All I Know Is That There Were Rumours...

That two people are currently in the race to play the eleventh Doctor Who to date - former EastEnders actor Tom Ellis (he played Dr. Oliver Cousins for 5 months back in 2006. He's also married to fellow former Square dweller Tamsin Outhwaite), and former Doctor Who cast member, Billie Piper... That The Pet Shop Boys will receive this year's BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music... That Simon Cowell is miffed... That Dermot O'Leary got a licking from X Factor producers after his comments towards Louis Walsh on Saturday's show... When Louis referred to the routine provided by Rachel Hylton's half-nude male backing dancers as "pretty average", Dermot said: "Wow, I never thought I'd hear Louis Walsh say that hunky angels were average"... A source bleating to The Sun said: "Louis was hopping mad and had serious words with Dermot, who looked visibly shocked. The producers then dragged Dermot over the coals. There's always banter between the judges but they don't want stick from Dermot, he is just the host"... Try telling that to Ryan Seacrest... If producers didn't want personality they should've retained the presenting skills of one Kate Thornton... That recently discarded X Factor contestant, Austin Drage, said: "I regretted not speaking out about 'Wishing On A Star'. It wasn't the song I would have chosen. I didn't particularly like it. I did what I could with it and I trusted my mentor. If anyone's to blame it's probably myself. He said during the week: 'If you want to change it, be it on your head' and I stuck with him because I put my trust in him"... That we're going to be seeing a lot more of Holly Willoughbaps - the presenter confirmed she's pregnant during Saturday's Xtra Factor... That you can listen to Sarah Palin getting the mick ripped out of her by two radio DJs from Canadia here... That Lindsay Lohan has "pulled out" of presenting next week's World Music Awards, which are held annually in Monaco (it's an excuse for Prince Albert to partay)... That organisers "panicked over whether she was actually up to the job" and "drafted in Jesse Metcalfe to give her some back up" but Lindsay was "furious that she wasn't the star"... That hosting duties have now been passed to Denise Richards... That Holly Madison and Criss Angel made their first official outing together at the "grand opening" of the magician's critically panned Cirque Du Soleil show... Angel said: "This is one of the most special evenings for me in my life and I can not think of a more beautiful person, a more special person, inside and out, than Holly to spend it with... I got lucky. I didn't have a date and so she said, 'I'll come'. She makes me look good"... That's the main thing... That Britney Spears is to play a two-week residency next year in London's O2 Arena... That Jeanne-Claude Van Damme has cancelled all his promotional dates for his new movie JCVD (a "fictional biopic about an action star who struggles with financial problems and a custody battle, in which Van Damme plays himself") to tend to a sick puppy... That Van Damme recently acquired seven doggies from Bangkok, one of which has slipped into a coma... That Gary Barlow has asked Ronan Keating, Cheryl Cole and Kimberly Walsh to join him on a trek up Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for charity... Kimberly Walsh said: "Since visiting Africa with Comic Relief a year ago, I haven't been able to forget how easy it is for someone in my position to help change the lives of poor and vulnerable people by raising money. When Gary approached me and Cheryl about doing the climb, I didn’t think twice. It was only after I put the phone down that I wondered what we'd signed up for"... An elaborate double date?... That, of boyfriend Lewis Hamilton winning the Formula 1 World Championship, Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger said: "I nearly collapsed with excitement when he came through on the last lap. I couldn't calm down, nor could (Hamilton's brother) Nicholas - we just both kept screaming at each other"... That Ronnie Wood has offered Jo $4.9million a year as a divorce deal... That Ryan Adams has re-recorded The Strokes' album Is This It "on mandolin, pump organ and banjo"... That he's refusing to let anyone listen to it, saying: "Some of it's bad, and some of it's just weird"... That, of the Brand / Ross debacle, Lily Allen just had to say: "I cried all yesterday. I didn't think it (the call) was too offensive. It wasn't the funniest thing in the world but it wasn't that bad... I make these p**s-taking calls all the time. I once called up Kate Nash's PR and said I was from a mouthwash company. I said we wanted Kate to front the brand. They told me they'd put it to Kate and get back to me"...