Sideshow: Mackenzie Phillips' guilty plea

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Mackenzie Phillips

yesterday pled guilty to felony cocaine possession in a deal that will have her enter an 18-month drug deferment program. If the 48-year-old actress successfuly completes the program, the charges will disappear. Phillips thanked the cops who busted her Aug. 27 "for stopping me, and probably saving my life."

Bruce Springsteen

celebrated Halloween this year with a new song about a Jersey homeboy, "A Night With the Jersey Devil." Available for free on the Boss' Web site (

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), the tune has Bruce singing: "Hear me now! / I was born 13th child, 'neath the 13th moon / Spit out all hungry and born anew."

"If you grew up in central or South Jersey," Springsteen says, "you grew up with the 'Jersey Devil.' Here's a little musical Halloween treat. Have fun!"

The new song and video are perhaps a consolation prize for fans disappointed that the Boss' Rumson mansion did not offer the Halloween display that each year draws more fans. The Boss says he is worried for the public's safety, given the crowds.

The British tabs reported this week that

Madonna

recently had a long, telephonic heart-to-heart with her estranged hubby,

Guy Ritchie

, telling him that she wants their divorce to be amicable.

But yesterday, London's Daily Mail reported that Madge has been sending Guy text messages that seem anything but amicable.

"You're going down," one is alleged to have read.

An anon source tells the Mail that Guy told "one pal" that, "this is [Madonna's] idea of a joke - but it's not funny. Imagine what it was like living with her."

Yikes

.

Niki Taylor

, former host of Bravo's

Make Me a Supermodel

, and her NASCAR hubby,

Burney Lamar

, who wed in December 2006, tell People mag they are expecting their first baby together. "Burney and I are very excited with this stage of our lives," says Taylor, who is due in March. "We're thrilled." Taylor also has 13-year-old twin boys,

Jake

and

Hunter

.