Thursday Gossip!

Along with Goldie and Kurt, Oprah and Stedman sing the praises and benefits of not getting married. Opie says "Had we made the official marriage commitment, we wouldn't still be together. The reason the relationship works is that we get to define it on our terms. It would be very different if we were in a 'traditional' relationship where I was expected to be a wife and every now and then cook a meal!" I bet Oprah likes to say - YOU DON'T OWN ME!

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If an engagement breaks up at the workplace, can the 2 still be civil in such close quarters? Well
"Dancing With the Stars", KARINA SMIRNOFF thinks so. She and fellow dancer MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY broke up not too long ago and she says "It's kind of easy to stay friends. We were friends for 14 years, before anything else. It will always remain this way. It's not difficult. We both think the world of each other."

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You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.....Nope, not talking about the Incredible Hulk, just little pretty Megan Fox who says "My temper is ridiculously bad. I've destroyed the house. I go bat(crap). I've had to say to Brian, 'You have to go and stop talking to me, because I'm going to kill you. I'm going to stab you with something, please leave.' I'd never own a gun for that reason. I wouldn't shoot to kill. But I would shoot him in the leg, for sure." YIKES!

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Dirtbag CHRIS BROWN started his community service yesterday picking up garbage and cleaning police horse stables in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. He even Tweeted on the way - like we'd care, quote, "On my way to community service." He's got 179 more days of hard labor to complete . . . but corrections officials plan to work around his showbiz schedule. SOOO not fair, I don't think they should do that. Do your time just like everyone else! No special treatment!

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Burt Reynolds is in rehab! I think his hair piece was telling him to take drugs, but that isn't the official story. Burt took a spill at his place while boozing and popping pills and was found semiconscious and covered in blood. He was taken to the emergency room, but he was acting so strangely that they took him to a mental health facility. And doctors there refused to release him unless he agreed to check into rehab. Poor Bandit!

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Poor Jessica Simpson! Still searching for her baby Daisy who was snatched up by a coyote the other day. Jessica STILL hasn't given up hope of finding it. In fact, she's hooked up with a dog-finding service called FindToto.com . . . which calls itself, quote, "kind of an amber alert for missing pets." Daisy is a 10-pound Malti-Poo. Jess says - "Daisy is my baby . . . why would I stop searching? I'm a mom."

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GEORGE CLOONEY is our CELEBRITY HERO OF THE DAY, for saying this . . . quote, "I would rather have a prostate exam on live television by a guy with very cold hands than have a Facebook page." Dang it....I wanted to be his FB Friend!!!

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MARY TRAVERS of the folk trio PETER, PAUL & MARY, died yesterday in Danbury, Connecticut. She was 72. I thought she already passed. Isn't she the one that choked on the ham sandwich? ...wait....that was the lady from The Mamas and The Papas.

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Incase you're keeping track.....Here is the tally so far of the 2009 Summer of Death:

--MICHAEL JACKSON
--PATRICK SWAYZE
--FARRAH FAWCETT
--ED MCMAHON
--WALTER CRONKITE
--TED KENNEDY
--Director JOHN HUGHES
--DAVID CARRADINE
--KARL MALDEN
--BILLY MAYS
--Comedian FRED TRAVALENA
--MARY TRAVERS
--HENRY GIBSON
--Former NFL quarterback STEVE MCNAIR
--"Angela's Ashes" author FRANK MCCOURT
--Author and musician JIM CARROLL
--ADAM "DJ AM" GOLDSTEIN
--Wiener king OSCAR G. MAYER, JR.
--LES PAUL
--And, of course, GIDGET, the Taco Bell Chihuahua.

Thank goodness you're not on it

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Watch this show or we're going to lose it!! "Melrose Place"'s second episode attracted less than 2 million people on Tuesday night. That's down from its fairly weak premiere, which drew 2.3 million viewers last week. "90210" had 4.9 million viewers last year . . . and ended up averaging 2.8 million for the season.

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After being bashed on Oprah, Bobby Brown needs to do something to get into the public's good graces...so he decided to sign on for the next season of "Celebrity Fit Club". Other rumored contestants include: Nicole Eggert . . . who played Summer Quinn in the earlier seasons of "Baywatch" . . . Michael Badalucco from "The Practice", KEVIN FEDERINE'S baby mama SHAR JACKSON .