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Nick Cannon and Barbara Walters: lovers???

Just days into wedded bliss with Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon is denying allegations that he has been having an affair with Barbara Walters.

The veteran newswoman, 78, admits in an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" scheduled to air Tuesday that she had an affair with former Sen. Edward Brooke, the first African-American ever elected to the Senate in the 1970's.

After checking with numerous sources close to Walters, Dateline Hollywood has confirmed that Barbara's love for chocolate didn't end with the election of Ronald Reagan. In fact, she's been dating numerous prominent Black men over the years.

The most recent source of Barbara's chocolate lovin'? Actor/comedian Nick Cannon, who our sources say has conducted a torrid affair with Walters for nearly a year.

It's not yet clear when, if at all, Cannon ended his relationship with Walters and whether he ever cheated on Carey with her. However our sources tell us that the revelation has caused turmoil for the newlyweds. Apparently things weren't helped, one pal of Cannon told us, when he suggested that Carey would feel better about the solution if she tried "making out with Babs and slapping her jiggly old white ass" while Cannon watched.

Lauren Conrad: it's not a sex tape because Jason Wahler didn't shoot inside me

Lauren Conrad has finally spoken out on the controversy over accusations by fellow "Hills" stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag that she made a sex tape with ex Jason Wahler.

"Heidi and Spencer are total liars who completely distort the truth just to get attention in the press," she told Dateline Hollywood in an exclusive interview.

"The truth is that Jason and I made a tape, but it wasn't a sex tape," she explained. "It showed Jason and I taking our clothes off, him climbing on top of me, and then inserting himself in me and pounding away for about 10 minutes. But he pulled out before he came and then shot all over my face. So that doesn't count as sex. Right?"

Wahler and Conrad's "non-sex" tape will be available for sale in the DatelineHollywood.com store starting next week for $34.95 plus shipping and handling.

Billy Bob Thornton mad at son for having overage sex

Billy Bob Thornton's son may be a victim in the eyes of the law, but that doesn't excuse him with dear old Dad.

While the 14 year-old is cooperating with authorities over allegations that his 22 year-old girlfriend committed statutory rape by having sex with him, Billy Bob is furious that his son would date a girl OLDER than him.

"I tried so hard to set a good example for Willie, particularly when I married Angelina, but I guess he just didn't get the message," Thornton told Dateline Hollywood. "My boy should only be dating girls who are significantly younger than him, at least 10 years and ideally 20. Given his age, that means he shouldn't even start dating for another 10 or 15 years. That's when I expect him to start the first of at least five marriages.

"My rule is simple," he went on. "If people don't think your relationship is creepy, dump her. But here he is dating an older woman and he doesn't even have any tattoos of her on his body or vials of her blood around his neck. I'm so ashamed."

(Photo at left is Billy Bob and Angelina in happier, creepier times.)