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Food Network/Everyday Italian star (and Today show guest host) Giada De Laurentiis takes some pictures with fans at a book signing at Chelsea Market in New York City on Saturday.

The 38-year-old author has been promoting her new book, Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites. It was released last month on Sept. 30th. The new release follows her other books entitled: Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes, Giada’s Family Dinners and Everyday Pasta.

Giada and husband Todd Thompson had their first child this year on March 29 - Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Giada’s recipes - YAY or NAY?

Katie Holmes heads to the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City for Arthur Miller’s All My Sons this weekend.

The 29-year-old actress is getting set for opening night on Thursday Oct. 16th.

In case you missed it, Katie’s daughter Suri Cruise had a fashion face-off with Kate Hudson and Jennifer Garner! She’s such a cutie!

Goopy gorgeous Gwyneth Paltrow stars in a 7-minute-long commercial featuring “Pashmy Dream”.

In the commercial written and directed by actor-turned-director Dennis Hopper, the 36-year-old actress promotes Italian label Tod’s and their new Pashmy bag.

“Cinderella had her shoe,” says Hopper. “Gwyneth has her Tod’s Pashmy bag.”

Log on to www.tods.com to dream the “Pashmy Dream” with Gwyn.

For pictures of Gwyn filming the commercial back in May, click here and here. Check out the video below!

Sophie Monk prepares for Halloween in Los Angeles earlier this week, trying on angel wings and a halo for her new “reality” show tentatively titled Bigger than Paris.

The 28-year-old Aussie actress was later seen leaving meetings with network executives including from TV studios like The CW, CBS, Lifetime, Bravo, MTV and VH1. One notable stop Sophie made was with E!, where her ex Ryan Seacrest works. Wonder if those two met up again!

On board for Monk’s new show are producers Matthew Heller, Matthew Felker, Bonnie Buckner and Tim Gibbons (Curb Your Enthusiasm).

Hugh Jackman celebrates his 40th birthday with wife Deborra-Lee Furness at the Royal Motorboat Club at Point Piper on Saturday in Sydney, Australia. (The Australian Girls Choir sang Happy Birthday to a the birthday boy.)

Joining the couple was Hugh’s former longtime assistant and producer John Palermo. They are now business partners in the production company, Seed Productions, which worked on the upcoming, much-anticipated film X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Earlier in the day, Hugh and Deborra-Lee spent some time at Bronte Park with their daughter Ava Eliot, 3.

Christina Aguilera, husband Jordan Bratman and their son Max Liron, 9 months, catch a departing flight out of LAX airport in Los Angeles en route to London on Friday.

This Tuesday, October 14, the 27-year-old singer will perform at the UK’s Royal Albert Hall for The Africa Rising Festival sponsored by Nigerian newspaper THISDAY.

The brainchild of THISDAY Editor-in-Chief Nduka Obaigbena, the festival aims to raise awareness of Africa’s biggest issues, which include improving social and physical infrastructures and combating disease outbreaks. For more information, visit THISDAYOnline.com.

Hilary Duff brightens up the 4th Annual GLSEN Respect Awards held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Friday in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The Duffster recently was featured in a “That’s So Gay” PSA!

The campaign’s focus is to raise awareness among teens about the frequency and consequences of bigoted behavior in schools. The ultimate goal is to reduce or prevent homophobic language and establish a more positive, safe environment.

Vanessa Hudgens made her first appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Friday. They showed a clip of a 9-year-old Vanessa performing as Cindy Lou at a local production of “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” in San Diego, Calif.

Adorable, no?

The 19-year-old High School Musical star also talked about her very first role in theater: “I auditioned for the Hunchback of Notre Dame and I wanted to be Esmeralda because that’s the girl part. I thought I could get it. But I actually got Quasimodo, the hunchback. So, I walked around with the hunchback and the crazy makeup.”

When asked if she had strict parents, Vanessa shared, “They weren’t that bad. They supported me and let me do acting. I must admit, I did get my mouth washed out with soap once. I actually, still to this day, don’t know why. I must have did something really wrong. I was 4-years-old, I don’t even know I said wrong… I honestly don’t really remember the taste.”

Watch the video below!

SHE’S NAKED

Britney Spears has unleashed her much-anticipated “Womanizer” music video, which was shot on September 24 and 25 in Los Angeles.

Yes, she starts off the vid COMPLETELY NAKED. BRITNEY. NAKED. BRITNEY. NAKED.

Joseph Kahn directed the new video. He also directed Brit’s “Stronger” and “Toxic” videos. Kahn most recently won the Pussycat Dolls a VMA for their “When I Grow Up” video.

THOUGHTS????????????

Gerard Butler tees off with a friend during a round of golf at a course in Los Feliz, Calif., on Thursday afternoon.

It was recently announced that Jamie Foxx will be joining the 38-year-old Scottish stuf in the upcoming psychological cop thriller, Law Abiding Citizen. Foxx has signed on to play a man who is devastated when he learns that one of his wife and daughter’s murderers will be set free. He sets out to seek revenge on the killers and those who made the deal, including a successful assistant district attorney played by Gerry

Lisa Marie Presley gave birth to twin girls on Friday, reports Star.

The 40-year-old daughter and heir of Elvis Presley welcomed her daughters with 47-year-old musician husband Michael Lockwood by her side at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Lisa Marie’s two older children, Riley, 21, and Ben, 16, from her first marriage to Danny Keough, were also present for the twins’ arrival.

“Lisa Marie is mom to four now! She’s feeling good, a little tired too,” a family friend reveals. “She is so happy and Michael is ecstatic. He’s wanted to be a dad for so long. This is his dream come true…. The babies are healthy and beautiful. Ben was seen pushing them down the hall in their cart and cooing to them.”

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Tennis champ Serena Williams and former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland hit Miami Beach together on Friday afternoon.

Serena, 27, has a book called “Queen of the Court” scheduled for release Christmas 2009.

Mike Jones, Simon & Schuster’s editorial director for non-fiction said of the book, “It’s a fantastic story about her background and how both her sister [Venus] and she were pushed into becoming winners by their father. She has huge appeal because of what she has achieved during her career. This book goes beyond tennis fans. She’s a top athlete with a really great personality and interesting story behind her.”

WOULD YOU buy and read Serena’s book — YAY or NAY?

The Jonas Brothers have been in Paris the last few days promoting their latest album, A Little Bit Longer. Kevin, Joe and Nick performed on the French TV programs “Grand Journal” and “Star Academy”. Tomorrow (Saturday), they fly to Phoenix.

Earlier today, Joe and a pal went off to do a little sight-seeing and visited the Centre Pompidou. The pair, along with bodyguard Big Rob, stopped off for some snacks at a créperie.

The Jonas Brothers reportedly picked Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice, as the person they’d most like to send into space because “she would show aliens the perfect body of a woman.”

Check out this video clip of Nicole Richie doing some major butt-kicking during her guest appearance on NBC’s hit show Chuck. The episode airs on Monday, October 20 @ 8PM ET/PT on NBC.

Here’s the episode synopsis: Chuck (Zachary Levi) learns more about Sarah’s (Yvonne Strahovski) past when they run into her old high school nemesis Heather Chandler (guest star Nicole Richie). Sarah’s teenage insecurities come to surface and she tries to avoid Heather at all costs. Chuck, on the other hand, does everything he can to hear more about Sarah’s hidden life. When Heather’s nerdy husband Mark (Ben Savage) turns out to be a key player in a new mission, the agents must attend Sarah’s high school reunion to prevent the sale of potentially dangerous super-bomber plans — all the action ends with the ultimate cat fight. Meanwhile, Big Mike (Mark Christopher Lawrence) leaves town for a day and Buy More’s new assistant manager Lester (Vik Sahay) decides to implement a new sales policy.

Watch the video below and there are four more at E! Online.

In the Starter Wife, Debra Messing plays Molly Kagan, a Hollywood wife who must rediscover herself after her movie-executive husband dumps her and cancels her life of pampered prestige. To celebrate tonight’s premiere, JustJared.com is giving away FIVE “The Starter Wife Weekend Getaway” totes, which is loaded with everything you need to feel glamorous and relaxed.

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Angelina Jolie opens up to the German edition of Vanity Fair about everything from politics to her newborn twins. Here are some choice quotes via Us Weekly:

On why she could be voting for Barack Obama: “Obama is fighting for international justice, he wants to intervene militarily in genocides abroad, and he wants to close down Guantanamo Bay. They are things which could move me to vote for him, not his roots. Of course, an American president like Barack Obama would be great for my family.” (On Monday, Brad carried a notebook with a Obama sticker on it.)

On why she’s proud of the USA: “I am very proud of being American, and all my children have got American passports. For me, our family is just what America is - a melting pot, a mixture of many different races and nations. My children should be proud of their Asian and African roots, but that in no way means [is] a lack of respect for the fact that they and their parents are Americans.”

On her twins Knox and Vivienne (3-months-old on Sunday): “It’s a damned arduous business, and we are often simply whacked out because it is twice as hard with two babies as with one. But it also makes for double the fun. After we flew back from Europe, we were all suffering a bit from jetlag. We were all in bed early, but at half past four, they were awake and making a real racket… Brad took care of them. He said to me, ‘Go back to sleep, you’re back to work in the morning,’ and moved into the kids’ room with them. He is an astounding father, full of devotion… [Knox and Vivienne] have quite similar, stable rhythms. Every three hours they get hungry, then I have to satisfy them. But that’s OK, the two of them are totally sweet. When you see them, you think they were made for each other. They laugh together, they sniff each other, touch each other. It is beautiful.”

On struggling to find alone time with Brad: “Sometimes, at the end of the day, we try to retire to the bathroom to be undisturbed,” she says. “But then [the kids] hear the water running and want to come in and, yet again, we are all together. But that doesn’t disturb us because they are great kids.”

On how fame has changed motherhood for her: “I would like to have more freedom, especially to have the chance to be more spontaneous with my kids. Would I like to be able to walk through the streets with my kids? Of course. Would I like to be able to wander around Manhattan and buy them an ice cream like other mothers? Of course. But it is not possible. On the other hand, every morning I wake up with the people who are the most dear to me in the whole world. That’s why I don’t feel isolated from that, which is important to me. It helps, of course, that Brad knows all about it, but he’s experienced it even more than me. We often talk about it and try to make the best of things. But I am very grateful for our life and everything that we have.”

Beyonce will release the Jake Nava-directed music videos for her two new singles “If I Were a Boy” and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” this Monday, October 13 via MTV, BET, VH1 and Fuse.

“It’s kind of like Freaky Friday,” Beyonce tells Billboard of the concept behind the “If I Were a Boy” vid, where she plays a police officer. “In the beginning of the video, my husband makes me breakfast and he’s excited about it, and I kind of don’t have time to eat. As a police officer, I have a male partner and the video goes through our days. My husband’s at work and has attractive girls flirting with him but he declines their advances. I have a guy flirting with me, and I flirt back.”

Beyonce adds, “It’s about all of the little things that mean so much in a relationship. At the end of the clip, you realize that I was acting out his life, and it all starts over again. He was a cop and everything that happened was really him doing the same thing to me.”

A balding Paul Bettany shoots scenes with costar Toby Jones for their upcoming bio drama, Creation, in London on Friday.

In the film, Bettany, 37, plays world-renowned scientist Charles Darwin, who conceives a book that purportedly proves the non-existence of God. Crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter, Darwin writes his master-work, “The Origin of Species”. The movie tells of a global revolution played out the confines of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most dangerous idea in history; and a theory saved from extinction by the logic of a child.

Bettany’s real-life wife Jennifer Connelly will play Emma Darwin, the wife (and cousin) of Charles. Emma was also the mother of their ten children.

Here are the very first pictures of Robert Downey Jr. filming Sherlock Holmes on Friday, currently filming in Central London.

When asked what he could bring to a character portrayed countless times on film and television, RDJ has joked: “Clearly I’m going to do it better than it’s ever been done. The more I read about it the more overwhelmed I was by the weight of it and the amount of people who will be watching to see if it’s gotten right.”

Check out the pictures below–it looks like RDJ and his stunt double are conferring with each other on how to jump off the building they’re standing on. Also pictured: director Guy Ritchie.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Sherlock Holmes’ new look — HOT or NOT?

Hugh Jackman takes his son Oscar Maximillian, 8, and daughter Ava Eliot, 3, for a dip at Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool in Sydney, Australia on Friday.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the marketing push behind Hugh’s new film Australia will be epic.

Cinema insiders say the aggressive campaign for the Baz Luhrmann-directed outback romance, which costars Nicole Kidman, will be easily the most expensive Australia has seen.

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90210 starlet Shenae Grimes eats fresh as she picks up a Subway sandwich and two soft drinks before heading home in Los Angeles on Thursday.

The 18-year-old Canadian actress continues to fight talk that she has a weight problem. She recently blogged, “Now, as you all know now probably, I graced my first major magazine cover, only to be called ‘too skinny’ alongside my co-star Jessica Stroup. I would like to say once again that neither me or Jessica have issues with our weight or bodies. I happened to be very small built, and I’ve always been skinny. So I personally think that people need to stop criticizing everyone in the media these days about their issues. I’m sure you wouldnt like it if someone pointed out all of your flaws and all of your mistakes.”

People magazine has an exclusive photo shoot with the stars of High School Musical 3: Senior Year — Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman and Ashley Tisdale.

“It’s strange,” Zac says of the ever-present paparazzi. “Every day is a crazy adventure. We do some pretty kooky things to avoid them. It’s like The Bourne Identity. I’m starting to learn the ways of the ninja.”

Entertainment Weekly also has more outtakes of Zac from his cover photo shoot, a few of which are pictured below.

To check out the exclusive photo shoot with the HSM3 stars, visit People.com. For more Zac, visit EW.com.

Sigourney Weaver, who guest stars on the Season 2 premiere of Eli Stone as Eli’s therapist, tells TV Guide, “The idea that they would be so bold as to create a show about faith was very exciting.”

She adds, “I’m not big on organized religion, but I wanted to convert to Judaism for a while. I went and lived on a kibbutz in Israel, but it was so lame because it was very conservative and all the women worked in the kitchen. It wasn’t a bunch of us out in the fields picking oranges and singing the way I had hoped, you know?”

On her new role as Eli’s therapist, she says, “I actually have a therapist. She’s very smart and we try not to talk about politics because we’re both incensed about Sarah Palin.”

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Eli Stone premieres this Tuesday, October 14th @ 10PM ET/PT on ABC. Katie Holmes’s will be featured the week after on Oct. 21.

Matthew McConaughey just launched an online store for his clothing line j.k. livin (Just Keep Livin’). The site sells men’s and women’s clothing as well as accessories. Check out his latest blog entry about it:

“‘Our JKL team worked hard for the past year to get the right products to you, and now you got ‘em, so the timeless motto can be spread. We hope you love the products as much as we do and there are more to come. We all wear and use them with pride, a laugh, and a reminder that no matter what we’re into, we gotta just keep livin’. I’m hittin’ the road for a while to check out some of our country from behind the streerin’ wheel, stay cool and finish the year strong. I’m honored to be sharin’ j.k. livin with you, and once you got it, its yours…thanks for sharin’, welcome to the family, and in the mean time and all time, jklivin, mcconaughey”

Check out McConaughey’s store at jklivinstore.com.

Orlando Bloom walks out of a West Hollywood studio carrying the monthly UK music magazine Mojo on Thursday.

The 31-year-old British actor read up on the cover story: “THE CLASH: 1982. Combat Rock was being recorded and The Clash were playing their biggest ever gigs supporting The Who on their arena tour, but the cracks were starting to show. Mojo talks to the survivors and discovers the internal conflicts that were slowly pulling the band apart.”

For more information on Orly’s reading material, visit Mojo4Music.com.

Check out this E! sneak peek video clip of Katie Holmes’s upcoming guest-starring role in ABC’s fanciful drama, Eli Stone. (For the steamy pics, click here.)

This episode airs on ABC on Oct. 21. Watch the preview vid below!

“She does a song-and-dance number that is the best one we’ve ever done,” costar Matt Letscher has said. “We’ve done tons of [musical numbers], and she was just phenomenal.”

You can also watch a second preview clip of a more casual Katie here.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Katie’s singing and dancing — YAY or NAY?????

Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin scored a whopping 841 (out of the old 1600) on her 1981 SATs, if this document that has been floating around the Internet is to be believed.

Here’s the breakdown of her standardized test score: 425 verbal, 416 math.

Palin’s high school grades read: English = B, Math = C, Foreign Language = D, Biological Sciences = B, Physical Sciences = C and Social Studies = C.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of this document that reportedly shows Sarah Palin’s SAT scores and high school grades? Is it real?

MTV will air a 90-minute documentary about Britney Spears’s return to the pop-music spotlight.

“So much has gone on over the last couple of years and there’s a lot that people don’t know about me that I want them to know,” Britney says. “I wanted to make this film because I started to feel like I wasn’t being seen in the light that I wanted to be seen in. This is an opportunity to set the record straight and talk about what I’ve been through and where I’m headed.”

“For the Record,” is set to air on November 30 @ 10PM on MTV, two days before her new album Circus is released on December 2 (her 27th birthday).

Check our the preview video below! How exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Black Eyed Peas will finish recording their fifth album, “The E.N.D.,” at Metropolis Studios in London, reports Billboard.

The album title doesn’t mean it’s BEP’s final album though. “No, no — it stands for ‘The Energy Never Dies,’” explains producer and group member will.i.am.

He goes on to say that he’s tempted to release “The E.N.D.” this year because this will be the final year where physical sales are significant. He predicts: “For the last remaining stores that sell CDs, this is the last Christmas that CDs will be in stores. It’s f—ing scary.”

will.i.am, who was the mastermind behind the viral “Yes We Can” song backing Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign, added that he wants BEP’s music to be interactive, offering embedded information and even “songs within songs” when the user clicks on a pop-up.

“We’re just finishing the songs and collaborating with the software guys,” says will.i.am. “I’m tired of making songs for the radio and for MTV. You should make songs for where songs are actually being listened and played. We have new people — software programmers. They are just as important as me, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie. That’s us, the visual members. But nowadays it isn’t just physical with music and content anymore — you have to have proprietary software. Just borrowing other people’s sh– doesn’t empower the growth and how you monetize that content, so that’s why it’s important that we got a software guy that is part of the Peas.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of this “interactive music” — YAY or NAY?

Brazilian bombshell Gisele Bundchen shoots a sexy cameo along West Hollywood’s Melrose Avenue on Thursday for alternative rock band Blackcowboy’s new song “Come On”.

Accompanying the 28-year-old supermodel was the band’s pal, Lukas Haas, aka the best friend of Leonardo DiCaprio (Gisele’s ex). Check out this picture of Leo and Blackcowboy from last year at Newsday.com.

Blackcowboy consists of Jonah Johnson (Vocals/Acoustic Guitar), Richard “Pookie” Woods (Piano/keys), Sean Curtis (Guitar), Jason Weeks (Bass) and Nick Pavey (Drums).

For more information on this band, visit their official site at BlackcowboyMusic.com or their Myspace.

The new, final trailer for Twilight has been released. Check it out below!

The upcoming film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 best-selling novel of the same name stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as Bella and Edward respectively. The film will be released everywhere on November 21.

You check out the trailer in its full glory tomorrow, October 10, programmed in front of certain films and attached to the sneak preview of Sex Drive on Saturday, October 11.

High School Musical sweetheart Vanessa Hudgens keeps her arm wrapped around her main man, on-and-off-screen boyfriend Zac Efron, after returning from London at LAX airport in Los Angeles on Thursday.

In related news, Radio Disney will world premiere the soundtrack from High School Musical 3: Senior Year next Saturday, October 18 @ 7PM ET/4PM PT during Radio Disney’s Planet Premiere. The soundtrack will be replayed on Sunday, October 19 1PM ET/10AM PT and officially released in stores on Tuesday, October 21.

Zac really loves that Members Only jacket!

Carmen Electra brings Disaster to Rome.
Salma Hayek and Valentina rock and roll into New York.
Melanie Brown is back in her lingerie.
T.R. Knight donates $50K to Proposition 8.
The Olsens refuse to grow up.
Hugh Hefner confirms split from Holly Madison.
Peep Eli Manning’s pimped out pad.
Tara Reid is the fashion disaster of the day.
Lindsay Lohan is phoning it in.
Bruce Willis grows a Santa beard.
Eva Mendes talks designer band-aids.
American Idol runner-up David Archuletta has inked a deal with Azoff Management, the brains behind Christina Aguilera, The Eagles and others. Archuletta’s dad Jeff, whose behavior during Idol earned him a backstage banishment from the show, will act as co-manager with Azoff Management’s Jared Paul.
Michael Phelps has been spotted out and about with Miss California runner-up Nicole Johnson and the two were seen canoodling at the Bowlmor Lanes’ 70th anniversary party Tuesday night.
Lil’ Kim’s record company is suing her for $2.5 million, claiming she backed out of her contract. Brookland Media has obtained an order temporarily barring the rapper from releasing any new music until a court hearing next month.

Britney Spears looks a little glum but still indulges in a little ice cream sandwich treat (in a cup) at Diddy Riese in Brentwood, Calif., on Thursday afternoon.

Diddy Riese is known for their world famous ice cream sandwiches and cookies. For more info on Brit’s ice cream, visit DiddyRiese.com.

Which flavor ice creams is Brit eating?? Vanilla bean, cookie dough, rocky road, mint chocolate chip, strawberry, chocolate, espresso chip, butter pecan, strawberry cheesecake chunk, peanut butter cup, chocolate chip or cookies & cream?

Cheer up Britney, your career is bouncing back!!!