Grabbing up a refreshing coffee drink, Hillary Duff was spotted heading to her car following a stop at The Coffee Bean in West Hollywood on Friday (January 16).

Dressed in a white tank top with dark blue flare leg jeans, the “Lizzie McGuire” starlet offered up a quick smile and laugh as she hopped in her Mercedes SUV before pulling away.

Meanwhile, Miss Duff is busily working to further her acting career – as she’s set to star in a new NBC series called “Barley Legal” based on the true story of Kathleen Holtz, who became a lawyer in California at the young age of 18.

Hilary, 21, also will be starring in “The Story of Bonnie and Clyde,” as production begins in the Deep South this April, with Tonya S. Holly directing and Kevin Zegers, Rance Howard and Natalie Canerday joining Duff in the cast.

It was a night filled with glitz and glamour as the Metropolitan Opera held it’s Opening Night Gala at Lincoln Center Plaza.  And stars like  Molly Sims, and Christie Brinkley were looking their best.

Celebrating the Opera’s 2008-09 season, “Gossip Girl” hottie Taylor Momsen was the belle of the ball, sporting a gorgeous red strapless multi-tiered floor-length gown.

And Christie Brinkley was turning plenty of heads herself in her strapless black flaired-out dress, complete with matching black gloves and a red satin clutch.

Meanwhile,Molli Sims kept things neat and tidy in a figure-flattering white full-length dress as she posed for the paparazzi on the red carpet.

Other big names in attendance included models Hana Soukupova and Helena Christensen and actress Julianna Margulies.

In a desperate attempt to get some attention, Heidi Montag of The Hills went out and bought herself a tiny nose and a brand new chest. Since that backfired and no one cared much about the plastic surgery , she and her PR team (aka her mom) have come up with a new publicity plan for the 20-year-old.

Us Weekly is reporting that Lauren Conrad’s former friend and her co-star/boyfriend, Spencer Pratt, have gotten engaged. What’s next for Heidi when the excitement of this fake engagement wears off? Maybe she’ll simply disappear into the background like the rest of her cast mates should.

Heidi Klum isn’t one of those women who refers to her breasts as “her girls”. Instead she has given her twin assets male names.

The German supermodel revealed that she has named her breasts “Hans” and “Franz”, as a tribute to her homeland.

“It’s been an ongoing joke for 12 years. When I began modelling I used to say ‘These are German breasts — one is called Hans and one is called Franz,'” The Sun quoted her, as saying.

The mum-of-three, who has been nicknamed ‘The Body’ for her stunning figure, recently became the face of jeans giant Jordache, after the company decided to drop British beauty Elizabeth Hurley for her.

Talking about the size-zero debate which has been raging in the fashion industry for the past few months, the supermodel and Victoria’s Secret ‘Angel’ also added that she wouldn’t starve herself to fit into clothes.

“I’ve never been prepared to do crazy stuff to be like a thin rail and fit into clothes,” Klum said.

Heather Mills has promised to return to High Court to fight a gag order that prevented her from diverging information on her marriage to Paul McCartney. She was angry at being labeled as a “fantasist” who exaggerated the extent of her worth before she met Paul. Heather wanted to appeal to the same judge who handled her case.Heather’s argument would be that the court order should be lifted to give her a right to reply to defend herself. It seemed that the divorced couple would be having more dates in court. Paul could be called upon to give his evidence to prevent the gag order being lifted.

If Heather succeeds in her attempt, she would gain more lucrative deals in interviews and other contracts to discuss about her previous marriage.

The last few months have been a bit lackluster for her, but Heather Locklear finally received some good news regarding her DUI case.

According to a report, the “Melrose Place” babe successfully had her driving under the influence case dismissed, having pled to a lesser charge.

Miss Locklear, instead, pled no contest to reckless driving, and she’ll be under informal probation for three years in addition to paying a $700 fine.

One more thing – Heather will be forced to attend a 12-hour drug education course as part of her punishment.  Still, that beats the heck out of a DUI conviction!

Enjoying some time overseas,Heather Graham was spotted canoodling with her boyfriend Yaniv Raz at the 13th Annual Capri Hollywood Film Festival Dinner in Naples, Italy last night (December 28).

The “Boogie Nights” babe donned several different outfits throughout the day, laughing and flirting with her hunky director beau despite the ever-present paparazzi.

Coming up in 2009, we’ll be seeing plenty of Miss Graham as she’ll be gracing the silver screens across America throughout the year.

Among her projects in the pipeline are “Boogie Woogie” with Alan Cumming and Gillian Anderson, “The Hangover” with Bradley Cooper, and “Son of Mourning” with Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Joseph Cross and directed by Raz.

Raking in yet another posthumous award,Heath Ledger

was named as one of the winners during Sunday night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Held at the Shrine Auditorium, Heath was named as giving the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of the Joker in “The Dark Knight.

Causing for quite the emotional moment, the crowd of Heath’s peers gave a heartfelt applause after it was announced that he had beaten out Robert Downey Jr, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dev Patel and Josh Brolin to win the award.

Meanwhile, all eyes now turn towards the Oscars – during which time Heath is nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

Making the trip from Los Angeles to the nation’s capital, Hayden Panettiere was spotted arriving to the Green Inaugural Ball in Washington DC on Saturday night (January 17).

Accompanied by her mother Lesley, the “Heroes” hottie was decked out in her finest garb as she made her way inside the sold-out Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium to mingle with fellow partygoers.

Also turning up for the $500/ticket fundraiser was the night’s entertainment, former “Fugees” frontman Wyclef Jean, and singer Jackson Browne.

According to event literature, the Green Ball’s mission was to “have a minimal impact while maintaining the aesthetics, quality and standards expected from an Inaugural ball experience.”

Emma Watson has claimed that the upcoming ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince‘ is a romantic comedy.

The young actress told Digitalspy at the National Movie Awards, “”It’s got Ron’s first kiss with Lavender in it, which is quite big news. It’s much more of a romantic comedy, it’s much funnier than any of the other ones.”

Miss Watson added, “It’s a lot more fun. It’s still dark but it’s funnier.”

‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ is scheduled to release July 2009.