Tigergate: Now the count is, 10! – Rachel, Kalika, 2 Jamies, Cory, Mindy, Holly and Tammy Lynn and more – and counting! As if 10 women and counting wasn’t bad enough – Tiger brought 2 of these women home for canoodleing when his wife was away! Is it true that Tiger’s wife is very, very, close to taking the kids and leaving? My source says Tiger’s wife could leave before Christmas! … A manager of a Hotel where Tiger often stays says Tiger always got the same suite and rented the adjacent room, which was always occupied by a woman friend of Tiger‘s! That way the woman and Tiger could come and go from their rooms, while never being seen together! … And friends Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have tried to call Tiger, but could not reach him.

I have a question for you, if you got a call that your child had attempted suicide and was rushed to a hospital, wouldn’t you drop everything and rush to that hospital immediately? Yeah, I would too. Billy Joel said it would be to hectic and just called to see how his daughter was doing!

Odds and Ends: They are shooting American Idol and everybody says Ellen DeGeneres is a fabulous addition. Idol debuts mid January. … Meanwhile Idol bigmouth, Adam Lambert, is the biggest jerk ever. ABC has canceled all of Lambert’s appearances, he was scheduled to appear on the New Years Eve Show, that’s been canceled too. Now Lambert says he will never appear on ABC or any network that try to limit his freedom of speech. Tell Lambert to shut the front door! … Howie Mandel Christmas shopping at the Beverly Wilshire Center, but nobody knew it was him. Germaphobe Howie was wearing a mask from forehead to chin and elbow gloves.