Amanda Beard Says Her Engagement ‘Rocks!’  —  Add one more piece of bling to Amanda Beard's seven Olympic swimming medals - an engagement ring.  —  Beard, 27, will marry her boyfriend of three years, photographer Sacha Brown, she tells PEOPLE.  —  “We are thrilled to be starting the next chapter in our lives together,” says Beard.

Chris Brown's Dad Says His Son Is ‘Remorseful’  —  Speaking out for the first time since his son's arrest, Chris Brown's biological father, Clinton Brown, tells PEOPLE his son is at home, reflective and filled with concern.  —  “He's reflecting on this situation,” Brown, 44, a corrections officer …

Amy Winehouse a ‘Mess,’ Taken to Hospital  —  Amy Winehouse was admitted to a hospital on Friday after collapsing while struggling with addiction on her never-ending vacation in St. Lucia, the singer's rep tells The Sun.  —  Sources described the ‘Rehab’ soulstress as in a “terrible state …

James Franco Finds Harvard a Real Drag  —  James Franco (right) with Harvard student Chris Schleicher, dressed as a cow  —  Tradition calls for him to have received a fountain pen, but what James Franco certainly did get was a good ribbing at his fake bar mitzvah Friday as part of his Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year ceremony.

Baby-faced boy Alfie Patten is father at 13  —  BOY dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost — but said: “I think it's a lot.”  —  Baby-faced Alfie, who is 13 but looks more like eight, became a father four days ago when his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to 7lb 3oz Maisie Roxanne.

Tom Cruise: I've “Got Surprises” for Katie on Valentine's Day!  —  Tom Cruise has been working on his Valentine's Day plans for wife Katie Holmes for quite some time.  —  The star hinted to Us at the London premiere of Valkyrie — more than three weeks before the holiday — that he already had something sweet in store.

“American Idol” Top 36 — Only One Ex-Con?  —  It seems as though you can count on every group of fresh-faced “American Idol” finalists to harbor at least a few hardened criminals.  But surprisingly, it looks like only one of this year's Top 36 has spent time in the slammer.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie play nice for the children  —  Madonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie can agree on this much: They want a New York court to declare their child-custody deal official.  —  The Material Girl Friday night filed papers in Manhattan requesting that their joint-custody deal be declared legally binding in the U.S.

TAXING TIMES FOR LOHAN MOM  —  DINA Lohan has rushed to the side of daughter Lindsay in times of trouble, and now Lindsay may have to return the favor - with her checkbook in hand.  —  Dina owes $11,485.74 in property taxes on her Long Island home, and the tax lien will be sold at public auction next week unless she pays up.

SECRET SWEETIE  —  HAS Chace Crawford (above) of “Gossip Girl” secretly been seeing actress/model Sarah Bradford (Matt Damon's younger sister) for a few months?  Word backstage at the Alvin Valley fashion show was that Chace had planned to come to the Boston beauty's runway debut.

Sir Dave Grohl?  —  Last month, we got an e-mail from Dave Grohl's lovely wife, Jordyn, inviting us to his 40th birthday party.  This wasn't any old party, though, Grohl would be ringing in #40 at Medieval Times, the dinner-theater that recreates a 12th century royal feast.