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Out for a Big Apple retail romp, Hilary Duff was spotted out shopping at Barney’s on Madison Ave in New york City on Tuesday (March 31).

The former “Lizzie McGuire” actress was joined by gal pal Summer Terry, looking to e enjoying time off of work, as she’s been shooting a guest spot on “Law and Order: SVU”.

Grabbing a taxi after finishing up their retail outing, Miss Duff walked along with a bag of presents, getting something special for her hockey star beau Mike Comrie.

Speaking of Mike, Hil’s boyfriend takes the ice alter on tonight - as his Ottawa Senators are facing off against the Florida Panthers at 7:30PM.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree for Andie MacDowell, who showed off her beautiful two daughters on the runway at a charity fashion show last night.

The three ladies looked more like sisters than mother and daughters, with Rainey, 18, and Sarah Margaret, 14, whom all looked stunning in tartan dresses and a sporran. The annual fashion show in New York City was hosted by Sir Sean Connery and wife Lady Micheline.

Andie, at a prime 50, looked glamorous in a blue and green tartan mini dress. The youngest daughter, Sarah, matched her mother in a floor-length version of the dress. Rainey looked classy in a little black dress and a sporran handbag.

Andie herself has Scottish background. “I love my oats, and I could definitely be the world championship porridge maker-and eater. I have an aunt who has done fair amount of genealogy and I have Scottish relatives on my grandmother’s side.”

The 7th annual Dressed to Kilt event took place at the M2 Lounge organized by Friends of Scotland group to celebrate Tartan Week. Tickets started at $99 per person while the funds went towards the Paralysed Veterans of America, the Wounded Warriors Organization and the Erskine Hospital in Scotland.

The event brought celebs in from all over including Mike Myers, Ed Westwick, Sandi Thom and X Factor 2007 winner Leon Jackson, whom were all full of Scottish fashion. Miss Scotland herself, Stephanie Willemse, 20, also made an appearance to the event.

It seems that Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens have a power couple they look up to. They adore the Beckhams.

Efron explained how he “loves” the soccer celeb’s fashion sense. But when it comes to being compared to the couple with girlfriend Hudgens, he finds it silly.

The “17 Again” star says, “Vanessa and I would love to be like the US David and Victoria Beckham. It’s funny when we’re compared to them, I just can’t believe it. I totally love the way David dresses.”

And when it comes to the 21-year-old’s work, he’s still going strong. Efron is starring in the upcoming film, “The Death & Life of Charlie St Cloud.” The movie is about a cemetery caretaker who is able to talk with his dead younger brother.

About the film, Efron says, “It sounds very grim, but it’s a fantastic story. It’s a little bit more grown-up. It deals with some heavy material.”

Back for another day of filming on the set of their hit CW show, the stars of “Gossip Girl” got to work in New York City on Tuesday afternoon (March 31).

Fresh off of a flight from the west coast, Chace Crawford teamed up to shoot scenes with co-star Ed Westwick, who just so happened to hit the runway at Dressed to Kilt the previous evening.

Meanwhile, Leighton Meester was looking her usual cute self while co-star couple Penn Badgley and Blake Livley enjoyed a stroll with one another in between takes.

As for the show, Ed recently spoke to press about the much-awaited season finale - revealing that there’s a happy ending.

“Well, you know, we like to keep our audience on their toes,” Westwick told MTV News. “We just shot the finale for the season, and there’s an interesting conclusion. A happy one, I hope everyone will think.”

Continuing along on her tour throughout the States, Lady GaGa put on a sizzling show at the House of Blues in Boston on Monday night (March 30).

Proudly shaking her rear-end for the packed house, GaGa seems to be fully embracing her quick rise to the top of the music world.

The 23-year-old’s hit song “Poker Face” just repeated as tops on the UK singles chart for the second straight week.

She’s also set to appear alongside past winner David Cook on the hit show “American Idol” tomorrow night (April 1) at 9PM EST on FOX.

She rose to fame in the late 1990’s thanks to her part in “Destiny’s Child” and, even after the group broke up, Kelly Rowland went on to find her own fame.

With more than 10 years of working with Columbia Records, Ms Rowland did just that, as she made a name for herself as a solo artist.

However, it was recently announced that the singer will be parting ways with Columbia and pursuing her career in other ways.

Of the decision, she says, “As a solo artist, I felt the need to explore new directions, new challenges, and new freedoms outside my comfort zone and my friends and family at Columbia have been incredibly understanding about my evolution.”

Some reports say that the split is amicable, while others are saying the R&B singer has been dropped by Columbia Records, declaring her “no longer commercially viable.”

He’s definitely one of the hottest dads in Hollywood, and in a recent interview on the “Rachel Ray” show Matthew McConaughey conveyed that he loves taking his 8-month-old son Levi with him wherever he goes.

The “Fool’s Gold” stud revealed on the Rachel Ray show, “Levi is doing well, man. Five stamps on the passport.  Check this out, perfect tank of gas before he wakes up and is ready to eat. So as soon as it gets below a quarter of a tank and I gotta pull off to get gas, Levi’s waking up. So far so good. We’re having a good time - he’s an easy traveler.”

Matthew also dished on what he’d like to pursue as a career if he wasn’t an actor.  “I think I’d either want to coach a college program, football.  Or go off and do like what Steve Irwin did. Or be a chef.”

As for his cooking style, “A lot of times we’ll make a pasta, and we’ll make a salad, and we’ll make a meat dish.  We end up putting pasta on the bottom because of the heat and layer in the salad and the meat on top. I love merging like that.”

She’s no stranger to diversifying her career, and now it seems Nicole Richie is ready to try yet another avenue of merchandising- shoe design.

According to a report, the “Simple Life” cutie has signed a development deal to launch her own line of footwear, adding to her successes in the headband and jewelry realms.

Nicole will partner with Modern Vintage shoes and Earnest Sewn jeans to come up with around 20 different shoe styles to be released under her Hous of Harlow 1960 label.

An inside source told press, “Nicole is designing everything herself.  She’s totally devoted to this, and we’re creating a whole lifestyle around her aesthetic and what is true to her.”

But if you’re chomping at the bit for a pair of her new shoes, don’t hold your breath- they won’t be hitting stores until spring of 2010.

Beginning another work day in New York City, Jennifer Aniston was spotted arriving on the set of “The Baster” this morning (March 31).

The “Good Girl” actress was flanked by security guards as she made her entrance, sporting a massive grey scarf with a black wool coat and jeans with sneakers.

And it sounds like “The Baster” is showing some commercial promise already- Miramax Films has reportedly picked up the US rights to the film from Mandate Pictures.

Meanwhile, there are reports that Miss Aniston is exhibiting a bit of diva-esque behavior.  An inside source told press, “Jen refused to walk even a step outside the restaurant during the break for lunch.  She had her car pull up right next to the restaurant so she could be driven less than a block to her trailer to avoid photographers.”

She’s been hanging out in Malawi since Sunday along with her kids David Banda and Lourdes, and today Madonna released a statement via her rep Liz Rosenberg that confirmed her plans to adopt another child.

Rosenberg told press, “I can officially confirm that Madonna has filed an application to adopt Mercy James, a three-year-old girl she met at an orphanage she visited two years ago on a previous trip to Malawi.”

In the statement, Rosenberg was also careful to include that Madge is “following all required procedures and is waiting for the judge to hopefully grant adoption by Friday,” in an attempt to rebut speculation that she is using her fame to side-step the proper route.

In a Malawian court hearing yesterday, Madonna was told to come back Friday, as the court wasn’t ready to act on the adoption application.