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Britney Spears Has a Baywatch Moment

Britney Spears had a whirlwind getaway in Mexico this weekend, where she let her new hair down – and offered some friendly advice to fellow tourists.

Over her three-day vacation, the singer, 25, stayed at the Four Seasons in Punta Mita, 26 miles from Puerto Vallarta.

While strolling on the beach with a pal at the Four Seasons, Spears stopped an older couple, also guests at the hotel, to warn them: "Be careful, there are lots of man o' war jellyfish washing up on shore, you don't want to get stung," a source tells PEOPLE.

According to the source, Spears was "very sweet" – and the couple didn't recognize her until she started talking to them.

"She seemed happy and carefree with her friend," says the source.

Spears, who went to Mexico on Thursday and returned to Los Angeles on Sunday, was photographed over the weekend in Mexico wearing a turquoise-and-white sarong with her blonde hair extensions in a messy ponytail.

The weekend away comes just days after she posted a message on her Web site, saying she was at "rock bottom" when she went to rehab earlier this year and thanking fans for their support. "I love you for still loving me," she wrote.

Spears, who has been recording a new album, also recently performed several shows in Los Angeles, Miami and Las Vegas in recent weeks.

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Isaiah Washington Let Go from Grey's Anatomy

The speculation is over: After a controversial season, Isaiah Washington will not be returning to Grey's Anatomy, his rep and ABC Television Studio have confirmed.

Howard Bragman, Washington's publicist, says Washington's option was not renewed, and released this statement from the actor: "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more."

Bragman did not elaborate on the statement, a reference to the 1976 film Network.

The cast was notified Thursday night of the final decision, which, says a source close to the situation, was a long time coming. In the end, the source says, Washington's behavior made him a liability.

Rumors ran rampant following the season finale – during which Washington's character, Dr. Preston Burke, broke up with his fiancée, Christina Yang (Sandra Oh), and moved out of their apartment – that Washington would not be returning.

The actor first came under fire last fall after getting into an altercation with Patrick Dempsey, during which he allegedly referred to castmate T.R. Knight with a homophobic slur.

Washington later apologized, checked into rehab, met with gay leaders and recently released a PSA decrying the use of hate speech.

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Claire Forlani, Dougray Scott Get Married

Desperate Housewives actor Dougray Scott and actress Claire Forlani wed in a private civil ceremony in Italy on Friday, PEOPLE has learned.

"They're both very excited," a source says about the newlyweds.

Forlani wore a custom-made strapless gown with a "classic, Old Hollywood feel" by designer Junko Yoshioka for Bonaparte-NY, says the source. She completed her look with a crystal hair pin by Swarovski and Jimmy Choo heels.

The bride's father, Pierluigi, is Italian and helped his daughter plan the festivities for more than 100 guests. He told Italian newspaper Il Resto del Carlino that, at the reception at the family's country home in Pievebovigliana, "I will be the official cook of the event."

The couple met a year and a half ago through a mutual friend. Scott, 41, proposed to Forlani, 35, in Los Angeles in September. "It was very romantic," Scott, who presented Forlani with a ring he designed, told PEOPLE. "I feel so lucky to have met her. She's an amazing actress and human being. I'm very happy."

Scott recently played Teri Hatcher's love interest on Housewives. Next up for the Scottish actor, who also starred in Mission: Impossible II, is the World War II movie The Cone Gatherer with Emily Watson.

Forlani has a recurring role on CSI: New York. She's also appeared in films including Mallrats and Meet Joe Black.

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Jennifer Aniston's New Man Is an Old Posh Pal

Jennifer Aniston's new man, Paul Sculfor, was spotted having dinner with Victoria Beckham this weekend in L.A., with her reality-show cameras rolling. So what gives?

"He's just an ex-boyfriend of a friend," Beckham's rep tells PEOPLE.

Sculfor, 36, a British model whom Aniston, 38, has been dating for several weeks, was photographed trailing Beckham's entourage outside the Saddle Ranch Chop House in West Hollywood before sitting down with the former Posh Spice for a meal on Saturday.

It turns out that Beckham's lifelong pal, makeup artist Maria-Louise Featherstone, 34, dated Sculfor when they both were growing up in London's outs***ts.

(Featherstone was responsible for giving Beckham's soccer star husband David a blonde-tipped mohawk in 2002.)

"Maria-Louise and Paul remained friends after they split," another pal tells PEOPLE. "Victoria knew Paul when the two were dating. She hasn't seen him for about 10 years so it was a great chance to catch up."

While Beckham, 33, dined with Sculfor, cameras filmed the encounter for her upcoming reality show about her move to L.A. next month with David, 32, and their three sons.

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Paris Hilton's Parents Visit Her in Jail for the First Time

Paris Hilton saw her parents through visiting-room glass Tuesday, telling them she has suffered cold and sleeplessness in jail but is just starting to get her appetite back, her mother said.

"It's tough in there. It's cold," Kathy Hilton said after she and Paris's father Rick had a 30-minute visit with their daughter Tuesday. "It's just good to see her."

This was the first time Hilton's parents have seen her in jail. Hilton told her mom and dad that she has finally started to eat, beginning with cereal Tuesday morning, Kathy Hilton said.

"She was very happy," Kathy said. "She wants to just do her time and get on with it."

In addition to losing her appetite, "She really hasn't had much sleep," said Kathy.

Hilton, meanwhile, faced problems outside of jail – she has been dropped by her talent agent, PEOPLE confirms.

"Paris is no longer a client," says Endeavor agency rep Michael Donkis, who declined to specify a reason for the move.

According to a source, Hilton was dropped last Friday – the day she was ordered back to jail from home confinement. The move was announced in a company-wide email, the source says.

The Beverly Hills-based agency has represented Hilton since 2005, handling her deal for The Simple Life.

Hilton spent her fourth night in a medical center at a downtown Los Angeles jail. She is serving out a 23-day minimum sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related driving case.

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Keisha Castle-Hughes Talks About Being a Mom at 17

Keisha Castle-Hughes has opened up about becoming a mom at 17.

"I just didn't expect [the media attention]," the Whale Rider Oscar nominee tells the New Zealand edition of The Australian Women's Weekly.

"Absolutely everyone in the country had something to say about it. I thought, 'At the end of the day, I am going to be the one looking after this baby in the middle of the night and it doesn't affect you.' "

The actress, who turned 17 in March, and her boyfriend of four years, Bradley Hull, 20, welcomed daughter Felicity-Amore in April. She admits: "Yes, I was scared when I found out I was pregnant. But if I got pregnant when I was 27, I would have been scared too because it is a huge step."

At a week past her due date, she began three grueling days of labor. But when she was finally able to hold her daughter, "it was just the most amazing moment," she says. "For the last three days I had been in the worst agony of my life and right then I forgot every single minute of it. I just thought, 'I'd do this all over again.' "

These days, she's like any new mom: sleep-deprived. "I'd be up checking, checking, checking, being paranoid," she says. "I remember when one of my friends had a baby she said it was like that in the first few weeks. And I said, 'If I had a baby I would just sleep the whole time and I probably wouldn't even wake up for it.' But it's so true because this little person relies on you and I know if anything happened, it would be my fault."

What's next? No more kids for a while – Castle-Hughes says Felicity-Amore can play with her own siblings, Rhys, 15, Liam, 11, Maddisyn, 6, and Qayde, 11 months – but she does hope to get back to work: "Just because I have a baby, it doesn't mean that my career is going to go kaput. I have a really ambitious streak in me. I want to do it now more than I ever did."

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Britney Spears Ponders Lindsay Lohan Joke as Album Title

Britney Spears is asking her fans to help name her upcoming album – and one of her suggestions is a joke about Lindsay Lohan.

Her official Web site says, "Britney is asking her most die-hard fans for some assistance in order to name her upcoming album."

The first of five possible titles is about the rehabbing Lohan: "Omg is Like Lindsay Lohan Like Okay Like."

Spears, who herself recently left rehab, says the other possibilities are: "What if the Joke is on You," "Down boy," "Integrity" and "Dignity."

Members of her fan club can then vote by clicking on the screen.

The vote-for-title item has the defiant headline: "You'll Never See it My Way, Because You're Not Me."

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Jail Visit to Paris Left Nicky Hilton in Hysterics

Kathy Hilton and daughter Nicky are still reeling from their visits to Paris in jail, they tell PEOPLE.

"It's tough. It is," said Kathy, who saw her daughter on Tuesday. "It's just one hour a week: 30 minutes on Sunday and 30 minutes on Tuesday. We talk through glass."

"And this one" – gesturing to Nicky – "left in hysterics," Kathy added. "Nicky tried to keep the brave face but – I never see Nicky cry."

Nicky and her mother spoke to PEOPLE on Thursday after attending family friend Barbara Walters's ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Interviewed at a private luncheon, Nicky described her visit to the jail on Sunday as surreal.

"It's sad. It's like right out of the movies," she said. "The glass partition, the orange jumpsuit. Everything."

Nicky spoke of what she saw as the unfairness in Paris's case.

"What's annoying is all these people are going on television saying that she was drinking and driving," said Nicky. "She's not in jail for DUI. That's a big misconception. She's in jail for driving on a suspended license, just like the (City Attorney's) wife was. ... She got a $186 fine."

(On the day he sought more jail time for Paris Hilton, Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo acknowledged his wife got a traffic ticket two years ago while driving with a suspended license. She received the ticket – and the $186 fine – for failing to obey a turn-only sign, but wasn't ticketed for driving with the suspended license).

Kathy Hilton reiterated Paris's statement that she will not fight her sentence, which could end as early as June 25.

"There are no appeals – as Paris said. But the point is that I hope this will shine a light on everybody (in those jails). That's the positive," said Kathy. The jails, she said, "need financial help, and it's very sad to see what's going on in there."

Kathy adds: "I always believe that where there's a negative there's a positive. And I feel that maybe this whole ordeal can shed light on other people, and that really maybe everybody should be treated exactly the same. I don't care who you are. As Paris said, she's just going to do her time and try to make the best of it, and hopefully" – she paused, chocking back emotion – "I always believe there's a reason for everything."

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Angelina Jolie: Brad and I May Want Up to 14 Kids

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt already have four young children – but they may not be planning to stop there.

On Thursday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart wondered how many kids Jolie wanted in all, asking: "How high we going, you think?"

Replied Jolie: "It fluctuates between seven and 13 or 14." The audience howled and Jolie laughed, and Stewart said, "Wow, I'll tell you this: I admire that, because two is kicking my ***."

Jolie quipped: "Yeah, I understand that. Four is kind of kicking our ***, but we kind of feel like, 'Damn it, we're up for the challenge!' "

The actress, 32, has been in New York City promoting her and Pitt's new movie A Mighty Heart, which premiered Wednesday.

Stewart asked Jolie about a FOX News story claiming that journalists at a junket on Wednesday had been asked to sign a contract before talking to her requiring that they not ask about her personal life – a common request at press events.

"There was a memo that went out to ask people if they would sign it that said, 'Don't get into personal questions, focus on the movie,' and things like that," Jolie explained. "It was from my representative trying to be protective of me, but it was excessive and I wouldn't have put it out there."

On Thursday, Jolie's lawyer, Robert Offer, issued a mea culpa, telling The New York Times the document was the fault of a "bone-headed, overzealous lawyer" – himself – and that Jolie hadn't been aware of it.

"This was my creating something to protect her from the press's talking about personal matters, a document that would limit discussion to the film," he said. "But it was drafted overly broadly. It was well intended, but I understand how it was received."

Also on Thursday, Jolie appeared on CNN's Larry King Live, where she described raising the latest addition to her family, 3-year-old Pax Thien, whom she adopted from Vietnam in March (he joined Maddox, 5; Zahara, 2; and Shiloh, 1). "He's wild. He's beautiful and wild," she said.

"He had no freedoms for three and a half years. ... He lived in the same place on the same cot along with 20 other cots and did things at the exact same time and had no chance to have an opinion himself or do – he lived a very structured life. But he's also suddenly very free."

She explained that her new son's name was suggested by her own mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, before her death from ovarian cancer in January. "My mom wrote a list of names when we were going to have Shiloh," said Jolie. "One of the names that she suggested was Pax because it meant peace. [But] he's anything but at the moment."

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Rod Stewart Marries Penny Lancaster in Italy

Singer Rod Stewart has wed for the third time, PEOPLE has confirmed.

The 62-year-old rocker said "I do" early Saturday with model Penny Lancaster, 36, his girlfriend of about seven years, in a small town just outside the Italian Riviera resort of Portofino.

The ceremony took place at the 17th century Villa Durazzo in the town of Santa Margherita. Mariagrazia Benazzi, the town hall official who celebrated the wedding in lieu of the mayor, says the only people present were the bride, the groom and two witnesses.

Stewart is said to have given his bride a "huge white diamond ring," Benazzi says.

After the ceremony, which lasted about half an hour, the rocker went out into the villa's landscaped gardens to pose for privately hired photographers with his wife.

The newlyweds and the two witnesses were then whisked away by private minivans to a motorboat docked in the port of Santa Margherita, which took them back to their yacht (decorated with red balloons).

The couple's post-wedding party included drinks and an outdoor dinner at the monastery La Cervara. Stewart, wearing a light-blue linen suit, and Lancaster, in a shimmering white cocktail dress, were greeted by bagpipe players in kilts.

This is Stewart's third marriage – he and model Rachel Hunter were divorced in January. He and Lancaster have one child – Alastair – who was born November 28, 2005. Stewart has five other children from his previous relationships.

Some of the kids, including daughter Kimberley, joined the couple earlier in the week vacationing along the Mediterranean coasts of Italy and France. They were spotted off the coast Villefranche on the French Riviera on Wednesday before their yacht docked off the coast of Portofino.

The day before their nuptials the couple lunched aboard their yacht and they were spotted walking hand-in-hand through a market in nearby Rapallo, where Lancaster bought costume jewelry.

They also took time out to celebrate the 20th birthday of Stewart's daughter Ruby and "Happy Birthday" streamers could be seen hanging up on the decks of the yacht Lady Ann Magee.

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Matt & Kevin Dillon's Dad: 'They're Great Guys'

During this week's New York City premiere for the HBO hit Entourage, Kevin Dillon brought along a special guest to help celebrate – his dad.

So what does Paul Dillon, proud father of two famous sons (Kevin and Matt), think about 41-year-old Kevin's recent success?

"We have six kids, five sons and a daughter, and they're all wonderful, all very successful," the elder Dillon told PEOPLE. "Kevin has always worked, but he hasn't had this much fame."

Kevin's Entourage character, Johnny Drama, is the younger, less-famous brother of Hollywood megastar Vince Chase. Art initially imitated life: While Matt was starring in The Flamingo Kid, Crash and There's Something About Mary, Kevin (who, at 41, is 18 months younger than Matt) was playing smaller parts in Platoon and NYPD Blue.

But Paul claims there was never a rivalry between the boys. "They're great brothers, very close. Matt got into acting by chance. He was [discovered] in the corridor at his junior high school in Mamaroneck, N.Y. And Kevin was at a screening of a Disney film that Matt was in, and the president of the Curtis Brown agency liked him."

While father and son agree that the Dillon clan is growing, they did not come up with exactly the same tally. "I have 11 grandchildren," said Paul. "My oldest boy had twins last week; his wife is still in the hospital. My wife is babysitting [grandchildren] at the hotel suite."

Out of earshot, Kevin corrected Dad. "There are actually 12 grandchildren."

Concerning the star power at behemoth family reunions, such as Father's Day, Kevin claimed that the neighbors in Mamaroneck are not autograph seekers. "They're used to it," he says. "My parents have lived in the same house for 25 years."

When asked if Paul Dillon, too, noticed that Kevin was enjoying the newfound attention, Dad said, "You have to know Kevin. He's fun, ebullient; he enjoys everything he does. . . . They're all great guys."

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Julia Roberts Welcomes a Baby Boy

Julia Roberts has welcomed her third child, a boy named Henry Daniel Moder.

Henry was born Monday in Los Angeles and weighed 8½ lbs. "The Moder family is doing great," Roberts's rep, Marcy Engelman, tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Roberts, 39, and husband Danny Moder, 38, are already parents to twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, who turned 2 in November.

The actress confirmed in December that she was expecting baby No. 3.

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Kristy Swanson Arrested in Run-In with Partner's Ex-Wife

Skating with Celebrities star Kristy Swanson was arrested late Saturday night for allegedly assaulting the ex-wife of her companion and former skating partner, Lloyd Eisler, Swanson tells PEOPLE.

"I had to go the police station where I had an appointment at 9 p.m. to begin the process of being arrested," she confirms.

Swanson was released on $500 (Canadian) bail. Officers escorted her into the police station in Kingston, Ontario, after Eisler's ex, Marcia O'Brien, filed a complaint against Swanson.

Swanson, 37, claims she was attacked by O'Brien in front of Eisler and O'Brien's children. The actress's rep, Michael Sands, says Swanson plans to press charges against O'Brien, saying that police took photographs of her back and other parts of her upper extremities to document the injuries.

O'Brien declined to comment, except when asked if she attacked Swanson, she replied: "Why have I not been charged?"

Canadian police also declined to comment.

Eisler, 44, a former world champion pairs skater, and Swanson, who starred in the big-screen version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, met in 2006 while filming the FOX reality series, and their romance created a scandal in the skating community when Eisler left his pregnant wife for her. The pair welcomed a baby boy in February.

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Tony Parker Dishes on Wedding Details

Tony Parker's July 7 wedding to Eva Longoria will be held at a castle south of Paris, he has revealed.

The couple will say "I do" at the Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte, a 17th-century castle famed for its gardens, Parker, 25, told France's Canal+ network's Le Grand Journal Monday night.

The French-born San Antonio Spurs point guard also denied reports that their wedding cake would be flown in from Los Angeles at a cost of $11,000. "You can't believe everything you read in the papers," he said with a smile.

When host Michel Denisot asked Parker, the NBA Playoffs MVP, why he'd been performing better on the court lately, he replied, "Perhaps because I'm a little more experienced, more mature ..."

"And because you're getting married?" interrupted one of the show's panelists, Ariane Massenet. "Maybe that's given you wings?"

"I'll give [Eva] a little credit," said Parker.

He also told Denisot that he would be "arriving [in France] on June 27 and she on the 30th, I think." Parker, who moonlights as a rapper, is scheduled to perform at an outdoor concert in Marseilles on June 29.

At the ceremony itself, Parker conceded, "It will be difficult to avoid the paparazzi." Guests are expected to include Longoria's Desperate Housewives costars as well as Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jamie Foxx and Lionel Richie, among others.

"And your honeymoon," Massenet interjected, citing newspaper reports, "will be at the Hotel George V?"

"That's not true," Parker replied. "But we will stay in Paris for the honeymoon."

Pressed about his future plans, Parker said he hoped to to play for the French national basketball team. "There's the gold medal at the Olympics and I want to continue to win with the Spurs. My idol is Michael Jordan, and he has six [NBA championships], so I only have half that now."

Asked whether, at such a young age, he could comprehend his success and impending marriage to a star, Parker smiled shyly and confessed, "It's like a dream. It's hard for me to realize what's happening. I think later on I'll be able to understand what's going on now."

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Pregnant Drea de Matteo: 'I Feel Fat, but I Feel Great'

She may only be four months pregnant, but Drea de Matteo has already noticed a dramatic change in her physique.

"I feel great," the 35-year-old actress told PEOPLE at the premiere of her new movie, Broken English, on Monday. "I just feel fat, but I feel great."

The former Sopranos star jokingly added: "I feel like I'm carrying the baby in my [behind], it's so big."

De Matteo, who is expecting a child with her 28-year-old boyfriend, singer Shooter Jennings, admitted she tends to indulge her cravings "even when I'm not pregnant" – but said she's lately been eating an inordinate amount of Italian food.

"It's weird because I'm Italian and I never eat Italian food normally," she said. "I guess I'm getting back to my roots, getting ready to cook!"

And though she's only just entering her second trimester, De Matteo, who quit smoking when she found out she was pregnant, suspects she may have figured out the baby's gender. "We don't know what we're having yet," she said. "But I use 'she,' because I'm getting so fat, I think it's a girl!"