No 'Idol' chatter

''American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest says he and judge Paula Abdul aren't speaking to each other, but Abdul calls reports of a feud ''ridiculous." Last week People magazine quoted Seacrest as saying, ''I don't know what the deal is. It's very awkward." Asked if he was speaking to Abdul, Seacrest answered, ''No." Abdul dismissed reports of off-camera animosity in a statement yesterday to the Associated Press. ''Reports of a feud are ridiculous," she said.

Here's one sure way to incite Barbra Streisand's wrath: Write a book about her. Christopher Anderson has learned that with his recently published biography, ''Barbra: The Way She Is." On her website, Streisand issued a response she titles ''Does the Truth Matter These Days?" ''Normally, I would not dignify vicious, mean-spirited mythology masquerading as biography," she begins. ''But it seems this latest rehash of other unauthorized biographies is getting a lot of attention. Who is the person described in this book? From what has been told to me, certainly not anyone I know."

Italy's Interior Ministry said yesterday it would remove a poster promoting ''The Da Vinci Code" movie from the scaffolded facade of the church of St. Pantaleo, which is located just off a major thoroughfare in Rome's historic center. The Rev. Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for Rome's Vicariate, said the poster was ''causing a problem." The upcoming film, which stars Tom Hanks, is scheduled for release May 19.

'Thank goodness for ''Desperate Housewives." You're not dead just because you are married and have children.' Cindy Margolis, known as the ''Most Downloaded Woman" on the Internet, announcing that she has agreed to pose nude for Playboy, which made the offer on her 40th birthday.

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