Lindsay Lohan and her totally platonic BFF4EVA, Samantha Ronson, were spotted in Nice today.

I guess Lindsay plans to attend the film festival in nearby Cannes? Um … are they having a special pity screening for I Know Who Killed Me?

Britney took a lunch with Palms owner George Maloof in LA this week, reportedly to discuss the possibility of her doing a steady Vegas show, Celine Dion-style.

Says a source: “She wants to make a splashy comeback in Las Vegas. He wants the show to be full of high energy and flashy costume changes. She’s like the master at what she does. She’s a lot more experienced than most people. She just has the ‘it’ factor.”

What’s with people announcing that Britney has the “it” factor lately?

Like, for fuck’s sake, people, she’s not auditioning for American Idol. This is a woman who had a number-one album before she was 18 years old. Of course she has an “it” factor. Of course she has it in her to be a phenomenal talent. We just need her to get her shit together and prove it!

Go Brit-Brit!!

There were some very, very cool dresses at the amfAR ball at Cannes on Thursday, like this amazing number that Natalie Portman pulls off flawlessly.

After the jump, tons more photos from this event, including Madonna and Guy Ritchie, Rose McGowan, Milla Jovovich, Dita Von Teese, Juliette Lewis, Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson, Star Jones, Sharon Stone, Christian Slater, Eva Herzigova, Joely Richardson, Mary J. Blige and Petra Nemcova.

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We’re hearing rumors that Usher and his super-jealous wife, Tameka Foster, have called it quits. Usher reportedly filed separation papers weeks ago, but the two have not issued a formal statement.

For what it’s worth, Usher’s new album drops in less than a week.

Nice timing!

Is it just me, or does anyone else desperately want to see him reunite with Chili?

Is there trouble in paradise already for Ivana Trump and her much younger husband, Rossano Rubicondi?

The two were supposed to honeymoon in the Maldives, but they never made it. “Why fly 16 hours to an island paradise when they were already on one in Palm Beach?” says her publicist. Right. Because Ivana Trump is all about doing things the simplest way.

They were also expected to be in Cannes right now — there was a party scheduled in their honor on Saturday — but they didn’t show up, and the party has been canceled. “Ivana decided not to go to Cannes this year,” said her publicist. “She did it for 30 years. Why does she have to do it again?” Um, maybe because people were actually throwing a party in her honor? And she had a commitment to be there?

So: are Ivana and Rossano just too busy doing the nasty all day to show up at these events? Or is their marriage already faltering?

Kind of cool news: the hit Broadway musical Rent will close its curtains on September 7, after twelve years on Broadway, but the final live performance will be taped and later broadcast to movie theaters across the country!

It’s a part of a new venture by Sony to bring non-movie content into the multiplexes. They’ll be doing something similar with Cirque du Soleil’s Delirium, as well.

Would you guys go to a movie theater to see a recording of a Broadway play?