News on the Web
If you want your news from the web, and we are talking about the Britney, Paris, or Lindsey type of news, then maybe a good place to start is at the British tabloid The Mirror. For up to the minute gossipy detail I'm not sure they can be beat except for maybe TMZ. Of course I'm not one to choose sides, but both of these sites would probably mind being mentioned in the same breath as The Observer.