Nicky Hilton and Entourage star Kevin Connolly are no longer a couple, the hotel heiress's rep confirms to PEOPLE.
The couple had an off-and-on relationship for two years.
In July 2005, Connolly, who plays Hollywood player Eric on the hit HBO series, told PEOPLE of Hilton: "People would be disappointed in the normalcy of our relationship. We watch Desperate Housewives and fall asleep."
In July 2006, Hilton was saying that everything with Connolly was "good" but that she was focusing on her career, including shooting ads for her handbag line and feverishly working to open the "Nicky O" Hotel on Miami's famed Ocean Drive. (The O stands for Hilton's middle name, Olivia.)
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Jessica Simpson Is Acting As Her Own Publicist
Pop star Jessica Simpson has taken over her own public relations duties after the media fallout surrounding her relationship with singer John Mayer. Simpson's father Joe fired her former publicist Rob Shuter last month after she appeared on the cover of People proclaiming she was in love with Mayer.
Simpson decided to step in and handle her own publicity and personally called all of the tabloid magazine editors to repair her damaged relationship with the press. She tells Jane magazine, "It's been very emotional. But I am my own publicist right now. I've called all the heads of the tabloids. I don't want anyone else to speak for me now."
The star claims she wanted to talk to editors personally about all of the hurtful stories and try and move past her bitter feelings towards them. She adds, "It felt good to call them, but it was hard to find forgiveness. But that's one of my best qualities, I'm very forgiving."
Simpson says she knows exactly who leaks information to the media when she reads the tabloid reports adding, "I know who they are, and none are my friends. Trust me, if inside sources were my friends, the magazines would have a lot juicier info!"
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Strict Eater Gwyneth Paltrow Wants Family To Diet Too
Clean-living actress Gwyneth Paltrow is so obsessed with her macrobiotic diet she's trying to convert her family, according to the Oscar winner's mother. The star has adopted a strict eating regime in which food can only be eaten if it falls into narrow color, cooking and seasonal categories.
And she's so hooked on the habit, she wants her relatives and friends to reap the health benefits too.
Her actress mom Blythe Danner says, "After (husband) Bruce died she insisted I do a macrobiotic diet, which she was trying to get him on. I don't do it strictly, but I enjoy it."
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Britney shifts baby weight
Britney Spears has shed her baby weight - just a month after giving birth to her second son.
The 'Toxic' singer - whose second child, Sutton Pierce, with husband Kevin Federline, was born five weeks ago - showed off her new slim figure while enjoying a shopping spree in Los Angeles on Monday (16.10.06).
The 24-year-old pop star - who also has a one-year-old son, Sean Preston, with Kevin - looked trim in size 10 jeans, a tight black polo top and a V-neck sweater.
One onlooker said: "She's back to her best and looked absolutely stunning."
Britney achieved her weight loss by sticking to a new energetic dance-based exercise regime.
She told friends: "It's more fun than the gym."
Meanwhile, Britney is planning a Halloween-themed launch party to promote Kevin's debut album 'Playing With Fire'.
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Jessica Alba says happiness is the perfect handbag
The 'Sin City' star - who has revealed her favourite holdall is a brown Italian lamb-leather Gustto Parina tote worth $625 - says women are never really dressed properly without a one.
She told the USA Today newspaper: "Aside from the sheer practicality of something you can carry your whole life around in, a bag really pulls an outfit together.
"A great bag can make an everyday outfit something special."
Meanwhile, Jessica claims Hollywood is ruining her love life.
The actress, who is dating Cash Warren, a former production crew member on her movie 'Fantastic Four', admits she struggles to successfully juggle her working commitments with her private life.
She said: "Just being an actress and being in a relationship at the same time - I don't recommend it."
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