CATFIGHT

FLASH! Word around Lipo-Town is that Kate Hudson is aimin' to open a can of "Shrek 3-D" on Cameron Diaz for messin' with her Yankee bat, none other than that human firehose of publicity ink himself, Mr. A-Rod Rodriguez.

After the Yanks whupped Philly last fall in the Series, Kate's a-balms from A-Rod were quickly snapped up by Cameron (no relation to James Cameron), who is rumored to be performing Academy Award-worthy stuntwork on the Bomber cleanup hitter's Oscar-statue. Says US Magazine -- (which means put it in the bank, folks, because it's money, you hear? money!) -- the LoveHud has gone Skeleton Key over this sisterhood treachery, the claws are out, and she's going to scatch Cameron's $10 million Maybeline eyes into a pair of Gulf Coast tar balls!

Here's the scoop... from an insider (Javy Vazquez?):

An insider believes Diaz is bedding Rodriguez as a form of retaliation after Hudson hooked up with Justin Timberlake in January 2007 -- just two days after the couple of four years split.



"Kate thinks it's payback, pure and simple," the insider says. And Hudson's not 100 percent wrong. Says a Diaz pal, "Cameron was actually in a serious long-term relationship with Justin. She thinks it's a joke Kate would be mad. Kate is only upset because she hates being single."
 
Stay tuned. Boxing wasn't supposed to come to Yankee Stadium until next month. But nobody said nuthin' about mud wrestling!