We really wanna congratulate Kourtney Kardashian on her pregnancy. We do.

But you'll forgive our cynical staff if we question the validity of this rumor, even though Kourtney herself has now supposedly verified it.

E! News was the first to reveal this story, though it could not confirm how many weeks or months along Kardashian was in her pregnancy; nor has Kourtney said whether or not ex-boyfriend Scott Disick is the father.

By either sheer coincidence, or exact planning, this announcement comes just days before the series premiere of Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami on Sunday night.

Might Kourtney be making up the story? Or, knowing how much this family will do anything to make headlines, might she actually have gotten knocked up just for publicity's sake?!?

Kardashian claims she started feeling "feeling nauseous and sick" while in the Everglades.

"I just kept thinking something wasn't right... I went to the doctor and he confirmed the news. I was just so shocked," she said.

** UPDATE: It looks as though the pregnancy is legit. Kourtney confirmed on the Today Show that Disick is the father!

Did NeNe Leakes really choke Real Housewives of Atlanta castmate Kim Zolciak a few weeks ago?

In an interview with Q100 in Atlanta this morning, NeNe didn't exactly deny the report, but she did say:

"If she was truly injured she should have filed charges... Kim is not innocent here."

Also, near the end of the discussion, Leakes actually said she won't verbally attack people anymore. We'll see how long that vow lasts for.

Filming on cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model has already wrapped.

Therefore, it's conceivable that word regarding the season's champion and/or final set of contestants has leaked onto the Internet.

That's what the following video claims to show. While no names are listed and while it's difficult to confirm, the shots below were reportedly taken of the season's final six, during their series-sponsored trip to Hawaii.

Tune in to the America's Next Top Model premiere on September 9 (or watch a few casting promos now) and you'll be able to match names to these faces...

In other show news: controversial, widely-hated cycle 3 finalist Yaya Dacosta has landed a key role on the new season of Ugly Betty. She'll play Wilhelmina’s daughter.

We're very sorry that La Toya Jackson's brother died.

But that doesn't mean we think it's okay for her to join the season nine cast of Dancing with the Stars.

According to a report in Us Weekly, "[La Toya is] in serious discussions to join the show," as sources claim there's an offer from ABC on the table.

Her rep says: "She's a big fan of the show, and being from a musical family, it would be a good fit."

No, it really wouldn't be. It would be an exploitive decision by ABC and a somewhat galling one by Jackson. She'd be milking the public's sympathy over Michael's death and trying to turn it into votes.

Perhaps La Toya would be better served by keeping a close eye on her brother's kids, instead of spending six hours a day learning the Paso Doble.

American Idol isn't about to lose two judges in a week.

With Paula Abdul now out of the mix, the show is set to lock up Simon Cowell to a new three-year deal; his current contract expires after 2010.

While Fox won't comment just yet, the head of CKX, the parent company of 19 Entertainment, said the network is "in their negotiations with Cowell.

[Fox has] asked us to pre-approve him not only for American Idol '09, which has begun taping, but they have also asked us for approval for '10 and '11, indicating to us that they're finishing their negotiation with Cowell. We did grant approval for that quite obviously."

The rumored deal would be worth $45 million over three years.

We don't know what kind of Georgia mortgage loan Lisa Wu-Hartwell took out, but The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member and her husband have been evicted from their residence due to foreclosure.

As first reported by TMZ.com, Hartwell and her husband (former Oakland Raiders linebacker Edgerton Hartwell) were tossed out of their multi-million-dollar mansion last week because the couple defaulted on their loan.

Hartwell's rep said the pair was in negotiations - which eventually failed - with the mortgage lender to restructure the deal because the house had lost value, as so many have around the nation.

"Ed and Lisa are fine," their representative said. "They have settled in their [new] home that sits on 10 acres, and they own it."

Last year, NeNe Leakes also lost her 5,000-square-foot, five-bedroom home to foreclosure.

As we inch closer to the season six premiere of Project Runway on Lifetime (August 20), here's yet another look at one of the show's new contestants.

Step right up, Shirin Askari!

This 25-year old hails from Garland, Texas. She considers Elie Saab and Jacques Fath to be her favorite designers.

"She's young, she's pretty, she's articulate," Tim Gunn said of the freelance designer, whose style icon is Katharine Hepburn. "I'm not sure what is distinctive about her, other than the fact that she's good."

Changes are coming to Dancing with the Stars. So is Anna Demidova.

The part-time model was born in Moscow and has accumulated a number of titles throughout her successful career. They include International Grand Ball 10 Dance Champion; USA Dance National Standard Champion; and multiple-time U.S. Youth International Standard Champion.

She'll be aligned with a celebrity when the series premieres on September 22.

Meanwhile, executive producer Conrad Green has confirmed that the competition will, indeed, bump up its number of contestants to 16. He told Entertainment Tonight:

"This is going to be our biggest-ever cast. We are going to start big, and then about halfway through, we are going to do three double eliminations back-to-back. The middle of the season is going to be brutal when half of our cast goes in three weeks."

Regarding casting rumors - is Ashley Hamilton really among the competitors? - Green remained mum and mysterious.

"If people get in the press and say, 'I am on the show,' even if they are not, what can you do? I think our celebrity show is the one that most people want to be on because they realize it isn't degrading or demeaning in any way. You learn a new skill, and it is a wholesome family show."

It doesn't look like Paula Abdul is done with reality TV.

The wacky judge may have left American Idol last week, but new offers are pouring in.

Producer Nigel Lythoe may it clear that the singer is welcome any time on So You Think You Can Dance, while ABC's entertainment president, Steve McPherson, made the same sort of comment to reporters last week, regarding Dancing with the Stars.

"I was a little stunned by the [American Idol] decision," he said. "We would love to have her on Dancing either as a participant or a contestant... I definitely have reached out to her. I gave her a call first and foremost to say I was sorry about the situation and to say we'd love to see her on ABC."

We can't imagine Abdul becoming a participant on the competition, as she's clearly after millions in salary.

But might she judge this season's new contestants? They're rumored to include Ashley Hamilton, Lou Ferrigno and Dean McDermott.

As previously reported, Kim Zolciak told the police in April with that castmate NeNe Leakes choked her.

Now, the Real Housewife of Atlanta has expounded on those charges in the press. Late last week, she told E! News:

"She lunged to me and put both of her hands around my neck and shook me. I'm talking, kept both hands around my neck for over a minute. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. I couldn't do anything."

Zolciak was able to call the cops, however, and says there are a pair of witnesses on the police incident report that back up her tale; they are actually producers on the Bravo reality show.

Why didn't Kim press charges at the time? Because she thought perhaps Leakes NeNe was having a bad day and "I was just in a bad place at the wrong time, because I know that NeNe does have a good heart underneath all her bulls--t."

What is NeNe's side to this accusation? It's quite simple, really:

"This girl is the biggest liar of them all. Kim lies so much its ridiculous."