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Stars in Orbit: Affleck, Hudson and Ricci

Ben Affleck, Santa Claus Cartier

The Planet Gossip satellites see everything, and I give you the best sightings from around the world—and occasionally even beyond it.

CHRISTMAS SOX:  Ben Affleck, chatting with Santa Claus about the Boston Red Sox at the Cartier mansion in New York City during the launch of the jewelers' holiday cards benefiting the Art of Elysium.

FACE IT:  Jennifer Hudson, Jewel and Hilary and Haylie Duff, getting facials and massages separately over the same weekend at the new Voda Spa in West Hollywood.

ESCAPE CLAUS:  Fred Claus star Vince Vaughn, enjoying a mojito at Caramel Bar & Lounge at the Bellagio in Las Vegas before hitting up Fix Restaurant & Bar.

BUSINESS LUNCH:  Rebecca De Mornay, having lunch at Orso in Los Angeles.

PAPER CHASE:  Lindsay Lohan, chatting with designer Jeremy Scott at Paper magazine's 24-Hour Store event at Montmartre Lounge in Hollywood, hours after Hilary Duff came through.

HOLLYWOOD IDOL:  American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, partying at Hollywood staple Hyde.

Christina Ricci, Jennifer Hudson Todd Williamson/WireImage.com, Sharkpixs/Zuma Press

CAN WE TALK?  Kate Bosworth and Jennifer Hudson, chatting at XChange in NYC during last night’s Vacheron Constantin Platinum Excellence gala, which honored legendary music impresario Clive Davis.

KILLER JOKESChristina Ricci, laughing it up with friends during an AFI Film Festival screening of Javier Bardem's No Country for Old Men.

SCREEN KINGHowie Mandel, looking to buy a new Bravia flat-screen TV at the Sony Cierge Holiday Preview at One in Los Angeles. Also there were Latino heartthrob Eduardo Verástegui and his Bella costar Ali Landry, as well as the movie’s writer-director, Landry’s hubby Alejandro Gomez Monteverde.

YOU TALKIN' TO ME?  Joe Pesci, answering his cell phone right before teeing off at the Golf Digest Celebrity Invitational at Lakeside Gold Club in Burbank, California. The ring? His own voice growling, “Answer your f--king phone!”

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