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] …

Christina Aguilera Confirms VMA Performance  —  Less than a day after it was announced that Britney Spears would be making an appearance — but not performing — at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, it was confirmed that another singing superstar mom, Christina Aguilera, would both be showing …

MICHAEL PHELPS SQUEEZES OUT ANOTHER VICTORY AT THE PLAYBOY CLUB  —  Radar Staff Writer Neel Shah spent the evening in Las Vegas (more on that later), and was kind enough to send along these fine photos of Olympic hero Michael Phelps “massively skeeving on girls at the Playboy Club” in that city's Palms Casino.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

Lohans Bury Hatchet With Family Funeral  —  Jemal Countess/Getty Images; Jeff Frank/ZumaPress.com  —  Despite a brief, and quite public, war of words, it seems that all is once again well in the Lohan household.  Or at least on its way to being so.  —  Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael …

Jessica Simpson's Nerves Take Center Stage in Nashville  —  You'd think Jessica Simpson would be an old pro at performing.  But at the Nashville listening party for her new country album, Do You Know, on Thursday night, the singer was just a bit freaked out.

Posh's A-list pals give little Romeo Beckham a party fit for a Hollywood hero  —  Hollywood's next generation turned out to celebrate Romeo Beckham's 6th birthday in LA yesterday.  —  Posh called on her A-list friends, including Project Runway host Heidi Klum and Gwen Stefani's rocker husband Gavin Rossdale …

Talking Vajayjay  —  As we mentioned in July, Jerry O'Connell and his wife, Rebecca Romijn , have confirmed news that they are expecting their first child together.  —  Actually, it'll be twins!  —  Celebs sure are having a lot of twins lately.  —  Jerry stopped by the Howard Stern show this week …

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.

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 …