A few local celebs got into the Halloween spirit for the 2007 Dream Halloween to benefit Children Affected by Aids Foundation. Guests included daring and cute Jamie Lee Curtis, Queen of Hearts Teri Hatcher , trapeze artist Andrea Bowen, slutty victorian Rumer Willis, and a disappointingly costume-less Jason Priestley.

Teri had something in common with the infamous Paris Hilton, who showed up at the Playboy Halloween Party dressed like "Alice" in Wonderland Sluttyland. The previous night, she was a slutty nurse. At least she nailed the slutty Halloween costume tradition!

Greek Viking /Cisco Adler partied with friends at a club in New York City, while Adrian Grenier spandexed himself into a . . . jogger costume? Whatever he was supposed to be, he still looked cute as ever!

Kate Hudson had a Halloween party with guests that included Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon (dressed up in what looked like disguises rather than actual costumes), and of course her always hunky "sailor" stepdad Kurt Russell.

"KYLE XY" actor Matt Dallas went old-fashioned to celebrate his 25th Birthday at TAO in Vegas on Saturday and Neil Patrick Harris had the most Halloween "fun" - decked out in a creepy clown getup. You can bet I'll be looking for him in West Hollywood on Wednesday!

The New York Daily News reported yesterday:

"Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman could be doubling their family. A reliable source says she's expecting twins."

Christina must be almost 8 months along, and she has definitely been doing lots of shopping for at least one baby lately. Should be interesting to see whether she really is expecting two little latinos!

The romance between Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal first began back in April as fun, casual dating. The two actors were said to share "a mutual interest" but were "taking it slow." Fans hoped the couple would succeed, given that they share a modest, family-centered lifestyle, love kids, and prefer to keep a low-profile.

But by the end of June, the pair had announced a split, and the rumor was that Reese had ended it out of concern for preserving her family's unity and not getting too serious too soon after her October divorce from Ryan Phillippe.

Jake and Reese remained friends post-split, and have had only nice things to say about each other...but it seems that they have had a tough time keeping their "friendship" platonic!

Just a month after their "break-up" Reese and Jake were spotted in a car together driving around the Hollywood Hills, raising suspicion that their romance had picked back up. Then they were said to have shared a secret rendezvous in August. A few months later, though, they were seen together in Toronto looking stiff and uncomfortable, instigating reports that their relationship was finally kaput.

But any doubts that Jake and Reese are over each other has gone out the window since the couple were spotted together in Rome this weekend - allowing their displays of affection to be caught on film for the first time and looking totally in love as they strolled the historic city hand in hand.

So why all the months of on-again-off-again romance, when these two are so obviously in love?

While sources have simply called them a "rocky couple," ex-hubby Ryan Phillippe may be playing a bigger role than most people realized.

It is a given that Ryan would want to preserve his sense of family and not feel displaced by a new father figure. In consideration of this, Reese reportedly "[forbade Jake from spending] the night when the kids are around" and made an effort to continue spending time with her whole family, Ryan included. But despite her efforts to respect his boundaries, Ryan appeared to be threatened by Jake, who he called "that guy", "didn't want around his kids," and crudely made fun of for his Brokeback Mountain role.

Perhaps Reese Witherspoon got fed up with indulging Ryan's hypocrisy. She may have gotten wind of the recent rumors that Ryan had picked back up with Abbie Cornish - the woman who may have been Ryan's mistress and the partial cause of his divorce - and thought: why should I be making sacrifices in her love life to make Ryan feel better, if he is off getting romance of his own?

Still, Reese's rocky relationship with Jake may also have been the result of a power struggle, according to The Daily Mail:

"Reese has made it clear she likes to be the one in control of a relationship. She told Elle magazine last month: '[My dad and uncle] taught me that in every relationship, the person least interested in maintaining it is going to dominate it, because they'll never compromise. So you have to always maintain that position of least interest, and you'll always control the relationship.'"

If Reese is sticking to her rules, we know who's wearing the pants in this relationship, don't we?!

Well regardless of who's "on top", both Jake and Reese look thrilled to be together - and their public coming-out seems to only be a sign of more romance to come!

Yesterday it was announced that Ryan Gosling dropped out of the film adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel Lovely Bones, and was instantly replaced by Mark Wahlberg - just hours before the movie started filming.

While Variety initially reported that Ryan had made the decision to "step down", it now seems the role replacement may have actually been the call of the film's director, Peter Jackson. According to Page Six, Ryan was displaying diva behavior that rubbed the Lord of the Rings director the wrong way.

"Peter couldn't stand Ryan," said one source..."Ryan cut his own hair, and was fighting with wardrobe. He was so demanding . . . Peter booted him two days before filming started."

But The LA Times asserts that the "creative differences" had more to do with disagreement over how homely versus hunky Ryan's character was supposed to be:

Peter Jackson was said to be quite surprised that Gosling had showed up to start work on "The Lovely Bones" looking like he'd donned a fat suit. According to sources, the 26-year-old Gosling had apparently told the director he was going to gain weight to age himself up to play the part of a grieving father, but Jackson was still expecting some movie star allure -- not paunch and a beard.

Poor Ryan, he tries to trade in his good looks for realistic acting - and he gets shafted. On the other hand, Jackson may have a point . . . because as a woman who saw The Notebook, I have to admit - Ryan's more fun to look at when he's a bit more trim and trimmed!

Why didn't Peter and Ryan just communicate about this whole appearance thing weeks ago, when Ryan was the still complaining about having to gain weight for the role?!! I mean, they might have had to put filming on hold in order for Ryan to re-lose some of the weight, but at least he would have been mentally prepared for the role. Will Mark Wahlberg's performance be nearly as good as Ryan's would have been , considering that he was given only a few hours get into character and start learning his lines??

Not to mention that broody Ryan is (in my humble opinion) a much stronger and more talented actor, especially when it comes to playing "tortured" characters - like the grieving father of a murdered daughter, as in Lovely Bones. Then again, Mark does have 10 years of age on Ryan, which make him more father-like. Plus, we all know "Marky Mark's" physique will give Peter Jackson plenty of that "movie stare allure" - if ya' know what I mean. Not that Ryan can't also look absssolutely adorable when he isn't trying to look so out of shape...

All in all, it's definitely a surprise and a shame that things ended badly between Ryan and Peter Jackson, considering that just 2 weeks ago Ryan was singing praises of the guy, saying how "excited" he was to work with a director who is "my kind of nuts" because "he's fearless as a director. He takes on things you kind of have to be crazy to take on."

I guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles sometimes, even in Hollywood!

Wedding Crashers actress Isla Fisher has finally popped - and made Sacha Baron Cohen the father of a baby girl!

The happy and engaged couple have yet to set a wedding date, but they will probably be too busy with baby duties to worry about that for a while anyway.

And we may not be seeing the comedy couple on the big screen anytime soon either. At least for her part, Isla told The Daily Mail:

"There is no way I am going to worry about missing out on work or the pressure to lose weight. At the moment I am not even planning any work. As far as I am concerned I am fully booked up in my personal life and I can't see beyond that. I plan on just coloring in books. I'll focus on that for the next few years."

But get ready to start seeing a wholllle lotta paparazzi photos of Borat Jr. in the tabloids!