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Lance Armstrong has taken to CNN.com to give some commentary to President-elect Barack Obama. Here’a a sampling:

“Throughout my conversations with [Obama], I’ve been impressed with his commitment to fighting cancer and have gained a sense of optimism about the future. And looking back on recent years, that optimism is a big improvement.

“The American people are doing their part, especially against tobacco, the No. 1 cause of cancer. Twenty-four states as well as the District of Columbia have strong smoke-free workplace measures in place. Cities all over America are banning smoking. And Americans are far more aware and motivated to lead healthy lifestyles than they were even twenty years ago.”

Lance’s full article can be read at CNN.com.

Rachel Weisz makes sure she’s protected against the gusty winds with a plaid cloak in Manhattan on Monday afternoon.

The 37-year-old brunette beauty recently admitted that training for role in The Brothers Bloom was a tall task. “I just wished someone had made a documentary of me trying to learn the accordion because it was so silly. Then I had to learn the banjo, guitar and fiddle. I was doing my homework in my room for hours learning the chords. I had to look as if I knew how to play these More Here! »
instruments.”

Gisele Bundchen dons this season’s hottest trends in ’80s-inspired rocker looks.

The 28-year-old Brazilian bombshell, as styled by Stylista’s Joe Zee, wears hot ticket items from crop tops and aggressive cuffs to sexy pantsuits and killer jeans.

Check out even more of Gisele’s 80’s looks at Elle.com.

Gisele and Tom Brady are one of the four hottest footballs couples. They’re up against Tony Romo & Jessica Simpson,
Kim Kardashian & Reggie Bush and
Kendra Wilkinson & Hank Baskett.

Vote for the hottest f-ball couple at People.com.

John Mayer gets in another intense work-out with Hollywood’s Trainer to the Stars, Harley Pasternak, at a West Hollywood gym on Monday morning.

Also, here’s the real story behind on-again girlfriend Jennifer Aniston’s “photo op” at The Ivy. An insider tells JustJared.com that the restaurant’s back entrance was blocked, so Aniston had no choice but to enter through the front. The 39-year-old actress was there to sign a contract with a chef and some big-time caterers for a health and nutrition school program she is working on to help overweight children. Aniston, who is funding the program, was in the kitchen for the entire time and didn’t enter the dining room at all.

Keri Russell is cute in baby blue in the December 2008 issue of Lucky.

The 32-year-old actress, who appears this month with Adam Sandler in the comedy Bedtime Stories, was immediately drawn to the Gatsby-esqe gown that ended up on thge mag’s cover.

“The detailed beading and cut around the neck…it’s like something from a Paris couturier,” Keri said. And when she learned it was under $300 and from Banana Republic, she adored it even more. “It’s important that fashion be reasonable. So it’s great to find something as special and accessible as this.“

In the mag, Keri talks about her passion for a smart buy and how he wardrobe is evolving from tomboyish to feminine and sensual. The December issue of Lucky hits newsstands TOMORROW!

For a chance to win Keri Russell’s gorgeous $500 cover outfit and makeup, visit LuckyMag.com.

Kate Winslet honors legendary actor Eli Wallach, who was with his wife Anne Jackson, at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre 80th Anniversary Gala and Reunion at NYC’s Tavern on the Green on Sunday.

The 33-year-old British actress reportedly is furious that photographer Steven Meisel, who shot her recent Vanity Fair pictures, lied to her about the fur on the set. Kate was under the impression she was posing nude on fake fur, but it turns out the fur was real. A spokeswoman for the magazine has apologized for the miscommunication.

Jesse McCartney guest stars as murder suspect Max Matarazzo on Law and Order: SVU tomorrow, November 11 @ 10PM ET/PT on NBC.

“I have a good feeling about this role. People will be shocked by what they see,” said the 21-year-old singer/actor told Reuters. “It’s a big jump from anything I’ve done musically. [My fans have] all grown up with me at this point. This is the road that I’m on right now and it’s the road that I believe they will join with me.”

Check out the preview video below!

Natalie Portman steps out in an olive pair of Tretorn “Skerry” rubber boots on the set of her latest movie, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, in New York City on Monday.

In the romantic comedy, the 27-year-old actress plays a young woman named Emelia, who must cope with the loss of her infant daughter, while trying to raise her gifted five-year-old stepson, William, and salvage her rocky marriage.

NataliePortman.com has a new comic strip out, which follows the story of Mathilda (now an adult), the character from Natalie’s first film The Professional.

Drew Barrymore was at the front lines, shouting into a bullhorn and fighting for same-sex marriage.
Melanie Brown renews her vows in Egypt with ten of her closest friends (fellow Spice Girls not included).
David Beckham lays a big wet one on son Brooklyn.
Carmen Electra keeps it tame in blue.
Kirsten Dunst is dumbfounded.
Lindsay Lohan has a clone.
Did Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams call it quits again?
Guy Ritchie collects his kids.
Lily Allen bowls us over with fantabulousness.
New Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, who posed in lingerie for a steamy spread in Maxim, tells the magazine because of her new role, “ I’m proud to say I can now take a gun apart in eight seconds.”
Jason Statham co-stars and Jet Li is in final negotiations to join the action film about a team of mercenaries on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator. Filming starts in February in Costa Rica and Louisiana.
Eva Longoria’s husband, Tony Parker, sprained his left ankle Friday night and the San Antonio Spurs star is expected to be unable to play basketball for about four weeks.
Lindsay Lohan gave an emphatic “No” when asked in the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar if she is a lesbian. Lindsay, who refused to name girlfriend Samantha Ronson in the interview, says she’s in love with a “wonderful” woman and adds that everyone in her family - except for her dad – is supportive of her, “whether I’m with a guy or a girl.”

A solo Taylor Swift leaves her downtown NYC hotel en route to the David Letterman show on Monday afternoon.

The 18-year-old country crooner stopped outside to snaps a few pictures of the waiting paparazzi. Loving the fancy leggings and Louboutin boots!

Don’t miss Taylor on The Late With with David Letterman tonight. Other guests include media proprietor and philanthropist Ted Turner and chef Jamie Oliver.

Her album, Fearless, is out in stores tonight at midnight!

Miley Cyrus’s “special friend” Justin Gaston just shot the new Just Cavalli Spring 2009 worldwide campaign with British supermodel Kate Moss, according to his modeling agency Vision Model Management.

The campaign was shot in Los Angeles by famed photographers Mert & Marcus. (They are the same team who is shooting Victoria Beckham’s new ads for Giorgio Armani’s Emporio Armani women’s underwear collection.)

HOW EXCITED ARE YOU to see Justin Gaston modeling for Cavalli?

Hugh Jackman joins his Australia costar Nicole Kidman in New York City on Sunday, arriving via JFK airport after a flight from Los Angeles.

The Aussie pair won’t be in town for very long, they are presenting an award together at The 42nd annual Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. The CMA Awards will air live @ 8PM ET/PT on Nov. 12 on ABC.

This afternoon, Hugh and Nicole’s taped appearance will air on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Check your local listings for air times. To check out a preview, visit Oprah.com.

Evan Rachel Wood sparkles in gold as she honors costume designer Albert Wolsky at Hollywood Life’s Behind the Camera Awards at The Highlands on Sunday in Hollywood.

The 21-year-old actress, who stepped out in Jimmy Choo’s “Even” Suede Sandals, did a little rumor control at the event, telling People: “Spread the word – I’m not dating Mickey Rourke. Everybody thinks we’re dating and we’re not. Mickey and I bonded while shooting The Wrestler and we became friends, but nothing more. I guess, because of my recent break up, I will be linked to many people, but I am not interested in pursuing a relationship at this point in my life. Any such rumor should not be taken seriously. We are proud of the film we made together and I hope people will focus on the film and not get distracted by any nonsense.”

Hayden Christensen and girlfriend Rachel Bilson go up a construction boom lift and check in on the progress of the new farmhouse they are having built in Uxbridge, Ontario on Sunday.

Accompanying the couple in Canada was Hayden’s mom, Alie. The trio then went to the bank and then did some early Christmas shopping.

“I recently acquired a farm north of Toronto,” Hayden has said. “And I just bought a big excavator and a dump truck and a bobcat – construction toys. I plan to start building soon. I can’t wait to go out there and move dirt and get my hands dirty. It’s currently a hay farm, but I want it to be a working farm. I want to fill the barn with livestock. First pigs, then cattle and horses. Get some sheep, some goats. Maybe an alpaca.”

He has also spoken of planting lavender fields: “It doesn’t require much maintenance, but apparently it’s a b—- to harvest, because you have to cut it all by hand.”

Don’t forget: Enter to win Hayden Christensen’s Royal Elastics Sneakers!

Rihanna is on the mend, enjoying some retail therapy with “special friend” Chris Brown at the Diesel store in Sydney’s Paddington in Australia on Monday.

According to the Herald Sun, the couple were hand-in-hand and even hand-on-thigh while out shopping. Hubba hubba!

Chris picked up some underwear and a hot pink jacket while his Good Girl Gone Bad preferred jeans, perfume and a tracksuit. Mr. Brown even picked items for the “Umbrella” singer to try on!

90210 star Jessica Lowndes celebrates her 20th birthday on Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The actress, who plays troubled Adrianna Duncan on the hit CW show, got down at the Tava masked party at Bond Street in the upscale district. Costar Tristan Wilds was there to celebrate the big day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSICA!

One more pic below of Jessica shooting a scene with Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty at the Gay and Lesbian Center in Hollywood earlier in the week.

A new episode of 90210 airs tomorrow, Nov. 11 @ 8PM ET/PT on The CW.