Rielle Hunter Poses for Racy Pictures
ANDERSON: Who will "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" name the most provocative celebrity of the week, the cheating edition? Is it Sandra Bullock`s husband Jesse James for allegedly cheating on her, or is it Tiger Woods for the new week of drama? Tiger`s alleged porn star mistress reveals sexy texts she claims were from him. Or is it John Edwards ex-mistress Rielle Hunter for her provocative poses in "GQ" magazine and her tell-all interview about their secret love affair? Welcome back to "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT." I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood with A.J. Hammer in New York.</s>HAMMER: "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" will reveal the most provocative celebrity of the week in just a moment. But first, big news just in today about Heidi Montag firing her psychic manager. I think the guy should have seen it coming. And a bad romance for Lady Gaga could cost her millions. That`s all in "The Buzz" today.</s>HAMMER: Lady Gaga`s legal drama. The superstar just got slapped with a $30 million lawsuit by her former producer and business partner who claims she ditched him once she became famous. Rob Presaris says is the one who transformed Stephanie Germonata into Lady Gaga and made her songs into commercial hits. His suit calls Gaga a "woman scorned who cut him out of the business after he broke off their romance." Heidi Montag`s psychic disconnection. Montag has just fired the psychic she had unbelievably hired as her new manager. Montag made intuitive healer Aidan Chase her manager last week saying he helped her heal from ten plastic surgeries. Chase had reportedly embarrassed the star by crashing the set of "The Hills" and the new movie Montag began shooting this week. What`s the deal with Paula? ABC just revealed that the former "American Idol" judge will no longer be a part of the brand new "Star Search" show the network was planning and had just announced earlier this week. Abdul reportedly stunned executives by holding out for too much money. Last year, FOX reportedly offered her $5 million to continue on "Idol," which she rejected.</s>ANDERSON: So did Paula make a big mistake passing up the "Star Search" job? Joining me tonight in New York is Ben Widdicombe, a celebrity journalist, and in Hollywood tonight is Rachel Zalis, a contributing editor for "Life and Style Weekly." Ben and Rachel, I love Paula Abdul. Do you know why? You never know what she`s going to say, what she`s going to do. I think she would have made a great host of "Star Search." Rachel, is Paula making a colossal mistake by passing this up?</s>ZALIS: I don`t agree. I think her whacky, kooky personality is much better suited to being a judge than a host. By the way, "Star Search" is a relic, a dinosaur. It was so `80s. They tried to re-launch it again with Arsenio in 2002 and it bombed. Why does she want to do that instead of being part of the dream team with Simon on "The X Factor," which is a huge possibility for her?</s>ANDERSON: And speaking of that, Rachel, there have been rumbles out there that Paula could have passed on this "Star Search" gig because Simon Cowell wants her to join him on the new show "The X Factor." Ben, if that is the case, I think this would be a smart move to hold out to work with Simon Cowell. What do you think?</s>WIDDICOMBE: Absolutely. If that offer is on the table, Paula had better start learning to say "yes," because Hollywood is littered with actresses like Valerie Harper, Suzanne Sommers who said no to big shows and walked away from money which was not in hindsight the best deal for their own careers. I think she`d be perfect on "The X Factor" show, and unless she wants to see Sarah Palin as a judge I think she better say yes to Simon.</s>ANDERSON: Maybe say yes a little bit. Hey, Paula, hey, Simon, I`m sorry to tell you guys, but you guys did not make the cut to be named "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" most provocative celebrity of the week, and it may be a good thing for you guys. Let`s show you who did in this special cheaters edition. The nominees include Sandra Bullock`s husband Jesse James for allegedly cheating on her with a tattoo model, Tiger Woods for a brand new week of drama. This week Tiger`s alleged porn star mistress reveals his steamy texts. And the third nominee is John Edwards` mistress Rielle Hunter for her provocative poses in "GQ" magazine, her sex and tell interview. There can only be one winner, so let us name "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" most provocative celebrity of the week. Drum roll, please. It was stiff competition, but Jesse James takes the cake. How dare he allegedly cheat like that on Sandra Bullock? Rachel, did we get it right?</s>ZALIS: No. Cheating husbands are a dime a dozen in this town. Come on, Rielle Hunter. She cheats with a married man, goes to "GQ," dishes the dirt on the sex scandal, bashes his cancer-stricken wife, poses half undressed with teddy bears and then claims she didn`t know they would be run in the magazine. Really? Come on.</s>ANDERSON: That was pretty darn provocative, but I`m sticking with Jesse James. Ben, any doubt in your mind that Jesse James should have been named the most provocative celebrity of the week?</s>WIDDICOMBE: None whatsoever. I agree with the choice this week. I think Rielle deserves the number two slot for the pure audacity of posing for those tasteless photographs and saying they offended her. But what Jesse James did to Sandra Bullock in what should have been the proudest month of her life when she stole the Oscar from Meryl Streep was just unforgivable. So I think he`s the rat bag of the week.</s>ANDERSON: Absolutely. Jesse James gets the honor this week. Ben, Rachel, thank you both.</s>HACKER: Today, the mind-blowing new details about what could be Sarah Palin`s biggest payday ever. The brand new details about two television networks fighting to pay Palin millions and millions of dollars to air her new reality TV show. And now the Showbiz news ticker, more stories from the "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" newsroom making news today. Time now for making it work, where we reveal how stars make their relationships work in Hollywood and beyond. And today it`s Jeff Bridges. The Oscar winning actor has been married to his wife Susan for 33 years. She was right by Jeff`s side when he won nearly every major acting award this season.