It's been a bit of a slow week on the gossip front. Unless you're interested in reality TV 'stars', the size of Tori Spelling's nipples (and no, I'm not providing a link) or the preparations Madonna's making for her new acquisition's arrival, there's not much doing, to be honest. But here's the cream of the crop:


The truth about Morgan Freeman

But the main story making waves around the world is the allegation that Morgan Freeman's been having an affair with his step-granddaughter, E'Dena Hines, for ten years. She's now 27, meaning she was just a teenager when this was supposed to have begun.

The story was broken by the National Enquirer, whose source alleges it all began after a drunken dinner party. Freeman attempted to have sex with Hines, who resisted him.

Afterwards, Freeman's wife Myrna Colley-Lee found out about the incident, but he denied it. A full-blown affair then developed. During this time E'Dena accompanied Freeman as his escort at a number of Hollywood events, including the premiere of 'The Dark Knight'.

It's being alleged that the affair is part of the reason for Freeman and Colley-Lee's divorce after 25 years of marriage, and that the actor is fighting to keep the proceedings secret so none of this gets out.

Okay, so they're not related by blood - Hines is the granddaughter of Freeman's first wife, Jeanette Bradshaw.  But Freeman and his wife apparently raised her themselves. Which means if this is true, it's ickiness of the highest degree.

Please let it not be true! This is the man who's played God, for heaven's sake. His reassuring voice guided us through a year in the life of a penguin colony. And he invented the Batmobile!

Luckily, there's a decent chance that it's all a bunch of hooey. The National Enquirer is notorious for running stories completely devoid of fact. But they get it right on occasion. Let's hope this ain't one of those times.


T-Swizzle and T-Pizzle

Here's a chaser of cute to get the taste of that unpleasant story out of your mouth: country music starlet Taylor Swift, best-known here for her pop hits like "Love Story", hamming it up in a duet with rapper T-Pain.

Swift's only 19 and is dealing with celebrity pretty well - no meltdowns, spells in rehab or leaked topless pics for her so far. And now as "T-Swizzle" (hee!) she proves she can do funny as well. I can't say I'm a huge fan of her music but I like her style.

Check her out holding her own against Mr Vocoder himself, wearing a diamond grill and busting rhymes about baking cookies.


LeAnn Rimes: the plot thickens

Speaking of country music singers, remember Anna posted a while back about rumours surrounding LeAnn Rimes? Back then she was caught getting hot and heavy with her co-star in a made-for-TV movie, Eddie Cibrian. It had pretty much died down when Cibrian's wife, Brandi Glanville, resurrected all the fuss by accusing Rimes of "stalking" her husband.

Well, fear not, Brandi - looks like Eddie's all yours again. Apparently LeAnn has moved on, to none other than Dean Cain! She was caught having an intimate dinner with the former 'Superman' star at posh eatery Nobu this week.

Paps confronted LeAnn afterward and got told, "You people blow everything out of proportion." And you know what? They do. Both of these 'celebs' are C-list these days at best. The only reason I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel and writing about them at all is to give you a break from Brad and Ange. Those interminable do-gooders (two $1 million donations in one week? Come on guys, we can only take so much saintliness in one go!) have had enough of the limelight.

Here's hoping the celebs have themselves a debaucherous little weekend - so that next week I can bring you a fresh helping of prime, tasty scandal!


Spotted:

Lauren Conrad on 'The View' admitting her so-called reality show 'The Hills' is fake... Katie Price swanning around Ibiza (post-stabbing threats) on a bikini shoot... Paris Hilton in Dubai launching her latest TV show... Heather Locklear with a giant sparkly ring on lunching in Beverly Hills... Ryan Reynolds appearing on Letterman... Jonny Depp signing autographs in Chicago...