Britney Spears to pay $375,000 of Kevin Federline's legal bills "The actions of [Spears] caused the great majority of litigation."  Brit’s lawyer has asked that Federline contribute to his own legal bills. K fed has no steady income but he did tip $2,000 on a recent dining tab of $365.

The office is coming back to television soon and they have finished taping the first episode. In the first episode Michael has a dinner party and it is terrible. The episode will air on April 10th..and was actually written before production shut down.

Ryan Seacrest is one of Detail’s new 2008 Mavericks. He is one of 22 big thinkers shaping your life. Also on the list….Diablo Cody, DJ Marck Ronson and Amy Poehler.

Paul McCartney has been ordered to pay Heather Mills $48.6 million bucks in their divorce settlement. This is only a fraction of what Heather wanted however her people say she is very happy.

Justine Bateman is going to guest star on Desperate Housewives as a hip artist living with Gabby and Carlos. New episodes of DH start on April 13th.
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George Clooney is not returning to ER for its final 15th season. There were tons of rumors circulating and Clooney didn’t know where they started.

Simon Cowell was on Oprah yesterday and he talked Idol. He thinks that
• popularity won out over talent in Season 5 Taylor Hicks v. Chris Daughtry.
• last year was “just ok” and that if this year hadn’t improved over last, it would have been the end of the show.
• Most talented cast ever
• David Archuleta is the front-runner, but don’t rule out Brooke White, David Cook and Jason Castro.