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Miami Trumps Vegas In Star-powered Soirees

The annual tradition of the celeb-hosted New Year’s Eve party is upon us again, and this year Vegas, already hurting, is getting the some of the weakest wattage possible. You'd do much better to hit up Miami where Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson are hosting a party at Mansion. Kristin Cavallari (!), Kellan Lutz and Robert Iler will all be at Shore Club’s Skybar. Chloë Sevigny is heading to the Gansevoort Hotel in South Beach, where T.I. will perform. Diddy will be ringing in the new year at LIV nightclub inside the Fontainebleau Resort while Molly Sims handles the festivities inside Blade, also at Fontainebleau. And rounding out the South Beach celebrations, AnnaLynne McCord is hosting at B.E.D.

In NYC, Mario Lopez is hosting the party at Marquee, and in LA Travis Barker and DJ AM will be performing together at The Lot for the first time since they were injured in September's plane crash.

Meanwhile, the best Sin City has to offer is Denise Richards at Prive in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino and The Kardashians at LAX. Vegas couldn’t even hold onto the Hilton sisters who are usually a NYE staple on the Strip. Instead, this year they're set to host the Bongo Virus Party in Sydney.

If you’re jet setting off to one of these star-studded soirees next week, leave a comment or drop us a line at tips@jaunted.com.

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[Photo: Faded Youth Blog]

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Nothing Funny About Enfranchisement

Conan O'Brien is incredibly ill-disguised as he waits at a Manhattan polling place to cast his vote yesterday. Funny, he looks a lot shorter on TV.

Celebs who weren't getting out the vote brought themselves to the polls yesterday in a year of higher than average turn-out. British-born Anna Wintour waited in New York's SoHo with the plebes--no red carpet into the poll station. And Diddy, whose 2004 "Vote or Die" movement proved a lot of young people would actually rather die than vote, brought news cameras into the voting booth with him.

But Tim Robbins found himself a victim of voting irregularities when his name was missing from the local rolls. Apparently Robbins protested being handed a provisional ballot, whose impact has been shown to be questionable when it comes to the final tally.

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· Anna Wintour, Rest of City Turn Out to Vote [NYM]
· Tim Robbins Couldn't Vote, Cops Called [TMZ]
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[Photo: Dan Hacker]

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Celeb Hardship Travel: Diddy's NSFW Airline Rant

We love to rant about having to pay for WiFi or the existence of Spencer Pratt in this universe. But we don't yet consider the thought of flying American Airlines to be anathema, which is what separates us from Diddy. The rapper turned reality-TV host turned questionable entrepreneur devoted his video blog to yelling about the reason he's now forced to fly with the plebes:

I do own my own jet and I have been having flying back and forth to LA pursuing my acting career. Now, if I'm flying back and forth, like, twice in a month that's like $200,000 or $250,000 round trip... I'm back on American Airlines right now. Ok? Your boy Diddy right now is on American Airlines... Tell whoever the next president is that we need to bring gas back down.

From a gander at his IMDb page, it appears that high gas prices, specifically are keeping Diddy from executive-producing the Notorious B.I.G. biopic. What's next, telecommuting?

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Celeb Airline Travel: Diddy's Pillow Habit

Despite directing his own fashion line, Sean "Diddy" Combs didn't feel the need to get dressed up for his flight through LAX on Tuesday. Not only that, he brought the ultimate '90s bus-with-wings accessory: His own fluffy pillow!

Of course, Mr. Combs didn't carry his own pillow on board. His assistant got the chance to carry not only the pillow but all the associated germs it picked up along the way. So which is worse: Trying to get comfortable with one of those pancake airline pillows, or taking a bunch of germs home with you?

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[Photo: Jezebel.com]