Bikini babes: Nicole Scherzinger, Heidi Klum, Britney Spears - USA TODAY

The temps are high and it's a holiday week, so the stars - like some of you - are heading to the beach and the pool. ... Nicole Scherzinger was hanging ten (sort of) on Thursday in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for the Oakley Learn to Ride Surf event. When she wasn't surfing, she was frolicking on the beach for cameras. ...

Seal tells USA TODAY he's "in an excellent place right now." ... And earlier this week, that excellent place seemed to be a yacht with a bikini-clad brunette. ... Meanwhile, Seal's ex, Heidi Klum, was showing off her amazing bod in a bikini in a Twitter photo. ... Hayden Panettiere was also in a bikini in Cabo San Lucas earlier this week. ... Tori Spelling was spotted in a bikini in a wheelchair with an injured foot. ... And Britney Spears shared a photo of herself with sons Sean Preston and Jaden James prepping for some "pool time" in Hawaii on Thursday. She said they were "having a blast." ...

And in other, non-bikini, news: Twilight star Jackson Rathbone, 27, and his girlfriend Sheila Hafsadi, a burlesque dancer, welcomed a baby boy yesterday. His name is Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI ... Model/actress Josie Maran, 34, gave birth to her second child, Indi Joon Maran Alborzi, on July 1 in Pennsylvania. ... We told you Taylor Swift spent some quality time with the Kennedy family on the 4th. Now you can see a photo of her hugging Patrick Schwarzenegger. ...