Heard the following before? "Joss and Beau have split up, but they remain good friends," says her rep. The pair met when Stone, now 18, was just 16. Beau Dozier coproduced Stone's latest album, "Mind Body and Soul," along with his father.

It was a masterful public relations coup. Very late Wednesday, on the eve of Thanksgiving with most celebrity followers off on a four-day holiday, fun couple and verified to Us Weekly the scoop that they were parting. That was fair -- the magazine reported the couple's split in its Oct. 17 issue; at that time, Lachey's publicist issued a denial of an official separation.

, who plays a hunky plumber on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," will host the 2006 Miss America pageant, which is heading to the Las Vegas Strip in hopes of boosting ratings and updating the contest's image. Country Music Television will air the contest from the Aladdin Resort & Casino on Jan. 21. Meanwhile, Denton's "DH" costar is suing a British tabloid newspaper for libel over its claims she had "sex romps" with men in a Volkswagen van.

London law firm Schillings said Hatcher had instructed it to begin libel proceedings against the Daily Sport. The claims "were repeated extensively elsewhere in many countries," the firm said. Hatcher "bitterly refutes these offensive allegations," it said.

It's the third capture of an accused child molester on "Oprah's Child Predator Watch List." is presently in custody in Costa Rica. Winfrey will give $100,000 as a bounty.

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