ELTON JOHN'S AWARDS ROW WITH LILY ALLEN WAS 'A JOKE'

LATEST: LILY ALLEN has laughed off her onstage row with SIR ELTON JOHN at a London awards show on Tuesday (02Sep08), insisting they were joking and are still friends. The pair made headlines by bickering throughout their gig as co-hosts of the GQ Men of the Year Awards. She told the music legend to "f**k off" on several occasions after John had made sneering remarks about her alcohol consumption on the night.

But the Smile singer insists the acid-tongued barbs between the pair were in good humour. She writes on her MySpace blog, "Elton John and I are still friends... Trying to make me out as being some rude little girl with a drink problem is just unfair. Elton and I exchanged jokes and there were no hard feelings at all, in fact neither of us gave it a second thought."

GOMEZ OFFERS JONAS/CYRUS SPLIT HINTS IN NEW SONG.

Teen sensation SELENA GOMEZ has added a new twist to the NICK JONAS/MILEY CYRUS break-up saga, suggesting the JONAS BROTHERS star is still smitten with his ex in a new song. In new tune I'm Sorry, Gomez sings about liking a guy who can't get over his ex. Selena tells teen magazine Twist, "It's about a boy I kind of fell for, but he couldn't let his ex-girlfriend go, and it was really difficult. And I felt, like, in a way, I wasn't good enough.

"So the song is basically me saying that I'm sorry that it didn't work out or that she used to be who she was, but you have to let me in and you have to know that I'll do everything I can to make you happy and be the best I can be." Gomez has been romantically linked with the youngest Jonas brother throughout the summer (08), but both have denied they're dating.

Selena and her BS. Didn't she date him too? She's the one in blue btw. They say they all look alike.

MEL B: 'SPICE GIRLS WILL NEVER REFORM'

The SPICE GIRLS will never reform again, insisting their recent reunion tour was the "final goodbye". Fans hoped the group had kept the door open on further concerts, following their 2007/2008 world tour - particularly after band members refused to rule out a second reunion.

But Scary Spice Melanie Brown dismissed the suggestion at the BMI Urban Awards in California on Thursday (04Sep08), telling reporters, "No. (That tour) was our final goodbye." Brown did admit she misses her bandmates, and enjoyed the chance to perform with them again, saying: "I think we always really enjoyed the whole journey. It was really nice to tour again. Really nice. We're all still friends."