This Week's Biggest Losers 08/18/06

Justin Timberlake: The former Mouseketeer might want to watch his Sexyback the next time he does an interview with a music publication. His free association observations about "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks ("can't carry a tune in a bucket") and smoking ("nicotine is more addictive than heroin") - uttered respectively in "Fashion Rocks" and the UK "Observer's Music Monthly" - had publicist Ken Sunshine working in overdrive. Miraculously, Timberlake somehow managed to talk to MTV.com about Lance Bass coming out of the boy band closet without making it a tongue tripping trifecta. No, that honor belonged to Grandma Sadie Bomar, who suggested in Grazia Magazine that Cameron Diaz shouldn't plan the honeymoon just yet.

Pete Doherty: At the beginning of the week, it was all about rumors of Doherty, lead singer of the British rock group Babyshambles, getting ready to say "I do" with gal pal Kate Moss this weekend. By the end of the week, it was all about facing seven counts of drug possession, spending a night in the slammer and appearing in London court on Friday. This kind of thing worked a while back in the UK for Sid (Vicious) and Nancy (Spungen), but instead of a Hollywood movie, one gets the feeling that Doherty and his more judicially fortunate girlfriend will garner, for their efforts, a somber Public Service Announcement.

Bob Yari: The real estate mogul's producing partnership with Cathy Shulman began with the movie "Employee of the Month." But this week, by giving her the equivalent of the finger at the New York red carpet premiere of their latest collaboration, "The Illusionist," Yari has committed a cardinal, Hollywood newcomer sin. He has allowed a courtroom battle (in this case, his dispute with Shulman over the producing credits of "Crash") to bleed onto the red carpet, leading him to uninvite her to "The Illusionist" bash and forcing her to go as co-star Paul Giammatti's date. Bob, it doesn't matter how steamed you are about this. In Hollywood, unlike real estate, they don't like to let the fracas hit the construction site.

Chris Robinson: Maybe the Black Crowes lead singer should have had a premonition something could happen on set with a Wilson when, during an interview with About.com for her 2003 movie with Owen's brother Luke, "Alex & Emma," she mulled over the question of whether or not an admitted crush on a co-star persisted after a production wrapped. "Jesus, honey," Robinson interjected. "If you have to think about it, I mean..." And despite the fact that Owen Wilson's newly retained lawyer Martin Singer is denying all claims that "Me, You and Dupree" translated into a real-life threesome, the Australian media would beg to differ, based the chummy behavior of Wilson and Hudson while promoting the film Down Under just a few weeks ago.