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Lindsay Lets Her Voice Be Heard | Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan left any doubts about whether she would lip-sync her New Year's Eve performance in the dust Thursday night with a public sound check in Times Square. The Mean Girls star, clad in a long animal-print coat, belted out her single "Rumors" five times while running energetically around the stage during the hour-long pre-show performance. "Many people walked right past her without even looking," says a spy. "They didn't know who she was until well into the song. Once they realized it was Lindsay Lohan, they clapped after each performance." She went on to wow the audience during MTV's Iced Out New Year's Eve 2005 show before jet-setting off to party with Paris and Nicky Hilton in Miami.

Author, Author?
With his Oscar-nominated performance in 2002's Lost in Translation, Bill Murray proved that he has abundant dramatic chops along with his copious comedic talents. But as it turns out, that may not be all – Murray says he'd like to try his hand at writing. "I've been thinking about it. Would it be really bold to say, 'Hey, you know, I did that. I've had some success at it. Is there anything else that I can do? Was I put here to do that only? What else is there to do?'," the Life Aquatic star said recently. "I'd like to write, really. That's what I'd like to do. I think that I'd like to write a play. I always thought that I should write plays. That's what I always wanted to do." We look forward to it.

Caught in the Act
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Rushmore star Jason Schwartzman, girlfriend Zooey Deschanel (Elf) and a male friend, checking out pillows, bedding and floor lamps at IKEA in Burbank.

• Golden Globe nominee Annette Bening, shopping with her son at a Ralph's supermarket in L.A.

Entourage star Jeremy Piven (currently performing in the off-Broadway play Fat Pig with Keri Russell and Andrew McCarthy), at the bar at the SoHo Grand hotel with a group of friends.

Beyond the Sea star Kevin Spacey, lounging with friends at ghostbar at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas.

Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn DiScala, with her manager husband, A.J., at Swiss jeweler Chopard's holiday party in Aspen. Also at the fete: designer Nicole Miller, and future reality "stars" Brittny and Lisa Gastineau (daughter and ex-wife, respectively, of former Jets player Mark Gastineau), whose show, The Gastineau Girls, is set to debut on E! next month.

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