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The Week in Celebrity

From flashbulb-popping premieres (Kim Basinger is back) to comeback rock tours (so is Dave Matthews), what the camera-unshy were up to this week.

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Grey Gardens premieres this weekend on HBO, and Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange were on a glam press tour all week, exploring all eras of fashion—1920s gamines, va-va-vamp, and Valley of the Dolls bouffants.

L to R: Evan Agostini / AP Photo; Charles Sykes; AP Photo; Jason Merritt / Getty Images
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This was the week for females launching memoirs—Kristin Chenoweth, Marlee Matlin, and Tori Spelling all dropped words on America. Look out.

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In the spirit of Annie Hall, both Julianne Moore and Edie Falco looked sleek and fresh in female tuxedos.

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Skinny black ties and slim suits were the dress code for actors this week.

L to R: Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images; Jason Merritt / Getty Images; Brian Zak, Sipa / AP Photo
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Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger reunited on the red carpet for the first time in 23 years (since 9 ½ Weeks) for their new film, The Informers, while model Coco Rocha and designer Zac Posen shared a dress at the Friends of New Yorkers for Children Spring Dance.

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When in doubt, belt it! If we’ve learned anything from Michelle Obama and her notorious Azzedine Alaia studded belt, it's that the cinch makes the outfit. R&B singer Kat DeLuna and actresses Lindsay Price and Vanessa Hudgens followed her example this week.

L to R: Peter Kramer / AP Photo; Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images; Tammie Arroyo / AP Photo
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The Dave Matthews Band played their first big comeback show this week, while country phenom Taylor Swift took to the stage at the Grand Ole Opry (quite a feat for someone not yet legal to drink).

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90210’s Shanae Grimes and Jessica Stroup looked awful cozy at a Paley Center discussion about their re-launched teen show, while Serena Williams and model Selita Ebanks shone in jewel tones at the Friends of New Yorkers for Children Spring Dance.

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Spring means breaking out shades of ivy, emerald, and chartreuse, and Jennie Garth, Lydia Hearst, and Lauren Ambrose clearly got the memo.

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The cast and crew of The Office cut the cake for their 100th episode, while the plucky top seven from American Idol (all safe this week) hit their first big red-carpet movie premiere together to fete 17 Again.

Top: Matt Sayles / AP Photo, Bottom: Tammie Arroyo / AP Photo
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Next to Normal—a musical about a mother dealing with mental illness and her dysfunctional family—earned a rave this week, while Dolly Parton prepared to launch previews for 9 to 5, the Broadway show she adapted from the screen.

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30 Rock’s Katrina Bowden and always pretty Diane Kruger looked the most like spring this week—congratulations for winning the seasonal award, ladies.

L to R: Peter Kramer / AP Photo; Zak Brian, SIPA

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