New York Minute

Monday, November 26th 2007, 9:43 AM

• Jennifer Hudson will spend her New Year's Eve belting out four songs at the Setai in Miami, where the top ticket price to hear the Oscar-winning diva is $60,000.
• Hilary Duff and Hayden Panettiere checked out downtown hot spot Butter last week.
• Lance Bass (sporting a gnarly tan) was spotted dining at the Broadway Goodburger with a male friend Tuesday.
• Lindsay and Dina Lohan arrived at the Universal Music Group building Wednesday morning, attracting a herd of paparazzi who milled outside waiting for them.
• Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester danced with her New York girlfriends at Goldbar last week for Dom Perignon's Masque Ball.

Don't Shoot The Messenger

Which supposedly sober country queen seems to have tumbled off the wagon? The much-liked Southern singer had to be helped from the stage to her dressing room after a recent live appearance.