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In the past two seasons, we've seen an Italian prince and a Navy diver. Now it's time for Southern hospitality!

No, not Justin Timberlake's new restaurant. Though we're sure it's good.

We're talking about southern gentleman Brad Womack, who has been announced as ABC's newest star of The Bachelor, which returns next month.

Starring in a reality TV series about romance - the 11th edition of the matchmaking show, which boasts an astounding success rate - is a drastic change for the Atlanta-born, Texas-reared 34-year-old.

No pretty boy, Brad Womack says he spent much of his 20s working in the oil fields of Louisiana, North Dakota and California.

But perhaps it's not so different from tending bar, which is how the stud began his rise to success.

Working with his brothers Wesley and Chad (his twin), Brad Womack saved enough money to purchase his first drinking establishment in 2001.

He now co-owns four bars with his brothers - both married - and resides in Austin. He and his brothers are featured on the MySpace page for one of their bars, The Chuggin' Monkey.

Already, the show has dubbed him "The Bachelor's own McSteamy," likening him to Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane, while claiming he is "sincere" and "optimistic" about finding his wife.

The same could be said for his predecessor, Andy Baldwin. It remains to be seen if he will marry Tessa Horst, though they haven't broken up yet, which is a step in the right direction.

Womack is set to wrangle his perfect match among 25 lucky women he'll meet in the Monday, September 24, premiere. Sorry, Amanda Salinas. You missed out on this prize.

The great Jason Davis, better known as Gummi Bear, was recently involved in an incident in which someone was rear-ended.

And surprisingly, Perez Hilton wasn't involved.

Yes, America's favorite ursine sensation was in a little car confrontation last night, but not to worry, the car was unhurt.

Witnesses say Davis banged a driver who failed to step on it immediately after a traffic light turned green. Do not hold up the Bear!

Sporting a dent in his forehead and what appears to be remnants of a donut in his teeth, Gummi Bear chatted up TMZ outside the restaurant Forte in Beverly Hills.

There, the waddling bottle blonde and brother of Brandon Davis brought the celebrity news site up to date on his latest forest wanderings.

As usual, Jason Davis said he is working on a project, but he wouldn't say exactly what. He did note, though, that he and brother Greasy Bear "don't just take up time and space," (yeah, right) and that he was trying to "build my own name."

One (burp) sandwich at a time.

Relatively stable by comparison, Kevin Federline has filed an order to show cause for primary custody of his two sons with troubled ex-wife, Britney Spears.

The documents were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday by Kevin Federline's lawyer, according to the source.

Britney's divorce was finalized less than two weeks ago. At the time, the couple agreed to split custody 50-50 of Sean Preston Federline, 22 months, and Jayden James Federline, 10 months.

But a source close to Kevin Federline said that the would-be-rapper was worried Spears was exposing the boys to "unnecessary risk" and that his lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, "hopes to get Kevin primary custody."

In June, when the couple were wrangling over their divorce settlement, K-Fed was resisting signing the papers over escalating concerns about Britney Spears' rather erratic behavior.

While Kevin Federline has kept a low profile, Britney Spears, who spent a stint at Promises rehab center, has been a fixture on the nightclub and party scene.

The news of Federline's request for primary custody comes as photos have surfaced of his ex-wife topless in a hotel pool with Matt Encinias.

Calls to Spears' lawyer, Laura Wasser, were not returned.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt aren't about to let Lauren Conrad tell her side of their ongoing feud without retaliating with a vengeance.

After a weekend website posting by Pratt, followed by bitter comments from Heidi Montag Monday in an interview with Philadelphia's Q102, the duo were back on attack this week as guests on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show in L.A.

Asked how they felt about last week's story in Us Weekly, in which Lauren Conrad and her fellow cast members paint reality TV's most talked-about couple as a pair of pathetic backstabbers who "use" people for attention, Montag retorted:

"We didn't start it... I was shocked when I read that. We were living our lives, doing our own things. Lauren is the last thing on my mind ... and then this comes out?"

Spencer, who is looking more and more like an acne-riddled, blonde Ken Doll every day, took the opportunity to further expand on this, telling Ryan Seacrest:

"All we've been worrying about is Heidi's music... we were totally at peace with LC... all of a sudden, my grandma calls me almost crying, 'Go get Us Magazine Spencer, it's terrible.' It's six pages of just hating on us."

T.H. GOSSIP NOTE: Something about the image Spencer Pratt getting a tearful phone call from his grandmother strikes us as laughable... or a complete lie.

Never mind the fact that Us Weekly will print and make a huge frickin' deal out of everything Spencer Pratt says or does, giving him the publicity he craves so hard. Not that we don't. But it's like he's biting the hand that feeds his (D-list) celebrity. So to speak.

After dishing on the drama, the always media conscious Montag and Pratt had to remind listeners: it's all going to play out when Season 3 of The Hills premieres Monday.

The Hollywood Gossip has learned that Amy Winehouse was rushed to the hospital this morning with exhaustion after some sort of incident.

Winehouse's representative confirmed to TMZ that the hard-partying singer was taken to a London hospital and treated for what is described as severe "exhaustion."

Amy Winehouse has since been discharged and is currently at home. She has been ordered to take "complete rest."

When asked what prompted this, the rep said that a marathon lip-locking session with Blake Fielder-Civil was likely to blame.

Just kidding. Amy's rep would only say "it came about quickly." No other details are available at this time.

The singer's grueling world tour schedule is most likely to blame. At least a little.

For now, "no, no, no" more shows for the 'House. Really! They've been canceled!

It's hard to say what "exhaustion" consists of, as it varies from case to case. To use recent examples, Dave Chappelle was just wicked tired, while Jennifer Garner was out too long in the withering heat. Lindsay Lohan's stomach sometimes has to be pumped after going to town on six different guys. You just never know.

In any case, here's hoping Amy Winehouse a speedy recovery.

He is touted as "a sincere, sexy, successful, self-made man who may be the series' hottest guy yet."

No, not Spencer Pratt of The Hills.

We're talking about Brad Womack, the newest star of The Bachelor, and a man TV Guide says has "good looks that make him The Bachelor's own 'McSteamy.'"

Eric Dane might take issue with that.

With his two brothers, Brad Womack owns four lucrative bars, and they are now in the early stages of developing a hotel.

He is "ready to find his soul mate, settle down and have the family life he has so long desired."

Born in Atlanta and currently residing in Austin, Texas, he is 34-year-old Brad Womack, and he is ABC's new star of The Bachelor.

Ladies, prepare to be wooed, scrutinized and culled down. In the end, only the fairest of you will be chosen as The One.

And then you'll break up. Sorry, Andy Baldwin. We know it's only a matter of time before last season's star (pictured) sends Tessa Horst packing for good.

The 11th edition of The Bachelor premieres Monday, September 24, at 9:30 p.m., with a 90-minute special. We can't wait.

Britney Spears is a man-crazed, booze-loving, possibly depressed loon.

The latest man to fall into the hard-partying star's grasp? Matt Encinias, a 21-year-old student who tells Us Weekly the details of a messed up night with Spears.

In a span of five hours, Matt Encinias went from being an extra in Britney's new music video to pounding drinks and locking lips with the single mother of two in a rooftop pool at L.A's Standard Downtown hotel.

Although Spears was expecting her two young sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, to be dropped off at her Beverly Hills home at noon (as per her custody arrangement with their father, Kevin Federline), the singer had arranged to have the pool reopened at 2 am for her exclusive use.

There, Britney's group, which included her then-assistant Shannon Funk and some hand picked male extras from her video shoot, partied it up real hard.

"Britney was the first one to undress, and then everyone else followed," Matt Encinias recalled. "I turned around and saw that she was topless and she had fake tattoos of flowers on her nipples from the shoot... I was told all she wanted to do that night was kiss a boy. That's what she did. Mission accomplished."

It was when the alcohol finally started running low that an inebriated Britney Spears suggested a game of Truth or Dare.

"I was dared to get naked and get out of the pool and walk as though I was on a catwalk in a fashion show," said Encinias. "Britney was laughing really hard."

But what happened later when they went back to Britney Spears' hotel room? We may never know. But Matt Encinias has apparently joined an exclusive club that includes Isaac Cohen, J.R. Rotem, Daimon Shippen and other legends. Props.

If Paris Hilton is referred to by our staff as a ho-tel heiress and ho-cialite, Brody Jenner is perhaps the closest we can find to the male equivalent.

Granted, he's not one tenth as overexposed, and unlike the aforementioned tramp, has an engaging personality to accompany his him-bo behavior.

That said, what is a person of Brody Jenner's social status - and with such copious free time - to do but get an early start on his birthday bonanza!

Behold, the hunky Brody Jenner. Party like a Malibu trust fund baby, yo!

The B-lister doesn't turn 24 until August 21, but he's ready to get this celebration started Saturday, Miami style! What are the odds of Lauren Conrad making it?

We'll find out. But from the looks of the flyer for the bash at Cameo Club, the shirtless Zoolander wannabe is going home with someone. Hot stuff!

We wanted to deliver the goods here. We really did. But the great Britney Spears just didn't quite come through on her end of the bargain.

Seen here popping a squat with her new bitch, Yorkie pup London, Britney looks as if she has no idea where she is. Perhaps she confused the parking lot with the ladies room?

Alas, there would be no crotch shot or nipple slip from the train wreck pop star on this date. Just horrific hair, bad clothing selection and utter confusion.

But you know it's only a matter of time.

Without Alli Sims by her side, Britney Spears must run her own errands.

The oldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Rumer Willis, wears a dunce hat, a neck and back brace, and little else on the set of the Untitled Anna Faris Project.

Mmm. Rumer Willis almost sort of nude. In a dunce cap. That's ... hot?

Several people commenting on Just Jared, which first brought us these Rumer pics, claim that it's not Rumer, but rather her younger sister, Scout Willis.

We will give theme this: It doesn't much look like Rumer. But with Scout Willis being like 12, and Rumer signed to work on the movie, we're gonna go and say it's her.

As for the film, little is known. IMDB says the movie is about a recently sacked pin-up girl (Faris) who signs up to be the new house mother at UCLA's nerdiest sorority.

Wikipedia claims Faris is acting and producing in House Bunnies, a film with Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, about a retired Playboy bunny.

Former American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee has also signed up for this movie. We'd love to see McPhee in this outfit wearing a dunce cap too (it wouldn't be a huge stretch). Or even less, if you know what we're talking about.

We're talking about a nude Katharine McPhee, people.