Hollywood Headlines: a crazy week in review

By now everyone’s read or at least heard about the infamous John Mayer interview in Playboy where he said all kinds of nasty. But what didn’t go in to the interview? Oooh, we got the scoop -- clickety click for more.  (Ade Johnson / EPA)

Simon Cowell has put Mezhgan Hussainy through to the next round. His girlfriend, who’s also the head of Idol’s makeup department, was given a diamond ring on Valentine’s Day. Simon won’t say it’s an engagement but if you click here you’ll see what he did have to say.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Jesse James lost his dog Cinnabun, but, as do most stories involving the word “Cinnabun,” it has a happy ending. Click here for pictures and more.  (Matt Sayles /Associated Press)

Lady Gaga toned down her recent performance at the Brits, which coincided with the tragic death of Alexander McQueen. Since she was his unofficial muse, Gaga decided that even though the show must go on, it doesn’t have to contain as many swallows’ feathers. Click for more.  (Andy Paradise / Associated Press)

As if air travel wasn’t hard enough this year, there was the Kevin Smith/Southwest Airlines public battle in February. He said, she said, he said, she said ... how we all made it through the day no one will ever quite know. And what of Smith’s “Cop Out” costars? See what hottie Ana de la Reguera had to say.  (Matt Sayles /Associated Press)

Betty White‘s had tons of publicity recently regarding a “will-she-won’t-she” appearance on SNL. We tracked her down personally to get her take on the story of the century (well, at least the story of last Tuesday afternoon). Click here for the golden tale.  (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)