If only things were the way they were again ...

Lindsay Lohan's back to black! Well, not really. But her hair is a nice dark brown. It doesn't quite suit her, but that's what I said when she dyed it blonde ... [Photo courtesy of celebweb.org]

MTV.com spoke to Laguna Beach's Kristin Cavallari at the Rock & Republic fashion show in Los Angeles on Wednesday night about her plans post-Laguna Beach: "I like both comedy and drama, so we'll see ... I've had a lot of meetings trying to decide my next career move. There's things we're talking aobut, but I don't want to jinx it." Dammit, why can't MTV even get the name of their newest star right!?

Attention whore Lou Pearlman, who founded such pop groups as Backstreet Boys and *N Sync is speaking out about Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey's marriage. He told Star magazine that the couple's recent trip to Italy was a "last-ditch attempt to save their marriage." He also added that Lachey told Jeff Timmons, formerly of boy band 98 Degrees and current client of Pearlman's, that "My marriage is shaky right now. I'm hoping this trip will turn things around. This trip could be a second honeymoon -- or preparation for a divorce. I don't know what's going to happen, and Jessica doesn't know what's going to happen, but we're going to give it our best shot." Might I add that both Nick and Jessica's reps are denying these claims?

[IMAGE REMOVED, out of fear.] Britney Spears posed for photos with baby Sean Preston Federline in People magazine. She looks pretty damn good for someone who looked like a flesh-colored Grimace (one of Ronald McDonald's friends). Baby's not lookin' too bad either -- yet. [Photo courtesy of Wikipedia]

Things are getting messy between Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton. In the newest Jane magazine, Richie reveals that "We really haven't been friends in probably about two years." When asked about a possible reconciliation, she said, "No, not at this point." Well, of course, this interview was done months ago, so ... still not sure what's going on between the two of them -- alTHOUGH ...

"Oh No They Didn't!" is reporting that Richie tried to prevent Hilton from entering LA nightclub LAX last Friday. Richie's fiance, DJ AM (aka Adam Goldstein), owns the club and she had the doormen tell Hilton that, "Nicole doesn't want you here." But with her sleazy and wily ways, Hilton managed to get in and began "pulling down beads ... and throwing them at Nicole." When she was good and drunk, she bitched at Nicole and basically accused her of leaking "that f*cking picture" and was promptly escorted out. But not before screaming, "Your movie sucks!" Nicole, probably less drunk and definitely more educated, said, "At least it's coming out!"

Not sure it's true, because it sounds too good to be true. We'll see -- in time -- if Season Four of The Simple Life ever comes around ... [Photo courtesy of "Oh No They Didn't!" who was unclear about where they got the picture. Forrest Nelson, maybe?]