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Most Missed Of 2008

We couldn't resist squeezing in just one more Jaunty in honor of our Craigslist-crazy Friday series. Here were the top places to meet and be met in 2008:

On the campaign trail:
Elections mean roving packs of staff going to where the primaries are for brief, frenetic, sleepless visits. If you're at your best on nine cups of coffee and two hours of sleep, you probably followed our primary series from Charleston to Indianapolis--and even to the president-elect's hometown of Chicago.

Movie tie-ins:
You didn't have to see "What Happens In Vegas" to let whatever happens, happen in Vegas. Don't forget that brawl on the set of "W." that made us happy to be alive or our Chasing Michigan series. We even followed the mustache to the scene of its hairy crimes.

In transit, of course!
It shouldn't take a wave of grounded planes, a visit to Love Field or an overnight stay in Atlanta for you to meet someone in 2009. Just tell us where you did it!

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New Year, New Razor?

George Clooney's Mustache, it seems, wasn't invited along on a New Year's trip to Cabo, where Clooney himself met up with Cindy Crawford, her husband Rande Gerber and, somehow, Kid Rock. Lest our facial hair fanaticism be squelched, the pugnacious hick-hopper had his ratty 'stache in full effect. (Somehow, Kid Rock's look just isn't the same Clooney's.)

Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox were also in Cabo for the New Year, alongside David Arquette, who packed his own mustache. We're still waiting to see if the freshly shaven Clooney will keep his face fuzz-free in 2009--or if he was just trying to avoid looking like C-listers on New Year's Eve.

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Rihanna's 2009 Accessory: Gloves?

When reached for comment outside London's Movida nightclub about being named a top celebrity traveler for 2008, Rihanna said in response, "What's Jaunted?"

Our favorite globetrotting celebs spread out and went all out to ring in 2009. Beyonce and Jay-Z joined Eddie Murphy, Daniel Craig and Donatella Versace (not all at the same party, we think!) in St. Bart's for the holidays, while the Hilton family enjoyed the slopes of Aspen, Colorado.

Britney Spears hit her older brother's wedding in New Orleans with her sons and sister Jamie Lynn, but Matt Dillon's New Year's Eve began with a little paperwork--he was arrested for speeding in Vermont.

But some stars didn't go anywhere: Reese Witherspoon took boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal to the Santa Monica farmer's market, snooze, while Shia LaBeouf was caught by paparazzi--at a convenience store.

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