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The Hollywood Gossip would like to take a moment to wish a happy birthday to its favorite unwed teenage baby-daddy, Casey Aldridge!

Just 25 days ago, his girlfriend/fiancee, Jamie Lynn Spears, had a birthday of her own. For Casey Aldridge, this timing was critical.

Because Jamie Lynn turned 17 on April 4, and Casey turns 19 today, he's not quite two years older than she. That means Casey can't be charged for statutorily raping Jamie Lynn under Louisiana state law.

Talk about a sweet b-day gift!!

Casey Aldridge, who's expecting his first of what will probably be many children with the fertile Jamie Lynn Spears on July 10, turns 19 today. Hooray!

Despite his sudden notoriety, and lack of interest in safe sex, Aldridge does seem focused on the right things now at least. As Jamie Lynn's baby bump continues to grow, her profile has done the reverse - she and Casey have been laying low in small-town Louisiana, shopping at Wal-Mart and stuff. Good man, Case.

Sure, they'll cash in on selling the baby photos to OK! Magazine, but other than that, don't look for these two to flaunt their fame and exploit their kid for money.

Not for at least a couple of months anyway.

When does your favorite celebrity celebrate the day of his or her birth? Take a look at our fun celebrity birthday calendar and find out now!

The Hills are alive with the sound of cash registers.

Unlike Victoria Beckham's dVb collection - which is now on the sale rack at Loehmann's - Heidi Montag's clothing line Heidiwood has completely sold out at the Robertson Blvd. boutique Kitson.

Memo to Posh Spice: Guess it's easier to sell crappy $40 jeans than crappy $250 ones. Drop the price of dVb offerings by, say, $200 and try again! Then maybe you can be in the same league as Heidi Montag!

NOTE: We can't believe we just wrote that, either.

Sadly for those of you seeking to wear Heidi Montag-inspired clothes right this minute, Kitson won't be getting a new shipment of Heidi's line until the summer or fall collection comes out.

:-(

While Suri Cruise gets all the press, let's not forget that Tom Cruise has two teenage adopted children, Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13.

Much as we love to rip on Tom, we like that he's always spending time with these two, including over this past weekend, when he took Isabella and Connor to see his soccer star buddy, David Beckham, at the Home Depot Center ...

Tom, Connor and Isabella Cruise cheer on their man.

As we reported last week, young Connor Cruise will soon be making his film debut as a young Will Smith... or at least the young version of Will Smith's character in the upcoming drama Seven Pounds. Sounds like fun!

No word on whether they were the only fans at David Beckham's game. But here are more photos of them - and Becks shirtless - from Saturday night ...

Last night on The Bachelor, Matt Grant took all three of the remaining women to Barbados. At the end of their dates, Matt would send one home, leaving only two in the running to be his trophy ex-fiancee.

Matt first met up with Shayne Lamas and they took a spin on some jet skis. They also bounced around on a floating trampoline and took a swim in the ocean. Shayne showed off her splits and straddling skills. Really.

At dinner, he invited her to spend the night with him up in the suite. After thinking about it for a split second, Shayne Lamas said yes.

Next, Matt headed out on his date with Amanda - an exciting zip line ride through the jungle. At dinner, Amanda really puts her heart out on the line, so Matt Grant can see how much she cares about him.

She tells him that she can't picture life without him and Matt Grant hands her the fantasy suite card. She, too, eagerly says yes.

Finally, Matt Grant meets up with Chelsea and the two head out on a boat ride. She keeps her distance from him for some reason.

At dinner, he tells her this is starting to feel more like a friendship. Chelsea quickly tells him that she really does care for him. She accepts the fantasy suite card and shows up wearing nothing but a black nightie.

At the rose ceremony, Matt gave the first rose to Shayne Lamas and, in a bit of a shocker, the second to Chelsea. Fare thee well, Amanda.

Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the New Jersey hooker at the center of the New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer scandal, filed a lawsuit Monday against Girls Gone Wild owner Joe Francis for exploiting her name and image for profit.

The suit seeks more than $10 million in damages.

In legal documents, Ashley Alexandra Dupre claims Girls Gone Wild reps came up to her while she was vacationing in Florida in 2003 and offered her alcohol before inducing her to expose her breasts and sign a waiver.

All while she was underage at just 17. Classy organization.

Since 2003, when this occurred, Girls Gone Wild has illegally exploited the name of Ashley Dupre - or so her lawsuit claims - as well as her picture, voice and likeness in a number of "deceptive advertising campaigns."

Joe Francis - who was willing to pay Ashley Dupre $1 million to pose naked for his videos before realizing, y'know, she already had in 2003 - had no comment.

The multi-millionaire bag of sleaze was just released from a Nevada jail last month, and continues to face federal tax evasion charges in that state.

He is currently fighting separate charges in Florida for allegedly filming underage girls in Panama City. Joe Francis has claimed that the girls in question lied about their age and that he is therefore not liable.

Ashley Dupre, who turns 23 this week, has not appeared publicly since the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke and it was revealed that she exchanges sex for money at a staggeringly high rate - thousands of dollars an hour!

Follow the jump for a thumbnail gallery of all our Ashley Dupre pics - from racy Girls Gone Wild shots to MySpace candids innocent H.S. yearbook photos ...

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Leighton Meester (an adorable Minka Kelly look-alike) plays the queen of mean, Blair Waldorf, on the CW shot Gossip Girl. Blair is known for her status as the ruler of her school's social elite - and for her discerning fashion tastes.

This one, though? What is Blair going for? Is this a sailor-inspired dress? A safari hat? Is she sailing to Africa and then embarking on a wildlife excursion? And what's with the gloves? There's a fine line between trendy and silly on Gossip Girl.

Which side does this fall under?

What do you think of this Gossip Girl fashion attempt? Can Leighton pull off the nautical dress - or are the producers trying way too hard?

Actress Minka Kelly of Friday Night Lights fame is also starring in a new movie called Speed Racer, the world premiere of which she attended at the Nokia Theatre on Saturday night in Los Angeles, California.

While she looks great in anything (or nothing, as John Mayer grossly can attest), we're not so sure about the striped dress Minka Kelly donned.

What do you think? We like that it's a bit low-cut (how can you not, right!) but there's something about this that says zebra to us. We love football, but don't need to see the referees at movie premieres. Right? Love it or hate it...

What are your thoughts on Minka Kelly's dress? Hit or miss?

By the cojones, no less!

What gossip fan can forget this celebrity photo classic, starring the newly-engaged and ultra-horny Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, from back in 2004. Ah, to be young, in love and grabbing your fiance's package on a hotel balcony...

After a brief courtship, Britney Spears and K-Fed married, fornicated a lot, had two kids, and called it quits about two years later. Good times.

Celebrating her single status as of late 2006, Britney embarked on an epic binge of clubbing (with no panties on most of the time), violating traffic laws, hooking up with (then quickly discarding) random boyfriends, neglecting Sean and Jayden, and being committed to the psychiatric wards of two different hospitals.

Maybe being with Kevin wasn't that bad after all...

Oh, that's Selma Blair in between them. Somehow she snuck in there. We're mostly concerned with The Hills' Lauren Conrad and aspiring actress Rumer Willis, though. Both of them added multiple inches to their hair in the past week with super-straight hair extensions. Do you dig it or not?

Hollywood hair extensions: Hit or miss?

Well, at least in the Photoshop sense. Here's two of our favorite celebrity babies (or toddlers) superimposed on the cover of Radar magazine. Apparently, Suri Cruise and Maddox Jolie-Pitt are taking over the world ...

Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Suri Cruise really need to start dating.

The respective spawns of Brangelina and TomKat have long been favorites of The Hollywood Gossip staff, which also appreciates bad image altering. But this looks pretty hacked even by our low, low standards.

Then again, Radar is the same publication that promotes an advice column from The Hills' Spencer Pratt, so you get what you pay for, really.