Last week, stars showed their support as stylist, Andrea Lieberman, launched her new clothing line at Barney’s New York in Bev Hills.

As is often the case, big names like Gwen Stefani, Ellen Pompeo and Jennifer Lopez borrowed jewelry from famed Swiss jeweler, Robert Mouawad.  And as is also often the case, the bling was returned the next day.  Except in the case of J. Lo.

According to a New York Post source, Lopez’s manager called Mouawad after the event and informed him that Jen would be keeping the pieces she borrowed. The source claimed that Mouawad was okay with gifting the jewelry but that it was presumptuous, nonetheless.

Is that how it works in Hollywood?  You borrow shit and just keep it?  How very Winona Ryder.  I have a new term for what all these thieving wenches pull:  Involuntary swag.

Jen’s camp, of course, says the jewelry was a gift in exchange for appearing at the event.

Of Britney’s Circus tour, opening night!

Three more vids after the jump.

SOOO excited to see this live.

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So I’m pretty conked out on sleeping pills right now, but still nowhere near sleepy, just a little unqualified to be writing anything extensive at this point. But I needed to get these pics up for you guys PRONTO.

What I will say is that I think she looks fantastic. Her body is as good as it’s ever been, and, while she’s obviously worked her ass off in the gym and in the dance studio, a portion of it is inarguably due to a little nip, and not from the bottle, either.

Early reviews from her show have been raves, which stands in stark contrast to the other much-hyped opening this week: Watchmen pre-screened this week to less-than-pleasant reviews. The rest of the media is technically embargoed until March 6, but I’ve had several people who were present at the early screenings tell me, in confidence, that it’s not a very good movie. Le sigh.

But Britney? Rocked it last night. It looks like I’ll actually be in LA for a bachelorette party the same week her tour comes to LA. Ummm, anyone wanna come with me to that show too?

Thoughts?

I think it’s just a movie of explosions and Christian Bale yelling.

Still, I’ll definitely see it.

UGH. You guys, it has just not been a good week for me so far. My cable went on the fritz tonight, so I didn’t get to watch American Idol or Toddlers & Tiaras, and basically the whole reason I exist during the rest of the week is so I can watch those two shows on Tuesday night. So I’m really bummed about that, and I’m just stuck alone at home thinking about how sad I am that I’m not at the Britney show in New Orleans tonight, and that I don’t get to see her until April. I need distraction!

At least I have Lindsay!

Puss ‘N’ Boots left a restaurant in WeHo with Samantha last night looking a little worse for the wear. Her outfit is fantastic, but her eyes are starting to get that sunken-in look you see when someone’s been, ahem, awake for awhile. And her extensions look the worst I’ve ever seen them look. That saddens me, because Lindsay is someone whose extensions usually photograph really well, and they’re just horrible here. It’s probably because it’s been so rainy in LA lately — extensions work better in dry weather — but still. She could have pulled it back or something.

I don’t watch The Biggest Loser these days, but my trainer was telling me the other day that one of the former contestants had recently completed a marathon at under four hours, weighing around 300 pounds. I was like “No way!” and she was like “Well, he’s a tall guy …” and I was like “NO WAY.” As someone who recently ran a half-marathon (WOOT WOOT GO ME!) I just didn’t see how this was possible, especially for someone who’d been in terrible shape previously.

It turns out, he didn’t run the entire marathon. NBC helped him cheat and then lied about it!

Dane said data from his heart-rate monitor told him he needed to slow down. The couple also stopped at every water station. At one, the TV crew asked the Pattersons to stop and talk about how the race was going. Temperatures climbed.

By the time Dane reached a water stop past mile 16, they’d fallen way off pace. He was exhausted, and a sub-six-hour finish was not going to happen. One of the producers proposed driving Dane and Carli up the road.

“I was irritated,” Dane said, “but I just wanted to make everybody happy. I knew the show wanted a finishing shot.”

“Plus, at mile 17, it’s not hard to talk a 280-pound guy into taking a ride,” he added.

The whole story is kind of fishy. Dane claims he took the ride (and he claims it was for only three miles) because he thought the marathon had a six-hour time limit, and he didn’t think he’d finish on time, and he wanted the show’s producers to get their shot. But if he only was in the car for three miles, and he finished the marathon at under four hours, then there’s no reason why he shouldn’t have been able to run three additional miles at a similar pace and finish well under six hours.

The truth came out after some fellow runners ratted Dane out to the press. They didn’t understand how Dane finished before them but they hadn’t seen him pass them.

Dirty reality TV stuff!!!

Thanks Keisha!