Shakira in a sex tape? Why not? All the cool kids are doing it. According to AOL Latino Musica, a homemade tape could involve Shakira in a threesome with her boyfriend Antonio de la Rua and singer/songwriter Alejandro Sanz.

The tape is said to be held by prosecutors in the case against Carlos Gonzalez and his wife Alzate, ex-employees of Sanz who are accused of extortion against him.

Publicists for both Sanz and Shakira have denied that a tape exists.

Javier Ceriani, host of Zona Cero, said that, according to the prosecutor, “if some of this tape’s content would be made public, it could seriously threaten the singer and couple’s private life”.

Paris Hilton has signed on with MTV to do a new reality show tentatively titled Paris Hilton’s My New BFF (best friend forever for those of you who don’t speak teenage girl), reports Variety. The show will feature 20 potential new best friends competing to prove they have what it takes to hang with Paris Hilton.

MTV has ordered 10 episodes of the show, which will air during the fourth quarter of 2008.

Britney Spears’ family responded to Dr. Phil’s claims that she needs an intervention (as if it were some big secret).

“Here you have Britney, who needs to have some security somewhere that every single thing she does and every single person she has a relationship with doesn’t become an opportunity to be exploited,” said Lou Taylor, the family’s business manager. “I mean, when do you ever rest if you’re in constant fear of being exploited, of being taken advantage of?”

The family believes Dr. Phil acted inappropriately because as a doctor, he should have honored her privacy, even though he’s not actually her doctor.

Britney Spears’ lawyers have finally realized what the rest of us realized long ago: they have no prayer of winning. TMZ reports that her law firm Trope and Trope has filed papers asking to withdraw their representation of her in the case with K-Fed.

Tara Scott of Trope and Trope wrote in the request, “There has been a breakdown in communications between [Britney] and Trope and Trope making further representation of her interests impossible.”

Nicole Kidman has told the Daily Mail that she and her husband of 18 months, Keith Urban, are expecting their first baby. This is her third child (the first two she adopted while married to Tom Cruise) but the first she has given birth to. Shortly after her divorce from Tom Cruise, she claimed to have suffered a miscarriage.

By the time High School Musical 3 comes out, there will certainly be no shortage of scandals surrounding its cast, although I don’t think this particular one will have the mileage the nude photo scandal did. According to Fox News via BuddyTV, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, who may or may not be dating this week, were seen at Lola’s in Hollywood, where they were sipping martinis and cuddling. They’re not overly young any more but are still shy of being 21. Zac is 20; Vanessa just turned 19. While I’d hope they would show a bit more discretion (perhaps that’s expecting too much), at least they’re not drinking and driving like half the celebrities their age.

Over the past couple weeks since Jamie Lynn Spears revealed she’s pregnant at age 16, she’s been the subject of much gossip, but this story if true has the potential to propel her to Britney levels. According to Star Magazine via Showbiz Spy, Casey Aldridge may not be the father of the baby after all.

Friends have said they were no longer dating, and “two separate Spears family insiders” believe the real father is an executive on her TV show Zoey 101. The reason behind claiming Casey is the father, they say, is that the actual father would be charged with statutory rape, something that was (foolishly) discussed as a possibility for Casey before we found out he was just slightly less than two years older than she is.

“Casey is being paid off to be the family’s fall guy while the real father remains unidentified,” says Star magazine.

“In Hollywood, little girls grow up fast, and she is no exception,” one of the sources said. “With everything that has gone on in her family, she needed someone to look up to… But the man she found seems to have completely taken advantage of her.”

Another source added, “Some of us have doubts as to the legitimacy of the claim that Casey is the father… Before the news of the pregnancy, how often did you see them together?”

In its first day of release, Jessica Simpson’s Blonde Ambition, which opened at 8 Texas locations, had a per theater average of $48, for a total of $384 on its first day yesterday, according to Fantasy Moguls. The movie will be released on DVD on January 22 and is essentially a straight-to-DVD release, but it appears they were just putting it in theaters just to say they did. Definitely a case of “Why bother?” since only a couple hundred people will actually see the movie before it comes out on DVD.

Most people are reacting (and perhaps overreacting) to news of Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant. Lindsay Lohan doesn’t seem to care, though. When asked by OK Magazine what she thought, Lindsay responded, “Not much… Why do people think it’s such a big deal?”

Granted, this is coming from someone who’s already been in jail (kinda) and rehab at age 21.

Thanks to my friend Andrew over at the digital photography blog GoldenGod.net for the heads up on this story.

Alright, I know what you’re all thinking, “Christ, not another friggin’ Paris Hilton story, who cares anymore?!” Well, I have to say, I can’t agree with you more.

Paris earned her celebrity by being a celebrity (don’t ask me how that works), and then she got nailed with a DUI, then she was in jail, and out of jail and back in again and now, finally, she is free, for the time being at least. No matter what this woman does, or even doesn’t do, she manages to find her way into the pages of nearly every magazine and newspaper, but no more.

Today was a fantastic day in the world of celebrity gossip and Paris Hilton news. The journalists have had enough and are finally fighting back!
It all started with US Weekly refusing to give Paris Hilton the cover story of their next issue; for that matter they refused to even include mention of her in the next issue, period. Now, it is quite obvious that was a PR stunt to try and garner even more attention for the magazine, which definitely worked, but hey, an issue of US Weekly without Paris Hilton, stunt or otherwise, is a miracle among celebrity gossip miracles.

Later in the day, and even better than the US Weekly news, was an event that happened lived on MSNBC that will not soon be forgotten. News Anchor Mika Brzezinski was told to lead into the news hour with a story about Paris Hilton’s interview on Larry King Live, and she refused. Live, on air, for all the world to see, she flat out refused to talk about the interview or anything to do with Paris Hilton. Not only did she refused to read the story, she tried to burn it! She did fail to burn it; however, after stealing it back from a fellow anchor that snatched it from her hands, she tore it into shreds! Better still, her producer slipped her another copy of the story and her reaction was to stand up, march over to the paper shredder and let her rip. All of this was live, on air, on MSNBC’s morning show, Morning Joe. Now if that’s not a powerful statement, I don’t know what is.

Watch video of MSNBC News Anchor Mika Brzezinski tearing up her Paris Hilton story!