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Nicole and Joel’s Babyshower

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden held their babyshower for their first child - due in a few months - earlier this week. InStyle has released some of the photos. The guest list included Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Amber Valetta, Bijou Phillips, Lauren Conrad, Natalie Cole and others. The baby shower had a Wizard of Oz theme and was planned by Nicole’s mother Brenda and her best friend Paris Hilton. Baby photos of Nicole and Joel were all over the  room.

Paris HUGE in China

Today our favorite heiress caused mayhem in Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai, China. Paris was there promoting her new Moulin Rouge inspired fragrance, Can Can by Paris Hilton and for the 2007 MTV Style Gala . She was also there to do her advertisement campaign for Chinese fashion designer Lu Kun. We are ONE OF THE FIRST places to view some of these photos. We have photos of her visit and the mayhem that is her life, behind the scenes of her photoshoot and the actual photos from the shoot for Lu Kun. Enjoy!

Now these are the photos of her dining and on her way to the photoshoot and her trying on some of the wardrobe. And you thought the paparazzi in America was an issue. Wow…

Kylie’s X Factor

Kylie is back looking gorgeous in her new promotional photos for her new album, X. The singer won her battle with cancer earlier this year and these photos are a reflection of her strength. Her beauty still shines. Check them out.

Rihanna and Robin: R-Squared

Rihanna and Robin Thicke grace the pages of the latest RollingStone magazine. The photoshoot is simple, sexy and if we wanted to assume so, we could say they were dating. BUT, we all know that is far from correct. Rihanna and Robin both toured with Beyonce this year. Speaking of Beyonce, be sure to enter our LUXE LADIES LIVE DVD giveaway contest. It’s free! Back to R-Squared. The photos were taken by the rather comically dark, Terry Richardson. He also did the album photos for Justin Timberlake’s latest album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. Check out the photos below. View more of Terry Richardson’s work here.

Alicia is Numero UNO

The soulful, talented, sexy Alicia Keys is on top of the world right now. Her new album As I Am is critically acclaimed and one of the highest debuting albums this year. Our dear Alicia has the #1 album in the country selling over 740,000 copies in her first week! Alicia is supreme. Her album surpassed the certified gold selling quota of 500,000 in 7 days. Alicia is a little over 200,000 albums away from her third consecutive platinum selling album. With her heart felt songs like No One and Like You’ll Never See Me Again (a personal favorite) she will surely meet that in no time. Support Miss Keys! It really is an amazing album. A little boring, but amazing.

The Hills Season 3, Episode 15 Recap

Whoa! So am I the only one who was tricked?! After watching the previews of this episode I just knew Heidi and Spencer where finished! I mean she totally threw her engagement ring on the table, and Spencer took his bags and hit it. I’ve realized that Spencer is a spoiled, controlling little man. What kills me is I really used to like him at first. Ugh, what was I thinking? So he basically gets mad at Heidi because she wants her family and friends there for her wedding and doesn’t want to elope in Vegas? What a prick. I know I was reaching for the stars, but the perfect ending would be for Heidi and Spence to have broken up and Heidi running back to Lauren’s door. Man that would have been perfect!

Now on to the others. Whitney has to be my favorite. She is beautiful, talented, intelligent and for the most part stays out of all that drama the rest of them can’t seem to live without. (but I love the drama). However, I think Whitney’s a lesbo. I mean seriously think about it, why is she NEVER with any hot guys? So yea on last nights episode she went on a date with the trainer dude, but there was really no sparks there. She seemed really uncomfortable. Maybe its Lauren she really wants.

Solange Signs With Geffen and Moves to LA

My middle school friend, singer, songwriter and actress, Solange Knowles, is moving to Los Angeles and moving to a new record label. Solange’s new label is Geffen records via a new joint venture relationship with Music World Music.

There will be more announced soon on the Solange Knowles and Music World/Geffen relationship.