Nicole Richie made a rare party appearance over the weekend, hitting up the Carrera Sunglasses and Alternative Apparel bash at the penthouse of Chateau Marmont Saturday night.
A partygoer says the mother of two arrived with a few girlfriends around 8:30 p.m. and didn’t stay long but was “smiling and in a great mood,” despite the way-false reports that circulated last week claiming Joel Madden had a wandering…eye. Not true, says a source in the middle of the faux scandal.
The former party girl kept it low-key at the bash, looking fab in a white dress, black leggings and a leather jacket. Perhaps Ms. Richie was able to fly under the radar because of another headline-grabbing woman only a few feet away…

Vienna Giardi also attended the fete. The most recent Bachelor winner (or loser, depending if your Team Vienna or Team Jake) has been enduring quite the public breakup with former fianc

Did Avatar hottie Sam Worthington buy a badass motorcycle to match his new action hero heartthrob persona?
Nope (tho we kind of think it would be totally sexy!) The strapping hunk—who tends to prefer a dressed-down Joe Schmoe look off the set—was spotted walking his regular ole bicycle down the street in West Hollywood.
But S.W. drew attention in another way, and our sneaky WeHo spy says an ambulance almost had to be called the scene.
What the heck went down?

Turns out that Sam is so drop dead gorgeous (as if we didn’t already know, personally)—sweaty in workout clothes with manly unshaven scruff and mischievous eyes—that our stunned source almost fainted at the sight of him.
The always friendly S.W. smiled and said, “Hello, mate” to our gushing gab, only causing him to fawn more over the too-yummy star.
Hey, we can’t blame our day-dreaming disher—Sam is definitely one of our fave new studs too. Can’t wait to see him don leather and kick ass in the superhyped Clash of the Titans.
Another muscle man that caused less of a scene…
Nick Lachey, who got his BBQ on at Virgil’s Barbecue in New York. The beef-muffin, wearing a T-shirt and jeans, seemed to want to fly under the radar for the evening. He and his entourage asked to be seated to the side on the upper level of the restaurant, where the group dined quite discreetly.
Not to be rude, but we’re pretty sure it’s fairly easy for the ex-Mr. Simpson to avoid attention while eating out—has he even done anything relevant lately? Unless hosting that lame-ass The Sing-Off counts (which, let’s be honest, it doesn’t).
And for a less buffed-up boy out on the town…
Entourage’s very bitching Rex Lee was caught getting a bit of work done in South Florida. But wait—he’s not going the way of some of our favorite divas (or, better yet, some of our not-so-loved reality show stars).
Rocking a pair of gray jeans and a black hoodie, Ari Gold’s MVP was seen going into the Millennium Laser Eye Center in Sunrise for his appointment. Lee was superhappy to be getting the eye upgrade, and happier still to have a male friend by his side to help him back to the car afterward.
—Additional reporting by Martin Haro

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Color us all sorts of shades of shocked! Yesterday’s Joe Schmoe Would-You-Do? guessing game had one of our more fun and positive comment sections in eons. We loved it, so let’s try this again with somebody whose behavior is pretty shocking, too!
This onetime stud is slightly more recognizable, but there’s one thing that threw us off when putting a name to his face.
Did it trip you up, too?

Why, it’s the notoriously grumpy, phone-tossin’, paparazzi-hatin’, punch-throwin’ Russell Crowe, walking back to his car in Double Bay, Sydney—and he’s smiling. What?!
A most pleasant-looking Crowe is attempting to make his big-screen comeback in Robin Hood, out in May, so maybe he’s practicing that whole fake-it-’til-you-make-it thing as he’s forced to gear up for a worldwide press tour? ‘Cause, let’s face it, we’ve never seen this temperamental dude flash his pearly whites for the paps. Not since he was last campaigning for an Oscar, at least.
Mr. C. has been flying slightly under the radar, temper-wise, but he made headlines last year when he was rumored to be too chubby for Sienna Miller’s taste on the Hood set. Literally, you know how when you go to google something and now it predicts what you’re going to type? “Russell Crowe fat Robin Hood” is one that pops up. Tragic!
Plumpness aside, can’t say we mind a happier-looking Crowe. But is that good enough? Would you do R.C. simply with a ‘tude change?
Must admit, suddenly Russ’s legs look like they’re getting back to their original sturdy sexiness—and less like some tree trunks that got hauled in on a boat from Australia.

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‘I don’t care to be the hot guy,’ says Kellan Lutz. ‘It’s kind if nice floating under the radar.’
By Jocelyn Vena

Kellan Lutz at the screening of “New Moon” in New York City on Thursday

Photo: MTV News

As you may have heard, there are several attractive young men in “New Moon.” Not only does the flick star Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, but also Kellan Lutz and Jackson Rathbone.

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