Singer Jessie J to Courteney Cox: 'I'd much rather date you' than Cox's ex-husband David Arquette

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Singer Jessie J told Courteney Cox that she'd rather date her than ex-husband David Arquette.

David Arquette is bound to be disappointed: His crush has a crush on his estranged wife. The actor told Howard Stern that he's got the hots for singer Jessie J, but when we caught up with the sassy Brit singer at last week's Vanity Fair-sponsored opening party for the Guess Fifth Ave. flagship store, she said she much preferred Courteney Cox — and had even told her so! Turns out Cox and Jessie had met at the Jimmy Kimmel show that night, soon after Arquette made his comments. "I said to her, 'If it means anything, I'd much rather date you than him,'" Jessie told us. Cox, for her part, told the singer that she'd downloaded her album and was a fan. Mutual girl crush!

Dailycandy.com offers hacker sweet deal

Dailycandy.com doesn't hate on would-be hackers. When the site offered a limited number of $1 passes to a Tribeca Film Festival screening of Keira Knightley's new movie, "Last Night," one fan cracked the site's coding and claimed herself tickets a day before the deal went live. Dailycandy soon figured out the ruse — but instead of punishing the wily cinephile, they sent her an email saying they were "impressed with [her] persistence" and offering her a $150 Fred Segal gift bag in lieu of the pilfered tickets. Now that's sweet treatment!

Pauly D gets pumped for Britney tour

DJ Pauly D could be having a dry spell this summer – but not with the ladies. A source tells us the "Jersey Shore" star fueled rumors at Pacha nightclub on Thursday that he may be joining Britney Spears on her reportedly sober summer "Femme Fatale" tour for a few dates during his deejay set when he asked the 2,000-person crowd what they thought about him sharing the stage with the pop singer. After they shrieked their approval, he ripped off his shirt and threw it into the crowd. The insider says the DJ received 40K for his three-hour performance.

Who's that Rocket Man?

Elton John said he was "very nervous" before the Tribeca Film Festival's opening-night of "The Union," Cameron Crowe's documentary about Elton's collaboration with Leon Russell. He was probably worried about grownup critics, but kids are a tough crowd, too — and a pair of lucky young fans were on hand at the World Financial Plaza to put the superstar through his red-carpet paces. The kids, both 11, were doing interviews for Tribeca Kids Access site. "My parents made me do a lot of research," one youngster told us after his Elton John encounter. Did the rock 'n' roll homework pay off? "Yeah, it was really exciting to meet him," he said, "but I didn't expect him to ... look that way." His mom also had to remind him that the star's name was "Elton John" and not "John Elton."

Celebs chug, chug, chug 

The Village Pourhouse in Hoboken looked like it was hosting celebrity beer-pong Wednesday night, instead of the usual weekly karaoke party. A source says Albie and Chris Manzo, sons of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Caroline; Zach Parise of the New Jersey Devils, and Kevin Boss of the New York Giants spent the evening playing the fraternity-favorite drinking game. The real surprise in the crowd, however, was Candice Crawford, fiancée of Dallas Cowboy Tony Romo and sister of actor Chace Crawford, who eventually joined the game, too.

Lambert gets hot and heavy with beau

Adam Lambert and his Finnish reality star boyfriend, Sauli Koskinen, were a match made in gay night heaven at Studio XXI's Wednesday night party, The Cove, featuring DJ Martial. Dressed in similar blazers and necklaces, the heavily made-up singer and his blond BF danced, sipped tequila and "heavily made out" at a table "swamped with friends and fans."