The first single off Christina Aguilera’s new album is incredible. It’s catchy with a great beat, some carefully added retro elements, and Xtina’s strong vocals. Christina’s new retro-influenced album, “Back to Basics” will be released on August 15th. She will sing the single you can download below, “Ain’t No Other Man,” on the MTV movie awards on June 8th.

Def Jam president Jay-Z, 36, lost 15 pounds thanks to a diet his girlfriend Beyonce, 24, put him on. He is said to be feasting on high protein meals and lots of vegetables and to have given up candy. Jay-Z’s weight loss has people speculating that the famous couple may be planning to get married:

Beyonce has been focussing on her figure and probably encouraged Jay-Z to lose weight as a result. We don’t think it means that they’re preparing for marriage.

Beyonce is not one to give nutritional advice. She said that she lost over 20 pounds for her Dreamgirls role by fasting and drinking spicy water for over a week, and that she gained some of the weight back by eating a lot of fried food.

The two have hit a rought patch lately, with reports that they were fighting at a playoff game, and that Beyonce is jealous of Jigga’s very friendly working relationship with sexy singer Rhianna.

Jay-Z and Beyonce are pairing up again in the studio. They are collaborating on Beyonce’s new album, to be released on her 25th birthday, September 4th. The pair had a big hit with Beyonce’s 2003’s single “Crazy in Love.”

Jay-Z is pictured with Bill Gates, above [via] and at the 2006 Music Visionary of the Year Award breakfast on 5/24 with Daniel Glass and Antonio L.A. Reid. He is also shown on 5/22 at a NY Listening Session. He looks great.

Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson, The O.C.’s onscreen and real life couple, have been going their separate ways lately. Bilson has been photographed drunk and out on the town with girlfriends, and Brody was seen looking scruffy at the Sasquatch music festival in Washington state.

Of course couples don’t have to hang out together constantly, but Brody is looking pretty depressed and scruffy while Bilson is drunk. It seems like something’s going on.

Here’s Brody playing drums at the Sasquatch festival on 5/29 [via], and Bilson out at Shag in Hollywood on May 29th. [via] She is also seen drunk. [via]

And here’s Rachel Bilson’s “Stuff Magazine” photoshoot:

Liev Screiber, Julia Stiles, and Mia Farrow star in “The Omen,” a remake of the 1976 horor film about a little kid who’s the devil incarnate.

Here’s the trailer: warning

This looks creepy as hell and you couldn’t pay me to see this. (Unless it was three figures, then I’d go and cover my eyes.)

At the screening of “The Omen” last night in NY, Watts is wearing a loose-fitting dress, but I don’t think she’s pregnant unless it’s early on. In some HQ photographs that came out a couple of weeks ago you can see her stomach through a sheer top and it’s flat.

“The Omen” comes out, predictably, on 6/6/06.

Also shown are Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, and creepy little Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick.

Robbie Williams’ team, “England,” won the Soccer Aid benefit for the United Nations Children’s Fund last weekend. Williams’ opponents, the “Rest of the World” team, were lead by Gordon Ramsay. Each team was made up of ten celebrities with six World Cup soccer greats. Argentinian football great Diego Maradona played for the “Rest of the World” team, but they still lost to “England”:

Here’s a highlight video of the goals:

We made fun of Wiliams for getting caught smoking last week after he pledged to quit for the sake of his team, but he pulled off a win anyway. This isn’t Williams’ first time working for UNICEF. He’s been a UN Ambassador since 2000.

If Dita Von Teese hadn’t married Marilyn Manson her career would never have taken off. I’d never heard of her before she married Manson.

She’s a stripper with fancy accessories. You can call it burlesque or any name you like, but she’s taking off her clothes to music. There’s nothing wrong with that, but she seems all snotty and self-satisfied as if she’s acting in art films rather than giving people a glimpse of her goods.

Dita stripped for Hugh Heffner’s 80th birthday party in Paris on 5/29. TMZ has a lousy video of her stripping that isn’t worth the wait. Listen to the crap she says about other strippers:

So, you’re saying that you gyrate better Dita? I mean, you’re good at your job and all but you’re a stripper. Get over yourself. If you weren’t Mrs. Marilyn Manson you wouldn’t be famous.

Dita and Marilyn aren’t going to last. She’s too full of herself.

Here’s a link to a high quality YouTube NSFW video of Dita stripping in New Orleans. (I would have included it here, but embedding is disabled for this video.)

Anna Nicole Smith, 38, has been rumored to be pregnant with her second child. It’s now said to be true according to her paparrazo lover. She is said to be five months along. Smith’s lawyer, Howard K. Stern, claims that Anna wants the man who claims to be the father of her baby out of her life. Anna’s lover says her bitter lawyer just wants to get into her maternity pants:

Poor Anna. If only she could get her hands on the billions of dollars she earned by servicing that withered old sick man, she wouldn’t have to try to squeeze a mere five figures out of a gossip rag for the official pregnancy announcement. It’s also bad news for Anna if that Howard Stern guy is her only lawyer. He doesn’t seem qualified to have represented her in front of the Supreme Court.

Update: Anna Nicole Smith confirms her pregnancy in a mumbled video taken while floating in her pool.

Jessica Simpson has reportedly offered Nick Lachey a laughable $1.5 million to settle their divorce amicably. She is said to have made $30 million last year alone, and Nick is legally entitled to half of her earnings during their marriage of over three years. It sounds like Jessica’s father is pressuring her to try to get Nick to settle cheaply:

Sources say Nick will not ask for spousal support, but that he’s not stupid enough to settle for such a low amount. Two weeks ago he was said to be seeking a relatively low $8 million settlement in an effort to get his hands on some quick cash and avoid losing his property. The National Enquirer reported that Nick lowered his settlement request to $5 million hoping that would be a reasonable sum for Jessica.

It seems like Nick is being reasonable and Jessica is being pressured by her family as usual to low-ball the settlement. TMZ quotes Jessica:

Her daddy must not agree.

Meanwhile Jessica may have lost her best friend, hairdresser Ken Paves, to her scheming sister. She lost her other best friend, her assistant Cacee Cobb, less than a month ago. She has been seen out shopping unkempt and alone, and bought up a bunch of “Team Jessica” shirts at an LA Boutique. She is also said to be seeing a therapist to help cope wtih the depression from her divorce and to come to terms with her identity.

Nick, however, has a hot new girlfriend and a successful new album.

Here’s Jessica wearing Ugg-ly boots on a hot day in Hollywood. [via]

Britney Spears has supposedly met with divorce lawyers in an attempt to rid herself of the parasite that is Kevin Federline. Star Magazine is set to report Friday that she’s finally going to pull the plug on her marriage:

A similar story came out in the beginning of the month, claiming that Britney had already met with her lawyers and had papers drawn up to surprise Kevin with.

When is Britney going to announce her divorce already?

Here is Kevin a new photospread for Item Magazine. You can read his stupid interview if you’re interested.

This isn’t our standard fare, but we have a blogger friend who posts mainly nip slips and he claims it’s the way to go. We found these high res pictures of Sharapova’s butt and thought we’d give it a try. Apologies to our female gossip lovers.

Fourth seed Sharapova nearly suffered an ankle injury while playing in Australia at Roland Gallos. She also complained that the organizers moved the event from Monday to Sunday, saying the early start jeopardized her ability to prepare for Wimbeldon. Her ankle turned out to be fine and she won her match in two sets yesterday against a Czech player, Iveta Benesova.

Here are HQs of Maria Sharapova’s butt in very tight tennis shorts. You can see everything if you squint.

Pictures [via]