It’s true. I’ve been holding out on you guys. You see, my girlfriend Hayden’s birthday was last week, and we celebrated together on Saturday. We had a pool party with a few friends, very low key. I made Hayden wear a cute little birthday hat that I wrote “Sha-Boo-Ya” on. I wanted to write “Yowza” but Hayden loves saying “Sha-Boo-Ya.” Anyway, I snapped a couple pictures during the party, just for myself, but wouldn’t ya know it, someone got a hold of the pictures. And now they are all over the net. So I guess I’ll just post them here for you. (sigh) There is just no privacy left in the world!

Anne Hathaway is in Colorado for the DNC and was asked a couple questions. Here’s my favorite:

AP: Do you think that the entertainment industry has a positive or negative effect on politics?

“I think the entertainment industry has all good intentions when we try to come out. The thing that is unfortunate is that some of us who are maybe a little recognizable, we’ve got to come out as private citizens and support our country in any way that we can … .

“There’s a media spin on it that we’re all out of touch. How could we possibly have an awareness of what real Americans feel and think and need because we just ride around in limos and — I don’t know — buy diamonds all day long? That’s kind of the perception. But I don’t know anyone like that. I’m certainly not like that. I’m a passionate American, and that’s what I am first and foremost.”

Oh Anne! I SO KNOW where you are coming from girl! As an internet celebrity that produces my own shows, and therefore also in the entertainment industry, I know that I am also totally misunderstood. For instance, I can make upwards of 40 dollars for an episode of Shobiz Newsy News… and you make what? 30 grand a day on the set of “Get Smart?” Yeah, close enough. Anyway… people think that I buy diamonds all day long too! SO NOT TRUE! I buy diamonds, at the most, once a week.

If you’re Donald Trump, it’s not hard to get celebrities to show up for your party. And if you’re a powerful and wealthy sultan, it’s even easier.

An exclusive party to launch the Trump International Hotel & Tower Dubai was thrown by Donald Trump and His Excellency Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem at a private estate in Bel-Air on Saturday night.

And the stars definitely came out for this bash.

The long black limo list included Hilary Swank, Russell Crowe, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Orlando Bloom, Hayden Panettiere, Ali Larter, Brent Bolthouse, Aaron Eckhart, Kate Walsh, HBO honcho Colin Callendar, Wolfgang Puck, and more. Heidi Klum, Naomi Watts and Demi Moore turned out for the NY version June 23.

So who is this sultan dude? He’s the founder-chairman of Dubai World, a holding company that has $80 billion-$100 billion in assets, including one of the world’s largest port operators, a massive private equity house, retailer Barneys New York, and Nakheel, developer of the new hotel and Dubai’s palm-tree-shaped man-made islands.

He also owns the port operating subsidiary that had control of six U.S. ports until Congress objected to handing the keys to a Middle Eastern company.

The next time someone tells you that pregnant women are beautiful & sexy, I want you to point them to this post. Nuff said.

Here’s Ali Larter on the beach with some dude and some dogs. I can’t decide whether or not these pics turn me on. On the one hand, she’s got a great stomach and legs. On the other hand, her torso reminds me of a 14 year old boy wearing a bikini top. Ugh! I’m so sexually confused!

Here she is. The amazing Brooke-foot, in these exclusive images. SEE HER in her natural habitat! WATCH HER eat the food the Brooke-Foot lives on! BE AMAZED as the Brooke-Foot attempts to use modern technology! It is an amazing sight to see!

Toni Braxton, singer, 40, and season one DWTS champ Alec Mazo
Lance Bass, singer, 29, and Lacey Schwimmer
Ted McGinley, actor, 50, and Inna Brayer
Cloris Leachman, actress, 82, and Corky Ballas
Warren Sapp, former NFL star, 35, and Kym Johnson
Rocco DiSpirito, chef, 41, and Karina Smirnoff
Kim Kardashian, TV personality, 27, and reigning DWTS champ Mark Ballas
Maurice Green, Olympic gold medalist track and field star, 34, and two-time DWTS champ Cheryl Burke
Misty May-Treanor, Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player, 31, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Susan Lucci, Emmy-award winning soap opera actress, 61, and Tony Dovolani
Jeffrey Ross, 42, comedian, and Edyta Sliwinska
Cody Linley, 18, actor, and two-time DWTS champ Julianne

Here are the peeps… in case you don’t know them by name:
Toni Braxton is that hot black chick that used to sing stuff.
Lance Bass is the gay guy from Nsync.
Ted McGinley is know as the “killer” of shows, cause when he becomes part of the cast, the series is soon over. He was on Happy Days, The Love Boat & Married With Children. (Once you see his face, you will know who he is.)
Cloris Leachman was just posted here in the Roast of Bob Saget video. Watch for her to break a hip.
Warren Sapp: token football player.
Rocco DiSpirito is a chef, but he also had his own reality show called “The Restaurant.”
Kim Kardashian. Known for having a big ass & a sex tape.
Maurice Green: token athlete.
Misty May-Treanor: the brunette… the short one… from the beach volleyball gold medal team.
Susan Lucci: soap opera chick.
Jeffrey Ross… fat ugly comedian that is at every ‘roast’ but has never done anything. (You’ll recognize him from his picture.)
and Cody Linely. You don’t know this kid. He’s 16, and I think his biggest claim to fame is a 5 episode stint on “Hanna Montana.” And that show is so bad, even I don’t watch it.

Today 10:05 AM PDT by GINA SERPE

Five months before the new season of American Idol is set to kick off (and apparently trying to steal some of Dancing With the Stars’ thunder), producers are shaking things up in a big way, messing with what was until now a winning formula and adding a fourth permanent judge to the table.

Joining Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson when the eighth season of the reality juggernaut begins in January is prolific singer-songwriter Kara DioGuardi.

“Believe me, it’s outta nowhere for me, too,” DioGuardi assured shocked viewers on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show this morning.

“I got a call from my agent, saying, you know, they’re looking for a fourth judge, and I was like, ‘Uh, do you have the wrong number? Why are you calling me?’

“So they met with me, and three days ago I got the call to go to New York—and here I am.”

The Grammy nominee’s name may not be familiar to Idol viewers, but her sound should be. DioGuardi has strong ties to the behind-the-scenes world of Idol, writing tracks for David Cook, David Archuleta, Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken, Bo Bice, Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks.

She has also more than earned her credentials outside the Idol universe, penning hits for Britney Spears, Jonas Brothers, Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Paris Hilton, Avril Lavigne, Lindsay Lohan, Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield, Santana, Hilary Duff, Simpsons Jessica and Ashlee and just about any other artist who’s cracked Billboard’s Top 10 in recent years.

And if viewers are wondering where on the judges’ scale of causticity she’ll fall…

“It’s hard for me to not be honest,” she said. “I’m known to be very exclamatory…My vibe is to the point, and I can be pretty tough at times, but also nurturing when I need to be.”