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Kelly Ripa got called “homophobic” by Rosie O’Donnell, and she refused to sit back and take it.

Some background: Clay Aiken co-hosted with Kelly Ripa on Friday and during the course of an interview he put his hand over her mouth to shut her up. To which she responded by telling him she “didn’t know where that hand had been.” It was an attempt to humorously handle what was clearly an outrageously rude thing that Aiken did on live television.

So how did Rosie O’Donnell react? By criticizing Ripa for being homophobic, of course! After outing Clay Aiken as a homosexual (hardly a well-kept secret to be sure), she went on to say that Kelly Ripa wouldn’t have said that to a heterosexual man.

Kelly was watching, and to her credit, called in immediately to slam O’Donnell for what was clearly an attempt to slander her rather than call Aiken on the carpet for his crass behavior.

Rosie O’Donnell is flat out wrong, and she needs to apologize for her attempted slander. Just because she interprets every thought, word and deed through the prism of her perceived victimology because she’s a lesbian doesn’t mean the rest of the world gives a damn about it. Just because she “felt” that it was homophobic doesn’t mean it was. And when you level an accusation, you have the obligation of proof - not the other way around. She tried to cover up for Aiken, and now she’s the one who has egg on her face instead.

The plain fact is that, as one of her co-hosts pointed out, Aiken was being sexist: there is no way he would have ever put his hand over the mouth of a male co-host. It was only because Ripa is female that he felt it was OK. Where was Rosie’s outrage about that?

But in Rosie’s mind evidently, being a homosexual gives you immunity from the rules of decent conduct: both for herself and Clay Aiken. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that O’Donnell can’t get past her sexual identity to understand the rules of common decency, but I’m glad that Kelly Ripa called in to set her straight.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes finally got married, and we’ve got the first wedding picture here just for you!

To enlarge it full-size, just click on the Tom Cruise - Katie Holmes wedding photo at left.

We’ll, of course, be bringing you more details as they emerge later in the day. But we didn’t want to leave you hanging for the image.

Check back later in the day for more news on Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, their wedding, and their honeymoon plans.

After Kate Hudson announced that she was separating from her husband back in August, he has decided to make a move of his own by serving her with divorce papers citing irreconcilable differences.

Although Hudson and Owen Wilson both deny it, it’s pretty obvious that the two have been involved since they filmed ‘You, Me & Dupree’ together. She’s been seen at his home and he vacationed with her and her son Ryder in Hawaii.

I would say that your wife moving on to a new man definitely qualifies as “irreconcilable differences.” This just makes it official…

Despite what you may have heard or read over the last few days: it’s not gonna happen…

Rumors have been flying over the last few days that Beyonce Knowles and Eva Longoria were set to star in a lesbian story, but both have flat out denied that they have anything to do with the project.

It could be either a) someone was trying to get publicity for the movie by publicly floating what they knew to be untrue, or b) some joker put his own fantasy out there and somebody took him seriously.

My initial guess? b) It’s too coincidental that these two women would somehow be paired together in a rumor. It’s too transparent to be a publicity stunt, I think it’s just pretty likely just some guy’s fantasy to see Longoria and Knowles in a lesbian love scene.

Better luck next time, guys…

…Man Alive according to People magazine.

This is his second time at the top of the list, tying him with Brad Pitt who won the honor in 1995 and 2000). Clooney’s first time was almost a decade ago in 1997. He jokes about the rivalry with his friend, Brad Pitt:

“This is one that’s going to be hard for Brad since he’s been `sexiest man alive’ twice,” Clooney tells the magazine. “I’d say `sexiest man alive’ to him and he’d go, `two-time.’ So that’s been taken away.”

“Brad’s been working out a lot,” he adds. “After `Troy,’ he thought he’d be named it a third time _ pull the hat trick, as we called it. But for me, I’ll tell him, `This is my last hurrah.’”

Just more proof that young “studs” still have a lot to learn from old horses…

Just when you thought all the news coming out of Hollywood was all about couple who couldn’t make it what with Jude and Sienna, Britney and Kevin, and Reese and Ryan going their separate ways, Ellen Pompeo proves that’s not the case at all.

Pompeo’s long-time boyfriend, Chris Ivery, proposed on Friday - which just so happened to also be her 37th birthday - and she said yes. No wedding date has been set, but then again maybe we should give them more than just the weekend to think about it before we go expecting something like that.

Congrats to the happy couple!

That’s the real question now that there are rumors that Freeloader is trying to extort millions from her based on a threatened release of a sex tape.

Based on what’s happened to the careers of other starlets who found themselves on the shelves of their local video stores, the answer is a resounding no. Would anyone have ever heard of Paris Hilton without hers? And we’d still be watching Baywatch reruns to catch a glimpse of Pamela Anderson without hers…

Both of these women owe pretty much their entire careers to the release of their tapes, so how effective is his extortion likely to be?

Granted, she probably wants to be spared the public embarrassment of having her sex lives in every living room around the world. But given her current career arc, it couldn’t help but ensure the success of her comeback, could it?

…of their relationship…

It’s fairly unusual when news of a break-up actually makes me laugh. But this time, it definitely did.

An unnamed “source” says:

“Jude and Sienna decided it was over last week. Basically they had fundamental differences in their approaches to life…”

Fundamental differences in their approaches to life? Seems to me that their approaches to life are remarkably similar: they’re just coming at it from opposite ends of the spectrum.

It seems, you see, that Sienna Miller is of the firm belief that when you are in a relationship you should cheat on your partner by sleeping with someone famous - someone like, Daniel Craig. Jude Law, on the other hand, is of the firm belief that when you are in a relationship you should cheat on your partner by sleeping with someone who isn’t - someone like, the nanny.

I can totally understand how those “approaches to life” just wouldn’t be compatible over the long run, can’t you?

In another sad tale of someone who has everything and throws it all away, Daniel Baldwin got busted for driving a stolen vehicle and drug possession.

I’d like to say I feel bad for the guy, but I don’t. Here’s a guy who is a member of one the most famous families in Hollywood and who has a host of acting credits to his name. But it’s not enough, so he has to cross the line to get a thrill.

I doubt this is the last time I’ll be writing this headline, as he’ll most likely end up with some slap on the wrist which will only encourage him to go out and do it again.

Just in case you had any doubt as to just how far Kevin Federline was willing to go to get his hands on Britney Spears’ money, he had his lawyer file a response to her divorce petition in which he is seeking sole custody of their two children and, of course, child support.

But wasn’t he the one who was out partying all night while Britney staying home with the baby? Why does he want the kids all of a sudden? Because he signed a pre-nup which is going to keep his grimy paws off her money, unless, of course, he can get custody of the kids and live off the child support.

His lawyer tried to intimate that Kevin was planning on filing himself, but Britney just beat him to it. Yeah right, Kev. We believe you. Honest. It’s not like we didn’t see your reaction for ourselves when you found out the Britney Spears money train had come to a stop.

What this means is that we’re going to see a very nasty custody battle in which a lot of dirt is going to be thrown in both directions. Luckily the children are too young to be aware of the nastiness and will hopefully be largely unaffected.