Great news … which better NOT turn out to be a cruel April Fool’s joke. I just received word from NBC that the disputing parties whose legal wrangling has kept Project Runway off the air have reached a settlement in the case — which means the show is finally free to return to the TV airwaves. Here is the full text of the statement that has just been released by NBC Universal:

NBC Universal, The Weinstein Company and Lifetime have resolved their disputes. The Weinstein Company will pay NBCU for the right to move Project Runway to Lifetime. All of the parties are pleased with the outcome. Harvey Weinstein added, “I want to personally congratulate Jeff Zucker and NBCU on their success in the litigation and thank Jeff for resolving this in a professional manner. We look forward to working together on our ongoing projects.”

I realize that in my excitement and in my haste to pass along this information I could be falling for the cruelest of pranks but the statement was sent to me by an NBC Universal employee and I can’t (well, don’t wanna) believe that something like this would be used as a joke. I will update with any news from confirming sources as soon as I can. I have to believe that this matter has finally been resolved ‘cuz I am dying for another season of Project Runway. It remains to be seen when we will be able to see the show on the air again but I’m crossing my fingers that it will be soon. We shall see.

UPDATE: The LA Times confirms the story, the disputing parties have settled to let Project Runway make the move to Lifetime:

According to a statement issued by NBC Universal today, the dispute is over because the Weinstein Company has agreed to pay NBCU for the right to move the popular reality series to Lifetime. “All of the parties are pleased with the outcome,” NBC Universal said in a statement. Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Weinstein Company, added: “I want to personally congratulate Jeff Zucker and NBCU on their success in the litigation and thank Jeff for resolving this in a professional manner. We look forward to working together on our ongoing projects” … Andrea Wong, president and CEO of Lifetime Networks, who fought hard to land the show, issued the following statement: “I couldn’t be more excited that Lifetime will bring its viewers an amazing, all-new season of ‘Project Runway’ this summer. As the highest-rated cable network for women, Lifetime is the perfect home for this outstanding program as well as its companion series Models of the Runway. All of us at Lifetime are thrilled to move forward with Heidi, Tim, Nina, Michael, The Weinstein Company and the entire ‘Project Runway’ team. We are proud to add these shows to our growing slate of original programming, including the hit series ‘Army Wives’, the all-new upcoming series Drop Dead Diva and our top-rated original movies. Weinstein also added the following: “We’re thrilled to be launching our relationship with Lifetime with this groundbreaking cable deal that includes the next 5 years of ‘Project Runway,’ our new spin-off show ‘Models of the Runway’ and the development of ‘Project Pygmalion,’ along with a package of our movies. With these upcoming shows and the success of our new series ‘The No. 1Ladies Detective Agency’ on HBO, we are very excited about the continued growth of The Weinstein Co’s television division. We are also looking forward to working with NBC Universal on the upcoming theatrical release of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and the continued development of other projects together.”

YIPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! BEST.NEWS.EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT!

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Life must be treatin’ Kevin Federline very well cuz in these new photos of The Federline and his girlfriend Victoria Prince roaming the streets of SoCal, it seems painfully obvious that he has not been missing any meals despite the hard economic times affecting many folks these days … behold:

Yikes! While Britney Spears is lookin’ better by the moment, poor K-Fed is lookin’ … well … worse. See, I don’t have a problem with anyone livin’ large (as it were) but it seems to me that K-Fed is packin’ on the bulk by leaps and bounds — which can’t be very healthy. These photos make it hard to remember a time when he was a lithe and semi-muscular professional dancer. Now he just looks like a divorcee who is surviving on alimony checks and who spends all of his time at the bowling alley. Oh wait.

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Twilight star Robert Pattinson is featured in the new issue of Spanish Glamour magazine and thanks to the fansite Twilight Poison, we gringos can partake in Rob’s interview with the mag. Here is the pretty picture of R.Pattz that is featured in the mag and portions of a translation of his interview:

They say this British guy started to work in the industry because he wanted to meet girls. What he didn’t know is that his life was going to change forever once he got cast as the teenage vampire Edward Cullen, hero to millions of teenagers thanks to the famous Twilight saga written by Stephenie Meyer. We’re in the city of Los Angeles and we speak with this peculiar actor that will become our Salvador Dali very soon.

Do you remember the first time you loved someone?
Yes. It’s weird to enjoy your first love, especially if the relationship lasts a long time. Our relationship was really beautiful, but we didn’t have an obsessive love like in the movie. Her presence in my life made me very happy for three years. Now it’s kind of hard to talk about it.

HMMM … hear that ladies? Rob wants an independent woman to love up on so running at him while screaming and wearing an Edward Cullen t-shirt prolly won’t do the trick. I like reading interviews with Robert Pattinson … he seems like a pretty smart guy. Methinks that the fascination with the lad won’t be dying down anytime soon … so we might as well enjoy the ride.

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Early last month we learned that Britney Spears has been tapped to be the Candie’s spokesmodel for 2009 and a few weeks later got our first look at her first Candie’s newspaper print ad. Today we get to check out her new full-color campaign promo ads along with a short video that features our dear Britney posing for pics for the ad campaign. Here is the one sheet promo ad that has just been released:

The singer flaunts her dancer’s physique in a variety of skin-baring outfits and the brand’s signature heels against a bright pink background. In a statement, Britney gushes about the campaign, “I had so much fun shooting the Candie’s for Kohl’s campaign. I got to wear the cutest clothes and they are perfect for summer!”

I think she looks amazing … and the pink, well, it’s not too bad either. While I’m thrilled that Britney is featured in this high profile ad campaign, I’m hoping that she will continue to score endorsement gigs like this in the future. I would LOVE to see her in a new Pepsi commercial … I’m just sayin’. But, she’s with Candie’s now so let’s take a closer look at her new promo images, after the jump, and also check out a short promo video from Britney’s photoshoot for this Candie’s campaign …

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Sad news to report today … it turns out that becoming BFFs with Paris Hilton isn’t really a bona fide gig. One day you’re in and the next day you’re ass is kicked to the curb and your frantic phone calls and emails go unanswered. Sad. Life & Style magazine is reporting that Paris Hilton has discarded her supposed new BFF Brittany Flickinger in the weeks and months since the young lass won the competition to become Paris’s new best friend. Apparently, it didn’t take long for Paris to cut off all communication with her new BFF after the TV show finished its run … it turns out that Paris and Brittany are now dunzo!

The honeymoon’s over for Paris Hilton and her Best Friend Forever, Brittany Flickinger. Only four months after the aspiring singer and actress won the MTV reality show Paris Hilton’s My New BFF, she and Paris no longer speak, an insider tells Life & Style. “In fact, they haven’t spoken in two months,” says the insider close to Paris. “All that girl wanted was the free trips, the goodie bags, staying at Paris’ mansion and the parties and clubs. She was desperate for money.” Pals of hers had warned Paris about Brittany too. “She was another one of these girls using Paris to get famous,” says the insider. “We’ve seen it happen a million times. In January at Sundance, Paris realized everything everyone was telling her was the truth.” Perhaps Paris, 28, will choose better the second time around. The new season of the show is currently filming in LA. Meanwhile, according to her MySpace page, Brittany, 24, has been performing music around California and is working on an upcoming album.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is so sad. First, Paris goes on nationwide basic cable to find friends and then she can’t even keep them. Yeah, yeah … I know this show is about as jacked up as Paris’s wonky eyes but I cannot believe that there are people out there who would debase themselves in order to fight for the right to be Paris Hilton’s fake friend. I’m sorry but I have no sympathy for anyone who goes into a situation like this and thinks that Paris Hilton wants to be their friend. Flickinger deserves to be ridiculed because that is the true prize of winning the competition to be Paris Hilton’s New BFF. I hope she enjoyed her 15 seconds of fame … I also hope she saved some of that prize money cuz … it sounds like the par-tay is ovah!

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So I thought long and hard about coming up with a fun April Fool’s Joke to play today but I couldn’t think of anything that would sound believeable. In the end, I decided to just take a pass on playing any jokes this year. Now that David and I are engaged, I’m feelin’ too old for any of this funny biz.

Yesterday was a pretty chill day … David and I met with a fine young chap named John from Syracuse University who is writing a graduate paper on gay blogs and we all had a nice convo over late lunch at Toast. After that, we talked about seeing a movie but that never happened. Instead we came home to be lazy. Yeah, doesn’t it sound like we’re married already?

Tonight, David is dragging me to American Idol for the results show. I’m not a fan of the show but he is so we’re going. Hopefully, it’ll be fun. That’s pretty much all I got. I’ve still got work to do before we have to head off to the studio taping. Happy Fool’s Day, y’all … are you having fun today?

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