Life & Style reports that Bilson and Brody are dunzo. This isn’t a huge surprise, as there have been rumors of a split forever, and the two have rarely been photographed together the past few months. “They’ve been done for a few weeks,” says a friend.

Is it just me, or have the past couple of months been almost entirely celeb break-ups, with very few new couplings? I guess it’s a new trend. This also means there are a lot of free celebs out on the singles market. Hopefully the new year will bring a wave of fun new celeb couplings. Any guesses?

Gwyneth Paltrow responded today to reports that she gave a Portuguese newspaper a quote that “the British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans.”

Says Paltrow: “I felt so upset to be completely misconstrued and I never, ever would have said that. I definitely did not say that I think the British are more intelligent and civilized than Americans. I am a New York girl, that’s how I always think of myself and see myself.”

Paltrow denies giving an interview specifically to the Portuguese paper, although she did give a press conference — in Spanish — for an endorsement she did in Spain. “Obviously I need to go back to seventh-grade Spanish!” quips Paltrow.

Update: Ha! The ever-worldly Evil T just emailed me to remind me that they don’t speak Spanish in Portugal. Hee hee, maybe Gwyneth needs to go back to seventh-grade social studies instead. I should probably go with her.

UpdateUpdate: In fairness, perhaps the writing staff of that Portuguese daily needs to brush up on their Spanish. Or, you know, stop fabricating stories.

Did anyone catch her on Regis and Kelly this morning? She’s still creepily well-spoken, but it’s a little less freaky now that she’s a pre-teen. It was just really, really unsettling when she was, like, 7, carrying herself with more poise and maturity than most of my coworkers (in fairness, I work in software).

In the sick, sick mind of a celebrity gossip blogger, I’m staring at my TV, trying to follow her captivating story about her recent orthodontist visit, and I’m just sitting there thinking “I cannot wait until this girl flashes her coochie.” Not in a because-I-plan-to-masturbate-to-it sort of way, just in a watching-gossip-history-unfold sort of way. I mean, she’s 12 years old now. By the time she’s 15 or so, she’ll probably be Paris Hilton’s BFF, because Lindsay Lohan was 15 when Paris adopted her (this is assuming Paris manages to not OD on cocaine or Valtex between now and then). Then will come the drunken nights at whatever the hot LA club is at that point (let’s call it “Phurie”), and the hordes of paparazzi, and the short skirts and the absence of underwear, and then the holy, holy grail: the Dakota Fanning Crotch Shot.

So I’m starting a pool. $5 gets you in. In what year will we get the elusive Dakota Fanning crotch shot?

a) She won’t hold out much longer: 2007
b) After she needs a bra: 2009
c) During the post-Oscar-win frenzy: 2011
d) At least wait until it’s not kiddie porn: 2012
e) You are a sick, sick woman. Dakota would never do that. She will be a virgin forever and will never drink or use drugs or fall into that Hollywood trap. Also, I’m her mother.

Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments. If you’d like to play, email me at evilbeet@gmail.com with your guess, and I’ll tell you where to send the check.

Now that we’ve finally got that Kid Rock nonsense behind us, we’re back to adorable pictures of Pam with the true love of her life, Tommy Lee. The two got together to watch their sons play football in Westlake Village, but can a sequel to their fabulous sex tape be far behind? When are they going to realize they were made for each other?!*

*As a side note, “We Were Made for Each Other” is also the name of a track off the Jack’s Mannequin album, Everything in Transit. Tommy Lee actually played the drums on this album, and if you haven’t heard it, I suggest you do so immediately.

Jessica Simpson had an Ashlee moment at the Kennedy Center honors for Dolly Parton. After singing Dolly Parton’s classic “9-5″ Jessica, looking quite nervous said to the crowd “so nervous” then exited the stage. I guess the audience did not clap and seemed stunned at Jess’s behavior. At the end of the show Jessica appeared to be crying when all of the artists returned to the stage. There is a question to if her performance will be edited out of the show because of her strange behavior which is sad for Jess since things haven’t really gone her way as of late. Maybe she was so scared that because of her declining career she might actually have to “gasp” take a 9-5 job. I mean, that would scare me to tears too.

The Kennedy Center Honors airs December 26th at 9 PM on CBS.

UPDATE: Best Week Ever has the best fake liveblogging of this event EVER.

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*NSYNCer Lance Bass and his boyfriend, Reichen Lehmkuhl, have parted ways, according to TMZ.com. Lance’s publicist issued a statement confirming the split, which is rumored to have come as a surprise to Reichen, who’d been denying any split to family and mutual friends.

This summer, the two caused quite a stir when their relationship led boy-bander and Cosmonaut hopeful Bass to come out of the closet, creating bitter disappointment among 12-year-old girls everywhere (and, sadly, a college sorority sister of mine, who is probably in for a lifetime of doomed relationships).

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Ladies and gentlemen, via Spiteful Lars, Josh Rouse. Our lovely blogger told me to check this guy out and I am so happy that I did. I love this guy and “It Looks Like Love” is one of my new favorite songs. His voice is velvet and the music has a great bouncy pop feel that makes for perfect driving/riding on the subway music. This will make you happy, espically if you are in one of those states that has finally slipped into winter.