Christopher Bowman, a former U.S. ice skating champion, has passed away. He was just 40.

The man known as "Bowman the Showman" was found dead yesterday in a hotel room, as cops say drugs may have played a role in his passing.

Years ago, Bowman admitted that he had a $950/day cocaine habit and checked himself into the Betty Ford Center before the 1988 Olympics; he went on to finish fourth at the 1992 Olympics.

Drugs may have played a part in the recent death of Christopher Bowman.

Bowman - who was found by a friend on Thursday morning at a Budget Inn in North Hills, CA - retired from professional competition in 1992, competed briefly in the Ice Capades and even appeared on a pair of episodes of Little House on the Prairie.

His mother told the Detroit Free Press: "He just passed away in his sleep. His friend told me that he was fine. He just went to bed and didn't wake up."

Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port sat down with Extra this week and denied reports that Kristin Cavallari will be joining The Hills.

At least Kristin has Matt Leinart to console her.

Meanwhile, Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port are on the unemployment line. Well, LC's reality show, fashion line and endorsement deals aside.

A report from Women's Wear Daily claims that Teen Vogue has decided not to renew its partnership with the MTV hit reality show next season.

Lauren Conrad worked as an intern, while Whitney Port was her West Coast fashion editor. Officials for Teen Vogue and MTV have declined comment.

But a source tells WWD that magazine officials didn't exactly approve of the stars' behavior, which included feuding, clubbing and making out.

"The average age of the magazine's readership is 16 â€" do they really want to support the behavior depicted [in The Hills]?" a source asked.

"They also started to see that newsstand sales were flat ... There was no blip on the radar when Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port were involved."

Insiders say Conrad and Port will be still featured in some sort of working capacity, but not at Teen Vogue. Where they'll work is anyone's guess.

In The Hills season finale, Conrad and Port jetted off to Paris to assist a Teen Vogue editor at a ball. Plenty of footage from the trip will be part of eight "bonus" Hills episodes airing at some point this spring.

Here's the girls' interview ...

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UPDATE: "The girls have moved on from Teen Vogue," a spokesperson for the mag said, declining to say whether or not Teen Vogue will be part of the series next time (which almost certainly means it won't be).

Another report says that Lauren Conrad helped increase sales by double digits at Teen Vogue over two years, but MTV is out to mix things up.

Whitney has also reportedly been offered a job at W Magazine. We'll have more information on this for you when it becomes available.

Scottish singer KT Tunstall is engaged to marry her drummer boyfriend, Luke Bullen, after he proposed on Christmas Day.

"Being an opportunist, I obviously said yes," the "Suddenly I See" singer, 32, said according to the U.K.'s The Sun. "It feels smashing."

KT Tunstall's rep confirmed the engagement Friday.

The two are reportedly set to tie the knot later this year.

Singer KT Tunstall and drummer Luke Bullen are engaged!

The singer's "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was nominated for a Grammy in 2007. She won a BRIT award for best British female solo artist in 2006.

"Lose Control" was so 2006. Here's a clip from this Tuesday's One Tree Hill where Kevin Federline plays some random rocker that the girls are checking out... and apparently considering signing to their record label. Really.

A few observations:

1. One Tree Hill? Not at all cheesy.
2. Federline can't really be singing, can he?
3. As much as we'd like to ridicule K-Fed, at least he's trying to make a living and not completely embarrassing himself like Britney Spears.

That's it. Here's the clip...

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Yeah, we know. We already profiled these look-alikes.

But when they're spotted at the same place at the same time - the Diamond Information Center and InStyle lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif. - how can we resist an encore presentation?

Minka Kelly of Friday Night Lights and Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl are talented, cute actresses who star on two of our favorite shows. So maybe we lump them together for that reason. But there's a resemblance for sure...

Minka Kelly (left) and Leighton Meester both shined Thursday.

The best news of all? We believe both ladies are single! Rumors that Leighton and co-star Chace Crawford were dating have fizzled (as he romances Carrie Underwood), while Minka Kelly just broke up with John Mayer! Nice!

In case Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were somehow not washed up enough, Super Bowl XLII might be adding another ancient act to its musical show.

TV Guide is reporting that FOX is talking to insane American Idol judge Paula Abdul about performing on the telecast. Who cares that she hasn't released an album of new material since 1995's Head Over Heels?

Move over, Tom Brady and Tony Romo. Paula Abdul may be the star of this year's Super Bowl.

With Tom Petty set to bore us at halftime, and Jordin Sparks singing the national anthem, it's unclear when Abdul would go on. But it's evident just what she'd be doing during her time back in the spotlight:

The former Laker Girl is in rehearsals for a video duet with Randy Jackson, the first single from his upcoming Music Club Vol. 1 CD. Paula would use this choreography as a basis for any Super Bowl routine.

Do you wanna see the American Idol judge dancing and singing again? Or might this lead to a performance that trumps Britney Spears at the Video Music Awards for sheer ineptitude?

Britney Spears spent a brief Mexican holiday with her paparazzi "friend," but now appears to have returned, as TMZ claims to have seen Brit's boy toy Adnan Ghalib leave her house in Beverly Hills in some gold Mercedes.

Ghalib's own photo agency, Finalpixx, has been documenting the strange pair's Mexican activities - one picture shows Ghalib hand-feeding whipped cream from a Starbucks cup to the pink-wigged Spears - and posting updates.

"Britney Spears and Adnan Ghalib are happily dating," the agency says in a post. The agency notes that Ghalib is married, as we have reported, "but has been separated from his wife for over a year."

Here are some shots of those crazy lovebirds in Mexico ...

For more pics of Britney and Adnan, check out the Finalpixx blog.

The bizarre couple has been together for much of the last week. Here is what Adnan's employer has to say about his relationship with the singer, with whom he recently escaped to Mexico for some rest and relaxation ...

"After being released from the hospital, Britney and Adnan spent the night and the following days together resting, eating, sleeping, shopping and talking about life and the love they have for their families. [Adnan Ghalib] himself has not spoken publicly because it would not be of benefit to her for him to do so. Should he choose to speak about Britney Spears, he only has positive things to say about her and the time that they have spent together."

As for other paparazzi chasing after them, "Despite such heavy scrutiny, the pair are enjoying a healthy, normal relationship," Finalpixx says.

While at the Rosarito Beach Hotel in Mexico, Spears stopped in a gift shop and purchased an imitation Gucci bag and another bag while Adnan Ghalib bought a rosary, spending a total of $60, Frontera reports.

"Britney looked serious and haggard," a sales clerk told the paper in Spanish. "She didn't have makeup on."

The stars of High School Musical are looking to expand their resumes beyond cheesy Disney fare. Zac Efron has signed on to film a movie called "Seventeen." Ashley Tisdale is on board for "They Came From Upstairs."

And now we hear that Vanessa Hudgens is set to act in the feature "Will."

It begins to shoot in February in Austin, Texas and is based around a battle of the bands at a high school.

Hudgens will be portraying the role of Sam, a 15-year old outcast who dresses in black jeans and a t-shirt, with hair strategically hiding her face from the world.

This loner is often seen with a book in hand, until she strikes up a romance with the movie's title character.

But, don't worry, Vanessa and company are still signed on to make High School Musical 3. It'll be the first flick in the franchise to be released in theaters.

Parents-to-be Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge have not split up, as certain celebrity gossip tabloids reported this week.

"It's completely false," a source close to the 16-year-old actress tells Us Weekly. "They're still together and he has not asked for a paternity test."

Guess that puts to rest rumors that it was some Nickelodeon executive who got Jamie Lynn Spears pregnant and not her longtime boyfriend. Shocking.

Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge are still hittin' it. 

The new cover story of In Touch Weekly claims Spears was "dumped" and that Casey Aldridge is "convinced Jamie Lynn is lying" about the paternity.

Then again, In Touch claimed J.R. Rotem got Britney Spears pregnant, and cited text messages supposedly from the music producer as proof.

On top of her baby bump, Jamie Lynn Spears' hit Nickelodeon show, Zoey 101, recently reeived a ratings bump from all this. So that's good news at least.

It's been awhile since we had a good ogle. Fortunately, the following incident is far less creepy than the time Ashton Kutcher drooled over step daughter Rumer Willis.

As Kim Kardashian went for a stroll in Beverly Hills yesterday, at least one onlooker was impressed with what he saw. Then again, considering the size of Kardashian's backside, he may have simply been overwhelmed.

Where else was the guy to look?

Pssst, dude: if you pick up a copy of Playboy, you can actually see Kim Kardashian naked! Then you can really do some ogling!

Later on, this same guy was seen drooling over his computer when viewing the Tiffany Pollard sex tape.