Gwen Stefani and her sons, Kingston and baby Zuma, were bundled up against the cold London weather as they ran errands this weekend. Papa Gavin Rossdale joined them for a little while, and Gwen wore her special Coat of Many Colors for him. Seriously that is one surefire way to make sure you don’t get hit by a car while you’re crossing the street. Even a drunk in a complete blackout is going to be like “HOLY SHIT WHAT IS GWEN STEFANI WEARING?” and swerve the car.

Band Hero promised to be a hit this holiday season.  The video game has sixty popular songs with avatars of the well-known artists and band members.  Unfortunately, the game allows the avatar that represents Gwen Stefani to “perform” other songs.

Basically, Gwen doesn’t want to be electronically singing songs that aren’t hers.  The lawsuit specifically states, “”Honky Tonk Woman … results in an unauthorized performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes.”  Wait — “Honky Tonk Woman” is about prostitutes?

An injunction was filed, requesting that all copies of the game be pulled off shelves which means there will be some sad little faces at my house on December 25th.  Merry Effing Christmas, Happy Effing Hannukah.  Boo, Gwen Stefani!  It’s a video game, chick.  It’s. Not. Real.

Considering that a lot of non-famous people probably dressed up like them last night, it’s interesting to see what celebs chose to be for Halloween. I love that Gwen Stefani wasn’t afraid to don a head to toe Jessie (from Toy Story 2) costume to take her kids out trick-or-treating. Gavin gets negative points for taking himself too seriously and not wearing a costume.

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis and his son both dressed as Eddie Munster while Christina Aguilera and son Max went out as a pair of skeletons. James Gandolfini and designer Christian Siriano both looked unintentionally creepy– one because he was wearing a Homer Simpson mask with the eyes cut out, the other because… well… you’ll see.

It seemed like Family Weekend here in LA with celebrities ditching the nannies for a couple of days and actually like, hanging out with their kids. Even over in Cambridge, MA, Tom and Suri were playing in a lake together (which looks so photo-oppy, sadly.) The pumpkin patch seemed like the place to be with appearances by Heidi Klum and Hendy, Larry Birkhead and mini Anna Nicole and Christina Aguilera and Max. Also notable is Nicole Richie and a scrumptious looking Harlow (I wanted to eat the buns off her head) and Brian Austin Green taking his son Kassius bowling. As if having Brian Austin Green for a dad wasn’t hard enough, the poor kid has to be named something more suitable for a gay porn star, too.

Gwen Stefani turns 40 today, and it’s too soon. If Gwen Stefani is 40, then I am no longer in the present progressive tense of misspending my youth, I’ve done spent that shit and am moving solidly into purchasing a pair of love handles for my middle age.

I am shamed by Gwen. Chances are, you are too. Not only has she already accomplished more in her life than most people who’ve been on this planet twice as long, she looks better than I did at half her age. Look at those abs, people! I could exfoliate my face on them!

Gwen celebrated with hubby Gavin Rossdale and her impossibly adorable kids, Zuma and Kingston at Cecconi’s Restaurant in West Hollywood today. Happy birthday Gwen, you fabulous badass for whom age is nothing but an empty number to be sneered at, shanked, and punched in the face.

And happy birthday to my sister, Heather, who also has a son named for a capital city. She turns an age today that I’m not sure she’d want me to say, so I won’t. Love you sis!

Gwen Stefani’s London quarters, a massive place in the Primrose Hill area, was broken in to over the weekend. Stefani, her husband Gavin Rossdale and their two kids were no where near the property when the break in took place. In fact, they were halfway across the world in Singapore where Stefani was performing with No Doubt at the F1 Rocks festival. The first floor of the home was ransacked, but for some reason the burglars stayed out of the second floor where most of the couple’s private possessions were stowed.

The front door of the estate has now been covered with a heavy metal sheet to block the hole that was made in order to get inside, which honestly doesn’t look all that secure to me.  It seems that break-ins have been happening left and right between Audrina and Lindsay and now all the way across the pond at the Stefani/Rossdale place. This is for sure a sign of the desperate times we’re living in mixed with people’s insatiable need to get their hands on a little piece of celebrity.

Gwen Stefani performed to a pre-recorded track live and without her wedding rings this morning at Rockefeller Center on Today.

Possible caption?  “Shoot me.  Some gossip blogger thinks my husband sang with Green Day.“