THE DIRT 7/15

 

In the fourth Mel Gibson recording, Gibson goes ballistic because Oksana Grigorieva fell asleep before servicing him. "I deserve to be [pleasured] first, before the f---ing Jacuzzi. I'll burn the g--damn house down," he said in the recording obtained by RadarOnline.com. According to a report, Gibson also pulled a gun on Grigorieva during a violent confrontation earlier this year. In other news, Gibson did reshoots of Jodie Foster's film "The Beaver" last week after the ranting tapes had been released. A source said it was "the weirdest set ever." / DN17, NYP12, NYP7, USATD1
 
Lindsay Lohan is rumored to be working with O.J. Simpson "Dream Team" lawyer Robert Shapiro to ask the judge for rehab instead of jail time. However, a source close to Lohan wouldn't confirm the hiring. / DN3
 
A private Florida funeral was planned this weekend for Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, followed by a pinstripe public memorial for The Boss at the new Yankee Stadium. The funeral will take place either Saturday or Sunday. / DN5
 
Attorneys were expected to make closing arguments Thursday in the federal trial of Allison Coss and Scott Sippola, both charged with conspiracy and two counts of extortion for allegedly threatening John Stamos through e-mail that they would peddle 6-year-old compromising photos of him to magazines if he didn't pay them. Jury deliberations would begin afterward. / AP

"America's Got Talent" judge Piers Morgan appears to be the front-runner to claim the CNN talk show long hosted by Larry King, and he has won permission from NBC, which airs the hit talent contest, to pursue the CNN job. According to sources, CNN will pay Morgan $6 million a year over the next three years. / AP, NYP91

Court records show a $1 million sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former assistant against Steven Seagal has been dismissed in Los Angeles. Kayden Nguyen had claimed Seagal forced her to stay in a Louisiana home and that the action star repeatedly fondled her. The allegations led to the suspension of filming on the reality series "Steven Seagal Lawman." / AP

The Swiss government asked the U.S. Justice Department to release sealed transcripts in the Roman Polanski case just days before a Los Angeles judge was told that the Swiss did not request that information, according to a letter from Swiss officials that points to apparent miscommunication in the case. In other news, Polanski plans to shoot a film version of the Tony Award-winning drama "God of Carnage" in Europe next year. / AP, DN22, NYP17
 
President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, ex-British Prime Minister John Major, Steven Spielberg and his wife, and Ted Turner are among the 500 guests invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding to fiancé Marc Mezvinsky on July 31 in upstate Rhinebeck. In other news the New York Post profiles their relationship. / DN14, NYP55-7
 
Spencer Pratt disguised himself as an old man to crash "The Hills" finale at L.A.'s Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Pratt wasn't invited due to being kicked off the show last year for making death threats. A source at the finale says that, "the talent are really physically afraid of him," and that Lauren Conrad carried a Taser in her bag. Pratt showed up with Snooki's ex-boyfriend Emilio Masella. Meanwhile, the "Jersey Shore" cast partied in NY at The Eldridge where JWoWW and fiancé Tom Lippolis were seen yelling at each other. / DN9, NYP13
 
In Lil' Wayne's letter posted on weezythanxyou.com, the rapper talks about his daily routine while serving his one-year sentence in jail. He says that he wakes up, has some coffee, calls his kids, reads fan mail, listens to ESPN on the radio, and reads the Bible before sleep. He has also been keeping up with the music world. / DN17
 
"Iron Man 2" star Scarlett Johansson is set to attend Comic Con 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center this month in hopes of "scoring another major role." / DN8
 
Anna Chapman, the Russian arrested in the U.S. on suspicion of espionage, has not been invited to the Moscow premiere of Angelina Jolie's spy film, "Salt." However, Jolie has asked for Chapman to be invited to the premiere. / DN8, NYP3
 
Rosie Perez was seen attending the White House in a neck brace. According to a source, Perez is recovering from surgery to repair slipped and bulging disks that she suffered during a stunt on "Law & Order: SVU" over a year ago. / DN8
 
Lady Gaga was seen checking out a $21,000-a-month penthouse rental at 304 Spring St. She has also reportedly rented a LA mansion for $25,000 and was also recently spotted looking around for Hamptons beach houses. / NYP46
 
Ashley Greene will join Kelly Ripa, Donna Karan and InStyle as a co-host of Super Saturday 13, the annual designer garage sale to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund on July 31 in Water Mill. / NYP12
 
Eminem's "Recovery" is still dominating the Billboard's album chart, topping it for a third straight week by selling 229,000 copies. / USATD1
 
USA Today sits down with Chris Nolan to talk about his career and his new film, "Inception." / USATD1
 
"Into the Unknown" host Josh Bernstein proposed to Lily Snyder last weekend after a day of hiking in southern Utah. / NYP13
 
Aretha Franklin will be featured at Rep. Charles Rangel's campaign cash bash next month that's being trumpeted as his 80th birthday "gala." In other news, Franklin was serenaded by a singing member of the wait staff at Brasserie Ruhlmann in Rockefeller Center the other night. / DN3, NYP12

Shaquille O'Neal is competing far outside his weight class in the second season of "Shaq Vs." Justin Bieber is among those the NBA star will face off with in his reality competition series and join in a dance crew competition. The second season of "Shaq Vs." will take the focus off athletic competitions. O'Neal will have a cook-off with Rachael Ray and a hot-dog-eating contest with competitive eating champion Joey Chestnut. The season premieres Aug. 3. / AP
 
Brian Williams was seen playing third base for the "Nightly News" softball team as they were beaten by the "Today" squad (14-3) in DeWitt Clinton Park. / NYP12
 
Eliot Spitzer was seen dining with old friend Avi Schick at Prime Ko steakhouse. / NYP13
 
Mariska Hargitay and Joy Behar went head-to-head over a piece of furniture at the Mulford Farm Show in East Hampton over the weekend. Behar relented and let Hargitay buy the $1,600 antique mirror. / NYP13
 
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" has hit an all-time low in ratings for the week of June 28, averaging a 2.9—the first time in the show's 24-year history it fell below the 3.0 mark. / NYP91

Bono, the 50-year-old frontman for U2, has announced he's fully recovered from emergency back surgery in Munich in May - and has apologized to ticket-holding North American fans who must wait an extra year to see the band return to action. / AP
 
Dustin Hoffman will star in a new HBO series called "Luck," which will begin shooting this fall in Los Angeles. Others in the cast include Jason Gedrick, Richard Kind, Nick Nolte, and Dennis Farina and Jill Hennessy will guest star. / DN88, NYP92
 
Joe Torre's former Westchester residence is up for auction. The New Rochelle mansion, located at 60 Premium Point Road has originally been listed at $2.695 million. / NYP46

Heirs of the late Lucille Ball and her second husband are sparring over the planned auction in California of some of the couple's prized possessions, including a Rolls Royce and some of the actress' awards. Other items on the auction block are photos, sketches, other personal items and love letters between Ball and Gary Morton, the comedienne's second husband. / AP
 
Photos in the Daily News: Irina Shayk taking a stroll in Soho, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony giving their 2-year-old twins, Max and Emme, a lift during a Gucci photo shoot on a Malibu beach, Rosie Perez, in a neck brace, being wheeled in to the East Room of the White House for a meeting on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Sean Hayes driving Kristin Chenoweth back to "Promises, Promises," after she was on the David Letterman show. / DN9, DN8
 
Photos in the Post: Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky at a party at the Met on Tuesday, Marc Anthony and children Max and Emme on the set of Jennifer Lopez's Gucci photo shoot on a Malibu beach, Leighton Meester shooting a scene for "Gossip Girl" during a downtown pour on the Upper West Side, Emma Stone in a short skirt and pigtails for a GQ photo shoot. / NYP55, NYP33, NYP13