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6:45 AM ET, March 12, 2007

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Mike Parker / Daily Express:
'Wreck' Britney has bulimia  —  BRITNEY Spears has confessed to doctors that she has been suffering from the eating disorder bulimia since she was 16.  —  The 25-year-old singer tearfully told rehab staff - already treating her for drug and alcohol abuse - that she "pigs out" …
New York Post:
MARITAL MISERY FOR J.LO?  —  JENNIFER Lopez and Marc Anthony are lovey-dovey in public, but insiders say they've hit a rough patch in their marriage.  "There was a fight on New Year's Eve," said a source who saw Lopez that night.  Another spy said, "There was a fight after she performed at the Super Bowl …
Jack Ryan / The Post Chronicle:
Richard Jeni Dead: Comedian Found Shot, Self Inflicted?  —  Richard Jeni, one of Comedy Central's Top 100 Comedians of All Time, is dead.  According to police, Jeni was found dead presumably from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Saturday, March 10, 2007.  A loaded gun was reportedly found next to his body.
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Extra:
Comedian Richard Jeni Dead  —  Extra has learned comedian Richard Jeni is dead from an apparent suicide.  Sources tell Extra Jeni was in his West Hollywood, CA apartment.  He had been scheduled to perform at the Chicago Improv tonight but cancelled several weeks ago.  —  Jeni was raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York.
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
FemaleFirst:
Sienna Miller Tourette's Sh*tsburgh Slur.  —  Sienna Miller Tourette's Sh*tsburgh Slur.  —  Sienna Miller Blames Tourette's Syndrome For 'S**tsburgh' Comments British actress SIENNA MILLER has blamed a mild form of Tourette's syndrome for her string of foul-mouthed outbursts last year (06).
Discussion: Smart
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Hollyscoop:
Sienna Miller Goes On A Rampage At NYC Club
Discussion: Staralicious
Corrine Barraclough / News of the World:
Angelina Jolie: "I narrowly escaped a kidnap plot"  —  Angelina Jolie is a woman on a mission.  As a UN Goodwill Ambassador, she's now more famous for her charity work than her film roles.  We're more likely to see pictures of her visiting aid projects in underprivileged countries than strutting …
Mustafa Quraishi / Associated Press:
Scuffle mars Hurley's Indian wedding  —  JODHPUR, India - A scuffle between journalists and security guards marred the Indian wedding of Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar, prompting local authorities to deploy extra police to the airport in Jodhpur for the celebrity couple's departure.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Tina Moore / NY Daily News:
Brown's soul is finally at peace  —  Rev. Al presides over ceremony  —  Seventy-six days after his death on Christmas Day, James Brown was finally laid to rest yesterday in a crypt emblazoned with the words "Godfather of Soul," the Rev. Al Sharpton said.  —  "It was very emotional," …
Discussion: TMZ.com, Dlisted and CONCRETELOOP.COM
PerezHilton.com:
Word on the Street  —  Though there is no official confirmation, we are hearing from various sources that Demi Moore is 99% pregnant.  —  Then again, she's reportedly been pregnant like seven times in the last three years, so we always find baby talk about her suspicious.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Courtney Rubin / People.com:
Josh Holloway: 'Lost Curse' Is Police Conspiracy!  —  Josh Holloway calls it the 'Lost Curse': Three cast members on his hit ABC show have been arrested for auto-related incidents and another six cited.  The actor, however, says there may be other factors explaining the rash of police activity.
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
POPSUGAR:
Sh*tty Suri Sighting  —  We have been lucky to get a ton of celebrity baby pictures recently and while we've definitely had better Suri sightings recently, we'll take what we can get.  It was just another weekend for the Cruise family so you know what that means...basketball games!!!
The Sun:
Keira's comic porn shocker  —  A HARD-core porn comic has caused outrage by depicting Keira Knightley having sex with Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp.  —  The US publication, produced by a firm called Sinful Comics, boasts readers will see Keira, 21, as "she gets seduced" by her Pirates of the Caribbean co-stars.
Discussion: Egotastic! and Holy Candy
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People.com:
Heather Locklear & Jack Wagner: Melrose Match?  —  Former Melrose Place costars Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner have been spotted together multiple times - even holding hands - but pals say the two aren't starting a Hollywood romance.  —  "[They] have been friends since Melrose Place," …
Christopher Dickey / Newsweek:
'I Was Transformed'  —  Angelina Jolie discusses celebrity, refugees and her life in New Orleans.  —  Angelina Jolie began traveling as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations some six years ago.  She has visited the victims of violence in Africa, Pakistan and Cambodia …
Reuters:
Snoop, Diddy launch hip-hop peace tour … HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) — U.S. rap stars Sean "Diddy" Combs and Snoop Dogg, who were bitter rivals in a notorious feud between East and West Coast hip-hop in the 1990s, said on Friday they had buried the hatchet once and for all.
Discussion: The Evil Beet and WALK TAKEN!™
Larry McShane / Associated Press:
NYPD ire keeps Busta Rhymes off film set  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A movie production company was forced to begin its first day of shooting Saturday without Busta Rhymes after the NYPD raised security concerns.  —  The Police Department declined to detail its specific concerns about Rhymes …
TMZ.com:
Bobby Trendy: Anna Loved the Lip Gloss!  —  More than a month after her death, Anna Nicole Smith's former help are coming out of the TV woodwork.  —  "The Tyra Banks Show" tracked down Smith's elusive friend and assistant Kim Walther and former interior decorator Bobby [Trainwreck] Trendy …
Discussion: Rumors
Daniel Kilkelly / Digital Spy:
Hilton to be dropped by record label  —  Paris Hilton is to be dropped by her record label within the next few weeks.  —  According to a report in the Daily Star today, Warner Music have not yet told the Simple Life star that they do not wish to work with her for a second album …
 
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