According to the New York Post, Olivia Palmero, one of Whitney Port’s hired friends on the first season of The City, is getting axed from season two of the show and is being replaced by two new hired friends who were cast to play “vixens” on the show. Whitney was spotted in the company of her new friends/castmates as the ladies filmed new scenes for The City in NYC this week … say hello to Roxy and Samantha:

Olivia Palermo, MTV thinks you’re boring. Whitney Port will be toting two new accessories for her second time around “The City,” and they come in the form of Roxy and Samantha. Palermo, who was Port’s leading frenemy last season, reportedly cannot be filmed “going wild” now that the socialite has jumped ship from Diane von Furstenberg to Elle magazine. With Palermo out of the picture, MTV decided to hire introduce Port to two new BFFs – both who, also reportedly, fit their needed party girl shoes, true to size.

I’m really hoping that Olivia isn’t cut from the series altogether … that these new ladies have been added to the cast to augment the cast we already know. I suppose it shouldn’t come as too big a surprise that The City is becoming as contrived as The Hills. I actually liked that there was still the mystique of reality on the first season of The City … I fear that mystique will be gone soon enough. Whitney’s new friends look vixen-y enough for me in these pics … Samantha looks like she could be a total beyotch (or, mebbe she was just photographed mid-blink). Whatever the case, we’ll be seeing these folks in action on MTV soon enough. Excited?

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Princes William and Harry got all dolled up in their military finery to appear at a media day event in the UK earlier today to talk to the press about their military training and the circumstances of their living together while they are both based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire, England. Harry revealed to the media that he is anxious to go to war because, as he put it, if his little brother can do it (you may recall Harry was deployed to active duty in Afghanistan in late 2007) then so can he:

Call them brothers in arms: Prince William gave his strongest hint yet that he would like to follow his brother Prince Harry and go to war. “In my eyes, if Harry can do it then I can do it,” William said Thursday. “I didn’t join the forces to be mollycoddled or treated any differently.” And, he added that while others think it “impossible” for him to take a front line role, “I still remain hopeful there’s a chance.” Harry, 24, fulfilled a 10-week tour in Afghanistan, in March 2008 and is now learning to fly helicopters because, he says, it’s his “easiest way of getting to the front lines.” He joined his brother at a special media day to talk about their training and living together while they are both based at RAF Shawbury, in Shropshire, England. William is undergoing tuition to be a pilot in Royal Air Force Search and Rescue crews, while Harry is in the early stages of learning to fly army helicopters. The younger prince appears to have given up on the dream of flying high-tech Apache attack helicopters – opting for the more supportive roles of the utility chopper, the Lynx. “Brain capacity? I don’t know if I’ve got it for the Apache,” he told the media frankly. “I will fly what I am told to fly and wherever I’m told to fly.” If all goes to plan, Harry might get his chance to fly back into Afghanistan in early 2011. The brothers, who lodge together in a house off the base, also joked about what it was like to be under the same roof. “This is the first time and the last time we will be living together,” Harry said. “It’s been an emotional experience,” his older brother shot back. And he says he does all the work. “Bearing in mind I cook, I feed him every day – I think he’s done very well.” But Harry – speaking in New York recently – said he did the dishes, so what gives? “Yes, Harry does do the washing up but then he leave most of it in the sink and then I come back in the morning and I have to wash it up,” William explained, adding, “I do a fair bit of tidying up after him. He snores a lot too. He keeps me up all night long.” “Oh God, now they will think we are sharing a bed!” Harry replied, calling the claims “lies.” Despite all the banter, William, who turns 27 Sunday, might not get a birthday present from his brother. When reminded of the date, Harry said, “Oh God, it isn’t is it?” William added, “He has just realized it now and he hasn’t got my present. But I would not expect it now. I will be lucky if I get a card.” Next up for the birthday boy is a month’s training in north Wales at RAF Valley in Angelsey in the fall. His course ends at RAF Shawbury in early 2010.

While I suppose it’s admirable that Prince William wants to go to war, I don’t know that it really is feasible at all. I love the prince, I really do, but I think talking about his intense desire to go to war might be more for publicity rather than a genuine desire to put his life in harm’s way. I absolutely believe that he honestly wants to fight for his country/kingdom but if he is truly serious about going to war he shouldn’t talk about it so much. Talking about it publicly is the surest way to make sure it never happens. On a wholly different matter, doesn’t Prince Harry look better in those horrible jumpsuits than does Wills? Mebbe the elder prince just wasn’t born to be a military man.

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Yesterday we learned that Paris Hilton, scourge of the Western World, has relocated to the United Arab Emirates in order to infest the city of Dubai with her presence. Hilton is in Dubai primarily to film a new season of her competitive reality TV series My New BFF but will also be on hand to appear at various nightclubs, parties, etc. Paris made a grand appearance at a press conference in Dubai yesterday to formally announce her new search for a new BFF … because, according to her, all of her BFFs in Hollywood are “fake” and she is turning to Dubai to find a more “loyal” BFF:

Not content with finding a ‘best friend forever’ in the U.S. and Britain, Paris Hilton is now searching for a companion in Dubai. The heiress arrived at a press conference there last night to launch My New Best Friend Forever – Dubai, dressed in a lime-green, traditional flowing Arabian gown complete with dazzling jewellery and an ornate headdress. The series will see her audition for friends in the United Arab Emirates, where she is currently staying to film the show over the next four weeks. However she will have to tone down some of the racier elements of the show, so not to fall foul of the country’s strict morality codes. The socialite will be filming scenes in Dubai’s waterfront Festival Centre during her stay as wannabe hangers-on are put through a series of challenges to prove their worth. Currently in development, the centre already boasts around 400 shops and teams of restaurants and cafes. Paris acknowledged the press last night with the traditional Arabic greeting “Asalaam Alaikum,” and said she was delighted to be in Dubai for the first time. “Dubai’s really hot,” she said, using her well-known catchphrase. “It’s an amazing city and the women are beautiful out here.” She added: “A lot of people in Hollywood are fake and I am looking for someone who is very loyal and a real person I can trust. And I’m going to come up with a new catchphrase while I’m here – using some Arabic words!” … The second season of the American version of the show is currently airing on U.S. television. Brittany Flickinger was the winner of the show’s first season in December of last year however she and Paris are no longer ‘best friends’ or even friends for that matter. Paris said: “I loved her and I trusted her, but sometimes people get too caught up and they change.”

Ye gods … a new catchphrase based on Arabic words?? She is such a tool! To be honest, I’m very surprised that the people of Dubai are even interested in playing along with her extremely fake attempt to find friends by way of reality TV. Even tho the series has yet to film in Dubai, it looks like Paris has already made a new friend … she posted this pic with her new friend Nayla on her official Twitter profile:

My Girl Nayla and I on set of BFF. Love her, she’s so sweet and funny! :)

Paris has also started giving lessons on the Arabic language on her Twitter profile:

Allah means God in Arabic. Ahibkom means I Love you all :) Huge

I am praying to Allah that Paris Hilton decides to stay in Dubai FOREVER! Now that would be really Huge!

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Uh oh … more relationship drama for LeAnn Rimes. After reportedly messin’ around with the very married Eddie Cibrian earlier this year, the also very married singer LeAnn Rimes was spotted in the close company of another man not her husband … sparking new talk that she is creepin’ around on her hubby Deane Sheremet. In Touch Weekly is reporting that LeAnn is lookin’ to divorce her husband Deane and leave him for a new relationship — but with who?? This report seems supported by new photos of Rimes and actor Dean Cain lookin’ awfully couply together on a dinner date at Nobu here in SoCal earlier this week:

Signing autographs for country music fans at the Nashville Convention Center on June 14, LeAnn Rimes looked as if there was nowhere she’d rather be. “She looked really pretty, and she was smiling a lot,” says fan Miranda Montgomery, who was at the convention center for the CMA Music Festival. But 20 miles away at their home in Franklin, Tenn., LeAnn’s husband, dancer Dean Sheremet, was not in a good mood at all. According to an insider close to the couple, LeAnn, 26, has told him that she is ready to file for divorce — and that she’s leaving him in the hopes of being with her married TV movie co-star Eddie Cibrian. “He is completely distraught and heartbroken,” says an insider. LeAnn and Dean’s marriage hit a major stumbling block back in March when photos surfaced of LeAnn kissing Eddie, whom she’d met on the set of the Lifetime movie Northern Lights. Yet LeAnn and Dean’s troubles are based on more than just Eddie. “It would be incorrect to say that she’s leaving Dean because of Eddie,” says a friend of the country star’s. “They have always had problems. They both got married so young — LeAnn was just 19 — and people just grow apart.” The friend also says that while the couple may soon divorce, they are still “figuring out what they want to do,” and insists that papers still haven’t been filed. But a real estate source says that the couple has put their Franklin home, purchased in 2003, up for sale and “want to get rid of the house fast,” and an associate says they have plans to split the assets. “I am sure that Dean is talking to friends and expressing his concerns,” the friend says.

What a crappy situation. First LeAnn is creepin’ around with Cibrian, then she’s creepin’ around with Cain … what a horrible situation for her poor husband. Here’s hoping she straightens out her biz soon so that everyone involved can move on. It looks to me like homegirl needs to make up her mind and decide who she wants to be with. It also looks to me that hubby Deane needs to decide how much of these shenanigans he’s willing to put up with.

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News out of NYC a short while ago reports that Robert Pattinson, currently in production of his new film Remember Me, was struck by a taxi cab earlier today at the corner of Broadway and 12th in front of the Strand Bookstore. Witnesses report that he was only clipped by the cab which hopefully will come as some relief to the rabid Twilighters out there fearing for his safety:

Rob Pattinson is quickly learning the hazards of filming a movie in New York City – he was hit by a taxi cab on Thursday while running away from hysterical fans! RadarOnline.com witnessed the Twilight star get clipped by a cab around noon in front of the Strand Bookstore on Broadway and 12th Street. He was not hurt. The 23-year-old London-born actor had been inside most of the morning filming scenes for his new movie Remember Me. A team of five security guards were trying to fend off a crowd of teenaged girls when Rob was leaving the bookstore. It was pouring rain as they tried to hustle him quickly across the busy street to the safety of his trailer. Some of the teen girls were hysterical and Rob rushed across the road. As he did so, a taxi grazed him. The cabbie slammed on his brakes as soon as he realized what had happened It appeared as if the cab hit Rob in the hip. He stood there for a moment looking stunned. The bodyguard next to him checked if he was okay and then screamed at the fans: “You see what you did, you almost killed him!” Pattinson will be shooting around Manhattan for the next four weeks.

Whoa! Glad to hear that Rob is OK but for his inept bodyguard to place blame of this accident on the fangirls is totally irresponsible. It seems to me that his handlers should be watching him better than they have been and are the ones responsible for his safety. First, his bodyguards allowed overzealous fans to jump on the poor guy as he made his way to the movie set earlier in the week and now they let him fall into traffic. It really sounds like Mr. Pattinson should employ better bodyguards to actually guard his body and keep him from harm.

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Yesterday was pretty much a play day for me. After beating the rush and successfully installing the new 3.0 software on my iPhone, I spent most of the day playing around with the new features doing everything I could to avoid taking care of any chores that need to be taken care of here at home. I got David to upgrade his iPhone as well and got him to spend the day screwing around as well.

Late last night, I found a fun Transformers site called WeAreAutobots.com and started playing around there too … if you add an Active X plug-in to your brower, you can have your head turned into the head of Autobot leader Optimus Prime … like this:

The software recognizes your face and puts the robot head over your own. It’s really freakin’ cool :)

But, alas, playtime is over … there is much to take care of today here around the house so that’s pretty much the plan for the afternoon. Temps are finally gonna get into the 80’s here in SoCal today … not a bad day to stay inside and get shizz done.

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