We've got two very enterprising icons on our hands.

Pol' Atteu and boyfriend Patrik Samson - who describe themselves as Anna Nicole Smith's "best friends" - have penned a tome entitled Anna Nicole Smith: Portrait of An Icon.

The National Enquirer got a piece of the deplorable action and report this week that the duo joined the Larry Birkhead "outing" bandwagon:

The two accompanied Anna Nicole to a camp for HIV-positive and AIDS-infected children in Nebraska… Birkhead was there to do a photo story - and was carrying on a hush-hush affair with a male counselor, charges Simpson. "His secret male rendezvous there included spending quite a big of time with a particular young and handsome male counselor…

So we've not only got a book capitalizing on a dead woman's cult of personality, but a built-in and timely scandal! Well done, gents!

Howard K. Stern appeared on Larry King Live last night to discuss Rita Cosby's sensational - and allegedly "absurd" - book.

In that book, Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story of Anna Nicole Smith's Death, Cosby claims Stern and Larry Birkhead were gay lovers scheming against Anna Nicole. Both men deny it and Stern's filed a $60 million lawsuit against Cosby.

Chatting with Larry King - a man who should have the good sense to retire before his show becomes Us Weekly - Stern called Cosby's allegations "impossible", especially the bit about a sex tape:

It's totally impossible. If Rita Cosby really thought that there was a tape, she should have tried to watch it. You don't rely on other people's words for something as salacious as that. It's just completely impossible. The act never occurred. No tape can exist.

Whether this tape exists or not, Stern should be thanking his lucky stars, because this media whore's getting exactly what he wants: attention.

If Howard K. Stern can't have Anna Nicole Smith's money, he'll take Rita Cosby's. The creepy lawyer just filed a $60 million lawsuit against Cosby, whose new book accuses Stern and Larry Birkhead of scheming against Smith - and sleeping with one another.

The book - Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death - alleges that Stern and Birkhead carried on a gay affair while plotting to steal - and potentially kill - a doped up Anna's millions. Stern and Birkhead, however, say Cosby's pants are on fire and now Stern's taking on the book he described as absurd.

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Anna Nicole Smith's former "husband" and hanger-on Howard K. Stern spoke out against those nasty gay rumors.

Former MSNBC journo Rita Cosby's new book, Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death, alleges Stern and Smith's baby daddy, Larry Birkhead had a queer affair. Stern says that's bullshit:

It's ridiculous. I mean it's absolutely absurd.
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Dannielynn is gonna read this garbage and it's almost like she's gonna have to get counseling from the age of 3.

We're surprised the little lady ain't in therapy already!

Appearing on Larry King Live last night – guest hosted by TMZ.com's Harvey Levin, nice corporate tie-in! – Larry Birkhead shot back at Rita Cosby's allegations that he once shared a bed with Howard K. Stern. Says Birkhead: "It's fiction and hopefully it's sitting next to Harry Potter in the fiction aisle."

Gossip hounds may be loving MSNBC-journo Rita Cosby's allegations that Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead blew one another, but NBC's Today ain't having it.

TMZ has learned the "Today" show has pulled the plug on the Rita Cosby interview about her book in which she claims Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead had a "relationship."

The cancellation comes after "Today" received a bristling, threatening letter from attorney Lin Wood, Howard's lawyer. Wood, who represented John and Patsy Ramsey, made it clear he would sue the "Today" show for any falsehoods that spewed out of Rita's mouth. Birkhead has also vowed to sue Cosby and others who he claims are in on a plot to "smear" him.

Alright, Stern, even if Cosby's story ain't true, be happy your "good" name's still getting ink…

The Anna Nicole Smith story gets a few new chapters this week as Rita Cosby releases her scandal-driven tell-all, Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death. One of the most scandalous chapters involves an untold encounter between Smith's baby daddy, Larry Birkhead, and her long-time lawyer and "husband," Howard K Stern.

A "friend", Jackie Hatten, tells Cosby she walked in on Stern and Birkhead blowing one another: "Their bodies were intermingled. It was obvious what was happening." Stern's obviously not happy about this revelation, which he claims amounts to nothing but lies. And, of course, Stern's gearing up for a lawsuit: "None of it is true. I'm gonna sue Rita Cosby for it." Birkhead took on a similarly litigious tone:

If she printed that then she is really getting sued. My attorneys are going after her and that is absolutely false. And I am sure Howard and the estate and everyone else involved is going to sue her too. This is just nonsense.

The books also alleges Stern and Birkhead, who may or may not have been in cahoots to rob Smith blind, made a naughty video, a video which become one of Anna's favorite picks. Is it gross that we want to see it, too?

Thank Pretty On The Outside for this silly sketch of the love birds.