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11:40 PM ET, January 7, 2007

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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Brad Pitt: More Kids on the Way  —  Brad Pitt says five isn't enough.  At the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday, the actor told PEOPLE that he and girlfriend Angelina Jolie want another sibling for Maddox, 5, Zahara, 2, and 7-month-old Shiloh.  "Always, of course," he said.
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Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines  —  The North American International Auto Show had its kick-off last night in Detroit, MI at the General Motors Style Show that brought heaps of celebs to Detroit Rock City to get things started right.  I don't recall the Detroit Auto Show having so many celebs …
Just Jared:
Brad Pitt And The Skipper Too  —  Brad Pitt rode the "Red Hooker" and enjoyed a beer and ciggy stick in the Virgin Islands earlier this week, on break from filming The Case of Benjamin Button co-starting Cate Blanchett.  More pictures of baby Zahara playing on the beach with her nanny and bodyguard after the jump!
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Oprah Winfrey Target of Blackmail Plot  —  Oprah Winfrey was the target of a foiled $1.5 million extortion plot, according to the FBI and other published reports.  —  While the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court against Keifer Bonvillain, 36, states that he had approached …
Discussion: Dlisted
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Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
Man tried to blackmail Oprah, FBI says  —  CHICAGO - A man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey by threatening to release recorded telephone conversations he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to the FBI and published reports.
Discussion: Holy Candy and The Evil Beet
Associated Press:   Oprah Winfrey takes AIDS test, encourages pupils at her school to do the same
X17 Online:
Here It Is, Y'all - Britney Jammin' Her New Tunes!  —  HOT LINKS :  —  Check out one of Brit's new songs as she plays her demo CD in her car ...
X17 Online:
Britney Freezes Her Butt (And Her Clothes!)  Off!  —  It was like 65 degrees today in Santa Monica and Britney was tooling around in a convertible Mercedes with a bathing suit on and hardly more!  Well, like a good friend of mine always says, "Style before comfort."
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
GM, JAY-Z COLLABORATE ON SUV CONCEPT … DETROIT (AP) — Jay-Z and General Motors are teaming up to bring a stylish hue to a rugged sport utility vehicle.  The music mogul emerged from a concept GMC Yukon Denali SUV on stage Saturday during a celebrity-filled party thrown by General Motors Corp …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Black Raspberry Love
Julie Jordan / People.com:
Laurence Fishburne, Gina Torres Expecting  —  Actor Lawrence Fishburne and his actress wife Gina Torres are expecting a child, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  Torres's rep confirms the actress is due this summer.  —  The couple was married in 2002 and this is their first child together …
Chris Auchterlonie / Splash News Online:
Anna, Anna, glamorous Anna, Anna Nicole!  You're so outrageous!  —  Anna Nicole Smith and her creepy fanboy/laywer/[murderer] sham of a boyfriend Howard K Stern attended the Samuel 'The Nigerian Nightmare' Peter vs. James 'Lights Out' Toney WBC heavyweight boxing match the other night which …
Discussion: Dlisted
Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:
PARIS' GAS PAINS  —  TANK, BRAIN EMPTY  —  Fresh from a date at her favorite hair salon, Paris Hilton does her helpless act behind the wheel of her brand-new Bentley after running out of gas in Beverly Hills yesterday.  —  Hilton - who was heading home from being primped at the Dream Catcher salon …
Just Jared:
Jewel & Jimmy's Movie Date  —  Jimmy Fallon and Jewel both walked the red carpet together at the movie premiere of Arthur and the Invisibles in NYC earlier today.  Jimmy lends his voice talent as chubby, rubber troll Betameche and Jewel sings on the soundtrack.
Associated Press:
Hundreds try out to be Beyonce dancers  —  HOUSTON (AP) — A nationwide talent search for dancers fleet-footed enough to back up Beyonce Knowles came to the pop diva's hometown as hundreds turned out to audition for 40 open slots.  —  The would-be performers took turns Saturday moving through …
X17 Online:
Paris Hilton Has Fear Of Gas Stations  —  On Friday we caught Ms. Hilton jerry-canning-it three times in her brand new convertible Bentley!  Seems the heiress just doesn't have time to stop and any of the thousands of gas stations in LA but she does have time to call in assistants to bring …
Discussion: Popdirt.com
X17 Online:
Lindsay Leaves Hospital, Heads To Club  —  I admire Lindsay's fortitude — discharged from the hospital after an apendectomy in the morning, hitting the clubs later that same day!  Lindsay dined at Pace and then headed to a club in West Hollywood and left at 2:30 am!
Hollyscoop:
EXCLUSIVE: Paris Hilton And Matt Leinart Together?  —  Is Paris Hilton getting back at former BFF Britney Spears?  The heiress was spotted last night with football player Matt Leinart at club Les Deux.  Although the two didn't arrive together it looks like they might have left hand in hand.
Discussion: Holy Candy
Julie Jordan / People.com:
House Costars Engaged  —  Actress Jennifer Morrison and actor Jesse Spencer, who costar on FOX's hit medical drama House, became engaged over the holidays in Paris, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Morrison, 27, who plays Dr. Allison Cameron, and Spencer, also 27, who portays Dr. Robert Chase …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Gwen Stefani: Touring Pregnant Made Me Cry  —  While she was pregnant - and still performing on tour - Gwen Stefani realized she wasn't the superwoman she'd long assumed she was.  —  "I thought I was going to be one of those Mother Nature girls," the singer, 37, tells Elle magazine for its February issue, about childbirth.
 
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Bad Asses  —  Hollywood is full of some real bad asses …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Exclusive! Alan Cumming Weds Boyfriend
Discussion: Dlisted
X17 Online:
Lindsay's (Night)Life  —  Here's the video of Lindsay clubbing …
Discussion: Glitterati
TMZ.com:
Butt Out!!!  —  Hollywood is all about getting your face …
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New York Post:
HURTING HILARY  —  HILARY Duff is not yet over her breakup …
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
FemaleFirst:
Madonna Wins Support Of Malawian Government Over Adoption.
 

 
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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