On the town

• Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson were hurried out of Tom Ford's Madison Avenue store when they arrived close to closing. "Well, are you going to buy anything?" the manager asked, not realizing who they were.
• Hilary and Haylie Duff stocked up on Missoni shoes and Tom Ford sunglasses in Miami over the weekend - and actually paid for their loot.
• Verizon Wireless has withdrawn its sponsorship of Gwen Stefani's tour after opening act Akon was videotaped performing simulated sex onstage with a 15-year-old in Trinidad.
• Sex & the City alum Cynthia Nixon will kick off the ninth season of Law & Order: SVU, appearing as a woman with multiple personalities thought to have abused her baby.
• Lawyers for Lindsay Lohan are demanding that the British newspaper News of the World produce the videotape they claim shows the actress snorting coke.
• Rosie O'Donnell has her eye on Bob Barker's gig at The Price is Right, but the outgoing host "is adamant that Rosie not get the gig," according to a source.

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On the town

A few juicy bits from Easter weekend:

• Cute couple Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson joined Wilson's brother Luke at Santa Monica's Huntley Hotel on Friday night for vodka sodas, shots of Patron and Coronas.
• Lindsay Lohan had breakfast in Beverly Hills on Saturday with friends, then headed to Milk Boutique to drop thousands of dollars on jewelry and clothes.
• Paris Hilton celebrated Easter by buying to bunnies, naming one Marilyn and the other Monroe.
• Wedding Crashers star Isla Fisher was spotted NOT having alcoholic drinks at the Chateau Marmont Saturday night, giving fuel to the rumors she is pregnant with boyfriend Sacha Baron Cohen's baby.
• Katie Holmes and nearly-one-year-old Suri was seen at Silvercup Studios in Astoria last Tuesday. "There are a lot of pilots filming there," says a spy, "so maybe they have a cameo? While Katie was filming, her manny watched the baby."

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Owen and Kate get Luke Wilson's blessing

Owen Wilson's brother Luke is the first person to publicly acknowledge his sibling's relationship with You, Me and Dupree co-star Kate Hudson. "He seems very happy," Wilson said of his older bro. "[Kate] is a very nice girl." After months of speculation about a romance between Hudson and Wilson, the pair have finally begun appearing in public together and have been photographed definitely looking the part of a couple. "Owen has realized what a great thing he has," says a friend of the pair. "They're having fun, but things are definitely getting more serious."

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