Free Britney

Really, what's a day in the celebrity news business without reporting on a driving debacle involving "singer" and (mother of the year candidate) Britney Spears?

This time, the 25-year-old train wreck allegedly ran over a celebrity photo agency member's foot while leaving the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The accident occurred around 9:30 p.m. when Spears and pal Sam Lutfi pulled up to the valet and photographers began surrounding her white Mercedes.

Britney Spears then pulled into the back entrance of the property as Sam Lutfi sat in the passenger seat. She was still there as of 10:20 p.m., reports indicate.

Another emergency hearing in her battle with ex Kevin Federline over custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James is scheduled for Friday.

Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan â€" who has insisted that Britney Spears not be allowed to drive when with her kids â€" requested the hearing after a new video and pics surfaced of the nutcase running a red light with her two sons in the back and the court monitor praying for her life in the passenger seat November 8.

At least there's still one member of Team Britney.

Since cozying up and practically pawing each other at an Emmy Awards party back in September, Heroes stars Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere, a.k.a. Halo, have been the subject of rumors regarding the nature of their relationship.

Two months later, the duo is still close, and was seen hanging out together again at Wednesday's Race in the Fight Against Epilepsy fundraiser, in Calabasas, Calif. But are these two the Heroes of each other's love lives?

When asked about the reports of romance, Milo Ventimiglia, 30, laughed and then paused. After a few seconds, he answered, "Hayden and I are very close friends. It's only natural that people are going to couple us together."

Halo in action earlier this fall. They make a cute couple!

Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere, 18, hung together outside the bash while awaiting their fellow Heroes costars. And while they spoke closely in a shadowy corner, they remained strictly hands-off. But for how long!?!?!

Once inside, the two were quickly ushered into a private VIP room. They are so getting it on, who are they kidding!? Enough with the secrecy, peeps! So what if Hayden rolls over and sees Milo Ventimiglia shirtless every morning?

Masi Oka and James Kyson Lee, who play Hiro and Ando on the NBC series, have both chimed in on the prospective pairing in recent weeks, saying rumors aren't true and that Milo and Hayden are just friends. Lies.

In any case, they were getting together for a very good cause. Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia attended Wednesday's party to support a Heroes co-star, Greg Grunberg, whose son Jake suffers from epilepsy.

More than a decade after his acquittal on murder charges, a judge ruled that O.J. Simpson will stand trial and again face the possibility of life imprisonment.

The former football star said he wasn't surprised when a justice ordered him to stand trail on charges ranging from kidnapping to armed robbery.

"If I have any disappointment it's that I wish a jury was here," Simpson told The Associated Press. "As always, I rely on the jury system."

Indeed, it's worked for him in the past, somehow.

Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure refused to dismiss any charges in a 12-count complaint against O.J. Simpson and co-defendants Clarence "C.J." Stewart and Charles "Charlie" Ehrlich, stemming from a suspected kidnapping and robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers on September 13.

O.J. Simpson and two co-defendants will be arraigned November 28.

Three of the men who accompanied O.J. Simpson on his little "sting operation," including two who said O.J. wanted to "bring some heat" to the meeting, took plea deals and testified for the prosecution in the preliminary hearing.

Defense attorneys characterized them as con artists out for a buck.

Bonaventure said there were a number of motive and credibility issues, but that they were "not so incredible or implausible" to keep the case from a jury trial.

A kidnapping conviction could result in a life sentence with possibility of parole. An armed robbery conviction would also require some time in prison.

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Radar Magazine says that one of Lance Armstrong's six-year-old twin daughters recently brought Ashley Olsen to "show and tell." Yes, the little girl showed off daddy's strange new girlfriend at her Texas elementary school.

A source said that apparently, "celebrities do this all time."

In fact, when Lance Armstrong was dating fashion designer Tory Burch, her son brought him to show and tell at his Upper East Side Manhattan school.

Ashley Olsen: Show and tell material?

In related news, an intern at The Hollywood Gossip recently found a mangy meth addict strung out and huddled on the street, experiencing "the shakes." So he brought her to our annual "show and tell" day at work. Turns out it was Britney Spears!

Just kidding. But totally believable, no?

Regardless, it looks like Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen are really hitting it. At least we're more sure of that rumors of Mary-Kate Olsen dating Sean Avery and/or Stavros Niarchos. Not sure what the hell is going on with Mary-Kate.

For the first time since the arrest of her husband, Blake Fielder-Civl, Amy Winehouse performed Wednesday in a controversial comeback that resulted in her storming off stage after being booed by the audience, the BBC reports.

Sporting a shiny silver top, short black skirt and trademark beehive, Amy Winehouse, 24, slurred her words and was a tad unsteady on her feet, but made it through "Back to Black," "Tears Dry on Their Own" and "Rehab."

The troubled, wobbly chanteuse dedicated her song "Wake Up Alone" to the embattled Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in a London prison awaiting trial on charges of witness tampering.

"This is for my husband," Amy Winehouse said on stage.

As disgruntled fans headed for the exits, Amy Winehouse announced: "To them people booing, wait 'til my husband gets out of incarceration. And I mean that."

Her closing number, a cover of The Zutons' "Valerie," descended into chaos when she stopped singing, dropped the microphone and walked off stage.

"When she did sing she sounded phenomenal," one fan, Zoe Giorgio, told the BBC, "but she was not ready to be on stage. She was weak, so vulnerable."

The gig marked the first night of the troubled singer's 17-date U.K. tour. In August, Amy Winehouse canceled her summer shows amid reports of her own drug and alcohol abuse. She and Blake Fielder-Civil married earlier this year.

A lot of people feel that Britney Spears sucks, and they ain't talkin' about no liposuction. But the troubled singer still has some fans left. Or at least one.

Take this girl below. Promiscuous sex, excessive drug and alcohol use, crotch shots and upskirt pics every other day, running through red lights with her oft-neglected sons in the back seat - nothing can tarnish this loyal fan's image of her hero.

Moron.

We're not exactly members of "Team K-Fed" here at The Hollywood Gossip, but whatever the hell "Team Britney Los Angles" consists of, well, you can count us out. Appealing as clubbing with no underwear seems, we think we'll just say no.

As Britney Spears' custody battle over Sean Preston and Jayden James rages on, this passionate young fan shows the pop star her unconditional support. And her utter cluelessness. And her need to get a life... and eat the occasional salad.

"You gave an aging suburban dad the ego boost of a lifetime. My 9-year-old stepdaughter now thinks I'm cool - well, cooler." - Matt Damon

These humble words came from the hot star of Good Will Hunting, Rounders, Ocean's Eleven and all those Bourne movies after he was crowned, reluctantly, Wednesday as the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.

The married 37-year-old actor accepted the sexy award, but suggested he is not the best man for the job - and nominated another superstar with Boston ties.

"At the risk of being forward, if you asked me (which you didn't) I would suggest Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for this award. He's like a taller, better looking version of me anyway. Plus, he's the best quarterback in the history of football."

Matt Damon says thanks for the award, then cedes to Tom Brady.

Well, there you have it! Not only is New England 9-0, but they've got the sexiest man on Earth leading the way in Tom Brady. Surely Gisele Bundchen agrees.

Also on People's sexiest list for 2007 are Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey, Ryan Reynolds, Brad Pitt, James McAvoy, Johnny Depp, Dave Annable, Will Smith, Javier Bardem, Shemar Moore, Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake.

It occurs to The Hollywood Gossip staff writers that we have not come across any good Britney Spears pictures in, like, at least a day or two.

Much like an inexplicable lack of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt on celebrity news sites, we were thinking this had to be some kind of record for Britney.

It turns out The Daily Mail (U.K.) may have a good theory as to how - or why - this rare feat was accomplished. And it's not exactly pretty.

The publication is reporting that Britney had liposuction in Las Vegas over the weekend, and claims she underwent the same procedure last April.

Britney Spears: Liposuction fiend?

They probably sucked out gallons of pork rinds and $7 designer lattes from Starbucks. Let's just pray Spears didn't have Jan Adams do the honors, eh?

It's also being claimed by the British newspaper that Britney Spears is seeing a pair of psychologists hired by her long-estranged mother, Lynne Spears.

Spears likely needs a whole team of psychiatrists, after all, because one would just go insane listening to Britney and her hick-tinged verbal diarrhea.

Moreover, lawyers for Britney and Kevin Federline will be back in the courtroom on Friday regarding the tape of Spears running a red light with her children dozing in the back seat and a court monitor ducking for cover up front.

Spears' lawyer, Anne Kiley, said of the traffic incident, documented in pictures: "She was distracted. This was not blatant irresponsible driving on her part."

Yeah, people. So there. Sending a text message while not watching traffic lights and endangering people's lives is a distraction, and not Britney's fault at all. And even if she were to blame, you don't know what it's like to be a pop star!

Embroiled in ongoing court battles with his former wife, Britney Spears, Kevin Federline is trying to see that all four of his offspring get along - and he's getting a helping hand from his ex-girlfriend and first baby-mama, Shar Jackson.

Shar Jackson has two children - Kori, 5, and Kaleb, 3 - with K-Fed. Shar says that she watches Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, K-Fed's kids with Spears. Shar Jackson also has two older children of her own. That's some fertile ground.

"We definitely make sure the kids all bond together," Shar Jackson told People magazine recently. "I mean, they're siblings, they need each other."

Shar Jackson also stresses that she and Kevin Federline always strive to keep their family very closely knit, despite whatever differences they might have.

"We're not together or anything but we're definitely still a family unit," says Shar Jackson, who perhaps remains best known for the 1996-2001 show, Moesha.

"Honestly, we're like the best of friends... we're still a big part of each other's lives. Our children get to see two good friends, two people who aren't together, but still have a great relationship, and I think that's really important."

Shar Jackson has repeatedly praised Kevin Federline's parenting skills before, and says she exclusively trusts the FedEx man with all her children.

"I know he's in a good place," she says, "the kids are in a good place, and I made sure from day one, I told him, 'Make sure you have our children.'"

How is K-Fed holding up in the fight with Britney over Sean Preston and Jayden James - while the train wreck continues to lower her standards of behavior?

"He's great," says Jackson. "We don't even talk about that stuff, because that would be a non-stop conversation, and we don't even go there."

Grasping a hose and dressing like one of our celebrity gossip site's favorite hoes, Heidi Montag is featured in the upcoming issue of Blender magazine.

Heidi is MTV's love-to-hate poster girl, a villainous vixen from The Hills known for scheming and her evil boyfriend and celebrity gossip mainstay, Spencer Pratt. Here are a few excerpts from the magazine's Heidi Montag interview ...

On her gigantic, fake engagement ring from Spencer Pratt:
"It's at home. I take it off at night because it's big and I don't want it to get caught in my hair or scratching my face, and I didn't have time to put it on today."

T.H. GOSSIP NOTE: Mmm hmm. That load of crap you just read is about as believable as Jan Adams saying he's a reputable and licensed medical practitioner.

On some of her career plans:
"I've been dancing since I was 2 â€" hip-hop, jazz, tap, everything. I was a wicked stepsister in Cinderella. I was a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream. I was Beatrice in an old English play. Acting, singing, dancing, it's always been in me."

On her acting aspirations:
"I also plan to win an Oscar. I'm very ambitious."

On how Heidi Montag is not a brainless shopaholic:
"I like to read a couple books at once. I was reading the Princess Diana book. I'm reading a book about Chicago and the mob. Right now I'm also reading the Bible, beginning to end. I'm very religious. That's how I've gotten to where I am."