Justin Bieber

Editor's Note: This column has been corrected.   Philly's own Will Smith was at a Temple University panel last weekend with Sister Souljah . He spoke of why daughter Willow decided not to star in the hip-hop remake of Annie . Jay-Z was lined up, and Smith tried to get Willow to do it, but Willow won. "She looked at me," said Smith, "and said, 'Daddy, I have a better idea. How about I just be 12?' " Wise beyond her years.   Kim's coming kid in two-way race!

WHETHER you're interested in celebrity silliness or a career in public relations, the following is a perfectly planted gossip item. According to Life & Style magazine - in an exclusive conversation with an unnamed friend of Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber - the reason Selena broke up with the Beebs is because he cheated on her. Duh. With Rihanna . Huh? That's right, Rihanna. You can stop laughing now. It has "devastated" Selena, the friend tells Life & Style . "It really cut like a knife because it happened in February of 2011, when Selena and Justin had been dating for months and were falling in love.

British authorities have decided not to prosecute Aussie DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian , who impersonated members of the royal family in a prank call to London's King Edward VII's Hospital on Dec. 4. Posing as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles , they asked after the pregnant Kate Middleton . Jacintha Saldanha , the nurse who originally took the call, committed suicide three days later. (The reasons have never been clarified.) Reports suggested the DJs might be charged with manslaughter, but prosecutors on Friday said there were no grounds.

John Mayer , whose tempestuous relationship with Taylor Swift inspired some of her nicest songs, is offering the same services to another A-list singer, Katy Perry . Mayer tells Rolling Stone he's a misunderstood dude. His love life, he says, has always been as serene as the sweetest spring zephyr ever to grace a John Keats poem. "I haven't had any trouble in my private life at all," John says. His thing with Perry, he insists, is sweet. "It's been . . . I mean, I'm quite happy.

Justin Bieber , 18, has finally spoken out about his breakup with Selena Gomez , the biggest love upset since Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake broke the planet's heart 11 years ago. "I'm not in the happiest place that I've ever been," Justin tells Billboard. "I'm trying to get through what I'm going through. . . . I have my really close friends to cheer me up and keep me going. " The "Boyfriend" singer says his pain is compounded by the media's endless speculation.

WAR HAS AGAIN broken out on Twitter. In a battle that could send Bieber Fever spreading through the Little Monsters, the fans of Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga are at odds as to who now has the most Twitter followers. Entertainmentwise.com, who counted each follower by hand, reported Monday that Bieber had pulled 1,000 ahead of Gaga. The latest count had Bieber at 33,307,144, Gaga at 33,306,429 and the possibility that there's any real hope for society at zero. * Speaking of the Beebs, and we are oh-so-proud to be part of the 33 million who are, the Chicago Sun-Times reports that Justin is not too happy about the involvement of his mom, Pattie Mallette, in the anti-abortion film "Crescendo.

  M   OSHE BENABOU , a former bodyguard for Justin Bieber, sued the pop superstar Thursday, seeking more than $420,000 in overtime and other wages and claiming that the singer repeatedly struck him during an October incident. Benabou's suit alleges that Bieber berated him and repeatedly punched him in the chest after a disagreement about how to handle a member of the singer's entourage. After he walked away, Bieber fired him, the suit claims. Benabou claims that he was mistakenly told that he wasn't entitled to receive OT despite having worked 14- to 18-hour days between March 2011 and October 2012.

Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer tells BBC music program host Gilles Peterson . "The doctor said, 'You have signs of Alzheimer's,' " Womack, 68, says. "He said it's not bad yet but it's going to get worse. " He adds, "How can I not remember songs that I wrote? That's frustrating. " Womack last summer made a big comeback with the critically acclaimed The Bravest Man in the Universe , his first studio album in nearly 20 years.

Justin Bieber inspires intense emotions. He's got his Beliebers, fans ready to die for him. And there are plenty of folks who hate on him regularly. But kill the guy? Dana Martin wanted to. At least until he changed his mind. Martin, serving two life sentences in New Mexico for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in 2000, last month blew the whistle on a conspiracy he hatched to assassinate Bieber. It's a tale bizarre, baroque, and, yes, bathetic. According to New Mexico TV station KRQE, Martin developed a Taxi Driver -level obsession about the Canadian teen, which eventually drove the con to hire fellow inmate Mark Staake to kill Bieber and three others.

ONE WOULD THINK that if there ever were a plot to kill Justin Bieber , it would have been hatched by a jealous 12-year-old girl. Instead, it came from convicted rapist/killer Dana Martin , 45, who allegedly enlisted two other men - one his nephew - to do the deed. Documents in a New Mexico court case say Martin told investigators that he persuaded Mark Staake, 41, who he said he met in Las Cruces State Prison, to kill the Beebs, as well as Bieber's bodyguard and two others not connected to the pop star.