Turns out Simon Cowell is as brutally honest in real life as he is when he's crushing the dreams and stomping the fragile psyches of thousands of tone-deaf "American Idol" hopefuls. In a sit-down with the London Daily Mail, he breezily addresses the various rumors surrounding his meticulous if much-mocked personal style. Is he a narcissist? "Vain? Yeah, I am," the moneybags "AI" judge concedes. "But to be honest with you, I can't think of one person who is on TV who isn't vain. It's the nature of the beast. If you are on TV then you have a vanity, for sure. Just admit it! Why not?" Did he get a little surgical enhancement on the moobs he so proudly shows off through his trademark airtight T-shirts? "No, absolutely not," says Simon of the pectoral implant prattle. "I have not had cosmetic surgery." How about getting injections of face-freezing toxin? "Yes, I've had Botox," he reveals, "but not in an obsessive way. Then again, every guy I know who works in the city has had it now." As for his block-shaped butt-cut hairdo, he insists it's natural, despite whispers it's a wig. "No, it's all real," maintains Cowell, adding, "I've never dyed my hair, ever, and I wouldn't." Oh, and there's one last subject Simon doesn't mind clearing up -- he's not playing for the other team. "If I was, why hide it?" he opines. "It's not as if the music business would be an odd place for a gay man to work."

Kanye West simply couldn't contain his grief over the Nov. 10 death of his mother, Donda West, during a concert stop in Paris Saturday night. People reports he was overcome with emotion when the opening strains of "Hey Mama" began, starting to tell the crowd, "This song is for my mother ..." before breaking down. "He just cracked," an eyewitness tells the mag. "He was at the end of his concert and had just started to dedicate the song and then he just lost it completely." Adds a reporter for Le Parisien, "He said the word, 'Mother' and just couldn't go any further. A backup singer, the DJ and a guitar player came over to console him. It looked like he might collapse. He just couldn't continue. He just stood there in a spotlight, crying while the band continued playing." In a shaky video of the performance posted on YouTube, Kanye can be seen standing on-stage, his head in his hands, as the audience cheers his name in support. He briefly exited the stage to compose himself, returning a short time later to belt out "Stronger." "He kept shouting out to the audience, 'I need you ... I need you right now,'" the reporter adds to People, "and the public was screaming back. It was magic."

Only time will tell whether Jennifer Lopez is expecting one or two bundles of joy with Marc Anthony, but for now she wants everyone to know things are progressing just fine. "Despite erroneous reports of Jennifer Lopez having difficulties with her pregnancy, we are happy to confirm she is very healthy and continuing with her schedule as planned," her rep informs People. Last week, rumors surfaced that J.Lo, who announced her blatantly obvious great expectations during a Nov. 7 concert in Miami, had made a beeline for the hospital after suffering a scare. "She was worried that something bad could happen," a source was quoted as saying. "She's petrified that something could go wrong with her pregnancy. [It] really shook her up." Lopez was supposedly warned to ease up on her work commitments.

Jude Law attends the London premiere of "Sleuth" on Nov. 18.

Although Jude Law's box office track record is more miss than hit and his newly shorn coif could use an assist, that doesn't make him any less of an in-demand corporate shill. The London Guardian reports the actor has inked a deal rumored to be in the seven figures to lend his pretty face to high-end British menswear brand, Alfred Dunhill. "Jude's masculine style and unparalleled status as a modern male icon -- as well as being a considered and highly accomplished actor -- perfectly complements the spirit of Dunhill," rhapsodizes a company spokesman. To further play up his "masculine style," Jude poses in the print ads next to a shaggy dog.

Tom Cruise and Will Smith attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Lions for Lambs" on Nov. 1.

Will Smith is following the lead of wife Jada by coming to the defense of pals Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. In a cover story in the December issue of Men's Vogue, the likable, scandal-free box office phenomenon sticks up for Suri's proselytizing dad. "I've studied Buddhism and Hinduism, and I've studied Scientology through Tom," Smith tells the mag. "And nobody's saying anything different!" And while we don't recall any space planes or galactic overlords named Xenu the last time we cracked open our "Big Book of Eastern Philosophies," the glib-free A-lister says, "... I don't think that because the word someone uses for 'spirit' is 'thetan' that the definition becomes any different." Back in May, Jada railed against rumors Holmes was under Cruise's thumb, memorably pronouncing to People, "Kate ain't no little wimpy kitty cat." But before you surmise that the Smiths may soon become part of L. Ron Hubbard's flock, keep in mind what Will was quoted as saying last year, "... Jada and I don't necessarily believe in organized religion." What's more, he added, "I was raised in a Baptist household and my grandmother would get up out of her casket [if he joined the controversial church]."

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