Welcome, celebrity news fans around the world, to The Hollywood Gossip ’s Week in Review.

Welcome to THG. Below are some of the many celebrity photos posted on our site over the past week, accompanying a crazy week of rumors, news and gossip. Many of your favorite stars are likely featured in the thumbnail gallery below

The domestic agenda of Barack Obama was not the only thing affected by the election of Scott Brown as a senator from Massachusetts. The politician’s daughter, Ayla Brown, has found herself back in the spotlight. A season five semifinalist on American Idol , Ayla had pretty much faded into obscurity prior to her dad’s shocking victory.

It’s like celebrity gossip magazines and websites are actively engaged in a bet over who can make up the most ridiculous Angelina Jolie gossip item this week.

Groundhog Day (February 2) is just around the corner, and the misguided folks at PETA are generating pointless controversy by demanding its icon be freed. That would be Punxsutawney Phil, the affable rodent who emerges each year at Gobbler’s Knob to dictate if winter shall continue or early spring commence. For those keeping score, he’s prognosticated six more weeks of winter in 98 of his 112 weather readings – although PETA hopes he won’t make his 113th

There’s little debate that Super Bowl XLIV will pit the top teams in each conference against each other.

Tila Tequila is good. You’ve really gotta hand it to this professional attention-grabber for doing everything she can to sell her fake pregnancy story

Rihanna doesn’t dwell on the past. She’s got the tattoos to prove it.

Matthew McConaughey might be wearing a shirt in the photo below, but it’s still the cutest picture you’ll ever see of the actor. McConaughey has posted the first image of his newborn daughter on his official website, including the simple caption with it: “Our latest family member, Vida Alves McConaughey.” She sure is a cutie, isn’t she?

Andrew Young, John Edwards’ former campaign aide, confidant and co-conspirator, has made some shocking allegations about the politician in his new book. Most notably, Young claims in The Politician that he found a John Edwards sex tape, showing the ex-Senator hitting it with his mistress, Rielle Hunter.