LeAnn Rimes Performs in Teenie Weenie Bikini

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LeAnn Rimes showed some serious skin during her sexy performance on 'America's Got Talent' Thursday night. Wearing a retro, navy blue bikini, the singer straddled a male dancer before singing her hit song, 'Swingin'.'

Before the show, Rimes tweeted, "Dress rehearsal! Lots of tape to make sure I stay in my bikini. Doing a lot of flipping! First time ever performing in a bikini! Fun!"

Her boyfriend, Eddie Cibrian, couldn't contain himself. "On my way down to see @leannrimes perform in a hot itsy bitsy teenie weenie bikini on AGT!" he tweeted

Paula Abdul's Back on the Charts With Kat Graham

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Paula Abdul may no longer be a judge on 'American Idol,' but she still knows how to pick a winner. Sources tell PopEater Paula is in love with Kat Graham's cover version of Paula's hit 'Cold Hearted' that has just been released.

Kat, one of the stars of 'Vampire Diaries,' told us, "Paula Abdul is one of my greatest inspirations, from her fierce dancing to that sweet pop voice! She started off as a dancer like me and I champion her still."

And the feeling it mutual Kat, Paula is a big fan of yours, too.

Does Zac Efron Want Vanessa Hudgens to Dump Him?

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one of the oldest and dirtiest tricks in the male playbook. They're unhappy in a relationship but they're too wussy to call it quits. So what do they do? They act like jerks until the girl dumps them. In their feeble little man minds they firmly believe this makes them walk away as the good guy. Our jerk radar has started buzzing recently over Zac Efron's quietly jerky comments and actions, causing us to wonder whether he is trying to lead his girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens' down the primrose path to dumpsville.

"Guys try to get girls to dump them when they fall out of love and feel guilty. When you are a nice guy, telling a chick to beat it just isn't that easy!" says Jay Grdina, CEO of the celebrity website Kikster.

Efron gave a passively subversive interview to Details magazine this month where he commented on the fact that he isn't a playboy, saying that he isn't into playing the field...but he should be.

"I think a lot of guys would enjoy that. But I'm not really like that. Believe me, I rack my brain thinking 'Why am I not out there playing the field?' One of my buddies was like, 'You have no idea what's going on right now. You're peaking on Ecstasy and you're watching TV.' But it's not in my heart."

He continues by saying he is jealous of how 'Transformers' star Shia Lebeouf is able to take life by the balls.

"I'm so jealous of that", Efron said referring to LeBeouf. "Yeah, that's awesome to not give a s–t. And Shia still pulls it off. That's so cool. It's just awesome. It just comes easy to some people."

And when they asked whether his relationship with Vanessa was just a publicity stunt he said, "if that was true it would have been easier to call it off a long time ago." That just feels weird.

We would like to translate these statements to:"I wish I could go out and play the field, but I have this ball and chain. I wish I could be as ballsy as Shia, except, you know, the ball and chain over there. If this were fake do you really think I would still be tethered to this ball and chain? DO YOU?"

Then there are his actions. He kind of creepily tipped Vanessa $20 while she was starring as Mimi in 'Rent.' But also went on 'Jimmy Kimmel' and admitted he had visited an NYC strip club. He claimed to have Hudgens permission, but he still blabbed about it on national television.

Dating and life coach Tracey Steinberg says, "Some boys will do practically anything to avoid having 'the talk'. Trying to make her break up with you is one big disrespectful game that nobody wins."

Steinberg says that if Efron does want to break up with Hudgens then he should. "Be a man and tell her truthfully that you don't see the relationship moving forward and that you want to be on your own. Just get the uncomfortable conversation over with and then you both can move on with your life with your dignities intact."

Ever the romantic, Cooper Lawrence, the author of "Been There, Done That, Kept the Jewelry," is hoping that Zac and Vanessa are one young couple who will defy the odds and that Zac's recent behavior can be attributed to how silly boys can be when they're young, not necessarily looking to get dumped.

"Zac is in his early 20's and some of this acting out (strip clubs etc) may just be his age but it can also be the world he is living in. Remember he claims he didn't open his wallet once at the strip club. That kind of 'guys night' is all part of playing the Hollywood game," Lawrence said. "That said I would love to believe that he is old fashioned, traditional and a good guy. People marry their childhood sweethearts all the time and it's our bias against his good looks and the rampant infidelity in Hollywood that has caused us to question when a star proclaims his love and makes statements like 'I'm not really like that' or 'It's not in my heart.'"

Maybe we're just cynical jerks. Maybe the teen love that flourished on the set of 'High School Musical' is the kind that does last forever. Or maybe Zac's really good at the subversive breakup. Only time will tell.

Teen Mom's Maci: Ryan "Has No Boundaries" Disciplining Our Son

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For Teen Mom star Maci Bookout, co-parenting son Bentley with ex-fiance Ryan Edwards is no picnic.

"We barely speak," Bookout, 19, admits in the new issue ofUs Weekly. "But I don't think it's a bad thing. We just try to avoid arguments as much as possible."

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But argue they do: the former couple have sparred over everything from child support to his new girlfriend to pacifiers. On one episode of MTV's reality hit, Bookout struggled to wean Bentley, 22 months, off of his pacifier -- only to have dad Edwards, 22, give in to their son's demands.

"He's just going to get [his pacifier] at Ryan's house," Bookout tells Us. "I think Ryan spoils Bentley and really has no boundaries as far as discipline. With me, I don't want Bentley to grow up and be a brat when he's 4 years old."

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The Chattanooga State journalism student and waitress adds that her ex isn't much of a hands-on dad during Bentley's visits to his home. "As far as Bentley getting fed, his diaper changed, taking a bath, it's mainly Ryan's mom doing all of that," Bookout says.

She adds hopefully that Edwards' new girlfiend could "make Ryan want to grow as a father. I don't want him to find a girlfriend who just wants to party."

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Meanwhile, Bentley has a new father figure in Kyle King, Bookout's beau of six months. "It's weird to see [Bentley] loves Kyle enough that Kyle can make him feel better...I like that emotional support that comes with having a partner," Bookout cooes of King, 22.

Wedding bells for childhood pals Bookout and King? "We're going to see what happens," she tells Us.

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For more of our exclusive interview with Maci -- plus sitdowns with Farrah, Amber and Catelynn -- pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, on stands now!

Lindsay Lohan Update: UCLA Doctors Recommend Shorter Rehab Stay

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The UCLA doctors overseeing Lindsay Lohan's rehabilitation have recommended to Judge Elden Fox that the actress spend no more than 30 days at the treatment center, RadarOnline.comreports. Lohan was court ordered to complete a 90-day program after her release from jail earlier this month. She is currently in day 17.

The recommendation was one of several discussion points during a meeting Wednesday between Lohan's lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley and district attorney Danette Meyers. The meeting took place in Judge Fox's chambers.

The next hearing to discuss the star's treatment is scheduled for August 25.

Lohan's legal woes began in June 2007, when she was taken into custody for suspicion of drunk driving and cocaine possession. Just a month earlier, she was arrested on another DUI charge.

Following her first DUI, Lohan spent 84 minutes in jail after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine and no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent and one count of reckless driving.

Lohan was sentenced on July 6 to 90 days in jail and a 90-day inpatient rehabilitation program for violating probation on an old DUI case. She only ended up serving 13 days due to good behavior and overcrowding at the jail.

Miranda Kerr Confirms She's Pregnant!

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It's official! Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom are expecting their first child together, the Australian model reveals in the Spanish edition of Vogue (via PEOPLE.) "Yes, I am pregnant. Four months along," the supermodel gushes. The entertainment world has been buzzing about pregnancy rumors ever since the couple announced their engagement in June and married in July.

The two have been together since 2007 and this will be the first child for both. "He's a sweetheart and that's all I'm gonna say," Kerr told PEOPLE in 2008.

She said a bit more to Page Six Magazine that same year: "My ideal situation would be to live on a farm in a solar-powered house with a hammock and a vegetable patch. When this is all over, that's where I'll be. I've always wanted kids, so someday, eventually, yes, it will happen."

Larry Birkhead: Howard K. Stern Said Anna Nicole Smith 'Needed Methadone to Live'

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Larry Birkhead, former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith and father of their little girl, testified Thursday in the case against Howard K. Stern and two doctors accused of unlawfully plying Smith with prescription drugs, the Associated Press reports. During his testimony, Birkhead revealed that he witnessed the reality star take many medications during their relationship though she claimed she wasn't an addict.

"She would say, 'I'm in pain. I'm not a drug addict,'" he recalled. When he asked her if she was possibly taking too many medications, she said, "I have a high tolerance because I'm in pain."

Birkhead met Smith in 2004 and the two moved in together soon after. He said when they lived together, he saw Methadone, Topamax, Vicadin, Ambien, Valium, Chlonopin and other drugs around Smith's Los Angeles home according to E!Online.

Smith's former boyfriend also revealed that he was so concerned about the number of drugs she was taking, that he at one point, he hid her Methadone. Stern reprimanded him and told him that Smith "needed the methadone to live." After hearing that, Birkhead said he never hid her medications again, saying he, "didn't want anything to happen to her after [Stern] said she needed it to live."

Stern, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor have all pleaded not guilty to conspiring to unlawfully provide excessive drugs to Smith, prescribing to an addict and obtaining false prescriptions involving the use of fake names. But they are not charged with causing her overdose death in 2007.

Birkhead took the stand late Thursday and is expected to continue his testimony on Friday.