Whitney Port: Taxi Cab Cutie

Tending to her motherly duties, Salma Hayek was spotted out with daughter Valentina in Los Angeles on Tuesday (March 9).

The “Frida” beauty toted her little angel in her arms as they visited a medical building in Beverly Hills for a doctor checkup.

Over the weekend, Miss Hayek was among the plethora of stars taking part in the Oscar festivities.

On Sunday night (March 7), the brunette beauty hit up the 18th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party at the Pacific Design Center before paying a visit to the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter over at the Sunset Tower Hotel.

The man accused of attempting to obtain money illegally from David Letterman was given his sentence on Tuesday (March 9).

According to TMZ, Robert Halderman was just sentenced to 6 months in jail, 5 years probation and 1,000 hours of community service.

Under the terms of the deal, Halderman will serve 500 hours of community service in New York and the rest in Connecticut.

In the courtroom after pleading guilty to extortion, Halderman said, “I have great remorse and sincerely apologize to David Letterman and Stephanie Birkitt. I attempted to extort $2 million from David Letterman.”

Halderman called it “a thinly veiled threat.”

Still basking in newlywed bliss, Katie Price and Alex Reid were spotted doing a bit of shopping on Tuesday (March 9).

The British glamour model and her cage-fighter husband stopped by Shiekh shoe store in Los Angeles, CA with Katie picking up a new pair of kicks.

Ms Price flew to the LA last week to join Alex, who is shooting scenes for his Bravo martial arts show “The Fight Of His Life.”

On Sunday night, the 31-year-old dolled herself up and joined the many, many celebrities in attendance at Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Oscar afterparty.

Taking time to talk about her co-star beau, Kristen Stewart recently confessed that she finds Robert Pattinson to be “very handsome”.

“I think he’s really handsome,” the Bella Swan babe tells. “And I’ve become more comfortable with the whole tabloid rumor stuff.”

Continuing on about relationship rumors, Kristen dishes, “It’s like a soap opera, so it doesn’t bother me and I don’t take it personally. And because I’ve had so much experience now, it’s easier.”

“As soon as I stopped trying to control everything that came out of my mouth, and every picture that came out, I felt happier.”

Keeping up on the latest trends, Dita Von Teese was spotted out enjoying Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France today (March 9).

Joined by her boyfriend Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, the Burlesque babe looked lovely in a black dress as she sat front row at a runway show.

Coming up in September, Dita will be flying to Australia for a one-night-only performance of her show “Be Cointreauversial.”

She told press, “Being someone who performs in a big martini glass, it always seemed obvious I should team up with a liquor brand. I had been approached before and with all of the other companies there was this ‘cheese factor’ – they didn’t really get it.

“When Cointreau approached, everything was very elegant. I liked their approach to me, my work and their advertising. Their ideas were amazing – they wanted to be provocative but not over the top and convey what I try to convey in my shows. They knew it was about being risque and sexy, but not about sex and that the shows combine humor, sensuality, playfulness and fun.”

They’re both major pop stars in their own right, but Lady GaGa and Beyonce Knowles have teamed up for GaGa’s new single “Telephone.”

Both sexy songstresses sported distinctive looks during the video shoot, as is usual for a Lady GaGa production.

During a recent interview with Tyra Banks, Beyonce explained her enthusiasm over working with the “Just Dance” diva.

“I am such a huge fan of hers. We just filmed her video two weeks ago in Los Angeles, and it’s gonna be so crazy. I don’t want to give too much away because I don’t want her to be upset, but it’s a part two of ‘Paparazzi.’ She’s just so smart and she’s becoming an icon in her own right.”

Emma Watson: Brown Babe

Pursuing her higher education aspirations, Emma Watson was spotted heading to class on the campus of Brown University yesterday (March 8).

The “Harry Potter” babe looked cute and casual as she carried an armload of books across the Rhode Island grounds, sporting a white coat, blue trousers and sneakers.

In related news, it seems Emma is keeping her acting chops honed by participating in a student-run production of Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters.”

According to a report, there will be six performances of the play, starting March 11th and running through the 15th.  Admission is free.

The best cure for the celebrity blues is retail therapy, and earlier today (March 9) Naomi Campbell was spotted on a Big Apple romp.

The gorgeous supermodel stepped out for the first time since the alleged fracas with her chauffeur, looking to be in good spirits and smiling widely.

Accompanied by her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Voronin, Ms. Campbell dropped into the Hermes store on Madison Avenue to look at new wallets.

Lucky for Naomi, her accuser finally decided to drop his assault charges and apologized for making a mountain out of a molehill.

We’re just days away from the nationwide release of “Remember Me,” and Robert Pattinson told press he decided to do the film because he was afraid it wouldn’t get made otherwise.

The “Twilight” stud explained, “It’s so different. It’s difficult to categorize.” Robert likened “Remember Me” to the films from decades past.

“It feels like kind of that, I don’t know, late ‘70s kind of romantic. Like romantic dramas were a little bit deeper than they are now. There are no heroes, there are no villains. Everyone in it is a good person. It’s just sort of a good family trying to deal with tough times.”

As for the insane fan base he’s attracted, Pattinson commented, “(You) don’t know what to say. I hope I can look back on it with very, very fond memories of it, this completely surreal time of my life.”