We were introduced to the Simpson family via Jessica Simpson’s reality show “Newlyweds.” But long after the “With You” singer’s show (and marriage for that matter) ended, it seems her family hasn’t left the public eye.

Pop star Ashlee Simpson was spotted leaving a studio in Hollywood this past Friday along with her mother Tina.  And they were both noticeably quieter and more reserved than usual.

Speculation has been running rampant that Daddy Simpson, Joe (Ashlee’s papager) has been running around on her mother, going out to clubs and trying to pick up women, despite his marriage to Tina.

And Mama Simpson has been uncharacteristically reclusive in recent months, adding fuel to the rumor mill that they’re having marital issues.

Perhaps the trouble in the Simpson home was a contributing factor to the songs on Ashlee’s upcoming album Bittersweet World, which hits stores April 22nd.

Stay tuned to Gossip Girls - we’ll keep you updated on the status of this showbiz family.

Britney Spears’ friend Sam Lutfi has agreed to stay away from the pop star for at least another month, delaying a hearing that could have made a restraining order against him permanent.

Lutfi and conservators for Spears’ estate agreed to have the restraining order extended for 30 days, Lutfi spokesman Michael Sands said Sunday.

“There is an agreement between Sam Lutfi and the conservatorship for the next 30 days,” Sands said. “Both parties are happy and will continue to work together to further resolve any issues that may have come up in the past.”

A judge was expected to approve the agreement Monday.

Phone messages and e-mails to lawyers for Spears, 26, and her estate co-conservators, which include her father, weren’t immediately returned.

A Superior Court commissioner last month ordered Lutfi to stay 250 yards from Spears and her home.

Spears’ mother, Lynne, requested the order based on allegations that Lutfi — Spears’ frequent companion and sometime manager — had held the singer hostage in her own home, drugged her and taken over her finances.

Spears’ father, James, was named one of two co-conservators of her estate after the singer was hospitalized twice in January. The conservatorship has been extended until July 31.

Conservatorships are granted for people deemed unable to take care of themselves or their affairs.

Before her hospitalization, Spears had shown increasingly erratic behavior. She shaved her head, was seen in public without underwear, ran over a celebrity photographer’s foot and attacked a vehicle with an umbrella.

Spears has since had very limited contact with her toddler sons who are under the sole physical and legal custody of her ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Float like a butterfly, sing like a bee… here’s Madonna proving she’s still The Greatest.

As the Material Girl approaches her 50th birthday this September she shows there’s still plenty of fight left in her.

Far from being on the ropes, she vowed to “kick all of their asses” as she promoted her new single with Justin Timberlake - who is young enough to be her son.

Wearing five-inch heels and boxing gloves, she said middle age was not going to slow her down.

“You’ve got a lot more experience and you tend to not make the same mistakes,” she tells Interview magazine. “It’s great to feel experienced. But I also work with people who are half my age, so I feel like I have to work even harder to keep up with everybody - but the fact of the matter is I can kick all of their asses.”

In a bizarre move, Madge has decided to release her single tomorrow as the theme tune to a shampoo ad, rather than in record shops or online.

The record - Four Minutes To Save The World - is about fighting poverty and disease.

And as boxer Muhammad Ali once said: “A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

Well that’s certainly not something anyone could ever accuse Madonna of…

Want to know where Britney Spears is today? You can either follow the smell of wig glue and bubblegum through L.A., like the paps do, or just keep your eyes on this here site:

E! News has learned that Brit, who on Monday did a table read for her upcoming role on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother, will be on the Fox lot today for more rehearsals. The episode, in which the flirty celeb plays a flirty receptionist, tapes later this week. Way to show your range, girlfriend!

Spears is taking a break this week from her near-daily dance rehearsals while she focuses on her first TV acting gig since Will and Grace in 2006.

Can TV save the radio star?

Rock band Van Halen’s reunion tour fell into disarray on Monday when it announced it would postpone all shows through April 19 while guitarist Eddie Van Halen undergoes tests for an unspecified medical condition.

The news came a week after the group postponed four shows for the same reason.

Seventeen shows are now affected, beginning Tuesday in Charlottesville, Va., and running through April 15 in Baltimore, which was one of the four postponed last week. The next scheduled show is set for April 19 in Las Vegas.

According to organizers, Van Halen, 53, who has battled cancer and substance abuse, “is currently under doctors’ care” and will “continue medical tests to define a course of treatment.” No further details were made available.

Fans are being asked to keep their tickets, which will be honored at makeup dates to be announced.

Van Halen returned to the road last fall with original lead singer David Lee Roth for the first time in 20-plus years. The tour, which features Eddie Van Halen’s teenage son Wolfgang on bass in place of co-founder Michael Anthony, has routinely sold out North American arenas.