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8:50 AM ET, November 20, 2007

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Julie Jordan / People.com:
Mary-Kate Olsen Hospitalized with Kidney Infection  —  Mary-Kate Olsen has been hospitalized with a kidney infection, her rep tells PEOPLE.  —  The actress entered the emergency room of a New York hospital on Monday.  —  "Mary Kate got a kidney infection," says rep Nicole Caruso.
TMZ.com:
Britney Hires Private Dicks to Track K-Fed  —  Britney Spears is on the offensive in her ongoing battle with Fed-Ex.  We're told the popwreck wants to prove she's not the only one who screws up.  —  Sources tell TMZ Brit has hired a P.I. company to dig up dirt on her ex.
Discussion: Daily Blabber and Faded Youth Blog
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Megan Lynn / Us Weekly:
Brit's Lawyer: Spears is Concerned About the "Safety and Well Being" of Her Sons  —  After Friday's hearing in which a judge ordered that Britney Spears is not allowed to drive with her children in the car, the pop star's lawyer has released a statement saying the decision to use a driver was one that Spears made to protect her kids.
Discussion: X17 Online and Dlisted
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Louis Vuitton Sues Britney Spears, Claiming She Damaged Its Image  —  Louis Vuitton to Britney Spears: Do not use our logo!  —  The French luxury company won a court injunction in Paris to keep the pop star's 2005 "Do Something" video — in which Spears, 25, drives a pink Hummer with a counterfeit Vuitton …
Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
`Celebrity Apprentice' stars announced  —  NEW YORK - At a locked-down news conference in Manhattan last month, the cast for "Celebrity Apprentice" was introduced to members of the press.  Everyone was sworn to secrecy.  —  Now the secret can be told, says NBC, which made public Monday the names of the cast members.
Discussion: TV Squad and THE RAD REPORT
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Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Trump's "Celebrity" Apprenti Revealed
New York Post:
'PATHETIC' LA MUSIC BASH  —  THE American Music Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles Sunday night were a fiasco - and not just because someone had the dumb idea to have Beyoncé [see photo, opposite page] sing her hit "Irreplaceable" with country band Sugarland.
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad and Celebrity Mound
James Mills / Daily Mail:
Tudors star arrested in airport after 'turning up drunk for flight'  —  He plays a man used to getting his own way, however outrageous his behaviour.  —  But Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who stars as Henry VIII in the TV drama The Tudors, discovered his own excesses don't meet with the same level of tolerance.
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Shawn Pogatchnik / Associated Press:
Rhys Meyers Arrested at Dublin Airport
Kelly / dailystab.com:
Jessica Alba Can't Look Fabulous All The Time  —  Jessica Alba and Cash Warren were seen in Toronto, Canada while Jessica was on a break from shooting her lastest film, The Love Guru.  Looks like this pic was taken early in the morning and I'd say Jess is not a morning person!
Ken Lee / People.com:
Bill Nye, Restraining Order Guy  —  Bill Nye, television's Science Guy, requested a restraining order against his former fiancée, claiming she may have tried to poison him, legal papers show.  —  Nye sought the order Sept. 4 in a Los Angeles court seeking to keep Blair Tindal, 47 …
TMZ.com:
Chili Peppers to Showtime — You Stole Our Name!  —  The Red Hot Chili Peppers filed suit today against Showtime Networks over a new show called "Californication."  In 1999, the band released a hit album with the same name.  That album was named one of Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All Time.
Discussion: Allie Is Wired and THE RAD REPORT
Perez Hilton:
She Lied To Us!!!  —  What a twat!!!  —  For years Britney put on a dog and pony show, proclaiming publicly to stay a "virgin until marriage."  We all learned later that wasn't to be the case.  —  Unfitney and Justin Timberlake did the nast nast, and then the Cry Me A River singer dumped …
New York Post:
SUPER UNION  —  SUPERMAN is getting ready to marry his Lois Lane.  Brandon Routh will wed longtime sweetheart Courtney Ford on Saturday at the Santa Barbara ranch of his "Superman Returns" producer Jon Peters, sources said.  The wedding will take place on one of the spread's mountaintops.
Phil / Egotastic!:
"Hayden Panettiere's Panties" Try Saying That 10 Times Fast  —  Oh the perils of exiting a vehicle in a short skirt.  It's the Kryptonite of every young starlet, and you can call me Lex Luthor.  Here, Hayden Panettiere's panties pop out to say hello as she exists an SUV, and of course, the moment has been immortalized for posterity.
Discussion: Glitterati Gossip
Daily Mail:
Girl power a-go-go: Spice Girls cheer on as Mel B romps in two more perfect scores  —  The Spice Girls made yet another surprise appearance on Dancing With The Stars last night as Mel B mustered all her girl power to romp in perfect scores for both her routines.
Discussion: URBAN-HOOPLA.COM …
TMZ.com:
Hogan Family — Vehicular Lunatics?  —  The Hogan family has come out strongly against street racing since Nick's brutal crash — but just two years ago, another Hogan was screaming its virtues!  —  ABCActionNews.com out of Tampa Bay, Florida has uncovered video from 2005 …
TMZ.com:
Kids to Brit and K-Fed: Gimme More — Turkey  —  TMZ has learned Sean Preston and Jayden James will have turkey coming out of their ears this week.  —  We're told Britney will celebrate Thanksgiving with the kids on Wednesday, and K-Fed will repeat the honors on Thursday.
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Vh1 Blog and Holy Candy
 
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Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Tom Cruise's fat suit fracas
X17 Online:
Sins Of The Brother?  —  Once again, Britney Spears' brother …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton:
The Fun and Games Have Begun!
POPSUGAR:
Gwen and Gavin Take Their Aspiring Athlete to the Park
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Michael K / Dlisted:
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Cele|bitchy:
Hypocrite Julia Roberts parks in a handicapped spot and drives an SUV
Discussion: Pajiba and The Real Juice …
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Kim Cattrall gets $6 mil for SATC movie, Davis and Nixon each get $2 mil
The Huffington Post:
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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