The Los Angeles Lakers essentially wrapped up the NBA Championship last night, as they took a three games to one lead with a 99-91 victory over the Orlando Magic.

Fortunately, a pair of sideline sightings have enabled our staff to ignore the depressing fact that Kobe Bryant will soon be holding up the Larry O’Brien trophy again.

Both Rihanna and Chris Brown sat courtside for the contest. While sources claim the former couple “requested to sit together” at one point, they ended up occupying seats in separate sections.

In one sense, the outing isn’t unusual for Rihanna. She was one of a number of celebrities to attend Game Two in Los Angeles. But that was played in her hometown.

Moreover, it didn’t take place two days after Rihanna was subpoenaed to appear in court to testify against Brown for beating the daylights out of her.

We hope these duel appearances don’t signify a reconciliation between Brown and his former punching bag. She’s much better off with Aubrey Graham.

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Attention, readers: The Hollywood Gossip and The Sports Guy need your help!

Earlier this week, Bill Simmons - an ESPN.com columnist known as “The Sports Guy” - interviewed reporter Erin Andrews on his podcast.

She reiterated her desire, previously stated to The Sporting News, to appear on Dancing with the Stars. Andrews hilariously told that newspaper that she owed it to her network to make up for Kenny Mayne’s pitiful season two performance on the series:

“I need to help ESPN’s name on Dancing With the Stars. [Kenny] did nothing for us on that show.”

Now, here is where you come in:

Simmons laid down the Dancing gauntlet to listeners, specifically those with a blog. He told his audience that he’d give props to the site that best helps to campaign on behalf of Andrews.

Let’s make that The Hollywood Gossip. As fans of ESPN and of gorgeous women everywhere, we’d love to see this beautiful Florida graduate Tango her way to the top. How can you assist with this mission?

• Leave a comment (below) on this post and tell the world that you’re on Andrews’ side.
• Email ABC and demand the inclusion of Andrews on DWTS.
• Flood Bill’s inbox - it can be found HERE - with links over to this post, alerting him to our crusade. Together, we can make this happen!

After all, do you really wanna see another Steve Wozniak on Dancing with the Stars?!?

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Lil Wayne should take his own advice. The rapper really needs to “stop ramming them hos and make love to that p-ssy.”

Having already impregnated a pair of women, reports now indicate that Lil Wayne has knocked up two more!

MTV UK sources say the artist is expecting children with both singer Nivea Hamilton and actress Lauren London. Amazing.

Various bloggers even claim that Wayne will marry Nivea (who has three kids with ex-husband The Dream) some time in the next few months.

One must wonder if Lil Wayne’s penis is allergic to latex. The guy will soon have more children (four) than mug shots (three). That’s an impressive feat for someone that simply loves to carry around drugs.

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When Chad Michael Murray bid farewell to  One Tree Hill, fans had no idea how The CW would replace such a hottie.

But give the network credit: it may have found an even hotter star for the show.

Former Lipstick Jungle star Robert Buckley is joining the cast this fall.

The yummy actor will portray Clayton, a spoiled, wealthy sports agent that represents the character of Nathan Scott. Not a bad choice, eh ladies?

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We cannot report with certainty that Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas are dating again.

We can, however, provide photographic evidence that the young singer has undergone a different change in her life: Miley has pierced her nose.

The actress was snapped in Savannah this week, posing alongside mother Tish. You don’t even need to look that closely in order to see the stud in her right nostril (click on the photo to enlarge it):

While we assume Nick would have preferred if Cyrus pierced her tongue, we’re curious what fans think. Is a nose piercing cool? Or a lame attempt at trying to look cool?

Do you like Miley’s piercing?

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