That *gasps* Kayla Collins and Ashley Cole have split up... A purveyor of the obvious statement said: "Both have heavy work commitments and Ashley has just come out of a high-profile relationship so it just wasn't the right time to start getting serious"... That they had a massive fight at PDaddySugarPuff's "playback party" in some London joint on Thursday night... Things didn't start off well, according to The Sun: "The US glamour model arrived first but later joined the Chelsea star, who was with four mates. One of them sat between Ashley and Kayla during the playback, which didn't go down too well with I'm A Celebrity star Kayla, who sat there looking bored stiff. Their row came a little later in the night when a few choice words were exchanged, which led to Kayla leaving the venue in tears. Ashley was earlier seen enjoying the attention of female fans which must have tested Kayla's mettle"... That Kayla's stiff upper lip is now dating some individual from that Essex thing... She was seen "leaving with The Only Way is Essex gimp" Mark Wright's birthday with none other than the birthday boy himself: "The Playboy model went to his birthday party in his home town of Woodford on Saturday and they left together in the wee hours in a cab"... That Peter Andre and Elen Rivas are still pretending to date... That Corrie's recently deceased Ashley Peacock got ousted from Dancing On Ice last night after he failed to bother turning up to rehearsals - like he has anything else to do... That David Essex is joining EastEnders to play Eddie, Michael's dad (Michael, who used to be in This Life, plays Alfie's cousin, the real father of baby Tommy, who is now living as James in chez Ronnie)... That Simon Delaney isn't letting all the cream he has running through him "like the Luas" stop him from hosting this year's IFTA Awards, which are being held at the Convention Centre on Saturday February 12th... That Kim Kardashian is releasing a single... Thanks to Kanye West, it could've been an entire album: "I was not into doing a song. I thought, 'Everyone kind of tries that, and it doesn't really work out so well.' So I talked to friends like Kanye and a few of my other musical friends, like this is their life. They gave me good advice. They asked me what I do for fun, and I said, 'I go shopping, I hang out with friends.' And they said, 'We go to the studio for fun. Come have fun with us. Don't think too much about it'... There's no album in the works or anything - just one song we did for the show, and a video Hype Williams directed"... Never thought I'd say this, but thank you, Kanye. Thank you... That Aaron Carter has booked himself into rehab to deal with his "emotional and spiritual issues"... That, instead of regaling the latest Katie and Alex dirge by way of shamelessly promoting her jodhpurs or other, here are some real celebrities at various red carpet events over the weekend... In Cannes, at the NRJ Awards, we had Usher, Shakira, Will.i.am and the other dude, a pocket sized Blunt, Justin Timberlake's European doppleganger, David Guetta, a bald werewolf, the reincanation of Nick Kamen, some side boob, a fembot  and what European red carpet would be complete without this wan... Meanwhile, over in L.A., the Producer Guild Awards took place with the likes of Helen Mirren, the ever approachable Sean Penn, Amy Adams, Amy Poehler, this mad looking pair, Kerry Washington, Lori Singer's phantom balls (every picture, splayed),Marky Mark, Jane Lynch and the wife, James Cameron, the bird from the American Office, and Judd Apatow, among others...

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