OK! magazine has landed Jessica Alba and her daughter Honor Marie Warren on its next cover.  The magazine reportedly paid $1.5 million for the first shots of the baby.

Britney Spears is "spending her summer in the recording studio" to work on her next album, according to a statement from Jive Records and her manager, Larry Rudolph.  No release date has been confirmed yet.

Wilmer Valderrama has signed a deal with MTV to produce Baby Dolls, a new scripted comedy that Valderrama likens to The Office saying "Basically, it's the life of Young Hollywood told through the eyes of a celebrity female assistant."  Valderrama is also making a return in front of the cameras with The Emancipation of Ernesto. He stars in the hourlong Fox comedy pilot as a young man who spent his early years growing up in a Mexican prison with his jailbird mom and is now on a quest to find his father in Los Angeles.

Katie Holmes will guest star on an episode of ABC's "Eli Stone" starring Jonny Lee Miller this fall. The episode, in which she displays her singing and dancing skills, will air Oct. 21.  No word on what character she will play or what the episode is about.

Billboard Music Chart:
#1:  Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III - 125,000 copies
#2:  Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - 113,000 copies
#3:  Camp Rock soundtrack - 88,000 copies
#4:  Beck - Modern Guilt - 84,000 copies
#5:  Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus - 61,000 copies

Joe Jonas is denying rumors that he's dating Camp Rock costar Demi Lovato, saying that the gossip is "not true" and that the misinformation surfaced "if anything, probably just because I'm her costar."

Menudo band member Carlos Olivero was escorted by security off a Delta flight in Atlanta after refusing to put away his iPod.  Olivero, his mother, and his bandmates were on flight 4483 on July 4th as it prepared to leave for Knoxville, Tenn., when Olivero was told to leave the plane.  A Delta airlines security team was summoned and escorted him and his mother off the plane. His bandmates, the Menudo tech crew and management also left the plane.

At a status hearing Tuesday, a Los Angeles judge determined that Lindsay Lohan had "proper attendance" and "no missed dates" regarding the various obligations she has been required to attend as part of her probation from 2007's twin-DUI debacle.

According to perezhilton.com, Lauren Conrad's clothing line has just been dropped from all the Los Angeles Kitson boutiques.  Kitson owner Fraser Ross says, "Sales were lackluster. Initially it was great."  Kitson also confirmed it's dropped Victoria Beckham's dVb menswear line because of poor demand.

Alicia Keys is reportedly the top contender to sing the title song for the next James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace. No official announcement has been made.

Sheryl Crow will sing the national anthem to kick off the All-Star game in Yankees Stadium on Tuesday night, with Josh Groban singing God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch. In addition, 3 Doors Down will sing two songs before the home-run derby on Monday night, and Bon Jovi will headline a league-sponsored concert in New York City's Central Park on Saturday.

According to Nicole Richie, a TV show based on her 2005 coming-of-age novel The Truth About Diamonds is in the works and she's gearing up to play a major role in the production.

 HBO announced on Thursday that it is interested in making a followup to the widely successful Sex And The City movie

Weeks after giving birth to daughter Maddie Briann, Jamie Lynn Spears is showing off the newborn on the latest cover of OK! magazine.  The photos were taken at Spears and fiance Casey Adridge's Mississippi home.

Ali Lohan will release her first single from her upcoming album on iTunes July 14th.  She says "All the Way Around" shows off her hip-hop style.

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Courteney Cox Arquette will appear in 3 episodes of Scrubs as Sacred Heart's new Chief of Medicine. Her character will "ruffle feathers."  The show is moving from NBC to ABC this season.

Latest American Idol champ David Cook has just scored a global endorsement deal with Skechers to advertise its line of casual footwear through December 2009, including newly branded Skechers' styles "that will reflect his personality, interests and appeal"

Billboard Music Chart:
#1:  Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III - 156,000 copies
#2:  Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - 149,000 copies
#3:  Camp Rock soundtrack - 116,000 copies
#4:  G-Unit - T.O.S. (Terminate on Sight) - 102,000 copies
#5:  John Mayer - Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles - 75,000 copies

Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day will make her Broadway debut taking on the role of Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray starting July 18th - former O'Town member Ashley Parker Angel is already performing in the play.

Kelly Clarkson has purchased a $1.5 million home in Nashville.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated one million dollars to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict to support the education of 8,000 children in Iraq and the United States affected by war.

Nicole Richie will guest star on an episode of NBC's Chuck as a "snarky and spiteful girl who tortured Special Agent Sarah Walker in high school.

Britain's Daily Mirror is reporting that Madonna and Guy Richie are calling it quits and that Madonna has hired the divorce lawyer who represented Sir Paul McCartney in his divorce from Heather Mills.  Madonna has repeatedly denied rumors that her marriage is in trouble.

Billboard Music Chart:
#1:  Coldplay - Viva La Vida - 721,000 copies
#2:  Lil Wayne - Tha CArter III - 309,000 copies
#3:  Camp Rock soundtrack - 188,000 copies
#4:  Now That's What I Call Music 28 - 81,000 copie
#5:  Plies - Definition of Real - 68,000 copies