"They have been having trouble for a while," said an insider. "It's been hard for a long time since Miley has been working so much and traveling a lot."

It may also have been hard for Justin because Miley is 16 and allegedly saving herself for marriage.

Or at least until she's 17.

Cyrus' ex Nick Jonas "was not the reason for the split, but they have been spending time together," said the source.

Twistmagazine.com, meanwhile, reported that Nick and Miley put their breakup behind them to work on a duet called "Before the Storm," which will be on the Jonas Brothers' next album.

* Billboard.com reports Adam

Lambert has signed a record deal with 19 Recordings and RCA Records. Yesterday, "Idol" winner Kris Allen signed a similar record deal with 19/Jive Records.

Rolling Stone meanwhile reports that Lambert is gay, which is sort of like the Philadelphia Daily News reporting that the Phillies are a baseball team.

* Toni Braxton impersonator Tri-

na Johnson-Finn was acquitted yesterday of trying to fool paying customers in Suriname into thinking she was the real thing.

Judge Robby Rodrigues said it wasn't clear whether Trina knew that concert-goers had been led to believe she was really Braxton.

Maybe Suriname could have heard Trina's case before she spent three months in jail.

* DJ Jazzy Jeff stormed off the

stage during a weekend performance in Kansas City, saying venue managers did not like the type of music he was playing.

That would be hip-hop.

Officials with the Power & Light District say they just wanted Jeff's production crew to turn down the music because it was too loud for the sound system.

"His management was instructed on four occasions to turn the music down," said Power & Light District president Jon Stephens. "The system was maxed out and it would have damaged the equipment."

But in a Kansas City Star column, Jazzy Jeff told the reporter that venue officials said his set "attracted the wrong kind of element."

Radon?

* If you want to sell a screenplay, it