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L.A. Reid: Cheryl Cole is Joining X Factor!
L.A. Reid was the first judge confirmed for the U.S. version of X Factor this year. Now HE confirms that long-rumored judge Cheryl Cole will be there with him.
The top music producer is also confident that between himself, Cheryl and creator Simon Cowell, the show will do just fine against its reality TV competition.
“We’re gonna compete against American Idol just fine. I’m confident. But along with Simon Cowell and Cheryl, I don’t know who the other judge is,” he said.

• Nicole Scherzinger
• Jessica Simpson
• Nicki Minaj

Which of those ladies would you like to see as a judge on the show? Or is there another celebrity you think would be a better fit for Simon's project?

Ke$ha Wants to Skinny Dip With Britney Spears
Pop phenomenon Ke$ha wants to skinny dip with Britney Spears.
Sounds awesome, save for the part about Ke$ha being there.
That topic came up when the dollar-signed singer was asked how she would like to celebrate the success of her chart-topping "Blow" and "Till the World Ends," Spears' latest single that Ke$ha actually wrote. "Skinny dipping," she said.
"Either her place or my place, it doesn't matter."
She recently put in an underwater stereo in her pool in Nashville, too. Convenient.

It's a Girl For Mariska Hargitay!
It's been a long time coming, but Law & Order: SVU actress Mariska Hargitay and her husband, Peter Hermann, are the proud parents of a baby girl.
"The couple are overjoyed by the wonder of their new daughter,” her rep says. "Her brother, August, is thrilled to have the sister he's always wanted."
The star and her husband, who wed in 2004, have named her new daughter, who is adopted from here in the United States, Amaya Josephine.

Ashley Hebert: A "Different Kind" of Bachelorette 

Ashley Hebert is the fourth straight Bachelorette star (DeAnna Pappas, Jillian Harris and Ali Fedotowsky) to emerge from the previous season of The Bachelor.
But Mike Fleiss, creator of both shows, says Ash is a "different kind" of star.
He calls choosing the dental student, who failed to find love with Brad Womack this winter, and who will graduate later this year, a "good step" for the show.
"I think it's a cool lesson for young ladies out there to see an accomplished woman still struggling to put the personal side of her life together," Fleiss told EW.
"That's something a lot of women can relate to. So she will be a different kind of Bachelorette." Host-pimp Chris Harrison also says she'll "do great" in the role.
Ashley Hebert is "a spitfire," he says. "If you get to know her, which you will, she has great charisma and charm that just puts everybody at ease."
Says Chantal O'Brien, who Brad Womack rejected on Monday's finale:
"She definitely has a spunky personality and a ton of energy so, if anything, I think those guys will have to step up their game to keep up with her!"

Megan Fox to Star in Knocked Up Sequel

 Megan Fox can definitely make movie goers swoon. But can she make us laugh?
Judd Apatow wants to find out.
The man behind Seth Rogen's breakout role 2007's Knocked Up has now set his sights on making Fox into a comedic actress, casting her in his upcoming sequel to that hit. It will center on Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann, who are reprising the characters of Pete and Debbie.