SHE'S THE BOSS  —  MADONNA is a demanding diva even to her peers.  The Swedish pop star Robyn was psyched when the Material Mom invited her to open for a handful of her European concerts but quickly found out there are rules.  Robyn told her hometown Swedish paper that she and her crew were told …

“Austin Powers” Star Charged in Gang Rape  —  TMZ has learned the actor who played Random Task in the first “Austin Powers” movie has been charged with a vicious gang rape.  —  Joe Son's arrest has been all over newspapers in the O.C., but no one connected the dots — that the suspect is actually Dr. Evil's henchman — until now.

Video Sneak Peek: Katie Holmes Steams Up Eli Stone!  —  Get a load of Katie Holmes!  She's guesting on an upcoming episode of ABC's fantastical legal drama Eli Stone, and her first appearance is as a jazz-singing nightclub girl in one of Eli's (Jonny Lee Miller) visions.  Check it out:

Avril Lavigne's marriage in trouble as husband parties with other women  —  Avril and Deryck out at Koi on 8/22/08.  Credit: Fame Pictures  —  Avril Lavigne's two year marriage to fellow Canadian musician Deryck Whibley, 28, might be in trouble.  While his 24 year-old wife is on tour Deryck …

Britney Spears ‘Sets The Record Straight’ In Documentary Airing November 30 On MTV — Check Out A Preview Here!  —  In the special, Britney reflects on hardships of the past few years: ‘What the hell was I thinking?’  —  Possibly more than anyone on Earth, Britney Spears' life …

Hefner's Shannon Twins Packing Legal Baggage  —  Hugh Hefner's new gal-pals aren't quite as innocent as they look.  Um, anyway?  —  Florida police records show that 19-year-old twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon, who appear to be seeking permanent quarters in the Playboy Mansion …

Pop Tarts: Audrina Patridge the Target of High School Bullies  —  LOS ANGELES — If you thought “The Hills” was filled with too much bitching and backstabbing, it's nothing compared to what starlet Audrina Patridge experienced growing up in the Orange County town of Placentia, Calif.

Angelina Jolie: Brad Convinced Me to Get Pregnant  —  Angelina Jolie, Oct. 4 in Manhattan  —  Angelina Jolie says she had only intended to adopt children - until her love for Brad Pitt changed her mind.  —  “I think one of the life changing things that he did, one of many, is that I was absolutely never going to get pregnant.

CW sets ‘Top Model’ spinoff  —  The CW is spinning off its hit reality series “America's Next Top Model.”  —  The network has ordered a pilot for “Operation Fabulous,” starring “Top Model” regulars Jay Manuel and J. Alexander and executive produced by “Top Model” chiefs Tyra Banks and Ken Mok.

GOLLY, PALIN TO PLAY HERSELF ON ‘SNL’  —  SOCCER moms and Joe Sixpacks, listen up.  Get your beer, mooseburgers and caribou dips ready.  Sarah Palin is doing “Saturday Night Live.”  Not Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin doing “Saturday Night Live.”  But the Sarah Herself.  She has already OK'd it.

Eva Mendes hates comparison to Jennifer Lopez  —  Hollywood actress Eva Mendes has lashed out at comparisons to fellow Latina Jennifer Lopez, insisting her career is “more serious”.  —  The We Own The Night beauty has made a name for herself in Hollywood with roles in box office blockbusters …

How Motherhood Has Domesticated Nicole Richie  —  Look who's handy in the kitchen now: Nicole Richie!  —  “Food tastes better coming from your Mom because it's made with love,” says the new mom, 27.  So Richie purees steamed vegetables to make homemade baby food for the couple's 9-month old daughter, Harlow Winter Kate Madden.

No Apple for Ben and Jen  —  BEN AFFLECK and JENNIFER GARNER have rejected weird Hollywood names in favour of the traditional, for baby number two.  —  The celebrity couple, parents to two year old VIOLET, dislike the trendy names chosen by other celebs such as GWYNETH PALTROW …

Alien lizards set to invade ABC in ‘V’  —  '4400's' Scott Peters to write sci-fi adaptation  —  The 1980s miniseries ‘V,’ in which aliens invaded Earth, served as an allegory for the Holocaust and Nazi Germany.

The Sum of Your Facial Parts  —  IS the woman pictured on the right more attractive than the woman on the left?  Do her wider-set eyes, the longer distance between her hairline and the bridge of the nose, and the rounder shape of her face make her more beautiful?

Christina Applegate Is ‘Ready to Hug Again’  —  Christina Applegate has been bravely outspoken about her battle with breast cancer.  But, the Samantha Who? star reveals, she wasn't always so forthcoming.  —  “I went back to work for about five weeks right after the second surgery,” Applegate tells Ellen DeGeneres on Friday's show.