Still, that’s our story and we’re sticking to it.

But we love, love, love the new song “Girlfriend”. No, not because it’s good. That would be kind of silly, now wouldn’t it?

No, we like the song because of the guy Avril cast to star in it… another of Janice Dickinson’s finds from her Oxygen show (giving us hope that maybe the bitch does still have it going on), Bryan McMullin.

I do find it odd that we’re actually expected to believe Avril could snag a guy like that—just doesn’t seem too terribly likely.

But we’ll suspend disbelief if only to get a shot at staring down his gorgeous mug time and time again. Sexy in a word—am I right?

OK, now that we’ve had our weekly man fix, moving on to bigger fish.

The rumors were true. Under the thinly veiled pseudonym of rock group The M&M’s (we say thinly because gossip columnists have been talking about this for a week), Britney Spears popped up at the House of Blues in San Diego Tuesday night to perform old favorites from her four album career.

Taking to the stage in hooker boots, a mini skirt and a rhinestone encrusted bra that looks to have been lifted from Mariah Carey’s estate sale, someone popped 15 minutes of classic Britney remixes onto the CD player while the wig clad vixen wandered around the stage in a succession of hip thrusts and knee pops.

It’s the first time Britney’s taken to the stage in nearly three years, following the knee injury that sparked her quick descent into mommyhood, Malibu joyrides with baby in lap and substance abuse.

Though Britney seemed to be confidently up to her old tricks, gyrating and thrusting like the pop pixie we knew and loved when, not all of her fans were thrilled by the experience. One girl told TMZ.com she paid $125 for her ticket and flew down from San Francisco, only to watch Britney lipsync to her CD for 15 minutes.

Um, I don’t mean to be a bitch, but there are so many things wrong with that statement. First, when has Britney ever sung live? Secondly, who hops a plane and pays $125 to see some band no one’s ever heard of—can we say deliberate publicity week? And, you know, that’s 15 minutes longer than Britney’s been on stage since 2004, so consider her time a gift.

Videos continue to roll in from the event, but here’s the one we personally like the best!

With Rosie about to fly the coop over on The View and Lizzie Hasslebeck announcing she’s going to be needing another few months maternity leave, Barbara’s probably knee deep in resumes for fill in duty. Move Dina Lohan to the top of the heap, Ms. Walters—she’s the white Oprah.

Her words, not ours.

Dina’s been bucking for a talk show since before Lindsay graduated from teen queen to closing down bars she’s not legally old enough to be in, and while network execs have yet to bite, something tells me the addition of Hollywood’s most notorious hard partying mom might add an interesting dynamic to the show.

I mean seriously, picture it. When Liz brings her trials and travails of teething to the table, Dina can offer up the old bourbon on the gums solution. Joy laments the attitude of entitlement in Hollywood, Dina can tell the girls how she took 20% and let Lindsay spend the rest.

No word yet on whether anyone at ABC is actually seriously considering Dina’s application, but she couldn’t possibly be any worse than Brandy, who did a week on the show post Meredith, pre Ro.

I have to say—one of the most interesting videos I’ve stumbled upon all week is Oprah’s sit down with Senator Jim McGreevey’s ex Dina. Now I was a bit worried because, as we’ve all seen from Oprah’s completely one sided sit down with Terry McMillan and her gay hubby, she doesn’t exactly walk the line when it comes to gay men and their wives.

This one was a little bit different, because while I question so many aspects of this story (was Jim just stringing his wife along or was he genuinely in the closet?; why would a woman who had supposedly just been betrayed by her husband stand by his side as he announced to the world that he’s gay?), so does Oprah. It’s a complex story, one further compounded by the fact that both of these people lived a public life of dismissing homosexuality as a sin, but an interesting interview nonetheless.

And that, my friends, is where I sign off. As always, thanks for reading, and remember—stop and smell the gossip.

Until next time!