Eight gold medals warrants the cover of Sports Illustrated for Michael Phelps. It also fuels love-life queries! While his famous-person crush is Cameron Diaz, and he thinks it’s “cool” that Carrie Underwood is ga-ga him, he denies that he’s dating swimmer/Playboy cover girl Amanda Beard. Amanda supports the denial by saying “ew!” to all statements involving kissing or holding hands with Michael P. Still a coin toss if he’s dating model Lily Donaldson.

After eight weeks of marriage, Chris Kattan splits up with wife Sunshine Tutt. It’s nothing to laugh about, and that’s the problem for Chris.

David Beckham’s 33-year-old life is, evidently, all the ingredients for a musical in London. “Beckham’s story is a modern-day fairytale of heroes, villains, love, Manchester United and what it means to lead your country,” explained the songwriter for hire. “His rise from obscurity to international stardom, his universally acknowledged gifts as a supreme sportsman, and his Hollywood lifestyle all have the elements of an aspirational fable.”

Ellen and Portia’s wedding is chronicled in this week’s People – hits newsstands Thursday! Here’s the cover and one peering-over-sexy-backs pose, both clad in gorgeous Zac Posen.

And a little Tuesday ogling: Everybody loves pictures of Kate Beckinsale in a bikini, right? Or wait, is it Charlize Theron that you prefer? Fine, Matthew McConaughey then?

Photos: Fayes Vision/WENN; Nikki Nelson/WENN

(Grrr!)

Is this you — with the Bald ‘n’ Growling Britney tattoo? Please write back. I’d like to touch this.

Source: Bad Tattoos in Funny Places (City Rag)

McAdams and Gosling — don’t eff with our heads. You’re either together or you’re … together, right?

10PM in Toronto — Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams walk into Grace, a restaurant on College Street. Holding hands!

There was a bit of magic (and regret when appropriate) when Rachel spoke of her onscreen chemistry with Ryan in T Magazine …

Perhaps Ryan will park his cute ol’ butt in Canada with Rachel, who’s prepping her selling face for the Toronto Film Festival, beginning Sept. 4. Then, we’ll have pictures. Proof. Then, can The Notebook revisit the DVD player again.

Source: McGosling Delight (Lainey Gossip)

Photo: Dave Edwards/DailyCeleb.com

("We gotta make sure my butt stays this big, OK?"

J.Lo no longer sells. In fact, these days, J-Love gets more attention than the former half of Bennifer, and she’s not even training for a triathlon! All Jennifer Love Hewitt probably has is one of those blue exercise balls.

After her “Good Morning America” segment, the former diva and current dying-to-be-a-diva-that-is-reckoned-with was overheard muttering that she: “couldn’t understand why everyone is talking about that swimmer,” according to a source, via MSNBC’s The Scoop. “She couldn’t come up with (eight-time gold-medal winner Michael) Phelps’ name, and then she yammered on about how she was the one training for a triathlon just six months after giving birth, and how that was the big story right now, not ‘the swimmer.’ ”

And omilord, Jennifer is keeping a blog.

Source: Phelps, schmelps! J.Lo’s also in training (MSNBC’s The Scoop)

Photo: Anthony Dixon/WENN

Julia Roberts, ditching her woven-poncho-life of New Mexico for a little Southern California beach fare. With five girlfriends in tow, Julia lit up Hal’s, one of BFF’s favorite restaurants in Venice (live and die for the turkey burger!). Clad in a purple tunic, light khaki pants and a semi-trench coat, she looked radiant — much to the dismay of this BFF Good Eye spy — her big Pretty Woman mouth curved into a smile much of the night. Upon her exit, Julia was greeted by a pap, which her girlfriends formed a No-He-Just-Didn’t wall around Julia to block his shot.

Ted Danson, looking every bit the silver fox that he is — the very words of this randy East Coast BFF Good Eye spy — leaving the Maritime Hotel in New York City on 16th and 9th. He was on his cell, natch, praying he’d be mistaken for one of those Gossip Girl fellas.

Q’orianka Kilcher, spotted at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market when this BFF Good Eye spy uttered, “Oh, there’s that girl — but I can’t say her name.” (Like a game of telephone, the friend of the spy was unaware of the famous face — and thought that the spy merely wanted to sleep with her.) Better known as Pochantas, Q’orianka was clad in a black sundress, sans makeup, but with a handsome male companion — the two lingered about the tamale stand before hopefully caving in (BFF reccommendation: the blue corn tamale with a roasted green chile and melted jack cheese with spicy garlic sauce, mmm!)

**(Be a Good Eye spy: Throw BFF a bone and send in your awesome celebrity sightings — saturated with details! — to BFF@HOLLYWOOD.COM. Kiss!)

Photos: Dan Jackman/WENN; Adriana M. Barraza/WENN; Dave Edwards/DailyCeleb.com

("I've got your $700,000 right here in this shiny bag!")

So, Britney Spears has legal bills that amount to over $700,000. And, yeah, that includes $250,000 she’s agreed to pay Kevin Federline’s team of lawyers. What doesn’t fit here?

The money, of course, is paying for the custody dispute over Sean Preston and Jayden. It breaks down like this: Brit’s biggest biter is attorney Stacy D. Phillips, who’s demanding $407,000 for her months of work — and additionally, she’s written off $125,000 in fees. Brit also needs to pay $60,000 to Laura Wasser, who picked up the case in June to negotiate more hours for Brit to spend with her sons.

Britney shells out $20,000 to Kevin every month, which was part of an agreement settled this past July.

They say all is resolved, but K-Fed still retains full custody, while Britney has some overnight visits — when she’s lucky.

In an odd way, I think folks are hoping that Brit’s appearance (even if it’s just a pre-taped promotional skit) at the MTV Video Music Awards will help this girl climb out of all of this. I have this unpretty image of Brit stuck in a well, à la Silence of the Lambs …

Source: Britney Spears’ custody battle with K-Fed costly; legal bills could top $700,000 (Newser)

Photo: WENN

("Something in my teeth?! OMFG!)

“Oh, you can’t take my picture when I’m picking my teeth! It’s not fair!”

– Blake Lively, whining like hell when a doting fan snapped some photos of Blake, right when the world turned upside-down and someone “said” that “something” was stuck between Blake’s pearly whites. The freaked-out fan deleted the images — the Gossip Girl made sure of it.

At VitaminWater’s premiere fete for Gossip Girl in Bridgehampton, NY Mag’s Daily Intel witnessed the most amazing encounter between Blake Lively and the Thing between her teeth.

It involved one panicked Blake Lively, one befuddled reporter who sacrificed a piece of paper from the journalist’s trusty notepad in order for Blake to pick her teeth with, which she ordered a harem of publicists to “Hide me! Hide me!” while she picked, and finally, the one savior flack who, of course, thought to bring floss. What the sugar is she paying the rest of you for?!

Casualties: the fan that Blake barked at, who’s giving up on Gossip Girl for 90210. Maybe some of you, too.

Source: The ‘Gossip Girl’ Season-Premiere Party — Plus, Blake Lively Gets Food in Her Teeth! (NY Mag’s Daily Intel)

Photo: PNP/WENN

I’m baffled to find out that The Hills is the most popular show in MTV’s history. My limited exposure to The Hills includes the one episode L.C. goes to Paris and has the dullest conversation with those musicians; running into L.C. at the Beverly Hills Hotel, bragging about her Dolce Vita heels; YouTube coercion of Heidi Montag’s music video on the beach; countless Us Weekly covers of Heidi updating America on her surgical escapades. And, hey, who the freak is Lo?

With that said, it’s obvious that I am no expert and this post has no relevance. But the pictures below are still gems.

Like Lauren, shocked by her next, big, footstep (plus the goon’s lips to her right) and Whitney Port getting pushed by a big black man.

Audrina to Lauren, wondering where the beach sand really does stop existing; Lauren, holding onto to Paradise Cove’s white picket fence as her parents inspect her cleavage.

Heidi and Spencer, unable to get around the doorman for inappropriate dress; Lauren goes palm-to-palm with a pap, claiming, I’m trapped — just like you.

Photos: WENN