Paris Hilton has been invited to the swank Opera Ball in Vienna by seventy-four year old construction tycoon Richard Lugner. R.L has previously invited celebs like Geri Halliwell, Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra as his date, but the businessman’s Paris invition has hit a sour note with Austria residents.

Since Richard’s invite, the Austrian media has stalked Herpes’ every movement, including her no-contest plea to alcohol-related reckless driving and the Parisexposed scandal that revealed Herpes Hilton as a modern-day Hitler in cheap pumps.

“This makes a farce of the Opera Ball,” said Barbara Kroth, a retired real-estate agent who said she always looks forward to the annual affair “because of the quality it represents.”

The Opera Ball draws about 4,500 well-heeled Austrian and foreign celebrities, dignitaries and socialites. The ball costs $280 per person and tickets typically sell out months in advance.

Richard Luger shrugs off any questions about the purity of P.H:

“Look, there are probably three or four nude photos of me, too, stashed away somewhere.”

Paris is looking forward to showing off her dance steps at the February 15 event:

“I learned the waltz when I was young,” she said. “All I really have to do now is practice my steps.”

Adding to the list of celebrities attending the Berlin Film Festival,  Renee Zellweger stopped by to promote her film “My One & Only” earlier today (February 12).

Attending a photo call, the “Chicago” beauty looked stunning in an uneven hem knee length black dress paired with silver and black heels.

My One & Only” is a contender for the festival’s Golden Bear top prize and is a comedy set in the 1950’s, where glamorous Anne Deveraux (Zellwegger) leaves her rich, but adulterous, husband in search of a new one. Also starring in the movie are Kevin Bacon, Eric McCormack and  Chris Noth.

Of the film, Renee says, “I’ve been making films for 20 years — oh my God! — but I can’t think of a film that I’ve enjoyed more. I love the film, I just loved the film.

She’s acted in movies alongside Jennifer Garner and Russell Crowe, and she’s now making a splash on the music scene. ET’s with Renee Olstead as the 19-year-old jazz-pop artist gets a dress fitting for her gala performance!

Last Thursday in New York, Renee performed at a benefit gala for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. The night’s honorees included Liza Minnelli and fashion designer Donna Karan, the creator of the DKNY clothing label.

Click the video for more with Renee, whose new album Skylark is out now. Skylark features Renee’s modern spin on classic songs made famous by artists such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Ray Charles and Nat King Cole — plus, the album includes three original tunes by the talented young artist.

Washington, Jan 7: Actress Reese Witherspoon is the ‘Most-Liked Female Star’, according to a new poll.

The 31-year-old actress emerged victorious among celebrities, who regularly graced magazine covers and gossip columns in 2007.

The Oscar winner succeeded Jennifer Aniston to the top spot with 74 percent votes for 70 percent for the ‘Friends’ star.

Angelina Jolie stood at the third position with 53 per cent and Jennifer Lopez at the fourth place with 52 per cent.

Tom Cruise’s wife, Katie Holmes stood fifth with 32 per cent.

However, hotel heiress Paris Hilton was voted as the least appealing star with 9 per cent likeability.

Brandy baby bro has gotten himself into quite a pickle amidst claims that a former contestant on his VH1 reality dating series, For The Love Of Ray J, is several months pregnant with the “Sexy Can I” singer’s child.

Monica “Danger” Leon (the chick with the tattoo on her face) alleges that she is more than three months pregnant with Ray’s J after letting Ray dip her bat while filming the series last November.

Monica tells The National Enquirer that she became pregnant after a series of unprotected intimate encounters with Ray J.

“I was locked in a mansion with him and 13 girls from October until the end of December. Toward the end of the first week of filming, we made love for the first time – and we slept together every night after that.”

Monica says she was on the Pill, but the contraception failed during that period. She is now engaged to marry rapper/actor Nick Cannon’s brother Gabriel.

The vixen has allegedly told Ray J about their pending bundle of joy, and the star is reportedly eager to get involved in the child’s life.

But Monica isn’t so sure that’s what she wants.

“I saw him playing around with other girls – making out with them and smacking their butts, and it made me sick to think he could be giving me their germs when he was kissing me.”

A representative for the show has branded Monica a liar, simply saying: “We’ve been told that the story is not true.”

There’s all levels of crazy when it comes to actors. There’s a little kooky, then there’s the people that get a little too into character, the method actors, and finally the Britney Spears level of actually certifiable. Randy Quaid, brother of much more famous actor Dennis Quaid, is closer to the Britney Spears end of things. He’s been acting in the Broadway-bound musical “Lone Star Love” based on Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Quaid’s behavior on and off the set was so massively inappropriate that he’s been banned from the Actors’ Equity Association (the union which represents American stage actors) for life, and fined $81,000. The charges against Quaid were assembled by the entire 26 actor cast, so it seems there’s little debating that he actually did do these bizarre things. The question remains… why? Here’s a rundown of Quaid’s behavior.

Rachel Lauren Stevens (born April 9, 1978) is an English singer and actress and an occasional model who lives in Hampstead, London. Formerly with the successful pop group S Club (7), she launched a solo recording career and has released seven singles and two albums to date in the UK.

After a successful audition Stevens became a member of the British pop group “S Club 7”, selling sixteen million records worldwide and launching four number one hit singles in the United Kingdom. The group was disbanded in 2003 for reasons undisclosed. Stevens became the first member of the band to sign a multi-million dollar recording contract and released her first solo single, “Sweet Dreams My LA Ex”, in late 2003, reaching number two on the UK singles chart. Her first album reached number nine on the UK albums chart and quickly disappeare

Rachel Hunter will be busying herself at the mo.

After all she needs to get her mitts on something old, something new.

Not to mention something borrowed, something blue…

Rach is set to get hitched, you see.

The nuptial natter is she’s to marry her toyboy Jarret Stoll.

… Ten years after splitting from Rod Stewart.

Rachel, 38, announced the news yesterday as she showed off her finger bling in her homeland of New Zealand.

She plans to wed Canadian ice hockey star Jarret, 26, next spring or summer.

The couple met two years ago through Rachel’s lad Liam, 13, a talented ice hockey player coached by Jarret.

A mate told The Sun that Rach said: “He’s my first true love since Rod, and the age difference isn’t an issue.”

Congrats from the Showbiz Shed.

Rachel Bilson has joined forces with fashion giant DKNY to launch a new line of clothing within the DKNY Jeans Junior’s brand.

The new Rachel Bilson branded includes dresses, jackets, jeans, knits and tee-shirts and is set to launch in US department stores this autumn, with retail prices ranging from US$34 for a tee-shirt to $98 for a biker jacket.

In addition to that, Rachel will also be featured in the advertising campaign for the rang.

“Rachel Bilson is on everyone’s best-dressed list, and her look resonates with our customer,” said DKNY Jeans president Kevin Monogue. “Her style is effortless yet edgy and unexpected, which matches the DKNY Jeans Junior’s aesthetic perfectly.

It?s rare that two kings from the urban-music world are seen in music video together ? scheduling conflicts and egos usually keep them apart. But a couple of weeks ago in Atlanta, R. Kelly and Usher pulled it off by filming a clip for their duet ?Same Girl?.
?There was no ego when they got together?, said Lil? X, the video?s director. ?They were playing basketball on lunch breaks, it was all good. No egos. No gangs. It?s all straight, it?s all good. Just the chemistry and good vibes. You?ll feel it off the screen.?
The song is the second single from Kelly?s recently released ?Double Up?. In it, the two find out that they?ve both been messing with a cutie from Usher?s Atlanta hometown.
?It?s been a while since we had the resources to do it big, with the music industry how it is … but fans can look forward to the song really coming to life with a little extra something?, Lil? X said. ?We didn?t go too dancey in this. We do definitely get a nice performance part in this, but for the most part it?s really the story. A little movie and I give people a little moment.?
X, who?s still editing the video in L.A., would not give away the ending, but it;s safe to say we won?t get a soundless black screen and then closing credits.
And if you?re wondering who could pull both Kells and Usher, the woman in the video isn?t actually a known actress ? she was picked from the regular casting.
?Just like the lyrics, ?Coca-Cola red bone? from the ATL?, X, said describing what she looks like. ?We put the word out, it?s so many people representing girls with all the magazines and agents, and it?s not like back in the day when we had to find our own models. Now people send us pics. There?s people out there hunting.?