• What do you get when you put Star Jones, Al Reynolds, and OK! magazine together? A tacky trio, desperate for an exclusive on their "anniversary", and a venue pathetic enough to hold the event for free. So far, no takers. [Lowdown]

• Paris Hilton and Stavros Niarchos have called off their romance, at least for the next few hours. After turning in to Kelly Osbourne's 21st birthday bash at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas into $100,000 in fire and water damages (not to mention Paris' runaway monkey), the duo are taking some cool off time. [Star]

• You would've expected Barbara Bush to be BFFs with Tara Reid, but it's Chelsea Clinton that's filling that role. The duo hooked up while Tara was filming the since-axed Taradise and have been insuperable ever since. That's not pleasing presidential hopeful mama Hillary, who's demanded her daughter stop socializing with the misfit. [Radar]

• That was was no dream — it was an Arabian nightmare in Bahrain, when an unsuspecting woman went into the ladies room and discovered .. Michael Jackson! Or maybe it was LaToya, too close to call. [NYDN]

• Former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey is definitely enjoying his life as a gay man, taking to Out 100's party with a one David August, who was (at least officially) not his date. [R&M]

• Tara Reid can behave? Who knew! Her 30th birthday bash was much calmer than it could've been, and you can blame her mom's omnipresent stare for the lack of nip slips. [The Scoop]

• If only you listened to what Diane Dimond has to say instead of intentionally ignoring her barbs, you might agree that Michael Jackson's molestation woes could've (should've?) ended in a mistrial. [Page Six]

• Joaquin Phoenix: Still crazy. At least this time Campbell Robertson got a feel. [Lowdown]

• David Pecker did more than pay off Arnold Schwarzenegger's mistress Gigi Goyette — he also tried to pay to keep a 1983 Playboy tape featuring the governator out of circulation. Two-thousand dollars later, the tape is still available online.

• Kathy Griffin claims that Star Jones Reynolds tried to put a "hit" on her. Namely, that Star tried lobbying E! to include a a contract clause saying the self-proclaimed “D” lister, her family and friends couldn't say anything derogatory about the former Bridezilla. Guess she'll be tossing all her Payless shoes, too.

• Michael Jackson is back doing what he does best: scaring kids (only this time he's hiding his entire body). Well, sort of, since parents and their offspring could see most of its tiny portions through the white Lycra suit he wore at Dubai's Wild Wadi park when he rented it out for families.

• Hurricane Kimora! At least that's what it felt like at the Fashion Rocks for Baby Phat event at Radio City Music Hall last Thursday. Ms. Simmons was screaming at staffers and throwing tantrums. And we wouldn't have her any other way.

• "Gay American" ex-Jersey governor Jim McGreevey is enjoying his newfound out of the closet freedom. He spent Sunday night dining at Maroons in Chelsea with – what else? – a muscle-bound Chelsea boy.

• So where was Prada-wearing devil Anna Wintour on Sunday night? Busted on national TV at the Roger Federer/Andre Agassi U.S. Open tennis finals. She was supposed to be at Diane Von Furstenberg’s Sunday show, where the lights literally coming down on the front row. No doubt her PETA detractors were as disappointed over her absence as DVF herself.

• If you take anything away from Fashion Week, let it be Damon Dash's smart observances: "People are really famous for being famous these days." Really?

• Brad Pitt is setting up post-summer season shop in the Hamptons for two months after Labor Day while Angelina Jolie films The Good Shepard in New York.

• Out former New Jersey governor James McGreevey may be penning a tell-all, but now he's got former lover Golan Cipel writing his own memoir. Meanwhile, the ex-gov is playing house on Fire Island.

• Ashley Olsen might not be returning to NYU this fall as expected, but instead transfer to the same art school Mary-Kate is attending in California, no thanks to her relationship with Greg Chait, yet another nightclub owner (this time he's based in L.A.).

• The brief fling between Sienna Miller and Orlando Bloom is likely kaput, as the Lord of the Rings star is once again in the arms of sometimes-girlfriend Kate Bosworth.

• Nightclub queen Amy Sacco isn't content with just lounges and eateries — now she's launching the travel service Air Bungalow with an inaugural flight to Miami for this weekend's MTV VMAs.

• Neither Eddie Murphy or wife Nicole are waiting for their divorce to go through to return to the single life. They're both running around L.A. hitting celeb-riddled hotspots and neither are hiding it.