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December 30, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted sneaking out of popular L.A. breakfast hotspot Doughboys along with his girlfriend Bar Rafael. Watch footage from TMZ.

December 23, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio and Jessica Biel were amongst the stars on hand for the GQ Man of the Year Awards at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles on Wednesday (November 29). Check out pictures and video here.

December 23, 2006 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on December 14th: "Earlier today, [Leonardo DiCaprio] got two Golden Globe nominations. That's unprecedented. He was nominated for 'Blood Diamond', where he plays a diamond smuggler, and 'The Departed', where I think he plays Donald Rumsfeld. ... No, 'Blood Diamond' is in theaters right now - this is a a terrific movie. It's really great. And a lot of people in the diamond business are worried that this movie may cause sales to drop, because it negatively portrays what mining diamonds has done to Africa. It's really an amazing piece of work. In fact, a lot of single guys are taking their girlfriends to see this movie for that reason. 'You see, I was gonna buy you that. But look, honey, see what happened? You see? You don't want any of that. You see, you don't want that to happen.'"

December 23, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio and Salma Hayek attended Gorgeous and Green: An Ecofabulous Party Benefiting Global Green USA on December 12th at Bentley Reserve in San Francisco, California. Check out pictures from WireImage.

December 23, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio visited 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on December 14th to promote his new film 'Blood Diamond'. Check out a transcript here.

December 9, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio, in Paris for the release of 'The Departed', was asked about his relationship with the beauty described as "a younger lookalike of Gisele [Bundchen]," the Brazilian model who dated DiCaprio for years. His reply? "She is a nice girl." The quote was so unusual, Paris Match printed it in English so none of its coldness could be lost in translation.

December 9, 2006 - The diamond industry is responding to 'Blood Diamond', a film on mining in Sierra Leone. ITN's Stephanie West reported on the film and its reaction, including comments from its star Leonardo DiCaprio. Watch the segment here.

December 9, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio spoke with ShowBuzz about his role in the film 'Blood Diamond'. His character deals in the black market in the African diamond industry. Watch the segment here.

December 9, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio attended the 'Blood Diamond' New York movie premiere on November 30th at the Museum of Modern Art. Check out pictures from WENN, FilmMagic, RexFeatures, and WireImage.

December 9, 2006 - Human rights activists tell The New York Post Leonardo DiCaprio and the producers of 'Blood Diamond' are dreaming if they think the jewelry industry has eradicated the problem of black-market "conflict diamonds," which provide funding for warlords in Africa. Reads more.

December 9, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio talked to CBS News correspondent Manuel Gallegus about his new film 'Blood Diamond' and its depiction of the African diamond trade. Watch the segment here.

December 9, 2006 - 'Today' show host Matt Lauer talked with Leonardo DiCaprio about his latest film and his role as a South African smuggler hunting for a treasured diamond. Watch the interview, aired December 6th, at MSN.

December 9, 2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio attended the 'Blood Diamond' Los Angeles Premiere on December 6th at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. Check out pictures from Splash, Flynet, WENN, Abaca, ShootingStar, FilmMagic, DailyCeleb, CelebrityPhoto, GlobePhotos, RexFeatures, GettyImages (premiere / afterparty), and WireImage (page1 / page2).

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