JENNIFER LOPEZ and LEAH REMINI seem attached at the hip—from their Easter trip to the Dominican Republic to the June 6 Women in Film's Crystal & Lucy Awards, where the King of Queens star cheered on her pal from a front-row table. Turns out Lopez met Remini and her hubby, Angelo Pagan (both longtime Marc Anthony pals), in the late '90s. Why are the ladies inseparable now? Could the Catholic Lopez be considering a switch to Remini's Church of Scientology? "No," says Lopez's rep. "People can be just friends." Their interests do seem quite secular. "We sing karaoke," Remini recently told PEOPLE. "Laura Branigan's 'Solitaire' and 'Gloria.'" Eighties pop: That's what friends are for.
BRAD & ANGIE: RUMOR PATROL
BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE left Namibia last week (with one more kid in tow!), but they still can't outrun the rumors. Insider clears up the myths and misinformation:
(1) The clan is not Paris-bound; they'll likely summer in Malibu.
(2) Bodyguard Mickey Brett did not attack a restaurateur who approached the family. "Mickey never hit anyone," says a rep.
(3) Brad did not give Angelina a $20 million diamond for her 31st birthday. (Isn't the new baby gift enough?)
FAST TAKES
PENELOPE CRUZ is mum about her split from MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, but she's not moping around. "She's doing great!" pal SALMA HAYEK (above) told Insider at a June 8 Cartier party.
Just call her Apple Blossom: GWYNETH PALTROW and CHRIS MARTIN's daughter APPLE was a flower girl at the June 10 wedding of friends Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually) and Gael Anderson.
While shooting The Nanny Diaries (below) at Bergdorf Goodman, SCARLETT JOHANSSON called from the Marc Jacobs department to warn boyfriend JOSH HARTNETT she'd bring home "a dozen bags," says a source.
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