Kylie Minogue, who is currently on tour in Europe for her KylieX2008 Tour, spent some downtime doing a bit of sight-seeing in Red Square in Moscow, Russia earlier this week after performing in the country for the very first time on June 16 … here are a few pics of Kylie in Red Square:

AWW … Kylie looks cute. It’s really nice seeing her act like a regular tourist, just like anyone else. It must be very exciting for her to be in Russia right now (I have no idea if she’s previously visited the country, I only know that this is the first time she’s played a concert there). It looks like she’s having a great time on tour this year. I can’t wait to see her next month in London :)

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Lovebirds Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard (collectively BellDax … which sounds like a sub sect of Scientology), who are scheduled to shoot scenes for their new movie When In Rome this week, were caught canoodling at Ostia Lido beach (just outside of Rome) yesterday … and once they figured out they were being followed and photographed by the paparazzi, they decided to put on a little show:

Hahahahahaha … I love it! See, celebs who know how to have fun with the paps are much more fun to watch than the sourpusses who shun the fame they worked so hard to achieve. While I’d much prefer that Dax wear more clothing while out in public, I guess I can’t fault the lad for losing his top while at the beach. He’s a lucky, lucky man to have scored a hottie like Kristen. Well done, mate.

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Liz Phair’s debut album, Exile In Guyville, is getting a redux re-release next Tuesday June 24 to mark the 15th anniversary of the album’s initial release. The redux version of the album will come with previously unreleased (well, they were never released officially) bonus tracks and a DVD with a 60 minute documentary kinda sorta thing. Here is the official “trailer” for the docu-whatever:

Additionally, you can head over to Stereogum to download one of the bonus tracks, Ant In Alaska. I cannot even tell you how excited I am for this re-release … Guyville is one of my all-time fave albums ever. Adding to my excitement, I’m planning to attend Liz Phair’s NYC concerts next week where she will be performing the whole album in its entirety. Woot! I’ve seen Liz a few times in concert but this 15th anniversary Exile in Guyville concert tour thing she’s doing (in NYC, San Francisco and her hometown Chicago) is not to be missed! I can’t wait!!!

Woot! Woot! What a great day! There is so much fun stuff going on today that I can barely keep up. There’s hotness and babies and hotness and more babies everywhere you look today. I gotta say, the fun goss has been really absent for most of this past Spring … I mean, it’s good that folks in Hollywood have stopped getting arrested (for the time being) but there hasn’t been all that much fun stuff to talk about in recent months. It’s like the floodgates opened wide today. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit but, still, it’s a fun day.

Yesterday was totally chill … I had an appointment in the afternoon and then I swung by Steph and Alek’s to hang out for a bit. Since I’m leaving for NYC on Sunday, I’m gonna miss their departure from LA on the 30th — they’ll be in Europe for much of the summer :( I’m gonna try and hang out with them for as much as possible this week. Steph and I enjoyed their lovely pool (which felt heavenly in the blistering heat) and then the 3 of us made our way to The Grove for dinner. We ran into Mike “The Miz” from The Real World on our way out of the Cheesecake Factory … he’s a big guy, I must say.

This afternoon I have another appointment in town so posting may be spotty for the rest of the afternoon … I still have a bunch of fun stuff to blog about so it’ll come … prolly later on tho.

Ack … so much going on … and it’s all FUN … what a great way to spend the day!

• Rob Lowe wins two small victories against the former nanny who’s suing him.
• Kimora Lee Simmons is “kinda” engaged.
• Tim Russert’s wife talks about her amazing late husband.
• Wilmer Valderrama will be returning to the small screen, back on FOX.
• Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The Village People and Tinkerbell are among the stars getting Hollywood Walk of Fame stars next year. Click HERE to see who else is getting a star next year.
• The long-rumored Guns N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy leaks to the InterWeb.
• Anderson Cooper gets RAW!
• Uh Oh … bad news for The Love Guru.
• Sen. Barack Obama says “no thanks” to public finance campaign money.
• If Blondes have more fun, I’d love to find out just how much fun THIS Blonde can be.
• Marla Maples flips out at the beach.
• Tila Tequila Chows down.
• Celebs <3 Cartier.
• Click HERE to see pics of Jamie Lynn Spears before she birthed her baby this morning.
• Paula Abdul is 46, Ann Wilson of Heart is 58 and Phylicia Rashad is 60 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Amy Winehouse to undergo more hospital tests. Thank Jebus.
• Paris Hilton denied a new pooch.
• Tom Brady gets a personal foul.

The weather has really been heating up here in the greater Los Angeles area but it appears that things are hotter still a bit further up the coast in Malibu, CA … where Brody Jenner was snapped enjoying a day at the beach yesterday, showing off his glistening muscles in the bright California sun … behold:

Damn those cargo shorts! A pox on them! A pox I say! At least he got rid of that effing fug ass bracelet. Sorry, let me compose myself … anyways, I love that Brody is taking up the mantle of ensuring that the hotness be broughten as the summer heats up. Since we can no longer rely on guys like Matthew McConaughey, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Phillippe to strip down with any relative frequency any more, I salute Brody for picking up their slack. I suppose I should make mention that Brody wasn’t alone at the beach yesterday … he had some help from a special friend who was on hand to help rub sunscreen all over his nekkid torso …

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John Mayer was snapped taking a little jog here in SoCal yesterday (enduring the blistering heat with his personal trainer Harley Pasternak) while wearing a sleeveless shirt … calling attention to the recent tattoo work he’s had done to his arm. It looks like Johnny got some of his tat colored in:

I don’t know that I’m all that crazy about the tattoo over all but I guess it does look better all colored in. I hope John had the foresight to heavily coat his ink in sunscreen … it’d be a shame to have any of it fade in the scorching sun due to improper care.

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