Paris Hilton kicked off what proved to be a pivotal year by pleading not guilty to her September DUI charge. Before she even got her sentence, her personal life was thrown into disarray a few weeks later when a little website called Paris Exposed hit the Internet, offering up access to lots of private videos, photos, notes and letters revealing all sorts of juicy tidbits about Paris' scandalous life as a party girl.

In late February Paris had more car troubles — this time she was pulled over for driving without the headlights on and for driving with a suspended license. In March the rumors started flying that Paris' problems with the law could land her in jail, and sure enough, in May she was sentenced to serve 45 days in prison. Her sentence was quickly cut down to 23 days, but we still never thought we would ever see the day where she would don an orange jumpsuit. However, the heiress quietly checked herself into a facility immediately after leaving the MTV Movie Awards, complete with a glamorous new mug shot.

We weren't surprised that Paris was released three days later due to a medical condition and given a new sentence of 40 days house arrest with an ankle monitor. Unfortunately for Paris, she barely had time to settle back into her house before she was carted back to jail with tears streaming down her face the very next day. After serving her 23 days, Paris strutted out on June 25 with a huge smile. A few days later she gave Larry King her first post-jail interview where she claimed that she never did drugs and was now a changed person who was going to be more responsible and charitable. Paris did spend some time giving back in the months following her jail time, but by December she was back to her standard partying ways. We will give her credit for her best decision of 2007 — she finally hired a driver.

We're still counting down the most-shocking headlines of 2007, and we'll keep revealing one more each day through Dec. 21. We hope you enjoy this look back at some of the posts and stories that we certainly weren't expecting to see.

Woody Allen and Colin Farrell looked a little uncomfortable on the red carpet premiere of Cassandra's Dream in NYC last night. Hopefully Colin was realizing what a bad hair decision he has made. For a man that can be so handsome, he certainly hides his hot. The movie looks pretty interesting, but sadly his costar Ewan McGregor wasn't there (he should be more places, shouldn't he?). Maybe even next time the boys come out to show off their movie they can crack a smile or two?

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• Jamie Lynn's life is really imitating art — goldenfiddle
• Christina Ricci cuddles up with a pig — Just Jared
• Prince William and Kate Middleton's hunting party — Pink is the New Blog
• R. Kelly's got a warrant out for his arrest — Chicago Sun-Times
• Sexy Scarlett in Elle Belgium — Egotastic
• Meet the new Queen of Jenny Craig — FitSugar
• Rihanna rocks the fishnets — cityrag
• Kate Price is in the hospital — Hollywood Rag
• Megan Fox goes topless for Japan —Hollywood Tuna
• Britney Spears got digitally slim — IDLYITW
• Best and worst Winter beach bodies — popbytes
• Jessica Simpson is the next Pretty Woman? — MollyGood
• Jim Halpert stars in The Dwight Night — BWE

Victoria Beckham is back in London and looking stylish while reacquainting herself with all the local stores she missed so much living in LA. In between all those shows, a girl's gotta find time to shop. Loving her look — Fab's got it all broken down for you here. While she may have been out holiday shopping for all her stylish boys, I'm sure she didn't go home empty handed for herself. At least she already knows what not to buy herself, since The Sun reported on David's Christmas present for his wife — a limited-edition copy of Valentino Garavani: First Name in Fashion, a book about the designer. Stick with fashion (or, of course, jewelry) and you've got a never-fail way to make VB happy.

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Jennifer Aniston headed out in LA yesterday with her BlackBerry, laptop, and trusty smartwater in hand. Last year Jen spent New Year's Eve with Courteney and David in Cabo, and we wonder if they will be together for the holidays this year. A lot of you said that you'd like to spend Thanksgiving with Jen and Court, and we bet Christmas is just as exciting for your favorite BFFs of 2007. We know how much they love their vacations together so we're curious to see where this loving family and friend end up.

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Never one to shy away from makeup, even when eight months pregnant, Christina Aguilera celebrated her 27th birthday in LA with Jordan yesterday. While partying is fun, the pop star has other important birthdays on the brain. Apparently Christina has already scheduled a C-section for Jan. 10. She may have to move up the date of delivery, but it sounds like she's trying to coordinate things with her busy holiday schedule. She's also having another baby shower — this time at the Bel-Air Hotel with just close friends. Seems like this mommy-to-be is going to have a very busy and joyous holiday season.

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