Despite police proclaiming publicly that Shia LaDouche was "clearly" drunk during his DUI arrest last weekend, the actor's Transformers 2 director insists his star was sober at the time of the car crash.

In a new interview, Michael Bay says:

“You’re gonna see — that’s gonna go away. That’s fresh news… He was not drunk. He was drinking hours and hours before."

Dude, you're not helping his cause by ADMITTING that he was drinking.

Were you with him? Did you see how much he consumed????

Adds Bay, "I spoke to him yesterday in the hospital. His two fingers are pretty mashed, but we’re figuring out a way to shoot around it, kind of write it in the story.”

Despite LaDouche's most recent arrest, his second in less than 12 months, Bay insists that Shia is still a good person. He says, "The kid really has his head together and you know, he’s only 22. He’s doing a great job on this movie. He’s really matured since the last one and I love working with him.”

Of course you're gonna say that. You gotta put a pretty spin on things.

But, it would have been a lot braver and more responsible to condemn LaDouche's drinking and driving.

Michael Bay is a douche too! Duh.

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The next big thing!

Disney tween sensation Selena Gomez was spotted out and about, looking adorable, in NYC on Thursday.

How cute is she?????

Team Selena!

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Yay for gay marriage!

Best known for her iconic role in Welcome To The Dollhouse, openly gay actress Heather Matarazzo is walking down the aisle with her girlfriend.

The 25-year-old is is engaged to Carolyn Murphy, her partner of over a year.

And, in a really cute move, they proposed to each other!

"It was really cute. First Heather proposed to Carolyn, then Carolyn proposed to her," says Matarazzo's publicist.

The rep adds that the two are very supportive of each other and are totally in love—"it was love at first sight."

And, thankfully, more and more states are recognizing that love is love, no matter if you're gay, straight or whatever you are.

Love is love.

Equality for all!

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Click here to watch Aliana Lohan's debut music video for All The Way Around.

Thoughts?????

Earlier in the week, Amy Winehouse's dad claimed that Wino was hospitalized this Monday because someone drugged her.

Uh huh.

Wino's mom, Janis, is spouting off a nonsensical explanation too. Well, nonsensical for Crackhouse.

Momma Wino says the hospital visit was simply a matter of human error.

"The truth is that Amy ended up in hospital this week because she mixed up the medication she's taking to help her come off drugs," she says. "She took a wrong tablet."

She went on to say that Ames' recent diagnosis with lung disease has encouraged her to steer clear of recreational drugs.

Say what????

"I really don't think she's using now," claims Janis. "Being diagnosed with the early stage of emphysema was a real jolt to her. A bit of a wake-up call."

Why is it so hard for some parents to accept the ugly truth about their kids?

Momma and Poppa Winehouse must both be smoking from Amy's kitty crack pipe!

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Hip hop divas unite.

According to a new report, Jay-Z is set to work with Kanye West AND Timbaland on sessions for his new album.

Yeah, he's not retiring any time soon!

Early reports said that Jay's new stuff was going to be produced solely by Timbaland, but the hip-hop star has revealed that the sessions are more of a "musical competition" between his peers.

Hova says, "I'm a person that works off music. If Timbaland makes 10 great tracks then he produces the album, if Kanye West makes 10 great tracks then he produces the album; if he makes three, I'll take three. I let the music dictate the direction. You know I love Timbaland, he is like a brother to me, but until the music is done it's premature."

We can't wait to see what will come of all this.

They're all such big personalities. We wish we could be a fly on the wall of Jay-Z's studio!

Yum. Yum. Yum!

Can we have a piece of that????

Click here to read a great profile on Oz's Matthew Mitcham, an Olympic diver and one of the only openly gay athletes competing at the Beijing games.

Make us and Australia proud!