* Jessica Simpson has been taking a lot of heat for the weight she gained while she was pregnant and the weight she’s kept after giving birth, and now the rumor is that she’s pregnant again. She and her hubby had their first baby May 1^st.

* Shia LeBeouf says every part of his new movie “Nymphomaniac” is real. That means all of the sex scenes are real, which means he and either Nicole Kidman or another female co star are doing it for real.

*Nicki Minaj has gone on a big, cussy rant on Twitter this morning after getting flak for cancelling her appearance at a UK concert over the weekend. She did it on advice of doctors because of a bruised vocal cord, but she’s super angry about the criticism. It’s a bit much.

 * Dancing With the Stars dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy is denying claims by Hope Solo that he slapped her and “mishandled” her while they were paired together on the show. Maksim says he hates liars and hyprocrites, but that combined with opportunism is just sad.

* “Top Gun”, “Days of Thunder” and “Crimson Tide” director Tony Scott is dead after an apparent suicide. LAPD officers got a call about a man who had jumped off a bridge last night. Scott has been ID-ed as the jumper. He was 68 years old.