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At the X-Box 360 launch party last night, a Defamer operative mingled among the usual crowd drawn out by the promise of free, shiny things: a pop star dating above his station, an ex-Friend with time on his hands, and a Hilton Posse (almost always comprised of at least one sister, one flack, one Greek, and one D-list male pretending to be engaged to a Posse member to boost his US Weekly and Page Six appearances), and a Carmen Electra. Sadly, not every celeb who made the "Look at how much famous people like to play video games!" photo-op got to take home the prize:

Got schooled in the caste-system of celebrity last night at a super-swanky Xbox launch party way up in the Hills. The A-list, B-list, C-list and D-list celebs were all mingling together, but how do you define a Laguna Beach cast member? It was ironic that while Justin Timberlake, Josh Duhamel, Matthew Perry, Carmen Electra and everyone's favorite director Michael Bay were able to walk around on their own, Talan, his new-fake fiancée Kimberly Stewart, Paris Hilton and the Greek boyfriend wouldn't make a move without a publicist by their side. I mean, WHAT?!?! Maybe they needed the publicist close by make a quick announcement about an engagement between Paris and her new pet monkey.


Oh, and it gave me comfort to know that even though i didn't rank high enough to get the free Xbox 360 goodie bag, neither did Jonathan Lipnicki. Poor kid!

We're going to assume that Lipnicki either had too much dignity to crash the goodie bag line and recite his three cutest lines from Jerry Maguire, or realized that telling someone that "the human head weighs 8 pounds" is not so adorable when delivered by a teenager. At least the kid can comfort himself knowing that once the acting thing dries up for good, he can grow up to be a movie producer.

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