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Jessica Lowndes Jessica Lowndes was spotted in Palm Springs this past weekend taking a break from the heat and party scene at The Music Lounge at the Ingleside Inn. The 90210 actress stepped into the shade to avoid the dessert sun and relaxed to some tunes on her SOL REPUBLIC headphones before heading to the festival. Photo Courtesy Of: Lisa Rose/Domain MSA

**** POOL PARTY **** Kelly Rowland Celebrities and VIPs continued to celebrate the weekend in Palm Springs at the Hard Rock Music Lounge ‘Women Who Rock’ pool party hosted by Kelly Rowland on Saturday, April 13. The pool party was the talk of the town with celebrities such as Kelly Rowland, Whitney Port, Elijah Wood, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Audrina Patridge, Eli Roth, Josh Henderson, Brad Goreski, Katie Cassidy, Adrienne Bailon, Passion Pit and more stopping by to join in the festivities. Whitney Port, dressed in her music festival inspired outfit, arrived at the venue and headed straight to the Clearasil RAPID + RAD Retreat with her girlfriends in tow. To complete her look, Whitney enjoyed the retreat’s braid bar opting for a side-braid in addition to a temporary tattoo of a bird on her ankle. Audrina Patridge was also seen picking up a fringe swimsuit from Missguided in anticipation of spending the rest of her weekend under the desert sun.

Kate Winslet Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet were among the actors honoured at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards on Saturday. Pitt's desert-based drama 'Babel' and the critically acclaimed 'Little Children', which stars Winslet, received multiple gongs at the ceremony,which is widely considered to be a good indicator for the upcoming Oscar nominations. The 'Babel' cast - which, apart from Pitt, includes Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi - took home the Ensemble Performance Award.Pitt said about the movie: "I love the under current of this film, and that is the inability, sometimes, to understand where the other side is coming from."Blanchett also accepted the festival's Career Achievement Award.Winslet won the Desert Palm Achievement for Acting award for her performance in 'Little Children'. She said: "What's fantastic about the nominations is that hopefully people will go and see the mov...