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4:30 PM ET, May 2, 2007

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Chris Auchterlonie / Splash News Online:
Britney Spears Topless!!! … More pics after the jump!  —  (more...)
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Allison Hoffman / Associated Press:
Spears gives brief concert at SoCal club  —  SAN DIEGO - Britney Spears strutted her way back to center stage with a short, sexy set at the House of Blues believed to be her first public concert appearance in nearly three years.  —  The erstwhile pop star, more recently derided as a pop tart …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Britney Spears Topless Pictures!  —  Um, yeah.  I don't even know what to say about these pictures of Britney Spears topless.  What can you say about this girl that hasn't already been said?  The desperate cries for attention.  The ridiculous outfits?  That Stupid.  F**king.  Hat.
Discussion: Defamer and The Sun
J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
Britney Spears And Her Brief Show  —  Britney Spears took the stage last night at San Diego's House of Blues for approximately fifteen minutes.  Damn, and tickets were going for $500 on EBay?  She better have been healing people and s**t. … ...and getting busted by the cops because with the cheap wig …
Discussion: E! Online and WOW Report
Lycia Naff / People.com:
Britney Spears Hits the Stage Again  —  Britney Spears performed live late Tuesday night for the first time in nearly three years with a 14-minute set for screaming fans in San Diego.  —  After a career break that featured a marriage, two children, divorce and rehab, Spears …
Discussion: Hollywood Rag and Barbie Martini
Michael K / Dlisted:
Britney's Triumphant Return...or...Something  —  Britney Spears returned to the stage last night at the House of Blues in San Diego.  It's the first stop in her 4-city tour.  BreatheHeavy reports that she took the stage 2 hours late performing at around 10pm.  She wore a white mini-skirt and a black wig.
Discussion: Metadish Feeds and Cele|bitchy
The Superficial:
Britney Spears performs at House of Blues
Discussion: People.com and Spilled Inq
Hollywoodtuna:   Britney Spears' Big Comeback
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Jed Dreben / People.com:
'Scary Spice' Melanie Brown: I'm Taking Eddie Murphy to Court  —  Melanie Brown, who welcomed her second daughter, Angel Iris Murphy Brown, last month, says she's taking ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy to court to force him to take a paternity test.  —  "He's not doing a DNA test and he's not signing …
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Sky News:
LINDS' WILD B'DAY PLANS  —  Looks like a stint in rehab hasn't put a damper on Lindsay Lohan's partying ways.  —  Oh, no... and the best has yet to come.  —  Linds has revealed she's going to party it up when she turns 21 in July.  —  Where else?  The city of all sins - Las Vegas.
Discussion: Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Momjaya Starring in the Bong Show  —  Sanjaya Malakar's mom — who's already served jail time for some serious pot production — could be in more hot legal bongwater after this photo of her was snapped at a Hollywood party in March.  —  In the shot, obtained by the National Enquirer …
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A Socialite's Life:
Sanjaya's Getting No Love from his Hometown and His Mom's Still Getting Blazed
Discussion: New York Post
New York Post:
TABLOID QUEST: MAKE 'EM GAY  —  THE supermarket scandal sheets will go to amazing lengths to try to "out" even the straightest Hollywood stars, a new tell-all on the tabloid biz reveals.  —  That's the assignment freelance writer Marlise Elizabeth Kast got when editors at Globe asked …
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J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:   Tobey Maguire's Mom Makes Him Sound Sorta Gay
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Angelina: Angelina Gives Ex "Lap Dance" While Brad Babysits  —  On the afternoon of April 27, Angelina Jolie made her directorial debut at the Tribeca Film Festival with her documentary about daily life around the globe A Place in Time.  —  But Jolie's real show, however, didn't begin until later that night.
TMZ.com:
Wedding Crashed: Esposito and Cooper Split  —  TMZ has learned that actress Jennifer Esposito has filed for divorce from her husband of four months, Bradley Cooper.  The documents, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
New York Post:
NEVE NUPTIALS  —  WORD is that Neve Campbell of "Party of Five" and "Scream" fame will marry British actor John Light of the Royal Shakespeare Company at a secret Malibu location on Saturday.  Close family and friends have been instructed to stay mum as to the location and time.
Discussion: Dlisted
Gregg Goldstein / Hollywood Reporter:
Gordon-Levitt, Cusack travel with IM Global  —  NEW YORK — John Cusack is attached to star in Jan de Bont's action thriller "Stopping Power" and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is attached as the romantic lead in producer Darren Star's directorial debut "The Frog King," both projects coming …
TMZ.com:
Britney's Stripperific Onstage Lap Dance  —  Part singer, part stripper, all WOW!  —  A stripped down Britney Spears showed up to her first mini-concert at the San Diego House of Blues last night, performing "Breathe on Me," while writhing in a sparkly bra and mini-mini-skirt around a lucky guy plucked from the audience.
The Sun:
£500 to see Streisand concert  —  BARBRA STREISAND is to charge up to £500 per ticket for her first UK concert in 13 years.  —  The cheapest seats cost £100 to see Babs perform hits like The Way We Were at London's O2 Arena on July 18.  —  The top ticket price …
Discussion: Dlisted and A Socialite's Life
popbytes:
WHAT'S WRONG WITH BRITNEY'S BABY?!?  —  good morning everyone!  oh i'm tired - i had a great night last night which included attending a record release party for tori amos - she performed a lovely short set and it was awesome to hear some of her new songs played live ('almost rosey' is the best) …
J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
Lily Allen On Her Way To The Gym  —  Lily Allen cancelled the rest of her tour.  This is her with her brother, headed to the gym.  With a big cancer stick in her mouth.  She's probably going to stare at a treadmill and ask if they can put rum in a smoothie for her.
 
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Jeff Jensen / EW.com:
Exclusive: This is 'Iron Man'
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Just Jared:
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Sienna Miller Nipple Slip? Or Just a Bit of Nip?
Michael K / Dlisted:
Battle of the Wonk Eye
Hollywoodtuna:
Fergie, Or Should I Say Mom  —  I want to start off by saying …
A Socialite's Life:
Kicking It At the L'Oreal Paris Lounge
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Associated Press:
'Ugly Betty' Cast: Expect Some Shocks As Season 1 Draws To A Close
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MTV:
Usher Issues Warning To R&B's New Class: 'Daddy's Home!'
J. Harvey / A Socialite's Life:
David Beckham Needs You To Be Discreet
TMZ.com:
MTV Has VMAs on Lockdown!
Discussion: A Socialite's Life and Jossip
NY Daily News:
Beyonce's dad denies Ne-Yo is a big no-no
Discussion: MollyGood
X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - A Peek Inside Britney's Comeback Concert
 

 
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