Sideshow: Stern not sorry for slam of Sidibe

Howard Stern

says he has no reason to apologize for the shocking comments he made Monday about

Gabourey Sidibe

. The Sirius Schlock Jock said on his show Wednesday that he lambasted the Oscar-nominated actress for her weight to save her life - and those of other obese men and women.

"Obesity in this country is out of control," Stern said. "I might be an [bleep], but I'm pointing out the obvious," he said. "She's probably going to be dead very soon if she keeps eating this way."

The Webo-blogo-sphere has been set aflame by commentators excoriating Stern for his diatribe. Stern's words have been labeled repulsive, hateful, and racist.

"There's the most enormous, fat black chick I've ever seen. She is enormous," Stern, 56, said on Monday. He said Sidibe "was more of a prop" in Precious, which earned her a best-actress Oscar nod.

"She's never going to have another shot" at a starring role, Stern said. Sidibe's career seems just fine: She has landed roles on Showtime's The C Word and the flick Yelling to the Sky.

Twilight

goddessette

Kristen Stewart

tells

Jay Leno

she had a blast portraying Wynnewood native, "I Love Rock and Roll" grrrl power pioneer

Joan Jett

, 51, in the biopic

The Runaways

. Though, she adds, it wasn't so easy to learn Jett's particular way of being, well, Joan Jett.

"It's, like, if I don't get every little thing right I'm going to kill myself," says Kristen, who turns all of 20 on April 9. "We're both, like, ridden with tics, but they're a completely different set of them." (Kill herself?!)

Asked to elaborate, Kristen says Jett has a hunch thing going (as in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?). "But a cool one," Kristen adds.

For her part, Jett tells E!Online the pic is all about "sex, drugs and rock-and-roll." E! notes with relish that Kristen and costar Dakota Fanning "share a big wet kiss onscreen."

"It's not about an obsession with fame," says publicity-mad

Kate Gosselin

, Berks County's most annoyingest contribution to pop culture.

Kate tells People she joined Dancing With the Stars for her kids, not her own ego: "It's about doing what provides for my family."

But it's not just about $. Kate knows there's no better source of moral fiber than TV. (Not even Wheaties!) "If I last two weeks on the show, I've shown my kids that hard work and perseverance pays off," she says.

Kate says she'll win DWTS, if she can overcome her lack of talent: "It's just that the dancing part is getting in the way of winning."

FlashForward

's monomaniacal FBI agent

Joseph Fiennes

, 39, and his wife, Swiss model

María Dolores Diéguez

, 27, welcomed a baby girl on Monday, they tell People. No name yet.

Speaking of names, Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart have revealed their newborn is named Billie Beatrice.

People's 2008 Bachelor of the Year, Extra host Mario Lopez, 36, tells the mag he and his gf, actress Courtney Mazza, 28, are expecting their first child in the fall. "I'm fired up!" says Lopez, adding he's ready for diaper duty.

And Playboy fetish Kendra Wilkinson says her old beau, Hugh Hefner, 83, has finally met his fellow lil' boy, her 3-month-old progeny, Hank Baskett IV, whom she created with Indianapolis Colts football person Hank Baskett. "The baby is a winner!" Hugh tells People.

France's first lady,

Carla Bruni

, tells Britain's Sky News she felt she had to marry

Nicolas Sarkozy

after dating him for only three months to appease public opinion.

"It wasn't about 'Hey, let's date,' we had to do it fast to calm the people down," says the Italian-born model, singer and actress. Bruni says she's tired of rumors she is meddling with affairs of state. "I'm not interested in politics," she says. The topic, she says, is boring.

And she attacks reports that her husband is seeing other women: "Have you ever seen a picture of him having an affair?" Bruni previously had said monogamy bored her. But that was before her marriage, she says.

Country crooners

Luke Bryan

and

Emily West

will do a special cameo during a Nashville-themed episode of

Donald Trump

's

Celebrity Apprentice.

Contestants include

Cyndi Lauper

,

Sharon Osbourne

, and

Bret Michaels

.

Grassroots activism truly works in our beloved democracy! After fans launched an aggressive pro-Betty White campaign, NBC yesterday announced that the Mary Tyler Moore star will host Saturday Night Live on May 9.

Monty Python funnyman John Cleese, 70, is dating jewelry designer Jennifer Wade, says London's Daily Mail, which notes that Wade is 30 to 35 years Cleese's junior. (Her age has yet to be disclosed.) Seems Wade was a friend of Cleese's daughter, Camilla, who was born in '84.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek will use her considerable pipes to portray that world historical figure Anna Nicole Smith in the new opera Anna Nicole, by composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. It's due to open Feb. 17, 2011 at London's Royal Opera House. Smith died in '07 at the age of 39.