He's flat broke and his career is in the toilet — but at least Tom Sizemore is dating a porn star.

The oft-arrested actor called Howard Stern's show yesterday morning when ex-girlfriend Heidi Fleiss was on to gloat that he's romancing buxom Vivid girl Lanny Barbie. Sizemore, who had a part in "Saving Private Ryan," was convicted of assaulting Fleiss and appeared in an L.A. courtroom last week to face charges that he violated his probation by using a fake penis called "The Whizzinator" to falsify a drug test.

Sizemore, who now claims to be clean and sober, told reporters outside the courtroom that his legal woes have left him with only $539 to his name.

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In case you've been living in a hole, Live 8 is this weekend:

Ten shows. More than 100 artists. Over 24 hours of music. A Pink Floyd reunion. Live 8 — taking place in Philadelphia; London; Moscow; Paris; Berlin; Rome; Tokyo; Barrie, Canada; Johannesburg, South Africa; Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as a special African show — may be the biggest concert ever.

The shows are organized by Bob Geldof, the man behind 1985's Live Aid concert, a 17-hour marathon that played simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, reached a television audience of more than 1.5 billion and raised over $100 million to help the famine-stricken people of Africa.

Live 8 is aimed at pressuring leaders of the world's richest countries, the G8, to cancel Africa's unpayable debts and double aid for the continent. The concerts take place days before G8 leaders meet in Scotland.

"This will be great. This is going to be cool. It will never happen again. This is going to work, and Africa will see what the world is doing on the behalf of its poor," Geldof told the New York Post. His goal is to reach an audience of 5.5 billion people.

Live 8 — taking place in Philadelphia; London; Moscow; Paris; Berlin; Rome; Tokyo; Barrie, Canada; Johannesburg, South Africa; Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as a special African show — may be the biggest concert ever.

Who's Performing Where:

London: Acts include Annie Lennox, Coldplay, Dido, Elton John, Joss Stone, the Killers, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, REM, Snoop Dogg, Sting, and U2. Pink Floyd is reuniting after nearly a quarter century.

Philadelphia: Acts include Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Def Leppard, Destiny's Child, Jay-Z, Josh Groban, Keith Urban, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, P. Diddy, Rob Thomas, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Wonder, and Toby Keith.

Paris: Acts include Shakira, the Cure and Dido.

Berlin: Acts include A-ha, Audioslave, Brian Wilson, Crosby Stills & Nash, Green Day, and Roxy Music.

Rome: Acts include Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Duran Duran.

Tokyo: Acts include Bjork, Good Charlotte and Rize.

Barrie, Canada: Acts include Barenaked Ladies, Bryan Adams, Motley Crue, and Run-DMC.

Edinburgh: Acts include Annie Lennox, Bob Geldof and African artists.

Moscow: Lineup yet to be confirmed.

Johannesburg, South Africa: Launches a series of pan-African concerts.

Eden Project/Africa Calling: African artists

In the United States, VH1 and MTV will air eight hours of the concert, while America Online, which owns the U.S. rights to the concerts, will beam them on the Internet. XM satellite radio is broadcasting all the shows.

--And in other Live 8 news, Neil Young will mark his return on stage by performing at Canada's Live 8 concert Saturday, three months after he was treated for a brain aneurysm.

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Sharon Stone used body doubles for raunchy scenes in Basic Instinct 2 — because she fears she is over the hill at 48.

The blonde star — who famously uncrossed her legs while sans underwear in the first film — romps frequently in the sequel, including with a lesbian. An insider on the film — being shot in central London — said: “There is lots of sex in the sequel.

“Dozens of girls were interviewed for the sex scenes and Sharon decided which ones she wanted to use. “She is 48 and time has taken its toll in some departments.”

Sources also claim that blonde extras are being vetted to make sure they don’t upstage star Sharon — and sent home if they are too pretty.

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Nobel Prize-winning "Grapes of Wrath" author John Steinbeck had quite an imagination, and not only for his characters.

Harper's magazine recently unearthed a memo dated Jan. 14, 1966, written to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara by Jack Valenti, then special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson. Valenti, who corresponded with Steinbeck "from time to time," calls the novelist "a fascinating man, with a kind of imaginative flair for war and weaponry."

In the memo, Steinbeck proposed that the army adopt a baseball-like napalm grenade for use in Vietnam, which he called the "Steinbeck super ball." "An enemy with a bit of flame on his clothes or even in front of him is out of combat," he noted.

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American Idol runner-up Bo Bice and his girlfriend, Caroline Fisher, have gotten married in their home state of Alabama.

The couple, who have been together for almost two years, exchanged vows on June 15. Bice and Fisher's marriage certificate was granted Thursday in Shelby County, Ala. "It was a small, intimate wedding," Bice's publicist, Roger Widynowski, tells People.

Fisher, 24, met Bice, 29, before he stole the spotlight on FOX's talent hunt – when he worked as a guitar store clerk and frequented the Ragtime Cafe in Hoover, Ala., where she waited tables.

--Freebird! (Sorry, but that's all I can think about now when I hear about him).

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The fashion forecast for summer: Crocheted cardigans. Knee-skimming skirts. Kumquat-size beads. Baggy, saggy dresses. Bermuda shorts. Brooches. Forget boho chic and celebutante trashy. The look this summer is a little, well, older.

Senior citizen style - "the things that you would find in your grandmother's closet" - is what's au courant, says Erin Sumwalt, fashion market editor at In Style magazine.

All over the city, twentysomething women are sporting clothing that wouldn't look out of place on their sixtysomething relatives, from floral prints and oversize sunglasses to sensible sandals.

And exactly what accounts for the switch from teen tart (remember last summer's flouncy micro-minis?) to the current retirement revival, according to Jeffrey Campbell, a shoe designer in L.A. whose line includes refurbished '40s wedges? "It is a backlash to the Paris Hilton phenomenon," he says. Looking hot in a tube top or slip dress is no challenge. But if you can pull off a knee-length skirt, layers of wildly printed tops, pearls and some early-bird-special sandals, you're a style icon. "To me, that is what determines the trend setters from the followers," says Campbell.

"Definitely, a strong woman is wearing the granny stuff," agrees Nypull's DeLuise.

--Thanks, but no thanks. Guess I'm not "strong" enough to wear granny chic. Pearls and brooches, I can handle. But I don't do baggy dresses. When you're 5'3, knee-length and baggy makes you look like you just stepped off the Mayflower.

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