HEADLINES 8/4

Sick.  Again.  Sick!  For a healthy person, I always seem to be catching something.  Here's the DIRT:

 

 

Bristol Palin, the 19-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called off her wedding plans after Levi Johnston told her he may have fathered a baby with another woman. / AP, DN12, USATD1

With a jury ready to hear evidence, lawyers in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case were scheduled to launch their cases Wednesday with opening statements. Prosecutors were expected to accuse three key figures in the Playboy model's life of illegally giving her massive amounts of opiates and sedatives in the years before she died. / AP

"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest said Tuesday that it could be weeks before the show's new judges are announced. Seacrest said during the New Jersey auditions for the Fox TV singing contest that he didn't know how big the revamped panel will turn out to be. / AP
 
Lindsay Lohan is in a section of UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital that treats normal people with various issues. Her doctors are currently looking into what prescriptions she is taking and determining if her dosages need to be increased, decreased or stopped. / DN14
 
Norton Mezvinsky, the uncle of Marc Mezvinsky wrote a letter to the Daily News to speak out against inter-religious marriage because Chelsea Clinton is Methodist and his nephew is Jewish and neither plans on converting. / DN9
 
Wyclef Jean has confirmed that he's running for president of Haiti. The rapper told Time.com that he plans to announce his candidacy tomorrow. / DN8

Eminem has been nominated for eight VMA awards—the largest amount for any male in the race and twice as many as he received last year. / DN38

Paramount Pictures, MTV Films and Bieber's record label, Island Def Jam, said that Justin Bieber has signed on to appear in a feature film about his life and career. The yet-to-be-titled movie is set for release on "Valentine's weekend" of 2011, the companies said Tuesday. In other news, Bieber is making his acting debut on CBS' "CSI" season opener Sept. 23. / AP, USATD1

Naomi Campbell has special security measures in place for when she testifies at the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, barring photographers from catching her entering or leaving the courtroom. She is due to appear in court on Thursday. / AP, DN20
 
LeBron James paid tribute to his hometown of Akron, Ohio, in a full-page newspaper ad yesterday—but ignored Cleveland, the city he starred in before joining Miami Heat. / DN20
 
Aretha Franklin has called off two free shows after an injury on Sunday. She'll also skip Rep. Charlie Rangel's 80th birthday fund-raising gala. Franklin was to play at Borough President Marty Markowitz's concert series at Wingate Field on Monday and Asser Levy Park in Brighton Beach on Thursday. / DN6, NYP2
 
The New York Post picked up PEOPLE's reports on Drew Carey's weight loss of 80 lbs. / NYP68
 
Sandra Bullock is the biggest female moneymaker in Hollywood, according to a new ranking by Forbes, which said she raked in $56 million between June 2009 and June 2010. Coming in second were Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz, who each earned $32 million this past year. / DN14, NYP30
 
Michelle Obama will be on the cover of "Ladies' Home Journal" to come out on August 10. In the issue she talks about working hard to get vegetables on kids' plates. / USATD1

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," is scheduled for release Nov. 16, 2012, Summit Entertainment announced Tuesday. The first half is coming out Nov. 18, 2011. / AP
 
"Glee" has been mapped out for four seasons and Paul McCartney has sent the show's creator, Ryan Murphy a mashup tape of songs that he'd like considered for the show. Guests who will appear on the upcoming season include John Stamos and Susan Boyle. / DN76
 
Dr. Phil and his wife have bought a $29.5-million mansion with five bedrooms and nine bathrooms in LA. / NYP69
 
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino was approached by Hart Hanson, the creator of the Fox series "Bones," about playing a murder victim on an episode to air this fall. / DN76
 
Casey Affleck's producers are defending him in his battle with two women who claim they were sexually harassed while working on a documentary with him. / NYP12
 
Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr may still have feelings for each other. The couple was caught kissing at Izakaya Ten in Chelsea on Monday night. A source said they were "making out like crazy" by the end of dinner. / NYP12
 
Chris Martin was seen lunching with his daughter at Hon's in Montauk. / NYP12
 
Barbara Walters was seen at Primola. / NYP12
 
Shaun White was seen playing a game of ping-pong at the Chateau Marmont in LA before competing at the X Games in skateboarding. / NYP12
 
Matt Dillon was seen eating alone at The Stand on East 12th Street. / NYP12
 
Christie Brinkley and Alec Baldwin are voicing their support for Peconic Public Broadcasting's 11th-hour scramble to stay in control of the Hamptons public radio station. "We've got to save the radio station," said Brinkley. "We can't let our beautiful small-town way of life out here get whittled away from us!" / DN9
 
Michael Cera attended a private screening of his latest film, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," on Monday night at the Crosby Street Hotel. Guests included Paul Rudd, Patrick Wilson and Joe Manganiello. / DN9
 
During a take of Bryan Greenberg's romantic scene with Mila Kunis in "Friends With Benefits," a busload of prisoners drove by screaming and ruined the scene. Even though the actors started to laugh and lost the scene, Justin Timberlake hopes it will make the outtakes. / DN9
 
Mark Wahlberg's character in "The Other Guys" shoots Derek Jeter in the leg. Being a Red Sox fan, Wahlberg was excited for the scene, but admitted how nice Jeter was when they met filming. "He's so cool!" said Wahlberg. At the premiere of the movie, Wahlberg was seen on the red carpet along with Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes and Ari Emanuel. / DN9, NYP13

Producer Rick Schwartz has two films premiering on the opening night of the Venice Film Festival—"Black Swan," starring Natalie Portman and Winona Ryder and "Machete," starring Robert De Niro and Lindsay Lohan. / NYP14
 
Kelly Rutherford is expected to attend the annual TriBeCa rooftop party of jewelry designer David Yurman tomorrow. / NYP14
 
Jason Schwartzman says that marrying fashion designer Brady Cunningham hasn't changed his style one bit. "She never tells me what to wear, I put on whatever I feel like," said Schwartzman.  / NYP14
 
Leighton Meester is such a regular at Chelsea's Westside Tavern that the bartenders there have named a shot after the "Gossip Girl" actress called "The Leighton." / DN9
 
A lawsuit was filed against Donald Trump and the developers of his SoHo condominiums for lying to buyers on how many of the units were actually sold. Buyers claimed that Trump said the condo/hotel was as much as 60% sold, when the total was only 15%. The defendants could have made substantial profits if large numbers of the units were sold. / DN50
 
Donald Trump criticized the owners of Astor Courts, the Stanford White-designed 50-acre Rhinebeck estate where Chelsea Clinton was married. The owners ran a full-page ad in the Post headlined, "Yes. It's for Sale… Home of Recent Celebrity Wedding." Trump called it "tacky" and felt the Clintons were used. / NYP12
 
Oprah Winfrey's OWN cable network is over budget. Discovery Communications has said that the $100 million it set aside to launch the network in January is not going to cut it because they have already spent $75 million. / NYP68
 
"American Idol" creator Simon Fuller has ended the long partnership with Sony Music Entertainment for the "Idol" record deal. He has now partnered with Universal Music Group. / NYP29
 
"Modern Family" creator Steve Levitan has asked Disney-ABC TV Group President Anne Sweeny if the network could remove the show's episodes from the internet because the online viewers are not contributing to the show's rating. / NYP68
 
Many of the celebrities that have wax figures of themselves at Madame Tussauds in Times Square gave private sittings to artists who took more than 250 measurements for each. Sean Combs ensured that his sideburns were trimmed to be 1 ¼ inches in length, Serena Williams' figure includes her heart tattoo on her neck that is hidden by her hair, and Kim Kardashian's wax figure became the newest addition with her hips being exactly 39 inches around. / DN13
 
Photos in the Daily News: Brooke Shields arriving at the NYC premiere of "The Other Guys" on Monday, Greta Gerwig on the set of "Arthur," Shaquille O'Neal getting his head shaved at a barbershop in LA, Bjork arriving with her daughter at a premiere in Finland, Avril Lavigne in the water in Malibu with a mystery man, Cat Deeley after appearing on "Live With Regis and Kelly" yesterday, Taylor Momsen entertaining the crowd at Macy's Herald Square store yesterday. / DN9, DN8, DN2
 
Photos in the Post: Kate Winslet and Louis Dowler taking a bike ride with Winslet's son, Joe in NYC, Julia Roberts' photo shoot in the upcoming issue of Elle magazine, Jennifer Lopez's photo shoot for Glamour's September issue, Katy Perry at a media conference at a pool in Singapore during music festival Singfest. / NYP14, NYP13