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BITTER BEAU Page SixAVRIL Lavigne may be wearing a huge rock on her left hand, but she's not engaged to Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley ? and to prove the point, she spent Wednesday night fooling around with Hoobastank frontman Doug Robb . Avril showed up at the World Music Awards after-party at the Hard Rock Hotel with Robb. The two, who had met the night before, were seen canoodling before leaving together. Meanwhile, Whibley's manager sent us this statement about the supposed engagement: "Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 is not engaged . . . If there was a picture that captured Deryck kneeling [in a proposal] it was more likely him bending over to pick up the crack pipe that fell out of a paparazzo's pocket."

people.com DENIED: Avril Lavigne, 20, and Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley are denying reports that they are engaged after dating since this summer, his managers say. Lavigne recently was photographed showing off a large ring to a friend in Bel Air and to partygoers at the Spider Club. Her camp refuses comment on personal matters, but a friend of the pair tells PEOPLE: "They're probably just messing around."

histar.com MONICA LEWINSKY must be feeling a little feisty these days. After Monica cut in line at a New York ice cream shop, a fellow customer snapped a picture of her with a digital camera. This did not sit well with Monica, so she asked the woman if she would mind erasing the picture. The woman told her, "No... that's what you get for cutting in line"... and CHAOS ENSUED!!! Monica... now enraged... bombarded the woman with a string of obscenities, then smeared ICE CREAM all over the woman's shirt!!! Monica told the "New York Post" that she did NOT cut in line, but she admitted that she, quote, "ICED" a woman.

She's a blonde now.

Ted C. of E! Leonardo DiCaprio , making a semi-fuss for the entire crew on a New Yawk-to-Hell-Ay flight. American. The graceless A-lister was indignant and stubborn about hanging up his cell phone. Wearing a purple jogging suit and a sideways cap--a too-perf pimp getup--Leo whined and growled about his meal. Mr. D. may be Gisele's number-one hunk, but this aircraft was ready to say so long quick.

DIVA SITCOM Page Six THE comeback trail might include a sitcom for Mariah Carey , who flew into New York Tuesday for a meeting with UPN heads. "She's very funny and has a lot of acting talent," one insider said. In an effort to explain Mariah's last acting stint, the bomb "Glitter," the insider said: "It was a simple project that was taken out of her hands and made into a disaster." Carey's new album with Island/Def Jam, which has tracks with Kanye West on it, should be ready later this year. A rep for Carey declined comment.

JACK NICHOLSON STEPS OUT WITH KATE MOSS sfgate.com Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson is back to his womanizing ways -- he's been spotted enjoying nights out with British supermodel Kate Moss. The 67-year-old star, who has previously dated actresses Anjelica Houston and Lara Flynn Boyle, accompanied Moss to New York's trendy Spice Island restaurant earlier this week, and the pair were seen exchanging lingering gazes over dinner. When they had finished eating, the pair clambered into a waiting limousine together, avoiding photographers and autograph hunters. It is not the first time Nicholson has been linked to the 30-year-old mother of one -- in 1994 she and model Naomi Campbell were seen leaving his hotel suite at 4 a.m.

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histar.com The British tabloids are claiming that SUM 41 singer DERYCK WHIBLEY got down on one knee to propose to AVRIL LAVIGNE last weekend... and she said YES. They haven't set a date yet, but they hope to get married sometime next year. Avril will be 20 on September 27th and Deryck is 24.

BOYS FROM OZ Hugh Jackman (left) and theatergoer Matt Damon give Barbara Walters a view she won't forget during the final performance of Jackman's Broadway show The Boy from Oz on Sunday. Walters's reaction to her impromptu man sandwich? "It was sensational," she told reporters.

FRONT ROW FRIENDS Natalie Portman gets the best seat in the house ? Mandy Moore's lap ? at the Marc Jacobs Spring 2005 show Monday during New York City's Fashion Week. Holly crap, let's just hope it's the angle of the camera that makes Natalie look like a bobble head! :ph34r:

EOnline.com GEEZERS ALREADY? Rockers U2 join The Pretenders and several other bands on the 2005 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot. A ceremony honoring the eventual inductees will stage next year in New York City. ACHTUNG BABY! U2 meanwhile unveiling the title of their new album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, which hits stores on Nov. 23.

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Damon and Jackman Team Up for Lapdance imdb.com Screen hunks Matt Damon and Hugh Jackman gave American news veteran Barbara Walters the ultimate thrill on Sunday when they put on a lapdance for her. Walters, who is stepping down from her long-time role of anchor on news magazine show 20/20, attended Jackman's final performance of The Boy From Oz on Broadway, and was stunned when she was pulled from the audience for a little onstage action. She says, "I'm sitting there minding my own business. (During) the second act he comes in and says, 'I usually dance with someone, but today is my last day and there is a lady in the audience and she is celebrating her last days on 20/20.' I thought, 'He's gonna make me dance. I can't get up there.' He says, 'No, you gotta come.' So I go up on the stage. He says, 'Okay sit down,' and then he says, Matt Damon,' are you here?' And Matt Damon hides his face and Jackman beckons him. And I sat while Matt Damon and Hugh Jackman did a lapdance with me!" An elated Walters adds of Jackman, "Whatever he's going to do (in the future), my fantasy was fantastic and he was fantastic!" Jackman did 397 performances as the late Peter Allen in the musical, which was housed at New York City's Imperial Theatre.

Alleged Zeta-Jones Stalker Makes Love ClaimTuesday Sep 14, 2004 9:00am ESTBy Stephen M. Silvermanpeople.comDawnette Knight, accused of stalking Catherine-Zeta Jones and making death threats against the star, insinuated in the courtroom Monday that she had an extramarital affair with Zeta-Jones's husband, Michael Douglas, reports the New York Post.Prosecutors are trying to show Knight, 33, threatened Zeta-Jones because she had a fatal attraction on Douglas. Knight, who last week was ruled mentally competent to stand trial (following a barbiturate overdose in jail), has pleaded not guilty and remains behind bars with bail set at $1 million while a preliminary hearing determines if she will stand trial. She was arrested June 3 at her Beverly Hills home.Knight also suggested that Douglas paid her to keep quiet. On the witness stand, asked why she had $2,600 cash on her at the time of her arrest, Knight reportedly replied: "I'm not here to ruin anybody's marriage and (Douglas is) married."On Friday, a sheriff detective testified that death threats phoned into Zeta-Jones at a hotel were linked to Knight. Detective Rodney Wagner, citing phone bills, said Knight had made the calls.In two of the calls, made on May 18 and 19, the caller told a receptionist, "We know she is in the hotel. We are going to kill her," Wagner testified. The caller reportedly mentioned Michael Douglas by name. Wagner also testified that in a third call, on May 21, the caller threatened to "blow Catherine's head off on Sunday in Monte Carlo."

Liz SmithNY Post SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS: Antonio Banderas , who was so delicious as the voice of Puss in Boots in "Shrek 2," has a line of successful fragrances in Europe. This week he launches Spirit Antonio Banderas in the United States. In fact, men who wish to give women the vapors a la Antonio can pick up his scent in stores Wednesday.Banderas is also Emmy-nominated for his ruggedly unperfumed role in "Pancho Villa as Himself."

NAOMI GOES BATTY BACKSTAGE Page Six NAOMI Campbell lived up to her diva reputation backstage in the Bryant Park tents last week. At the Esteban Cortazar show, she refused to get changed with the other models and insisted that a hair and makeup room be converted into her personal dressing room. Then she refused to walk in one of the designer's creations because she didn't like the way it looked on her. "Esteban ran over to her and begged her to come out, but she wouldn't do it," tattles our mole. Later on, Campbell erupted at her makeup artist ? who, along with her hairdresser, publicist, personal assistant and camera crew, followed her to all the shows ? because she didn't like her makeup job. "She almost didn't walk, but finally they convinced her to do it," says our spy. The next day, before strutting in the Rosa Cha swimsuit show, Campbell berated a producer who had told Campbell's entourage to stay out of the way of the other models, snapping, "I can make sure you'll never work at another fashion show again!" But even our eyewitness had to admit, "Naomi really looks great. She was probably the only model at Rosa Cha over 21, and she looked every bit as good as them. It's too bad she's so ugly on the inside."

Oprah's Big Car GiveawayEOnline.comby Sarah HallSep 13, 2004, 11:00 AM PTOprah Winfrey: reigning queen of daytime talk, book club guru and newly minted automobile fairy.The gabber celebrated the start of the 19th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show Monday by awarding each of the 276 members of her audience a brand new car.Teasing her season opener, Winfrey had guaranteed viewers something momentous. She even had an emergency medical crew standing by in case anybody in her audience was overcome by the magnitude of the surprise."We're calling this our wildest dream season, because this year on the Oprah show, no dream is too wild, no surprise too impossible to pull off," Winfrey said.In order to maintain the element of suspense, Winfrey initially called 11 audience members onto the stage and gave each of the elated chosen ones a Pontiac G6.As the rest of her audience looked on enviously, gift boxes were distributed throughout the crowd and Winfrey told them that one box contained a 12th set of keys.But when the audience opened the boxes, they each discovered their own set of keys, as Oprah crowed, "Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car!"Audience members responded by erupting into screams and many began weeping, making for excellent close-up fodder. The group then rushed out to the parking lots at Winfrey's Harpo Studios to check out their new rides, each decorated with a red bow.Winfrey said she chose her audience members based on testimonials from their friends and family members about their specific needs for a new car. One couple drove a car with more than 400,000 miles on it; another woman drove a car that her son said "looks like she got into a gun fight."Gifting her audience with cars wasn't the only act of generosity Winfrey performed in her opener. In another segment on the show, she teamed with Tyra Banks to surprise a 20-year-old girl who grew up in foster homes and homeless shelters with a four-year college scholarship, a $10,000 shopping spree and a makeover from Banks' America's Next Top Model team.Winfrey also aided a family with eight foster children on the verge of being kicked out of the house they were renting by giving them $130,000 to buy and repair the home.If 19 seasons on the air rates each audience member a new car, it's hard to imagine what Winfrey will be giving away when she hits season 25?the yakker recently extended her contract to keep hosting her syndicated chatfest through 2011.

filth2go.comElizabeth is not in a nursing home. She is still living in Bel Air, but her health has certainly declined. Over the last few years, her behavior has been increasingly erratic, leading some to speculate that she is abusing drugs or alcohol again. But to me it?s clear that she has a degree of brain atrophy and the onset of dementia that is a result of years of substance abuse. I have some knowledge of this disease, and the symptoms are unmistakable ? the unsteadiness on her feet, the shuffling when she walks, the slurring of words, inappropriate and erratic cackling, disorientation, etc. People close to Taylor whisper that she also has the beginnings of Parkinson?s, a disease that often accompanies dementia. Elizabeth has chosen not to issue any public statement regarding her health and still occasionally makes limited public appearances, but even those have been greatly diminished.

EOnline.com CAR FAIRY: Oprah Winfrey celebrating the premiere of the 19th season of her talk show Monday by giving each audience member a car.

She's Too Sexypeople.comIt seems everywhere we turn during New York's Fashion Week, there's Naomi Campbell ? and she doesn't show any signs of slowing down. The veteran model, 34, who has been catwalking for nearly 19 years, was offered no less than 15 opportunities to strut her stuff this week, says her rep, Mark Young. Among the shows she agreed to do are Heatherette, Zac Posen, Anna Sui and Tommy Hilfiger. She also appeared onstage with Usher during the Fashion Rocks concert last week, attended P. Diddy' s Sean John post-party and posed for the charitable organization Keep A Child Alive. So, she'll take a break when Fashion Week ends on Thursday, right? Nope ? the leggy beauty will immediately fly to Chicago to appear on Oprah in a tribute to uber-designer Valentino, then jet to Las Vegas to be a presenter at the World Music Awards. Whew!

people.com CANCELED: Alicia Keys and British violin act Bond have canceled concerts in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta after Thursday's deadly suicide attack on the Australian Embassy, AP reports. A spokesman for promoter Java Musikindo said Saturday that both acts were due to play Jakarta next month but have pulled out due to the bombing, which killed nine people and wounded more than 170.

Holly crap! I feel bad for her, think she'll finish the film now or drop out? I wouldn't blame her if she dropped out.

Fatone 'N Sync with Bride EOnline.com by Sarah Hall Sep 10, 2004, 1:45 PM PT It's bye bye bye to bachelorhood for just-married Joey Fatone. The 'N Sync er swapped vows with longtime girlfriend Kelly Baldwin Thursday in a private ceremony at an undisclosed location on the East Coast. The nuptials doubled as an 'N Sync reunion as all four of Fatone's bandmates, including Justin Timberlake, were in attendance. Fatone, 27, is the first member of the band to wed. The newlyweds, who live in Orlando, started dating in high school and have a three-year-old daughter together, but Fatone waited until last June to pop the question to Baldwin. When he finally asked, the proposal was extravagant enough to make it worth the 10-year wait. The popster installed a 20-foot-high, 56-foot-wide billboard outside of his home featuring a picture of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, a place the twosome had always wanted to visit. Fatone recalled the details of popping the question during a Late Late Show appearance with Craig Kilborn last year. "So, we drove up, she saw the Palace of Fine Arts [billboard], I went on my knees, got all teary-eyed, and I just froze for a second," Fatone said. "So, I was like, 'Hey, will you marry me?' " Baldwin was sufficiently impressed and agreed to the proposal. 'N Sync reunited last month for a charity basketball game and to discuss returning to the studio to make a comeback album. However, according to their label, Jive Records, nothing is in the works at this time. Published reports have indicated that Timberlake has expressed reluctance to regroup with the band after achieving Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling success as a solo act. While the fate of 'N Sync remains unclear, Fatone has been branching out into acting in recent years. He had a comic turn in 2002's breakout hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding and went on to a role in 2003's The Cooler with William H. Macy. Fatone also tried his hand at theater, starring in Rent on Broadway, and most recently played Seymour in the stage revival of Little Shop of Horrors. In other words, even if the popster's boy-band days are over, he's probably not tearin' up his heart about it.