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“Sexiest Man Alive” Hugh Jackman (in Ferragamo) and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness walk hand-in-hand together under an umbrella on a rainy Thursday night in Rome’s Spain Square. How romantic!

Today, the couple was seen with 3-year-old daughter Ava Eliot, enjoying sunny views of the city from their balcony at Rome’s Hotel Hassler before once again venturing out into the inclement weather.

Hugh and his family are in Rome to promote his new film Australia.

A shy Kingston Rossdale hides from photographers (and shows off a hip blue-and-white striped armwarmer) as he sits in the arms of dad Gavin Rossdale on their way to LAX on Friday afternoon.

3-month-old baby brother Zuma, with his head kept warm in a little blue beanie, and mom Gwen Stefani followed right behind.

The rocker family is headed to Salt Lake City where Gavin is set to headline with his band.

Beyonce and Jay-Z take in the sights at the Art Basel Miami exhibition, a prestigious international art show, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in the city’s Art Deco district on Thursday.

Strolling through the galleries, Beyonce (elegant in heels and a royal blue dress) and Jay-Z (dressed more casually in jeans) showed a wide range of reactions to the eclectic art being exhibited.

Perhaps the superstar couple was there to find something new for their walls at home!

Lindsay Lohan puts on a Santa hat and spreads some Christmas cheer, blowing a kiss to the camera at the MySpace Holiday Party at New York City’s hotspot Tenjune.

Loving Lindsay’s crystal-studded boot. Check out the detailing on them shoes!

The 22-year-old singer/actress came out to support her girlfriend Samantha Ronson, who DJ’d the party. Also spotted: Lindsay’s mom Dina as well as Tenjune owners Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum.

“Bottle service” was provided by Snapple Antioxidant Water.

Jennifer Aniston tries to avoid being photographed by covering her face with today’s copy of the LA Times on Friday morning. (She also toted around a brown ostrich Ferragamo bag.)

Earlier this week, her boyfriend John Mayer jokingly accused her for falsely taking credit for her “Obama cake” she claimed to have made for an election night party.

Mayer told Extra, “Jen and I made that cake together….She didn’t really give me any credit for that cake. I was the architect on that cake. I put a lot of my time in designing that cake. I was a good man…I shared the process. From mixing to frosting….[she] took all the credit.”

Mayer continued to joke, saying, “There’s some trouble but we’re getting over it…We’re having therapy everyday in Brentwood…and we’re figuring this out because that was my time to shine on Oprah.”

A spin-off for the hugely successful CW drama, Gossip Girl, is in the works, according to Variety.

The spin-off would act as an episode of Gossip Girl later this year to gauge audience reaction. But it’s won’t be for Little J! The trade mag says the spin-off would not feature “The It Girl,” nor would it focus on the character of Jenny Humphrey (the character spun off from the Gossip Girl books for “The It Girl”), played on TV by Taylor Momsen.

Who should get their own spin-off series — Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate, Dan or Vanessa?

Marilyn Manson keeps close to his new girlfriend, LA model Isani Griffith, at the vernissage of his inaugural U.S. exhibition “Marilyn Manson: Trismegistus” during Art Basel Miami 2008 on Thursday.

“That’s my special lady friend,” Marilyn said of Isani at the event, which included his own watercolor paintings (pictured below) at new French-electro club Louis Bar-Lounge at Gansevoort South in Miami’s Design District.

Marilyn, 39, and Isani, 24, have been dating ever since his split last month with Evan Rachel Wood, 21.

Before Isani’s MySpace profile was privatized, she listed her music interests (none of them included her current boyfriend). Here’s who Isani listed: “muse, sneaker pimps, sublime, bjork, nick drake, incubus, sigur ros, the faint, portishead, the doors, goldfrapp, guns n roses, massive attack, the killers, depeche mode, air, tricky, peaches, prince, radiohead, al green, beethoven, marvin gaye, tupac, outkast, daft punk, no doubt, bob marley, etta james, queen, i am x, duran duran, fischerspooner, pink floyd, !!!, the rapture, the libertines, of montreal, rolling stones, led zeppelin, devendra banhart.”

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The Kidman-Urbans hit up a museum.
Heather Locklear and the shirtless Robert Buckley stars in “Flirting With Forty” tomorrow on Lifetime.
The apartment where Heath Ledger died has been taken off the market after realtors failed to find a tenant willing to pay $26,000 a month.
Ugly Betty star America Ferrara has been tapped to help Hillary Clinton recoup the millions of dollars she lost in her failed White House bid. America will host a “conversation” in “support of Hillary Clinton for President Debt Relief” on Dec. 15.
Popular Daily News gossip column Rush & Molloy is scaling back. It will now only be featured in the newspaper’s Sunday edition. Gatecrasher returns weekdays to fill its space.

Angelina Jolie topped the list of highest-paid actresses in the Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment: Power 100 list.

Angie, who placed #24 in the entire showbiz power list, commands $15+ million a movie thanks to her 2008 movies grossing over $1 billion worldwide.

Following the 33-year-old actress on the list was Julia Roberts and 2007’s best-paid actress, Reese Witherspoon.

Oprah Winfrey topped the entire list as the most powerful woman in the entertainment industry. Other notable celebs were Tyra Banks at #36, Tina Fey at #51, Rachael Ray at #65 and Miley Cyrus at #100.

Check out the full Power 100 list at HollywoodReporter.com.

Tyra Banks and Brandy sandwich in music legend Patti LaBelle during a taping of an episode of The Tyra Banks Show in New York City.

All three were attendees at Oprah’s Legends Ball. This episode of Tyra airs this Monday, Dec. 8!

Brandy talks about returning to the music scenes after four years. Her new album, “Human,” is due on Tuesday, December 9 from Koch/Epic. Her music video “Long Distance” was recently released. Watch it at YouTube!

Victoria Beckham graces the January 2009 cover of Harper’s Bazaar, which hits newsstand on December 16th. Here are some great interview highlights:

On always being in high heels: “Oh, c’mon, they’re not that hard to walk in…They’re not uncomfortable! You have to go to a sex shop to get this spray to polish them.”

On whether she personally went to the sex shop to buy the polish: “Oh. No…”

On her success in the fashion world: “I really had to prove myself, though…But now I feel like I am competing in an arena where I belong.”

On her routine: “It’s funny; I go to the gym now…I run four miles a day…I go into hair and makeup, and I turn into ‘Victoria Beckham.’ I’ll try on all my dresses, and I’ll pick out a handbag, and I’ll put on the shades. I instantly turn into this person, and it sort of feels like a character. And there are so many pictures of it…But it’s a true character because it’s still me.”

On occasionally letting herself go: “I run around the house in a tracksuit sometimes!…If I go to the supermarket looking like s—, that affects my work. I am selling an image. Plus, I have fun with it.”

On her image: “I have started smiling…I’ve mastered this smirk; it’s a smile that isn’t a smile.”

On her previous performance anxiety: “I used to get so nervous, and when I got on the red carpet, I’d freeze up. I’ve had so many things said about me over the years, like a public bullying.”

On not being nervous anymore: “The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically. Also, the fact that my business is doing very well…makes me feel a little more confident, too.”

On the paparazzi: “I don’t complain about paparazzi because I’ve put myself in that position, and so has David. But I always say to the boys, someone is going to take your picture because you’re handsome or you’re smart or because you’re so good at soccer. But every now and again, Romeo might pick up one of David’s cameras and say, ‘Victoria, Victoria, over here!’ And his attitude is sort of angry… I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.”

To read the full interview, visit HarpersBazaar.com.

Hilary Duff arrives at the Grand Opening of the new SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills on on Thursday night, December 4, in Los Angeles.

She was later seen meeting up with Heroes star Kristin Bell at the Avakian Beverly Hills Boutique Celebration held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Can’t wait to see what kind of TV show the Duffster has cooking up for NBC!

Violet Affleck totes a tiny pink-and-grey backpack and shows off an adorably gap-toothed smile as mom Jennifer Garner arrives to pick her up from nursery school in Santa Monica on Thursday afternoon.

Both daughter and purse couldn’t quite hide Jen’s prominent baby bump. The 36-year-old actress is expected to give birth to baby #2 this winter. Despite the upcoming due date, Jen seems to be staying healthy and keeping active!

Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes attend the launch party for their upcoming film The Spirit at London’s Old Sorting Office Thursday night.

Scarlett, 23, plays femme fatale secretary Silken Floss, while Eva, 34, portrays Sand Saref, a love interest for The Spirit himself.

Written and directed by Frank Miller, the film is adapted from a classic Will Eisner comic and also stars Gabriel Macht as The Spirit and Samuel L. Jackson as his nemesis, The Octopus.

The Spirit is scheduled for release on December 25th.

Victoria Beckham is spotted arriving at JFK airport in New York City on Thursday.

The 34-year-old former Spice Girl’s collection of high-end, high-price dresses hit Selfridges stores yesterday and sold out the same day, priced from $950 to $2800.

Victoria’s line will go on sale internationally at Harrods, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus in the USA, and Restir in Tokyo.

“I’m not interested in gossip,” Victoria recently told the Times Online. “Some of the people that I’m friends with in America – you know, Tom [Cruise] and Katie [Holmes] – they get it, too, and we laugh about all these stupid things.”

Britney Spears’s “Circus” music video has officially been released!

The video (directed by Francis Lawrence, who also directed “I’m A Slave 4 U” and I Am Legend) for the title track from her new album, “Circus,” was supposed to have premiered on Friday.

However, due to overwhelming fan demand–and possibly an unexpected YouTube leak on Wednesday night–the pop princess decided to release it on ET Thursday night.

Catch the official HQ version of Britney’s hot new music video “Circus” inside…

Suri Cruise flashes photographers a cute smile as mom Katie Holmes carries her securely through the door of their Manhattan apartment on Thursday night.

Like mom Katie, Suri was dressed for her busy day in all neutrals like a true New Yorker–charcoal velvet dress, black leggings and a pair of grey Mary Janes.

However, the 2-year-old fashionista-in-the-making added some extra color to her ensemble painting her nails with glittery light blue polish.

Shia LaBeouf chills out on his day off in Los Angeles on Thursday.

The 22-year-old Transformers star took a ride around his neighborhood on his skateboard while simultaneously gulping down a can of diet green tea.

Sporting a Harley Davidson retro “Superior” t-shirt, Shia looked a little scruffy with his facial hair. He was still wearing a bandage around a few fingers and part of his left hand after having extensive surgery on it over the summer. This is all following his late-night car crash.

THIS IS BANANAS

I can’t breathe. The Rachel Zoe Project has been renewed by Bravo for a second season, reports the LA Times.

Admittedly, I watched every minute of every episode last season. The reality docudrama series followed celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, her longtime assistant Taylor Jacobsen and newly hired assistant Brad Goreski.

Production has not yet begun, but new episodes will air in mid-2009. Bravo will also be unveiling other new series. Shut. it. down.

I DIE, I DIE

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes look positively flawless on split covers of T: The New York Times Style Magazine’s “Holiday/Reinvention” issue. Here are great interview highlights via Us Weekly:

Tom on when Katie confessed to him that she dreamed of marrying him as a little girl: “I said I wouldn’t want to disappoint her. I knew I wanted to marry Kate when I met her.”

Tom on buying Katie an engagement ring shortly after their first date in 2005: “At one point, I thought she was going to ask me to marry her first and I put her off by changing the subject. I wanted to ask her.”

Katie on being overwhelmed by Tom: “When I met Tom I was completely in love and, yes, I admired him growing up – he’s Tom Cruise! [After our first meeting, I was] completely in love. He was so warm, and I thought, ‘Wow, you can be a superstar and a human being.’ He made me feel so amazing.”

Katie on life since her romance with Tom began: “My life has expanded. My family and friends are all a part of this bigger life.”

Katie on people still having the wrong idea about her: “There’s a misperception about me that I just became this wallflower, this woman who doesn’t have any control of her life. And that’s pretty wrong. From the very beginning, I’ve made choices in my life that have been very strong. ”

Isla Fisher is white hot in Australia’s FHM
Justin Timberlake finds golf strenuous.
Heidi Klum takes care of some Britney business.
Paris Hilton’s best friend is maybe polluted.
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Kate Moss was spotted in a NY jungle.
Daryl Hannah’s gonna save the whales.
George & Matt: Boys Out On The Town.
Lindsay Lohan spends another night out with Sam Ro.
Sarah Jessica Parker’s probably glad she’s in flats.

Marilyn Manson steps out with his possibly-new girlfriend while out and about in Miami on Wednesday. At least we know the shock rocker has a type, right?

Just one month ago, Marilyn and Evan Rachel Wood called it quits. Evan recently said the split was because of work-related reasons: “Manson and I both decided to take some time apart so we could concentrate on work.”

Marilyn’s marriage to burlesque queen Dita Von Teese dissolved at the end of 2006.

Britney Spears‘ former husband Jason Alexander is behind bars at Los Angeles County Twin Towers jail after being arrested for DUI in 2006.

As part of his rehab, Brit’s 55-hour husband was ordered to complete an alcohol education program including visiting the county morgue.

But after skipping his first two appointments, a judge sent him right back to jail to serve out a ten-day prison sentence. He is scheduled for release on Tuesday, Dec. 9.

Smart guy!

Isla Fisher and 13-month-old daughter Olive Cohen take a page from fellow mother-daughter duo Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise’s book and sport cute pairs of sunglasses while passing through LAX airport in Los Angeles on Thursday.

The 32-year-old actress is this month’s cover girl for the Australian edition of FHM. Isla admits she owes her slender figure to good genes: “I have never been a big fan of working out and I’ve never been a sporty person - I was always more of a book worm. I know it sounds like a cliché, but I’ve been blessed with good genes. My mom is little, and I’m fortunate that I don’t like eating junk food. I just don’t like the taste of it.”

Here are the first pictures of The Hills newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt soaking up the sun on their Mexican honeymoon. Another hilarious photo shoot to add to the books!

The happy couple, who eloped south of the border last week, was seen enjoying their first week of wedded bliss at their private villa in the exclusive One and Only Palmilia resort in Los Cabos. While there, Speidi was also seen filming scenes for an upcoming episode of The Hills.

Earlier today,Spencer called Ryan Seacrest’s radio show Thursday to respond to comments made by Heidi Montag’s mom.

Spencer fired back, saying, “I can’t wait to prove her wrong and be married for the rest of our lives. I’m sure she’s just hurt and reacting crazy because she wasn’t there.”

When asked if he’ll be spending the holidays with Heidi’s mom, Spencer said, “The Pratts - as in Heidi Pratt and Spencer Pratt - will probably have their own Christmas tree.”

Fergie stops by the New York City showroom of her new shoe brands - Fergie and Fergalicious - on Wednesday to discuss launch plans for the lines.

The 33-year-old Fergalicious shoe designer said, “I have always loved fashion because it’s a great way to express your mood. And I’m definitely a shoe lover. The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself. A woman can wear confidence on her feet with a high stiletto, or slip into weekend comfort with a soft ballet flat.”

Both fancy footwear brands for Brown Shoes will debut in stores in February 2009.

ARE YOU GOING TO buy some Fergalicious footwear when it hits stores — YAY or NAY?

THE FRANCO FILE

James Franco looks hot hot hot in the new December/January issue of BlackBook Magazine.

The 30-year-old actor, who plays the lover of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) in Gus van Sant’s highly biopic Milk, speaks candidly about his career and his studies at Columbia and NYU. Franco, who wrote directed and starred in 2005’ Ape, a film about a closeted gay writer, discussed playing another gay character in Milk:

On working with Sean Penn: “After we wrapped up Milk, Sean Penn said to me, ‘I’m going to have to break up with you now.”

On his fave NYC hang-outs: “Bungalow 8, Smith and Mills and Chanterelle.”

On his outlook on gay relationships: “As soon as I got out of high school, I was like, I don’t care if anybody’s gay. It doesn’t matter. Doing Milk, I don’t know if it broadened my mind at all. I like to think that I was as open as I could be at that point.”

Read the full article and more pics, visit BlackBookMag.com

Milk opens in theaters everywhere TOMORROW. JJ recommended!

John Mayer performs at the Grammy Award Nomination Concert at the Nokia Theater in LA on Wednesday.

Radiohead, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Sullivan, and John Mayer all got five Grammy nominations each.

“I think the Oscars for years had a grand announcement to drum up excitement about their event, and it’s great to see that music is getting that same treatment now,” Mayer said. “I need to just go away. I’m tired of me. You see me so much on the blogs, I mean, come on,” he said of the media attention.

Click inside for the full list of 2009 Grammy Nominees…

Victoria Beckham arrives at the London hotel Claridges after launching her clothes range at Selfridges.

“I was so nervous that I for days before I drank loads and loads of water. God, I’m such a square,” Victoria said of her launching her clothing line.

“I was never that good a singer,” she told the Times Online, “but I think I am good at fashion. Even when I was at school, where I was bullied–sometimes physically, sometimes verbally–I was always customizing my uniform.”

Britney Spears takes her two little boys Sean Preston and Jayden James to FAO Schwarz for a little toy shopping in NYC on Wednesday.

Jamie and Lynne Spears, Britney’s parents, also came along to shop and watch the kids.

“Each of the boys had one of those soldier guys (employees) to walk around with, and they each had a huge metal trolley cart to fill up,” says a witness told OK!. “They picked out hundreds of dollars worth of Mack Trucks, cement mixers and RC cars.”

“Sean really fell in love with a car transporter, which he had taken out of the box so he could hold it everywhere he went. Jayden was most excited about a little blue plane, and cried when someone tried to take it away.”

Here are a few more amazing pics of Jennifer Aniston in the latest issue of EW, in promotion of her latest film Marley & Me (out Christmas Day). Check out a few more highlights from the interview, including one where she compares herself to Miley Cyrus’s on-screen character:

On Barack Obama being elected President: ‘[Election night] was just so moving, so unbelievable. And now what do people do? Read my crap [in the tabloids]! Everything comes to a halt: ‘What did she say?’ Good God. You have to laugh at it all at the end of the day.”

On her ex-husband Brad Pitt’s movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (it also comes out Christmas Day): “(pretending to chastise the reporter) Oh, you had to go there! I thought we were out of the woods. (sighs) I want [Button] to do great. I’ve seen about an hour of it. It’s amazing. Amazing.”

On comparing herself to a Disney show: ”Everyone projects their thoughts on you. Everyone’s got an opinion. I wish they didn’t. I’ve gotten to the point where, if I focus on all of that stuff, I won’t make a move, you know? (pauses) There’s this character — it’s like my Hannah Montana. That’s how I feel. There’s my Hannah Montana and then there’s me.”

On never being happier as she approaches 40: ”I don’t know if I’m just a late bloomer, but I feel like everything is just beginning.”

On recounting a story about her ex who gave her a disobedient dog for Valentine’s Day: “Note to self: Don’t give dogs as gifts unsolicited. (She lets the name Tate [Donovan] slip.) I’m sorry — I mean, my ex-boyfriend.”

Read the full article at EW.com.

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama nominated on Wednesday New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as the next secretary of commerce.

"Last week, Vice President-elect Biden and I began the process of announcing our economic team," Obama told a news conference at his transition office headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. "Today we are pleased to name another key member of this team -- our nominee for secretary of commerce, my great friend, Gov. Bill Richardson."

Obama described Richardson as a leading "economic diplomat for America" who "has been seen from just about every angle what makes our economy work and what keeps it from working better" during his time in state government and Congress, and in two tours of duty in the cabinet.

Richardson, 61, has served as United Nations ambassador and energy secretary during the Clinton administration. He is currently in his second term as New Mexico's governor.

As a Hispanic, Richardson launched his bid for the White House early this year, but gave it up after the second Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire.

He then threw his support for Obama and campaigned for his bid to become the first African-American president in the country.

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is flanked by Council of Economic Advisors Director-designate Christina Romer(L), National Economic Council Director-designate Lawrence Summers (R) as he announces the members of his economic policy team during a news conference in Chicago, November 24, 2008.

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama nominated on Wednesday New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as the next secretary of commerce.

"Last week, Vice President-elect Biden and I began the process of announcing our economic team," Obama told a news conference at his transition office headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. "Today we are pleased to name another key member of this team -- our nominee for secretary of commerce, my great friend, Gov. Bill Richardson."

Obama described Richardson as a leading "economic diplomat for America" who "has been seen from just about every angle what makes our economy work and what keeps it from working better" during his time in state government and Congress, and in two tours of duty in the cabinet.

Richardson, 61, has served as United Nations ambassador and energy secretary during the Clinton administration. He is currently in his second term as New Mexico's governor.

As a Hispanic, Richardson launched his bid for the White House early this year, but gave it up after the second Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire.

He then threw his support for Obama and campaigned for his bid to become the first African-American president in the country.

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is flanked by Council of Economic Advisors Director-designate Christina Romer(L), National Economic Council Director-designate Lawrence Summers (R) as he announces the members of his economic policy team during a news conference in Chicago, November 24, 2008.