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5:15 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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Celebrity Baby Blog:
Britney Spears welcomes second son  —  Update 1:45 pm: We are told that the news is definitely true - Britney and Kevin have welcomed a second son together.  Us Weekly also reports the news, saying that a Federline source has confirmed.  Expect a press announcement in the next few hours …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Confirmed: Britney Spears Gives Birth To 2nd Tater Tot  —  Pop star Britney Spears, 24, gave birth to a 6 pound, 11 ounce baby boy just before 2 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on September 12, a family source confirms to Us Weekly.  Congrats to both Britney on the birth of her second child …
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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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 …
Linda Trischitta / People.com:
Anna Nicole's Son: Death Was Not Natural  —  The death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, in the Bahamas Sunday was not due to natural causes, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  "The cause of death is not natural," Her Majesty's Coroner Linda P. Virgill tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Dlisted
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 …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Nobody Wants Paris
Discussion: Bricks and Stones
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 …
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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
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Bonjour, Bitches!  —  Whew ... it's been a long night/morning/afternoon already and it's still the AM for you folks back in the US.  David and I arrived in Paris, France a few hours ago and after taking some time to get to our hotel, get our room situated and get our Internet up and working …
Discussion: Celebritology
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
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:   The Dark Side of Tom Hanks
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
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Claire Danes is See Through Too  —  Apparently, today is "Show Your Nipples Day" for some reason so here's Claire Danes in Paris in a see through whatever.  Nothing really interesting except that she makes Kate Hudson look like Jenna Jameson.  She's not flat, she's concave.
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: Bossip, Hollyscoop and JUICY-NEWS
TMZ.com:
Stewart Vamps for Letterman  —  Martha Stewart made a bizarre appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman" last night — licking what appeared to be blood from Dave's fingers.  —  While making sandwiches for a cooking segment, Dave exclaims, "I cut myself" as the camera zooms into his finger …
Discussion: Dlisted
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 …
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.
MollyGood:
Sure, Dakota Fanning is just a normal kid  —  Nope, there's nothing intensely creepy about this Teen Vogue photoshoot.  I'm not scared that Dakota Fanning is somehow a real female version of The Omen kid.  I'm not going to lay awake at night when I think of the implosion that will occur …
Discussion: Best Week Ever
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 …
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
 
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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

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