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Plenty of FOBs (Fans of Bill)

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IT was almost like the ‘90s: 4. Bill Clinton at old pal Sumner Redstone’s Beverly Hills mansion with National Breast Cancer Coalition Chairwoman Fran Visco, left, Paula Redstone and Barbra Streisand, at a fundraiser Monday that drew 5. Penny Marshall, left, and Julie Chen, Barbara Davis, Sharon Stone, Eli Broad, and 6. Brad Gray, left, Michael Milken and Les Moonves. “If he could run again, he would certainly be elected the next president of United States,” Sumner avowed. Clinton talked health care. “There is one fact to remember in this election. We spend more than any other country, 34% of the health care budget, on administration costs. That’s $300 billion. You could insure every person in America for $100 billion, spend another $100 billion on research and give the other $100 billion to General Motors so it won’t go broke making cars.”

-- ELIZABETH SNEAD

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Taking some steps in the fight against MS

Nancy Davis and Tommy Hilfiger changed the theme of their annual MS fundraiser April 13 to “Dance to Erase MS.” 3. Lisa Rinna took that to heart, dipping onstage with Louis Van Amstel during a fashion show featuring Lisa Edelstein, Tara Reid, Nicky Hilton, Michelle Rodriquez and Donovan Leitch strutting in vintage Tommy duds. 1. Dr. Phil introduced Teri Garr, who joked, “I hate the letters MS. I took the MS off the front of my name. I’m now known as ‘Your Royal Highness.’ ” 2. The Bombshell Babies danced provocatively.

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Let’s hear it for reaching out

Backstage at the Kodak Theatre during the April 14 GLAAD Awards, “Ugly Betty” stars 7. Rebecca Romijn and Mark Indelicato hugged it out. 8. Jake Gyllenhaal said: “People say actors are brave for taking on certain roles. I say no. What’s truly brave is picking out an outfit to wear in front of this crowd. I didn’t wear a tie tonight because I wasn’t sure if it should be black and white, or black and transgender,” before planting one on Jennifer Aniston, winner of the Vanguard Award. “Desperate Housewives’ ” 9. Joy Lauren, left, Shawn Pyfrom and Andrea Bowen lived it up.

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Pretty people, prettier clothes

Call it a fashion/entertainment mixer at the April 13 launch of a Jovovich-Hawk collection for Mango in a Chateau Marmont penthouse. Fashion fans 10. Jordan Ladd (Cheryl’s daughter), left, and “Entourage” hottie Emmanuelle Chriqui admired A-line frocks. 11. Co-designer/actress Milla Jovovich posed with “Entourage” hunk Adrian Grenier, kissed “Desperate Housewives’ ” Nicollette Sheridan, and hugged her “Resident Evil” director-fiance Paul W.S. Anderson.

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Classics never go out of style

It was a Who’s Who? at the fifth

annual TV Land Awards. It was pretty lively backstage at the Santa Monica Barker Hangar on April 14

as “Taxi” cast 13. Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito (front), Tony Danza, co-creator James L. Brooks, Carol Kane and Randall Carver celebrated their medallion award. 14. Presenters Morgan Freeman, left, and Sharon Stone hung with Forest Whitaker while “The Brady Bunch” funny ladies 15. Ann

B. Davis, left, Florence Henderson and Maureen McCormick chuckled over their pop culture award. 16. Historic moment: Faux-legged “Dancing With the Stars’ ” Heather Mills met TV’s first “Bionic Woman,” Lindsay Wagner.

Snead writes for the Styles & Scenes blog at TheEnvelope.com.

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No party is complete without . . .

Swag, still? Conservative author 12. Ann Coulter hit the Backstage Creations swag suite on April 14 with her TV Land Awards date, Jimmie “J.J.” Walker, and snagged loot including a Country Girl cowboy hat and T. Even controversial big mouths aren’t above taking freebies. You know that stuff’s taxable, right?

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