In Touch is reporting that Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden, who split from Paris Hilton less than a month ago, is secretly dating the socialiteís on-again/off-again pal, Britney Spears.

Just for the bitch fight thatíll break out once the news hits Parisí ears, letís hope this is one piece of tabloid dish with a grain of truth.

ìTheyíve been on a few dates,î a snitch close to Madden revealed in the December 29 edition of the tab. ìThey met once at The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills for dinner in a hotel suite.î

So far, things are blossoming smoothly for the rumored lovers.

ìShe appears to like Benji a lot, and he seems to really like her.î

And youíll never guess how the two met.

According to the In Touch spy, Britneyís manager worked with Papa Jamie Spears to create a list of potential boyfriends for the pop icon. In addition to Benji, the list also included Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford, actor Jesse Metcalf, and Olympian Michael Phelps.

ìLarry made some phone calls and Benji ended up being the most interested in being fixed up.î

Larry wants to use Benji and Britneyís burgeoning new romance to promote her new album and forthcoming world tour.

ìHe plans to make a big, splashy announcement to help publicize her upcoming tour.î

We strongly believe that the success of a Hollywood couple is based solely on their celebrity hybrid name, so we're certain that Britji will be together for many long years.

(Since Britney and Benji haven't been photographed together yet, we thought we'd spread a little Spears-themed holiday cheer/product endorsement via the picture above. Mmmmm. Who doesn't love a nice cold Pepsi with their stollen on Christmas morning?)

Paris Hilton and Benji Madden called it quits Tuesday after nine months of dating, a rep for Hilton confirms exclusively to Usmagazine.com. "Even though they are still in love, they felt it would be better to just be friends," a source close to Hilton, 27, tells Us.

The reason for the split? "Benji was overprotective and controlling. He doesn't get along with any of her friends," the source tells Us. "Friends thought Paris had changed since being with Benji and she wants to be herself again."

The couple stayed faithful to each other, stresses the source. Hilton was spotted with her ex, shipping heir Stavros Niarchos, in Miami over the weekend, while Madden, 29, hung in NYC with his bro, Joel (beau of Hilton's best friend, Nicole Richie).

"Nothing went on between Paris and Stav in Miami," the source tells Us. "She was there for a girls weekend with her BFFs."

Oh please, like Paris has friends? Anyway, you can't blame a girl for wanting to leave the teetotaling confines of a Madden and slide headlong into the warm, gooey jalapeno-flecked crunch of Stamos Nachos.

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NEW mom Nicole Richie is constantly cooing over her love of suburban life – at least she was until best friend Paris Hilton moved in next door. Richie lives with baby daddy Joel Madden in Glendale, Calif., and Joel's twin brother, Benji Madden, who now dates Hilton, lives next door. Friends of Richie told Page Six recently, "Nicole moved out there to get away from the paparazzi, but when Paris calls them they come to her quiet street and disrupt everything. She's getting a little fed up."

We find this friend's claims a little dubious. We believe that Nicole isn't stoked to have Paris as a neighbor, but we don't think it's because of the paparazzi. Just imagine: Nicole and Joel have put little Harlow to bed and retired to their bedroom to light a fire and eat some chocolate-covered strawberries. Just as they begin to get down to mommy-daddy time, they hear an energetic, repeated knock on the window, only to see Paris peering in, waving with one hand and holding Chutes & Ladders in the other. Terrifying.


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According to our spy:

7. Most sought-after celeb backstage: Christian Siriano from Project Runway.
6. Second most sought-after celeb backstage: Rainn Wilson. "Ladies love him," says Deep Throat. He is also extremely nice and personable, having time for everyone. He was worried about how his teddy-bear-tied-to-dong skit would come off, though he needn't have fretted.
5. Also top dog in the personality category: Anna Faris. Who, apparently, enjoys a cigarette or two but will only bum puffs off others instead of smoking her own.
4. Vern Troyer was riding on people's shoulders.
3. Tila Tequila is actually rather attractive in real life (we're having a hard time believing this one).
2. Lindsay Lohan was there with an entire entourage . . . of homosexuals. Of the boy homo and girl homo varieties. She would ONLY hang out with the gays and the lezzies, no mere mortal breeders were allowed to enter the orbit of the Lohan. No Samantha Ronson, however.
1. Paris Hilton was backstage . . . in a display case. No. Really. It was a cordoned-off area where she sat perched on a couch behind curtains and ropes, surrounded by colossal African-American bodyguards, who shielded her from view when she smoked cigarettes. Later, she and Benji Madden were escorted away and Christian Siriano replaced her in the sideshow freak display.

We hear that next year, everyone is expecting to up the ante by having Lindsay Lohan scissor Tila Tequila on top of Vern Troyer's shoulders while smoking. Which, coincidentally, is the basis for the new reality hit planned for VH-1's fall line up. It's called The Lindsay Lohan Scissoring Tila Tequila on Top of Vern Troyer's Shoulders While Smoking Comedy Hour. No idea how they came up with that title.

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Paris Hilton has become a muse to her boyfriend of two months, Benji Madden.

"He actually wrote me a beautiful song, and actually recorded it in the studio," Hilton, 27, said Monday night at the LG launch of the TV series Scarlet. "He surprised me with it. It's called, 'Shine Your Light.' It's this really beautiful love song about me. It was the sweetest thing that anyone has ever done for me."

As Madden spent the night sharing DJ duties with pal Steve Aoki, Hilton couldn't stop gushing about the 29-year-old Good Charlotte guitarist.

"He's my best friend," she said. "He's just different from any guy that I've ever been with. I just trust him completely, and I know that he'd be there for me, no matter what."

With things going so well, could Hilton beat girlfriend Nicole Richie to the altar?

"I don't know," Hilton says with a smile, "My life's a lot different now, I'm very much at peace, and I'm so happy, and in control, and so very excited about life."

We're not at all familiar with Benji's songwriting abilities, not being fifteen-year-old mall punks, but we expect that they're not too sophisticated. We're imagining that the song's climax will involve the lines: You are so beautiful, Paris / I love how shiny your hair is.


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"He is really happy with Paris and has already been telling all his friends she is the one. He says he can really see himself ending up with her for good."

That's very sweet and all, but can you imagine bedding down with an adult male who willingly goes by the name BENJI? It's not exactly the type of moniker one can imagine screaming out at the apex of passion. "Do me, Benji! Cram it in, Lassie! Hammer me like a dirty $2 hooker, Rin Tin Tin!"

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