Well … sorta.

Rumors have been circulating for awhile now, but it looks like it’s pretty much confirmed that Ms. Spears will be making a tour of House of Blues venues in Southern California. They won’t be full shows, and no one seems to have any idea what the set list will look like. She’s done surprise tours like this in the past, but they’ve always been just that: surprises. I wonder if she’ll back out now that her cover’s blown.

She’ll be in San Diego on May 1st, Anaheim on May 2nd and WeHo on May 3rd. She’s performing under the name The M & Ms. Any guesses on how she came up with the alias?

I’d love to see Brit make a comeback, but I’ll believe it when I see it. If you can show up semi-sober and put on a good show, I’ll back you up, B!

At the Australian VMAs in Sydney.

Kate Hurst

Frederich Gray

One Fell Swoop

Even though Australian Fashion Week doesn’t technically start until April 30, we’re already starting to see pics from some of the earlier shows out of Sydney. I have to say I am really, really unhappy with the shoes at the Kate Hurst and Frederich Gray shows. Like, if shoes are going to look uncomfortable, they should also look hot. These just look like hooker shoes. And not even, like, a fashionable hooker. Like a crack-whore hooker.

I really like the skirt style at the One Fell Swoop show. We saw a lot of it at the Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party this week, and it’s a trend I can stand behind. I hope the skirts stay and the shoes go.

Also, not to go all pro-ana on you, but what’s up with the fat models? I mean, they’re not really fat, but they’re definitely model fat, and I just think it makes the whole thing a lot less glamorous. Oh well. We’ll see what shows up on the runways when Sydney’s in full swing.

Frederich Gray

Kate Hurst

One Fell Swoop

Rosario Dawson at a Clinique event in NYC.

Let’s see you beat that, Brangelina! American Idol’s “very special” Idol Gives Back has raised over $60 million for the newly formed Charity Projects Entertainment Fund. The proceeds will be split between the U.S. — funding literacy programs, food banks, children’s health programs and Boys & Girls Club — and Africa, where they will help fight malaria, AIDS and TB.

Viewers phoned in a record 70 million votes on Tuesday night, and NewsCorp, which owns Fox, kicked in $5 million by shelling out ten cents a vote for the first 50 million votes (NewsCorp reported $2.3 billion in net income for 2006). Ellen Degeneres chipped in $100,000, and so many viewers called in to donate additional funds during Wednesday night’s two-hour telecast that the lines were often busy.

You can continue to donate at AmericanIdol.com. The final fundraising tally will be announced on Tuesday’s show.

In the wake of StupidThoughtlessLittlePig-Gate, Alec Baldwin has begun making the talk-show rounds to apologize for calling his 11-year-old daughter names clearly intented for his ex-wife on her voicemail. He started things off today with a pre-taped interview airing on The View, where he manages to kinda-sorta apologize for turning his anger toward Kim Basinger on his daughter and plug his website at the very same time (video here). Now that’s talent!

Said Baldwin, “Obviously, calling your child a pig or anything else is improper and inappropriate and I apologize to my daughter for that. There’s nothing wrong with being frustrated or angry about the situation. It’s the way you do it, and as people often do in this world, I took it out on the wrong person.”

The embattled actor recently split from his agents at CAA, and the rumor mill is now reporting that he bailed because CAA also represents FunnyOrDie.com, which put together a (hilarious!) video of Alec Baldwin’s voicemail addressed to Dora the Explorer. (FunnyOrDie.com is also responsible for the infamous Will-Ferrell-and-the-Drunken-Two-Year-Old-Landlord video, which has been quite the viral hit.)