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5:50 PM ET, December 24, 2007

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Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Spends Night at Hotel With a Paparazzo  —  Britney Spears is taking her love for paparazzi attention to a new level!  —  Spears reportedly spent early Sunday morning in a Beverly Hills hotel room with a paparazzi photographer who regularly covers the troubled pop star.
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Splash News Online:
Britney Goes On Date With Photographer!
Mary Margaret / People.com:
Dr. Phil: Lynne Spears is a ‘Great Mother’  —  Ever the optimist concerning the Spears family, Dr. Phil McGraw commends matriarch Lynne Spears - despite the current controversy regarding her 16-year old daughter's pregnancy.  —  “We know the Spears family, particularly the parents,” …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Dr. Phil Is Stupid In The Brains  —  Like anyone gives an eff with that hunk of moron has to say!  Well, obviously I do, because I'm writing about him.  Anyway, Dr. Phil called Lynne Spears a “great mother” when he talked to People about the whole JL drama.  Yeah and he's a “great therapist.”
OK! Magazine:
OK!  Exclusive: Katherine Heigl Married!  —  In a ceremony described by guests as a “winter wonderland,” Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl and her musician beau, Josh Kelley, were wed Sunday afternoon in an intimate, fairy-tale ceremony at the Stein Erikson Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah.
Discussion: X17 Online, omg! and Hot Momma Gossip
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Reuters:
Michelle Rodriguez begins 6-month jail term  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Michelle Rodriguez began a 180-day jail term in Los Angeles on Sunday for probation violation, the second Hollywood celebrity after Kiefer Sutherland to face a Christmas incarceration.
Discussion: Dlisted and The Blemish
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
411: A Bit Too Much Suri?  —  Katie Holmes was all over the internet this weekend.  She took 20 month old Suri on a shopping spree to stores very appropriate for toddlers—like Fred Segal on Melrose and other Beverly Hills stops.  —  Uh, not!  At one point, spying cameras …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Gabby Babble
TMZ.com:
Richard Simmons Gives Boy Pap a Complex  —  The patron Santa of chubby folks, Richard Simmons, made a gender blunder that unraveled a 14-year-old boy.  —  The paparazzi, including one pint-sized, curfew-challenged photog, caught the loquacious exercise guru outside his studio in Los Angeles …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
NY Daily News:
Blake Lively match isn't just ‘Gossip’  —  There sure must be a lot of mistletoe on the set of “Gossip Girl."  —  We hear that toothsome twosome Blake Lively and Penn Badgley — whose uptown/downtown relationship keeps the hit show sizzling — have quietly started dating in real life.
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
Michael K / Dlisted:
Remember Fe?  —  Felicia Culotta aka Fe was Britney's assistant back in the day when Brit kept her crazy on the down low.  I guess Fe was a friend of the family or something.  She worked for Brit for 10 years.  She quit this past February and now works as a personal assistant to the Jonas Brothers.
Discussion: NY Daily News and OH NO!!
TMZ.com:
Joc to Cops: Where'd That Gun Come From?!  —  Rapper Yung Joc has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon, after cops say they found a loaded semi-automatic gun in his carry-on bag at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.  It's goin' down!  —  Joc, whose real name is Jasiel Robinson …
Discussion: Hollywood Grind
X17 Online:
Did Lindsay Trade a Coke Addiction for Sex Addiction?  —  That's what Lindsay's rehab ex, Riley Giles is telling News of the World!  —  According to their interview with Lindsay's jilted boy-toy, “Lindsay was insatiable.  She'd demand sex again and again.  We'd go at it for hours.
Discussion: omg!, POPSUGAR and Celebrity Rumors …
Mirror.co.uk:
MacGowan exclusive  —  EXCLUSIVE: POGUES' SHANE TELLS HOW HE MADE IT TO 50 Smoking, drinking and partying keep me alive  —  By Gavin Martin Mirror Music Critic 24/12/2007  —  It's a milestone most people thought Shane MacGowan would never live to see.  But on Christmas Day the legendary …
Discussion: Dlisted
X17 Online:
Paris: Hottie, Nottie and Nice!  —  The Hottie: Paris and her male model boyfriend.  —  The Nottie: That hat with the asymmetrical bob and white Ray Bans are a bit too eightes for me!  —  The Nice: Paris cleaned out Kitson for some last minute Xmas shopping - with Paris playing Santa this year …
Discussion: E! Online
Us Weekly:
Taunted by Fans Wearing Jessica Simpson Masks, Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo Pulls Out a Win  —  After many blamed his girlfriend Jessica Simpson for his team's loss last Sunday, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo overcame a sore thumb and taunting Carolina Panthers fans Saturday night and pulled out a victory.
Discussion: Dlisted and The Blemish
Siobhan Synnot / The Daily Record:
Will Smith: My Work Ethic Will Make Me A Legend  —  WILL Smith already has it all - the picture-perfect family, a film career that blends commercial hits with artistic acclaim, the occasional foray into music and A-list status without a whiff of scandal.  —  But the 39-year-old says the secret of his success isn't down to acting.
Discussion: The Blemish and TMZ.com
Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Throw Party For Homeless Families  —  In their first major charitable outreach since announcing the launch earlier this month of the Richie-Madden Children's Foundation, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden on Saturday hosted a holiday party for children and families from L.A. homeless programs.
New York Post:
TYRANTS TOUR  —  NAOMI Campbell, political reporter?  The catwalk queen is said to be in Cuba interviewing Fidel Castro for British GQ.  Castro has given access over the years to female reporters he finds attractive, like Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer.  The...
Discussion: Celebrity Mound
Elizabeth Wolff / PageSix.com:
From One 'Spears'headed Boy to Another: Watch Out  —  Britney Spears' 55-hour husband, Jason Alexander, says that knocking up Jamie Lynn Spears was the best thing Casey Aldridge could have done for himself.  —  “First thing I thought when I heard about Jamie Lynn was at least that boy got …
Kimberley Dadds / Digital Spy:
Alesha: ‘Strictly saved my life’  —  Alesha Dixon has claimed that appearing on Strictly Come Dancing saved her life after she was on the verge of suicide this time last year.  —  The former Mis-Teeq singer, who won the dance competition on Saturday, revealed that she wanted to end her life …
Discussion: Hellomagazine.com
 
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