Mariah has gone on record as saying she prefers the company of her dog, Jack, over having any children of her own.

“It’s definitely because of childhood traumatic stuff. The whole not wanting to have a baby as a baby,” she told the UK version of OK magazine.

I believe this about her dark little world completely.

There has always been something tragic about Mariah - almost as if it were a mist in the air around her that screams she’s had a really rough life. It was evident even back in her early 90’s singing days, when she was stick-thin and working herself to death.

It doesn’t matter how much money she’s got or the fact that she can’t go to the bathroom without 15 hairdressers, 12 bodyguards and 10 stylists in tow. Hey, she passed Elvis Presley with her 18th top single, “Touch My Body,” and is now shooting for the Beatles’ record of 20. The girl has both skills and goals.

So what if Mariah doesn’t want to have kids? Dogs are very cool. They’re low maintenance creatures and they love you no matter what. How many kids can you say that about?

“She and her husband enjoy a close and loving relationship,” Holmes’ spokeswoman said, quoted by WENN (World Entertainment News Network).

Insiders, however, insist that Mrs. Cruise is intent on undertaking a move to Manhattan from Los Angeles with Suri, their daughter, to start acting on Broadway to get away from Tom and his obsession with Scientology.

Sources also informed In Touch magazine that Katie is sick and tired of having to fill the role of Tom’s wife and “playing the perfect wife in public.”

How interesting, then, that Katie and Tom Cruise weren’t front and center for Victoria Beckham’s 34th birthday party celebrated a day early with Kate Beckinsale and Eva Longoria and others in attendance this week.

If you remember, Tom and Katie had ushered the Beckhams to Los Angeles and helped them settle here. The foursome was seen practically everywhere for months on end, day in and day out.

Is Katie now doing an about-face with her marriage to Tom?

I’m thinking, “Not.”

She’d have to be crazy to take an exit on the marriage, considering the rumored pre-nup she signed that would bring millions of dollars her way if she stays married to Tom for at least ten years.

My bet is on Katie hanging in for the long haul and reaping in that booty once she’s done her time.

Mary-Kate attended a children’s charity event in New York City last night and wore this…this…drapey thing. I honestly can’t say I hate it. As a matter of fact, the more I look at it, the more “her” it seems to be and the more pleased I am that she decided to wear it to the event.

It takes guts when you’re in the gossip-loving public eye to be your own person who wears whatever the hell you feel like wearing when you step out into the glare of the spotlight, despite the heat you’ll take for it.

I’ve seen Mary-Kate all glitzed-out wearing high leather boots, mini skirt, sexy ‘this’ and sexy ‘that’ in the past. The girl can dress when she’s in the mood, there’s no doubt about that.

I like the fact that she isn’t a fashion slave and feels inclined to wear stuff like this sometimes. She’s got gorgeous eyes and a face that isn’t hard to look at. She also has a somewhat decent body under that crazy shroud she’s wearing.

What I can’t handle? The clashing mustard-yellow handbag she’s clutching and that goofy headband. I mean, geez, it’s one thing to feel secure enough about your body to wrap it in a circus tent of nothing but accordian-pleats. But to neglect coordinating your handbag and sticking that ugly thing on your head?

Now, that’s a major fashion no-no.

The scandal sheets can report all they want how “sources” claim that Jen and Orlando are secretly dating and are so into each other after meeting at an Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation fundraiser in late March.

Me? I’m thinking: It’s just not happening.

First, I can’t imagine what she would see in that dingle-dork, Orlando. (Yes, you read that right, Orlando is a dingle-dork, in my opinion, which means he’s got about as much sex appeal as a “will-not” (and no, I will not explain what that is here).

Second, he might just plain have too much on the brain to get involved with one of Brad Pitt’s cast-offs. Then again, she might have too much on the brain with her new film company venture with Hollywood producer Kristen Hahn, which they call Echo Films, to have time for something so frivolous as romance.

Or - and this probably the most accurate - they are just enjoying that good, old-fashioned F-word together.

Friendship.

What were you thinking??? Hmm???

Not to worry…Britney wasn’t hurt and no one else was injured. There wasn’t even damage to the vehicles involved.

Britney was driving her 2008 Mercedes east Saturday evening on the Ventura Freeway when she had a “stop-and-go” accident with a 2006 Nissan that had stopped in front of her.  The Nissan reciprocated, you could say, by kissing the bumper of the car in front of it.  A report was taken but no citations given.

Why is this news?  Why is anything that Britney does “news”?  I don’t even really care about the continuing Britney Behind the Wheel Saga that the tabs just soooo get off on. I just happened to spot this April 11 picture of Brit Brit leaving a hair salon.

My God, she is really looking a bit “fluffy” these days.  Okay, the word is fat.  At least by Hollywood standards. Those pregnancy rumors are really starting to “weigh in” when you see her these days. No?

Did you hear that hip hop rapper, Snoop Dogg, is convinced that Barack Obama is receiving financial help in his campaign for the presidency from the Ku Klux Klan? You know, that horrible anti-black organization that wears extremely unflattering white hoods over their heads and burns crosses on lawns?

Come on. Is this gangsta rap star serious? The KKK?

Starpulse.com quotes him as saying:

“The KKK gave Obama money. They was (sic) one of his biggest supporters… Why wouldn’t they be? The media won’t tell you that. They don’t want you to know that. They just want you to know that this n%*ger befriended this other n*#ger who be (sic) threatening your values. But we all know all presidents lie to get into f**king office. That’s they (sic) job.”

Yeah, okay…Snoop. Don’t hurt yourself by thinking too hard.

The rest of what he blathers about Obama is:

“In America’s eyes, that muthaf*&ker’s gonna be president ‘cos (John) McCain can’t f#*k with him. Hillary (Clinton) can’t f*#k with him. He’s winning over white people, white ladies.”

Spike Lee has gone on record for changing his Democratic allegiance from Hillary to Obama after finding out that he’s a fan of his films.

I can’t fault Spike for such superficial thinking. The rest of us do it all the time! But Snoop Dogg’s assertion that the KKK is a financial contributor to Obama’s campaign? Let’s get real.

I’ve heard that Snoop is also planning to write a series of children’s books called, “Where’s the Cheese?” to help city kids cope with problems in their environment. The series is expected to focus on a character called Lil Mouse and her constant quest for cheese, reports AllHipHop.com.

Gee, do you think he should first clean up his own act and put an end to the stupidity he keeps spewing?

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Good news, this couple isn’t headed toward divorce court as previously reported by the tabs and reputable news sources.

Both had filed legal papers in December, calling it quits after 11 years of marriage. I had a feeling they would try for a reconciliation, especially after Sean was seen getting “thisclose” with supermodel Petra Nemcova after the Academy Awards this year.

There’s nothing like wanting your guy back after seeing him in the arms of another woman.

AOL News reports that the tide toward divorce shifted between these two when Sean dedicated a song to his formerly estranged wife on her birthday.

Aww, how sweet!

I’m glad they’re taking a stab at a new start together.

Anytime two people who can find their way to each other, regardless of the reason, is a celebration to me!

Penn and Wright Penn are parents to a 17-year-old daughter, Dylan Frances, and a 14-year-old son, Hopper Jack.

Hopefully, they’ll be able to stay together this time for the long haul. When it comes to Hollywood, only time will tell.

Where does the insanity of celebrities end?

The Globe is reporting that JLo (oops, sorry, we’re not supposed to call her that anymore) bought 10,000 wooden hangers from The Great American Hanger Company in Miami which lightened her checkbook by more than $35,000.

She also reportedly ordered another 1,000 hangers in, of course, blue and pink for her twins Max and Emme. Those hangers are engraved with their names, freebies from the company. (Me thinks they should have charged her the going rate, considering how ridiculous she obviously is when it comes to spending money.)

Someone please tell me what she’s going to do with 833 dozen wooden hangers.

Hang up all of the Skeletor suits belonging to her Skeletor-like hubby, singer Marc Anthony, perhaps? Or possibly position those empty hangers like motionless, silent sentinels in the massive closets of those multi-mansions they own to challenge herself postpartum to give these hangers a reason for being by bearing outrageously-expensive designer fashions?

And as for all those engraved kiddie hangers, will those kids ever honestly own 1000 pieces of any kind of clothing to actually use up all of those hangers?

If her hanger binge-buying spree is true (with The Globe, it’s sometimes hard to tell), I am seriously starting to wonder about Jenny from the Block’s mental capacity.

What in the world is she planning to buy next? Shoe caddies by the mega-dozen? An army of drawer organizers? A multitude of new compartments hidden within compartments in all those closets to keep Skeletor’s victims for all Eternia?

Sheesh!

Sorry…I just couldn’t run a pic of sour-faced Posh with this post when there’s photos like this of her super-yummy hubby posing for Giorgio Armani ads hovering around the internet. (You have to admit, this one is hot!)

Especially considering that he was spotted recently buying all sorts of sexy stuff at the well-known Pleasure Chest in West Hollywood: Massage oil, sex toys, leather-braided cane, padded black collar and restraint (yikes!) and other naughty sundries.

Okay, sigh…he wasn’t alone.

Yes, “she” was with him.

I don’t know what it is but I just cannot fathom what this man sees in her. Yes, she’s his wife and the mother of his children and yes, she does look awesome in those itty-bitty dresses she wears.

But really…what can they possibly have to talk about?

I think her intelligence level was pretty clear when rumors circulated that the Armani photos had been digitally enhanced to make him look like he’s packing more than nature intended.

She was front and center to be quoted:

“I’m proud I still have a really good sex life with David. He is very much in proportion. He does have a huge one, though. He does. You can see it in the advert. It is all his. It is like a tractor exhaust pipe!”

Okay, but the question is…what made you think, Posh, we were dying to know?