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3:05 PM ET, September 12, 2006

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National Enquirer:
BRITNEY GIVES BIRTH: IT'S A BOY!  —  Pop princess Britney Spears gave birth to a 6 pound, 11 ounce baby boy just before 2 a.m., September 12th at a Los Angeles hospital, insiders told The ENQUIRER in an exclusive.  —  "Kevin took Britney to the hospital in the evening hours of Sept. 11 …
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Rumor: Another boy for Britney Spears?
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Anna Nicole Smith 'Tried to Wake' Her Son  —  Sunday's death of Anna Nicole's Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith, continues to be investigated in the Bahamas, where the young man was found sitting upright in a chair after going to see his mother and his new half-sister in the private Doctors' Hospital in Nassau.
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John Marquis / Reuters:
Anna Nicole Smith's son dies at hospital bedside  —  NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) - Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son died suddenly at her bedside in a Bahamian hospital where the former Playboy Playmate was recovering from the birth of a daughter, police said on Monday.
Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:
Anna's heartbreak  —  Son, 20, found dead after her girl is born  —  DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF  —  The joy of giving birth turned to horror for ex-Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith when she discovered her 20-year-old son dead in her hospital room just hours after he had come …
New York Post:
RARE REJECTION  —  PARIS Hilton is not wanted at Ian Schrager's Gramercy Park Hotel.  Friday night, after partying at Marquee and drinking "lots" of vodka and pineapple juice, Hilton tried to join Orlando Bloom, Winona Ryder and Josh Lucas in the hotel's Rose Bar, but bouncer Damien stopped …
Washington Post:
TomKat Joins One Big Happy Dan-Family  —  Landing a superstar for your owner's box?  Mission: Possible!  Photographers went crazy last night when Redskins owner Dan Snyder escorted new business partner Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes onto FedEx Field before the season opener.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Defamer
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TMZ.com:   Are You Ready For Some TomKat?  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes …
WWD.COM:
Memo Pad: Fairing Well ... Beer Here!
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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Paris Hilton was Alice in Blunderland at party  —  Plus: Yet another group is cross about Madonna's crucifixion  —  Did Paris Hilton fall down the rabbit-hole at Branson's bash?  —  Call it Paris in Blunderland.  —  Richard Branson threw a lavish Mad Hatter-themed 21st birthday party …
Discussion: The Superficial
NY Daily News:
Aguilera hit by a Vibe Brown-out  —  Is Bobby Brown really hotter than Christina Aguilera?  —  Vibe magazine apparently thinks so — and Aguilera's peeps are peeved.  —  It was disappointing enough for Aguilera — who did a big interview and photo shoot for Vibe's October cover to hype …
Gayle Macdonald / Globe and Mail:
Pitt puts on the ritz for poverty expert  —  TORONTO — Unless it's a gala movie premiere in Cannes, Venice or L.A., Brad Pitt doesn't normally show up in a suit.  Usually the celebrity superstar — one half of the duo known globally as Brangelina — is snapped in torn jeans and a scruffy T-shirt, hair askew.
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Access Hollywood:
James Cromwell & Eddie Izzard Clock-In On '24' (FOX)  —  Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor James Cromwell ("Babe," "Six Feet Under") and Emmy Award-winning actor Eddie Izzard ("Dress to Kill," "My Super Ex-Girlfriend") join the season six cast of 24, this year's most Emmy Award-winning television series …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Janet: 'I Could Not Believe How Big I Was'  —  Janet Jackson's dramatic weight gain - a reported 60 lbs., which she has since lost - gave even her pause, she admits.  —  "I could not believe how big I was, how heavy I really was," the singer, 40, tells TV's Extra in an interview airing Tuesday night.
Discussion: Hollyscoop and JUICY-NEWS
Andrew Blankstein / Los Angeles Times:
Celebrity Boutique Sues Us Weekly, Saying Lack of Coverage Is Hurting Business  —  In the celebrity fashion world, the adage goes, it's not what you're wearing but who you are wearing.  —  Now one of Hollywood's most celebrity-soaked boutiques is suing one of the town's top celebrity chroniclers, accusing it of the ultimate snub.
Discussion: Metadish and Jossip
NY Daily News:
The Gatecrasher at the tents  —  Better watch which celebs you accept a drink from.  —  Imitation of Christ designer Tara Subkoff was overheard complaining at the company's Pink Elephant after-party that a certain Hollywood Oscar winner recently drugged her cocktail.
Denise Martin / Variety:
VH1 kicks up 'Flavor' with femme spinoff  —  Original ranks as web's top-rated original series  —  VH1 is spinning off a female version of its No. 1 show "Flavor of Love."  —  Cable network has greenlit production on 10 episodes of an untitled series from executive producers Cris Abrego …
Discussion: Dlisted
Miami Herald:
Hulk Hogan's car catches fire on Bay Harbor Islands  —  MIAMI - A yellow Lamborghini reportedly owned by Terry G. Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, caught fire Saturday on Bay Harbor Islands.  There were no injuries reported.  —  Information was sketchy about the circumstances leading …
TMZ.com:
Britney — We Need Less "Law & Order"  —  On Friday's season premiere of "Law & Order," the protagonists are an aspiring rapper and a rich young pop princess who has a reputation for being careless with her baby.  Sound familiar?  —  The long-running police procedural is offering …
Associated Press:
Eva Longoria says no more TV shows after 'Housewives'  —  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Eva Longoria says she's done with television after Desperate Housewives ends.  —  The 31-year-old actress said she loves the medium of television and the routine it provides, but that Housewives will be her last series.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Russia Prepares for Madonna Invasion  —  Madonna spent Monday on a secret mission to Moscow, where she is due to perform at Luzhniki Stadium on Tuesday night: She quietly arrived by private plane at an undisclosed location for security reasons, The New York Times reports.
Discussion: Dlisted
New York Post:
HANKS' DARK SIDE, BY EX-WIFE  —  TOM Hanks is seen as one of Hollywood's nice guys - but the Oscar winner's first wife, the mother of his kids, strongly disagreed with that perception.  —  In newly unearthed court papers published in the upcoming bio "The Tom Hanks Enigma," by David Gardner …
Discussion: Derek Hail
Monica Rizzo / People.com:
Dancing with the Stars' Joey Lawrence  —  The former teen idol dishes on finding his footwork, shaving his head - and fatherhood  —  Whoa!  Joey Lawrence is getting ready to waltz his way into America's hearts when ABC's Dancing with the Stars kicks off its third season on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET).
 
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Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

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