If you were an attention starved aging actress like Sharon Stone, where would you choose to hold your Birthday celebration in the hopes that the paps would take notice? Why, The Ivy of course! Never let it be said that girlfriend doesn't love attention! Shar turned 49 this weekend -- doesn't she just look fabulous (yes, I'm just saying that because she mostly terrifies me). Her friends Demi Moore and Melanie Griffith braved the paparazzi mob to celebrate with the birthday girl. Gotta believe that lunch got a little wild!

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Gwen and the gang took a little vacation to Palm Springs this weekend. We already told you she's gearing up for her world tour this spring and apparently it is going to be quite flashy. Gwen, however, decided to tone things down for the latest single, 4 in the Morning. The new video, which she shot on Friday will focus mostly on Gwen pacing in front of a camera. Here's more:

"I just really want to focus on the lyrics," Stefani told MTV News late last month, "and not so much on the styling or anything. It's just really more about the emotion of the song. It's going to be one of those videos that everything happens on-set, really."

"It's a song that really defines a moment for me," Stefani said, "although I wrote it over several moments in my life. I had originally started it before I got pregnant, and then I threw it away, and then I found it again after I had Kingston, and I started listening to it and I was like, 'Oh my God, this song is really good!' "

"It gives me a little wave of like 'ooh!' " she said, "a little ping in my heart, because it's my favorite song off the record. I haven't been able to figure out why exactly, but it's just one of those songs that I want to rewind and rewind. It's the one you can put in your car late at night and sing really loud."

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Lindsay chatted it up with one of her biggest, er, littlest, fans in NY this weekend. Lohan may not be the best role model ever (yeah, not even close really), but she always seems to love to meet her loyal following. I just hope she didn't try to take this little fellow to the clubs with her. I kid, I kid. But seriously, they'd probably let him in if he was with LL. She's line-bypassing gold.

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A pregnant Naomi Watts was glowing in blue at the opening night of boyfriend Liev Schreiber's Talk Radio in NY over the weekend. In the play, Liev's character is a Cleveland shock jock who is in love with his own voice. Liev, of course, received glowing reviews for his performance which isn't surprising considering he already has a Tony for Glengarry Glen Ross. Maybe Talk Radio will get him another one for the mantle. Naomi, Madonna and gorgeous Natalie seemed to think so anyway - at the end they led the crowd in a standing ovation.

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• Out of nowhere, the film 300 became 2007's first blockbuster, making over $70 million this weekend. 300 shirtless men in codpieces can't go wrong. - BuzzSugar
• Jimmy Kimmel says Jared Leto was so self-satisfied when he came on the show Jimmy wanted to strangle him. Yup, that sounds about right. - Page Six
• Jenny McCarthy was overheard saying that Jim has given her permission to get it on with Justin Timberlake, should the opportunity ever arise. Looks like Jenny and I have something in common. - R&M
• Comedian Richard Jeni died this weekend in an apparent suicide after shooting himself at his West Hollywood home. He was 45 years old. - AP
• Snoop was arrested again this weekend in Stockholm after police found drugs in his car. Shocker! - TMZ

It always works this way, doesn't it? Just when we've forced ourselves to warm up to a couple they go and break up on us. This time, it's Mandy Moore and DJ AM. I had gotten so used to their oddly mismatched puppy love and even put aside my skepticism regarding his intentions, but I suppose like all young H'Wood relationships, it had to end sometime. Rumor has it that AM is even back to his any starlet will do ways. Quite a catch, that one. Meanwhile, I'm sure Mandy will bounce back just fine. So let's all pour one out for Mandy/AM tonight. As a couple we hardly knew ye.

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While we can't wait to see Angelina's next film project, it's no secret that in the meantime she remains committed to her aid work in Africa and around the world. For her recent trip to visit Darfur refugees in Chad, Angelina invited along a photographer and afterwards sat down with Newsweek to talk about her experiences. The images from her trip, like the one below of a young boy who remains tethered for fear that he will run away after witnessing atrocities that have left him psychologically unwell, are intense and heartbreaking, to say the least. Here's an excerpt from her interview:

When did it occur to you that you could do something about this directly? Did people approach you or —
I approached them. I think they thought I was a little crazy.

When was this?
Six years ago. I was very nervous to call the U.N. agency at the time. I [was] considered a rebel in Hollywood. At the time I was also a bit of the wild child. So first I went to Washington [to the UNHCR office] and I sat with everybody there and said, "You know, I know you don't know me. You might have heard things about me… And I don't want to bring negative attention to your agency. If you could just help me, I'll pay my way."

I spent the next year and a half going to, first, two camps in Africa, and then Pakistan and Cambodia. And with no cameras and with no press and had the opportunity to have this great education before I spoke at all…. I was transformed in such an amazing way.

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