Paris Hilton has spoken out about her new-found obsession with the World Cup or rather her obsession with three men in shorts playing in the world cup.

First up on Paris's hit-list is German striker Lukas Podolski.

Next up is none other than Sweden midfielder and Calvin Klein underwear model Freddie Ljungberg.

And finally, England star David Beckham.

But of course Paris has conditions for any potential beau. She also stated that for any man to catch her fancy, "he has to be honourbable and make me laugh". So I guess Rick Solomon was bad judgement then?

Billy Corgan has moved in with Courtney Love, according to reports.

The pair, who have been friends for some time and are understood to be working on material for Courtney's new solo album, are apparently sharing her Hollywood mansion.

However, it is unclear if the couple's relationship is purely platonic. Love commented: "Not many people know this, but Billy's been living with me for the last four months. Billy has one wing, Frances [Bean--her teenage daughter with former husband Kurt Cobain] has another, and I have one."

Courtney's new album has not yet been scheduled but is due out later this year, while Corgan is also thought to be working on new Smashing Pumpkins material.

A sold-out crowd came to 'get the party started' as Pink rocked LA's Avalon on Wednesday.

Pink performed all of her hits including "Stupid Girls" - whose video mocked celebs like Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson - and surprised her fans by dedicating "Don't Let Me Get Me" to Britney Spears.

Pink told the audience she has always loved Spears and wanted everyone to send Brit some "good energy and love because she could use it right about now." This was an evident reference to Spears' recent public turmoil in the press. The crowd reacted by cheering and breaking out in loud bouts of laughter.

Celebs in the house included Motley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, who was flanked by two Pamela Anderson wannabes and a wine-sipping Lisa Marie Presley.

Pink is touring in support of her new album "I'm Not Dead" and will hit cities across North America this summer before heading to Europe in September. She will also star in the upcoming horror film "Catacombs."

Kate Beckinsale's daughter Lily was terrified of her mom's Click co-star, Christopher Walken. Kate said, "I remember my [7 year old] daughter running into him in his costume and running back with the whites of her eyes showing, saying, 'I've seen a man that I don't like.'"

Mos Def has been told by a divorce judge to settle the divorce from his wife of 10 years out of court. The rapper was urged by Brooklyn judge, Justice Sarah Krauss, to talk the settlement over with his wife, Maria Yepes-Smith.

“Work it out, right now,” she told the two parties. “I have 50 cases here.”

Mos Def, born Dante Terrell Smith, filed for divorce in February, and was ordered to pay $10,000 a month in child support for the couple’s two daughters, aged seven and eight. Until then, the rapper had paid only $8,000 a month, claiming business ventures and obligations to his three other children prevented him from making the court ordered payments.

“I’m the only person who’s providing for my children,” Mos Def told Judge Krauss at the hearing in February. However, Yepes-Smith’s lawyer cited the commercials for the rapper/actor’s last film, 16 blocks, as reason for Mos to make the full payments.

“I’ve been seeing him in these commercials with Bruce Willis for his new movie,” lawyer Karen Blaustein said after the hearing. “I’m sure he made enough money to pay his child support for his seven and eight-year-old daughters.”

"The O.C." won't start its fourth season until well after the rest of FOX's fall schedule hits the air, and as things stand now, it won't be around for as long either.

The network confirmed Wednesday that it's ordered only 16 episodes of the show for the 2006-07 season, as first reported by Variety. A typical full-season order for a series is 22 episodes.

Typical for most shows, that is. Through its first three seasons, "The O.C." never shot fewer than 24 episodes; last year the count was 25.

A FOX spokesperson says that while the current order for "The O.C." is 16 episodes, there's a chance the network could add more installments if it chooses. Even with a late start -- the show is scheduled to premiere Nov. 2 -- 16 episodes would mean either an early end to the season or a sizable break somewhere at midseason.

"The O.C." will be making some fairly significant on-screen changes in the coming season. Mischa Barton has left the show following the death of her character, Marissa Cooper, in last season's finale. Her friends (Ben McKenzie, Adam Brody, Rachel Bilson) are headed off to college, and Marissa's little sister Caitlin (Willa Holland) is moving back in with mom Julie (Melinda Clarke).

The series will also be facing a more competitive landscape in its 9 p.m. Thursday timeslot. It will have to face two of the most popular dramas on TV, CBS' "CSI" and ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," along with NBC's popular game show "Deal or No Deal."

Jessica Biel and Chris Evans have called it quits after dating for more than two years, according to media reports in the US. Biel, who starred in "Stealth" and the TV family drama 7th Heaven, also played Evans' girlfriend in two films, "Cellular" and "London".

Evans, who starred in "Fantastic Four", is currently filming "The Nanny Diaries" with Scarlett Johansson. A source tells the US edition of OK! magazine that Evans has recently been spotted out in New York City with brunette public relations executive Joyce Sevilla. Meanwhile 24-year-old Biel has been in Los Angeles filming "Next" with Nicolas Cage.

According to "The Insider" Hayden Christensen is The mystery man mentionned in Lindsay Lohan's Harper Bazaar interview.

"Is LINDSAY LOHAN looking for 'Star Wars' lovin'? Throughout Lohan's interview for her new Harper's Bazaar cover story, the almost 20-year-old starlet got distracted quite a bit because she was engaged in rather flirtatious text messaging with a man who is only described as a "young Hollywood heartthrob."

Writer MERLE GINSBERG agrees not to reveal Lohan's mystery man, who happened to be milling about during the interview at Chateau Marmont. However, I'm told he's none other than 'Star Wars' star HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN.

Ginsberg writes, "He keeps staring her down and text-messaging her flirtatiously from just a few feet away." Lohan is flush. "It's hard to think right now," she says. "Sorry, but it's really distracting." No word if Lohan and Christensen did anything more than just text each other, but she made a beeline for him as soon as the interview was over."

- Natasha Hamilton putting plasters on her blistered heels outside the Oxo Tower lifts.

- Steve McFadden outside Tesco's on the North Circular and ex-Eastender Chris Parker on Carnaby Street.

- Home and Away stars Paul O'Brien and Chris Hemsworth relaxing at the Plaza hotel.

- Keira Knightley looking for cowboy boots in Camden Market.

- Shane Lynch stealing a menu from someone else's table at the Fifth Floor Cafe in Harvey Nichols.

- Jennifer Ellison looking tanned strolling through Muswell Hill.

- Big Brother's Bigmouth Russell Brand walking along Kentish Town Road.

- Nikki Sanderson shopping for gorgeous lingerie at La Senza.

- A scruffy-looking Brian McFadden milling around in Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport and James Blunt grabbing his luggage from the carousel after jetting in.

- Samantha Bloom laughing with her mum on Kensington High Street.

- Jodie Kidd trying on a corset at Unique on Southgate.

- Take That stars Mark Owen and Jason Orange having dinner at the Villandry restaurant.

Jesse Eisenberg is joining The Weinstein Company's thriller Spring Break in Bosnia, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Written and directed by Richard Shepard, the film follows a young journalist, a cameraman and a discredited journalist who embark on expedition to track down an infamous war criminal in Bolivia. The tables turn when their target tries to hunt down the trio, who are mistaken for CIA agents.

Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale) will play the young journalist, Terrence Howard will portray the cameraman, whilst the discredited journalist's role goes to Richard Gere.

Production begins this summer.

Jennifer Lopez fears her ex-husband will reveal intimate details about her if she fails to pay him nearly £3 million.

The singer-turned actress' lawyer claims that Ojani Noa demanded £2.7 million to not release a book containing details about the star.

The book accuses Lopez of having multiple affairs, and Noa is also prepared to make a home video available to papers from the couple's honeymoon, her lawyer claims.

A preliminary injunction will take place in the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Are we seeing a wedding between Miss Miller and Jude Law at long last?

Although 33-year-old Jude was waiting in the wings, the Primrose Hill posse don't need to buy any new hats just yet.

Sienna, 24, was simply filming a marriage scene in New York for her latest flick Camille, which sees her play a bride.

She said: "I don't want to give too much away. But my character is determined to stick to her man no matter what. He can't even shake her off after she's dead."

Are you sure it isn't a big-screen version of your future with Mr Law, Sienna?

Which young Hollywood actress shocked clubbers by getting dirty with a chavtastic male in the doorway of a LA bar? And the innocent-faced woman-in-question got far too carried away. As well as putting her hands down the fruity fella's pants, she was making lewd noises and then groaning. Wonder what her boyfriend would say?

Aisleyne has got big plans ahead of nights eviction. She said: "I'm going to shave my legs, paint my nails and wear THAT dress."

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Susie does not think her going to bed early will affect her chances of winning. She said: "I am tired and they can film the others who are still up."

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BB chiefs were worried housemates had stolen paper from the "suggestion box" task to write messages to the outside world. Glyn had to search for scraps and even take a bin into the diary room to look for paper.

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Lea claims that she likes a drop of vodka most nights. Speaking a few days after her last drink she said: "This is the longest I've gone without alcohol in years." And Richard says it is the longest he has gone without sex."

Justin Timberlake will premiere his comeback album FutureSex/LoveSounds with a London gig.

He'll play Hammersmith Palais on July 13 and tickets are on sell now.

Party boy Prince Harry was read the riot act by his dad and girlfriend after his latest boozy night on the town.

He received the rollicking from Prince Charles and Chelsy Davy following another series of embarrassing headlines.

Flirty Harry, 21, spent the evening dancing with former glamour girl Coralie Eicholtz.

He was ushered out of the exclusive Boujis nightclub in South Kensington, London, by his minders when a bloody brawl broke out.

Then he was caught having a snog with TV star Natalie Pinkham as they emerged from the party.

Prince Charles blasted Harry for dragging the royal family through the mud again.

A Royal source said: "Yes, Harry is a young man and he likes to have a laugh but he is also a prince and with the title comes responsibility."

We bet Courteney Cox is relieved her friends weren't around to catch her cheeky sprog make a boob of her.

But our snapper was there when the brunette popped out on the beach in Sardinia, Italy.

And judging by her daughter Cocos giggling, she found the whole affair as amusing as the rest of us.

One eyewitness said: "Everyone stared when Coco pulled down Courteneys top. And she kept tugging it down even more - even though she could see her mum was getting annoyed. But Courteney saw the funny side in the end."

McFly's Harry Judd insists Lindsay Lohan was too scared to attend their film premiere because she didn't want him to quiz her about their night of passion.

The pretty boy was furious when the teen star denied enjoying grown-up cuddles with him during the making of their flick Just My Luck.

Kylie Minogue made her showbiz comeback last night as the guest of honour at Sir Elton Johns glitzy White Tie and Tiara Ball.

The Aussie singer glammed up for her first major celebrity do since being the all-clear from breast cancer in January.

Kylie was just one of a galaxy of stars at the annual ball, which raises money for the Elton John Aids Foundation but she was the one everyone wanted to talk to on the night.

Kylie partied at the curry-themed do alongside former duet partner Robbie Williams, the boys from Take That, Pamela Anderson, Simon Cowell, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Liz Hurley, Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster.

Victoria Beckham stole the show at last years event but was missing last night.

Sources said she wanted to avoid a showdown with Jordan.

Mallorca, Spain :: Catherine Zeta-Jones and husband Michael Douglas enjoyed a boat ride around the Mediterranean Sea earlier this past weekend. Douglas, 61, and Zeta-Jones, 36, are currently on vacation in Mallorca, a popular tourist destination island, with their kids -- son Dylan Michael Douglas, 5, and Carys Zeta Douglas, 3.

Here's a little scoop on the upcoming fourth season of Nip/Tuck: Three years ago, Richard Chamberlain came out of the closet in real life. Now at age 72, the Thorn Birds and Shogun star is coming out in the FX series Nip/Tuck. "It's my debut," says Chamberlain, who was "nervous but excited" about taking on the role of gay millionaire Arthur Stiles in the risque plastic-surgery drama.

It has been 45 years since Chamberlain came to fame as a heterosexual heartthrob in the hit medical drama Dr. Kildore. Chamberlain believes that he would never have made it as an actor if he hadn't kept his sexuality a secret. In private, he has been with lover Martin Rabbett for 30 years, and the two live in Hawaii.

On Nip/Tuck, Chamberlain describes Stiles as "a man of questionable character." Stiles takes his young lover (played by The Young and the Restless' Thad Luckinbill) to visit the plastic surgery office of McNamara and Troy. But it quickly becomes apparent to Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) that Stiles is trying to make Luclcinbill's character look like a younger version of himself.

Producers claim the scenario is actual Hollywood history. "It's based on Liberace," says coexecutive producer Lyn Greene. "He was known for doing this to his lovers." Chamberlain's episode, the second of Nip/Tuck Season 4, is set to air this fall.

Los Angeles, CA :: Pierce Brosnan and his family were spotted arriving at LAX airport this past weekend on their way to Hawaii. He was accompanied by his wife Keely Shaye Smith and their two kids -- 9-year-old son Dylan Thomas Brosnan and 5-year-old Paris Beckett Brosnan. Pierce, 53, and Keely, 41, have been married for almost five years. And in movie news, Pierce plays Colonel Gideon (he hunts down a man with whom he has a grudge at the end of a civil war) in the upcoming film Seraphim Falls, which is scheduled for a October 2006 release and co-stars Liam Neeson, Angie Harmon, and Anjelica Huston.

Posh's stick thin figure has made her a pin-up for anorexic girls.

They claim Victoria Beckham, 32, is their "thinspiration" and have been blitzing sick websites which promote the eating disorder with messages saying they long to look as slim as her.

The mum-of-three has been showing off her figure in Germany where she is watching husband David, 31, captain England.

Victoria has admitted she once came "very close" to an eating disorder but insists she now has no such problems.

Yet many girls are still desperate to look like her. One posting on a pro-anorexia website said: "I envy her. She has beautiful bones sticking out of her chest."

Health experts are alarmed that girls are starving themselves to look like her.

Victoria refused to comment.

Hollywood hunk George Clooney showed off his ball control yesterday - by shooting some hoops.

The 45-year-old star was snapped enjoying a game of basketball with his sister Ada, 47.

The pair worked up a sweat on the court which has been specially built in the sports ground at Clooney's villa in Laglio, near Lake Como, Italy.

Dannii Minogue had one Elle of a time with Miss Macpherson when she handed the model with a lifetime achievement award.

The aussie babes had a cuddle of corn when Dannii, 34, gave the gong to Elle, 43, at the Grazia 02 X Awards for Businesswomen.

One man at London's Paper club said: "Anyone would have thought they were long-lost sisters."

Kate Lawler showed her football star ex Jonathan Woodgate what hes missing on the pitch and in the bedroom.

The Real Madrid star, 26, had better watch his back because Kate proved she has the balls to take his job when she staged an impressive kick-about on a beach in southern France.

Never one to hide her light under a bushel, the BB3 winner, 26, and her sister Karen soon attracted a crowd of our garlic-loving cousins when they showed off their sexy soccer skills.

Which former boyband star was caught short on a Northern line tube journey late at night? The fella was so desperate for the toilet he tried to cover up urinating in an empty Coke bottle under his coat. Had he not downed eight pints in under an hour, trying desperately to look hard, he wouldn't have been such a buffoon.

Adam Sandler comedy drama Click took the top spot at the Australian box office last weekend.

Fellow new entry Over the Hedge debuted in second place, followed by Pixar's Cars. Previous number one, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, slipped to fourth, with Jennifer Aniston/Vince Vaughn rom-com The Break-Up completing the top five.

The top ten in full:
1. (-) Click - AUS$4.06m
2. (-) Over the Hedge - AUS$2.51m
3. (2) Cars - AUS$1.70m
4. (1) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - AUS$1.35m
5. (3) The Break-Up - AUS$0.96m
6. (5) Stick It - AUS$0.72m
7. (4) The Da Vinci Code - AUS$0.70m
8. (7) X-Men: The Last Stand - AUS$0.42m
9. (-) Wah-Wah - AUS$0.35m
10. (8) Take the Lead - AUS$0.30m

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift won the UK box office race for the second time last weekend.

The third film in the franchise took £1.02m over the three-day period, giving it a convincing lead on its nearest competitor, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock romance The Lake House, which took £0.76m in its first weekend.

Climbing up from fifth place was The Da Vinci Code, followed by X-Men: The Last Stand and the award-winning The Wind That Shakes the Barley rounding out the top five.

The top ten in full:
1. (1) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2. (-) The Lake House
3. (5) The Da Vinci Code
4. (2) X-Men: The Last Stand
5. (-) The Wind That Shakes the Barley
6. (-) Fearless
7. (4) The Omen
8. (5) Hard Candy
9. (-) Krrish
10. (-) Ultraviolet

Even Charlotte Church thinks her mega bitchfest with Cheryl Tweedy, 23, is ridiculous. Charlotte, 20, said: "I haven't even met her. Fair enough if we'd met one another and hated each other. Its stupid how it started. She said a comment and I said a comment back and thats it.

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Jessica Simpson proved girls just wanna have fun on the set of her video A Public Affair. The 25-year-old blonde enlisted the help of some famous girl pals filming in California. Sexy Eva Longoria and foxy Christina Milian added some extra va-va voom.

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The millionaire director of Superman Returns lives in a house completely unfurnished except for a bed, TV set and discarded takeaway boxes. Bryan Singer, 40, says he is too busy to buy furniture.

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Pink's hubby is a tattoo artist but shes avoided his inky needle. "Can you believe it?" says Carey Hart, "she still hasn't been tattooed in my shop."

It will be masterminded by writer/director Brian Jun. Jun is collaborating on the project with Buckley's mother Mary Guibert, who is producing the biography.

It will be the second time a biopic has been attempted. Last year, the writer/producer Train Houston secured the rights to 'Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley', the book by David Browne.

This event spurred Guibert, who controls the rights to Buckley's songs, to start her foray into the movie world.

"Over the years, the number of offers were unceasing," she said. "I had resisted for so many reasons, one being that Hollywood, traditionally, did a lousy job of realistically portraying the life of people like Jeff. But the possibility that it could happen without my participation set me back to re-examine why I wasn't doing it."

Seeing films like 'Ray' and 'Walk The Line' convinced Guibert that "the time was right to have a project where integrity could be built into the script and that we could wrangle it so that it didn't get co-opted or changed in getting to the screen".

Reuters reports that the film will play on Buckley's relationship with his father, singer/songwriter Tim Buckley, who died in 1975.

Co-producer Michelle Sy said: "It is really about how music is so much a part of this person's identity, and there are so many ironies in his life. For example, he was constantly being compared to his father, but he only met his father twice. He had the trajectory of someone who gains a certain amount of success in a short period of time, and there (are) some downsides to that. And it was music that guided him through that."

It is not known who will be cast in the role of Buckley

Brad Pitt is among Newsweek magazine's 15 People Who Make America Great. Pitt is being recognized for using his megawatt star power to shine light on some often-neglected cases in Africa.

Pitt told the magazine he figured if the cameras were going to follow him and Angelina everywhere they go, they might as well lure them somewhere that needs world attention.

Britney Spears is trading in one LA for another La. The former pop star still loves Malibu but the entire trappings that go with Hollywood may be too much and she will return to her native state of Louisiana In Touch is reporting.

“She wants to come home,” says Kentwood mayor Harold Smith. “She’s building more rooms for her growing family. She wants a nursery and some kids’ rooms.”

In a story set for publication this week, the magazine claims that even husband Kevin Federline supports the move, which may help solve some of their marriage problems. Britney Spears has learned just how hard caring for a baby can be, the report reads.

This time around, she wants more help - so she’s planning to move back home to Kentwood, La., to be closer to her mom, Lynne.

Britney wants Lynne to help with the kids, but Kevin’s wary. “He likes Lynne but doesn’t like her getting involved in their relationship,” an insider tells the magazine..

Britney, whose second child is due in September, is pouring $200,000 into Serenity, the house where her mom lives, and she hopes the small town life will help calm K-Fed down and strengthen her marriage.

A pal says, “She loves Malibu but feels she’ll end up divorced if she stays there — at least for now.”

“I’m just Britney at home,” the pop star has said. “I don’t get any special treatment. That’s actually good for me.”

Charles Gibson has bid Good Morning America goodbye.

Former cohosts, special guests and future competitors joined Gibson as he said farewell to the morning show Wednesday after nearly two decades as coanchor.

"For 19 years my mornings have not just been good," Gibson said. "They've been great.

"I will miss our breakfast conversations, more than I can adequately say. And I will miss the folks who work on this broadcast--on air and off."

The emotional if subdued tribute--at least when compared to Katie Couric's blow-out send-off--was mostly kept a family affair, with just three celebrity guests dropping by to bid farewell to the World News Tonight-bound anchor.

Fellow morning personality and devoted Gibson flirt Kelly Ripa stopped by the studio to say goodbye and good luck, and introduce "Charlie's Angels," a clip tribute showing some of Gibson's most coquettish moments on air.

"You have made more than one or two--several women blush and shy," Ripa told the departing host.

Former baseball star Cal Ripken Jr. dropped by, giving Gibson a framed Baltimore Orioles jersey with the number 19, in honor of the newsman's years of GMA service. Gibson thanked Ripken, and said his enthusiasm in playing the game inspired the anchor in his own work.

"That was an inspiration for me," Gibson said. "The way you approached baseball is very much the way you should approach this job."

Kermit, meanwhile, was something of a repeat guest. The Muppet was a guest on Gibson's original GMA farewell show in 1998, when he left the program for all of nine months before returning in 1999 to relaunch the show with Diane Sawyer.

"There are no two people I care more about in this business than Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts," Gibson said of his coanchor and the show's longtime news reporter. "I didn't know Diane very well when we started our 'temporary' gig here--I just new I loved her as a broadcaster. I came quickly to love her as a person."

The feeling was mutual as both Sawyer and Roberts bid fond farewells to their longtime coworker.

"Charlie is a rock," Sawyer said. "We didn't really know each other that well when we started out, but somehow instinctively I knew he was there as a safety net and a cushion, a life raft."

"He's been like a brother, an uncle, he's counseled me and just been there," Roberts said. "He's the rock, he's everything."

Former GMA stalwarts Joan Lunden, Kate Snow, Bill Weir, Spencer Christian and recently departed weatherman Tony Perkins all returned to say goodbye.

Gibson first started work on the morning chatfest with Lunden in 1987, and last month, after a long tenure as one of the many rotating replacements for World News Tonight, was named sole anchor to the evening program, replacing the recovering Bob Woodruff and pregnant Elizabeth Vargas.

Gibson's family, including his wife, Arlene, his two daughters and his three-month-old grandson, also dropped by for the farewell and said the patriarch's new job was a more likely fit.

"Charlie is a night person," his wife said. "That's the strange thing about this job. I never see him in the morning--and that's a good thing."

For all the new developments Gibson is poised to face in his news gig, competitors are not one of them.

He will again go head-to-head with Couric, who takes over the CBS Evening News, and NBC's Brian Williams.

Both sent their congratulations and best wishes.

Williams took a humorous tack, with "insincere," "outright lie" and "disingenuous" flashing under his image as he wished his future rival bon voyage.

"Good luck," Williams concluded. "With limits."

Couric played it straighter.

"See you in September," she said.

After thanking his colleagues and family, Gibson turned his increasingly emotional attentions to the people on the other side of the television--the audience.

"I've always said we broadcast at an hour you wouldn't have your best friend into the house," he said. "The dishes aren't done, the beds aren't made, the kids are at their wildest--but you let us come into your home and treat us like friends.

"To those of you who watch, the greatest thanks of all...We deeply appreciate your letting us be a small part of your lives. Once more I say, good morning, America."