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4:45 PM ET, February 16, 2007

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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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TMZ.com:
Britney Checks Into Rehab - Out a Day Later  —  TMZ has learned that while Britney Spears checked-in to rehab, she refused to stay and checked out — less than twenty-four hours later!  —  As "EXTRA" first reported, the pop star entered a rehab facility two days ago.
People.com:
Britney Spears Checks Into, and Out of, Rehab  —  Britney Spears checked into a rehab facility and then abruptly checked out, a source confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Spears, 25, checked herself into Eric Clapton's Crossroads Centre in Antigua "two or three days ago" but left after just one day and headed to Florida, the source tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: Star Trip
Jossip:
Justin Tells Everyone To Drink In Moderation, Lest They End Up Fat …
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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People.com:
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
Associated Press:
Kenny Chesney denies gay rumors  —  NEW YORK - 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.
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J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
Kenny Chesney Ain't Gay
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
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
A Socialite's Life:
Let Britney Whisper Your Fantasy For You  —  In a promotion for Britney Spears new fragrance, "Midnight Fantasy," Elizabeth Arden has created one of my favorite little online games that has ever existed since the beginning of the Internet.  Not since I terrified the crap out of my boyfriend …
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...
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
Alex Blagg / Best Week Ever:
BWE EXCLUSIVE: Ladies And Gentlemen, We Give You the World Premiere of "What What (In the Butt)"  —  You know, people send us a lot of crazy videos asking us to post them on the site.  And I don't mean "teenage girls dancing to Nelly in their bedrooms" kind of crazy, I mean …
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PerezHilton.com:
It's Hard To Explain
Discussion: Queerty
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Keith Urban Calls Nicole's Support 'Extraordinary'  —  Keith Urban says words can't describe the lessons he and wife Nicole Kidman have learned from his recent stint in rehab.  —  "I can't really quantify it, because it's not a soundbite what we've learned," the singer, 39, said on Friday's Today show.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Celebrity Gossip
X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - CAMERON'S NEW GUY!!!  —  A smiling Cameron Diaz showed up at Hyde last night at 1:30 am, with none other than Oscar nominated Blood Diamond Actor Djimon Hounsou!  An X17 source revealed that Cameron and Djimon were "all over each other" in the club, dancing, touching and kissing in front of everyone!
Defamer:
Hilton Bored  —  ROGAN VS. MENCIA: THE AFTERMATH  —  Back on Wednesday, we passed along a video (still available here) of comedian and Fear Factor master-of-bovine-anus-devouring ceremonies Joe Rogan confronting Carlos "Mind Of" Mencia about the widely held belief that Mencia helps himself …
 
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