Rihanna nearly ran into ex-boyfriend Chris Brown at a Lakers game last week, and fans wondered why she’d show up if she knew he’d be there. Turns out, Rihanna wasn’t even paying attention to Chris — she only had eyes for Orlando Magic player Rashard Lewis.

The New York Daily News‘ source said the singer is desperate to meet the athlete:

“Rihanna is trying to gt to know Rashard. She’s digging on him, and she hopes the feeling is mutual… Rihanna and Andrew [Bynum of the Lakers] are just friends, and they have ben for awhile. It’s Rashard who she wants. She thinks he’s hotter than hot.”

And it didn’t escape Chris’ notice…

This kind of irritates me.

This season’s contestants on American Idol have finally been narrowed down to Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, both of whom are obviously talented. But instead of just letting it be a fun show, a contest, some are trying to politicize the competition. The New York Daily News quotes Chris Lehane, a political consultant who worked the presidential campaigns for Al Gore and John Kerry:

“The profiles of Adam and Kris suggest that this is really a red state versus blue state showdown… It will come down to hether Adam is able to built on the blue-state, progressive wave we have seen building since 2006, or whether this is a last gasp for the red state viewer/voter… I am hoping that Dick Cheney comes out and tells people to vote for Kris, thus assuring Adam wins.”

Lehane isn’t the only one who’s trying to turn this into a political battleground, unfortunately. Why can’t this just be about talent? Neither contestant is trying to push a politics or an agenda, so why is everyone else forcing it?

At least I’m not the only one who thinks this politicizing is silly…

This is a story that would’ve never satisfied her Sex and the City alter ego, but Kristin Davis says she’s given up on ever getting married.

The actress, much like her character Charlotte, wanted to fall in love and get married, but admits to New York Daily News that she doesn’t think it will happen:

“I don’t know if I’ll ever get married. I don’t say never, but I just might not. I’m 44, but I think you can have what you want no matter how old you are.”

Instead, she’s been working on being happy on her own. Charlotte would insist she keep reading self-help books and attending seminars with Carrie. That would be annoying… when you’ve finally figured out you’re a spinster for life, you should be allowed to enjoy your cats and pints of ice cream in peace.

If you were hoping to one day see a president in office who would jump on couches to make important announcements when addressing the nation… I’m sorry to tell you, but it won’t be Tom Cruise.

Maybe someone actually asked him to consider it, but at any rate he announced to the New York Daily News that he’s staying in the entertainment industry:

“I’m an actor, not a politician. Acting is what I’m good at, what I’ve been trained to do. I’d never do politics. I think I have the better job!”

I’ve just taken my first sip of coffee this morning, but I have a sneaking suspicion that if I were more alert this would be hilarious to me. Does Tom really think anyone would vote for him?

John Mayer’s on the market again, ladies.

Looks like Scheana Marie’s little interview last week irritated the singer, who reportedly hasn’t spoken to her since. According to a friend, she’s afraid that she may have said “too much to the media and she may have screwed up something with a great guy.”

According to New York Daily News, a source close to John says he’s over the mini-relationship: “Scheana’s delusional. John’s laughed off all of this.”

Do you think John would have brushed her off this soon if she’d refrained from talking to the media?

Could Miley Cyrus be planning to break up with Justin Gaston?

That would be an awkward situation — since he lives with her family — but probably less awkward than him catching her with ex Nick Jonas, who she is reportedly seeing on the sly.

Miley and Nick have been working together on a video, but the contact seems to be thawing the icy feelings that developed after their split in 2007. According to a source who spoke to New York Daily News, Miley’s ready to make it official with the Jonas boy, but doesn’t want to tell Justin:

“She doesn’t know how to tell Justin that they’re over, but Nick is being very firm with her. He’s a good, stand-up kind of guy, and is making Miley tell Justin very, very soon. He’s being tough about it… I think Miley and Nick are definitely in the process of rekindling their romance.”

Do you think this is true? Would certainly explain the friendly little lunch they enjoyed awhile back…

Considering the fact that at least part of the attraction he felt for Mariah was due to her fame, it’s kind of rude for Nick Cannon to tell us all to stop paying attention. Ingrate.

He told the New York Daily News he’s tired of addressing pregnancy rumors:

“Everyone wants to know! I tell people to just relax. Give my wife the respect she needs, the respect you’d give any woman. You don’t just go around saying, ‘Yeah, she’s pregnant.’ How disrespectful is that?”

Comes with the territory, child. Stop whining. Your wife loves it.

Lindsay Lohan’s Sevin Nyne business partner, Kristi Kaylor, is fuming.

New York Daily News published an article quoting an anonymous source, who says Lindsay doesn’t even use her own tanning product, saying, “Lindsay tans on the sly, and will have the van come to the house of her girlfriend instead of her own for discretionary purposes.”

But Kristi says that’s entirely untrue:

“Lindsay only uses Sevin Nyne. As well as perfecting the solution with our lab and choosing the scent, Lindsay named the product, art-drected the visual components and has been involved every step of the way. Lindsay also has her own [tanning] machine and gallons of Sevin Nyne solution that she uses regularly.”

Honestly, given how orange Lindsay usually looks, I’d go along with the reports. “Yeah, Lindsay was using the Fake Bake brand… it turns your skin that ugly orange and confuses your sexuality. Try Sevin Nyne instead, please.” But the genius who decided that Lindsay Lohan was a reliable person with whom to start a business couldn’t be expected to do such things.

This will make people angry, but it will also make them tune in. Bad publicity is still publicity, right?

A woman on staff at American Idol is claiming that the show’s rigged, and that the final four contestants have already been selected. She says the surviving quad will be Danny Gokey, Lil Rounds, Adam Lambert and Alexis Grace.

Speaking to New York Daily News, the source claimed that producers even have a preference for two of them:

“Adam Lambert and Lil Rounds are better singers and musicians than Gokey and Grace, but they’re too much like past winners and ‘A’ successes. Adam’s too close in style and sound to Chris Daughtry, while Lil Rounds is a dead ringer for Fantasia. Even their background stories are similar! The producers really want it to be Danny or Alexis. They think they’re very commercially viable, have a good image and a great story.”

Other people in the know denied her allegations, saying it would be nearly impossible to manipulate the final four.

American Idol watchers, what do you think?

Rihanna… are you trying to model your life after the dysfunctional one led by Whitney Houston?

The singer is trying to break into acting by following in Houston’s footsteps — she wants to star in the remake of 1992’s The Bodyguard. According to New York Daily News‘ source, Rihanna was considering the role even before the beating — the abuse only confirmed her good decision:

“Before the situation with Chris, Ri was getting a lot of scripts. She’s been waiting to do movies for awhile now.”

The parallels! How can she not see the parallels?! Even Whitney has pointed them out and tried to help Rihanna avoid the pain she’s running after.