excite us to learn that Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough has snagged himself a wife. Sadly, in the year 2007, boy-banders aren't front-page news unless they're sleeping with Jessica Biel or announcing they're gay on the cover of People magazine. That said, we find ourselves duty-bound to report that Howie D (above left, in happier times) married longtime girlfriend Leigh Boniello in Orlando over the weekend. People reported several Backstreet Boys were in attendance.

(Photo: Stephanie Boyar/tbt*, 2001)

Leona Helmsley's rich dog hides out in Florida

As you try to scrape together enough money to buy gifts for your kids and keep the lights on, remember the inspirational tale of Trouble, Leona Helmsley's millionaire dog. You remember Trouble -- she got $12-million in a trust after the hotel queen kicked earlier this year.

Well, Trouble has been getting so many death threats, she's had to high-tail it to the Sarasota area, the New York Post reports. The Maltese had been staying in a 28-room Connecticut estate after her owner's death, but about two months ago she was brought to the Sunshine State on a private jet (with a security detail) after getting two dozen threats of being dog-napped or killed for her money.

"We had problems keeping her identity confidential, and we had to change her name even to take her on the aircraft," said John Codey, the Helmsley exec in charge of Trouble's trust fund. "We called her 'Bauble' instead of Trouble." Now we know their secret.

Not disgusted enough? Even though the pooch's cash will go into a charitable trust when it finally turns up its toes, its annual care -- including security, medical care, grooming and food prepared by freakin' chefs -- totals about $300,000 a year. Remember that when Johnny asks for a new Xbox 360.

[Photo: AP]

Charlie Crist's new girl has expensive tastes

And speaking of Page Six, our own governor Charlie Crist makes the sleaze sheet with the Post’s report that he’s dating Carole Rome, who is currently divorcing Bluestar Jets CEO Todd Rome.

“They met about four months ago and have been together ever since,” spies said. “Carole has been living on Fisher Island since she left Todd in July, and Charlie takes her to Miami Heat games.” St. Pete's own also rented out an “estate” in Southampton last August so his new girl could be closer to her kids, the paper says.

The Post warns Uncle Charlie, however, that friends said the reason Carole left Todd is because he “put a cap on her bank account” when he realized “he could no longer afford his wife’s spending habits.” And you think there’s going to be serious property tax reform?

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Helio Castroneves wins 'DWTS,' loses in love

Helio Castroneves may have won Dancing With the Stars, but his fiancee, Miami businesswoman Aliette Vazquez (pictured), has called off their engagement.

“There’s been a lot of rumors and a lot of stuff said, and she just wanted confirmed that they are no longer engaged. There’s no animosity, there’s nothing mean. Just a simple confirmation,” Vazquez’s publicist, Howard Bragman, told the AP.

Part of the problem may be rumors of Helio putting his suave Brazilian moves on his dancing partner, Julianne Hough. Hough, 19, called off her own engagement to dancer Zach Wilson earlier this year, but told Access Hollywood, “There was nothing with Apolo (Anton Ohno) last season and there’s nothing with Helio now.”

Bragman, however, didn’t deny this concern. “I’m not gonna talk about the rumors. I mean, they’re clearly out there,” he said. “I will tell you we wanted to be respectful and wait until the show was over. We did not want to affect the outcome of the show.” But affecting the outcome of Helio’s life is a different matter.

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Linda Hogan wants half; Joe Francis, revenge

While Linda Hogan was planning to take half of Hulk Hogan’s stuff — including a Clearwater house and their 17,000-square-foot Belleair mansion (plus child support and alimony) — Girls Gone Wild peddler Joe Francis was accusing guards at the Grady County (Okla.) Law Enforcement Center of denying him food and blankets and threatening to strap him naked to a chair for 48 hours, the AP said.

Francis was held there from may 17 to June 4 while being moved from a jail in Bay County to Reno, Nev., where he is now awaiting trial for tax evasion charges. Officials denied the charges, with jail administrator Shane Wyatt saying “Mr. Francis was treated like every inmate that comes through the Grady County Law Enforcement Center.” And if Joe wanted fair treatment, he should have been plied with tequila shots and then coerced into exposing himself on tape over and over.

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Linda Hogan loved street racing in 2005

Linda Hogan (a.k.a. Linda Bollea) has been very outspoken about the dangers of street racing since her son Nick’s tragic crash in August, which left 22-year-old Marine John Graziano in a coma.

But ABC Action News uncovered a 2005 street-racing DVD called Vehicular Lunatics that shows Linda hasn’t always practiced what she preaches. In an extra called Street Racing with Linda Hogan, the video shows Linda driving a Mercedes S600 with daughter Brooke in the passenger seat, challenging another car to a race.

“Wanna race?” Brooke asks, to which a man in the car responds, “Yeah! We love racing you! On three.” Linda is seen later describing street racing thusly: “Oh, I love it. I love it. The rush, the speed on the road, stereo blasting, heart-pounding, racing in between all the cars, dodging the cops. It’s awesome.” Nick and patriarch Hulk Hogan are also seen on the disc, which was shot all over Florida, including Tampa, St. Pete and Orlando.

This is kind of a big deal, since ABC Action News’ Matthew Schwartz had asked Linda two weeks ago if she had said such a thing, and she denied it, the station's Web site says. Graziano’s family no doubt will be very interested in the DVD as fodder for a possible civil suit.

Wesley Snipes is full of it, prosecutor says

Wesley Snipes can insist Ocala is a town full of racists all he wants, but it’s not going to stop the feds from dragging him into court.

U.S. Attorney Robert O’Neill wrote in a Monday filing that Snipes’ claim that Ocala is “a hotbed of (Ku Klux Klan) activity” has “no basis in reality,” and the prosecution on income tax evasion will continue, the AP reports.

“Defendant Snipes’ motion hurls scurrilous and baseless accusations at the prosecution and citizenry of Ocala in an overwrought attempt to have this case dismissed or transferred to another venue,” O’Neill wrote. We’re sure that makes residents of Marion County feel much better.

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Mickey Rourke busted for SUI

That would stand for “Scootering Under the Influence.” Mickey Rourke -- shown here impersonating an extra from Pirates of the Caribbean -- was arrested on DUI charges early Thursday morning in Miami Beach while driving his Vespa, the Palm Beach Post reported. A police spokesman told People that Rourke blew a .081 on the Breathalyzer and spent 24 hours at the Miami Dade County jail. According to the arrest report, Rourke’s face was flushed, his eyes bloodshot and his speech slurred. “I’m not drunk, I didn’t even drink that much,” the actor is quoted as saying.

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Snipes to Ocala: You're all racists!

If you live in Ocala, congratulations: You’re a racist! That’s the belief of Wesley Snipes, who The Smoking Gun says has filed a motion to get his tax evasion trial moved from Florida to New York. Snipes says prosecutors “deliberately chose the most racially discriminatory venue available ... a hotbed of Klan activity." He claims government lawyers want an "all-white Southern jury," and commissioned a poll comparing the racial views of Ocala with those in New York. For example, he says 23.8 percent of Ocala residents thought it shouldn’t be a crime to burn a cross on someone’s lawn, versus 13.2 percent of New Yorkers. Man, if only Wes put the same time into filing his taxes as he did trying to prove that Floridians are racist, he’d never have been in this position.

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Kevin Costner has curious taste in gig selection

In a gig that we can only assume was first proposed by the writers of The Onion, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have announced that Kevin Costner's band Modern West will perform at Straub Park in downtown St. Pete on Nov. 8 to help celebrate the launch of the Rays' new name, colors, uniforms and logo. The free concert will take place at 6:30 p.m., following a "fashion show" in which Joe Maddon, Wade Boggs and Fred McGriff will model the new unis. The festivities will continue at Gaslight Park in Tampa the next day, though Costner won't be on hand there. If you're not familiar with Modern West, please allow us to enlighten you. They sound like a cross between John Mellencamp and the Wallflowers, and the songs on their MySpace page honestly aren't all that bad. (Which sucks for us; it would be a lot easier to be snarky about this if they sounded like Russell Crowe's 30 Odd Foot of Grunts.) Maybe a performance by Crash Davis/Ray Kinsella/Billy Chapel  will be the extra jolt the Rays need to finally crack that elusive 71-win barrier. If not, they can always always call in Bruce Willis and the Accelerators.

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Dannielynn owes $200k?!?

If you think the concept of a lawyer demanding $200,000 worth of legal fees from a 1-year-old baby sounds like the setup to a terrible joke, you obviously haven't been following the Anna Nicole Smith saga. E! Online reports Richard Milstein