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I’ve got a touch of the ADD today, so here’s a round-up of the day’s choicest gossip for your perusal.

Item 1: Samantha Ronson shows off a new ‘do.

I like the cut, but I don’t know about the two-tone business. I think she might look cute with just dark hair.

Item 2: Are Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams back together?

Fans of The Notebook rejoice as pics surface of the former couple leaving Gosling’s deejaying gig together. McAdams is enchanting in purple, while Gosling looks like he’s off to punch a wall.

Item 3: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker step out in Manhattan to assure us all that, contrary to recent rumors, their marriage is not in the shitter.

Last week Star Magazine reported that Broderick was having an affair with a 25-year-old. The actor’s rep responded to the tabloid with a chilly “No comment.” What I want to know is, what’s up with Matthew’s necklace? Couldn’t SJP have stopped that? Maybe their marriage really is over.

Item 4: Despite her lack of acting roles, Mischa Barton continues to land magazine covers.

On the new Marie Clare cover, she rocks the chic I’m-gonna-barf-at-any-minute look that’s so popular with models these days. Maybe she was going for “world-weary” and got it confused with “nauseated.”

Item 5: Sharon Stone is being sued for $1 billion by a group of 1,000 victims of the recent earthquake in China. You may remember the actress suggested the quake was brought on by China’s bad karma due to its treatment of Tibet. Manhattan lawyer Ming Hai is representing the victims, who claim that they were caused extreme emotional distress by Stone’s comment. Viewers of the sequel to Basic Instinct might argue the same thing.

For those who don’t their Ryan Gosling trivia, he isn’t just an award-winning actor. At 27, he’s already a man of many interests and passions. In 2005, the actor traveled to Africa to film a documentary on the refugee camps in Darfur. Since then he’s been committed to raising awareness about genocide. A lot of celebs flash their causes like the latest accessory, but Gosling isn’t speaking out to get his picture taken. He’s been involved with human rights organizations for years, speaking on panels and encouraging student activism.

Gosling’s also into music. He has a band called Dead Man’s Bones, in which he sings and plays guitar. See their Myspace page here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfmfuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=154853068.

Now The Huffington Post is reporting that Gosling has a regular DJ’ing gig at Green Door Lounge in Hollywood. Perez Hilton says of the actor’s debut, “Ryan spun tunes from ’40s and ’50s and dressed ‘from the era’ - white T, black pants and motorcycle jacket.” Make that actor, activist, musician, DJ, and dapper dresser.

For months now, Britney Spears has been on her best behavior. Gone are the goofy poses, the constant outfit changes, and the late-night visits to gas station bathrooms. Spears’ father and a lawyer have been appointed to take charge of the star and her estate, meaning that they oversee her medical care, her money and her daily life. These days when the 26-year-old makes a public appearance, she is respectable and subdued.

Now that Crazy Britney has been reeled back in, the photo agencies that once made a killing on their Britney coverage are mourning their lost paychecks. During the height of her erratic behavior, agencies sent out vans of freelancers to track the pop star 24/7. She was constantly available, with former advisor Sam Lufti reportedly letting the paps into her home and giving information about her whereabouts. Francois Navarre, co-owner of photo agency X17, told the L.A. Times that an exclusive shot of Spears would have sold for up to $15,000. She accounted for roughly 20% of their business.

Now many agencies have been forced to hunt younger meat, like Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Amateur photographers who flocked to L.A. to make easy money have had to return to their former gigs. To paraphase a Spears’ song, “It’s karma, bitch.”

Those of you strong enough to abstain from late night channel surfing are probably unaware that Brooke Hogan has her own reality show. Brooke Knows Best follows the spawn (or spawnette?) of Hulk Hogan as she moves out of the house and plays grown-up. VH1’s web site says of the show: “She’s beginning an adult life with many new responsibilities, temptations, and opportunities as she tries to build a career as singer.” The site promises a colorful cast of “her friends, her roommates, her fellow dancers and choreographers and her producers, songwriters and business associates.” Those people haven’t shown up yet. It’s just Brooke, making pouty, dumb-blond faces while her roommate follows her around the apartment like a jack russell terrier, saying sassy, gay sidekick things once and awhile.  

It’s hard to believe Brooke will be able to create any kind of life for herself; she’s too stupid. In a typical scene, Sidekick and Brooke are interviewing prospective roommates. When asked what kind of person she is, a young, goth-looking girl says she’s into current events. (Brooke seems ill-at-ease just sitting across from this girl, like she’s never seen a pale person before.) Sidekick and Goth-y say they’re both democrats, and Brooke takes the opportunity to tell them she isn’t really into voting. As if that isn’t bad enough, she goes on to say she can’t believe a woman is running for president, because what with our wacky hormones and all, us ladies can’t be trusted to make decisions.

Couldn’t the producers take away Brooke’s mic and just have her goofily pantomime her way through the show? It wouldn’t be all that different. I know she’s being extra dumb for the sake of entertainment, but shouldn’t there be a limit? Even Sidekicky looked pained. Then Brooke suggested they look for hot guys at the beach, and he shouted “Totally!” and leapt into her purse.

I thought the Kardashians were famous exclusively for being rich and self-promoting, and for merging with the Jenner clan. But on Jimmy Kimmel the other night, Kim opened up about her father, Robert Kardashian, and his friendship with O.J. Simpson. This is one of the more interesting aspects of Kardashian family history; why have they not exploited it before now? According to Kim, it was too painful to talk about.

Daddy Kardashian was best friends with O.J. since the two went to college together. Their families regularly vacationed together. Then during the Simpson trial, Kardashian was one of O.J.’s defense attorneys. This was right after the Kardashians’ divorce, and Moms Kardashian had just remarried Bruce Jenner. During the trial, she and Bruce sided firmly with the late Nicole Brown’s family, and showed their support by sitting near them. Kim and Khloe, teenagers at the time, felt loyalty to their father, who believed in his friend’s innocence. The Kardashian family was conspicuously split, with Kim, Khloe and their father on the defense’s side, and Kris and Bruce with the prosecution. Kim says it was tough not to look over at her mother during the trial. The uncomfortable experience prompted the adults to bring the family together. Hence the big, happy, obnoxious family we see today on Keeping up with the Kardashians.

After the trial, Kim says that her dad and O.J. “parted ways,” which seems a noncommittal way of saying that Robert started to question his good buddy’s innocence. Or more likely he’d already started to question it, and wanted to get the hell away from him. After Kardashian’s death of cancer in 2003, Simpson issued a statement saying, “Bob was there when I needed him most.” Did Kardashian ever regret that? Kim’s not saying.

I’m just sayin’, she has been in the gossip rags a lot this summer. In the last few years she got sober, then fat, then emaciated. Now… she’s back to batshit crazy:

In late June, she’s photographed being pushed around L.A. in a shopping cart.

July 1st: she stages a photo op at a Malibu beach when she wades into the water wearing a foot brace, a corset-looking bathing suit, and her guitar, (I guess to remind us that she is, in fact, a singer/songwriter.)

July 11th: she posts an angry and illegible entry on her blog, which seems to be directed at former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan. It sounds like he promised to attend her daughter’s sixteenth b-day party but didn’t show. But then, it’s so incoherent it’s hard to tell.

Mid-July: Courtney’s blog o’ rage kicks into high gear with another post calling out a famous musician. This time the alleged asshole is Ryan Adams. Apparently he owes her a ton of money, and as a person is “beneath contempt.” That bitch really has a way with words. She should, like, try her hand at lyrics or something.

So Ambre and Bret broke up, can you believe it? I thought he’d really found love this time… just kidding. Now VH1 has announced that the rocker is up for round 3, and this time the drunken slut-fest that is Rock of Love will take place on a tour bus. According to the channel’s VP, Jeff Olde, ”Seasons one and two of Rock of Love shattered ratings records and VH1 is so happy to have Bret back for another outrageous season. This time we’ll reveal Bret in his most comfortable setting- the infamous rock star tour bus.” Hurray, even more vomiting, and vomiting in motion too!

The new season is set to begin in early 2009. The show will follow Bret and his posse of rabid ladies for a month as he tours across the states. Sounds like Bret will be performing a lot of nights then, right? Uh oh, I hope the cameras don’t stick around for that.

Comedian Andy Dick’s been arrested for doing pervy, sexual things while out of his mind on drugs again. It’s not really news-worthy, but his mug shot is way frightening. I don’t know what kind of look he’s going for, I guess halfway house chic. I bet he smells really bad.

According to the L.A. Times, police were called at around 1 a.m. to a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant after a man was seen peeing outside. (From now on, if you see a man peeing in public, just assume it’s Andy Dick and run.) When police arrived, a 17 year-old female said Dick had pulled down her shirt while exiting the restaurant.

Police arrested Dick as he tried to leave the scene in a truck, thankfully driven by someone else. The policeman reported that Dick was “extremely intoxicated,” and they found Xanax and pot in his pockets. I’m not even going to try to recount all the incidents of this kind in Dick’s past, as I already feel kind of sick.

Dayum! Just days away from her 63rd birthday, actress Helen Mirren shows off her impressive bod while vacationing in southern Italy. She was there with her director hubby, Taylor Hackford.

Dame Helen has never had qualms about going au naturel, and has appeared nekkid in films like Calendar Girls and Caligula. She once revealed that she also sunbathes naked at home. This admission prompted the USA Naturist Society to name Mirren their No. 1 celebrity for “promoting healthy nudity.” (I can think of a few celebs who’ve dabbled in unhealthy nudity–Lindsay Lohan and all the girls who flashed their panty-less parts, for example.) So, not only is Dame H. an award-winning actress, she’s also a heroine to nudists everywhere. But then, if normal people looked that good in their 60s, nudity might be a whole lot more rampant.

Khloe, the funny (and some say tranny) Kardashian sister is headed to the slammer for 30 days. (Fortunately for her, L.A. County jail is so packed that it will be more like 3.) The 24 year-old was arrested for DUI in March 2007 and never finished her community service or alcohol-education classes. Hmm, did she think a stint in prison would take her career to the next level? It’s about time someone came out of prison and made the talk show rounds, giving the nasty details, rather than playing tight-lipped and “classy” like Paris Hilton on Letterman. 

Big sister Kim, whose ass has replaced J. Lo’s as the most talked about in Hollywood, confirmed the news on her blog. She writes, “Khloe wants you to know she was sentenced to go to jail in regards to her one DUI case last year. Khloe is ready and willing to serve out her sentence, no matter how long and where, and have this resolved.” 

Khloe’s one of the rare prison-bound celebs who I think might actually be able to hold her own behind bars. Twiglets like Nicole Ritchie and Paris can’t even lift their own shopping bags, but I’m betting Khloe could fashion a shank if she had to.