Sideshow: Lohan bared soul for Ledger

In a shocking joint investigation, Star and RadarOnline reveal that Lindsay Lohan, 25, uses a girlie-girl pink pen to write in her diary. Star says it has a copy of LiLo's 2008 journal, in which the thesp expresses deep romantico-sexual feelings for Heath Ledger. So was LiLo's soul entwined with Ledger's at the time of his death - a hitherto unknown fact about the great actor's life.

"Today Heath died," LiLo scribbled pinkily on Jan. 22.

"I'm in love with him. . . . He was the love of my life. He taught me so much, and he was everything I've ever wanted." There's more: "I want to hear him laugh and hold me," LiLo says. "I crave his touch and care." This line lends credence to the theory that Heath, who quit his wife Michelle Williams in '07, was LiLo's lover.

Radar says it has more proof: A recording of an '08 phone call which has LiLo mom Dina telling LiLo dad Michael that LiLo was "dating Heath when he died."

Alas, Ledger cannot defend himself.  

A war this week between Alec Baldwin and American Airlines threatens to tear America apart. It began Tuesday when Alec was booted off an American Airlines Los Angeles-to-New York flight because he refused to stop playing an iPhone game and turn off his phone. The 30 Rock star didn't take it lying down. "Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving," he tweeted.

He later added, "American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's find jobs as flight attendants."

American Airlines is not amused.

On Wednesday the company posted a detailed account of the fracas on its Facebook page. It included this: "The passenger [Alec] was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language."

Alec's comeback? He shut down his Twitter account, which had 600,000 followers.

Childless reality stuffing Khloé Kardashian is sooo desperate to have a baby, now that sister Kourtney is pregnant, that she and her reality TV hostage, er, husband, Lamar Odom, want to get in-vitro treatment, claims Us Weekly. Desperation is reportedly rife chez les Odoms, who ostensibly have been trying to make babies since their September '09 wedding.

In Touch Weekly says Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes want to spoil daughter Suri so rotten, they would give her the galaxy for Christmas. All she wants is a $100,000-plus pony and diamond earrings. A Cruise rep says the report is nonsense. (But fun!)

Political pundit Stephen Colbert of the C-Span-ish Comedy Central channel in 2008 tried to win South Carolina's presidential primaries both as a Republican and a Democrat. He was unsuccessful.

So he's changing it up for the 2012 contest: Colbert, a Charleston, S.C., native, recently met with GOP officials in his home state in a bid to be named the official corporate sponsor of the South Carolina Republican primary.

His offer? He'll give 'em $100,000 if they rename the race "The Colbert Nation Super PAC Presidential Primary."

State officials tell the Associated Press they have ended the talks. Are they too chicken to do it?

In a particularly public-spirited gesture, some unknown Great Citizen has leaked online the cover of Playboy's Lindsay Lohan edition. FoxNews.com says it portrays the sometime actress "channeling a mix of Marilyn Monroe and Jessica Rabbit." LiLo is very nude, but is shown straddling the Playboy bunny icon, which covers her more private areas. LiLo will "unveil" the issue on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show Dec. 15.

A malfunction at the global matrix that enslaves us all (that'd be Facebook) allowed users to get at private special-access photos posted by fellow members - including those of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, says celeb TV show The Insider

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The images do not show Mark in the buff, nor do they show him straddling a Playboy icon. Facebook says it is fixing the bug.

Why would Lady Gaga take time out from her Important Duties on Tuesday to give a talk at the White House? (President Obama wasn't available for a personal howdy.) Her GagaShip wanted to talk anti-bullying strategies. Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett says Gaga knows bullying firsthand: "She was often picked on for being different." Now she's made an industry of it.

Saturday Night Live player Jason Sudeikis, 36, and House, M.D. sex goddess Olivia Wilde, 27, "walked in holding hands" to the SNL after-party on Dec. 4, Us Weekly says, citing Anonymous Source. . . . Universal Parks & Resorts is opening a new theme attraction, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood. . . . Shakira has chopped her divine hair short in a kind of quasi-Rachel Karen Green (remember Friends?) style.

News researcher and blogger Bill Lucey has compiled a list (also posted by Gawker) of the most highly trafficked online news stories of the year. Some results:

NYTimes.com: a column by Tara Parker-Pope on how to have a happy marriage.

FoxNews.com: "Kim Kardashian on Immigration Watch List."

And my fave, NYDailyNews.com: "Giant rat killed by pitchfork in Marcy Houses is believed to be Gambian pouched rat."

In mysterious confession, Angelina Jolie told Extra correspondent and former Philly newsman Jerry Penacoli earlier this week that she's a "closet geek."

Now she's ready to elaborate!

"I spend hours and hours to get the perfect Christmas stocking or gift bag ready," says Angie, who is raising six kids with domestic partner Brad Pitt.

"I am obsessive. . . . Brad will tell you I lose my mind for the kids' birthday parties. I will spend days working on gift bags! That's an oddity about me." Oh. Hm. OK.