People magazine brings us our first look at Lauren LC Conrad as her animated self as she will appear on an upcoming episode of Family Guy. According to Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, LC dates Brian the dog for an episode … but that is all he is willing to divulge just yet about the episode plotline:

Lauren Conrad has had her share of romantic escapades on her various MTV series – but now her love life is going to the dogs. In the May 3 episode of FOX’s hit comedy Family Guy, an animated Conrad gets tangled in a romantic web of Brian the dog’s making. PEOPLE.com has a first look at Conrad’s character posing with Brian and Stewie in a take on an iconic Hills shot of Conrad, Audrina Patridge and Lauren “Lo” Bosworth. “She dates Brian for an episode,” show creator Seth MacFarlane tells PEOPLE of Conrad’s guest-voice stint, where Brian goes out with her to disguise the true object of his affection. When asked if it ends happily or badly for the pair, MacFarlane says, “I’m not going to spoil it!”

Ha! You gotta love that LC decided to lend her voice to this ep of Family Guy. Because she is cooperating, I doubt that they will lampoon her too harshly … tho, I’m sure the same cannot be said for her Hills cohorts/foils Heidi Montage and Spencer Pratt. Also, you will note that Audrina was replaced in the photo above with Brian, the dog. See, the jokes just write themselves. What do y’all think … will LC be a welcome addition to the show or not?

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Here are a few new promo pics of Tori Amos that have been released to accompany her new album Abnormally Attracted to Sin which will hit stores on May 19. A couple of the pics show a sexy-looking Tori while a few others show the sweet, adorable Tori that we all know and love:

The last three photos above were shot by photographer Lucas Jackson in NYC late last month. Of this batch, I like the dichotomy of the heavily styled photos versus the casual couch photos. But there is still one more promo photo that goes with these new pics and shows Tori abnormally attracted to an iguana — check it out after the jump …

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Zuma Nesta Rock celebrated his first Easter with his parents Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale and his older brother Kingston James McGregor on a family outing to grandma and grandpa Stefani’s home yesterday. Here are a few pics of the Stefani-Rossdales at Grandma and Grandpa’s home in SoCal for Easter dinner yesterday:

Aww … looks like good, clean family fun for all. I’m constantly impressed with how well Gwen handles the pitfalls of her fame even while she is juggling her role as mother and protector. She never seems to shy away from providing as normal a home life for her children as she can even tho she is constantly under the watchful eye of the public. She handles her celebrity with grace, it’s very commendable. It’s nice to see that her family was able to get in some Easter fun with her family this weekend. It really looks like Zuma’s first Easter was a great one.

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Madonna is moving forward with her appeal to formally adopt Chifundo Mercy James in the wake of her denied attempt to adopt the young girl on her most recent visit to Malawi. Madge published a public plea to the people of Malawi (and, presumably, the Malawian Supreme Court that is overseeing her adoption appeal) that she be allowed to adopt little Mercy … this is the first time Madonna has spoken publicly about her plan to adopt since her case was denied earlier this month. Additionally, Madonna has released an undated photo (taken some time ago, it appears) of her cradling Mercy James in her arms to accompany the official statement she published in the Malawian newspaper Nation:

Madonna has spoken for the first time about her failed attempt to adopt three-year-old Mercy James from Malawi, as a photo of the two was released to the press. The undated picture of the singer cradling the sleeping child was released to a news agency today as her appeal over the legal ruling neared. It shows a young-looking Madonna, on one of her trips to the country, sitting and smiling as a sleeping Mercy nestles into her arm. The singer made a public plea for the toddler in an email to Malawi’s Nation newspaper:

Madonna adopted David Banda from the impoverished African country in 2006 despite critics claiming she had used her celebrity status to bend the country’s laws. Judge Esime Chombo turned down the singer’s latest adoption application because she didn’t meet the country’s 18 to 24-month residency requirement. Her lawyer Alan Chinula confirmed last week that she has filed an appeal.

It would seem that Madonna hopes to court favor with the Malawian people (and Supreme Court) by showing that she is capable of stepping into the role of Mercy’s mother at a moment’s notice. It seems odd that, in her statement, Madonna would emphasize that she is not allowed to talk about the adoption by releasing a statement and photo to a Malawian newspaper. It, obviously, remains to be seen if this public plea will help her in any way but you cannot fault her for trying everything she can in order to convince the court to overturn the first ruling and allow her to adopt Mercy James.

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Filming continued this weekend on the Vancouver, Canada set of The Twilight Saga: New Moon as actors Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner (in their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black respectively) were spied shooting new scenes on the high school parking lot set of the film … here are a few pics:

It looks like the gang is stepping back into their roles nicely, judging by these photos from the set over the weekend. You can tell by Jacob’s still-long hair that these scenes are from the early part of the book before … well, before things change. I know it seems like the movie’s release is still a long ways off but, trust me, in no time at all we’ll be talking about the film’s imminent release and movie premiere and then, BAM!, it’ll be in movie theaters. I’m always amazed by how quickly time passes from our seeing photos from a movie set to the many manys after when the film opens in theaters.

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Yesterday morn was our last day at David’s family home in Connecticut. The morning was spent lounging and Easter egg hunting. After our Passover fun on Friday night, Sunday morning was relegated to the Easter side of the fam:

While it was pretty dang chilly outside yesterday, the Easter egg hunt went off without a hitch. David’s father, or should I say the “Easter bunny”, gifted us all with Easter bags of our own filled with candy, fruit and toys. But we couldn’t hang out all day long as David’s brother Aram had to catch his flight back to San Francisco, CA and the rest of us had to make our way to NYC.

We got into town about mid afternoon and rested for a bit before David and I went out to meet his friends Marissa, Ryan and Isaac and my friend Jordan (who is randomly in NYC at the same time). We met up at 1 Oak for drinks but decided to head over to SoHo House for a late dinner. It’s great being back in the city again … but it is coooooold.

Tonight, David and I are meeting up for dinner with his friend Sashie (who’s wedding we attended in Jackson Hole, WY last Fall) who is pregs!!! I’m very excited to see her. Our stay in NY will be short, we fly back to LA tomorrow night.

• Hannah Montana: The Movie was the #1 movie at the box office this weekend.
• Tori Spelling still claims to love her mother.
• Fergie Ferg and Ziggy Marley to perform at the White House today for the Easter Egg Roll Concert.
• President Obama – 1, Pirates – 0
• A gay elephant never forgets.
• Ryan Reynolds does Angelino magazine.
• Meghan McCain blogs about her support for same-sex marriage.
• Bret Michaels picks his latest pretend girlfriend on the season finale of Rock Of Love: Bus.
• Kelly Brook gets a hand from a friend.
• Ryan Seacrest takes out his lady friend for a stroll.
• Britney Spears gives a shout-out to Sacramento during her concert stop in San Jose, CA.
• David Beckham suits up for Easter Sunday with his old Real Madrid teammates.
• Eliza Dushku, Padma Lakshmi and more go nekkid for Allure magazine.
• Nellie McKay is 27, Ricky Schroder is 39, Tony Dow (Leave It To Beaver) is 64 and Lyle Waggoner (The Carol Burnett Show) is 74 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Céline Dion wants to buy the Montreal Canadiens.
• Tila Tequila lives, a crazed fan broke into her home and reported otherwise.
• New Moon has found its Aro.