There's nothing like listening to a song you've heard approximately 12 million times to get you started on a Monday morning. Thank me later.

Just when we were hoping that actor/singer/porn star Ray J and Whitney Houston's inexplicable relationship was no more, they are back in the public eye. And still romantically entwined.

Whitney Houston and Ray J’s romance looked like it was going strong at West Hollywood nightclub Villa on July 26. “They sat very close together. She only had eyes for him,” says an insider. “At one point, she placed her hand on his leg.” The insider adds that Whitney only drank water and looked very happy. A friend insists that while their relationship sometimes appears rocky, they never stray too far from each other. “They’re on and off, but it’s never really over between them,” the pal says. “They always pick up where they left off.” Whitney, 45, showed off an enormous diamond when she hugged Ray J, 27.

Poor Bobbi Kristina. That's all. [Bossip]

• Oh, if only this new song from Nas called "Black President" didn't make its appearance on something called The Nigger Tape. [NR]

• Looks like the Evander Holyfield Real Deal Grill wasn't the cash cow the boxer was hoping for. Maybe next time find a niche that hasn't been filled by another boxer? Oh, and handle your millions a whole lot better. [Bossip]

• Get with the times, Russian billionaires. [PS]

• A New Jersey congressman and former HRC supporter says that a top member of Clinton's staff called him to discuss "a strategy of winning over Jewish voters by exploiting tensions between Jews and African-Americans." [JJP]

• Bobby Brown's son says Whitney Houston was an evil stepmother who wouldn't even let him sleep in the main house. [HHC]

One of the things I love about online celebrity photo agencies are the archives. For a star like Whitney Houston, they can go pretty far back, like this photo of her and Sheila E (obviously dressed by Prince) at the 1986 American Music Awards. Below, check out Whitney Houston through the years. But first, some thoughts: lady has won a lot of awards. Also, the quality of her wigs fluctuates from dime-store to high-end almost on a monthly basis.

• For some reason, Kelly Rowland just can't understand why Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson landed the role in the Sex and the City movie that she tried out for. Incidentally, the role was created because, according to Sarah Jessica Parker, "African-American women and women of color have been a big part of our audience for a long time (and) we really haven't been responsible to them." True words. [SB]

• Star Jones has now resorted to hosting Bad Girls Club reunion specials. At least she's good at it. [Jezebel]

• Whitney Houston was cleared of all drug charges stemming from that one time she tried to bring three joints on a plane in Hawaii. [SP]

• New music from Michael Jackson! Sadly, there's no way to make old music from Michael Jackson new again. [Bossip]

• Ashanti made some ill-advised makeup choices at the premiere of the new Indiana Jones. [C&D]

AIN'T IT SHOCKIN' WHAT REHAB CAN DO? Score for the war on drugs! Whitney Houston performed at a London charity show last night in a dress "decorated with sparkling Chopard diamonds." And instead of sucking/phoning it in, she "wowed" the packed crowd. The album she's been working on forever with Clive Davis is due this winter. [SP]

IT'S NOT RIGHT, BUT IT'S OKAY. At Whitney Houston's weekend concert in the Tobago, her voice was flat hoarse and listless, and she kept shouting out Trinidad, according to an Ebonyjet.com reviewer, who wrote that she overheard an audience member say, "I don't think her voice is still there." Plus side: she looked fabulous. That's what Paula Abdul tells the girls who did poorly on American Idol before the judges announce how criminally pitchy they were.

This live video, which is from some televised ceremony around 1986, shows Dionne Warwick singing her hit "That's What Friends Are For," with Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, and her cousin, Whitney Houston. It makes me wish that my friends were harmonica-playing soul legends.

Try as I might to come up with something more mature than "Ew, gross!" in response to pictures of the officially reunited Whitney Houston and Ray J at Saturday's Bernard Hopkins fight in Las Vegas, I can't. The two of them are as "Ew, gross!" as they come, and it has little-to-nothing to do with the May-December nature of the relationship. Ray J is so unbelievably slimy and opportunistic and Whitney is just so… Whitney, you know?

There have been many signs that the couple was back on, including Ray J's criticism of Bobby Brown for writing about the negative aspects of his marriage to Whitney Houston and for calling Ray J "little guy." It's also rumored that Ray J's new song "Boyfriend" is about having sex with Whitney Houston, although I see no real evidence of that. Aren't all of his songs about sex?

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It was a family affair at Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night in Scottsdale, Ariz., Saturday, with Dionne Warwick hanging out with her cousin, the embattled Whitney Houston, who is now having to go through the embarrassment of Bobby Brown's new tell-all book. At the event, Warwick stuck up for Houston, telling People, "I'm thrilled that she's in the studio and working on her new album. No doubt she's overcoming everything that has been put in front of her even this week."

Holly Robinson Peete, Jordin Sparks, a bunch of NFLers, and Shaq and Shaunie (together!) were also in attendance. More pics after the jump, including a blast-from-the-past shot of Whitney and her Bodyguard costar, Kevin Costner.

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Whitney Houston knows the meaning of the saying, "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Someone probably should have explained that to Bobby before he wrote his book. Houston's staying mum, though.

Whitney's rep responded in a statement to PEOPLE: "Miss Houston is sad that Bobby feels he need to say such things but she choses to take the high road and will not speak badly about the father of her child even if it's to set the record straight."

It's anything for a buck with Bobby Brown. Can't sell a record. Can't keep a reality show on air. What else is he to do but write what sounds to be a mean-spirited tell all about his life with Whitney Houston? Of course, he starts off the book by blaming Whitney for all the drugs.

"I never used cocaine until after I met Whitney. Before then, I had experimented with other drugs, but marijuana was my drug of choice," Brown writes in "Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But," out next month. "At one point in my life, I used drugs uncontrollably. I was using everything I could get my hands on, from cocaine to heroin, weed and cooked cocaine [Is that what we're calling it now? -- Lauren]."

Brown paints himself as the mostly innocent party in the relationship. He married Whitney for her love, he said. She married him because she was in the midst of a bisexual scandal — there were rumors that she was sleeping with her female assistant — and needed a high profile relationship. That certainly doesn't explain why she stayed with his ass for so long.

"[The marriage] was doomed from the very beginning. Within the first year we separated, with several more to follow," Brown writes. "I think we got married for all the wrong reasons. Now, I realize Whitney had a different agenda than I did when we got married . . . I believe her agenda was to clean up her image, while mine was to be loved and have children."

Oh, wait. Did I say innocent?

"I am guilty of sleeping with other women . . . Women are always throwing themselves at you. I'm only human, so I would make the mistake and bite the hook sometimes . . . I let the testosterone take over."

One of his most public indiscretions was an affair with former exotic dancer Karrine "Superhead" Steffans. "Yes, I've slept with her," he confesses. "Yes, I've spent several nights at her house. But she was only good for what her nickname stood for."

Well, that's better than being good for nothing, I suppose.

Who wants to guess where the inspiration for this Rewound comes from? Yes, I chose Whitney Houston's "I'm Every Women," which was originally done by Chaka Khan, to commemorate the first big coup in Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency, which was originally done by Bill Clinton.

Bobby Brown is the male version of Britney Spears. Or maybe it's vice versa. For the second time in a row, a no-show from Bobby caused him to miss out on both spousal support and shared custody of Bobbi Kristina.

"His motion was denied because there were no appearances or phone calls from Mr. Brown today for a scheduled hearing," said court spokeswoman Carole Levitsky. "As of now, there are no more pending court dates in this case."

A rep for Brown did not immediately respond for comment.

In April 2007, Houston won a default judgment in their divorce – leaving Brown with nothing financially and only visitation rights over daughter Bobbi Kristina, 14.

The following month, Brown, 38, sued Houston, 44, for spousal support and shared custody, alleging he was duped into not responding in time to Houston's initial divorce claim.

Brown says that it's all about getting to see his daughter more, but I've got to think the money has a bit to do with it, also. Or maybe he doesn't care much about any of it, since he didn't bother to show at all.