KIM Kardashian hit the Westfield Culver City Mall in Culver City, CA., Saturday where she dished out some fashion advice.

The fashionable Keeping up With The Kardashians reality TV star wowed the crowds with her tips for dressing to impress. (continue)

KATE Hudson says she quit smoking because it made her smell.

The Bride Wars star admits she hated her hair, car and clothes stinking of cigarettes.

“It was starting to drive me crazy!” Hudson said. “I didn’t like the way the car smelt, or my hair and clothes.

“It takes you away from the family and the things you’re doing. You don’t realize it at the time. Then when you’re done, you go, ‘Wow, I do so much more in a day – including eat.’”

Kate — who’s currently dating New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and already has a son, Ryder, with ex-husband Chris Robinson — recently admitted that giving up the dirty habit fueled rumors she was pregnant with her second child.

“Quitting meant eating more,” she said. “Then, there were rum ours in the press saying I was pregnant.

“Later somebody said, ‘When did you quit smoking?’ And I was like, ‘Right about the time everybody thought I was pregnant.’”

TAYLOR Swift proved she’s not a lady to be messed with during her skit on last night’s Saturday Night Live.

In her opening monologue as a guest host, Swift took aim at ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas, who famously dumped her over the telephone.

And the Love Story hitmaker couldn’t resist a dig at controversial rapper Kanye West – who infamously hijacked her big moment at the MTV VMAS.

“I like writing songs about douchebags who cheat on me, but I’m not gonna talk about that in my monologue,” Swift sad. “I like writing their names into songs so they’re ashamed to go in public, but I’m not gonna say that in my monologue.

“You might think I’d bring up Joe — that guy who broke up with me on the phone, but I’m not gonna mention him, in my monologue.

“You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye and how he ran up on the stage and ruined my VMA… But there’s nothing more to say cause everything’s ok — I’ve got security lining the stage.”

Taylor — who is rumoured to be dating 17-year-old Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner — took to her Twitter account earlier this week to reveal her fears that she’ll have “a heart attack” when she makes her presenting debut.

“Starting the SNL process I kinda feel like I might have a heart attack or pass out in the pitch meeting. I’m that excited.(sic)” she wrote on the social-networking site.

PENELOPE Cruz wowed the crowds in Rome as she promoted her new movie Broken Embraces outside the Trevi Fountain on Saturday, November 7.

Broken Embraces hits US movie theaters November 20, 2009. (continue)

TAYLOR Lautner insists he’s more than happy to keep showing off his torso — if a role requires him to do so.

The 17-year-old actor — who goes shirtless in several scenes for Twilight sequel New Moon — says he won’t be keeping his sexy six-pack under wraps.

“If there’s another character later on in life that requires [baring my torso], I’m not opposed to it,” he said.

Taylor also revealed how he gained 30lbs of muscle for his role as werewolf Jacob Black in the smash hit film franchise.

“I had to be putting something in my mouth every two hours,” he said. “Meat patties, sweet potatoes, raw almonds — it’s not fun. A lot of protein.”

Taylor has previously said he wants to be known for his acting, not his body.

“I worked hard to get in shape for this role,” he said. “My motivation was the movie and the fans but I don’t want to become known as just a body.

“If I had to choose, I would never take my shirt off again in a movie but I guess that’s not very realistic. I certainly won’t be asking to do it though.”

New Moon — which also stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart — hits movie theaters later this month.

HILARY Swank says the worst thing about being a famous actress is dealing with inquisitive members of the media.

The Million Dollar Baby star admits she finds giving interviews as pleasurable as having her teeth pulled.

“I have never courted fame and I don’t think I have ever been regarded as a celebrity,” Swank tells Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper in a new interview. “Of course, I do get followed by the paparazzi, but they would follow any actor because that’s their job.

“It’s not something I enjoy, but I don’t get bothered too much.  The thing is that I love my job. I love being an actor. And I have had to come to terms with the fact that doing this — I suppose I must admit that that’s being a celebrity — is part of that job.”

Swank — who is currently dating her gent John Campisi, who has a six-year old son Sam — also revealed that she likes being a step-mom.

“John and I have been together for about three years, so I have known Sam for half his life,” she said. “Our relationship has developed very naturally during that time and I am really enjoying being a stepmom.

“I am a total homebody. I love to cook and have downtime with John and Sam. Home is where I recharge, it’s the one place where I can be me. Because, you know, this life can be very stressful and I often find myself in difficult environments.”

SUSAN Boyle is going to be one seriously busy lady!

The Scottish singing sensation — who’s due to release her debut album, I Dreamed A Dream, on November 24 — will reportedly make her UK comeback on the X Factor later this month.

Lady GaGa, Rihanna, Shakira and Boyzone are in talks to perform on the TV talent show for the first time since bandmate Stephen Gately’s death.

“We’re going all out to annihilate Strictly Come Dancing this year. These big signings will really help us,” a source told the News of The World newspaper.

Susan will sing her debut single Wild Horses, a cover of the Rolling Stones’ hit, on Sunday November 22.

“Simon Cowell is very excited about Susan coming back but wants to make sure she excels,” the source added.

“It’s going to be nerve-racking for her being at the very same place where she lost Britain’s Got Talent.

“The pressure can get to her and he’s decided not to sign another big-name act for that night so everything is focused around her.”

Boyle, 48, has also been lined up to appear on US TV show Dancing With The Stars.

She’ll fly to Los Angeles for an appearance on the hit show early next week, her rep said.

ELTON John sent Robbie Williams a sarcastic note when his former Take That bandmates reached number one in the singles and albums charts.

The Feel hitmaker, 35, says he was furious to receive the missive under his hotel room door while on tour in Australia.

According to British tabloid The People, Robbie says the note read, “Take That: No.1 album, No.1 single – funny how things work out, Elton.”

“What a bizarre way to think about things — you live in a world that I don’t live in,” Robbie said of Elton’s cheeky dig.

“For a while Robbie struggled to come to terms with the success Take That have been enjoying without him,” a source added.

“He’s made up with all of them now but he clearly didn’t enjoy having the mickey taken out of him by Elton.”

Meanwhile, Elton, 62, left hospital earlier this week after illness had forced him to cancel a series of concerts.

The Rocket Man hitmaker was recently hospitalized with “a serious case of E.coli bacterial infection and influenza”.

It is understood underwent a series of blood tests, X-rays and scans to find out why his illness proved so debilitating.

Elton’s spokesman Gary Farrow insists the singer is now “fine” and will resume his concert schedule in Oakland and San Jose, Calif., where he will join Billy Joel on Nov. 14 and 17.

CAMERON Diaz likes to keep her love life out of the spotlight.

The actress — who has previously dated singer Justin Timberlake — says she doesn’t want details of who she’s romancing splashed across blogs, magazines and TV shows.

“Love lives of the famous are distractions from people’s own love lives,” Diaz, 37, told Parade magazine. “There are some celebrities who like to sell their own experiences, who are just out front with it. And that’s something that people can buy. And there are other people who have their moments stolen from them by the media and by the paparazzi.

“Then millions of readers and TV viewers occupy their time with those stolen moments. If I’m missing from the pages and the blogs and the shows, I don’t think that’s such a devastation.”

“I don’t have to prove anything to anybody,” she adds. “I know who I am. I have my own sense of myself. And the things that I do, I do for myself and to challenge myself and to have my own experience.

“I’m in a completely different place in my life now and I’m very comfortable where I’m at. I’m looking forward to the future. I’m looking forward to this afternoon and tomorrow and the next day and a month from now.”

Diaz also revealed her tips for dealing with heartbreak.

“Oftentimes, the way that we learn is to have our heart broken,” she said. “As many times as we fall in love, our heart gets broken. But heartbreak is always a part of life, from not making a team in your favorite sport to your parents having a fight.

“Life is full of ups and downs. You can’t know happiness without sadness and vice versa. The great thing about getting older is you become wiser and you gain knowledge and you grow. There’s nothing wrong with that. That’s a wonderful thing.”

Diaz recently revealed that she’ll quit Hollywood when it makes her unhappy.

WANDA Sykes has a guilty confession — she watched a bootleg DVD of the Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It.

The writer, stand-up comedian and actress — who with her wife Alex welcomed babies Olivia Lou and Lucas Claude in April — says she’s too busy to go to the cinema.

“There’s so many movies I wanna see, like there’s the Michael Jackson movie I wanna see,” she said.

“I don’t have time so I did something I never do, I bought a bootleg. I know, I know, but it’s something I never do. They’re the worst, mine was really bad!”

Meanwhile, Wanda — who’s gearing up for the launch her of late night talk show, the Wanda Sykes Show — has urged Jon and Kate Gosselin to stay off the TV and concentrate on raising their kids.

“I think I would tell them to stay off TV and raise their kids,” Wanda told US TV show Extra.

“And maybe if they got off TV, Kate could let the other side of her hair grow back!” adds Sykes, referring to the reality mom’s reverse mullet.