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Sightings: It's Amore for Ashley Olsen and Her Man
ITALIAN JOB: Ashley Olsen, enjoying dinner (but not the paparazzi attention) Saturday night at Italian restaurant Pace in Los Angeles with hottie actor boyfriend Justin Bartha.
LOVE TO SHOP: Courtney Love, picking up skinny black jeans, Filson luggage and a Mason Pearson hairbrush, among other things, at the Earnest Sewn Co.'s new store in the Malibu Country Mart.
PUSSY GALORE: Amanda Bynes and some friends, checking out the new Pussycat Lounge at the Viper Room in L.A. Nope, new boyfriend Doug Reinhardt was not there.
Keep reading to find out which real-life 90210 couples—yes, there's more than one!—weren't so undercover in Las Vegas and Miami.
The Curious Case of Sheridan and Spade Continues
Are Nicollette Sheridan and David Spade actually becoming a couple?
The two had dinner together on Saturday at Sushisamba in the Palazzo in Las Vegas.
“Although there wasn’t major PDA, they definitely were affectionate throughout their meal,” a source reports.
Criss Angel Meets Holly Madison's Parents
It was a sweet New Year’s Day for Holly Madison and Criss Angel.
The couple was spotted with Madison's parents, Steve and Patsy Madison, having dessert at Fix Restaurant & Bar at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, according to a source.
Happy 2009! Katy Perry, Fergie, Usher and More!
Katy Perry was the belle of ball at the Gridlock New Year’s Eve party in Hollywood.
This year’s pop princess newcomer performed for about 5,000 people on the Paramount lot.
After leading the countdown to '09, she shouted, "Happy f--king New Year, everyone!" and continued into a performance of her latest hit, "Hot N Cold." She then dedicated her tune, “Waking Up in Vegas,” to—who else?—partyers in Sin City.
Of course she sang “I Kissed a Girl.” “Has everyone kissed someone yet?” she asked, before launching into her debut hit single.
Perry wasn't the only happening in Hollywood...
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Will Heather Locklear Move Back to Melrose Place?
Heather Locklear is a wanted woman.
I just got word that Locklear has been approached to reprise her role as conniving advertising vixen Amanda Woodward on the upcoming new Melrose Place.
"The CW is courting Heather Locklear," a source exclusively reveals. "I don't think anyone else from the original has been approached yet."
And things seem to be moving pretty quickly over at Melrose.
Another Mandy Moore and DJ AM Breakup
The roller-coaster romance of Mandy Moore and DJ AM has hit the brakes.
The two, who reportedly rekindled their cozy ways after AM's tragic plane crash, are once again kaput, according to celeb tab Life & Style.
But was there even enough going on for a breakup to happen?
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Are Holly Madison & Criss Angel Hunting for an Engagement Ring?
Will there be a double wedding at the Playboy Mansion this summer?
Just three days after Girls Next Door star Kendra Wilkinson announced that she and Hank Baskett will get hitched at Hugh Hefner's famed estate on June 27, fellow costar Holly Madison was spotted looking at rings in Las Vegas with her Mindfreak boyfriend, Criss Angel.
An eyewitness tells me Madison and Angel hit Berger & Son Fine Jewelers in the Fashion Show mall at about 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
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Blair Underwood Says Dirty Is Definitely Dead
Dirty Sexy Money fans may be hoping to save the ABC show with an online petition, but Blair Underwood says they shouldn't expect to see him or his costars returning to work anytime soon.
"As far as I'm concerned, we're not doing any more shows," says Underwood, who played Simon Elder on DSM. "ABC officially doesn't want to use the C-word—canceled—but we're not on the schedule. I would pretty much say we're canceled."
HBO's In Treatment is another series Underwood won't be returning to, either.
Josh Brolin: George W. Bush Moves Like a Rat
You'd think the only thing Josh Brolin would have had to study to play George W. Bush in Oliver Stone's W earlier this year would be video and audio of the president.
Not so.
Brolin also took a good look at rodents for inspiration to play George W. in his younger years.
"I would watch rats in mazes looking for cheese because that how I saw him looking for women," Brolin tells James Lipton on Inside the Actor's Studio, airing Jan. 5. "He always leaded with his head."
Also revealed in the interview, Brolin tells how he snagged the role of another real-life politician, murderous San Francisco city supervisor Dan White, opposite Sean Penn in Milk.
Sightings: Kirsten Dunst Does Dinner With an Ex
REUNITED: Kirsten Dunst, having dinner at the bar with ex-beau, the Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, at Hollywood's new hipster hot spot Delancey. “They went out for a smoke, came back in, had dinner and then left,” says an eyewitness. (Dunst and Moretti dated for a short time in early 2007 after he split from longtime girlfriend Drew Barrymore.)
BROADWAY BOUND: Shakira and boyfriend Antonio de la Rúa, plus Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel, catching off-Broadway’s Fuerza Bruta in NYC.
Which celeb was seen actually traveling without her usual entourage? Read on to find out!
Getty Going Bye-Bye From Brothers & Sisters?
Is Balthazar Getty parting ways with Brothers & Sisters? Chatter on the set has it that discussions may have begun between Getty and producers on how best to ease him out of the show. Getty has played Tommy, the oldest brother in the Walker clan, since the series launched in September 2006. So why the possibility of him leaving now?
Hollywood Power Publicist Gets Dishy in New Book
Paula Abdul, Monica Lewinsky and Isaiah Washington.
These are just three of the celebrities über-publicist Howard Bragman has represented in his more than 20 years in the PR biz (after cofounding powerhouse firm Bragman Nyman Cafarelli, he went on to start his current outfit, Fifteen Minutes.) Now he’s telling all and handing out his expertise in a new book, Where’s My Fifteen Minutes? Get Your Company, Your Cause, or Yourself the Recognition You Deserve.
Enjoy some free pearls of PR wisdom from him on the jump: