So … remember those rumors a while back that claimed that Casey Aldridge was creepin’ around on a very pregs Jamie Lynn Spears right around the time that a bunch of photos came out showing the boy lookin’ awfully cozy with a girl other than JL? Yeah, well a woman named Kelli Dawson has finally come forward to talk to In Touch Weekly magazine about how she was involved in an illicit affair with Casey while JL was pregs. Cue the shocked faces … here is her tale:

For months, rumors have circulated that Casey Aldridge has cheated on Jamie Lynn — but no one has come forward to confirm them, until now. In an exclusive interview with In Touch, 28-year-old Kelli Dawson reveals that she and Casey, 19, were romantically involved — and were still sleeping together when Jamie Lynn, now 17, was six months pregnant with his child. No fleeting hookup, Casey and Kelli’s relationship was both real and lasting — and it grew in intensity, even as Jamie Lynn announced she was pregnant. And, Kelli says, they still meet up on a regular basis. “I see him all the time, at least once a week,” she shares. The pair first met in November 2006, at the home of her sister, Kim Toller. At the time, Casey was already dating Jamie Lynn, but the sexual chemistry between Casey and Kelli was instant. “We were both really attracted to each other,” Kelli reveals. “He totally instigated it and pursued me. His friends would tell me that he liked me, that he thought I was pretty.” The couple saw each other a few times and “kissed randomly,” but it wasn’t really “hot and heavy,” Kelli admits, until the spring of 2007. Though Casey and Jamie Lynn were still involved, Kelli insists, “You never knew if they were broken up or not, because it changed from day to day!” The pair didn’t bother to hide their relationship. “Kelli and Casey have been a couple on and off for a few years,” confirms Jason Alexander, Britney Spears’ first husband and a native of nearby Kentwood, LA. “They were a really tight couple, but I think it was hard for Kelli, having Jamie Lynn in the picture.” Kelli says she and Casey stopped sleeping together a few months before Jamie Lynn gave birth to their daughter, Maddie. “It just didn’t feel right,” she explains. “He had to deal with the baby coming, and it had to stop.” She says the last time the couple had sex together was in March but “even after we stopped having sex, we would still kiss occasionally.”

Um, wow. Well, at least this Kelli girl was lucky that Casey didn’t get her pregs because we all know that Mr. Aldridge isn’t a firm believer in practicing safe sex. This story is so … sad. I mean, I had my suspicions about Casey and his creepin’ ways (especially after THESE pictures to light) and now that this chick has flat out admitted that she and Casey were still having sex “a few months before Jamie Lynn gave birth”, well, it all seems fairly believable to me. The pics are hard to deny … tho, it is impossible to know exactly when they were taken (it’s also difficult to tell for sure if Kelli and the girl in the pics are the same person). I’m sure none of this is anything that Jamie Lynn wants to hear about the father of her newborn baby girl. Oh, and I love how Jason Alexander (the guy who Britney Spears was married to for .5 secs) was available to offer his $0.02 on a matter that has absolutely nothing to do with him at all. Lord, you just know he sits by the phone praying that someone, anyone, will call. See, this is really what happens when children start having sex and having babies before they’re ready … they get mixed up in scenarios like this that aren’t really conducive to a stable family life. Do y’all believe this Kelli girl’s story?

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Here are a couple really great pics of actress Julie Benz, who will be appearing in the 5th installment of the Saw horror movie franchise and who will also be appearing in the upcoming 3rd season of the Showtime series Dexter … and who Buffyverse fans will recognize as Darla in both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, out and about here in SoCal running a few errands:

I gotta say … Julie Benz does not get as much play as she should. I’ve loved the girl since her Buffy days and even tho it took me a very long time to see her as anything other than Darla (I know, it was unhealthy) I have really come to appreciate her acting skills in other projects. She is wonderful in Dexter … she plays the character of Rita perfectly and I’m very excited to see how her character will grow in the upcoming new season of the show. I’m a bit nervous about seeing Ms. Benz in Saw V only cuz I don’t want to see her get chopped up into pieces … I’m hoping she’ll be one of the last characters left standing at the end of the movie. Yeah, I came upon these pics and I felt it was due time to show her a bit of love here on the blog … I know I’m not alone. Where my Julie Benz peoples at?

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Best buds (or so they’d like us to believe) Rihanna and Chris Brown have jetted down to Ri Ri’s native home of Barbados for a little bit o’ vacay action … here are a few pics of the supposed BFFs enjoying a few water sports together:

But the water frolicking didn’t end with just the Jetski play … ChRihanna also spent part of their time getting up close and personal with one another on a big ole inner tube. After the jump, check out more pics of the buddies lookin’ awfully romantical with one another …

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This week new photos of an overly beefed up Jake Gyllenhaal (on the set of his new movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which he is currently filming) popped up on various sites and the amazing site Pretty on the Outside took notice. Here is a cute caricature of Jakie poo in the guise of He-Man, the Most Powerful Man in the Universe:

LOL. The pic is not a bad likeness of what Jake Gyllenhaal looks like these days. After the jump, check out a pic of the lad on set of Prince of Persia in the guise of the very beefed up Prince Dastan for comparison …

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Could it be? Is this the end? Have Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer really decided to end their steamy and fun-to-watch romance? New reports going around today claim that Mayerston have broken up and that John was the one who did the dumping (but for Jen’s own good) but I don’t know that I really believe it just yet … even still, I think it’s worth mentioning … word on the street is that Mayerston are dunzo:

Unlucky-in-love Jennifer Aniston has been dumped by her latest boyfriend, rock singer John Mayer. The pair initially decided to spend some time apart… before making the break official earlier this week. It is yet more heartache for the gorgeous Friends star, who has been unable to find love again since her divorce from Brad Pitt four years ago. News of her splitting up with Gravity singer John comes just weeks after the couple were rumoured to be considering marriage. “There’s been a bit of tension for some time,” says a source close to 30-year-old John. “They initially opted for a break, hoping a trial split might make them stronger. Sadly it doesn’t seem to have worked. John took the decision to end things as he felt he just wasn’t ready for the level of commitment that Jennifer deserved. Contrary to reports, Jen didn’t want to have kids or marry this year, but she did want to set a timetable for their future together. She also wanted him to assure her he would cut down his tours in the future when they did eventually have children. Initially, Jennifer was furious when he told her of his decision but now she’s simply sad – not to mention a little heartbroken” … While he holidays with pals in Mexico, Jennifer, 38, remains in LA, working. Ironically, she has recently completed filming on her latest movie, “He’s Just Not That Into You”. Ouch! The break-up is sure to hit unlucky-in-love Jen hard. While Brad is busy creating a “rainbow family” with Angelina Jolie, things have not gone so smoothly for Jen. Last year she dated Brit builder-turned-model Paul Sculfor, but that turned sour after just six weeks. And before that she had a year-long romance with actor Vince Vaughn, her costar in The Break-Up. Last night a spokesman for Jennifer declined to comment.

Both Jen and John are notorious for not talking to the press about their private lives and I highly doubt any “source close to John” would be talking to the tabs at all but … I guess we’ll just have to wait and watch to see if the two are seen together again. I do like them together, tho. Jen hasn’t looked this happy in eons … I hope they end up working it out in some way. Any guesses? Are they really dunzo this time?

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At long last, Britney Spears finally sits down for her first real interview in 2 years in order to give some insight on her life from her own perspective. We’ve heard things about her life from various other outside sources but even the stuff we got from the people closest to her in her inner circle cannot equal the sort of insight that can be gleaned from her own words. Last year, Britney disastrously tried to do an interview with OK! magazine and we all know how that turned out … this week, Brit Brit really sits down with OK! magazine and gives an interview the magazine proclaims is not to be missed:

From her nasty divorce and custody battle to her now-infamous performance at the 2007 VMAs to the dark period under the control of “manager” Sam Lutfi, it’s safe to say that the last two years were not the best in the young life of Britney Spears. And now, one year after an erratic and distracted Brit stormed out of an OK! photoshoot, a very different woman sits down to talk openly about her two adorable sons, her father and the future of her nearly sidetracked career. Having spent her young life in the spotlight, the 26-year-old mother of two tells OK! that she hopes her boys choose not to choose a career in entertainment. “I’d love them unconditionally if they wanted to,” she explains. “I’d just as soon they have a more normal childhood.” Perhaps some of Britney’s reluctance comes from seeing her little sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, have to face so much public scrutiny over her recent pregnancy. “I was shocked a little bit,” says Brit. “She’s always been the baby, and now the baby was having a baby. It was mind-boggling.” The pop superstar also tells OK! that she wants her boys to be close to her newborn niece. “I’m sure the boys will be like big brothers to Maddie,” she says. In an unexpected twist, Britney’s downward spiral in recent years ultimately helped to heal the bonds between the singer and her parents, Lynne and Jamie Spears. “God has a way of taking something bad and turning it into something good,” explains Jamie, who also spoke exclusively to OK!. “If this hadn’t happened, I would never have been able to get back with my daughter and have this relationship I have with these two little boys.” Another positive that’s risen out of her darkest days is Britney’s new album, which she expects to hit stores in six to nine months. “I think it is more urban,” she tells OK!. “I’m writing every day, right here at the piano in this living room … This is my best work ever.”

OMG OMG OMG … she sounds great! I dreamed of the day that Britney Spears would get her life back in order and not just look like she is doing better but really actually get better. Everything that we’ve seen in the past few months has really gone on to prove that she has actually gotten her life back in order. I can’t *wait* to read this interview. I cannot even tell you how pleased I am to hear her sounding so well. And she’s doing it properly … little by little, bit by bit … not rushing into things too fast, not giving 45 interviews at once … she’s taking her time and taking care of biz. Welcome back, Britney! We’ve missed you something awful :)

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I suppose Michael Phelps’s performance at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games last night (today in China) should be unbelievable but waking up to report that the man has not won just one Gold Medal but 2 Gold Medals in competition isn’t all that surprising for me … not when we’re talking about our dear Phelpsie. Michael Phelps did win 2 Gold Medals last night and set 2 World Records in the process (thus far, he’s 5 for 5 attempts at Gold Medals at this Summer Olympic Games and 5 for 5 World Records) bringing his overall Gold Medal count to 11 — the most Gold Medals won by any Olympic athlete in the 100+ year history of the Modern Olympic Games. First up last night (today in China), Michael Phelps took home the Gold and set the World Record in the Men’s 200-meter Butterfly event:

Michael Phelps has become the winningest Olympic athlete ever, earning his fourth gold medal of the Beijing Games with a world record in the 200-meter butterfly. The American touched in 1 minute, 52.03 seconds, breaking his old mark of 1:52.09 set at last year’s world championships in Australia. It was Phelps’ 10th career gold medal, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis and two others for most golds. He is 4-for-4 so far, setting world records in each of his events.

But that was just his first event of the night, next up came the Men’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay where Phelps and his teammates Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte and Peter Vanderkaay won more Gold, set another World Record:

On the fifth day of swimming at the Beijing Games, Phelps collected his fourth and fifth gold medals, becoming the career leader in Olympic golds with 11. He broke his own world record in the 200-meter butterfly of 1 minute 52.03 seconds, trimming 0.06 off his 17-month-old mark even though his goggles filled with water when he dived into the water. Less than an hour later, Phelps led off the United States’ 4x-200 freestyle relay in 1:43.31, almost three seconds faster than his nearest competitor, to set the tone for the Americans’ rousing victory. The squad of Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay clocked a 6:58.56 — the first sub-seven minute performance — to finish 5.14 seconds ahead of the runner-up, Russia, which was only 0.46 seconds off the listed world record. In a sport where races often are decided by hundredths of a second, Phelps, 23, has won three of his five golds here by a margin of 1.89 seconds or more. “There’s nobody in any sport that can win like he wins,” Reese said. “He’s not just winning, he’s crunching world records and crunching the fields. It’s amazing” … “I couldn’t see anything for the last 100,” said Phelps, who said he gauged where the walls were by counting his strokes. He could not tear his goggles off because he was wearing two caps and the strap was safely tucked between them. “It just kept getting worse and worse through the race,” he said.”I wanted to break the record. I wanted to go 1:51 or better, but for the circumstances I guess it’s not too bad.” Shaking his head at Phelps’s goggles mishap, Reese said: “Just think how fast that would have been. We were looking for an amazingly fast swim the way he had swum in the semifinals and the prelims. He would have been at least a second faster.” Physical exhaustion, mental stress, equipment malfunctions — all of it falls away when Phelps hits the water.

Holy Shizz! He can even win Gold Medals with his eyes shut! Oh yeah, I think at this point it is very safe to say that Michael Phelps is THE greatest Olympic Athlete of all time … arguably the greatest American athlete and by the end of these Olympic Games, possibly the greatest athlete of all time. It sounds like hyperbolic exaggeration but if you consider that the man just keeps winning Gold Medals and keeps doing so in World Record time … it’s not a tough case to make. Phelps has 3 more chances to win Gold Medals/set World Records … bring it on, I say, I have a feeling that Olympic History is going to continue to be made inside the Water Cube at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

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