• Despite my firm belief that she’s a total gold-digger, Usher married Tameka Foster in a private ceremony on Friday. [WLC]
• Oh noes: Beckham backlash. [WW]
• Eddie Murphy finally admitted he fathered Melanie Brown’s baby. Yup, DNA doesn’t lie, Eddie. [SOW]
• Donald Trump backpeddled on his Lindsay Lohan opinions. [GB]
• Britney Spears reportedly committed the ultimate white trash faux pas this week: she stiffed the wait staff at ONE Sunset Restaurant. [CS]
• Johnny Depp might be playing the lead in the film version of “Dark Shadows.” [Celebitchy]
• Some dude ate it at the X-Games. [RR]

Geri Halliwell and her tiny bikini hit up the beach in Saint-Tropez this weekend. Considering Geri gave birth to a daughter a year ago last May, homegirl looks amazing.

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In an unexpected move, Vogue editor Anna Wintour invited Amy Winehouse to appear on the cover of US Vogue. The soul singer will appear on the cover of the coveted September issue.

Wintour decided she wanted Amy after hearing her hit album Black to Black.

A magazine insider told the Daily Mirror: “An order from Anna Wintour is like a royal command and the order was ‘get me Amy’.

“Anna loved Amy’s album so much that she just had to have her. But at the end of the day, its not just about the music, it’s about her rawness, her kooky style and her outspokenness. She’s very much a one-off, but incredibly talented with it.”

Amy reportedly shot the cover in Miami last May with Bruce Weber. OMG, can’t wait to see this shit.  

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It’s getting difficult to not hear the rumors lately: Brad Pit and Angelina Jolie reportedly aren’t getting along so well lately. Friends claimed the couple is trying to make it work for their gaggle of kiddos, but it isn’t going well.

They aren’t making each other happy. But they want to put on a show of togetherness for the children.

“Their romance has fallen apart. They’ve turned into two people staying together for the sake of their kids.”

A friend said: “Brad’s had enough of doing what Angie wants to do and following her around the globe. But they still have to live close to each other for the kids.”

The couple recently holidayed in France in a final attempt to salvage their romance, according to sources.

An insider told InTouch magazine: “They had hoped the trip would be a fresh start for them. But after a few days, they were at each other’s throats.”

While they consider their long term future, the couple have already begun living separate lives, says one associate: “He likes to take off on his motorcycle when the strain of living with her gets too much.

The couple’s rep denied the allegations, saying the family was just fine: “These magazines continue to write lies about our clients to sell magazines.”

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Despite allegations that she kicked the shit out of a photographer in Australia, Lily Allen announced on her website that she “had a wonderful few weeks.” Well, assaulting strangers typically puts me in a good mood too, so I guess I know what she’s talking about.

Describing her current mood as happy, the 22-year-old “Smile” singer makes an upbeat admission on her Web site: “I have had a wonderful few weeks.”

She writes, “Playing Glastonbury [music festival] was the singularly most bestest moment of my entire life, and made me realise what this is all about. I had such a laugh.”

“I’m flying to LA for some business that needs attending to, then more festivals, yipppeeee !!!!!!!!!! I’m happy at the moment, really happy,” she writes. “Love ya’ll.”

Although Lily didn’t address the assault rumors, according to the Melbourne Confidential, the singer freaked out on a photographer at the city’s airport.

An email declared: “Lily Allen hid and actually kicked the photographer who asked her for just one photo.”

Lily’s rep denied any kicking occurred, saying the photographer was “really in her face,” but the incident ended when two tour managers intervened. 

In an interview with Elle conducted 36 hours before her DUI crash over Memorial Day weekend, Lindsay Lohan swore she would never drive drunk. But she didn’t say anything about not driving stoned! Take that, suckers!

Speaking over lunch at L.A.’s Ivy restaurant, the actress said that when it comes to living under the glare of paparazzi flashes, “It’s scary … they’re looking for me to, like, trip, so they can be like, ‘Oh, Lindsay’s wasted and driving drunk.’ ”

But, she insisted, she would never do that. “I wouldn’t violate….I’m much more responsible than that. I would not do that,” she added.

On July 24, after a 45-day stint at Promises rehab center following the May crash, Lohan, 21, was arrested again on suspicion of drunken driving after a car chase.

Later in the interview, she explained why she was caught by photographers panty-free.

“It was once, and it was when I was in Venice,” she replies. “And I was rushing through the room, threw the Prada dress on. And that’s what happened. And I didn’t even see the picture. I don’t look at that s— – that’s gross. If I wear a dress I have underwear on.”

Yes, vaginas are gross. Speaking of which, she’s strictly BFF with Samantha Ronson.

“I hear things about the night before they even happened. Like, they said I was dating my best friend – the Samantha Ronson thing. She’s my best friend!”

Sure. But what about star-fucker Calum Best? 

“I like him,” she says. “He’s me in male form. We’re very similar. Stubborn, rebellious, very smart, coy, a little bit narcissistic – I think all actors have a little bit of that, and so they should.”

Describing good times with Best, she says, “We’ll be kidding around, like the other day when we were in the Bahamas … I was walking by some mirror. And he caught me looking in the mirror and he goes, ‘I caught that!’ I was like, ‘Damn, I look good!’ “

God, shut up.

Photographers snapped little Ashley Olsen on the set of “The Wackness” this week in NYC. No word yet on what the movie is about, but it apparently has Ashley sporting dreadlocks, so I’m guessing it will be relatively cheesy, despite the fact that Ben Kingsley is starring in the film.