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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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JACKO'S BIG NIGHT — It was all about Michael Jackson at the World Music Awards in London. — The gathered fans went bonkers when Jacko took to the red carpet. — It's been nine years since he last performed in the UK and quite some time since he made any sort of official public appearance in Blighty.
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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 …
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Jaime Pressly Confirms Pregnancy — My Name is Earl star Jaime Pressly is four months pregnant. The actress announced the good news during a taping of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Wednesday. She told the audience that she won't find out the sex of the child until Monday …
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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.
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Erin Carlson / Associated Press:
Emmitt Smith wins ABC's 'Dancing' title — NEW YORK - Emmitt Smith danced off with the mirror ball. The three-time Super Bowl champion, who proved to be as nimble on his feet in the ballroom as on the football field, was named the winner of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" Wednesday night.
Associated Press:
Houston reportedly faces foreclosure — NEWARK, N.J. - Whitney Houston's New Jersey mansion is slated to be sold at a sheriff's sale because she is more than $1 million behind on the mortgage and taxes have not been paid this year, according to reports published Wednesday.
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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 …
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People.com:
Stars Head to Rome for Tom & Katie Wedding — With Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's nuptials merely days away, some of their high-profile pals hopped a plane to Italy on Wednesday, PEOPLE has learned. — Expected wedding guests, including Brooke Shields, Jada Pinkett Smith …
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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:
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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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.
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 …
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Renée Helps the Kids — Yesterday my dad was telling me about his lovely experience meeting Renée Zellweger on the shuttle to DC where she was headed to do charity work. He said she was so sweet to everyone who spoke to her and looked even more beautiful in person.
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
TomKat Takes Suri Cruise Out in Public — See they do love Suri after all. I'm actually kind of surprised that Suri looks so peaceful being held by relative strangers. Doesn't Tom look like he's gained a few pounds? — More photos of Tom, Katie and Suri after the jump.
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TMZ.com:
Who's Pissed Off at Nicole!? — Nicole Richie may have patched things up with Paris Hilton, but she still has at least one enemy out there. — TMZ spotted Richie's car while she ate at The Ivy, and it looks as though someone keyed the s**t out of it. Deep scratches on the passenger side doors …
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
US EXCLUSIVE: Idol's Kellie Pickler Admits Suffering Child Abuse — Former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler, 20, may have a sitcom in the works, and a debut album, Small Town Girl, at No. 1 on country charts, but she suffered a traumatic childhood. — While most AI fans already knew …
the Film Threat / filmthreat.com:
FILM THREAT'S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2006 (TOP 10) — 1. Mel Gibson — The good news is that Mel finally has something in common with the most popular man in America. The bad news is that Borat hates Jews too. In even worse news, Borat is fictional and he was joking.
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Jermaine Dupri Hearts All Kinds Of Janet — Despite myself, I do find it refreshing to hear the following story about Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri's relationship. From People: … More of Janet Jackson's Hollywood magazine layout after the jump.
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Surf's up for Wilson bio — Beach Boy tunes up for biopic … Chief Beach Boy Brian Wilson has made a deal with producer Mark Gordon to tell his life story in a feature film. — Gordon is teaming with filmmaker David Leaf (who chronicled Wilson's creation of the album "Smile" in his docu …
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 …
