So Ashlee's taken to her blog to fight the haters.

I'm not hating! For the record, I said yesterday Jessica has a beautiful body, and they were just an arsey pair of jeans for her figure.

"I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister's weight," she wrote on her blog at www.ashleesimpsonmusic.com. "A week after the inauguration and with such a feeling of hope in the air for our country, I find it completely embarrassing and belittling to all women to read about a woman's weight or figure as a headline on FOX News."

This is true. Uganda and Zimbabwe and Gaza and Obama, and Jessica Simpson's weight is news? I mean, it is to me, but it's not my job to be reporting world events. She's not even A-list! I mean, not that it would be any better if they were calling Angie Jolie or Charlize Theron or Julia Roberts or Cameron Diaz a porker, but their higher profile would explain the coverage somewhat.

Ashlee goes on.

"All woman come in different shapes, sizes and forms and just because you're a celebrity, there shouldn't be a different standard."

Ah, but there is, young Ashlee. Bottom line is that celebrities get paid bajillions of dollars to look attractive. We don't. If I was getting paid fifteen million dollars for three months work, you bet your backside I would be working out and dieting all the hours god sends. But until that day, I think I'll stick to what I know.

Anyway, Jessica Simpson was adhering to said ‘different standard' in a big way three years ago when she shrunk in size dramatically for the Dukes of Hazzard movie. And to writhe in a bikini on The General Lee in the vid for ‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin'. Check it out here.

Acting like a sex object = making it about your body.

"Is this something you would say to your wife, daughter, grandmother or even a friend? I seriously doubt it.

"How can we expect teenage girls to love and respect themselves in an environment where we criticize a size 2 figure?

"Now can we focus on the things that really matter."

Like giving our children ridiculous names? Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Bless Ashlee! I think it's sweet that she's sticking up for her sister. But she's hardly the poster girl for loving yourself as you are. I'm assuming she tells these same teenage girls that they should love and respect themselves unless they want a nose job like her, in which case they should go and get it? Excuse me if I don't take the love what you've got message from someone who slipped under the surgeon's knife.

Somewhere Ashlee Simpson's old nose is crying, softly. Probably in a heap with Enrique Iglesias' old mole.

That is all.

Looking good, Brit!

On the subject of celebrity bods (I know it shouldn't be news Ashlee Simpson, but this is my blog and I'll write about what I want), Britney Spears' official website has released photos of the singer in rehearsals for her upcoming world tour, The Circus: Starring Britney Spears.

And she looks amazing. Those abs are back in a big way and, holy moly, I covet. We've been through all those months with sad bloated Britney that you almost forget what a sick body she once had. And now it's back! And she's had two kids, and I have none, and still her abs trump my little belly. But I don't begrudge her! The girl deserves them.

See the pics here

Anyone else think it wouldn't be a silly idea for Britney to release a workout video?

Very impressive when you think Britney's wearing the same bikini top as she wore over a bulging belly at Mel Gibson's Costa Rican holiday home last year.

Anyway, it makes sense that Brit and the tour team are working hard, since the whole shebang's supposed to be kicking off in New Orleans in March. It's February next week! Already! The tour is winding its way through the US and Canada to London, where Britney will perform six shows in June.

And expect good things, because one of her choreographers is JaQuel Knight, the man responsible for the moves behind Beyonce's vid ‘Single Ladies'.

Colin and Salma: Is it on?

The hottest new couple in Hollywood is rumoured to be none other than hot Mexican mamacita Salma Hayek and reformed Irish rogue Colin Farrell. Word is that the couple, who had a fiery if short-lived romance while making the 2004 flop Ask The Dust, were spotted smooching at a recent Golden Globes after-party.

I've always fancied me a bit of Colin Farrell, even more since he ditched the booze and drugs and put on some healthy weight, but he's just as lucky if the rumours are true. Salma - who has a 16-month-old daughter, Valentina, with her super-loaded ex-fiance - has the best pair of boobs in showbiz. Just treat those boobies with the respect they deserve, Colin!

He's 32. She's 42. But Colin's never been one to mind a bit of an age gap. The story of a twenty-something Colin begging Ask The Dust co-star Dame Eileen Atkins, aged 74, to sleep with him was spread round by the actor himself!

Hankies at the ready

And in sad news today, it's reported that Patrick Swayze has given up all active medical treatment for his cancer and has been told there's nothing more that doctors can do for him.

Sniff!

The National Enquirer (yes, shonky source, so there could still be hope? Maybe?) reports that the star's pancreatic cancer is now inoperable and the only thing from here is to make Swayze as comfortable as possible over his last few months.

He was hospitalised earlier this month with pneumonia.

A family friend told the mag, "We are down to the wire and the goal now is to keep Patrick comfortable.

"His condition is inoperable and they have stopped the chemo.

"He's still losing weight and he's very weak."

Swayze, 56, is still smoking his beloved cigarettes and is determined not to go down without a fight - buoyed by thousands of letters of support from fans all over the globe.

"Patrick regards himself as a cowboy, and is determined to die with his boots on a no regrets."

Patrick and his wife, Lisa Niemi, have been married for 34 years.

Double sniff! This is too sad.

And as a small shout out, here's the trailer for Point Break my favourite Swayze film ever. No, I still haven't seen Dirty Dancing. Love the nineties hair. Love the nineties electric guitar. Just love it!

Spotted

Milla Jovovich and fiancé Paul W.S. Anderson at the Hugo Boss show at Berlin Fashion Week...A beanie-clad Uma Thurman leaving her house on a chilly New York morning...Brooke Shields at the unveiling of a special Godiva Chocolates suite in New York...Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens promoting HSM 3 in Japan...Paris Hilton and Lady GaGa cosying up at a Nokia promo party in London...Stella McCartney and father Paul celebrating the opening of Stella's Paris store in the French capital...A casually clad Penelope Cruz at a private screening of Vicky Cristina Barcelona in London...