A judge in Montgomery County court in Norristown yesterday ordered overexposed reality TV star Jon Gosselin, 32, to return $180,000 to a joint bank account he shares with estranged wife Kate. The sum is part of $232,000 that Kate, 34, alleged Jon took despite orders from their divorce arbitrator.

"The remaining sum of $55,000, which Ms. Gosselin used for household bills and expenses relating to the children, will be subject to further determination by the arbitrator at a later date," Mark Momjian, Kate's lawyer, said in a statement.

Kate seemed pleased: "As difficult as this has been for me, I am pleased that the court has ruled fairly on behalf of myself and my children. Now that this matter has been ruled on, I look forward to returning to private arbitration, as we have agreed to do, to resolve any remaining issues."

Jon must pay back the money by Oct. 26, when the couple is due back in court, or face contempt charges.

His lawyer had no comment.

Tracy Morgan gets even

Comic Tracy Morgan, who has gone on to bigger and greater things since his Saturday Night Live days, dishes about his old cohorts in his new memoir, I Am the New Black, which has been excerpted by gossip site Defamer.com. Tracy singles out former colleagues Chris Kattan and Cheri Oteri for a verbal thrashing for the rotten way they treated him.

"All I have to say about that is, where's Chris Kattan now?" Morgan writes. "Where's Cheri Oteri now? That [bleep] can't even get arrested."

Tracy says he still loves Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, and Colin Quinn.

Cruz dazzles, confuses

"A dazzling movie star deserves a dazzling ring," says People.com about Spain's razzle-dazzle super-babe Penélope Cruz, who sported a new razzle-dazzle ring this weekend at the New York Film Festival. Dazzled gossipers are confused: Does the bijou - a "knuckle-sized sapphire surrounded by small diamonds" - denote, connote, or signify a betrothal? Cruz, 35, did not speak on the topic.

Klum's fourth masterpiece

It's confirmed: Heidi Klum on Friday gave birth to Lou Sulola Samuel, her third child with megabeautiful megastar megahusband Seal. The couple have two sons, Henri, 4, and Johan, 2, and Klum also has daughter Helene "Leni" Klum by ex-bf Flavio Briatore.

Heidi says four kids is quite enough. "Yeah, we think so. It's a lot! The noise factor around our table is unbelievable," the supermodel told People last month.

Dancing with his girl

Dancing With the Stars season four winner Hélio Castroneves, 34, says his gf, Adriana Henao, is pregnant with their first baby, a girl, due in January. The Indianapolis 500 champ said he considered naming the baby Indy, but decided it was "a little too much." The couple is going with Mikaella.

Freeman stumps for pal

Oscar-winning thesp Morgan Freeman never has been one for public political chatter. But the Shawshank Redemption star is speaking loud and clear in support of his friend Bill Luckett's bid to win the Democratic nomination for Mississippi's 2011 gubernatorial election.

"Reform in Mississippi is hard because the base stock of this state is a mule-headed bunch of farmers," Freeman said on Sunday. The actor has composed a fund-raising letter for Luckett and will cohost a party for him next week in Lalaland.

Why women always win

Megan Fox has earned a reputation for uttering some of the most profound statements about La Condition humaine this side of the Dalai Lama.

The Transformers star and leading post-Freudian, meta-Jungian, neo-Kleinian psychoanalyst tells Cosmo that Freud's phallocentric theories are nonsense: "Women hold the power because we have the vaginas. If you're in a heterosexual relationship and you're a female, you win."

Carrie's special holiday special

American Idol goddess Carrie Underwood, 26, will host an all-star holiday TV special Dec. 7 on Fox featuring Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, and David Cook. Carrie's new CD is due Nov. 3.

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