THG Week in Review: August 14-20, 2010

Welcome to The Hollywood Gossip's Week in Review, where we look back on the top stories of the last seven days in celebrity news, gossip and rumors.

Visit our site every day and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for 24/7/365 updates. Now, for some of the top items that THG covered this past week:

• Michael Douglas was diagnosed with cancer. Get well soon, MD.
• Phillip Markoff, the Craigslist killer, took his own life in jail.
• In a stunner, Robert Pattinson was named Sexiest Man Alive.
• Justin Bieber made like The Beatles, may work with Kanye.
• Lindsay Lohan may end up being released from rehab early.
• Taylor Momsen looks like a hooker, says Rihanna's a poser.
• Whoops: Jennifer Aniston dropped the R-bomb on TV.
• Looks like Spencer and Heidi really are getting a divorce.

Here's wishing Michael Douglas a speedy recovery.

• Antwaun Cook admits affair with, defends Fantasia.
• Britney Spears is Gleeking out pretty hard core.
• Violet Kowal says Mel Gibson wanted her to disappear.
• The stars of True Blood got bloody and naked. As usual.
• Blaming financial woes on fame, Teresa Giudice is an idiot.
• Was Simon Monjack sleeping with Brittany Murphy's mom?
• Farrah Abraham opened up about her Teen Mom tragedy.
• Chris Lambton was offered, but may pass on The Bachelor.

Yeah. Who knows.

• Tila Tequila was attacked at a concert. The details of the incident are disturbing, but atypically for Tila controversies, actually accurate. Mostly.
• Kim Kardashian opened up about sex tapes, feuded with Paris Hilton, and acted like a complete hypocrite about her weight and Playboy spread.
• Laurence Fishburne is apparently done with Montana Fishburne. She sure isn't done with her porn career, though. Or with posing nearly naked.
• Dr. Laura Schlessinger will be leaving radio after a racial flap. Not to worry, though. Sarah Palin has her back. And no grasp of the Constitution.
• Meanwhile, Jon Stewart wonders if Fox News isn't really a terrorist command center. Do we really know? You never can tell with these people ...

The most controversial of this week's new couples.

• Couples watch: Jesse James and Kat Von D are an item; Abby Elliott and Fred Armisen are dating; John Sala is dating Vienna Girardi for some reason; Jason Toohey is Jenny McCarthy's new man; Kristin Cavallari and Doug Reinhardt may be together; Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge are back on!
• It's over: Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood called off their engagement again; Patti Stanger and Andy Friedman ended theirs as well.
• Baby news: Miranda Kerr is pregnant; Samantha Harris is expecting #2; Jesse Csincsak is engaged and having a baby with Ann Lueders; Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka are having twins - a boy and a girl - via surrogate!
• Wedding Bells: Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie tied the knot. Congratulations!
• R.I.P.: Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to the stars.