+ We care about who wins American Idol, but we really care about who wins the Edy’s American Idol competition. (Seriously. No one even gave us free s— to write that.) Our vote: Mint Karaoke Cookie. If only they’d do a total-stoner mash-up with Breyers Bubble Yum Ice Cream.

+ Jordin Sparks might not care who wins Idol. (Pop Justice)

+ Amy Winehouse: boozin’ with baby! (A Socialite’s Life)

+ John Mayer, your body may indeed be a wonderland, but that sleeve has Punk’d Pop Fiction inked all over it. (Try JM)

+ Sara Bareilles outshines Justin Timberlake at the 2008 ASCAP Pop Awards. (MTV)

+ Pete Doherty does drag. Unfortunately. (Agent Bedhead)

+ Avril gets a front massage. Also unfortunately. (Webster’s Is My Bitch)

+ Jermaine Dupri’s new record label will smell like Axe Body Spray. (Also also unfortunately.) (Hip-Hop Music)

+ $56 will get you a year-long subscription to All Mariah magazine.

+ Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo are still together. (Jessica and Nick are not.)

+ Pete Wentz is denying that Ashlee’s pregnant. Though… he never really DID deny it when we talked to him about it. (Side note: why does no one seem to care about Jody Sweetin’s new baby?) Meanwhile, is it weird that if we had to pick a celebrity to knock us up, we’d choose Russell Brand? (Celeblite)

Fall Out Boy bassist, DJ, groom-to-be, salon-owner, hoodie connoisseur, activist, and unofficial ambassador to southern Chile Pete Wentz has a lot going on — you could even say he’s too busy for fatherhood at the moment. But regardless of the fact that he and fiancée Ashlee Simpson have never made an official baby announcement, they’ve been deflecting Fall Out Baby speculation pretty much since they first started dating. He even addressed the issue in a cheeky homemade video.

We wanted to know why gossip blogs are gunning so hard for Pete and Ashlee to hurry up and procreate. (Why not Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel? And does no one want Star Jones to crank one out? That’s just cold.)

So we asked Pete. And here’s what he had to say:

+ Plus: Stay tuned for more exclusive Pete interview clips!

Unless you’ve been solely existing in some Second Life dungeon, you know that Jay-Z and Beyonce — despite their attempts at reticence — are very married. (Even Gwyneth’s been denying it, but then again, uh… who cares?)

And while Beyonce was seen coquettishly wearing some dominatrix-chic long gloves in New York earlier this week (um, we live in New York, and it is not gloves weather), she was rockin’ that rock in the ATL on Tuesday.

But one couple that isn’t keeping quiet about their wedding plans: Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson, who officially announced their engagement late last night. Sweet, but not a huge surprise since she’d been flashing a diamond promise ring since December. And helloooooooes — we called that! Anyway, Pete and Ashlee are trying to keep it private. Despite the fact that they… announced it quite publicly on FriendsandEnemies.com, which, as of right now, is currently crashing because apparently you care — you care a lot.

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In case you still weren’t sure J.Lo was pregnant (or if photos like this weren’t cause for pause) … she was. So pregnant, in fact, that she cranked out a set of his-and-hers shorties just this morning. Best of luck to the Anthony-Lopez household, where things are about to get doubly “loud,” if you will. And J.Lo, may you rest up, get good use out of those billion-dollar buggies, skip the Mom jeans and get back into those patent leather trench mini dresses ASAP.

Yay! Gwen Stefani is almost definitely pregnant with her second child! She and Gavin are both so beauteous that they should have other people’s babies for them. And Gwen is far and away one of our favorite pregnant famous people ever (Christina Aguilera is a close second, followed by Isla Fischer and Heidi Klum. Tied for last place: super-annoying Brooke Burke, who gets pregnant every five or six minutes, and Angelina Jolie, whose pregnant-and-skinny frame makes her look like a stick figure that swallowed a beach ball), so we look forward to many months of her in the raddest maternity outfits ever. Animal prints. LOTS of animal prints.

The only downside — does this mean we’re gonna have to wait EVEN LONGER for that next No Doubt album? Boo.

Relevant video: “Hey Baby.”

Case you ain’t hurd, Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie both dropped their baby bombz this weekend, within hours of — and just down the hall from — each other and LA’s Cedar-Sinai Medical Center. Sooooo cute, right? We know. Ridick.

It’s a boy — Max Liron — for Christina and hubs Jordan Bratman, and a girl — Harlow Winter Kate Madden — for Nicole and Joel.

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Don’t drink the water this week, ladies. First, fembot Nicole Kidman announces she’s K.U.’ed with K.U.’s baby bot. Then Pam Anderson kinda-sorta announces she’s maybe a little pregnant with possibly soon-to-be-ex Rick Solomon’s spawn. And today, the blogs are abuzz with chatter that there may be a mini Avril on the way. In about 7.5 months to be precise. Even though getting pregnant is sooooooo 2007, we done told you: babies are the new Balenciaga. Anyway, we’ll keep you posted.

Jamie Lynn Spears, Jessica Alba, and Nicole Richie aren’t the only one with an unexpected bun in the old ove’. Just today, Lily Allen announced she’s expecting too. The baby daddy? Her 37-year-old boyfriend of barely four months, Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers. Babies are SO the new Balenciaga! Not waiting is the new waiting! “Oh My God” indeed!

Jenny may be from the block, but it looks like her kids (oh, you didn’t hear?) are gonna be Rodeo Drive all the way. And it also sure looks like the double-stuffed former Fly Girl is leaving behind her much-touted keep-it-real ways in favor of billion-dollar baby gear that’s way more The Hills than The Hub. (Hmph. Is someone too good for a Dora the Explorer stroller?)

Observe, if you will, the selections she allegedly made at tony baby boutique Petit Tresor in L.A. Among her priciest picks: a $3,495 Balmoral enameled black carriage — the big daddy Caddy of carriages.

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On their Brangelina-like quest to make the world a better place, parents-to-be Joel Madden and Nicole Richie officially launched the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation, which benefits underprivileged children and families, by donating 100 Mom-to-Be kits to the L.A. Free Clinic yesterday. But that wasn’t their first good deed … when we spoke to Joel a few weeks ago, he told us that the couple has been requesting that baby gifts be donated to the clinic instead of being sent their way.

Now, we wanna know what you think … are they genuine philanthropists or are they just hoping to be rewarded with a nickname mash-up like JoCole or NiJoel?