Brittany Murphy and Joe Macaluso, engaged since last New Year’s Eve, have broken off their engagement, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.

The two “have amicably ended their engagement. They remain close friends and wish each other much happiness,” a rep for Murphy tells PEOPLE.

Last Sunday, Murphy showed up at the Teen Choice Awards without her engagement ring. Asked about her wedding plans in the press room, the actress became evasive before saying, “Everything is going wonderful, thank you. I’m just living every moment, you know, enjoying my day.”

Murphy, 28, who had met Macaluso – who is a best boy grip responsible for lighting and electricity on a movie set – while filming Little Black Book. After that film wrapped production, she asked him to the movies for their first date.

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This shit is almost as hot as finding out my 3 year old restraining order by Jessica Simpson had been lifted.

Ms. Murphy have your people call my people.

So maybe you got a chance to see K-Fed’s performance on the Teen Choice Awards. If not, David posted it below Frankly, it’s bad. Really bad. And somehow, he drags two other people down with him in the process.

Perez Hilton managed to cull some quotes from various sources about the K-Fed. The real choice one is from Elliot Wilson, editor in chief of XXL magazine. As he says, “I just think we ignore him [Federline]. He’s a joke, basically. I just don’t think he gets it. He doesn’t get that he’s Britney’s man and it’s hard to take him seriously.”

Nobody should take him seriously. If it crosses anyone’s mind, let this video be a little reminder of why this is a misguided idea at best.

What this all brings to mind, though, is Vanilla Ice. Now considered a punchline to a bad joke about the early nineties. Ice also dated Madonna, even appearing in her coffee-table book Sex. If Britney aspires to be Madonna, then is K-Fed really trying to be Vanilla Ice? If so, he’s already spot on with it. But he might even be down to the level of Snow.

“I, like, cry, when I listen to it, it’s so good.”

That’s what Paris Hilton has to say about her new album, Paris, which will be released this Tuesday. Paris talked about her music and the public’s reactions to it recently in Blender magazine (story via People.com).

Ok, Paris. Just to be fair and objective, I’ll also include a quote from Joerg Colberg’s review of Paris. “Listening to her sing Rod Stewart’s Do Ya Think I’m Sexy, you are gripped by the fear that civilization as we know it is doomed and that brimstone is going to start raining from the sky any minute. It doesn’t, but a sense of terrible foreboding is further stoked by the sleeve notes, which make reference to “all my albums to come”. You might call that another example of the sheer force of will that has got Hilton so far in so many improbable careers, but on the basis of the 11 tracks here, it sounds more like a threat.”

Geez. Now I think I might cry when I hear it too..

If you have been waiting to see Kevin Federline sing, well those at the Teen Choice Awards has the chance as Britney Spears announced her man’s debut.

This has to be the worst singing ever. No looks, no talent, no life. Britney used to at least be eye candy.

US Weekly had this little picture to share of Courtney Love and her daughter Frances Bean Cobain, who just may have had a “generational icon” type of dad.

Here’s the thing – around the time of “The People vs. Larry Flint,” somehow everyone was just talking how hot Courtney Love was. It seemed she was some kind of god send. Maybe it was the whole “death cry of grunge” thing that ensured that junkie train wreck was the new Kate Moss (how prophetic…).

Since then, Love has been nothing if not consistent. It doesn’t matter if it’s the babydoll dresses or Versace … she still manages to look like she just crawled out of skid row.

As reported in the UK edition of Vogue (and some other dotted places along the so called “blog-o-sphere”), little Frances, who turned 14 three days ago, she doesn’tt always appreciate her mother’s style. Taking quotes from her new interview in Teen Vogue, she says, “I don’t like to look sloppy. I’m a girly-girl.” And of course, it gets deeper into mom’s style (or sometimes lack of). “I prefer when she’s more classy starlet,” she goes on. “I don’t really like her hard-metal stuff, or when she doesn’t brush her hair.” She probably, then, doesn’t like it either when mom lets homeless people suckle on the “Love fountains” (clever, eh?) in a Wendys. Here’s the link to the Vogue blurb on it.

Project Runway host Heidi Klum and husband Seal (real name: Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel) announced this past June that they are expecting the birth of their second child since getting married last year. They already have an 11-month-old son together named Henry Guenther Ademola Dashtu Samuel (yes, all of those are one child) and Heidi also has a 2 year old daughter, Leni, from a previous relationship. People reports Heidi said in an interview with Life magazine “We want to have a lot more children,” and also “(Seal) always says he finds me the most beautiful when I’m pregnant.”

Heidi, 33, originates from Germany and Seal, 43, from Britain. Apparently the family attracts a lot of interest in Europe and Heidi wasn’t always sure if that was a good thing or not- especially regarding one headline referring to them as “The Patchwork Family.” But after talking things over with Seal she says “It’s actually kind of great – we’re all different shades and we came together and we all love each other.”

I personally think this story is great on a couple different levels- a woman feeling and looking beautiful while pregnant (even if she is already a supermodel!) and people of “different shades” (Heidi and Seal couldn’t be more opposite on the color spectrum) coming together and loving each other. And I must admit I’m super curious: What do they plan to name their newest addition? And does Leni feel left out not having so many names?

Even the people who hate “American Idol” know the stars of it – Clay Aiken, Ruben, that guy who sings in Ford commercials. But perhaps nobody has stolen our hearts more than Kelly Clarkson – and why not, she’s completely adorable. But behind that “Since U Been Gone” sheen, it seems there’s a burgeoning rock girl.

Just watch this video. At a Los Angeles performance by kitsch metal cover band Metal Skool, the band members spot a not-so-sober Clarkson, and her puppy Ryan Key. From there, they are egged onto the stage, where after a few jovial come-ons they suggest Clarkson should sing. Key takes this as his invitation as well … but not before they both chug-a-lug a little whiskey straight from the bottle.

What results is the most bizarre and glorious version of the Guns ‘n’ Roses classic “Sweet Child of Mine.” Warning that the language is a little rough at times, so if you’re at work, at least put in some headphones.

According to MSN News police announced today that rapper Busta Rhymes has been arrested and charged with assault.
Details at this point are sketchy, but we do know that the arrest occured related to an attack that happened about one week previously.

Busta Rhymes has been in the news for violence a lot lately. In February, one of his bodyguards was shot and killed outside a studio in Brookyln while Busta was making a music video. Then in March, a fan sued Busta after he claimed Busta and a bodyguard beat him after he asked for Busta’s autograph.

Beating a fan who asks for an autograph? That just can’t be good for business. But I’m not going to say that to Busta, of course.

Last weekend, while promoting her new album A Public Affair, Jessica Simpson was spotted at the L.A. hotspot Hyde Lounge partying with a group of her friends and some mystery man she must like quite a bit. People reports the two were seen canoodling at a table in the club, and the phrases “touchy-feely” and “lovey-dovey” were used to describe their behavior that night.

Despite what people say, Jessica is apparently “not dating anybody” and “is really enjoying the single life.” Regardless, she’s also been busy promoting her album, earlier that weekend making an appearance in West Hollywood to sing a few songs and even a rendition of “Amazing Grace” at The Factory.

Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with hanging out with a guy you like but she’s gotta know that everybody’s wondering who he is. But maybe that’s what she wants? She has been pretty successful in the publicity department over the years. Oh well I’m sure we’ll hear about him soon enough if he’s in the picture for more than just that night, and in the meantime thanks to them both for giving me an excuse to use the word “canoodle!”