Happy 4th of July, ya'll!

Britney says, "Be careful not to drink & drive."

Of good cheer because, hey, 'It's my birthday and I'm gonna party like it's my birthday,' (yeah, yeah, I brought on a revised 'In Da Club.' If it was good enough for Mary Kate, you know it's good enough for LiLo), Hohan offers a peace sign to the paparazzi camped outside her 19th birthday party. Note the guy in the background wearing the jacket with Hohan's mantra: "Young, Rich, Rebellious."(and still coked up)

Meanwhile, the Mary-Kate/Hohan/Nicole club claims another victim. With that long, blonde, crinkly hair and bony body, Avril's Lindsay's twin. Quick: You tell me who's who (note: the ring's the clue, kids).

Continuing with the Lohan party, last week, it was a shot of Courtney Love in a see-through skirt. This week, it's a close-up of crap in Lindsay Lohan's teeth (via JJB) at the Today Show. Ewwww. But proof that she's eating something, at least...

Anna Nicole, I know you heard there was a party, so of course, you wanted to be here, but focus, focus, Anna - it's to aid Africa, not Playboy. Right, Anna - Africa. If it'll make it easier, sure, it's where all the black people are. We can pull out a map and find it, if you want, but put a shirt on first and stop moving around. Seriously- this isn't Girls Gone Wild and we're not in Cancun.

Adorable little Apple and mom, Gwyneth, checked out Coldplay's show at Live 8. How ridiculously cute is she? - but Gwyn, I'm starting to notice that little Apple's a thumbsucker...and it's giving me flashbacks to the 8 years of braces I endured because I refused to stop sucking my thumb by the time I was 2. So yeah- stop her while she's young. She doesn't want to be the only 3rd grader with braces.

Fuck ya'll, all of ya'll, who said I was over. Who else got over 200,000 people up to sing and dance with abandon? ...Glad to see Madonna was back in top form.

All the juiciest gossip on the backstage antics at the London show can be found here. Includes Brad Pitt's whining over a dressing room (& probably missing Ang & Mad who were at the Cornwall show), Stella McCartney's feud with her stepmother, Sir Paul's social-climbing wife, Heather, and more of Mariah Carey's demands.

No mention in the article of Kentucky hometown boy, Babydaddy, and his band, Scissor Sisters because they were raised right & wouldn't complain about a dressing room while thousands of people are dying in Africa (excepting of course, the diva number occasionally pulled when called 'Scott' instead of Babydaddy in front of fans). They still got a great review for the show, though. And how much do we love that Ana Matronic told it like it was with Paris, saying that Paris Squared had no business being at Live 8?

While Brad was in London for the charity show, Jennifer got close to her pals in California. She returned from shooting with Vince Vaughn in Chicago to spend time with Courtney Cox Arquette and little Coco.

Bennifer II continued their honeymoon in the Turks & Caicos while La Lopez went shopping...alone.

With all her money, J Ho should be able to afford to not walk around looking like the rest of us. Almost EVERYONE and their mother has that skirt this summer - or does she want the roomier look for a reason - she does look a little pregnant in it, no?

more avril showing off the ring

SIGHTING: Natasha Richardson dining outside with her two cute sons (and Liam Neeson's) at Nick & Toni's on the Upper West Side last Thursday. Hot Liam, unsurprisingly, wasn't with the fam.