I guess the way it works now is this:  If you’re famous and want to get married, take it to the media.  Jennifer Loved All My Fiances Hewitt issued the public ultimatum and now Vanessa Minnillo is trying the same pressure tactics.

Minnillo, and I like to call her Mannillo Wafer for no other reason than it makes me happy, talked with Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous dude, Robin Leach about the big five-carat diamond she has on her middle finger.  She’s very subtle:

“We’re still together,” she said emphatically.” He would have been here with me, but he had to attend a best friend’s 40th birthday party. So once again it looks as if I’m always the bridesmaid but never the bride. However, this romance is still going strong. There will always be rumblings and rumors that we’ve broken up, but in fact, it’s very much still on — and it keeps on getting better. Maybe this will be the one time I wind up the bride instead of the bridesmaid!”

As if to underscore that point, she showed me the 5-karat diamond ring she was wearing on her left hand! It’s on the middle finger though, and she laughed: “It will be 10 carats when it moves to the fourth finger!”

So there ya go!  Vanessa and Nick are still together — I was very worried about their status — and she’s a materialistic wench who won’t settle for less than a 10-carat diamond.  Snatch her up Nick…she sounds like a real prize.

Ohhhhhh I’ve found you!!!! Oh it feels so good to see you again, sweetheart. I can feel my day getting better already. I MISS YOU SO MUCH WHEN YOU’RE GONE. I have such an unhealthy relationship with you, Lindsers. Kind of like the relationship you have with everything.

I have located Lindsay shopping at Chloe in Paris — she’s ostensibly in Europe because Samantha’s DJing in London right now. They are sooooo back on. We have pics of Samantha too. We have a lot of new pics. You can check out the rest of the pics of Lindsay in the Evil Beet Photo Gallery. Here’s what’s new today:

Katie Holmes Leaves a Dance Studio (June 2, 2009)

Lindsay Shops in Paris (June 2, 2009)

SamRo Leaves a DJ Gig (June 2, 2009)

Taylor Lautner’s Photo Shoot (June 1, 2009)

I’ve already whined about just how bad “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here” is, so I’ll spare you any further commentary, but I’ve heard that two F-List celebs left the Costa Rican jungle already.  I’m not sure exactly who they are, or what they are famous for, but after last night’s live telecast they completely walked off the show despite their obligations to NBC and their charity.  The non-relevants claim their reason for leaving was because it’s not a “nice show.”

No firm word yet, but Daniel Baldwin, recovering addict and brother of IACGMOOH contestant Stephen, may be filling in for the fleeing flakes.

Homegirl has about six months of pseudo-fame left, and she’s chosen to capitalize on it by … launching her own line of stripper poles?

as you know im an outdoors girl so its hard to find fun ways to exercise in my house that keep me from getting bored. im like a little monkey and love to swing around on things haha so thats why i decided to create my own line of sports poles which will be coming out soon!!!!!

Heck, at least it’s something different. A group of girlfriends and I took a strip aerobics class in LA, back when it was all the rage — Kate Hudson and Cameron Diaz were in the class after us — and I have to admit it was a pretty intense workout. I was in fairly good shape at the time, but the next day everything was sore. It worked muscles I didn’t even know existed. (And muscles my boyfriend was thrilled to learn existed.)

This is kind of brilliant in that accidental way that everything Kendra does is brilliant. When I heard she was launching a line of “sports” poles, I kind of got this little inkling that I might buy one … could be fun, right? We’ll wait and see how they’re priced … ;)

Kendra did some training on the pole and put the photos up on her blog. This is why I love Kendra Wilkinson — even though she knows these photos will be all over the Internet, she still doesn’t take the time to pick the towels up off the floor and the couch. This is a woman after my own heart.

Come to think of it, where in the world is Brittany Murphy’s talent?  Good question and obviously one that the producers of the movie The Expendables were asking as well.  Murphy had landed a fairly substantial role, playing the girlfriend of Mickey Rourke’s character but her part has been written out.  This was supposed to be her comeback role.

And just for giggles, Merriam-Webster’s definition of “expendable” is as follows:  more easily or economically replaced than rescued. 

Oh, Brittany.  The writing wasn’t just on the wall, it was right on the front of your copy of the script.

If you watched this last season of The Biggest Loser, you know that there was serious tension and drama between trainer Jillian Michaels and contestant Filipe Fa.  She wouldn’t train him and he wouldn’t talk to her.  (Personally, I was just so glad when he was eliminated so I no longer had to watch all the cultural Tonga dances he and his cousin Sione kept doing throughout over the house.)  As it turns out, the reason for the mutual hostility was pretty serious.

Off camera, Filipe reportedly said that he thought Jillian was feeding her competitors drugs to give them an edge.  This launched a huge doping investigation which eventually cleared Michaels of any wrongdoing. 

Fa denies levying the accusation –“We had some issues, obviously…There was never an accusation about her giving drugs.” — but the executive producer of the show confirms that the Tubby Tonga did make the allegation.