Hi everyone!  Welcome back to the Tuesday Gossip Roundup, where I catch you up on the weeks gossip in review.  I’m Erika, your weekly gossip girl.  Let’s dive right in, shall we?

First for a little eye-candy — or not.  Celeb Buzz is making a statement which I pretty much agree with, and that is that Michael Phelps is kinda hot in the pool when he is all sleek and chisled and basically poured into his swimsuit, but out of the pool, well, he’s just kinda not.  In other Phelps news, he will be hosting the season premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 13th, and is rumored to be setting up a first date with country crooner Carrie Underwood.  Whew, what a busy guy.

American Idol has added another judge to it’s ranks!  Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, and host Ryan Seacrest welcomed new judge, singer/songwriter/producer Kara DioGuardi to their little clique.  Not sure what kind of chemistry the four of them will have, but Simon sure looks like he thinks something she said is funny.  As a side note, is Randy looking a little chunky to you?

Bristol Palin, the 17 year old daughter of Republican Vice Presidental Candidate Sarah Palin, is 5 months pregnant, Palin announced on Monday.  The statement said that Bristol will have the unconditional support and love of her family, and that she will, in fact, wed the father of the unborn child.  In the same statement, Palin also requested that the media respect the privacy of her daughter, as has always been the tradition with presidental candidates.

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz says that her husband, singer Pete Wentz is the one wearing her “closet full of size 0 jeans” since she no longer fits in them.  She also said that she is right on target with her weight gain, and that “People who talk and judge pregnant women’s weight need to get a life!!!”  Go Ashlee!

Little Bo Peep Bridget Marquardt, one of Hugh Hefner’s three girlfriends, attended the Midsummer Night’s Dream party at the Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas last week.  She is still denying reports that and Holly Madison hate fellow girlfriend, Kendra Wilkinson.  Of course, if your TV show ratings depended on it, you would probably deny it too.  No word on if the rest of the Girls Next Door attended dressed as other nursery rhyme characters…

They tried to make her go to rehab … Amy Winehouse is rumored to have suffered major brain damage from her previous two hospitalizations following severe bouts of drug abuse. Her father Mitch, is keeping mum on the subject, but my thoughts go out to her.  She always looks sickly and confused, and I hope that she gets the help that she needs, even if that means leaving the spotlight and never singing again.  I always just feel like I’m watching a tragedy unfold when I watch her perform, don’t you?

Julia Roberts showed the world that she is still quite the Pretty Woman while on family vacation in Hawaii this week.  With a body that seems to defy the fact that she has given birth to three children, Roberts sported a pretty paisley bikini.  Accompanied on the trip by several nannies, Julia seems to be enjoying the fruits of her labor.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their every-growing brood were not in New Orleans before Gustav hit, but they did have their “people” board up their French Quarter Home.  Fortunately, the couple had homes on the French Riviera and the California coast to flee to… In all seriousness however, Brad has been instrumental in helping the folks of the lower ninth ward to rebuild their homes, so here’s to being thankful that they won’t all have to start over…

Lastly, I leave you with this picture of Madonna rockin’ (or not) some crazy, Cleopatra-style makeup at the London premiere of hubby Guy Ritchie’s new film this week.  All I can say is, at 50, she’s the Queen of Denial.

I hope you enjoyed this week’s roundup.  See you next time…

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