Sources close to Paula Abdul say even though “Dancing with the Stars” ain’t gonna happen, she’s still talking to ABC about a show of her very own.

As we first reported, Paula met with ABC honcho Steve McPherson earlier this week and now we’re told one of the cards on the table is a possible variety show. And we’re told they also discussed a talent competition with Paula in the Simon Cowell seat. Sources say Paula also talked about her desire to become the executive producer.

And there’s this little tidbit. We’re told Paula’s feelings about being “disrespected” by “Idol” execs is more intense than ever after learning Victoria Beckham pulled in a fortune — reportedly $275,000 an episode.

But sources say she’d still come back to Simon — if the price ($10,000,000 a year) is right.

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Joseph Jackson says his son Michael will be finally laid to rest on Aug. 29, on what would have been the King of Pop’s 51st birthday.

Speaking to New York’s Daily News, the Jackson patriarch said the burial would take place at Los Angeles’s Forest Lawn Cemetery at 10 that morning, some two months after Michael’s June 25 death.

Jackson, 80, said that these arrangements had only been finalized recently, says the News. He also said that his wife Katherine, from whom he lives separately, has been particularly hard hit by their son’s death and suffers crying jags.

He further said that security guards prevented him from seeing Michael in the months before he died, and that daughter LaToya’s suggestion to the media last week that Michael’s Neverland estate would be moved to Las Vegas was not to be taken seriously.

“How would they do that?” he asked.

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Sorry, Newlyweds fans: Nick and Jessica won’t ever get back together.

Asked at Saturday’s Los Angeles Lakers 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament if they’ll ever reunite, Drew Lachey told Usmagazine.com: “On the record or off the record? No on both.”

Nick and Jessica – who split in 2006 – recently ended relationships around the same time. Nick and Vanessa Minnillo called it quits this summer, shortly before Tony Romo dumped Jessica before her 29th birthday in July.

When told that people want to see Nick and Jessica back together, Drew told Us, “I think everybody who was a fan of The Newlyweds wants the same thing.”

Jessica recently told Vanity Fair she hadn’t spoken to Nick “in years.” But she said their MTV reality show helped her realize the importance of good relationships.

“It made me understand what marriage is, what love is, what commitment is,” she said. “In all honesty, I believe it did not affect our marriage. Because we enjoyed watching those episodes, and that will always be a time I cherish.”

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Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett have decided on a baby name.

The parents will name their newborn son after his father: Hank Baskett IV.

“Hank and I have soooo much to do to prepare for our baby’s arrival, but one thing we can already cross off our list is coming up with a name,” Wilkinson posted on her blog today. “We’ve already decided to name our son Hank Baskett IV!!!

“Hank’s dad and his grandfather were both named Hank, so it was very important to us to carry on the family tradition,” she added. “I can’t wait to meet my little Hank.”

Wilkinson is due on Christmas day.

The E! reality star also debuted a new haircut on her blog today.

“So the other day I realized I needed a new look so I decided to go with the mommy haircut. I chopped off my hair to my shoulders!!!!! AHHHHHHH LOL,” she blogged.

“I really like it…it’s so much easier to manage and in a few months I’m definitely not going to have much time to deal with my hair so this is definitely a great change,” she added.

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Michael Phelps told police that he drank a beer about an hour and 15 minutes before he was involved in an accident last week, but alcohol wasn’t the reason for the incident, according to a police source.

On Thursday, Phelps was driving a Cadillac Escalade when it collided with a Honda Accord driven by a Maryland woman. The athlete showed no signs of alcohol impairment, and was not given a field sobriety test.

“No alcohol was involved. No drugs,” a police source said. “It was just a car accident.”

Investigators found that the Accord’s driver, Amanda E. Virkus, was at fault for the crash. She will be cited for failure to obey a red light, and for causing an accident.

Phelps will be cited for driving with an invalid, out-of-state license. When police arrived on scene following the mishap, the Olympic swimmer presented an invalid Michigan drivers license. According to a police source, the Michigan license was no good because Phelps did not pay an earlier fine for not showing proof of insurance. “It looks like he didn’t pay a reinstatement fee, and the license was suspended,” the source said.

Phelps will have to appear in court to explain why he was driving without a valid license. In 2004, Phelps pleaded guilty to driving while impaired. He was sentenced to 18 months’ probation.

The 24-year-old swimmer, who holds the Olympic record with 14 gold medals for swimming, wrote on his Facebook page that he is nursing a sore ankle stemming from the Thursday crash, but that he plans to train as scheduled on Monday.

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Rumer Willis is officially 21 – and she had the Las Vegas-style birthday to prove it.

The Sorority Row actress turned 21 at the stroke of midnight Sunday and celebrated the way most people would only dream of – at Tao Las Vegas while being surrounded by her famous parents and other celebrities.

“Getting to come here is pretty amazing,” she told reporters before heading to dinner at the Sin City restaurant with a group of 55 that included her parents Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, as well as Moore’s husband Ashton Kutcher and pal Audrina Patridge.

In true Vegas fashion, Rumer was presented with an oversized birthday cake delivered by two Vegas showgirls, then later serenaded by an Elvis impersonator singing “Happy Birthday.”

The group partied in a roped off VIP area of Tao’s until 4 a.m.

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Jude Law hurries into a waiting car after a night out at the Mayfair Hotel.

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