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EOnline.com WORKING IT OUT: The Broadway's actors union opting to keep shows going through the July 4 holiday weekend and hold off on a strike despite the current impasse in talks with producers to renew their contract, which expired last Sunday.

EOnline.com HITTING THE ROAD: Usher kicking off the summer leg of his MTV-sponsored The Truth tour on August 5 in Hampton, Virginia.

Strawberries and cream anyone? British actor Jude Law takes a nibble from girlfriend Sienna Miller at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on Wednesday. The pair star in the upcoming remake What's It All About, Alfie?, set to hit big screens in October. Has anyone seen him in person?? Would be interested to know if he's really as pretty as he is on film/photos.

Avril Lavigne enjoys the sun and the company ? Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley ? poolside at a Beverly Hills hotel Wednesday. Though the singer insists that she and her fellow Canadian rocker are just friends, these pictures speak volumes.

EOnline.com FAREWELL TOUR: Gloria Estefan announcing that this summer's Live and Re-wrapped tour will be her last so she can concentrate more on behind-the-scenes creative work.

Zap2It.com gossipDID YOU KNOW THAT-- Hugh Jackman worked as a clown before he made it big? Hugh spent two years working as a clown for children's parties. His first gig was for a group of 6-year-olds when, five minutes in the birthday boy started screaming "He's not a clown. He's just a man!" Not knowing what else to do, "I resorted to smashing eggs on my head and letting 15 boys jump all over me," the actor tells the Globe. "It was the hardest $50 I ever earned."

Zap2It.com gossip THE PARTY BOY'S OVER Well, if you take Colin Farrell as an example, maybe Gisele won't have to wait that long after all. After firmly establishing his reputation as Hollywood's reigning party boy, it looks like Colin is setting to retire at the ripe age of 28. The actor has apparently been absent from strip clubs around the world recently, choosing instead to stay home instead. While shooting "Ask the Dust" with Salma Hayek over the past few months, extras, including model Tacha Bynes, were surprised to find the reputedly gregarious actor keeping to himself and "looking glum." In addition, the former bad boy is rumored to have asked for his full monty shot to be removed from his upcoming film, "At Home at the End of the World," in an effort to revamp his image. Heck, Colin didn't even go wild for his birthday in May, choosing to celebrate with a low-key party at a local restaurant instead. "Maybe this is a new Colin Farrell we're seeing," opines Bynes, still smarting from Colin's snub. "[but] it's not as much fun as seeing the party guy we expected."

Zap2It.com gossip LOVE POTION NO. 3 Is Drew Barrymore engaged? Her rep's denying it, but a family member tells Star that Drew has promised to marry boyfriend Fabrizio Moretti. "Drew is engaged. She's really truly in love," says the unidentified family member. The couple was spotted looking at engagement rings at Cartier, where they decided to go with a simple half-carat solitaire diamond ring costing $8,000, says a source. This would be the third marriage for Drew, whose first marriage in 1994 lasted three weeks and whose second marriage to Tom Green in 2001 lasted five months. Drew and Fabrizio first met at a Strokes concert backstage in May of 2002. "Ever since that first date they have been inseparable," says a friend.

Joan, Melissa Exit E! EOnline.com by Joal Ryan Jun 30, 2004, 10:15 AM PT Joan and Melissa Rivers , who kept watch over the red carpet for E! Entertainment Television for nearly a decade, have parted ways with the network, it was announced Wednesday. The quip queen and her daughter/cohost are bound for the TV Guide Channel. Melissa Rivers made her final E! appearance Monday during a tearful "Fashion Police" segment for E! News Live. Joan Rivers' final appearance came post-Oscars in March. E! termed the Riverses' joint decision to leave as amicable. "We will miss their humor and spirited outlook on the worlds of entertainment and fashion, and wish them all the best of luck and success in their new endeavors," Mark Sonnenberg, executive vice president of entertainment for E! Networks, said in a statement. (E! Online is a division of E! Networks.) No immediate word on who will replace the tandem for E! Although terms of the Riverses' new pact with the TV Guide Channel were not disclosed, various published reports put the value between $6 million and $8 million over three years. "No one can match their incisive commentary, biting humor and inside knowledge of Hollywood," Ian Aaron, president of the TV Guide Television Group, said of Rivers and her daughter. Currently, the TV Guide Channel offers a mixed of canned celebrity interviews, canned event coverage and scrolling TV listings. In nabbing Team Rivers, it appears committed to duplicating the sort of work that they pioneered on E! In a statement, Joan Rivers said the prospect of building "another beginning" appealed to her. "I helped launched the Fox network, joined E! early on and was able to work with my daughter, Melissa, and now, the two of us have joined forces, once again, to help propel TV Guide Channel to a new level," Rivers said. "It couldn't be better." Joan and Melissa Rivers debuted on E! in 1996, back when there was no such thing as a awards-show "pre-show." Sonnenberg praised the duo for "playing a key role in developing E!'s Live from the Red Carpet into one of the most recognizable and popular television franchises in the world today." For E!, the two camped out the major award events, armed with questions and wisecracks. Celebrities weren't safe after the red carpets were rolled away. Joan and Melissa hosted Fashion Police specials for E!, dishing on the best and worst designer duds they witnessed from the front lines. Joan Rivers, 71, came to E! after salvaging her career from the wreckage of the late 1980s, following the cancellation of her much-hyped Fox talk show, the suicide of her husband/manager, Edgar Rosenberg, and her exile from the late-night TV scene. Rivers, once the permanent guest host on the Johnny Carson-era Tonight Show, moved on to game shows (occupying center square in the 1980s version of Hollywood Squares), Broadway (Neil Simon's Broadway Bound), daytime TV (hosting an Emmy-winning 1989-93 talk show), and fashion- and jewelry-designing, before taking her act to E! Prior to sharing red-carpet space on E!, Joan and Melissa Rivers costarred together in the 1994 TV movie, Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story, about their estrangement following Rosenberg's death.

EOnline.com HERE'S JOHNNY! Already set to play Willy Wonka in helmer Tim Burton's update of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Johnny Depp pulling double duty and signing on to provide the lead voice in The Corpse Bride, the new stop-motion animated flick the filmmaker's co-directing with Tim Johnson.

Melissa Rivers at the "The Vagina Monologues" Special Charity Production.

people.com Although she?s the new face of Curvation Lingerie, Queen Latifah admits she doesn?t always wear their sexy skivvies. "I often go to bed in my birthday suit," the 34-year-old actress-rapper tells Insider. "But I like teddies and cute little undies that match. I like a sexy bra and panty set, or little shorts." So has she ever gotten racy underthings from her significant others? "I have," she says. "It?s always an adventure. Because as far as guys are concerned, they never mind seeing a woman in lingerie even if it looks crazy on her." Price of Fame = Telling people what you sleep in?!?!

EASY MONEY Page Six BEYONCÉ Knowles knows she's extravagantly overpaid. She's getting a reported $3 million from Tommy Hilfiger to be the spokeswoman for his new "True Star" perfume and appear in its ads. "It's the easiest job I've ever had," she told PAGE SIX's Lisa Marsh. She described her work regimen for the new fragrance commercial, in which she's shot in black and white rolling around and singing, as: "I spent the day lying on a couch."

Houston Pulls Plug on Berlin Gig imdb.com Pop superstar Whitney Houston has axed her July 2 outdoor concert in Berlin, blaming the bad weather for her decision. The singer was scheduled to perform with Natalie Cole and her aunt Dionne Warwick at the Waldbuene open-air arena, but organizer Tchibo - a German coffee house chain - has confirmed she's pulled out of the eagerly anticipated event. Spokeswoman Stefanie Von Carlsburg says, "We had hoped for 50,000 people to come and see them." Tour bosses have assured Whitney fans none of her other German dates - in Hamburg, Munich and Oberhausen - will be affected by the bad weather Germany's experiencing, because the gigs are all taking place at indoor venues. Berlin has suffered an abnormally rainy summer so far with temperatures dipping far below the national average for the time of year.

Jude Law's Women Kiss and Make Up imdb.com Hollywood hunk Jude Law is ecstatic after his girlfriend Sienna Miller kiss-and-made-up with his ex-wife Sadie Frost over the weekend. Lingerie designer Frost was furious when Law began dating his What's It All About, Alfie co-star Miller, only weeks after the couple separated in early 2003. When Frost, 37, heard about her 31-year-old ex-husband romancing the younger Miller, 22, she labeled the young blonde "a silly fling". However after Miller and Law's relationship continues to flourish months later, the two women buried the hatchet at this year's Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England. One festival source says, "Sienna was quite distressed when she first found out Sadie was arriving, especially as she was with a-list friends Kate Moss and Liam Gallagher and she didn't have Jude there for moral support. They obviously had a lot of talk about. Some people said the hug was just for the cameras, but they both looked happier after their heart-to-heart."

It's a pooch play date: Jude Law (left) meets up with rocker Gavin Rossdale at London's Primrose Hill Park, where they gave their respective pups a chance to meet and greet on Monday.

people.com BOOKED: Canadian songstress Celine Dion and baby photographer Anne Geddes are collaborating on the family-friendly, multimedia Miracle project, due out in October, the Associated Press reports. The collection of songs and images will celebrate the mother-child bond, noted the Las Vegas-based singer, who in January 2001 became the mother of baby René-Charles Angélil. Long before I became a mother, I admired and appreciated the beautiful way (Geddes) photographs babies," Dion, 36, said in a statement. "It's wonderful to be able to work with her on this very special project which celebrates children."

Elizabeth Hurley and Sharon Osbourne at the The 6th Annual White Tie & Tiara Ball to Benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation in Association with Chopard. Kate Moss at the The 6th Annual White Tie & Tiara Ball to Benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation in Association with Chopard. Trudie Styler and Sting at the The 6th Annual White Tie & Tiara Ball to Benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation in Association with Chopard.

Checked them out, too cute! That little girl is going to be a heart breaker when she gets older!

Elizabeth Hurley has chosen to wear a tiara set with emerald cut diamonds and a pear shaped 56ct diamond, pear shaped diamond earrings, a pear shaped diamond pendant 12ct and a diamond bracelet. Elizabeth Hurley at the The 6th Annual White Tie & Tiara Ball to Benefit the Elton John Aids Foundation in Association with Chopard.

Love the name. I also liked Brad & Jennifer's - Plan B

I like that he tends to date "normal" girls - well, except for the Ryder thing

http://www.splashnews.comThey have a few pics of Matt and his girlfriend having dinner in Rome. On the main page currently, but they add pics often throughout the day so try page 2 if don't see.

Page Six Sightings . . SHANNEN Doherty having a drink-tossing, curse-laden tantrum at Hollywood's Spider Club when a woman sat in her booth without permission . .

people.comFRIDAY, JULY 2: Whitney Houston has become more famous in recent years for her personal woes than for her music. But the six-time Grammy winner is hoping to change all that, teaming up with Natalie Cole and cousin Dionne Warwick for their Soul Divas tour in Germany. The four-date jaunt will include stops in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. (Houston, who underwent a 30-day stint in rehab in May, has already received some David Hasselhoff-style love from the Germans, picking up a lifetime achievement award at the Women's World Awards there.) On July 22, Houston will then hop over to China, making her debut in that country with a performance in Shanghai.