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WeHo Residents Girding For Next Week’s Hilton-Related Media Invasion

8:50AM Defamer Hollywood | Still waking up slick with nightsweats at the passing of every traffic copter, anticipating that another airborne invasion by local news vultures is at hand, residents of Paris Hilton’s neighborhood are preparing for the media Apocalypse that awaits them when the world’s most famous political prisoner is released from her unjust imprisonment. Notes Gatecrasher’s Ben Widdicombe: A spokeswoman for L.A. City Councilman Jack Weiss told us yesterday that his office had received more than 50 complaints from residents during her brief respite from captivity. More »

City Bakery Likely To Be Wiped Out In L.A. Cupcake War

9:55AM Defamer Hollywood | While we appreciate the City Bakery’s attempt to use Paris Hilton’s incarceration to drum up a little buzz (as illustrated in the above photo from Eater LA), they ultimately stand no chance against the more dedicated attention-whores of Mrs. Beasly’s in our city’s ongoing Cupcake Wars. Sticking nail files in some spice cakes and putting up a sign is definitely cute, but demonstrates that the Brentwood outfit lacks the dedication of rivals who have proven they’re willing to fellate swarming news crews for coverage or slaughter a disloyal A-lister. Until they accost Rick and Kathy on one of their well-publicised visits to their jailed daughter and demand they deliver their “Visitation Cakes” in front of dozens of cameras, we have no choice but to dismiss them as lazy dilettantes lacking in killer instinct. City Bakery to Paris: Get-Out-of-Jail Spice Cake [Eater LA] More »

Orlando Bloom Latest Casualty Of Bloody Cupcake War

10:06AM Defamer Hollywood | Earlier this week, someone e-mailed to suggest that we post examples of the “fake,” publicist-supplied celebrity sightings that we try to filter out so that they don’t render our cherished PrivacyWatch feature even more hopelessly tainted by PR shenanigans than it probably already is. Because we like nothing better than to make our loyal readers’ tragically unambitious dreams come true, here’s one from just a few hours ago that’s obviously not trying too hard (if at all) to fool us: Subj: Orlando Bloom Enlists in Cupcake Wars In Hollywood’s ongoing “Cupcake Wars,” baker to the stars Mrs. Beasley’s wins a battle when Orlando Bloom stopped into the Beverly Hills store this week for the must have accessory for Summer, the Beasley’s Popper. One wonders if Bloom will share the dozens of new mini cupcakes he bought with his cast mates at the “Pirates of the Caribbean” premieres next week. Paris Hilton and Kobe Bryant have also been spotted with the tasty treats. More »