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Nicole Richie was too sick to attend her own party, but the House of Harlow launch at Bebe in Beverly Hills went on without her.

The fashionista has some kind of flu, but was feeling well enough to update her Twitter about how she ordered takeout tonight. Hope the delivery man doesn't catch her bug.

Across town at the Shine On Sierra Leone party at Playhouse, Lindsay Lohan and Lamar Odom were on the tip sheet, but an hour into the party there were still no celebs. So if the stars weren't going to be there, then neither was I.

Over at the Puma bash on Wilshire, Jessica Stroup was walking through the back parking lot by herself. Edward Norton made a low-key entrance with a guy and a girl. Word is he tried getting his Fight Club costar Brad Pitt to attend, but no such luck. Hey, if we had Angie at home, it'd be hard to make us leave the house, too.

Plus, this party has Port-a-Potties for celebs and plebes alike. Thumbs down.

Next up for me and the party posse: Maxim's party at Voyeur hosted by Kristen Bell. See you there—or check back tomorrow to find out what happened.

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See who else is out and about Tinseltown in our Party Pics: Hollywood gallery!

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Breakup rumors...what breakup rumors? Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel stepped out to Jay-Z's concert last night at UCLA and got a surprise performance from Rihanna as well! 

The couple watched the concert from the sound booth, where other celebs like Nicole Richie, Samantha Ronson, Tyrese and Taraji P. Henson were also hanging.

Although Ri-Ri (who tabloids recently linked to J.T.) was on stage, Jess and Justin looked as happy as could be during the entire show. 

"Justin held Jessica's hand as they walked into the venue, and he literally held her the entire concert. They were dancing together and singing along to every song," an eyewitness tells E! News of their date night. "He even held her hand as they walked out of the concert."

They weren't the only cozy couple there...

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What, you couldn't make it to the hottest star-studded parties this week? No problem, we've got you covered. Come party-crashing with me as I count down the three hottest celeb bashes of the week.

What movie premiere brought Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves out of Malibu? What charity fête did new parents Nicole Richie and Joel Madden attend? And why were all of the Kardashians celebrating this week?

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That was fast!

Nicole Richie seems to have dropped her baby weight overnight.

She stepped out with her little sister, with Joel Madden in tow, to see Selena Gomez's first show on Saturday.

Even though she gave birth to baby Sparrow about two weeks ago, she looks seriously svelte in a black silk romper and sky-high heels.

Although it was a girlie outing for Nic and her little sister, Joel seems to be a Selena fan, too...

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It's tough being Lindsay Lohan.

Not only was she sick yesterday, but it happened to be on the night of a big bash: Who What Wear's book launch party at the Sunset Tower Hotel where on-again girlfriend Sam Ronson was spinning.

So, of course, Linds took to her Twitter to express her disappointment.

"i'm in bed and i'm sick," she twittered last night. "wish i could hear the tunes of samantharonson @whowhatwear party :( i need cuddles wahhh-"i feel so alone' hehe"

No word on if she got her snuggle session, but she wasn't only celeb who had to sit this one out...

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At last night's OP launch party, spokesmodel Joel Madden said British Airways never apologized to him for forcing him to cover his tattoos before boarding their flight.

"I wasn't really mad about it," he told Daily 10's Catt Sadler. "But after the fact, I go, That was really wrong, actually."

The rocker and boyfriend of Nicole Richie says he no plans to take legal action against the airline despite the discrimination.

He also shared his thoughts on the Michael Jackson tribute, which he attended with Nicole, earlier that day...

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It's over.

After Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson reconnected last month following their split in April, the couple has once again broken up.

The duo broke things off again Monday night after a nasty argument. One major point of friction between the two was Sam's friendship with Nicole Richie, who's reportedly no fan of Lohan.

"Nicole refuses even to be in the same room as Lindsay," says a source, noting that just last week Nicole invited Sam to a mutual friend's birthday party at Bar Marmont with the stipulation that she not bring Lindsay. "Sam went to the party and it really upset Lindsay," says the source.

After Sam had dinner with Nicole at Izakaya last night, a source says she gave Linds the kiss off via a not-so-nice text...

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Jennifer Aniston, Sheryl Crow and Courteney Cox all came out last night for a cause.

The ladies hit OmniPeace's party at STK, where they sported T-shirts from the humanitarian fashion line.

Jen came solo and spent most of the night with Courteney and David Arquette, who were celebrating their 10-year anniversary.

"David was sneaking out a bit to watch the Lakers but then was by Courteney’s side for the majority of the night," a source tells E!.

They weren't the only stars seated at her table...

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Nicole Richie is already a mom and designer, but last night, she was moonlighting as a publicist!

Nic cohosted a fashion show along with Pete Wentz and made sure he didn't answer any questions about the alleged fight Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Michelle Trachtenberg got into over him.

"That's not appropriate," she interrupted when I asked about ladies fighting over him.

As for whether he gave the models clad in his Clandestine Industries clothing any advice?

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If you're a Nicole Richie fan and live near L.A., the countdown is on to win tickets to her fashion show tonight.

She's hosting a party at Boulevard 3, where models will hit the catwalk in jewels from her House of Harlow line and threads from Clandestine Industries, Pete Wentz's clothing line.

The bash will also be filmed for the MTV series Styl'd. So how can you get your hands on the tickets?

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Nicole Richie and Ellen DeGeneres are helping charities (and the poorly dressed) by cleaning out their closets.

Gwyneth and Ellen's clothes are up for grabs on eBay. Sales of Gwyn's goods, such as a Burberry dress and Topshop trench, go to the Robin Hood Foundation, while money from Ellen's wardrobe will help the Humane Society.

Instead of digging into her own closet, Nicole is auctioning off Harlow's baby gear on handmedowns.com to benefit her own charity.

Next month, Angelina Jolie is giving up goods to Hand Me Downs from her entire brood of Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne. Sounds like her family's getting an early start on becoming philanthropists like their mama!

So the real question is, which celeb do you wish would donate their couture castoffs next? Sound off below!

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Pregnancy isn't slowing Nicole Richie down.

At last night's Esprit store opening in Santa Monica, hosted by Nicole and Joel Madden, she announced that her belly isn't the only thing growing: She's also expanding her fashion line.

"I'm going to be doing apparel, accessories and footwear, so that's really exciting," she told E! News.

What else is the couple up to these days?

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