LINDSAY LO-DOWN  —  IT'S once nude, twice shy for Lindsay Lohan.  The Sapphic-leaning star has turned down a $700,000 offer to do an eight-page topless spread in Playboy's 55th-anniversary issue this January.  “If there's nudity, then the answer's no . . . She's not going down the [New York] …

T.I., Christina Aguilera, Kid Rock Announce VMA Plans  —  Kid Rock to perform with Lil Wayne!  —  HOLLYWOOD — There are press conferences, and then there are press conferences.  The difference between the two is a lot greater than just some lousy italics.

Columbia calls up new ‘Ghostbusters’  —  Eisenberg, Stupnitsky to write reunion film  —  Columbia Pictures is getting serious about scaring up a new installment of its blockbuster “Ghostbusters” franchise.  —  The studio has set “The Office” co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky …

Top Model's Nigel Barker: We're Having a Girl!  —  America's Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker will welcome his own little catwalker this winter.  —  He tells Usmagazine.com that he and wife, model Christen Chin Barker, are having a girl.  —  “We found out it's going to be a little girl …

Rumer Willis' Bruce blame  —  Rumer Willis blames her father Bruce for her angular jaw.  —  The 20-year-old star - the daughter of ‘Die Hard 4.0’ star Bruce and his ex-wife Demi Moore - can't stand her unusually large chin, and thinks she inherited it from her dad.

Pete Doherty Speaks Out!  —  MTV News caught up with Pete Doherty in the early hours of this morning at the Rhythm Factory venue in Whitechapel and spoke exclusively about the media claims that he nearly died earlier in the week due to an overdose.  —  Pete played a completely acoustic show …

Britney's mum tells all on her daughter  —  TROUBLED BRITNEY SPEARS began boozing aged 13, lost her virginity at 14, then started taking drugs at 15, according to a shocking tell-all book by her mum.  —  Wild child Britney allegedly first hit the bottle after joining Disney's squeaky-clean Mickey Mouse Club.

Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit  —  One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans like Levi “F-in' Redneck” Johnston.  —  It caught our attention, then …

Back to Jack  —  HAGGARD AMY WINEHOUSE sparked new fears for her health last night after she ordered in a staggering 48 bottles of Jack Daniel's for a weekend gig.  —  Recovering junkie Amy stunned Bestival organisers with her demand for two crates of the 40 per cent spirit.

BIG DILEMMA: OPRAH BALKS AT HOSTING SARAH PALIN; STAFF DIVIDED  —  Oprah Winfrey may have introduced Democrat Barack Obama to the women of America — but the talkshow queen is not rushing to embrace the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket!  —  Oprah's staff is sharply divided …

Tom Cruise, UA pick up ‘Monster’  —  Studio acquires rights to Douglas Preston book  —  VENICE — Tom Cruise and United Artists have acquired rights to serial-killer thriller “The Monster of Florence,” with Cruise attached to produce and possibly to star, according to Douglas Preston, author of the bestseller.

Ritchie ‘not’ obsessed with ‘buggery’ jokes  —  Actor Mark Strong, 45, has starred in such diverse films as Sunshine and Syriana.  In his latest, Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla, he plays Archie, henchman to a crime boss who gets embroiled in a feud with the Russian mafia over a painting.

Samantha Harris Is Rooting for Her DWTS Co-Host at the Emmys  —  She may have been overlooked when it came to this year's Primetime Emmy nominees, but Dancing With the Stars co-host Samantha Harris is not bitter about the snub.  She's rooting for her colleague.

Mary-Kate Olsen cheats on boyfriend with Jonah Hill  —  Yesterday I mentioned that there are some couplings that are just so beyond the realm of psychological comprehension that our brains actually block them out.  Then we were talking about Michael Jackson and Pamela Anderson.