Has lightning struck twice for Nicole Kidman? Word in Hollywood is that Kidman — who recently dyed her hair back to her natural color, red, and has been sporting a poochy stomach — is pregnant again. Kidman and husband Keith Urban have one child, Sunday Rose, but Kidman’s talked about her trouble getting pregnant in the past — and how she’d like more children. A rep for Kidman said, “Not to my knowledge,” but we say, good luck!

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The famed deejay was at club MyHouse in Hollywood Wednesday night when his NBA playoff enthusiasm kicked in. “Who here is a Laker fan?” he shouted on the mike, according to our spy, who added, “The crowd started shouting [negatively].” Our source noted the bad reaction came from “a crew of players from the Denver Nuggets who were there trying to unwind” after the Lakers licked them in game five.

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A former TMZ photographer sued Britney Spears on Friday over an incident in which his foot was run over.

Ricardo Mendoza filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles on Friday against her, claiming that Spears negligently operated her car and committed assault and battery when she ran over his foot in Beverly Hills on Oct. 18, 2007.

Several media outlets picked up footage of the incident, including celebrity gossip site TMZ, where Mendoza worked at the time.

TMZ, which first reported the lawsuit, auctioned off his tire-stained sock and donated the proceeds to charity.

Mendoza is also suing a pair of Spears’ companies, claiming their agents should have known that Spears wasn’t capable of properly driving the vehicle.

The incident happened during a turbulent period for Spears, who hours earlier had lost custody of her two sons. The singer, whose most recent album is “Circus,” has since regained visitation rights.

Her father, Jamie, has maintained control of the 27-year-old Spears’ personal and financial affairs since February 2008.

Spears was accused of running over another photographer’s foot a month after the incident involving Mendoza, but prosecutors said in that incident it was more the photographer’s fault. They declined to press charges.

An e-mail message sent to Spears’ publicist seeking comment was not immediately returned Friday.

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In a cold dose of reality for reality TV, Pennsylvania’s Labor Department has opened an investigation into whether the hit show “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ is complying with state child labor laws.

The TLC series about two parents raising 8-year-old twins and 5-year-old sextuplets drew nearly 10 million viewers for its fifth-season premiere Monday - more than double the audience for its fourth-season finale several weeks ago - following media reports that the parents, Jon and Kate Gosselin, had cheated on each other. They denied it, but conceded their marriage is in trouble.

TLC said Friday it “fully complies” with state laws and regulations.

The Labor Department received a complaint against the show and is “gathering information” from its representatives, department spokesman Justin Fleming told The Associated Press. Fleming would not say when the complaint was filed or who filed it.

The fact a complaint is being investigated doesn’t necessarily mean the department believes the show did anything wrong.

“Any complaint we get, we investigate,” Fleming said.

Child actors and other young performers are protected by Pennsylvania labor law, but it’s not clear whether the law applies to reality TV. Investigators will have to decide whether the Gosselins’ house in southeastern Pennsylvania is essentially a TV set where producers direct much of the action - in which case the law may apply - or if it’s a home where the kids aren’t really working but are simply living their lives, albeit in front of the cameras.

Kate’s brother and sister-in-law made waves this week by saying the Gosselins are exploiting their children for financial gain. Jon and Kate Gosselin are reportedly paid tens of thousands of dollars per episode.

“Unfortunately, I think it has come down to all about the ratings,” sister-in-law Jodi Kreider told CBS’ “The Early Show.” “And no one is looking at these children as what they are going through and the life consequences they are going to have as they get older.”

Kreider said the children have told her they don’t like the cameras.

Her husband and Kate’s brother, Kevin Kreider, said in the same interview: “You can’t imagine as a child realizing that my birthday party, that all the outings that my parents took me on were … for ratings, and all organized by production companies.”

TLC spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg said in a statement Friday that the network “fully complies with all applicable laws and regulations” for all shows.

“For an extended period of time, we have been engaged in cooperative discussions and supplied all requested information to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor,” Goldberg said.

Child labor laws vary by state. Pennsylvania law permits kids who are at least 7 to work in the entertainment industry, as long as a permit is obtained and certain rules are followed. Kids can’t generally work after 11:30 p.m., for example, or perform any place that serves alcohol.

The law allows performers younger than 7 to have “temporary employment … in the production of a motion picture,” and spend up to eight hours a day and 44 hours a week on set as long as their “educational instruction, supervision, health and welfare” needs are being met.

In contrast, California has more elaborate rules governing the work of child performers, establishing working hours by age group (20 minutes a day for infants, up to six hours for older kids) and requiring a teacher to be on the set.

“Jon & Kate Plus 8″ tapes off and on throughout the year, averaging two to three hours a day, two to three days a week, Goldberg said.

George Voegele, a labor lawyer at Cozen O’Connor in Philadelphia, said the state Labor Department might well decide it doesn’t have jurisdiction over the show, especially if investigators determine the cameras are there to document the kids, not direct them.

“The fundamental question I see here is whether or not they’re employees, whether they’re working, and whether the Pennsylvania child labor law provisions would even apply to this situation,” he said.

The Pennsylvania investigation recalls a 2007 controversy surrounding “Kid Nation,” a CBS reality show about 40 children given the task of organizing and running their own lives in New Mexico.

The Screen Actors Guild and others suggested the children were being exploited and one trade magazine said the show was skirting New Mexico labor laws by declaring the production a “summer camp.” Producers denied the accusations; the show lasted 13 episodes.

Seeking more space for their brood, the Gosselins moved in October into a $1.1 million house on nearly 24 acres with a white picket fence and gated, tree-lined driveway.

A few miles away, in the small town of Wernersville, everyone seems to have an opinion about the sharp-tongued Kate and her long-suffering husband.

Amanda Baez, 32, an assistant at her mother’s Wernersville hair salon and an avid watcher of the show, said she’s not concerned about the children’s welfare.

“This is all the children know, especially the sextuplets since they were babies. They grew up with cameras in their faces. They grew up with the production,” she said. “It’s probably like having their aunt and uncle with the family video camera just watching you.”

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She’s one of the most trendsetting toddlers the world has ever seen.

Now little Suri Cruise seems to be inspiring those closer to home.

Suri and mum Katie Holmes were spotted with matching messy hairstyles in Los Angeles yesterday.

In the past, Katie has been accused of having a hairstyle exactly like her Hollywood husband Tom Cruise; short, cropped and boyish.

But the Dawson’s Creek star now looks more like her three-year-old daughter, with a longer, less severe, look.

Katie, 30, was seen collecting the cute Ms Cruise from a ballet class in LA.

Clutching her daughter, dressed in a bold floral print dress, Katie was also seen holding a tiny pair of ballet shoes.

Perhaps Suri was keen to take up ballet after seeing The Nutcracker in December last year?

The toddler went backstage after the performance in New York and seemed to be transfixed by the prima ballerinas in their tutus and professional dance shoes.

But dance lessons aren’t the only classes Suri is having.

The National Enquirer said last month that Tom is spending $1million on French, Spanish, ballet, tap, modern dance, gymnastics and football lessons for the tot.

And she hasn’t even started school yet!

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A spy who attended a dinner party thrown by fashion label Sergio Rossi at Sole East in Montauk tells Page Six that Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Esti Ginzburg, 19, was texting the “Gossip Girl” star all night Sunday and left the party to go meet up with him. Ginzburg is slated to star with Crawford in “Twelve,” Joel Schumacher’s adaptation of Nick McDonell’s book about drug-addled NYC prep schoolers.

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The pop tart took time off from her “Circus” tour to do an Elle magazine shoot, our spy says, and it was a disaster. “They dressed her in all these beautiful couture clothes — and, well, let’s just say she forgot what time of the month it was. It wasn’t pretty.” A rep for Spears didn’t return e-mails. But at least she didn’t let her dog poop on the clothes like she did at an OK! magazine shoot last year.

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On the day Chris Brown took to YouTube to say he’s “not a monster,” a photographer sued the R&B singer, saying Brown’s bodyguards beat him as he tried to take pictures at a gym.

Robert Rosen sued Brown and LA Fitness International, claiming he was assaulted by a bodyguard after snapping pictures in a gym in Universal City. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for multiple claims, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence.

The suit states Rosen snapped photos of Brown and friends on the basketball court at the LA Fitness on May 13, roughly a month after the singer’s arrest for allegedly assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown has pleaded not guilty in that case, which is scheduled for a hearing Thursday.

Rosen’s lawsuit states he fell down a flight of stairs after being chased by Brown’s bodyguards, who assaulted him. It does not allege violence by Brown.

Rosen also claims he was blocked from leaving the gym by a gym employee. A phone recording at LA Fitness’ headquarters said the company was closed on Wednesday evening and did not allow a message to be left.

“This is a specious and frivolous lawsuit by one of the paparazzi seeking publicity and a payday,” Brown’s attorney, Mark Geragos, said in a statement. “He’s done this before and lost. We will vigorously defend against this.”

The filing does not state Rosen’s employer, but a paparazzo with the same name filed a similar lawsuit against Pierce Brosnan in 2007. That suit was later dismissed. Rosen’s attorney did not return a phone call Wednesday afternoon.

The lawsuit was filed on the same day Brown, 20, defended himself in a video posted on YouTube.

Brown is shown leaning in and speaking directly into the camera, which appears to be positioned in front of a bowling lane. He talks about his new album called “Graffiti,” and a single expected this summer.

Then he says: “Everybody that’s haters, they just been haters. All my real fans, I love you. I ain’t a monster.”

Brown, who’s been charged with felony assault and making criminal threats against Rihanna on the night of the Grammy Awards in February, did not mention his former girlfriend.

It’s not immediately clear when or where the video was shot. A publicist for Brown didn’t immediately respond to a requests for comment Wednesday about the video.

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