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12:45 PM ET, December 12, 2006

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Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:
DUI drive trips Richie  —  TV star collared in drug-fueled wrong-way ride  —  DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF  —  LOS ANGELES - Stick-thin starlet Nicole Richie was busted for driving under the influence of drugs early yesterday after she took a dangerous wrong-way ride on a busy highway …
Discussion: WOW Report
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Nicole's Highway Arrest Photos: With Bonus Overhead View!  —  These pictures of Nicole Richie being questioned by police were taken early Monday morning after she was reportedly seen driving ass-backwards down the 134 Freeway in Burbank, California.  The California Highway Patrol found Richie parked …
Discussion: Defamer and The Smoking Gun
Associated Press:
Nicole Richie arrested for DUI in LA  —  BURBANK, Calif. - Nicole Richie was arrested early Monday for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said.  —  California Highway Patrol officers took Richie, 25, into custody without incident after she failed a field sobriety test, CHP Officer Todd Workman said.
Discussion: HotOnlineNews.com and Raghag Diva
People.com:
Nicole Richie Arrested for DUI
Discussion: Celeb Source
Jenny Sundel / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan: I Haven't Had a Drink in a Week  —  Lindsay Lohan had a good reason to be late for a holiday party at Hollywood club Shag in on Monday.  "I just left an AA meeting," she told PEOPLE.  —  "I've been going to AA, for a year by the way," she added.  Why didn't she say so until recently?
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Angelina Jolie: How Brad Pitt & I Fell in Love  —  For the first time, Angelina Jolie has described what happened between her and Brad Pitt on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith - and she insists she never had any intention of breaking up his marriage to Jennifer Aniston.
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USA Today:
Jolie spills details about Pitt, kids  —  For the first time since Angelina Jolie, 31, and Brad Pitt, 42, coupled up, she opens up in January's Vogue and comes clean about the chemistry on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith when he was still married to Jennifer Aniston.
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Paris defends Britney's 'partying ethics'  —  Plus: Does Richard Gere blame Sly Stallone for gerbil rumor?  —  Paris Hilton is defending her new best friend Britney Spears on her MySpace site.  —  "Lately, you've been seeing pics of me and Britney partying (blah blah) [sic] …
Discussion: Celebslam.com and Popdirt.com
TMZ.com:
Jenna Jameson Pulls Plug On Marriage  —  Porn queen Jenna Jameson has filed for legal separation from her husband of three and a half years.  —  TMZ obtained the legal papers, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.  Jameson, whose legal last name is Massoli, has been estranged from husband Jay Grdina.
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Star:   PORN STAR JENNA JAMESON PULLS PLUG ON MARRIAGE
X17 Online:
More of Britney and JR!  —  Here's some more pictures from our sets of Britney's wild night with record producer Jonathan "JR" Rotem - anyone want to analyze their body language and take a wild guess as to what might have happened after we saw the two entering JR's apartment building this morning at 3:30 am?
Discussion: The DarkHat
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E Canada Now:
Britney Spears Dating Producer JR Rotem
Sarah Hall / E! Online:
Courtney Love's Cases Closed  —  RECOMMENDED (0)  —  Courtney Love has emerged from her legal hole.  —  A Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed one misdemeanor assault case and two drug-possession cases against the rocker Monday after finding that she had successfully completed drug rehabilitation.
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Jhwang / Us Weekly:   Courtney Love Scores Clean Slate in Court
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Tori Spelling Is Expecting a Boy  —  Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott are expecting a baby boy, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  "We are thrilled to be having a son together," says Spelling, 33.  "Little boys are a ton of fun.  We love talking to him.  We play tunes for him and watch him kick.
Associated Press:
Actress gives $1 million to arts school  —  BALTIMORE - Jada Pinkett Smith has donated $1 million to her high school alma mater, the Baltimore School for the Arts, asking that its new theater be dedicated to classmate Tupac Shakur, who was shot and killed in 1996.
Discussion: PLATFORM|LAUNCH
X17 Online:
She Works Hard For Her $$$  —  Britney's back in the recording studio again (see the video here)!  She may take a night or two off sometimes to have fun with friends (and a new boyfriend?), but she's focusing on her new album, her post-Kevin rebirth, and her big comeback — and we can't wait to hear the beats!
New York Post:
The Rushdies: Babe Magnets?  —  LOCK up your daughters when Salman Rushdie and his son hit the party circuit.  —  The acclaimed author and his offspring are talking each other up as powerful chick magnets no woman can resist - with Zafar Rushdie, 27, even confessing he's used his 59-year-old father's prowess to score.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
TMZ.com:
Britney Does It with the Help, Again  —  It looks like Britney Spears is out with a new man - and it turns out that he used to work for the family.  —  Britney has been stepping out with Jonathan "J.R." Rotem, a multi-platinum music producer who's worked for Rihanna, Paris Hilton, and, yes, Kevin Federline.
Discussion: PerezHilton.com and JUICY-NEWS
PerezHilton.com:
Oh Baby Baby!!!  —  The Lord giveth us Shiloh!!!!  —  Our beloved Brangelina sat down while in Cambodia recently to take some new pics of The Baby, cuz y'all have been asking for them.  —  Isn't she whoreanus?  Not!  —  Too damn cute, that baby is.  Too damn cute!
Discussion: Pittwatch.com
Samuel Maull / Associated Press:
Foxy Brown rapped over probation terms  —  NEW YORK - Rapper Foxy Brown was summoned to court unexpectedly Monday after being accused of violating probation stemming from a fight in a nail salon more than two years ago.  —  Brown, appearing in Manhattan Criminal Court …
 
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SCAR.JO FOR L.V.  —  Big screen seductress Scarlett Johansson …
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PerezHilton.com:
Britney Has A New Man!!!  —  Britney Spears was spotted spending …
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Christina Aguilera's Christmas Britney shop
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X17 Online:
Gwen and Her Little L.A.M.B.
New York Post:
ANNA LENDS WEIGHT TO CAUSE
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Gawker
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Paris insists she and Britney are just friends
Discussion: POPSUGAR and celebwarship.com
 

 
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