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28 August 2008 9:40 AM, PDT

Disney star Demi Lovato's debut album, Don't Forget, may be full of upbeat songs, but she also has a dark side. "I used to write [really dark] songs every night in my room – like, five or six a night – and I'd be up until 5 in the morning," she tells MTV News. "[Mom] would come up and say, 'So what are you writing?' I'd play her a song, and she'd go, 'Wow – go to therapy.' But it really is therapy for me." Still, Lovato, 16, hopes that at least one song on her album (one she wrote herself) will resonate with her young audience.

Steve Helling

28 August 2008 8:00 AM, PDT

Michael Phelps may be the toast of the town. But even with eight gold medals, he still wasn't the most famous athlete an EA Sports-sponsored party in Manhattan Wednesday night. No, that distinction belonged to Tiger Woods, there to promote his new video game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. The golfing great – who's recuperating from a serious knee injury – kept a low profile at the bash, immediately heading upstairs to a private suite. But he did take time to chat with the history-making super-swimmer. "Michael Phelps did visit Tiger upstairs," an event rep told People. "No one gets in that room unless Tiger wants them there.

Chris Willard

28 August 2008 7:00 AM, PDT

This is no Disney drama! A divorce hearing between Hilary Duff's parents began Wednesday with bickering about her upcoming 21st birthday party – and ended with her dad being lead away in handcuffs. A Texas judge sentenced her father, Bob Duff, to 10 days in jail for contempt. (He was accused of violating a court order prohibiting him from selling assets without the consent of his estranged wife.) As deputies handcuffed her ex, Susan Duff gasped and, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle, said, "This isn't what I wanted." What did she want? The star's mom was demanding $25,000 to

Caris Davis

28 August 2008 6:30 AM, PDT

Faith Hill's upcoming Christmas album, Joy to the World, was three years in the making, and People.com has your exclusive first listen of the album's debut single, "A Baby Changes Everything." Listen to the song here: The song is the album's sole original track and was written by Nashville songwriters Craig Wiseman and Tim Nichols (who also co-wrote Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying"), along with Wiseman's wife, Kk. "Kk is a minister and it originated from a sermon that she was going to present to a church," Hill said of the song. "It's an extraordinary piece of work.

Eileen Finan

28 August 2008 6:20 AM, PDT

Looks like the reconciliation has officially ended. Lindsay Lohan is lashing out at her often-estranged dad, Michael, who has been openly critical of her relationship with Samantha Ronson. "He has become a public embarrassment and a bully – to my family, my co-workers, my friends and a girl that means the world to me," she writes on her MySpace Celebrity blog, listing her current mood as "betrayed."Lingering tensions came to a head this week, when Michael Lohan dissed Ronson in the media. "Samantha is using my daughter," he told E! News, as reports swirled that Ronson was planning a tell-all memoir.

Caris Davis

28 August 2008 4:50 AM, PDT

David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation center for sex addiction, his lawyer, Stanton "Larry" Stein, tells People exclusively. "I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction," the actor says in an exclusive statement. "I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family." Duchovny, 48, has been married to actress Téa Leoni since 1997. They have two children, daughter Madelaine West, 9, and son Kyd, 6.

28 August 2008 4:35 AM, PDT

Happier personally and professionally than she's been in a long time, Jessica Simpson tells People that boyfriend Tony Romo is her "perfect guy." "I just told him today, 'You're the love of my life,' " she confesses in the latest cover story. "I don't really ever say that to anybody." Simpson, 28 (as is Dallas Cowboys quarterback Romo), also co-wrote a song for her man, "You're My Sunday," which is featured on her new country album, Do You Know (out Sept. 9). And, in a true modern-day sign of devotion, changed her cell phone number and e-mail address to cut off any potential communication from her exes.

28 August 2008 1:15 AM, PDT

Losing weight is a must on The Biggest Loser – except for show's host, Alison Sweeney. Sweeney, 31, is pregnant with her second child, a daughter, and those who watch the new season of the NBC reality series (which starts Sept. 16) will also see her belly start to expand. "It's really the only time in your life that you're supposed to gain weight," Sweeney told People at Tuesday's auction of celeb-donated jeans for Clothes Off Our Back, which benefits children's charities. "They say that you're eating for two, but you have to remember that one of the two is only five ounces.

Lisa March

28 August 2008 12:45 AM, PDT

It looks like Michael Phelps is as fast on land as he is in the water. Fresh from his Wednesday with Tiger Woods in Manhattan – at an EA Sports-sponsored party for the golfing champ's new video game – the "Baltimore Bullet" is zipping off to Orlando to rub his broad shoulders with Mickey and Minnie Mouse. On Friday, Phelps, 23, will receive a hero's welcome at Walt Disney World during a special "America's Homecoming Parade," which a theme-park spokesperson describes as "a star-spangled salute amidst confetti and thousands of flag-waving fans." No word yet on whether Splash Mountain will be re-named for him.

Stephen M. Silverman

28 August 2008 12:40 AM, PDT

It's still a week early for the MTV Video Music Awards. But Britney Spears, who is up for three awards – including top honors – has a supporter in the form of hip-hop heavyweight Pharrell Williams. "She's made her mark with her career," Williams told People at Wednesday's Pepsi 500 Running Wide Open party in Hollywood, which he co-hosted. "She's super-talented. She's an entertainer." Williams, 35, collaborated with Spears on her hits "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Boys." "It was cool, it was fun," said Williams, who is currently working on new music with Common and Fall Out Boy.Besides video of the year,

Nicholas White

28 August 2008 12:10 AM, PDT

Supermodel Kate Moss has officially earned her weight gold. Thanks to British artist Marc Quinn, her famous face and figure have been immortalized as a solid-gold statue named Siren. Quinn estimates the value of the life-size sculpture at more than $18 million. Weighing about 110 lbs., Siren is described by the British Museum in London as the largest solid-gold statue since Ancient Egyptian times. Yet, the statue features 34-year-old Moss in a yoga position, making it less than three feet tall. "I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who's the ideal beauty of the moment,

Mari Kasanuki

27 August 2008 11:30 PM, PDT

It will be a night of the golden moonman as Miley Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan, and the cast of High School Musical 3 present this year's winners with the signature statues at the MTV Video Music Awards. Scarlett Johansson, gold medalist Michael Phelps, and Ciara will also be on hand to present at the show, airing on Sept. 7 from L.A.'s Paramount Pictures Studios.Audience members and viewers will jam to live drum beats and scratched records by Travis Barker and DJ Am. "I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry, rapper Lupe Fiasco, and The Ting Tings, along with other musical guests,

Christina Tapper

27 August 2008 10:40 PM, PDT

Numb3rs actress Diane Farr welcomed twin girls in Los Angeles on Wednesday, People has learned exclusively. First born Sawyer Lucia weighed in at 4 lbs., 12 oz., and Coco Trinity, who was born one minute later, weighed 5 lbs., 14 oz., according to Farr's rep. The girls, who are both 19-inches long, were born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. "I'm so thankful that my midwife and doctor paid such wonderful attention to me and the little ladies," said Farr, 38. "And I’m really glad that I got to 36 weeks with multiples."The actress, who appears on Rescue Me, and her husband Seung Chung, the owner

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