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From NY Mag:

The crap thing about being Kevin Bacon, it turns out, is that sometimes you find yourself six degrees from the wrong kind of guy. Such as, for instance, Bernie Madoff. We’d heard that along with Hollywood boldfacers Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg, Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, lost money in Madoff’s devastating $50 billion Ponzi scheme, and Bacon’s rep, Allen Eichorn, confirmed it for us. “Unfortunately, your report is true,” he wrote. He wouldn’t elaborate on whether, as we’d heard, they’d lost everything except for their checking accounts and the land they own. “I can confirm that they had investments with Mr. Madoff — no further specifics or comment beyond that,” he said, adding: “Please, let’s not speculate or rely on hearsay.”

But we can’t help but speculate! Just think about it: Footloose money: gone. Wild Things residuals: gone. The Singles stash: obliterated. If there’s anyone in Hollywood who didn’t deserve this, it’s Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Those two have worked. It sincerely pains us. At least they have The Closer to fall back on.

Jennifer Aniston plans to toast the New Year with some old friends in Mexico – and it looks like she won’t have to travel far for a New Year’s Eve kiss.

The star of the Christmas box office record holder Marley & Me arrived in Los Cabos over the weekend where she plans to spend the holiday with Courteney Cox Arquette, her husband David and their daughter Coco.

Aniston’s boyfriend John Mayer, who had a cozy post-Christmas dinner with Aniston at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills on Dec. 26, flew to popular Mexican resort town with his brothers on Saturday. He plans to stay there through the New Year, according to sources.

While the couple appear to be staying in separate residences, their places are just a short drive away – and are connected by a private beach perfect for long walks at sunset.

Aniston is making a tradition of spending the holidays with the Arquettes, having spent a festive night out with them at Mastro’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills on Christmas Eve.

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Paris Hilton at the Bongo Virus press call, Sydney Australia. I had no idea what Bongo Virus is, so I checked it out, this is what I found:

Bongo proudly presents “The Bongo Virus”, your fun gateway to a range of entertaining and addictive applications including multi-platform online games, music and ringtones and cool new mobile phone apps like Bongo Chat, Bongo Bailout and Bongo Stash.
So why a Virus? We know it’s infectious and something you can share with your friends and family, but in a good way. Bongo is about having fun, keeping in touch with friends, meeting new people and being part of a global community. You can access the Bongo Virus online or on your mobile phone via the Bongo Portal, making it easy to be entertained, informed and connected, anytime and anywhere.
Bongo believes that we should all have fun and enjoy life everyday but he is also passionate that all people, regardless of their circumstances and wants everyone to have the opportunity to do the same. He is very serious about making a positive difference in the world and therefore decided to make twice annual donations of 5% of net profits to charities, as selected by the Bongo Peoples Front (the BPF) members. So you can see that Bongo not only has good intentions, he is committed to act on them.
So if you’re bored of the rhetoric and sick of people just talking and never doing, have some fun with the Bongo Virus, join the BPF and tell us about a charity or community group in you area that inspires you to help Bongo to make a difference in this world.
So go forth and spread the Virus…..the world’s first kick ass virus.

Wonder how much Paris is being paid for this?

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo may be feeling the pain from torn cartilage in his ribs – not to mention his team’s blistering loss to the Philadelphia Eagles over the weekend – but he does have one thing going for him: Jessica Simpson.

The athlete’s girlfriend “rushed to his side as soon as she found out that Tony got hurt,” a source told People after reports surfaced that Romo had collapsed in the shower of the team’s locker room after the game Sunday.

“She got on a red eye flight right when she found out, and arrived at 5 a.m. [that] morning,” the source added.

As for Romo, 28, the torn cartilage popped out of place twice during the game and again afterward, which is what caused him to collapse, according to the Dallas Morning News.

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Mischa Barton is embracing Eastern culture as she films a new movie in India – and has even learnt to play the sitar.

The O.C. star will appear alongside Martin Sheen in forthcoming movie Bhopal: Prayer for Rain, based upon a real-life industrial disaster.

And she is ingratiating herself with locals during filming – by experiencing new religions and enjoying traditional fare.

Barton writes on her website, “I’ve been having an amazing spiritual exploration visiting Hindu temples and learning about Buddhism, both beautiful religions. Hyderabad where we’re filming is a real inspiration in the fact that Christians, Muslims and Hindus all get along so harmoniously.

“I must admit I used to make fun of people who were all into yoga and chai tea thinking it was another ridiculous health fad. But now I’m that person! First of all Masala Chai tea, the traditional way with milk and sugar is delicious, and this is coming from a brit who only likes my breakfast tea!”

But the actress is most pleased that she is picking up a new musical instrument.

She adds, “I must say my goal coming here was to learn to play the sitar and it’s coming along real slow as apparently it’s not that easy to procure a great sitar teacher here, I guess it’s not late 60′s with Ravi Shankar and George Harrison roaming around unfortunately!!!!”

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