In a celebrity lineup not seen since the Los Angeles Lakers' heyday in the '80s, the stars showed up at the Staples Center Tuesday night and those willing their stumbling team to victory included Hilary Duff and David Beckham. Also in the crowd - besides Laker legend Magic Johnson, who this time was a spectator - Kristin Davis, Kanye West, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, David Arquette, Fergie, Diehard fan Jack Nicholson, Eddie Murphy jokingly compared muscles with Sylvester Stallone, who sat beside Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg.

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Shia LaDeouf Slapping Around

Shia LaDeouf is embarrassed by the 'slapping fight' video that made the internet rounds yesterday. Shia's rep told E! News, "The videotape that is currently being circulated is several years old and captures Shia playing a game among friends in which he uses a derogatory word toward a friend. He regrets having used the word in any capacity and is very embarrassed that this footage is being seen by anyone."

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 Lindsay & Samantha Are A Cute Couple? 

 Even though Lindsay's publicist has repeated denied a romance with DJ Samantha Ronson. Now, Samantha's brother, producer Mark Ronson, is also confirming that they are lesbian lovers. He says: "My sister and Lindsay make a cute couple, don't they?"

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Smokin' Date For Britney!

Britney Spears and Mel Gibson had a smokin' date Tuesday night - at Havana Club Beverly Hills cigar club. For more than two-and-a-half hours, the singer, 26, and the actor-filmmaker, 52, met in what was confirmed to PEOPLE as a more of an ongoing guidance session than a business pow-wow.