George Clooney has offered to mediate an agreement that would end the months-long Writer's Guild of America strike by setting up a panel that would include Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and other A-list talent like Tom Hanks. According to deadlinehollywooddaily.com, the stars' role would be to sit between the two parties and tell each on all points that, "you have to live with this and get over it."

Although widespread media reports claim The Hills stars Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port were fired from their jobs at Teen Vogue, Conrad claims it was her idea to part ways with the publication because after two years there, she was "kind of done." Gossip websites had reported the girls were axed because their hard-partying ways set a bad example for the magazine's young readers.

PerezHilton.com is reporting that Hollywood's next hot couple may be Jennifer Aniston and David Spade. The website claims that the Friends star and Heather Locklear's ex were vacationing together in Santa Barbara, but their friends insist that the two are only pals and were among a larger group.

Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes and Rosario Dawson were among those who attended a celebration for the 10th anniversary of V-Day on January 10th, a global effort to end violence against women. At the luncheon, Alba addressed her newly-announced pregnancy, warning attendees that she was "popping out" of her dress.

Salma Hayek will star opposite John C. Reilly as a bearded lady in the upcoming family horror drama, Cirque du Freak. The film, based on a best-selling children's book, will be the actress' first since giving birth to daughter Valentina last fall.

Christian Bale is in talks to join Johnny Depp in Michael Mann's new crime drama, Public Enemies. The Batman star would reportedly play an FBI agent who leads the search for Depp's criminal character.

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens has joined the upcoming comedy-drama Will, about a high school outcast and popular girl who unexpectedly bond over their love of music. Hudgens, now a frequent tabloid fixture since her nude-picture scandal, will play a former stutterer who is romantically involved with the film's lead outcast.

Actress Courtney-Thorne Smith welcomed a baby boy with husband Roger Fishman on January 11th. Jacob Emerson is the first child for the couple, who have been married for just over a year. The According to Jim star joined Nicole Richie and David Allen Grier, who also welcomed children at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Friday.

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