Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards Remind Us How Glad We Are Not to Live in L.A.

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Michelle Trachtenberg supposedly refuses to talk about any of her female Gossip Girl castmates in real life because she is a bitch. Gina Gershon and P.S. I Love You co-star Jeffrey Dean Morgan got cozy at Libation on Ludlow. Ashton Kutcher celebrated his five-year anniversary with Wilmer Valderrama and Audrina Patridge at his restaurant Dolce. Zach Braff checked into the Bowery Hotel with ugly luggage. Whitney Port, Alex Rodriguez, and Maggie Rizer are all expected in the Hamptons this weekend for various parties. Mick Jagger groped a girl on a yacht in Cannes in front of his oblivious girlfriend, L'Wren Scott. For some reason, paparazzi refused to take Petra Nemcova's picture at Wyclef Jean's "Together for Haiti" charity event, instead opting to snap Paul Simon. Former Rolling Stone and New York publisher Joe Armstrong jokingly wore a button on his lapel at a book party that featured an image of John McCain and President Bush hugging under the words "Four More Years!" 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl may or may not have used the word "pussy" during her commencement speech at Jesuit school Loyola College. Rumors are flying that the marriage between Ivana Trump and Rossano Rubicondi has already hit the rocks because the couple skipped their honeymoon and then a bunch of jet-set parties they were supposed to attend. Syndicated conservative radio host Michael Savage sleazily played a song by the Dead Kennedys that he said was out of "respect" for cancer-stricken Ted Kennedy. Nightclub owner JE Englebert has offered to buy Lindsay Lohan a new mink coat and settle her theft lawsuit, but Lohan's rep dismissed the offer because she says if Lindsay did take the coat, it was a "mistake." While reflecting on Memorial Day, Cindy Adams says that she thinks "everyone should serve. I don't believe in a volunteer armed forces."

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