A-Rod's New Woman, Mel's New Baby
• Alex Rodriguez has a new, more age-appropriate celeb to spend his lonely nights with. The Yankee was spotted with Kate Hudson at a UES restaurant and outside 15 Central Park West, the apartment building where he rents. And they seem happy, too, which may be because she doesn't force him to wake up early on Saturday mornings to attend Kabbalah classes. [P6]
• Scarlett Johansson and Gwyneth Paltrow are reportedly butting heads on the set of Iron Man 2. Gwynnie is supposedly mad that Scarlett's been "hogging the limelight" and demanding too much attention from the crew. [Sun]
• It looks like Mel Gibson's new girlfriend is pregnant, after all. [MSNBC, P6]
• Estée Lauder CEO William Lauder and his wife Karen have split up. [P6]
• Penelope Cruz missed a scheduled appearance with Harvey Weinstein in Cannes this week because of food poisoning, although Harvey says she's expected to recover in time for the premiere of their new movie tonight. [Us]
• Cynthia Nixon says she and Christine Marinoni are hoping to get married once it's legal in New York, though they're "not going to wait forever." [OK!]
• Kanye West has pleaded not guilty to beating up a photographer at LAX last September. [E!]
• Rihanna was spotted hanging out at a strip club on Sunday, which somehow proves she's completely over Chris Brown. [P6]
• Everyone in the Philippines is mad at Alec Baldwin for making a joke about Filipino mail-order brides on David Letterman's show. [E!]
• Mary Louise Parker is reportedly "bitter" over a recent nude scene in Weeds, since she says she was "goaded into it" by producers. [People]
• Tyra Banks says she fired Paulina Porizkova from America's Next Top Model for budgetary reasons, and not because the two weren't getting along. [E!]
• T.I. has been getting ready for prison by throwing lots of parties. [NYDN]
• Pink and Carey Hart renewed their wedding vows on Saturday. [In Touch]
• Lily Allen's band trashed a hotel room in Paris, although she'd like you to know she wasn't involved. [DM]
• Mariska Hargitay says the collapsed lung that sent her in the hospital earlier this year was caused by a fall during a Law & Order stunt. [People]
• Katy Perry apparently acted "rowdy" and kept everyone awake on her flight to Austria last weekend, which sounds pretty annoying. [NYDN]