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4:00 PM ET, February 16, 2007

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CNN:
Judge orders Smith's remains embalmed … FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (CNN) — Eight days after former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died, a Florida judge signed an order to have her refrigerated remains embalmed.  —  "We're beginning to give her peace," Judge Larry Seidlin said.
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Anna Nicole's Will Revealed  —  Anna Nicole Smith's will has been revealed, and it leaves everything to her deceased son Daniel, CNN reports.  —  Smith's companion, Howard K. Stern, is named as the executor of the estate.  The will was written in 2001 and was not updated after the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn Hope.
Angela Mosconi / NY Daily News:
Anna seen dressing for death  —  Worked on frock for burial - lawyer  —  FT. LAUDERDALE - Morbid and obsessed with death, Anna Nicole Smith had picked out a dress for her own burial, a lawyer said yesterday during a contentious court hearing over the former centerfold's remains.
A Socialite's Life:   Anna Nicole's Final Outfit
Extra:
Exclusively on 'Extra:' Britney Spears Entered Rehab  —  "Extra" has learned that pop star Britney Spears is entering a rehab facility.  —  Spears was last seen leaving New York City four nights ago on a private jet with her two young sons heading to Miami.  —  Then, she disappeared off the paparazzi radar.
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Justin Tells Everyone To Drink In Moderation, Lest They End Up Fat …
TMZ.com:
Britney Checks Into Rehab - Out a Day Later
TMZ.com:
Foxy Brown Arrested Again  —  Rapper Foxy Brown was arrested in Florida yesterday for battery and obstruction of justice.  TMZ has obtained the rapper's mugshot taken Thursday.  —  Foxy, whose real name is Inga Marchand, was booked by Pembroke Pines Police Department after a disturbance at a beauty supply shop.
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Kathleen McGrory / Miami Herald:
Rapper arrested in Broward beauty store smackdown  —  It could be back to anger management for Foxy Brown.  —  Police say the rapper was hauled to the Broward County jail Thursday night after squirting hair glue at a beauty store owner, swearing and spitting at him, knocking over display shelves and tussling with an officer.
Nancy Rabinowitz / Associated Press:
Hasty crowns Johansson as woman of year  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Not quite the Oscar, but Scarlett Johansson still was all smiles Thursday about being crowned the Harvard Hasty Pudding woman of the year.  And happy to participate in the rambunctious roasting that goes along with the honor.
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Platform|Launch and Queerty
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Paysha Stockton Rhone / People.com:
Scarlett Johansson's Dream Date: Patrick Swayze  —  Maybe it was the freezing temperatures, or the dizziness of being the youngest-ever recipient of Harvard's Hasty Pudding award, but on Thursday Scarlett Johansson revealed her dream date: a dirty dancer.  —  After her roast by the Ivy …
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip
Associated Press:
Kenny Chesney: I'm not gay … NEW YORK (AP) — Kenny Chesney explains why the word "fraud" was used on the document filed by Renee Zellweger to annul their marriage and denies the gay rumors it sparked, in an interview to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes."  —  "It's not true.  Period.
National Enquirer:
BRAD GETS MAD  —  Hot on the heels of The ENQUIRER's scoop that BRAD PITT desperately wants to escape his pressure-cooker life with ANGELINA JOLIE comes a report from My Spy: Brad exploded when Angelina called their naturalborn baby SHILOH a "blob" - babbling in a mindblowing magazine interview …
Discussion: Bricks and Stones
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Madonna Says She Wants to Be Like Gandhi  —  Madonna has in the past styled herself after Marilyn Monroe and Eva Perón, but they're not the ones she hopes to emulate.  —  "I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon - but I want to stay alive," …
USA Today:
No sick day for Gwyneth  —  A little ice and a bad cold, courtesy of her son, can't derail Gwyneth Paltrow.  —  On Thursday night, the Oscar-winning actress, 34, braved Manhattan's icy streets and frigid temps to host a diamond jewelry action at the St. Regis hotel to raise money for the city's …
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Celebrity Baby Blog
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Drew Really Admires Spike Jonze's Work  —  If the rumors are true (which, let's face it, they're probably not) then Drew has had quite the array of men since her break up with Fab a few weeks ago.  From Bruce Willis to Zach Braff to...Spike Jonze.  Could that list be more random?
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New York Post:   LOVE IN BLOOM  —  DREW Barrymore has a new love.
Daily Mail:
Tonight's the night Daniel dares to bare  —  This is the view theatregoers will get tonight of Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe.  And the question some are asking is: will he end up wishing he had brought along Harry's cloak of invisibility?  —  More here...
NY Daily News:
Bad ID's a real black mark  —  Serena Willilams (above).  One of these women ... ... is not like the other (Beyonce, above).  But apparently they looked identical to editors at the Chicago Tribune.  —  Consummate New Yorker Pete Hamill likes Hillary for president.  But, he also likes Obama for president.
Discussion: The Evil Beet
MollyGood:
Somebody Call 911!  —  Well, after this pic, the Reno 911 movie just got promoted from a "probably should" to a "def will."  How about the whole cast showing up in character to the premiere?  Can that please be the new rule for movie premieres?  It would have made Braveheart amazing.
New York Post:
DONALD BETS DOME ON BOUT  —  WHICH egomaniacal billionaire will be bald as a cue ball on April Fool's Day?  It won't be Donald Trump.  Here's proof that professional wrestling is fixed.  The developer/TV star was on USA Network last night (it was actually taped Monday night in Portland) …
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
Jhwang / Us Weekly:
Keri Russell Weds!  —  Former Felicty star Keri Russell tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend Shane Dreary Wednesday night in New York City, her rep confirms exclusively to Usmagazine.com.  —  "It was amongst her close friends on a cold snowy Valentine's night," says the rep.
 
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