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TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.


Byline: Elizabeth Snead

LET 'ER RIP CURL Rip Curl is a major Australian manufacturer and retailer of boardwear. The company was founded in 1969 by Doug "Claw" Warbrick and Brian "Sing Ding" Singer in Torquay, Victoria, Australia and initially produced surfboards. : Wanna wan·na  
Informal
1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now?

2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? 
 catch the new wave?

It just washed ashore on Third Street Promenade The Third Street Promenade is a pedestrian street in Santa Monica, California, United States. It is considered one of the premier shopping destinations in West Los Angeles and frequently draws crowds from all over Los Angeles County.  at the new Rip Curl boutique, a surf/lifestyle store with surf gear, videos AND the hottest winter styles: fleece-lined corduroy corduroy, a cut filling-pile fabric with lengthwise ridges, or wales, that may vary from fine (pinwale) to wide. Extra filling yarns float over a number of warp yarns that form either a plain-weave or twill-weave ground.  crop jackets, oversize o·ver·size  
n.
1. A size that is larger than usual.

2. An oversize article or object.

adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized
Larger in size than usual or necessary.

Adj. 1.
 Vita shades, camouflage print bikinis, corduroy minis, pink and blue sheepskin Emu Ridge boots (like Uggs, but cheaper and not sold out), faux-fur-trim jean jackets and the long crocheted scarves all the L.A. hipsters wear to stay warm in 80-degree heat. The boutique threw a wild opening party Thursday night, and the fashions drew ``The Simple Life'' star Nicole Richie Nicole Camille Richie (born September 21, 1981) is an American socialite, actress, television personality, author, entrepreneur, style icon, model, and singer. The adopted daughter of Lionel Richie, she is known for her role in the reality show The Simple Life , a big Rip This article is about a physics concept. For the Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) Game Network, see The Big Rip.

The Big Rip is a cosmological hypothesis about the ultimate fate of the universe, in which the matter of the universe, from stars and galaxies to atoms and
 Curl fan. On the success of her reality show: ``I've really had fun with it. It's been so amazing. I did it so long ago and I had forgotten about it. Well, not forgotten but, like, you know. And it turned out to be the most amazing thing.''

You haven't seen the last of Richie. ``I just did a guest spot on Eve's new show. I shot ``Mad TV'' today, and I have a cameo in the new Wes Craven movie. In January, I'm starting work on my album.'' Wow. What kind of music? ``I would say pop, but I play the piano, the violin and the cello, so I think it would be silly not to incorporate all that.''

Serious surfers were excited to meet Bethany Hamilton, the Rip Curl surfer who lost her left arm to a 15-foot tiger shark off the coast of Hanalei, Kauai, last fall. All party proceeds went to the Bethany Hamilton Foundation to help fund prosthetics so she can continue her surfing career. Hamilton, 13, says she's already gotten back in the ocean, but she's not yet surfed. She posed for photos with comedian Andy Dick and shook hands with ``American Idol'' contestant Ryan Starr. But the soft-spoken teen - who has been on ``20/20,'' CNN CNN
 or Cable News Network

Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world.
, Fox News, ``60 Minutes'' and ``The Late Show With David Letterman'' - is not fond of the spotlight. ``People have been very nice, but I can't wait for it all to go back to normal,'' Hamilton said. ``I just want to get back to surfing and doing my regular thing.''

THE STARS AND THEIR PANTS: Rocker Pink is on a real acid trip.

But she's wearing it, not dropping it. Pink is one of the environmentally conscious stars making a political fashion statement by wearing Serfontaine jeans, naturally distressed with fruit acids.

Mik Serfontaine's rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music.  sexy low-rise jeans and cords are faded, worn and distressed by hand, using Earth-friendly fruit acids, hand brushing, hot and cold rinses, and natural beach sand. Other companies' jeans are distressed en mass in huge machines bubbling over with harsh carcinogenic carcinogenic

having a capacity for carcinogenesis.
 chemicals and poisonous volcanic grit, which are then purged and dumped into the environment. Who knew?

The Serfontaine ``Easy Rider'' jeans and cords hug the tight butts of celebs such as ``Charlie's Angels'' Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore, Beyonce Knowles and Alicia Silvestone. Britney Spears even wore a pair of Serfontaine jeans to put her handprints in the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by  a few weeks ago.

Serfontaine's hard-core line of men's denim and cords are the ``pant pant
v.
To breathe rapidly and shallowly.
 of choice'' for hunks hunks  
pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
A disagreeable and often miserly person.



[Origin unknown.]
 such as Seann William Scott, who never walks a red carpet without a pair, ranging from dark ``kozmik blue'' washes to overdyed black and brown.

For jeans and cords that help save the planet, run to Fred Segal or Blonde in Santa Monica, Ron Herman or Diane Merrick in West Hollywood, or Spirituali on Larchmont Boulevard. Or check out www.serfontaine.com.

WE SEE U: Producer Steve Bing riding the elevator to the top floor of the Beverly Hills Four Seasons. ``Hustler'' magnate Larry Flynt arrived at the FS riding in the passenger seat of his Rolls (with personalized plates) and was helped by his driver into his gold wheelchair.

``Pianist'' Oscar winner Adrien Brody having an intimate lunch with Barbara Davis at the Ivy on Robertson. Adrien picked up the very hefty check.

Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter of ``Bachelorette'' fame shopping together at the new Babystyle boutique on Montana Avenue. She must love to shop - and he must love to watch. He hung out for ages but finally went outside to call friends on his cell. She bought a few gifts but whispered that she would be back soon, without Ryan. Hmmmm. Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen stopped by later on that day to buy a herd of Lulu the Lamb plush stuffed animals. They're either starting a stuffed animal farm or giving them as Christmas gifts.

Traffic stopper Britney Spears, seen idling solo at a stoplight in her silver Porsche convertible on Sepulveda Boulevard near the Getty Center. Just like the rest of us, she was totally bopping away to tunes. C'mon, admit it - you do it, too.

Nicky Hilton, Ryan Seacrest and members of No Doubt did shots of Sauza tequila and watched hot newlyweds Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro dirty-dancing at the Blender magazine pre-Billboard Awards party at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is a hotel-casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The property has a 646 room hotel and 30,000ft² (3,000m²) casino. The hotel will undergo a major expansion to be completed in 2009.  in Las Vegas.

Melana Scantlin from ``Average Joe'' dining at Johnny Rockets in Beverly Hills with a perfectly average Joe - but sadly not one from the show.

Diva Sharon Stone, in a black leather jacket and dark shades, shopping at the Tommy Bahama store in the Grove. She was with a gal pal, slightly older, with short blonde hair and buying lots of stuff. The whole mall was all a-twitter, and a manager from a jewelry store tried to talk her into coming into their shop, but no dice. Seems Stone did not have trinkets on her mind, just tropical sportswear.

Backstage at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas: Sting picked up a Logitech camera in the Celebrity Retreat and chilled on a tempurpedic bed. Beyonce spent half an hour creating personalized Zoppini charm bracelets for her two sisters and herself. Then she snagged an aquamarine aquamarine (ăk'wəmərēn`, äk'–) [Lat.,=seawater], transparent beryl with a blue or bluish-green color. Sources of the gems include Brazil, Siberia, the Union of Myanmar, Madagascar, and parts of the United States.  and silver filigree filigree (fĭl`ĭgrē), ornamental work of fine gold or silver wire, often wrought into an openwork design and joined with matching solder and borax under the flame of the blowpipe.  ring from OldCities. Nicky and Paris Hilton picked up two leather belts with vintage buckles at the Melamed Belt table and grabbed two pairs of Starr D low-rise jeans. Like they don't have enough low-rise jeans. ... All the Foo Fighters spent their time battling it out at the Namco station playing Soul Calibur II.

CAPTION(S):

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Photo:

(1) HAMILTON: Ready to get back to her ``regular thing.''

Jesse Grant/WireImage.com

(2) SPEARS: Nothing gets between her and her Serfontaines.

Albert L. Ortega/WireImage.com

(3) NAVARRO and ELECTRA: They've got rhythm, they've got music ...

Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

(4) SCANTLIN
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