There would have been no shortage of bandages if things had really gotten out of hand during an on-set argument between Grey's Anatomy costars Patrick Dempsey and Isaiah Washington on Monday.

Dempsey, 40, and Washington, 43, didn't need medical aid, but the actors, who both play renowned doctors on the show, nearly came to blows during a spat over shooting issues.

"We were like two baseball players . . . nose-to-nose," Washington tells us. "We had a difference of opinions while working on set but we've resolved it."

At issue, says Washington, was "time and (keeping) the production going. The communication was lost in translation."

But no punches were thrown: "Our faces are too beautiful for that!," says Washington, who plays Dr. Preston Burke. Dempsey plays heartthrob Dr. Derek Shepherd, otherwise known as "Dr. McDreamy."

In fact, just a few hours after the dustup, Washington and Dempsey were sitting side by side at a script read-through.

"In close families arguments happen," Dempsey's rep tells us. "They worked it out."

Washington even learned a little something about his costar. "I've never been that close to (Patrick) before," he says. "He has really pretty blue eyes."

New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle is feared dead after a small aircraft he allegedly owns crashed into a high-rise building on the east side of Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon, according to CNN.

Lidle's passport was found in the street below the crash, and Yankees manager Joe Torre told the network that the plane was owned by Lidle. Federal Aviation Administration records also show that the plane was registered to the athlete, according to the Associated Press.

The crash killed at least two people, the New York City Fire Department and New York City Police Department said.

Lidle told reporters just days ago – after the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs – that he was getting his pilot's license

The small private plane took off at 2:30 p.m. and circled the Statue of Liberty, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a press conference Wednesday evening. He said air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane as it neared the 59th Street Bridge. The plane crashed into the 20th floor of The Belaire, a residential building on 72nd street, around 2:42 p.m.

Angelina Jolie was just snapped reading “Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know” by Roy Gutman. Angelina, 31, was spotted reading the book on her way to the set of her upcoming film A Mighty Heart‘ in Pune, India. A Mighty Heart is about American journalist Daniel Pearl who was slain by terrorists in Pakistan four years ago. Angelina plays Daniel’s widow Mariane, on whose book of the same name the film is based upon.

Sarah Michelle Gellar was spotted shopping at NYC’s Jeffrey after promoting her new movie The Grudge 2 at MTV’s Total Request Live at the MTV Times Square Studios yesterday afternoon.

The Grudge 2 opens this Friday the 13th!

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has quit the band to recover from drink and drug addictions.

The singer has decided to call it a day following a stint in The Priory rehab clinic in London.

"I feel bad for the others (in the band)," he said. "It will be an upheaval. But it's time for me to move on. It would be damaging to my recovery to stay on. I'm not blaming the band for my problem - I am an addict. There are people who can be in bands and stay clean, but I'm not one of them."

Christina Aguilera is hitting the road with opening acts Danity Kane and The Pussycat Dolls. The tour begins Feb. 2007, starting in Texas. More dates are most likely going to be added soon, including L.A., Vegas, etc etc etc.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, Oct. 14

Tour dates:

2/20/2007 - Houston, TX
venue: Toyota Center

2/21/2007 - Dallas, TX
venue: American Airlines Center

3/2/2007 - San Diego, CA
venue: ipayOne Center

3/10/2007 - San Jose, CA
venue: HP Pavilion

3/19/2007 - St. Paul, MN
venue: Xcel Energy Center

3/23/2007 - New York, NY
venue: Madison Square Garden

3/30/2007 - Boston, MA
venue: TD Banknorth Garden

4/2/2007 - Washington, DC
venue: Verizon Center

4/3/2007 - Philadelphia, PA
venue: Wachovia Center

4/5/2007 - East Rutherford, NJ
venue: Continental Airlines Arena

4/7/2007 - Uniondale, NY
venue: Nassau Coliseum

4/11/2007 - Colubus, OH
venue: Nationwide Arena

4/21/2007 - Chicago, IL
venue: Allstate Arena

4/25/2007 - Providence, RI
venue: Dunkin Donuts Center

4/28/2007 - Baltimore, MD
venue: 1st Mariner Arena

5/5/2007 - Miami, FL
venue: American Airlines Arena

30 Seconds to Mars have earned their success the hard way—touring incessantly over the past four years in small clubs from Omaha to Orlando. As a result, the band now has legions of dedicated fans, who are hungry for just about everything Jared Leto touches. The actor talked to us recently from his room at New York's Gramercy Hotel about his newfound validation in the music world, his upcoming fall tour, dealing with the notion of his “celebrity” status while on the road and more.

Congratulations on A Beautiful Lie going gold. Did you ever think the band would get this big when you started up years ago?

Jared Leto: It feels good. When you work on something for a number of years, and people get it, that’s an undeniable feeling. It’s been a very exciting past couple of weeks for us. Virgin gave us our gold album, then the very next day we got our MTV Award. It’s just exciting to be able to do some of the things we’re able to do now—it’s a lot of fun.

You wrote over thirty songs, and only ten ended up making the album. What will you do, if anything, with the rest of the songs?

Jared Leto: We’re going to be putting together a special edition of the CD that we’re gonna release before the end of the year. I doubt any of those [older] songs will actually end up on that [re-release] record—I don’t like to go backwards. Certainly, there is a potential for new songs, but I don’t like to delve into the past too much.

The record went gold a year after Virgin released it—was that a result of your constant touring or Virgin pushing the record—or both?

Jared Leto: Everybody worked really hard. The record company believed in us, and we believed in them. We believed in what we were doing but ultimately, the strong, committed fan base out there has been the biggest reason for our success.

Speaking of touring, you guys have a big tour coming up next month. What cans fans expect to see when you headline this fall around the country?

Jared Leto: We’re super excited about this tour. It’s going to be more like a festival than a tour. We’re going to be able to do things that we’ve never been able to do before.

Were you excited to play with Guns and Roses? Are you, or were you a GNR fan?

Jared Leto: Definitely. We had a great time.

Your first self-titled album was released in 2002 and A Beautiful Lie was released in 2005—why such a long time lag between releases?

Jared Leto: I tend to be focused on the music when I’m doing it and it’s not really a quick process. I like to spend time, make sure things are right. Everyone has a different way of doing things—[taking time to write songs] is just what works for me.

You gained a lot of weight for your upcoming film Chapter 27, then lost the weight almost as fast as you put it on. Was 30 Seconds to Mars touring while all of this was going on?

Jared Leto: As soon as I finished the film, I hopped on the road and started touring, fasting and taking care of myself. Touring was a great way to get in shape. Just to get busy and stay healthy.

You recently attended Marc Jacobs’ party at fashion week in New York--do you consider yourself a fashion trendsetter?

Jared Leto: No I don’t think about that so much. When we are on the road I’m usually at Wal-Mart buying socks.

At the after-party for Jacobs’ show, there seemed to be a very eclectic mix of people there. Who did you spend time talking with?

Jared Leto: I was sitting next to Kanye West the whole time. It was really interesting but I was actually DJ’ing [the after-party]. I just played basically the greatest prom hits of all time. I just wanted to have fun with it. I played everything from Rush, to Journey, to Depeche Mode to the Cure to Billy Idol to Kim Wilde. It was a lot of fun.

How do you feel about bearing the “celebrity cross” for 30 Seconds to Mars and how do you feel about the notion of how our culture deals with fame as someone who has seen success as an actor?

Jared Leto: I’ve been doing this for a long time so for me, it’s just something that I’m used to. I don’t really think about in those terms because for me it’s just work.

How did you come up with the concept video, based on The Shining, for “The Kill”?

Jared Leto: The elements of duplicity and identity and some of the visual effects that are in [the video] is something I thought would fit nicely on top of the homage to The Shining. Fortunately, it all worked very well and we ended up walking away with an MTV Video Award, which was cool.

When will fans be able to buy a new studio record?

Jared Leto: That’s a good question. I’ve been writing some new songs, and the record has been out for some time now, but the majority of the people who have bought the record have bought it over the last three to six months. It’s very new to a lot of people—and that’s exciting. Fortunately for us, the songs still feel fresh and alive when we are touring. We’re always exploring different avenues when we play those songs out live. So I guess my answer for when you’ll hear new material is anywhere from three to ten years from now [Leto laughs].

In the world of the Killers, nothing says Tuesday like Jack Daniels and gin. Except, of course, Thursday and Saturday. Following in the footsteps of Sheryl Crow, the Las Vegas rockers order their dressing room booze on a strict daily schedule, according to their 2006 tour rider. For example, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are reserved for Maker's Mark whiskey and Absolut vodka. And Sunday is exclusively the province of tequila and Jameson Irish Whiskey. Well, maybe not exclusively considering the standard 96 beers, 24 cans of cider, and two bottles of red wine the band has waiting for them backstage prior to every concert. As with most bands, the Killers's demands have increased in proportion with their record sales. Two years ago, the band's rider (dated July 2004) sought "Cheddar cheese enough for 6 people." Now they need "Brie or Camembert." On the booze front, the older rider requires a single liter of Jack Daniels and an unspecified amount of vodka. But as for the 2004 request for "personal masseuses," we're guessing that was a joke on the part of Brandon Flowers and his associates.

Oscar winner Nicole Kidman is being lined up to appear in an upcoming episode of TV show Nip/Tuck. Kidman approached the drama’s creator Ryan Murphy about securing a cameo role. Murphy says, “She said, ‘I want to do the show but I want to wear lots of scary prosthetics.’”

Let's just hope the 'scary prosthetics' aren't along the lines of the one Mark Wahlberg used in Boogie Nights...

David Bowie has lent his voice to SpongeBob Squarepants. Bowie will play Lord Royal Highness in a SpongeBob special. Apparently his daughter is a huge fan of the show and they watch it together.

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Jon Stewart shot down rumors that he’d make a run for the White House and said the T-shirts promoting him and Stephen Colbert “are a real sign of how sad people are” with the state of affairs in the country. “Nothing says ‘I am ashamed of you my government’ more than ‘Stewart/Colbert ‘08,’ Stewart told an audience Sunday at the New Yorker Festival.

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Katie Couric received her worst ratings last week, the fifth week of her evening news program. Couric remained in third place and she averaged only 7 million viewers, 1.5 million viewers less than Brian Williams‘ Nightly News.

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Real World/Road Rules: The Duel premieres this Thursday @ 10PM.

Sharon Osbourne has treated her X Factor finalists to a party at her country mansion.

Her team had been kept away from the public prior to Saturday's show so they could not reveal who had made it through, but the host reportedly laid on a bash at her home in Buckinghamshire.

The competitors said they enjoyed a pleasant evening to wind down with the star host. “We’ve been to Sharon’s house for a party — it was amazing," said Scots singer Kerry McGregor. “We had to go undercover so no one knew what was going on. Ozzy wasn’t there, but the dogs were.”

Dionne Mitchell said the evening was "very informal" while Ben Mills commented: “It was a great thing to happen because it was at the point when people were looking to get out for a change of scenery.”

Meanwhile, groups boss Louis Walsh is reportedly flooding his entrants with tips for the show.

Jennifer Lopez allegedly insulted an stewardess - because she couldn't make her a specialty coffee mid-flight.

The Latin diva is said to have flown into a rage after she asked for a double espresso and was told that they couldn't make her one.

J.Lo, famed for her outrageous demands, took out her frustration on the stunned stewardess, hurling a torrent of hurtful insults at her.

The unnamed hostess is quoted on website AirlineCrew.net as saying: "She yelled at me because I could not make her a double espresso and then she told me my shoes looked cheap."

Lopez has also been added to an online blacklist called the "S****y Tipper Database" after she left a tip of just $1.27 on $350 restaurant bill in New York.

Meanwhile, Lopez has said she felt "compelled" to make her new movie - the upcoming biopic "El Cantante."

The singer-and-actress decided to make the film - which tells the story of Hector Lavoe, the man who is credited with bringing salsa to the US - after his widow begged her to take on the role.

She explained: "Once I read the script, I knew there was something about his life that was compelling to watch."

Hector - who committed suicide in 1993 by jumping off a building following a long running battle with drug addiction - is played by J.Lo's husband Marc Anthony.

Jessica and Sheryl became friends after discovering they both had the same taste in break-up music.

The "Dukes of Hazzard" actress revealed: "I talked to Sheryl and I told her that her song, 'Are You Strong Enough To Be My Man?,' was my song!"

"And she goes, 'Honey, that's mine too. Next time I sing it, we'll do it together and I'll have you come up on stage with me!'"

She added: "As a woman who has some sort of power, you have to have a man that can take that. It's hard to find those men."

Jessica has also revealed she wept all the way through her sister Ashlee's debut performance in the musical "Chicago" in London.

She told the USA Today newspaper: "I cried and cried, because I had so much pride in that moment, watching my sister persevere and prove to everyone that they were so wrong."

"After everything she's gone through, with everyone thinking she's some phony, for her to get up there and sing and dance - to watch that talent and listen to her voice. It was great!"

The 'Batman Begins' actress - who has a five-month-old daughter, Suri, with fiancé Tom Cruise - is said to have revealed her baby plans to close friend Victoria Beckham during their Paris holiday.

A source said: "Katie has three sisters so she really wants Suri to have the same sibling bond she enjoyed."

Katie and Victoria - who has three sons with her soccer star husband David Beckham - apparently swapped baby tips on the trip and Katie is even said to have advised the former Spice Girl on the best ways to conceive a girl.

The source added: "Katie was recommended to read 'Gender Giver' by a friend who swears by its theories. The book suggests surrounding yourself with female imagery and one of its top tips is to visit a burlesque show and applaud the female form. She showed the book to Victoria."

Katie and Victoria were clearly determined to follow the book's advice and were reportedly later spotted in Pigalle Place in Paris' sex district, enjoying a show.

Mel Gibson calls his anti-Semitic rant following his arrest for drunk driving in July "the stupid ramblings of a drunkard." In an interview with Diane Sawyer set to air on "Good Morning America" on Thursday and Friday, Gibson says that though staying sober is a struggle, he has not had a drink in 65 days.

He adds that he plans to continue making movies and working to heal himself and those he offended.

"All you can do is take another step, keep breathing," he says, according to a partial transcript of the interview released by ABC.

Clean shaven and casually dressed in jeans and a blue checkered shirt, Gibson tells Sawyer he began drinking two months before sheriff's deputies arrested him in Malibu on July 28.

"Years go by, you're fine," he says. "And then all of a sudden in a heartbeat, in an instant, on an impulse, somebody shoves a glass of Mescal in front of your nose and says, `It's from Oaxaca.' And it's burning its way through your esophagus and you go, `Oh man, what did I do that for? I can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.'"

The interview with Sawyer is the first time Gibson has spoken to the media since sparking a scandal by unleashing what he later called "vitriolic and harmful words" during his arrest. Gibson told the arresting officer: "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," and asked him, "Are you a Jew?"

"The last thing I want to be is that kind of monster," he tells Sawyer in the interview.

The 50-year-old actor-director says he knows there are some in Hollywood who will refuse to work with him because of those statements.

"I feel sad because they've obviously been hurt and frightened and offended enough to feel that they have to do that," he says. "Um, and it's their choice. There's nothing I can do about that."

Gibson pleaded no contest to charges of drunken driving on Aug. 17 under a deal in which he will serve three years' probation, pay a fine and attend alcohol rehabilitation classes. He also volunteered to make a public-service announcement about the hazards of drinking and driving.

- Sadie Frost driving along Arlington Road, Camden.

- Anna Friel in Selfridges Food Hall and Rupert Evereet looking dapper in Knightsbridge.

- Sean Bean having a drink with a friend at the Edinboro Castle pub in Camden.

- Suzanne Mole walking in Regent's Park.

- Dame Judi Dench at the Rapscallion restaurant, Clapham.

- Natalie Portman on her mobile at Heathrow.

- Westlife chatting to fans on Knightsbridge Road, West London.

- Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding outside the HOB salon, Baker Street.

- Joanna Krupa parking her car at the Plaza hotel, West London.

- Andrea Corr looking annoyed as she strolled along London's Oxford Street.

- Colin Farrell walking into a newsagents in Queen's Park, West London.

- Jade Jagger trying on a leopard print dress at Topshop, Oxford Street.

Singer Mariah Carey, who is about to take her Adventures Of Mimi tour overseas, told TV's Extra Monday night (October 9th) that she plans to release a new concert DVD. Titled Divarie, the proposed disk will document highlights from her tour, including all her wacky diva exploits on the road.

What may not be included are scenes from her October 8th stop in Anaheim, California. Sources reported that Mariah was booed by the audience, which waited more than two hours for the diva to hit the stage. Her bassist and friend Randy Jackson of American Idol fame, tried to calm and entertain the audience, but also got his share of boos. Carey reportedly arrived at about 10 p.m., and the rest of the show went on without a hitch.

At her show on Friday, October 7th, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, local Power 106 DJ Big Boy proposed to his girlfriend on stage, and then Carey herself named a baby when a pregnant fan woman told her idol that she wanted to name her child for the singer, but discovered the baby would be a boy. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, "The wonder that is Mariah thought for a second, giving three suggestions: Roy (for her late dad), Trey (for backup singer Trey Lorenz) and Carey. The woman looked pleased. Carey it would be."

Carey wraps her U.S. tour tonight at Phoenix, Arizona's US Airways Arena.

Desperate Housewives stars Eva Longoria and Nicolette Sheridan have reportedly had a furious bust-up over a handbag.

The pair are said to have argued after Nicolette - who plays maneater Edie Britt in the hit series - wanted a designer bag created for Eva's character Gabrielle Solis.

Designer Charlie Lapson, who created the burgundy leather tote, says the fighting got so unbearable her was forced to create a different bag to keep the two actresses happy.

He told Britain's Mail On Sunday newspaper: "Both the girls wanted the bag for this one scene. They argued and argued until I decided to design a new bag for Eva."

The handbag which caused such a fuss was auctioned for charity last week.

Last week, Eva was injured on the set of Desperate Housewives.

The actress was taken to hospital after slipping and bruising her ribs on Thursday.

Her publicist, Liza Anderson, said: "Eva slipped on one of the stairs coming out of her trailer. Nothing is broken, but her ribs are very bruised."

Despite the injuries, the 31-year-old actress was back on set within a matter of hours.

We bet that's Asda price, is it Coleen? Yeah, we're on to Wayne Rooney's fiancee...

The 20-year-old was buying goodies at an M&S superstore in Cheshire yesterday.

It's all a bit rich when she happily promotes Asda's George clothing.

Pretty fickle woman, we'd say...

Sandra Bullock rocked with the off-the-shoulder look as she wowed the crowds at the New York premiere of her film Infamous. And at 42, the star showed she still has the pizzazz to be a comely leading lady. She's also got some stories - such as the male co-star who liked to wear women's pants. Guess who? Starts now...

Which celebrity is so impotent these days that he's been forced to agree to his partner having affairs so she can have a healthy sex life? This star was prolific between the sheets according to his ex conquests but years of booze abuse have rendered him a flop.