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Duff piled bag after bag onto her shoulders Tuesday after a shopping spree in Beverly Hills, proving that the two men accused of putting her life in mortal danger won't put a damper on her spending abilities.

She's the woman named in Sara Evans' explosive divorce papers but Alison Clinton is fighting back claims she committed adultery with the country singer's husband.

"It's just devastating. It absolutely feels like a death, there's just no explanation for it," Clinton tells "EXTRA," "it just kills me inside ... I cry myself to sleep every night."

Clinton was a former nanny for the "Dancing with the Stars" contestant, who is set to announce her resignation from the show this evening, and claims her reason for leaving the job was not due to any affair with Craig Schelske but to an eating disorder. Clinton adds Evans was even the matron of honor at her recent wedding.

Obviously unhappy with the allegations, Clinton is threatening to sue Evans if she doesn't remove her name in the divorce papers and adds she'd even submit to a lie detector test if necessary.

The full interview with Clinton airs tonight on "EXTRA."

While Vince's name isn't brought up when Oprah asked the former "Friend," "Are you broken up?," a smiling Aniston responded, "Oh no, no."

Ironically, Aniston's denial of a break-up is the first official confirmation the couple existed in the first place -- though anyone who believed the two were never dating probably never graduated from preschool.

On today's show, Aniston also shot down rumors of a boob job, chalking it up to having a "couple cheese plates too many" and putting on ten well-placed pounds.

Vaughn himself is going public with the relationship as well and is threatening to sue several tabloid papers that said he had split with Aniston and was caught kissing a mystery woman in London.

In a message from a London law office, Vaughn states, "Ms. Aniston and Mr. Vaughn had not ended their relationship either at the material time or since. ... The suggestion that he was having a passionate embrace and kiss, or has ever been unfaithful to Ms. Aniston, are false."

What happened on Saturday has nowhere near the relevance in Hollywood history that any of these events do, but the setting is the same. Saturday TMZ learned that Brandon Davis (or as we affectionately call him Greasy Bear) and Lindsay Lohan (or in Brandon's words Firecrotch) were spotted eating together in the Chateau's courtyard restaurant.

We can only speculate as to what the two may have been discussing. Between all the smoking, texting, and cell phone conversations that Lindsay was engaged in during the meal, we can only assume that the conversation on the other end of her Sidekick was as captivating as Brandon's movie career. And with Brandon's recent financial debacle, we're forced to beg the question... who picked up the tab?

"That is complete horse doo-doo," Arquette told the STAR 98.7 morning crew. "It's so funny, they say stupid things like, 'Why'd Vince leave?' or something like that. And the answer is because he's doing a movie! I mean, come on people!"

Arquette, of course, is married to Courteney Cox-Arquette, Jen's good friend from their days on "Friends."

US Weekly's October 16 issue bared the headline "Why Vince Left Jen" and reported that Jen gave Vince back a $500,000 engagement ring. In addition to saying the breakup rumors weren't true, Aniston told Oprah the couple is not engaged.

It keeps getting more interesting on "Dancing With The Stars." Yesterday, contestant Sara Evans announced that she quit the hit ABC show and has filed for divorce from her husband. Citing the need "to give her family her full attention at this difficult time," Evans has left the dancing competition even though she hadn't yet been booted off. It's just the latest spicy turn for the show -- contestant Mario Lopez and his partner have been much-rumored to be taking their dance moves off the floor and into the bedroom, and recently-disposed-of Willa Ford and her dancemate Maxim were another buzzed-about couple.

Meanwhile, it seems that "Dancing" judge Carrie Ann Inaba is tango-ing with the enemy – well, if not the enemy exactly, then the competition. People reports that Inaba has been dating dancer Artem Chigvintsey, one of the professionals on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," for eight months, though the relationship only became public after the two were spotted getting cozy after the Wednesday night elimination show.

The former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star's been plagued with rumors she stole her now-boyfriend, Olympic skater Lloyd Eisler, from his then-wife Marcia O'Brien while the two were partners on the FOX reality show "Skating with Celebrities."

"You can't control what the media chooses to put out there and say," Swanson told Tyra Banks, "We taped the show back in August of last year and then it didn't air till February. Everybody thought all this stuff was happening and the scandal was happening at the same time and it just wasn't."

Though both Swanson and Eisler deny any affair took place, Eisler's ex-wife, who was pregnant at the time, told a different story to Dr. Keith Ablow a month ago. She calls their claims, "a complete lie," adding, "I have e-mails which he sent me where he admits to when they started sleeping together, how many times they had slept together. I went through a series of STD testing given the fact that I was pregnant."

Swanson is pregnant with Eisler's child, due in on Valentine's Day. The full interview with the two airs tomorrow on "The Tyra Banks Show."

Jennifer Aniston told Oprah Winfrey that she and Vince Vaughn are "still on" during a taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," PEOPLE is reporting.

According to audience members inside the show, Aniston said the couple has not split and is not engaged, as some tabloids have reported. She also addressed the recent rumors that she has had breast implants, saying simply that when she gains weight, it goes straight to her chest.

Aniston was there to show "Room 10," a short film she co-directed as part of Glamour magazine's "Reel Moments" series, based on true stories submitted by readers.

According to sources, Hayden Christensen's older brother Tove recently cruised into a Los Angeles Baskin-Robbins ice cream store and paid for a frozen treat using an American Express black card. An American Express black card!?!? Normally, these limitless credit cards are issued to the most elite of the elite, the richest of the rich, and are often used to buy extremely extravagant items like private planes, mansions or ice cream STORES! Not just a simple sundae.

But we're not taking anything away from Tove's accomplishments. The former actor is a Hollywood power player, garnering all sorts of acclaim as a producer of the 2003 flick "Shattered Glass," which starred his brother Hayden. Impressive, but, let's face it -- he doesn't exactly share the same prerequisites that earned Britney Spears her black card. Looks like he might have more in common with K-Fed instead.

TMZ has learned that R&B star Usher is sick with the flu and has been unable to perform in the Broadway musical "Chicago." Usher, who has been playing Billy Flynn in the production since August 22, missed several shows Friday through Monday. Fans have lined the streets near the Ambassador Theater each night demanding refunds after discovering his understudy would be performing. Word has it that his doctor has ordered him to be on bed rest the remainder of the week (Wednesdays are his night off anyway) and that he may not return to the stage at all.

The singer was originally scheduled to perform through October 1, but extended his run until October 14, which is also his birthday. The shows have been sold-out for weeks and Usher is reportedly the highest paid to play the role of "Billy" in "Chicago" of all time. No word on whether he'll make up the sick days and extend his run again.

Update: Reps for Usher issued the following statement to TMZ:
Due to an illness, Grammy-Award winning superstar Usher will not be returning to the Broadway stage to complete his final week in the hit musical Chicago. Usher's manager Jonnetta Patton issued the following statement, "Usher is currently being treated for an extreme case of strep throat. He fell ill last Friday and his condition became progressively worse, so under strict orders from his doctors, Usher has been instructed not to perform. He is really saddened that he cannot close out his last week in Chicago"with a bang. Usher has had an amazing time on Broadway and loved every minute of performing on stage with the entire cast of Chicago.He expresses his sincere apologies to all of his fans who purchased tickets to see him in Chicago this final week and appreciate all of their love and support. He is thankful to the producers, the entire cast and production crew of Chicago."

Diane Sawyer skipped out on a party thrown for Chris Cuomo, Sam Champion and other "Good Morning America" staffers last Friday -- and a source says that it's a sure sign that the news diva is planning on leaving the show soon.

Just as the competition heats up with "Today" after Meredith Vieira's arrival, a Sawyer sayonara could be a difficult blow to the ABC morning property. "The staff took Diane's absence as a clear message she is leaving the show," says a source to Rush & Molloy, "and is slowly starting to separate herself from it." Sawyer, say the columnists, had just arrived from interviewing Mel Gibson in his first post-DUI sit-down.

But an ABC rep dismisses any notion of Diane leaving: "She was sick in bed. She called [ABC News chief] David Westin and ['GMA' producer] Jim Murphy to see if she should still come. They urged her stay home."

"They talk," Trump said. "I don't think that would be for her and perhaps not for him but he's a great guy but they are friends. I know that and they do talk."

In the interview, which will air on "Larry King Live" tonight (barring breaking news) Trump talks about his daughter's potential suitors ("There is no man that is good enough for her") and how Ivanka's dates are greeted ("Usually with bodyguards, they beat him up").

After her split from Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson has been romantically connected to a handful of men including John Mayer and Maroon 5's Adam Levine -- but Jess doesn't seem to mind.

"I'm just used to it by now, it's just kind of a part of my life," she tells a reporter while promoting her new film "Employee of the Month," adding, "Every guy that gets within 5 feet of me is automatically linked to me."

Dane Cook, who knows a thing or two about being linked to the blonde vixen, jokingly adds, "Yeah, she's been my wife for 2 years now."

Just this week, Page Six spies spotted the "Employee" co-stars "whispering into each other's ears" and added that Dane "kept coming back to her every time he was pulled away." Simpson went home with another man though -- her hairdresser Ken Paves.

"Employee of the Month" opens today.

Though Madonna was spotted at an orphanage in the African country of Malawi, don't expect to see any Angelina Jolie shenanigans - she's not planning on taking a child home with her.

While rumors spread saying Madge was going to adopt a boy from the country, her publicist tells US Weekly, "I can confirm Madonna is in Malawi on a private visit. She is building an orphanage and child care center and is involved in other initiatives geared toward helping children orphaned by AIDS through the Raising Malawi organization. She has not adopted a baby despite reports that she has."

Surrounded by bodyguards, the Queen of Pop handed out translated copies of her book "English Rose" to the orphans at the Children's Village.

Madonna plans to set up a Kabbalah-based orphan care center in the country to provide food, education and shelter for up to 4000 children.

Eva Longoria told E! News' Ryan Seacrest that she and Tony Parker have not officially split and that she is flying to Paris tonight to join Parker in France, where the NBA star is playing some exhibition games.

Longoria's publicist released a statement last week that the pair were going through "a difficult time," but did not announce an official break-up. Since then, several media outlets have reported the pair had split.

Parker was quoted this week in the San Antonio Express News as saying, "Everything's fine. A couple stuff happened, but that's nothing. Everything is fine."

Check out E! News tonight at 7PM ET/PT for complete details.

With rumors surrounding Ivanka Trump's alleged romantic connection to Lance Armstrong swirling, the heiress just added some fuel to the fire.

At a recent photo shoot Ivanka took a few questions from photographers, but she made it clear she would not let them ask about Lance Armstrong.

Which, of course, only heightened our interest.