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Looks like our girl Britney Spears got herself yet another new guy - or has decided to hire an expressionless, no-neck chauffeur off the street.

Seriously, look at that guy. Where's your neck, pal? We can't see it! Yeah. He's clearly a caveman, or hopped up on more steroids than Chris Benoit.

The "singer" and train wreck looked downright calm at least. Well, for her. Britney rode (with) him to a 4th of July activity yesterday.

Her stubby-armed stubbly friend took the wheel, allowing Britney Spears time to make a few calls and adjust her makeup and "My Little Pony" hair.

Whoever he is, he's driving Britney Spears in his car. So you know what this guy's gotta be thinking: How he can get her into a wheelbarrow next? Eh? Eh?

The Hollywood Gossip challenges you, celebrity news readers, to identify this man. We need to know as soon as we can whether he is the next Isaac Cohen or Jason Filyaw.

When a determined Britney Spears served her mother with mystery legal documents last week, as we reported, she also delivered a stinging message along with them.

In prose.

The beleaguered "singer" has been angry and feuding with Lynne Spears because she felt her mother and others ambushed her into a bogus rehab trip.

Now, Britney wrote a poem, bitterly entitled "Dear Mama" and delivered it to her mother during her strange run-in last week, according to several publications.

In the poem, Britney Spears laments "that she doesn't have a mom anymore and she couldn't imagine a mother doing what she did to her child," a source told the tabloid Star.

Spears delivered the verse, along with legal papers, to her mother on June 28 on the set of "Zoey 101," the TV show starring Britney's sister, Jamie Lynn Spears.

Britney and Lynne Spears are reportedly also battling over the affections of Jamie Lynn. Have we mentioned that Britney and Jamie Lynn's dad's name is Jamie?

"Britney said, ‘Here Momma, I just wanted to see your face,'" a source told Star. "Then she got into her car and drove off. [Lynne Spears] went into the trailer and broke down in tears."

The CD reportedly contained private recordings of phone conversations between Lynne Spears and Britney Spears' estranged husband, Kevin Federline.

Spears is forbidding her mother from seeing her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, and in one conversation, Lynne is said to be arranging to meet K-Fed and the boyz.

"I have to be careful that Britney doesn't find out," she conspires.

The recordings were allegedly made by a private investigator (!?) and in another call, Kevin Federline assured Spears' mother that his divorce battle was "going well."

"Kevin told Lynne that he had everything under control," adds the source. "He was just going to let Britney hang herself in court."

Dita Von Teese wants every woman to channel their inner… Dita Von Teese.

Forget the grainy Nick Lachey sex photo… this is gonna be a far better read. The tantilizing exotic dancer is penning a how-to on strip-teases, foreplay, sexual positions and advice:

Says a source about Dita's new book for women:

"Dita Von Teese is in talks with top publishers about writing a book on how to seduce your partner. It'll be aimed at women and very saucy. Not smutty. In fact, far from it."

No word on whether said book will include photos of Dita Von Teese nude in a martini glass. Yikes! Either way, sounds like it will be hot stuff.

Dita, of course, is the estranged wife of Marilyn Mansion… who  claims, among other negative things about her, that she was sub-par in the sack.

Manson, of course, has since taken up with Evan Rachel Wood, who is 19. Hard to imagine that's a step up from delicious Dita, but maybe he just likes ‘em young.

Run for it, Hayden Panettiere. He's got his eye on you next!

Heroes' high school cheerleader, Claire Bennet, is already back on-set, but that doesn't mean actress Hayden Panettiere can't have some fun with a few favorite summer things.

Like bikinis! Pur-rrr-rrr!

The 17-year-old hottie-in-training was pumped up for her singing debut - "The Star-Spangled Banner" - at this year's A Capitol Fourth concert in Washington, D.C., and took the time to give People magazine the lowdown on her summer essentials...

Hayden Panettiere's favorite summer song:
I love listening to Journey. They've got some awesome songs like "Don't Stop Believing" ... It's just a feel good song. It's like you're at a party, and they play that song and everyone just goes nuts.

Hayden's beach must-have:
A bocce ball set. My friends and I like to make out play.

Bikini or a one-piece?
I'm a bikini girl. Can't have those tan lines! I love wearing bathing suits. They're comfortable. You always feel like you have to look good in clothes. I feel so much more comfortable with a bathing suit on because nothing's constricting in bad areas.

THG NOTE: Gulp. We believe her, having seen this bikini photo ...

Favorite read:
I'm usually reading scripts, but I always love Harry Potter. I'm a dork when it comes to that. Harry Potter just takes you into a completely different world.

Movie Hayden is most excited to see:
Bruce Willis' film, Live Free or Die Hard. I think it's really cool that they're bringing him back. It looks really fun.

THG NOTE: Hayden may be a tad biased by her friendship with Bruce's daughter, Rumer Willis. But we're psyched for the return of John McClane as well.

Must-see TV this summer:
I love Entourage. It's a fabulous portrayal of what this business is really like. You've got the executive producer Mark Wahlberg, who knows all about the business and the actors in it who do, too. So you can't go wrong.

Summer food of choice:
I like a lot of fruit. I love mangoes and papaya and pineapple.

Dream destination:
I would go to Fiji ... I'm dying to. I just read something in the magazine the other day that there are these underwater hotel rooms now in Fiji that are literally made out of glass. It would be my dream. It's like $15,000 a person to go.

Move over, Paul Sculfor. You don't have a monopoly on random dudes breaking up with famous babes today.

It looks like Pete Doherty and Kate Moss are over, too, as the "rocker" moved out of her house, People reports.

Movers were spotted at Kate Moss' London home Wednesday removing furniture and guitars, a piano, paintings and suitcases.

No reports on how many kilos of cocaine and heroin the movers transported, but it was likely enough to get the poor saps offed by Colombian kingpins.

Hopefully they remembered to lift with the legs. We can only assume Doherty and the movers absconded with as many Kate Moss nude paintings as they could carry.

According to the UK's Daily Mirror, Kate Moss was furious over reports that Pete Doherty had a fling with a South African model last week.

It's been a rocky week for the Babyshambles frontman, who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a drug charge and was warned by a judge that he must go to rehab or face time in jail.

Judge Davinder Lachhar deferred sentencing until August as long as the singer attends a detox program and commits no more offenses.

Moss, 33, and Doherty, 28, have dated off and on for two years, forming a great, perpetually drugged-up couple in PeteMoss. Their relationship has been marked by Doherty's repeated arrests on drug charges.

Still, Doherty has long insisted they planned to marry. They reportedly did so in winter, although that proved false in the end. Some excerpts from the talentless junkie's memoirs, published last month, say they would wed this summer.

If he could stay drug-free, that is. That's about as likely as Britney Spears staying out of the spotlight and spending time with her kids.

Or Al Gore III keeping his Prius under 100 miles per hour.

Yesterday, July 4, was America's birthday. Not Ugly Betty star America Ferrera, but the glorious land for which she is named.

Many celebrated with barbecues and fireworks. Al Gore III, however, had bigger and better ideas. The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession.

The former second-in-command's son was pulled over after allegedly driving his Prius 100 miles an hour down an Orange County freeway.

The creator of An Inconvenient Truth can now laugh at his son the way he has at Lindsay Lohan.

But at least the kid was driving a Prius. Who knew they could do triple digits!?

When deputies searched the car they found a stash that would make Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie salivate. Authorities seized pot, along with Valium, Xanax, Vicodin and Adderall.

Al Gore III, who was being detained at the Santa Ana Inmate Reception Center on $20,000 bail, has been arrested before, having been charged with marijuana possession in 2003 and ticketed for reckless driving in both 2000 and 2002.

Sounds like a trip to Britney Spears' former home, Promises Treatment Center in Malibu, might be in order for the portly Gore progeny. Below is Al Gore III's mug shot ...

Get ready, impressionable readers. Fans ages 13-19 can vote for their favorites in the Teen Choice Awards, to be announced August 26. Fans can vote here for their choices.

Not surprisingly, Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, House, Lost, Prison Break, The Hills and American Idol led the way. We'll have the full list of nominees for you when get it. For now, the TV nominees:

Drama series: "Grey's Anatomy," "Heroes," "House," "Lost," "Kyle XY."

Comedy series: "Hannah Montana," "Desperate Housewives," "Entourage," "The Office," "Ugly Betty."

Animated series: "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," "Family Guy," "Lil' Bush," "South Park," "The Simpsons."

Reality show: "American Idol," "America's Next Top Model," "Dancing With the Stars," "The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll," "The Hills."

Dramatic actor: Hugh Laurie of "House," Jared Padalecki of "Supernatural," Matthew Fox of "Lost," Milo Ventimiglia of "Heroes," Wentworth Miller (above) of "Prison Break."

Dramatic actress: Emily Deschanel of "Bones," Evangeline Lilly of "Lost," Hayden Panettiere of "Heroes," Jennifer Love Hewitt of "Ghost Whisperer," Katherine Heigl of "Grey's Anatomy."

Comedy actor: Adrian Grenier of "Entourage," Charlie Sheen of "Two and a Half Men," David Spade of "Rules of Engagement," Neil Patrick Harris of "How I Met Your Mother," Steve Carell of "The Office."

Comedy actress: Emma Roberts of "Unfabulous," Miley Cyrus of "Hannah Montana," Tia D. Mowry of "The Game," America Ferrera (below, left) of "Ugly Betty," Eva Longoria of "Desperate Housewives."

TV sidekick: Donald Faison of "Scrubs," Allison Mack of "Smallville," Jorge Garcia of "Lost," Kevin Dillon of "Entourage," Jerry Ferrara of "Entourage."

TV personality: Nick Cannon of "Wild 'N Out," Ryan Seacrest of "American Idol" and E!, Simon Cowell of "American Idol," Tyra Banks of "America's Next Top Model," Bruno Tonioli of "Dancing With the Stars."

Breakout show: "Ugly Betty," "Friday Night Lights," "October Road," "Heroes," "South of Nowhere."

Breakout: America Ferrera of "Ugly Betty," Matt Dallas of "Kyle XY," Taylor Kitsch of "Friday Night Lights," Hayden Panettiere of "Heroes," Masi Oka of "Heroes."

Male reality TV star: Apolo Anton Ohno of "Dancing With the Stars," Flavor Flav of "Flavor of Love," Jojo, Diggy, Russy of "Run's House," Sanjaya Malakar of "American Idol," Three 6 Mafia of "Adventures in Hollyhood."

Female reality TV star: Jaslene Gonzalez of "America's Next Top Model," Jordin Sparks (below, right) of "American Idol," Lauren Conrad of "The Hills," New York of "I Love New York," Paris Hilton of "The Simple Life."

Villain: Michael Rosenbaum as Lex on "Smallville," Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmina on "Ugly Betty," Zachary Quinto as Sylar on "Heroes," Michael Emerson as Ben on "Lost," Robert Knepper as Theodore Bagwell on "Prison Break."

Maybe they managed to get ahold of the Nick Lachey-Vanessa Minnillo sex tape before we could. Or not. But reports say Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent are now working on a racy single for 50's new album about (what else) watching porn.

The pair wrote the track - currently titled "Ayo Technology" - earlier this year after producer Timbaland introduced them.

A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper:

"The track is an analogy for watching porn. The word "technology"was put in as a way to replace what they really wanted to say - pornography."

Wow, so clever. Sounds like a plan Spencer Pratt would hatch.

"It's all about being fed up with having to make do watching dirty movies and how desperate they are to have real-life stunning girls."

Coming from a guy who has been with Britney Spears (at her peak, mind you, not the 2005-2007 model), Cameron Diaz and Jessica Biel? That's not unrealistic at all.

Nevertheless, Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - will reportedly film a music video for the song this weekend with Los Angeles director Joseph Khan.

In a plot that sounds lamer than Independence Day, it will see the pair star as sex-obsessed secret agents who spy on women. The source said:

"[50 and Justin Timberlake] will wear hi-tech gadgets and night-vision goggles which enable them to see through the girls' clothes."

"It's a cat and mouse situation with car chases and gadgets galore but spying on the girls is the main theme. It will be creepy and sinister. They are going to push the envelope."

The track, which is set to be retitled "She Wants It," will be featured on 50's upcoming album, Curtis, which is due out in September.

The Hollywood Gossip would like to take a moment to send birthday greetings to the land of the free and home of the brave. America, happy 231st!

What better way to celebrate than with barbecues, fireworks and a little celebrity gossip?

Well, regardless of how you feel about the last part, we decided that today, we'd pay tribute to one of our favorite stars: An All-American sweetheart, Lauren Conrad.

We came across an article in the New York Times about Lauren and her emerging hit series, The Hills, that sums up brilliantly why millions of viewers have fallen in love with the girl next door known simply as LC.

Below is the Times' take on Lauren the mogul ...

For three years, MTV tried to get viewers to fall in love with Lauren Conrad, the star of the Laguna Beach and The Hills. Wary, watchful, and sometimes cheerless Lauren made audience adoration unlikely.

But that was before the second season of The Hills, when Lauren appeared in a sweet and lonely scene, sorting laundry in her Los Angeles apartment.

There was a mountain of unironed clothes and there was the unassuming Lauren Conrad, a fashion student who would later start her own fashion line, focused solely on folding.

As she brought the straps of an overworn lilac tank top in line with its hem, as if it were fine linen, she was suddenly adorable. She was Lauren, Laundress of Reality TV.

At least a million viewers per episode had, at last, found love.

The diligent Lauren Conrad punched into the reality TV world three years ago, and with Season 3 of The Hills set for late summer, her shift's not over yet.

After starring in Laguna Beach for two seasons, and then in her very own Hills, which chronicles her travails as an intern at Teen Vogue, Lauren has, without fanfare, turned her young adult life over to scrutiny.

LC writes on her official site of her initial venture into exhibitionism, which largely showed her nervous and heartbroken:

"It turned out to be a cool experience. It changed us all in a good way, and I feel fortunate to have my own personal video yearbook of those great times."

It's surprising her memories are so fond, as she has often seemed like the loser on her shows. After falling for a surfer on Laguna Beach, she lost him to breezy Kristin Cavallari.

On the first season of The Hills, she gave up a once-in-a-career Paris internship so she could spend the summer fighting with deadbeat boyfriend Jason Wahler.

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Britney Spears, a.k.a. "Queen B," has finally apologized for her crazy, umbrella bashing ways. Yes, America's most insane pop princess penned a funny note to the celebrity photo agency upon which she infamously unleashed rage en route to rehab in February.

The text of Britney's note to X17 reads:

Dear X17,
I want to apologize for the past incident with the umbrella. I was preparing a character for a possible movie role where the husband doesn't play his part so they swap places. Unfortunately I didn't get the part. I'm sorry I got a l'il carried away with my role!
Britney

Huh? Someone was considering Britney Spears for a movie role? This gossip blog is stunned she didn't get it... although with the shaved head she was rocking at the time of the incident, she could've passed for a dude. Of course, she would still have to act.

Regardless, we're guessing she wishes she could use that umbrella on some people in her life right now. Better watch your back, Lynne Spears.

In other news, the same celebrity news provider is reporting that Britney may release her newest single - from the new album she's working on - as soon as... this Saturday.

Do we believe this for a second? No. Would a lucky release date of 7-7-07 be enough to propel Britney Spears back atop the charts? Doubtful. Will we stay tuned? You know it.