Corey Haim had eight film projects in the works at the time of his death at age 38, and a new love interest who wanted to rescue him from substance abuse.

After being introduced by Corey Feldman shortly before Haim died, he began dating 27-year-old Daisy de la Hoya, the star of VH1 reality show Daisy of Love…”I’m sooooooo devastated right now,” de la Hoya tweeted Wednesday morning. “This is the worst day ever I can’t believe this.”

The romance between the two was very new. “Daisy loved The Lost Boys, and she always had a crush on Corey,” a source close to De la Hoya tells us. “Their first official date was two weeks ago, but they’d been hanging out a little while before that. Corey invited her to the Playboy Mansion. Corey Feldman came, too.”

De la Hoya apparently wanted to help Haim with his struggles. “Daisy knew Corey was doing a lot of drugs—especially prescription meds,” our source says. “She thought he was kind and talented, and she wanted to rescue him. She became his confidant over the last few weeks. He told her a lot.”

Although their relationship was new, De la Hoya was already excited about where things could lead. “They weren’t in an exclusive relationship, but they were having a lot of fun getting to know each other and seeing what would happen,” our source says. “Corey told Daisy she is a beautiful person with a beautiful heart.”

A rep for De la Hoya tells us she was “bawling and inconsolable” when she heard the news about Haim’s tragic death this morning.

De la Hoya also tweeted, “Why do I always fall for the lost soul? We could of been lost together, now your lost forever…. Ill miss you.”

Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter confirms that the ’80s teen heartthrob was ill before he died and that investigators have recovered prescription drugs in his name from the scene.

Haim was staying with his cancer-stricken mother, Judy, in the famed Oakwood Apartments (site of Rick James’ death in 2006), when he collapsed early Wednesday morning.

“He had flu-like symptoms,” says Winter. “He got out of bed at 1:30. He started to walk and went to his knees, and his mom helped him back onto the bed. He became unresponsive within about a minute or so. She called paramedics and they transported him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:15.”

But Winter refuses to speculate on whether Haim had taken an excessive amount of pills à la Brittany Murphy, whose official cause of death was due to a combination of prescription drugs and pneumonia.

“LAPD put out that they thought it might be an overdose,” says Winter. “It’s too early to say. “We found no illicit drugs in the house. We did take four pill bottles that were prescriptions for him.” Winter would not say what the prescriptions are.

An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday morning, but no results are expected for several weeks, until toxicology tests can be completed.

Haim had admitted to past struggles with drugs, but acquaintances had said he had appeared in good health of late, and Haim himself had stated he didn’t have any more sobriety issues, turning down a slot on “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew”.

“Last year we reached out to him,” says John Irwin, whose company produces the reality show, “and he was not interested in doing the show.”

The Canadian-born actor, one-half of “The Coreys” along with Corey Feldman, had a history of battling drug addiction throughout his career.

In addition to his famous friendship, Haim made his debut feature-film appearance in 1984 opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. in Firstborn. His breakthrough role came two years later with Lucas, alongside Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder. Gigs in Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream soon followed, as did countless teen magazine covers.

Following his heyday in the 1980s, Haim acted steadily, although most of his work wound up heading straight to video. He and Feldman attempted a comeback in 2007 with the short-lived A&E reality series The Two Coreys.

CHARLIE SHEEN CLEARS REHAB, READY TO GO BACK TO WORK NEXT WEEK ON “MEN”!

Charlie Sheen is out of rehab and production will resume next week on “Two and a Half Men”, after it shut down for three weeks to accommodate the star’s stint in rehab. “He will be on set on Tuesday,” Sheen’s publicist Stan Rosenfield said.

The show has been on hiatus since Sheen, 44, began his treatment on February 23 for what Rosenfield described as a “preventative measure.”

Before heading back to work, however, Sheen will first appear in an Aspen courtroom on Monday for arraignment on charges stemming from his Christmas Day fight with wife Brooke Mueller. Rosenfield confirms Sheen will be there.

Following the incident, Sheen’s 32-year-old wife spent a brief spell in a private rehab clinic herself last month. When Sheen checked himself in, she returned home with her rehab counselors to tend to the couple’s twins, Max and Bob, who turn 1 next week.

The good news for the actor? Viewers shouldn’t see an interruption in Two and a Half Men’s TV schedule, and it appears that CBS won’t be punishing Sheen for causing the shutdown.

MADONNA LAUNCHING AFFORDABLE CLOTHING LINE FOR TEENS LIKE LOURDES!

Madonna is launching aN affordable, juniors clothing line called Material Girl. She’s teamed with Iconix—the brand behind Badgley Mischka, Bongo, Candie’s, London Fog and Roca Wear—to create a “fast-fashion” collection launching exclusively at Macy’s in August, just in time for back-to-school shopping.

And Madonna isn’t the only designer. The collection is created with and inspired by the fashionista-in-training who is her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes.

The clothes range in price from $12 to $40. In addition to shirts, skirts and such, the family knows you wouldn’t be “Vogue”-ready without the coordinating shoes, jewelry and handbags.

Madonna’s deal with Iconix extends beyond this set of outfits. Under the new joint venture, called MG Icon, they’ll be collaborating to develop and explore multiple business initiatives along these lines. For starters, they’ll be launching fragrance and beauty lines in 2011.

“Joining forces with Iconix to bring my fashion ideas to consumers is very exciting for me,” the Material maven said in a statement. “I look forward to working closely with Neil [Cole, CEO and Chairman of Iconix Brand Group] and his team to create and translate my vision and ideas for MG Icon.”

MARIE OSMOND RETURNS TO THE LAS VEGAS STAGE ONE DAY AFTER SON’S FUNERAL!

Just one day after laying her 18-year-old son to rest, Marie Osmond was back on the Las Vegas stage Tuesday night, doing what she does best: performing alongside her brother Donny.

As expected, it was an emotional night for the mourning mother, and included frequent mentions of her son Michael Bryan, whom she referred to throughout the 90-minute show as “my angel.”

“I just think that we need to give a big round of applause to my sister for even coming onstage tonight,” Donny told the sold-out crowd at the Flamingo Las Vegas after the duo made their entrance to several standing ovations.

“Don’t do that—I’m going to have to leave,” a teary Marie told the audience. “God bless you all. The way the Osmonds survive is we keep singing and that’s what we want to do tonight. I know my son would want that and this show is for him.”

“Little did I know I would be relying on my faith, especially as much as I did this past week,” she said, before dedicating a song to him.

After Marie’s solo performance, before which she told herself to “pull it together,” Donny told the audience, “How she got through that I will never know.

“I hope you all appreciate what she’s going through tonight. She’s a strong woman.”

After singing their final song together, “It Takes Two,” the duo went out with their traditional sign-off, though Marie was unable to make it through the last line without tearing up: “May God keep you in his tender care ’til he brings us together again.”

DAVID LETTERMAN’S ALLEGED BLACKMAILER PLEADS GUILTY IN MANHATTAN COURT!

Robert “Joe” Halderman, the CBS News producer and David Letterman’s would-be blackmailer accused of plotting to extort $2 million from the Late Show emcee, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree grand larceny Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom as part of a deal with prosecutors that will allow him to avoid a lengthy prison sentence.

In exchange for admitting he tried to shake down Letterman by threatening to expose the funnyman’s sexual liaisons with female staffers, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Charles H. Solomon handed the 48 Hours Mystery man six months in the slammer and four and a half years’ probation. He also ordered him to perform 1,000 hours of community service.

Halderman was initially facing up to 15 years in lockup had the case gone to trial and had he been convicted for the scheme. “I have great remorse and sincerely apologize to David Letterman and Stephanie Birkitt. I attempted to extort $2 million from David Letterman,” Halderman told the judge.

Per the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the 27-year CBS News veteran hit up Letterman for the money after discovering that his then live-in lover, the 34-year-old Birkitt, had been secretly seeing the comedian while she worked at the Late Show.

An enraged and “desperate” Halderman, who owed thousands in child and spousal support to his ex-wife, tried to mask his intentions under the guise of a commercial transaction. He did so, prosecutors alleged, by claiming he was writing a screenplay treatment about the 62-year-old Letterman’s dalliances and seeing if he wanted to buy it to keep word from leaking out.

But Dave wasn’t buying and alerted authorities, who shortly thereafter set up a sting and nabbed Halderman, 52, after he accepted a fake $2 million check from Letterman.

Halderman admitted in court that his so-called business overture constituted a “thinly veiled threat.”

A rep for Letterman’s company, World Wide Pants, issued a statement from Letterman praising the D.A.’s Office for all its hard work.

“I would like to thank the District Attorney of Manhattan, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., the former District Attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, the Special Prosecutions Bureau in the D.A.’s Office, and the New York City Police Department,” said Letterman. “When they became involved with this case, I had complete faith that a just and appropriate result was inevitable. On behalf of my family, I am extremely grateful for their tireless efforts.”

He also addressed the matter while taping The Late Show, again thanking the officials who assisted him.

“I found myself in some legal trouble, and pretty quickly, it was turned over to the District Attorney’s office here in Manhattan,” Letterman said. “Now, I’d never been involved in anything like this in my life, and I was concerned, and full of anxiety, and nervous and worried. And the people in the District Attorney’s office said, ‘This will be handled professionally, this will be handled skillfully, and appropriately.’ Well, the matter was resolved today, and they were exactly right—it was handled professionally, skillfully and appropriately.”

LATEST LINDSAY LOHAN PUBLICITY? SHE’S SUING E-TRADE FOR MILKAHOLIC AD!

Her name is Lindsay Lohan and she’s a delusional narcissist milkaholic? Yes, and a result, Lindsay has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the baby-loving ad men over at E-Trade, alleging that they unlawfully encroached on the Lohan brand by naming the milkaholic tot in their talking-baby Super Bowl commercial—get this—Lindsay.

Her attorney, Stephanie Ovadia, says Lohan warrants the same single-name recognition as Oprah and Madonna, and claims that using “Lindsay” as the name for the milk-drinking boyfriend stealer in the commercial is capitalizing on her fame.

“Her name was used for the commercial benefit of E-Trade and she should be compensated fairly for that,” Olvadia states. “She’s very upset about it. They did not have permission nor her consent. It’s not something that she would have agreed to.”

Broken down, Lohan’s attorneys, who filed the lawsuit in Nassau County Supreme Court Monday, say the spot violates a New York state civil rights law that used her name and characterization without approval—or, more importantly, compensation.

Lohan’s team is seeking $50 million in exemplary damages, and another $50 million in compensatory damages.

“We actually haven’t seen the complaint or gotten documentation from her people, so we don’t have a comment as of yet,” E-Trade spokeswoman Allison Jeannotte responded.

MARIE OSMOND’S SON LAID TO REST MONDAY IN PACKED PROVO, UTAH CHURCH!

About 450 people packed into a chapel near the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Provo, Utah, Monday, to say good-bye to Marie Osmond’s son, Michael Bryan, who jumped to his death from his L.A. apartment building on February 26.

“Thank you for those beautiful 18 years,” Osmond said during a brief eulogy. Other speakers included six of Michael’s seven siblings. Michael was one of five children adopted by Osmond and her ex-husband Brian Blosil, with whom she also has two biological children. She also has a son with first husband Steve Craig.

“He was an intricate part of our family,” said 26-year-old Stephen Craig, Osmond’s eldest son. “Each member of our family and every person here is better for having met him.”

Added sister Rachel Blosil, 20: “He was a man of his word. He wasn’t a talker, he was a doer. He was reliable. He knew my hopes, he knew my dreams, my secrets, things that nobody knows. He was my best friend.”

The service concluded with Osmond and brothers Donny, Alan, Merrill, Jay, Wayne and Jimmy singing a traditional Mormon hymn. Their older brothers, Tom and Virl, who are deaf, signed the words.

Following the funeral, Michael’s silver coffin was interred at East Lawn Memorial Hills cemetery in Provo. Mourners wrote personal messages to the teen on orange balloons, then released them into the sky.

Jimmy Kimmel has one of the best late night shows that people are slowly discovering, especially with some of the brilliant produced pieces that turn up in the show, like “The Handsome Men’s Club” on Oscar night!

ACADEMY AWARDS TELECAST SCORES BIGGEST RATINGS IN 5 YEARS FOR OSCARS!

The world’s biggest movie lost the biggest prize, but “Avatar” might have won the night for Oscar.Sunday night’s James Cameron-denying Academy Awards scored the awards show’s largest audience in five years, averaging 41.3 million viewers, ABC said.

The signs (read: box-office billions) were all there; TVbytheNumbers even predicted an “Avatar bounce last week. As Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin could have been told by Billy Crystal—he of Oscar’s titanic “Titanic” ceremony—it’s good to host in the same year as a Cameron record setter.

Kathryn Bigelow made Oscar history when she became the first female to land the top director honor, beating the competition in her category, including her ex-husband James Cameron in the process.

Calling the huge win “the moment of a lifetime,” Bigelow dedicated the award to “the women and men in the military who risk their lives on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world.”

War movie “The Hurt Locker” was the toast of Hollywood on Sunday night after leading the Oscars with six honors, including Best Director and Best Picture.

The film also claimed the night’s sound awards, film editing and original screenplay prizes, as it collected six of the nine accolades it was nominated for.

“Avatar”, the world’s biggest grossing movie ever, was a triple winner and Up, Crazy Heart and Precious won double.

All the pre-show favorites won the big acting prizes with Jeff Bridges claiming Best Actor, Sandra Bullock Best Actress, Mo’Nique Best Supporting Actress and Christoph Waltz Best Supporting Actor.

Bigelow led what became a great night for firsts. Bullock became the first star to land a Golden Raspberry dishonor the same year as an Oscar, she picked up the Worst Actress Razzie for All About Steve on Saturday; Bridges won his first Oscar for Crazy Heart after five attempts, and 33 of 39 Academy Award winners took home their first Oscars, with The Hurt Locker trio of Bigelow, writer Mark Boal and sound editor Paul N.J. Ottosson picking up their first and second accolades at the 82nd annual prizegiving.

The full list of winners at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood is:

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Animated Feature Film: Up

Best Original Song: The Weary Kind by Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)

Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)

Best Animated Short: Logorama

Best Documentary Short: Music by Prudence

Best Live Action Short: The New Tenants

Best Make-Up: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall & Joel Harlow (Star Trek)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)

Best Art Direction: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg & Kim Sinclair (Avatar)

Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell (The Young Victoria)

Best Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson (The Hurt Locker)

Best Sound Mixing: Paul N.J. Ottosson & Ray Beckett (The Hurt Locker)

Best Cinematography: Mauro Fiore (Avatar)

Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino (Up)

Best Visual Effects: Andrew R. Jones, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum & Richard Baneham (Avatar)

Best Documentary Feature: The Cove

Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski & Chris Innis (The Hurt Locker)

Best Foreign Language Film: El secreto de sus ojos (Argentina)

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

The 82nd annual Academy Awards this year appear to have more clear cut favorites in the major categories than at any time in recent memory in Tinsel Town, especially if you take your cue from all the award shows and ceremonies leading up to Oscar’s night!

By most accounts, “The Hurt Locker” will take home Best Picture and its director Kathryn Bigelow will be named Best Director. That will make her the first woman to ever win that award. Although, there still may be that “Avatar” dark horse of Jim Cameron (her ex-husband who’s been very supportive of Kathryn and her work finally getting recognition this year), that might have a very good shot of taking both golden statues home too!

The Best Actor Oscar will go to Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart,” and Best Supporting Actor to Christoph Waltz for “Inglorious Basterds”, there doesn’t seem to be much doubt there if you believe all the buzz leading up to this weekend!

Mo’Nique will win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for “Precious,” and Sandra Bullock will take home the Best Actress Award for “The Blind Side”, that’s almost a given based on all the awards both of them have received already!

If there’s any suspense at all, it’s in the Best Actress category where Sandra Bullock’s main competition is Meryl Streep for her portrayal of Julia Child in “Julie and Julia.”

But maybe the Academy will do what the Broadcast Film Critics did at the Critics Choice Awards: make it a tie and give the Oscar to both of them!

NBC just announced that it’s giving out early pickups to the Thursday-night comedy block of Community, The Office and 30 Rock. The network had already announced that Parks & Recreation was coming back for another year, so there’s no change for the two straight hours of comedy programming on the peacock network Thursdays.

Check out this reel of “The Office” bloopers!

A source close to the former “Tonight Show” host says that O’Brien will officially announce performance dates next week on his new Twitter page. O’Brien will perform a live theatrical revue in major cities across the country beginning in April.

One potential date was leaked earlier Friday when Ticketmaster accidentally posted a notice that O’Brien would be at Phoenix’s Dodge Theater on April 30, with tickets going on sale Monday. The message has since been removed, and O’Brien’s rep said the listing was premature and they were still “firming up dates.” San Diego is reportedly one of the other cities making the cut.

No word whether the rest of Team CoCo, like Andy Richter and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, will be along for the ride. But the show will combine music and comedy, similar to what O’Brien did back in 2004 when he transplanted NBC’s Late Night to Toronto for a string of shows.

Despite a RadarOnline report claiming that Aspen District Attorney Arnold Mordkin had refused any kind of plea deal in Charlie Sheen’s domestic violence case, the prosecutor insists that he hasn’t ruled anything out.

“If there is any report that says I said that, that report is not attributable to me,” says Mordkin. “I don’t know who said that, but I did not. [Radar] should be ashamed of themselves.

“It is a felony charge; one never knows what a plea deal will do,” Mordkin adds, saying the case won’t be argued in the court of public opinion.

“I cannot discuss the case or any investigations we might or might now be carrying on,” he says.

Sheen is due back in Colorado on March 15.

Jaycee Dugard was smiling and wearing a pink ball cap as she said “I want to thank you for your support and I’m doing well,” she says. “It’s been a long haul, but I’m getting there.”

The now 29-year-old was kidnapped when she was just 11 and resurfaced in August. Her mother, Terry Probyn, released a home video and direct messages exclusively to ABC, more was shown last night on ABC’s “20-20″!

The clips show Jaycee baking cookies around the holidays with her mom and sister Shayna. They’re dressed casually, laughing and having a great time. To watch it, you’d never know what the family has been through.

George Stephanopoulos also shows an image of Jaycee on a horse as part of horse therapy, which concedes that the way one approaches a horse is the way one will approach life. Working on the connection with the animal will help the patient to connect to humans while also giving them a sense of power.

Something must be working—self-educated Jaycee has received her driver’s license, is working toward earning a GED and hopes to go to college.

Terry addresses the viewer directly to explain why they’ve released this footage. “It is my desire to share our miracle with the world. But it must be done on our terms. What my family needs is privacy during our healing process,” she says, after thanking people for their support. “Please give us the time we need to heal as a family without the prying eyes of the photographers and the press. We released this video so you can see that we are happy and well. And when we have more to share, we will.

“As a mother, I am pleading for our privacy in this very public story.”

Stephanopoulos explained that it has not yet been decided whether Jaycee will have to testify against her captors, Nancy and Phillip Garrido, but it will likely depend on her state of mind and willingness to relive the past two decades as she explains it in a courtroom.

The Grey’s Anatomy star has gotta be tickled pink—Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart welcomed their firstborn in Los Angeles yesterday, a daughter whose name has yet to be announced.

Though we’re guessing Kari Ann is out. As, hopefully, is Jane, as Ellen DeGeneres suggested (Jane Dane? We’d almost prefer Pilot Inspektor).

“Mother, father and daughter are doing great,” a rep for the couple said in a statement.

While appearing on Ellen’s show last month, the 37-year-old new papa said they would wait until they met their baby girl until bestowing upon her a name, which Dane promised wouldn’t be “weird.”

“We went straight down the middle on this one,” he said at the time.

Give Joey Lawrence his Liberty!

The actor and his wife, Chandie Yawn-Nelson, welcomed their second child together Thursday, a daughter they’ve named Liberty Grace.

“We’re extremely happy,” Lawrence told Life and Style. “The baby is beautiful and healthy.”

Liberty, born weighing 6 pounds, 8 ounces, actually arrived a month early. Lawrence said last year that the baby was due April 3.

The Blossom star and Yawn-Nelson tied the knot in 2005 at Disney World, where they’d actually met 13 years beforehand, more than a decade before getting together.

They’re also parents to 3-year-old daughter Charleston.

Marie Osmond is preparing for her return to the stage next Tuesday, the day after the family pays its final respects to her 18-year-old son, Michael Bryan.

She and brother Donny not only confirmed that they would be back at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, but also announced a handful of new dates.

The five added shows, taking place between April 13 and 17, were “to accommodate guests who had tickets to recently canceled shows due to the personal tragedy in the Osmond family.”

As for why Marie is so eager to return to the stage, manager Chip Lightman tells the Las Vegas Sun that the star finds the process “cathartic.”

Boston-bred Matt Damon paid off a Super Bowl bet on David Letterman wearing a New Orleans Saints jersey Friday night on the show. But he was also expecting to be on the losing end of the odds of winning the Best Supporting Actor award Sunday with his statement “not a chance in hell.”

The audience did get a Damon bonus though, his Matthew McConaughey impression, breaking out the crowd-pleaser one more time with a delighted David Letterman taking it all in!

Just days before Marie Osmond’s son’s suicide over the weekend, 18-year-old Michael Blosil legally changed his last name to Bryan. The reason behind the name change, like so many other aspects of the tragedy, is unclear.

Meanwhile, Marie’s publicist Alan Nierob confirms that the family, including Marie’s ex-husband and Michael’s dad, Brian Blosil, is planning to hold a private funeral in their home state of Utah on Monday.

The family has been hunkered down together since the news. Earlier this week, they all gathered together in Provo to support nephew David in concert.

No other details have been disclosed about the event, which will be open only to family and close friends. A source says that a separate viewing will take place Sunday.

Publicist Erik Kritzer says the procedure had been planned for months and that Reynolds is “feeling great” now that he has “a great motor with brand new pipes.”

The former box-office champ is recovering from quintuple bypass surgery. Reynolds, 74, had the operation last week, according to his rep, and is now back at his Florida home with 24-hour nursing care.

The Hollywood icon has battled other health issues in recent years, including back surgery that led a prescription pill addiction and trip to rehab in 2009.

Megan Fox is having a bit of an image crisis after giving out way too many crazy quotes over the past couple years, reports a New York Times interview!

Now, according to the Times, her people are trying their hardest to “change the dialogue about Fox from the out-of-control sex bomb to the Fox they know, who is a homebody with a longtime boyfriend and a fondness for spending Saturday nights at Red Lobster, where she likes the cheese biscuits.”

And just in time for June’s “Jonah Hex” release, Megan is starting to make the magazine rounds, as part of this image makeover. She’s on the cover of April’s Harper’s Bazaar UK, on newsstands March 4, telling everybody the exact number of men she has slept with.

“I’ve only been with two men my entire life. My childhood sweetheart and Brian. I can never have sex with someone that I don’t love, ever. The idea makes me sick. I’ve never even come close to having a one-night stand. My biggest regret is that I’ve assisted the media in making me into a cartoon character. I don’t regret what has happened to me, but I regret the way I have dealt with it.”

It’s hard being Jessica Simpson. because every ounce she gains is subject to media scrutiny, her recent racist boyfriend’s remarks, and the feeling the world is still not entirely convinced that she knows the difference between chicken and tuna.

Jessica Simpson blames only herself a sit-down talk with Oprah Winfrey, “Yeah, I couldn’t read the article,” she said of John Mayer’s Playboy interview. “I heard about it and I saw some of the clips and stuff. I tried to read the article and I was so…I was so disappointed in him.

“It made me so sad and it was really discouraging, because that’s not the John that I knew. I guess it could have been a lot worse—my phone is ringing off the hook, I have to say,”

Jessica continued about Mayer, “Absolutely, I felt betrayed. I just…you know, I hope he gets his life together. He did apologize to me. I haven’t written back,” she said, ignoring Oprah’s question of whether he pulled a Joe Jonas and resorted to texting the apology. “I don’t accept it. It’s just kind of one of those things—I don’t resent him, I’m just gonna let that go, that part of my life.”

Jessica also told Oprah her lowest point of the last few years came courtesy of “People couldn’t stop talking about my weight fluctuating, It would bother any woman, I would think. The fact that I was famous last year for gaining 10 pounds is ridiculous and it’s really sad.”

On the subject of the Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson reality show, “I didn’t know what I was signing up for, but I do think that I opened myself up to the world of judgment and of people’s opinions,” she said of her ill-fated decision to be a TV Newlywed.

“In a lot of ways it is my fault and I shouldn’t expect people not to…I just didn’t know it would end up so harsh. The sad part about it is when everything came out, I didn’t want to say anything about the weight, I didn’t want to sit down and talk to anyone about it, because I felt guilty,” Simpson said.

“I just didn’t want to feed into it. I didn’t want people to let people know it was affecting me,” she said, “It’s a really hard thing for me to talk about because I celebrate women of all sizes and I think we’re all beautiful. I do believe it is something that comes from within, and something you have to find within yourself to be comfortable with yourself.”

Still, her press nightmare was not all in vain, as she credits the jean backlash with giving her the idea for her new VH1 globetrotting documentary, “The Price of Beauty”.

What she saw pass for beauty around the world affected her deeply, evidenced by the tears that streamed down her face when discussing the negative impact media can have on women of all ages—including herself.

“Just the pressure that women feel to be thin or to be beautiful,” she began. “The pressure that the media puts on women is so unfair and so disgusting.”

As the tears came after Oprah previewed a clip dealing with a French model’s battle with anorexia, Winfrey apparently felt it was the right time to ask Simpson whether she herself ever battled with an eating disorder.

“No, I’ve tried every fad diet, every diet there is, but never to the extent where it’s unhealthy,” Simpson replied. “Do you mind saying what size you are?” Oprah asked.

“I’m a size 4. I fluctuate from 4 to 6,” Jessica said, admitting that those mom jeans actually fell on the lower end of her personal size spectrum. Which was almost too much for Oprah to bear.

“Those are size 4? And people are calling you fat in a size 4?!” Oprah asked. “Ay, ay, ay. Ay, ay, ay,” she said. “Oh my god, 8 is a goal.

Jessica’s mindset now is “Nobody else can define it but myself. Nobody’s words, nobody’s compliments, nobody’s love”—nobody’s ay ay ays?—”none of that, it’s all what I have in myself. But I’m really finally relaxed. I don’t care what people have to say about my weight, I really don’t. I think I look great.”

Lindsay Lohan is getting ready to write something a little longer than tweeting 140 characters. The starlet is penning a memoir about her, well, troubled life. And according to the 23-year-old, she’s been working on it for quite some time now.

“I write a lot and it’s very therapeutic for me because then I can see what’s happening on paper,” she tells Britain’s OK! magazine. “I’ve started writing a book. It’s going to take a while, all my life experiences. I started writing it a year ago. There’s a lot to put down, you know?”

Police say it’s unlikely charges will be filed against Supermodel Naomi Campbell because the driver has opted not to file a formal criminal complaint. The incident in which she could have faced criminal charges for allegedly slugging her driver.

New York police say that Campbell’s unnamed chauffeur stopped his vehicle in midtown Manhattan to inform authorities that he was on the receiving end of a Campbell punch. Before officers arrived, however, 39 year old Naomi had proceeded to flee the scene.

While there’s no sign of Campbell, who has a long list of similar trangessions with the hired help, her spokesman suggested she’ll be ready to tell her side soon.

“There shouldn’t be a rush to judgment,” publicist Jeff Raymond said. “Naomi will cooperate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye.”

The new season debuts on March 22 on ABC, and here are dance teams…

Kate Gosselin is paired with Tony Dovolani, but no, not that way, he’s a married man.

Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin will be shaking it up with Ashly Costa (formerly DelGrosso), who returns for her fourth season.

Pamela Anderson takes her turns around the dance floor with Damian Whitewood.

ESPN’s Erin Andrews is partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, in what would be our best bet for chemistry that extends beyond the parquet.

Shannen Doherty moves her hips to a new area code with two-time champ Mark Ballas.

Winter Olympics’ golden boy Evan Lysacek will have five-time DWTS vet Anna Trebunskaya.

Style network star Niecy Nash and six-time participant Louis Van Amstel.

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco gets two-time winner Cheryl Burke.

The Bachelor’s Jake Pavelka finds his salsa mate, Chelsie Hightower.

Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls meets season seven winner Derek Hough.

Soap star Aiden Turner deals with the show’s only 10-time pro, Edyta Sliwinska.

These Simon Cowell engagement rumors are getting hard to ignore. First a source said it wasn’t true. And then responding to another report that Simon was getting hitched to girlfriend and American Idol makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy, his rep’s reply: “Simon does not discuss his private life.”

But now Mezhgan was spotted over the weekend wearing a giant rock on that special ring finger—which must mean there’s some truth to all these engagement rumors, right?!

James Cameron’s epic “Avatar” came up with another $14 million, and became the first film to gross $700 million-plus domestically.

Elsewhere, Martin Scorsese’s and Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Shutter Island” ($22.2 million) held on for its second straight box office win, while Kevin Smith’s “Cop Out” ($18.6 million) and the zombie flick “The Crazies” ($16.5 million) did what they needed to do in their debuts.

1. Shutter Island, $22.2 million
2. Cop Out, $18.6 million
3. The Crazies, $16.5 million
4. Avatar, $14 million
5. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, $9.8 million
6. Valentine’s Day, $9.5 million
7. Dear John, $5 million
8. The Wolfman, $4.1 million
9. The Tooth Fairy, $3.5 million
10. Crazy Heart, $2.5 million

Walter Koenig said that his son Andrew “took his own life.”

A source close to the investigation into the death of Andrew Koenig said that the 41-year-old actor’s body was found Thursday in Vancouver’s Stanley Park hanging from a tree. According to the insider, Koenig’s body was discovered by one of 11 friends and family members who had organized their own search party.

Three authorized search-and-rescue teams had searched the area on Tuesday, but it was a friend who ultimately found what Koenig’s loved ones had dreaded they were going to find.

Koenig was discovered in a densely wooded area of native pines and brush, so deep into the forest off Stanely Park’s Bridle Path, one of dozens of trails in the 1,000-acre area, that it appeared to the search party that “Andrew didn’t want to be found,” the source said.

The person who found him then alerted the other searchers via cell phone, after which Koenig’s father, Walter, came to what was described as a “grisly” scene and identified his son.

Vancouver police have declined to comment on the nature of Koenig’s death due to the ongoing investigation. But a police spokesman said that foul play has been ruled out and all evidence points to suicide.

A source in the Provincial coroner’s office says that the exact cause of death may not be known for another two months, which is a “not unusual” length of time for such an investigation.

Close friends and family contacted on Friday declined to go on camera and were directing all inquiries to Walter Koenig. So far, the family hasn’t released any information about a funeral or pending memorial service.

But they are already focusing their energies on their son’s legacy.

“Andrew was a man who cared deeply about others, and who acted on his conscience ,working on a grass roots level to help those in need,” parents Walter and Judith said in a statement Friday. “To honor him and his life, we are suggesting people donate in Andrew’s memory to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or U.S. Campaign for Burma.”

When addressing the media Thursday, the family encouraged anyone suffering from depression, like their son did, to seek help.

Andrew Koenig’s former “Growing Pains” costar Kirk Cameron was one of the first celebrities to speak out when the actor went missing; it’s only fitting that he’s done the same in the wake of his tragic death.

“It is with great sorrow to hear about the final outcome of the search for my old friend Andrew,” he said in a statement. “I hope everyone will be sensitive to the Koenigs and give the family some private time to reflect and to grieve the loss of their beloved son.

“At a time like this, we all are reminded of the briefness of life and the importance of being ready for our eternal destination. My prayers will continue to be with Andrew’s family.”

Jim Carrey’s family just experienced a very fortunate event.

The 47-year-old actor became a first-time grandpa Friday when his daughter Jane welcomed her first child with her musician hubby, Alex Santana.

Son Jackson Riley Santana was born at 12:28 a.m. in Los Angeles, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 20 inches long.

Carrey revealed that his baby was having a baby in July. “I am very excited,” he said at the time. “Jane is going to be a great mom.”

Jane and Alex, both lead singers in their respective rock bands, tied the knot November. Jane is Carrey’s daughter with first wife Melissa Womer.

Gatorade, a day after Nike announced its’ continuing support for Tiger Woods, PepsiCo-owned Gatorade announced that it was dropping its endorsement of Woods.

“We no longer see a role for Tiger in our marketing efforts and have ended our relationship,” said a spokeswoman for the beverage maker, which discontinued its Gatorade Tiger Focus energy drink in December. “We wish him all the best.”

No one would say officially, of course, whether the recent slam to his image prompted their decision, but some mysteries solve themselves.

Accenture, which ironically was sponsoring the PGA tournament that was going on at the same time Woods made his big apology, was the first to completely cut ties, followed by AT&T.

Watchmaker Tag Heuer and Gillette, without completely firing him, have both minimized his role in any advertising campaigns for the near future.

But Electronic Arts, which produces Woods’ titular best-selling golf game, and Nike, which outfits the rehabbing golfer, have continued to stick by him through thin and thinner.

“Under the circumstances, the more he deals with the issues and the better he deals with them, the better off he’ll be when he does return,” Nike president Charles Denson told the Associated Press Thursday.

“We’ve been supportive of Tiger since the story broke and we continue to be supportive. He’s got issues he needs to deal with and he’s dealing with them. We are looking forward to him getting back on the golf course.”

As if Jon Cryer needs more drama now with good pal Charlie Sheen in rehab and their hit Two and a Half Men on unexpected hiatus. But now there’s this.

A former boyfriend of Cryer’s ex-wife, Sarah Trigger, claims in court documents that it was Trigger who wanted to orchestrate a hit on both Cryer and her estranged husband, David Dickey. Trigger has vehemently denied the allegations.

News of the purported plot first surfaced last month, according to sworn statements by the 44-year-old Cryer as part of their ongoing divorce case.

According to the document, Trigger’s lawyer, Angela diDonato, claims her client had just broken up with a guy named Eddie Sanchez and that he informed Trigger that he was going to kill Cryer and Dickey. Startled, diDonato contacted both men’s attorneys to warn them and suggested they take out a restraining order against Sanchez.

In a separate affidavit, Dickey says he confronted Sanchez about the allegations, and Sanchez blamed the whole scheme on the British-born Trigger. She and Cryer married in 1999 and had a son, Austin, now 9, before the two bitterly divorced in 2004.

“Mr. Sanchez not only flatly denied making such a statement, but he said that it was Trigger who had contacted him on numerous occasions, stating that she wanted to see the pair [Cryer and Dickey] dead, and even asking Mr. Sanchez if he would kill the pair,” the court documents state. “Or if he would not, inquiring whether she could speak with Mr. Sanchez’s father about this issue.”

Dickey says in the documents: “Mr. Sanchez then told me that [Trigger] had created this story as a method to control him and to prevent me from speaking to him regarding the child custody matter, as he had enough proof for her to lose custody of her children.”

Indeed, Trigger has her own problems. She was taken into custody last May on suspicion of child abuse after Dickey, from whom she’s now separated, contacted police about an injury sustained by their 3-year-old son. That case is still pending.

Cryer, meanwhile, says in court documents that he and his reps have chosen to keep mum on the whole sordid subject to protect Austin.

The Emmy winner says he informed producers of his show of the alleged threats in mid-January, at which point security was heightened on the Two and a Half Men set. That week’s taping went ahead as scheduled, while the FBI investigated the matter.

An attorney for Cryer did not return a phone call seeking comment. Dickey also declined to comment. Attempts to reach Sanchez and his lawyer were unsuccessful.

Meanwhile, another Trigger lawyer, Vicki Greene, said that Duckie stated under penalty of perjury that he “never accused Sarah of hiring a hit man.”

Adding further confusion to the twisted tale is a voicemail message left by Sanchez when he was apparently trying to reach Trigger at her mother’s home.

“I’ve been interviewed by federal agents and lawyers are calling me,” he says. “I just want to know how Sarah’s doing…I know she didn’t do anything…I just wanted for you to tell her that I explained to those people everything.”

The recording, says Greene, shows Trigger’s innocence. “Sarah did not threaten Jon or anyone,” adds Greene. “Jon and David are litigating against Sarah in two different courts at the same time and are using anything they can get their hands on, even the press, against Sarah.”

American Idol’s top 24 weeded out four unlucky hopefuls who received the fewest votes of the bunch this week. The first to go was 24-year-old Janell Wheeler, who picked exactly the wrong song when she tried to tackle Heart’s “What About Love” on Tuesday. The tune was too big for her, and she obviously received little love for her efforts.

Ashley Rodriguez, who couldn’t have been too surprised after doing a disservice to Leona Lewis’ “Happy,” was next to go and offered up what had to be one of the angriest “thank you’s” we’ve seen in a long time.

Also out is 20-year-old Tyler Grady, who miscalculated how far his mop-top would take him by choosing to scream his way through the first week with “American Woman.”

Overall, America saved its slap in the face for Joe Muñoz, who garnered some of the few words of praise dished out by the judges last night for his vocal on Jason Mraz’s “You and I Both.”

Meaning, Tim Urban, who Simon Cowell may as well have smacked with a ruler, gets to stay another week.

Aside from all the bloodletting, Kris Allen, fresh from a relief trip to Haiti on behalf of the resurgent Idol Gives Back initiative, and Allison Iraheta, rocking bright red curls, both performed.

The top 20 resume performing for your votes next week.

The land that brought us Carnival, Gisele, the skimpiest of bikinis and a certain style of, er, grooming, has a problem with what has to be one of Paris Hilton’s demurest performances in a long time.

Brazil’s Secretariat for Women’s Affairs has objected to a commercial for Devassa beer, starring the heiress, in which she stands in the window of an office building and attracts interested looks from passersby on the street below—as well as a photographer in possession of what must be a zoom lens—as she writhes around holding a can of suds.

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Andrew Koenig is still missing! The search for the “Growing Pains” actor continues and his former Star Trek-starring father is forced to open up about his 41-year-old son who’s been missing for more than a week.

“It’s very, very tough,” Walter Koenig told the “Today Show”. “He was very depressed about his life.” His mother, Judy Levitt Koenig, hopes that the public’s heartwarming concern brings him home. “He is much loved and beloved in this world, and I just hope he gets that feeling,” she says.

The family, including Andrew’s sister, Danielle, is doing everything they can to stay positive about his current state, praying he’s not injured or worse. “I don’t want to think that way,” Walter says. “I’m trying very hard not to think that way.”

Anyone and everyone with information about Andrew to contact the authorities.
Anyone who has spotted Koenig or has information on his whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Vancouver police at 604-717-2534.

Just two weeks after wife Brooke Mueller began in-patient treatment—and two days after child services paid what was described as a “routine” visit to their residence—Charlie Sheen has also entered rehab. Again.

This time around, however, the sitcom star’s decision to seek help (for an undisclosed cause) is being described by his rep as “a preventative measure.”

“As a preventative measure, Charlie Sheen has entered a rehabilitation facility,” says publicist Stan Rosenfield. “He will take some time off his series Two and a Half Men. He has asked that his privacy be honored.”

In a separate statement, CBS said the network and show producers “support Charlie Sheen in his decision today to begin voluntary in-patient care at a treatment center. We wish him nothing but the best as he deals with this personal matter.”

It’s unclear where or for how long Sheen will be undergoing treatment, and answers are unlikely to come anytime soon. Yesterday, an attorney for Mueller lashed out at both the media and officials at her previous rehab center for revealing the location of her treatment.

Likewise, the network confirmed that production on Two and Half Men had been “temporarily suspended,” but gave no specific timetable on Sheen’s return or indication on how the stoppage would affect the show’s schedule.

There’s also no word on who is caring for the couple’s 11-month-old twins while their parents are away. However, Charlie’s parents, Martin and Janet, and brother, Emilio Estevez, as well as Mueller’s brother’s family all live nearby and may help, along with Charlie and Brooke’s regular battery of nannies.

Two weeks after production shut down on “24″ to allow Kiefer Sutherland to have minor elective surgery, the actor has been given the all-clear to resume his day job.

“Kiefer’s been cleared to return to work, and we resume production March 1,” said Fox spokesman Chris Alexander.

Sutherland, 43, had an outpatient procedure Feb. 16 to treat a cyst that had ruptured near his kidney.

With cameras rolling again next week, there shouldn’t be any interruption in the terrorist-thwarting show’s broadcast schedule. The season is due to wrap in May, and maybe Kiefer and crew will start work on that “24″ movie.

Brad Pitt used his powers of persuasion set up last weekend’s reunion of Angelina Jolie and her formerly estranged father, Jon Voight. Between Pitt and Angelina’s brother, James Haven, the relationship has thawed considerably.

Things first went south between father and daughter (and son) during her Billy Bob Thornton days when things got very suggestive between the two during red carpet appearances.

A source close to the actress said that Papa Voight didn’t take too kindly to those antics, even writing a letter to his daughter telling her how “disgusting” her behavior was. Voight even suggested his daughter needed an intervention. That also led to Haven to sever ties with Voight and align himself with his sister.

Eventually, however, Voight tried to make amends, mailing Jolie a gold necklace as a peace offering—that she promptly returned to sender.

Then, roughly a year ago, Haven became a born-again Christian and began training as a minister, at which point he successfully resumed and maintained contact with his father. Haven soon tried to get his sister to follow his lead by make-up with their dad, though she routinely rebuffed the idea.

That’s when Brad Pitt took over, and said Voight “deserved a second chance and so he stepped in.” It apparently did the trick, as it was Jolie who invited her father out to Venice last week.

“The visit actually went really well, and Angie’s thrilled he got on really well with all her kids. She’s grown up a lot, and forgiving Jon is a huge step,” the source says.

The well-photographed trip marked the first time Voight had met with all six of his grandchildren.

Glee star Kevin McHale tweeted Monday, the fact that the cast of his Emmy-winning show has been invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to perform at the White House during the annual event on April 5.

“Two words… White house!!!!!!” tweeted Naya Rivera, while Amber Riley added, “Singing at the white house. I’m in total disbelief… So excited to meet my President and First Lady!!!! Yay!!!”

“so unreal. love me some obamz,” McHale wrote.

And apparently the “obamz,” particularly Sasha and Malia, love them some Glee, according to EW.com, which first reported the presidential coup.

NBC has unveiled the initial guest list for Kevin Eubanks and Jay Leno’s return to “The Tonight Show” next week!

• March 1: Jamie Foxx, Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn, Brad Paisley
• March 2: Sarah Palin, Olympic gold medal snowboarder Shaun White
• March 3: Jaywalk All-Stars with cast of Jersey Shore, Chelsea Handler, Olympic gold medal speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, Avril Lavigne
• March 4: Matthew McConaughey, Jason Reitman
• March 5: Morgan Freeman, Meredith Vieira
• March 8: Simon Cowell
• March 9: Christoph Waltz, animal expert Dave Salmoni, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
• March 10: Kristen Stewart, Guy Fieri
• March 11: Dana Carvey, Kim Kardashian, Colbie Caillat
• March 12: Dakota Fanning, Judd Apatow

If you ladies are obsessed with the “I’m on a horse” Old Spice commercial, you’ll be happy to know the star of said commerical, Isaiah Mustafa, is a former pro football player who has a Twitter and a Wikipedia stub.

Leonardo DiCaprio lost his crown this year as box office king of the world. But he rebounded nicely this weekend with the biggest opener of his career.

Shutter Island dominated the competition with an estimated $40.2 million Friday-Sunday, a bigger haul than DiCaprio’s last two movies made during their respective domestic runs.

Meanwhile, Avatar, the movie that trumped DiCaprio’s Titanic, celebrated its 10th weekend by moving up to third place, scoring another $16.1 million—and putting itself days away from an unprecedented $700 million domestic gross. More good stuff:

• The $80 million Shutter Island is also now the biggest opener of director Martin Scorsese’s considerable career. His previous best was The Departed (also starring DiCaprio); DiCaprio’s was Catch Me If You Can.

• DiCaprio hasn’t had a movie that impressed at the domestic box office since The Departed. His last two, Revolutionary Road and Body of Lies, each failed to top $40 million here.

• Avatar’s now at $687.8 million domestically. How long before it hits $700 million? Not long. Says Exhibitor Relations’ Jeff Bock: “It looks like it’s about seven days away, by this time next week.”

• Bock says Avatar will to continue to be a force right up until Alice in Wonderland, which will usurp the blockbuster’s 3-D and IMAX screens when the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp movie opens March 5.

• After two weekends, the $150 million Wolfman is at about $100 million worldwide, per Box Office Mojo. The horror redo is pretty much done here, with ticket sales freefalling almost 70 percent from last weekend, down to $9.8 million.

• Another holdover, The Lightning Thief, held better than The Wolfman: fourth place, $15.3 million. The $95 million fantasy epic stands at $58.7 million domestically.

• What happened to last weekend’s champ? The suddenly dated Valentine’s Day suffered a drop worthy of The Wolfman (down 69 percent, to $17.2 million). But the $50 million movie still looked great with an $87.4 million two-week domestic take.

• Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer loomed large on four screens in New York and, interestingly, Los Angeles, where authorities want him extradited to stand sentencing on a 1977 rape case. The movie’s per-screen average—$44,750—was the biggest of any weekend film reporting grosses.

Here’s a complete rundown of the weekend’s top-grossing films from Friday-Sunday, per estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:

1. Shutter Island, $40.2 million
2. Valentine’s Day, $17.2 million
3. Avatar, $16.1 million
4. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, $15.3 million
5. The Wolfman, $9.8 million
6. Dear John, $7.3 million
7. The Tooth Fairy, $4.5 million
8. Crazy Heart, $3 million
9. From Paris with Love, $2.5 million
10. Edge of Darkness, $2.2 million