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5:15 PM ET, November 16, 2006

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Monique Jessen / People.com:
Michael Jackson Disappoints in Stage Return  —  Michael Jackson made his long-awaited live stage comeback Wednesday night in London at the World Music Awards.  —  His fans were left, at the very least, disappointed.  And the press reports were scathing.  —  "Jackson the flop," reads the Daily Mail's online headline Thursday.
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Lohan comes a cropper on her night from hell  —  It was the night from hell for Lindsay Lohan at the World Music Awards.  —  She was visibly upset when the audience booed her every time she took to the stage, she fell down the stairs and was forced to abandon her role as main host of the ceremony.
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Now I'm Feeling Zombified  —  The good news is that I have arrived back home in Detroit — Woot!  The bad news is that I'm operating on about 2 1/2 hours of sleep (not counting those lovely spurts of semi-sleep thruout the 4 hour flight from LA to Detroit) — Boo!
TMZ.com:
Jacko Tells 40 Kids — "Start Givin'"
Discussion: The Real Juice … and Bossip
New York Post:
PINSTRIPE PIN-UP  —  DEREK Jeter has a new babe.  The Yankee shortstop went out in L.A. Tuesday night with his new squeeze, Jessica Biel .  According to our spy, the couple were huddled in a corner of hot club Hyde, "laughing and giggling together."  At one point, Jessica, voted Esquire's …
Just Jared:
Tom & Katie Take Suri For A Walk  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes proudly paraded around Rome, Italy earlier this afternoon with their baby girl Suri, almost 7 months.  How cute!!!!!!!!!!!  —  Katie kinda looks like royalty in that outfit, no?  —  Jennifer Lopez, hubby Marc Anthony …
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Jon Shanks / The National Ledger:
Britney Spears Come Back!  Kevin Federline Begs Brit  —  Kevin Federline wants Britney Spears back, a report claims.  It appears that the fledgling rapper has realized that he has made a tragic mistake and wishes to reunite with his newly slimmed down soon to be ex-wife and is desperate to get Britney back.
Discussion: Dlisted
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MollyGood:
Federline wants Britney back.  Ya think?  —  Update: The Britney photos were removed at the request of the copyright holder.  Here is a picture of Kevin Federline instead.  I'm very, very sorry.  —  Britney Spears has surely turned over a new leaf if she's carrying her babies onto the Private Jet one by one.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Whitney Houston's Home on the Block  —  Whitney Houston's $6 million New Jersey estate is slated to be put on a sheriff's auction block Jan. 4 because of more than $1 million owed in back taxes and other charges, according to published reports.  —  The sale was scheduled Tuesday …
Discussion: Dlisted
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Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Is Timberlake taunting Janet Jackson in song?  —  Plus: Michael Jackson's diva demands at World Music Awards  —  Remember that infamous Super Bowl incident with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake?  Apparently it's created a rift between the two singers, and Timberlake may be making it worse with a song.
Just Jared:
Angelina Jolie's Signature Smile  —  Angelina Jolie spoke to the media in Mumbai yesterday during a press conference to talk about her shooting experience in India for A Mighty Heart.  She clarified that she and Brad Pitt have no plans to adopt an Indian baby.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Blohan in Another Slutty Photoshooot  —  GQ named Lindsay Lohan its "Obsession of the Year" and she celebrated by opening her legs and bending over for a photoshoot.  She also had a little interview where she basically was a smart ass the entire time.  It's the coke talking.
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People.com:
Jaime Pressly Expecting a Baby  —  My Name Is Earl star Jaime Pressly and her deejay fiancé, Eric Cubiche, are expecting a baby, she announced during a taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday.  —  The four-months-pregnant actress told Leno that after her doctor showed her an ultrasound …
TMZ.com:
Cam and Justin's CrazyExpensiveBeachPad  —  Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake have reportedly just purchased a beachfront estate in Hawaii, but from the looks of it, they might've bought an entire village.  —  The actress and the pop star shelled out close to $16.9 million for the compound in Oahu …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
O. J. Simpson Writes a Book He'll Discuss on Fox TV  —  O. J. Simpson, who was acquitted 11 years ago in the 1994 death of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald L. Goldman has written a book and will appear on television telling "how he would have committed the murders …
Discussion: Jossip, Jon Swift and Lost Remote
TMZ.com:
Bogus Report Circulating That Tom Hanks Has Died  —  A report is swirling around the Internet that Tom Hanks died this morning after falling off a cliff in New Zealand during a movie shoot.  TMZ is told by New Zealand authorities that the report is totally bogus.
Monica Rizzo / People.com:
Emmitt Smith Wins Dancing with the Stars  —  Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke on Tuesday night's Dancing with the Stars  —  It was a partisan crowd that cheered former NFL great Emmitt Smith onto victory at the Dancing with the Stars finale on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
NY Daily News:
Ray's guy in a sizzler  —  Kitchen queen Rachael Ray has more to worry about than whether her meat loaf is burning now that another woman is claiming that she carried on a kinky, five-year affair with Ray's husband.  —  Jeannine Walz claims in The National Enquirer that Ray's hubby …
Jon Warech / People.com:
Kevin Federline Parties It Up in Miami Beach  —  Eight days after Britney Spears filed for divorce, Kevin Federline arrived in Florida via tour bus and went directly to a luxurious Miami Beach condo, sources tell PEOPLE.  —  The rapper's Miami visit will include his hosting a Friday night party …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Lindsay Lohan is Going to Kill Paris Hilton  —  Hollywood is a very incestuous place, but there are just some lines you don't cross, and Paris Hilton going after Lindsay Lohan's ex-boyfriend, Harry Morton, is one of those lines.  According to MSNBC, Lohan is livid over Hilton's recent maneuvers …
Discussion: Hollywoodtuna
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Justin Timberlake's Diss Track  —  Perhaps confusing himself with a rapper involved in an MC battle, Justin Timberlake has a new song that takes aim at what fans believe is his partner in the crime of Nipplegate, Janet Jackson.  MSNBC.com reports:
 
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