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August 30, 2004 - While vacationing in Brazil, Leonardo DiCaprio and Gisele Bundchen went fishing. "He caught a fish," a source tells Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com, "but she was a disaster. Her pole even broke."

August 30, 2004 - Leonardo DiCaprio and Gisele Bundchen were photographed dining together in New York. Check out pictures from ofuxico.

August 30, 2004 - The New York Post reports Leonardo DiCaprio schmoozed with the still-vital 87-year-old veteran Ernest Borgnine. When Borgnine said, "Watch your money, kid, there are a lot sharks out there." Leo replied: "Thank you, sir. I know that. Fortunately, I learned it at an early age."

August 30, 2004 - Senator John Kerry appeared on the campaign trail with Leonardo Dicaprio and Jon Bon Jovi. Check out pictures from Clasos.

August 23, 2004 - Us Weekly has a photo of Leo and Gisele dining on August 11st at La Conversation in West Hollywood. "Gisele looked like she was returning a bunch of phone cellphone calls," a witness said. "He kept trying to get her to just chill out and take a minute to relax."

August 23, 2004 - The New York Post reports Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted snuggling with Gisele Bundchen on an American Airlines flight from New York to Los Angeles.

August 16, 2004 - The New York Daily News reports young women were screaming so loudly at the Democratic rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, it was hard to hear Leonardo DiCaprio say, "I haven't been that active in political campaigns before today. But this is the most important election of my lifetime. We can't sit this one out." Read more.

August 16, 2004 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports Leonardo DiCaprio and Gisele thrilled fans in her native Brazil with a romantic romp to various parts of the country, according to a source there. When they visited Sao Paulo, however, they stayed holed up in their suit at the Hotel Emiliano, apparently to avoid photographers. "Leo doesn't speak a single word in Portuguese," says our source. "Whenever he wanted to call room service, he would say in English, 'Hi. It's me again.'" 

August 16, 2004 - Leonardo DiCaprio's neighbors are crying foul over his plans to build a basketball court outside his West Hollywood mansion. The hoops-loving superstar has permission from the city to install a regulation-size court in his yard, complete with floodlights for nighttime use. What's worse, to make way for the court, DiCaprio cut down several trees on his property line. "The view of the house next to his is completely destroyed," one neighbor told The New York Post.

August 16, 2004 - Leonardo DiCaprio and Gisele Bundchen were photographed returning to the U.S. after visiting Brazil on Friday (August 6). Check out pictures from ofuxico.

August 16, 2004 - Leonardo DiCaprio shook hands with Hollywood Foreign Press Association vice president Elmar Biebl after accepting an envelope containing a check for $1,000,000, from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on behalf of the Film Foundation Inc., during the HFPA annual installation luncheon in Beverly Hills, California on Wednesday (August 11). Check out pictures from Yahoo and RexFeatures. 

August 16, 2004 - Hollywood superstars are usually on the receiving end of the work of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. But on this day it was all about giving. Check out a video clip with Leonardo DiCaprio from TheAssociatedPress.

August 9, 2004 - The Boston Herald reports Matt Damon will team up with John Kerry fan Leonardo DiCaprio for Martin Scorsese's new thriller 'The Departed.' The flick will be set in Boston and is the story of an Irish-American gangster (Damon) who has infiltrated the Boston Police Department. DiCaprio will play a cop who's been undercover in the mob and is starting to become unglued. No word on whether the movie will actually be filmed in Boston.

August 9, 2004 - 'Extra' reports that at Thursday night's Rock the Vote party, attendees who included the ever-present Ben Affleck, as well as Leonardo DiCaprio, turned out to watch LL Cool J and John Edwards rap. Watch a video clip here.

August 2, 2004 - Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted out with Lukas Haas in Beverly Hills the other day. Check out pictures from Clasos.

August 2, 2004 - The Boston Herald hears Leonardo DiCaprio was doing the 'Catch Me If You Can' thing with photographers at the Creative Coalition's celebration of the First Amendment at Louis, Boston.

August 2, 2004 - The New York Daily News reports hours after the final gavel ended the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Jon Stewart and Leonardo DiCaprio still huddled at the Roxy with New York Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn & Queens) and his finance aide, Dolev Azaria. Read more.

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