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A few school districts in Illinois have banned hugging in elementary and middle schools, where students feel violated for expressing affection for friends…but adults don’t follow the same rules. Even when a hug is shared with the woman you’ve been accused of having an affair with and breaking up your seven-year marriage.

From Faded Youth, photos of Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish, his costar in the upcoming film, “Stop Loss”, on a friend’s patio in Beverly Hills, sharing what appears to be a cigarette (though partaking in the 1998 film “Homegrown” may suggest he’s not anti-marijuana) and a hug.

Following his divorce from Reese Witherspoon, with whom he has two children, Ava and Deacon, Phillippe had this to say: “I’m not a perfect person, but I’m not guilty of a lot of the things I have been accused of. My priority is and always has been the health and safety of my family,” Phillippe said to People magazine.

On November 20 of last year, just following the announcement of the Ryan-Reese divorce and when speculation was high that Cornish was “the other woman,” the Australian actress denied any reports of a romance:

“We were very good friends and we did spend a lot of time together, yeah,” she was quoted by the Dailynews, as saying.

“But we’re friends and that’s it,” was quoted by Star magazine, as saying,” she added.

Earlier tabloids had claimed that Witherspoon decided to end her marriage to the Crash star after learning he had romanced Cornish on the set of their new movie, “Stop Loss” in Texas.

Reports also suggested that the Legally Blonde star found out about her husband’s alleged romance with Cornish after reading a saucy note on his BlackBerry phone.

But Cornish insists the reports are all false.”

Ah, the “good friends” excuse. Photos are damning evidence, so they’ll have a fun time backpedaling through the new gossip that they have resumed their romance. Best of luck to you, Ryan and Abbie! Suggestion: avoid any use of the phrase “good friends” as it almost always implies something more.

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Please make this the new “Don’t tase me, bro!” catchprase of late oh-sev: “Le Call has no comment.”

This was the response given by her “people” when asked by PEOPLE if she and Owen Wilson are dating, after being spotted all over NYC, doing everything from yoga classes to private dinners. But an inside source confirms that they are in fact dating, and now there’s one more model we can care about!

“She is dating him,” an insider tells PEOPLE.

PEOPLE reports: “Though there had been speculation – after the two were spotted together on Manhattan’s Lower East Side and in Texas – that Wilson and Jessica Simpson were an item, the New York Post’s Page Six reports that on Saturday Le Call and the “Wedding Crashers” star attended a private dinner for English artist Damien Hirst and, early in the week, also practiced yoga together in a downtown studio.

When asked about a possible relationship between Wilson and Le Call (who, despite the name, is American born), a rep for One Model Management told PEOPLE, “Le Call has no comment.”

But, a source close to the couple said on Monday, “Le Call is totally overwhelmed by all of this attention. She isn’t used to it. So they will be leaving town tomorrow to escape – and traveling a great distance.”

Now, I know this is America, and we’re free to name our kids Apple and Lamborghini, but a double word name? In re-telling this story, I thought to myself, Hmmm, it could be Le (first name) + Call (last name) but looking back, I feel like models looove being called by one name (Tyra, Giselle, Heidi, et al) and her name is just “Le Call.” Seems to me that Owen’s recent bevy of women (Le Call, Jessica Simpson, whom he was rumored to have dated for a week or two) are very high-profile, and he may need something more low-key. In October it was said that Owen had gotten back together with ex girlfriend, Carolina Cerisola, a burlesque dancer who is also said to be an excellent vegan chef. The two were even rumored to be moving in together after they were spotted out several times. For some reason, I was pulling for them. And in contrast, even Jessica Simpson seems more low maintenance than this Le Call.

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Two points of interest from Celebitchy below. Le Call is currently embroiled in a feud with a NY restaurant owner who says she never returned his expensive umbrella, and now the newspapers have gotten a hold of it:

“A restaurant owner who probably bribed Page Six for the mention, as Jossip notes, lent Le Call or whatever her name is an umbrella worth four figures. It was leather and a limited edition model by John Paul Gaultier. She didn’t return it for a while, and when someone finally did on her behalf it was broken. So the guy wants to sue her, big deal.

Le Call commented on the feud, telling Page Six, “It is pretty funny, though. An umbrella that I didn’t ask for or want and refused to take two or three times from a man who if he is so ridiculously upset about an overpriced, ostentatious umbrella, he probably shouldn’t own one that expensive . . . Nello is desperate for attention, I guess.”

Meanwhile Le Call told NY Magazine this August that another restaurant owner and reality tv star, Rocco DiSpirito, gave her and a friend bikes when he learned they were going to rent some. She also bragged about getting free trips and vacations from guys “who want to have girls around.”

Classy. In my opinion, I think Owen should be set up with a normal. Not to say normals have less baggage, but they certainly don’t comment to Page Six about petty feuds over umbrellas or accept bikes from celeb chefs. And technically, you could say models have more baggage, that being Louis Vittons worth more than my car. Emotional baggage for normals vs celebs? Eh, call it a draw.

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When I read Celebitchy’s headline, I mistakenly thought it said, “due to sideBOB” and I guess that’s why I’m posting it now. For all those who sport offensive hairstyles. This story isn’t really that exciting, or even newsworthy, but I keep imagining a scene on the steps of a Barbados church with Rihanna’s family yelling, “It’s too angular!” and “The front’s uneven!” Just to clarify, I WAS referring to the bob, not the boob.

From the National Enquirer’s Nov. 19 print edition:

“The 19-year-old singer went to her cousin Nigel Alstrom’s wedding in Barbados on Oct. 27. But before the happy couple even cut the cake, she was asked to take her on-display breasts and her diva attitude and get out, say sources.

“Rihanna is known for dressing very sexy – but no one expected her to show up at a wedding dressed like she was on stage,” declared a family insider. “She was the center of attention instead of the bride – and the bride and groom got upset!”

The entertainer also put on a show – blowing kisses to fans as she entered the church.

“She would have been more low-key, dressed appropriately and not have had such a ’star attitude,’” said the family insider.

“She had words with her aunt and mother, and she was asked to leave.”

“She asked what was she supposed to do – come dressed in a paper bag? Rihanna agreed to leave.”

Yes, Rihanna, proper wedding attire includes paper bags. She sounds a bit sassy for my taste. And blowing kisses? Ugh. Perhaps more embarrassing for Rihanna is her recently declared love for rumored paramour Josh Hartnett:

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“I would be lying if I told you we were not more than just friends…” “I have so fallen for him. He’s lovely,” she enthuses. “He is so hot and he is really sweet to me.” (from I Don’t Like You in That Way)

…and he was later that evening spied making out with NOT Rihanna. Maybe it’s the 10-year age difference (she’s 19, he’s 29) but then again, Lance and Ashley are makin’ it with a 15-year age difference. Rihanna’s diva behavior at this wedding probably stems from her six top ten Billboard hits, with “Umbrella” at number one in the UK earlier this year for ten consecutive weeks, but is making her head bigger than it normally looks. She better eat some humble pie this month.