Kelly Preston on breast-feeding, Dick Clark leaves huge estate, Madonna on single motherhood

"I love the closeness," says Kelly Preston of the joy and love she feels when breast-feeding her "miracle baby," as she calls 16-month-old son Benjamin Hunter Kaleo, whom she delivered Nov. 23, 2010 at age 48. The bond forged through breast-feeding will be hard to sever, not just for the child, John Travolta's wife tells People mag. "When I stop, it's going to be really hard on me. I love nursing so much." Kelly, who'll turn 50 in October, and John keep Ben close: He shares their bed, says Preston, who nurses him up to five times during the day and twice during the night. "He'll come up and point and go, 'Mama, more'," says Preston. "It's so cute!" Ben also digs language, says Kelly. "New words are coming so fast," says Ben's mum. "He loves 'B' words — basketball, bus, belly button, bird. He talks to birds and looks at them in the sky, and loves airplanes."Dick Clark leaves big estateDick Clark, who died Wednesday at 82, left a king's ransom of an estate, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Dick Clark Productions Inc. prez Fran La Maina tells the Associated Press. Clark, she says, worked, didn't spend: "Work was his hobby." Madonna: Lourdes did bad"To be a single mother of four and to work as much as I do, with my life in a kind of metaphorical fishbowl, it's pretty challenging." So says Material Girl turned Mystical Mom Madonna about the many challenges of having a teenage daughter. Madge says she was upset to see photos of 15-year-old Lourdes smoking a cig. "It's hard, though.?…?Every day is a negotiation," the singer tells NBC's Harry Smith. "But?...?I don't approve of anyone smoking cigarettes, most of all my daughter." Wait, didn't the "Like a Virgin" diva, who is a vocal nonsmoker, drag longingly (and a tad hypocritically?) on a cig in her "Girls Gone Wild" music video? "That's just an accessory, Harry. There's a difference," her M-ness says. Just as it is in cig ads.Kathy Griffin's perfect guest: MomKathy Griffin, 51, says her new talk show on Bravo will be relatively celebrity-free. If they do come on, she tells USA Today, they'll have to loosen up "and let it rip." Kathy's perfect guest? Her ma, Maggie. "Is my 91-year-old mom going to be drunk? You betcha," she says. No wonder. Kathy says her talk-show role models are " the people who are supposedly doing everything wrong.…?I love Bill Maher, I love Joan Rivers, I love Howard Stern." Don't look for Kathy's beau, who is 18 years her junior, to guest star on the show. Kathy won't name the mystery man.Julianne Hough a free spiritUs Weekly has announced its prestigious annual Hot Hollywood List, which celebrates celebs who are best in various important endeavors. The Total Pro award goes to Kim Kardashian; the Breakout kudos to | Stacy Keibler and the Free Spirit citation to Julianne Hough. There are seven other categories, but, what shall I say, yawn …A house for Blake & Ryan Reynolds?Ryan Reynolds and his belle, Blake Lively, 24, plan to take their relationship To the Next Level, claims Us Weekly, which reports Scarlett Johansson's ex- and the Gossip Girl girlie-girl were spied house hunting in New Canaan, Conn., a posh suburban town an hour away from New York.Cody Simpson in Deptford! Now!Cody Simpson, the Aussie-born teen singer and actor who may (or may not) be the next Justin Bieber, will sign autographs and smile his irresistible blond smile at teenyboppers Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Toys "R" Us Deptford, at 409 Almonesson Rd. (The store sells the beautiful Cody 12-inch action figure.) The "iYiYi" singer is an old hand at the meet 'n' greet thing: He did a mall tour last year. And don't forget, Cody will play the Wells Fargo Center in Philly on May 22.Tidbits 'n' piecesKaty Perry will belt 'n' coo new single "Part of Me" on next Thursday's American Idol results show.?...?Joe Eszterhas has released to celeb site TheWrap.com an audio recording of one of Mel Gibson's extraordinary epithet-soaked rants that Joe cited in a recent missive. Joe says he made it public because "Gibson called me a liar." Gibson's reps have yet to comment.?...?Jennifer Love Hewitt was in shock when Jimmy Kimmel showed her a poster-sized section of her décolletage-revealing print 'n' billboard ads for her new show, The Client List. "Seriously, that looks like a horror movie, blown up like that," she said. "They look like King Kong's." Hewitt said she fears her grandmother may see them.Local singer lands TV showFairless Hills-born singer Lisa Bouchelle's music-and-cooking show, Rock Star Kitchen, just launched on the Comcast Network (5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Sundays). Each episode features a musical guest cooking a favorite dish, such as John Popper of Blues Traveler, who cooked a Cajun dish.This article contains information from Inquirer wire services and websites. Contact "SideShow" at sideshow@phillynews.com.