With Gisele Bündchen out of the picture since November, Leonardo DiCaprio has been quietly seeing another babelicious blonde, 20-year-old Israeli swimsuit model Bar Refaeli. DiCaprio, who has been filming the drama The Blood Diamond in Africa for the past few months, met up with Refaeli in Paris for a romantic getaway last weekend. (The two had also rendezvoused there in January.) The couple held hands while strolling along the Champs-Elysées, window-shopping along Avenue Montaigne and noshing at a Lebanese restaurant. Said one observer at the eatery: "They were very close to each other. They seemed to enjoy being together very much." DiCaprio's rep had no comment.
WHO'S THAT GIRL?
After purring the vocals for deejay Paul Oakenfold's latest dance track "Faster Kill Pussycat," Brittany Murphy shot its sexy video ("It's raw and slightly trippy," says Oakenfold) on a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles April 15. Murphy told Insider her look was "a sort of '30s meets '70s Jerry Hall-ish thing," but the crew buzzed about how much she resembled Jessica Simpson circa '04. It's no wonder: Jessica's hairstylist Ken Pavés coiffed Murphy for the shoot using blonde extensions from the line he's launching with Simpson later this year.
A PARIS SURPRISE
"I wanted to make his 21st as special as possible," said Paris Hilton, who threw Stavros Niarchos a birthday bash at her Hollywood Hills home April 17. Guests, including sister Nicky, Courtney Love and blogger Perez Hilton (no relation), ate bruschetta and cupcakes (but resisted a cake decorated with photos of the couple). At evening's end the hostess and the birthday boy jumped into the pool—she in her white dress, he in boxers. Said Paris: "Stav was blown away."
FAST TAKES
Fresh off her third Saturday Night Live hosting stint April 15, Lindsay Lohan celebrated with the cast at an N.Y.C. HEARTLAND BREWERY, then breezed into the 3 a.m. after-afterparty at new lounge R&R, only staying 10 minutes as she was worried there wasn't enough security for her entourage of 15 pals ... Matthew Perry tried to snap pics of four buddies while dining at the CHATEAU MARMONT April 13. But a manager who didn't recognize the former Friend swooped in to enforce hotel policy discouraging photographs, stopping him as soon as he whipped out his camera phone ... A low-key Diddy skipped his usual VIP table to hang by the deejay booth at MIAMI'S MANSION April 14.
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