Radar obsessively tracks the boldface names in the country's top gossip columns—Rush & Molloy, Cindy Adams, Page Six, Liz Smith, Gatecrasher, and MSNBC's the Scoop ...

Brangelina: Three mentions (Rush & Molloy, Page Six, MSNBC). Everyone is gabbing about the newest addition to the Brangelina brood, Pax. Casey Johnson, infamous Johnson & Johnson heiress and cohort of Nicky Hilton, claims that Jolie got special treatment from Cambodian authorities when she adopted Pax's brother, Maddox. Don't worry, Casey's going to adopt a little Borat of her own from Kazakhstan, so she won't be left out of the foreign-baby trend entirely.

Nicky Hilton: Two mentions (Rush & Molloy, Page Six). That other Hilton girl, Nicky, cancelled the Miami Fashion Week show for her clothing line, Chick, citing a personal emergency. She was recently seen glaring at fellow rich girl Lydia Hearst. Ooh, socialite catfight!

Quentin Tarantino: Two mentions (Page Six, Rush & Molloy). Quentin Tarantino's forthcoming sex 'n' gore romp Grindhouse only narrowly avoided getting an NC-17 rating. Maybe he cut out the section that indulged his foot fetish.

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