Gossip / Rumors

Believe what you want about Chace Crawford, but this is just plain humiliating: He got drunk under the table by girls.

So say Rush & Molloy, who report he was at Justin Timberlake's BBQ joint Southern Hospitality the other night, and got challenged to a pitcher duel by a trio of girls. Chace and co. found themselves on the losing end, and Chace himself was left red-faced, and not just because he got schooled.

He didn't get close to the White House and now things are real stinky for John Edwards.

According to the New York Daily News, a poopy diaper snatched by a National Enquirer reporter from the Beverly Hilton could be the evidence that proves Edwards is the father of his mistress Rielle Hunter's baby. "All they need is a cup he drank from," says a source, to prove he's the baby daddy, which he's steadfastly denied.

George Clooney could have just about any woman in the world, but there is just something about Krista Allen he can't resist.

Or so say Rush & Molloy, who report "friends" of George say he's back with Allen, whom he dated from 2002-04. He moved on to Lisa Snowden (pretty brunette) and then Sarah Larson (pretty brunette), and now he's returned to ... yes, the pretty brunette.

Blimey! Could Oprah Winfrey give up her post as Queen of All Media to be ... Barack Obama's British ambassador?

Yeah, we know it sounds ridiculous -– and the Financial Times admits it does, too –- but "well-placed sources" are floating the rumor. They argue since O's been such an ardent B.O. proponent, she could have her pick of plum embassy jobs.

Travis Barker just can't break that Shanna Moakler spell. One of our staffers spotted them last night eating dinner together at an Italian restaurant in the San Fernando Valley, just days after he returned to L.A. Travis even took a picture with our dude.

Travis, who was limping badly, told us he's just happy to be alive after the plane crash. Shanna says she's been very emotional and "crying a lot."

You'll recall, last week Travis blogged that he hadn't seen Shanna since the week he checked into the hospital (September 20). For her part, last week Shanna not-so-cryptically said "With great tragedy comes great truths. These truths either bring people together or tear them apart."

It's a celebrity wedding with invited guests like Tom Brady and John Travolta, and Coldplay as the houseband. So which mega-couple is getting hitched? Sara Blakely and Jesse Itzler.

Um, who?

Blakely was the runner-up on the short-lived Richard Branson reality series, "The Rebel Billionaire." Jesse Itzler was once a rapper known as Jesse Jaymes. He had mild success with something called "Shake It (Like A White Girl)" -- he also wrote the New York Knicks theme song, "Go New York, Go!"

Both have gone on to have crazy success -- Blakely owns a women's undergarment company called SPANX and Itzler is Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of Marquis Jet, a leading private jet company.

Janet Jackson has already bailed on ten concerts since Sept. 29, and now it looks like the rest of the dominoes could fall as well.

She's also going to pull out of shows in DC, Jersey, and Atlanta this week, reports the New York Post, and a source says Ms. Jackson "should cancel all her dates now." All the cancellations have been very last minute.

So there's a rumor out there that Kim Kardashian may be back on "Dancing with the Stars" after Misty May tapped out with an Achilles tendon injury.

Here's what we know. Kim is flying back from New Orleans tomorrow. Our source in the know says she's coming home "to meet with ABC execs about her future with the show."

Here's the weird part: We're told KK's partner, Mark Ballas, has not been contacted about coming back.

For the second time in about a week, the paps spotted Jimmy Kimmel out with his ex, Sarah Silverman. The two say they're "just friends" -- but do friends put their hand where Jimmy's looks like it is?

After a family brawl left former WWE legend Ric Flair with a black eye and his daughter tased by police, wrestling blogs have been laying the Smackdown on TMZ.

Wrestling fans are buzzing that our stories put the kibosh on an endorsement The Nature Boy had with Coke. Whoa Nelly! Flair never had an endorsement with Coke -- at least that's what Flair's peeps say.

But think about Flair doing a concealer ad for Revlon. Now you're talkin ...

And speaking of pissed off ... we got her at Universal Studios Hollywood -- Disney will love that.

If voting were up to the cast and crew of "DWTS" -- we're told Warren Sapp would be the first one to go.

Our spies at "DWTS" tell TMZ Sapp may have big personality when the cameras are rolling, but his big head and man-diva attitude are causing problems behind the scenes.

We're told Sapp talks down to everybody (especially the guy dancers and production assistants), yells at people and consistently walks out of rehearsals with partner Kym Johnson.

Move ovah, Shannon Elizabeth!

Let the rumors of dating, marriage and inevitable breakup begin.