Kudos to Star editor-in-chief Candace Trunzo for openly admitting what most other tabloid editors deny: That, yes, she will indeed provide you with hard cash in exchange for juicy gossip.

In today's Post, Trunzo, who took over for pee soup-drinking editor Bonnie Fuller after she was kicked upstairs, says of the practice of paying for stories, "I make no qualms about it. I think all celebrity magazines do it."

Probably, but not publicly.

People, for instance, adamantly denies that it pays sources for information—a curious stance for a magazine that will gladly fork over, say, $2 million for exclusive photos of Angelina Jolie and her latest adopted kid (those photos being the only reason people pick up celebrity magazines in the first place). Trunzo was vague as to how much money Star actually doles out annually for stories—"Lots," she says—but the operator at the receiving end of the "Star Wants the Scoop" 800 number told the Post that tips start at $100.

Accepting kickbacks from a paparazzi agency or bribes from a publicist in exchange for favorable coverage, however, will probably get you fired. Or at least investigated by the FBI for tax evasion.