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Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova knows that face time with Vogue editrix Anna Wintour trumps hamming it up on the red carpet. Wintour agreed to meet with the tennis hot tie in a private room before Sharapova’s 21st birthday party Tuesday night at Tenjune. A source revealed, “Maria was terrified of being late. She refused to pose for photos or walk the carpet until after she met with Anna.” Once inside, Sharapova hammed it up for Teen Vogue cameras, but Wintour quickly fled the scene.

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Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger

 
First Lady Maria Shriver of the state of Hollywood and Celebrities  knows reporters are a lot more fun than stuffy politicians. During Time magazine’s Live 10 Questions interview yesterday, Shriver discussed her pref erence for riding “in the back of the plane” when traveling with the Kennedy brood, be cause that’s where all the journalists hung out. Shriver, who was discussing her book “Just Who Will You Be?” said: “My family always asked me, ‘Why do you hang out there?’ I told them, ‘They’re laughing. They’re having fun.’ ”

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Padma Lakshmi

 
My sources confirm the romance between Padma Lakshmi and Teddy Forstmann are very real.  The leveraged buyout biggie is the owner of IMG, which reps the model host of “Top Chef” and ex-wife of Salman Rushdie. Well, business turned into pleasure, because now the two are an item, sources confirm. The couple recently hung out with Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley at Evelyn Lauder’s party to benefit breast-cancer research.
 

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Gisele Bundchen

 
My sources on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills were a little confused one recent morning when they saw Gisele Bundchen sitting in a car with Sylvester Stallone. “Tom Brady was nowhere around and there were no paparazzi. It was an odd couple,” said a source. But a pal said, “They were shooting a Volkswagen commercial for Brazil.”
 

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Bernadette Peters

 
A very important blog reading will have to do without Bernadette Peters. The star, 60, was scheduled to read excerpts tonight from Mimi Schmea’s blog, “Hot Flashes,” about a divorced woman going through menopause, but her agents canceled almost at the last minute. A source revealed “Three weeks ago, Bernadette agreed to do the reading because the blog is being considered for a TV show. She said she would do it, and then quit after they publicized the show using her name.” A spokesperson for “Hot Flashes” said, “Bernadette canceled on Friday. We were stunned.” A source said Peters’ camp was not happy when the reading – originally scheduled as a small-venue production – was moved to Ultra Lounge on West 26th Street. But a rep for Peters blamed “scheduling conflicts.” The show will go on, however, with Amy Brenneman, Kim Raver, Jessica Hecht and Daphne Rubin-Vega.

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Drew Barrymore
DREW Barrymore on her cellphone at the Hudson Street North 12th magazine shop, complaining about how difficult it is to meet quality people and complaining about doing yet another movie.
 

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John Legend Posing for a photo op at Moomia Lounge - Photo by Diane Ducharme

JOHN Legend has been seen around town at all the hot spots in New York City.  Last week he was seen at the Downtown Soho Moomia Lounge with his entourage and this week he was seen with sexy “ET” host Maria Menounos. The former Miss Teen USA was spotted with Legend at the Carlyle Monday night, “enjoying a romantic dinner.” A source revealed “they looked very cozy and it definitely seemed to be a date.” Legend might have been at the hotel taking music tips from Woody Allen, who was there playing clarinet with his jazz band as he does every Monday.

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Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy should leave the table-dancing to Paris Hilton. The curvy comic hit Butter last night and got so wild, she climbed on a tabletop and began to shimmy. “It was ridiculous,” said our spy. “She was out of control, her friends had to get her down.” Najimy stopped by the hot spot with pals Richard Kind, “LateNet” host Ray Ellin and Matthew Perry, who picked up a brunette “model-type” immediately after walking in. The group stayed until nearly closing time.

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Whitney Houston

Diva Whitney Houston behaving badly at the Hopkins-Calzaghe fight in Vegas Saturday. “She was practically carried in by her staff, and her people snapped their fingers, saying, ‘Whitney needs a waitress!’ ” a source revealed. “She couldn’t focus while Ray J sang the national anthem. But when he got back to her they were lovey-dovey all night.” 

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Lindsay Lohan

 Lindsay Lohan and her pal Ronson spent the weekend partying at the Beatrice Inn on Friday and Hawaiian Tropic Zone on Saturday, where Ronson was spinning, but jealous Lohan wasn’t happy with all the attention Ronson was getting. “Ashley Olsen said hello to Sam at the Beatrice, and Lindsay screamed at her, ‘Get your 15-year-old ‘Full House’ a – - away from my girlfriend,’ ” reported my source. Saturday, Lohan revealed Ronson “was ignoring her” and became agitated. “Samantha was really focused on her work and didn’t leave the booth for anything,” reported my source. Lindsay is so into her pal, she’s even created a Facebook profile under “Lindsay Ronson.”
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