Jessica Simpson Has the Same Crummy Friends As the Rest of Us

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Ryan Gosling got Hayden Panettiere's digits while she was eating with her mom at the Chateau Marmont. Steven Tyler's girlfriend got into a physical altercation with a Seminole Indian woman at a nightclub in Florida, though no one was arrested. Paris Hilton rescued a "little person" whose leg had been sliced open during an Oompa Loompa act at Art Basel. Also at Art Basel, Lance Armstrong hung out with Matt Damon, Lenny Kravitz, and Calvin Klein. Bill Clinton and pals hung out at the rooftop bar of the Empire Hotel. Scott Storch, who was worth $70 million in 2006, had to pay cash at a Miami nightclub recently because his credit cards were declined. $500 tickets for the dinner honoring Jean-Georges Vongerichten at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival in February are already sold out and are now on eBay. Celebrity defense attorney Mickey Sherman, who defended preppy rapist Alex Kelly, is currently being investigated for tax evasion. Oft-divorced Elizabeth Taylor is currently dating film producer Jason Winter.

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