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Not only is Simon Cowell currently enjoying his holiday vacation in Barbados, but the former American Idol judge is now being joined by his lovely fiancee Mezghan Hussainy. As if Simon's life couldn't get any better, The Daily Mail is reporting that Cowell is about to get a knighthood from the Queen of England!

“It would appear that Sir Simon could be on the cards,” royal watcher Neal Sean told Kit Hoover and guest co-host Lisa Rinna on Monday’s Access Hollywood Live. Neal said that Simon is expected to be one of the names on the New Year’s Honors List. How exciting!

Courtesy: Gavin Bond/Grazia Magazine

Katy Perry has only been married for a short while, but already she has babies on the mind! Russell Brand's gorgeous 26-year-old wife, posing next to a bright red Christmas ornament, is talking about her plans for a family in the Italian magazine Grazia.

When it comes to having kids, the sexy singer tells the mag:

"Absolutely. I don’t want to miss out on any experience. I want lots of children.
'It’s all very possible."

As for how the newlyweds will spend Christmas day, Katy adds:

"There will be me and Russ and a pink Christmas tree and a tofu-urky. We’ll open one present the night before because that’s the tradition in my family. And we’ll do something new. We’ll start our own new tradition because we are a family now."

Now that's the holiday spirit!

Eddie Cibrian is a regulation hottie, but who knew he was going grey? Not that it matters -- LeAnn Rimes has snagged herself one hunky piece of man meat! Plus, there's always Just For Men if he gets self-conscious about it...

certificate image courtesy of twitter

Chris Brown is hoping to put his violent fight with Rihanna in the past with the completion of his 52-week court-ordered domestic violence course.

The 21-year-old singer posted his certificate of completion on Twitter. The paper reads, “This certificate is presented to Christopher Brown For Completion of the Fifty-Two Week Domestic Violence Course of Commonwealth Catholic Charities.”

Brown added, "I have enough self-respect and decency to be proud of accomplishing this DV class. Boyz run from their mistakes. Men learn from them!!! thx."

Back in August of this year, Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg praised Brown's progress telling the singer, "You’re doing very well on probation. You’re doing a great job.”

Last year, Brown was sentenced to five years probation and six months of community labor stemming from his assault on Rihanna after a pre-Grammy Awards party in February 2009.

Another freaky story!

Paris Hilton and her boyfriend Cy Waits were all ready to fly from Los Angeles to Maui this morning when the plane had to be evacuated after a passenger discovered a box-cutting knife on board.

Princess P explained the situation via Twitter - and an hour later, she Tweeted another message: "They just finished the security sweep of the plane. About to board again. So strange a knife got on board. Can't wait to get to Maui."

Not the most dangerous weapon, sure, but those are definitely not supposed make it onto a plane due to high security precautions at airports around the world.

Good to know Paris and her beau are doing just fine after the scare!

Most young celebrities like to be photographed leaving Hollywood's trendiest clubs, but not Shia LaBeouf. Despite the heavy downpour of rain, the actor hit up Silver Lake's Red Lion Tavern for some low-key good times, and we're told he closed out the joint. Judging by the look on his face, he must have had a blast!

Although the German pub doesn't usually attract Hollywood's A-list, the 24-year-old Transformers star is a regular.

Now that Shia has wrapped Transformers: The Dark of the Moon, the hottie has a right to party, but let's hope he goes for a haircut ASAP. But we love the sexy scruff!

After a few recent aggressive run-ins with photographers, it's great to see Mr. LaBeouf having a good time. Live it up, Shia!

Ashton Kutcher will be taking the stand, and this is no fake movie trial...

The actor dated 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin nine years ago until her shocking murder in 2001. Air conditioning repair man Michael Gargiulo faces trial for stabbing Ellerin 35 times, as well as the murder of two other women and the attempted murder of a fourth.

Kutcher will testify in court against the alleged serial killer next year, describing what happened the night of Ellerin's death. Kutcher claims to have rescheduled a date with his girlfriend at her Hollywood home, but when he arrived at around 10:45pm Ashley didn't answer the door (even though the lights were on and her car was parked outside).

Kutcher told police he peered through a window and saw what he thought was red wine on the floor - actually, it was a pool of blood.

Kutcher then left thinking that Ashley was angry about breaking the earlier date and therefore was refusing to answer the door. Her body was found the following morning by a friend.

Gargiulo was arrested in 2008 after the fourth near-victim survived an attack in her Santa Monica home.

It's a good thing she's wearing pasties -- at least she has some modesty left!

Lady Gaga was snapped leaving her Paris hotel this morning, and even though she was bummed about canceling her concert due to the nasty weather, she made plenty of time to hang out with her fans and pose for pictures. Of course, dressing like this comes with it's risks -- as one fan reached out to give the singer for a hug, they accidentally groped her breast, and given how low cut her top is, we were thisclose to having a 'Lil Kim kind of incident!