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"Nick Lachey and his wife Vanessa Minnillo Lachey may share the same birthday, but it was all about the former 98 Degrees frontman during a star-studded birthday bash marking the big 4-0 over the weekend. Hosted by Minnillo, 33, (who shares the same birthday as Lachey on Nov. 9) the party took place at the AT&amp;amp;T Center in downtown Los Angeles near the Staples Center on Saturday.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Well, the 40th birthday weekend has officially begun! Pray for me&amp;#x2026;gonna be a big one! Going out in style. Goodbye 30&amp;apos;s, you were fun!!&amp;quot; the Winner Is host tweeted shortly before his birthday festivities.\r\n&amp;quot;While they do share a birthday, Vanessa made this more about Nick since it&amp;apos;s his 40th,&amp;quot; a source tells Us Weekly.\r\n\r\nIndeed, the mom of son Camden (who turns 14 months today) invited all of her hubby&amp;apos;s close friends to celebrate. Some of the famous pals in attendance included &amp;apos;N Sync&amp;apos;s Joey Fatone, Geoff Stults, Laila Ali, Matt Leinart, his brother Drew Lachey and his former 98 Degrees bandmate Justin Jeffre. Everyone invited received a bottle of whiskey beforehand with a cartoon face of Lachey on the label. &amp;quot;I LOVE creating unique invitations. This is my FAVORITE!&amp;quot; Minnillo tweeted Nov. 6, along with a picture of her creation.\r\n\r\n\r\nDuring the big shindig, Minnillo also called in a surprise favor for her hubby of two years! &amp;quot;Vanessa had Steel Panther perform as a surprise for Nick,&amp;quot; the insider says. &amp;quot;After Steel Panther performed, Nick got on stage with them and sang &amp;apos;Don&amp;apos;t Stop Believing.&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Kid Capri, one of Lachey&amp;apos;s favorite DJs, also helped to entertain the crowd in a &amp;quot;surprise after party&amp;quot; in a curtained off section on the rooftop.\r\nAs for Minnillo, the former MTV VJ seemed happy just to celebrate her birthday with Lachey and their baby boy. &amp;quot;Kickin off the birthday weekend with my two favorite guys!!!&amp;quot; she wrote on Nov. 7.\r\n\r\nAlongside the caption, the Wipeout hostess shared a sweet picture of two wine glasses on a table next to a milk bottle belonging to the couple&amp;apos;s son."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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