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CelebNews@Usmagazine.com! - Week in Review: Star Jones & Barbara Walters' War of Words

Usmagazine.com presents the week in review:

- Hulk Hogan's 17-year-old son Nick Bollea was sentenced to eight months in jail for felony reckless driving charges. Read more about his sentence here, and check out Us's celebrity mug shot archive here.

- Star Jones told Usmagazine.com exclusively that Barbara Walters' claim that Jones forced her to lie about her gastric bypass surgery on The View "speaks true to her character."Added Jones, "It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book." See Walters' reaction here here and watch why Tom Cruise called Walters "a leading force for women" here.

- Heidi Montag – whom Maxim voted hotter than Lauren Conrad – said she doesn't miss her friendship with her
Hills costar. "It's kind of like a weight of my shoulders," Montag told Ellen Degeneres. Check out the latest issue of
Us Weekly, on newsstands now, for the inside story on the bitter war between Conrad and foes Montag and Spencer Pratt that MTV doesn't show you.

- Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon made their first public appearance as newlyweds at a Time magazine event in NYC. Oprah Winfrey revealed that Carey had "Mrs. Cannon" tattooed on her back before the wedding. Are kids next for the couple? When asked if the singer would be a great mother, friend Tyler Perry told Us:"Absolutely!"

- Britney Spears was granted extended visitation rights for her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James. She also surprised Rock The Cradle contestants by showing up for the season finale Thursday night. Spears spent last weekend in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana to attend her 17-year-old sister Jamie Lynn's baby shower. Check out Britney and Jamie Lynn growing up here.

- Liv Tyler split from husband Royston Langdon. See other spring splits here.

Joel Madden told Us he will not be marrying girlfriend Nicole Richie "anytime soon" while Paris Hilton said she has her sights set spending "forever" with beau Benji Madden.

- Playboy editor Hugh Hefner said Miley Cyrus will be "welcomed in the magazine" when she's of legal age.

- Suri Cruise's favorite video is Hairspray. Check out what parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes gave to the cast of the Broadway production here.

- The stars came out for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in NYC. See the night's best dressed here and the major fashion flops at the party here.

- Scarlett Johansson showed off her round, white diamond ring from fiance Ryan Reynolds, 31. See more hot engagement bling here.

- Nick Hogan was sentenced to eight months in jail for felony reckless driving following an accident that nearly killed his friend.

- Bachelor Andy Baldwin and girlfriend Marla Maples called off their May-December relationship. "I decided we were better off as friends," he told Us.

- Sarah Jessica Parker (whose son James Wilkie only wears hand-me-downs) revealed to New York magazine why she holds no grudges against co-star Kim Cattrall, who held out from shooting the Sex and the City movie for years because she wanted more money.

- John Mayer wrote the words "Mr. Badass" over a t-shirt that had the phrase "Mr. Douchebag" on it. The singer also said that "everything's cool with him and new love Jennifer Aniston.

- Justin Timberlake will helm a MTV reality series billed as a "real life Bourne Identity" called The Phone premiering this fall. Look back on Justin through the years here.

- Watch which character came out of the closet on Gossip Girl here.

- Denise Richards said she is in a "no-win situation" with her two young daughters appearing on her upcoming reality show.

- Amy Winehouse was released on bail after being arrested for suspicion of drug use. Check out Us' celeb mug shot archive here.

- John McCain joked that The Office's Rainn Wilson could be his running mate. Watch here.

- Jason Castro was sent home on American Idol. Judge Paula Abdul said the dread-locked singer (who famously forgot the words to Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man") "lacks that professionalism and that experience."

- Watch Tom Hanks' endorsement of Barack Obama here.

- Happy Mother's Day! Click here to guess the star mom!

- Watch as Usmagazine.com interviews men and women about Gwyneth Paltrow's recent fashion mistakes here.

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