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2:40 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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OK! Magazine:
OK!  Exclusive: Britney's Newest Man  —  With only days to go until Christmas, it appears that a grinch might have stolen Britney Spears' holiday cheer, as the troubled pop star appears to be in the center of yet another downward spiral.  But perhaps the newest man in her life can help her out of the hole she's in.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Ugh, She's Such A Piece Of Trash!  —  Another Brit post!  I should change the name to Britlisted.  Barf.  I think I just lost my breakfast, lunch and dinner.  So.....this is the second part to the story I posted earlier a bout Brit taking a pap back to her hotel.  Ok!  Magazine has the details.
Splash News Online:
Britney Goes On Date With Photographer!
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: omg! and Hot Momma Gossip
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Us Weekly:
Katherine Heigl Weds Musician Josh Kelley  —  It's official: Katherine Heigl is a married woman!  —  The Grey's Anatomy star, 29, wed musician Josh Kelley, 27, in a black-tie ceremony Sunday afternoon at the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah.  Afterward, her Grey's costar T.R. Knight told Usmagazine.com: “It was incredible.
TMZ.com:
Rodriguez to Spend Xmas in the Pokey  —  “Lost” star Michelle Rodriguez checked herself into Lynwood jail this afternoon to begin serving her 180 day jail sentence for violating her probation.  —  The actress was on probation for a variety of crimes, including DUI and hit and run.
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Reuters:
Michelle Rodriguez begins 6-month jail term
Discussion: Dlisted and The Blemish
Ken Lee / People.com:
Michelle Rodriguez Reports to Jail
Discussion: Daily Blabber
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
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,” …
Jenna Fryer / Associated Press:
Jessica a No-Show for Romo  —  Somewhere, Jessica Simpson was cheering on her man.  —  The starlet may have been in the stadium Saturday night rooting on Dallas quarterback Tony Romo.  —  Or she may have been hundreds of miles away from her new boyfriend.  —  Either way, it didn't affect Romo's play.
Discussion: Pink Is The New Blog and POPSUGAR
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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
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!!
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
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
New York Post:
FUR SURE  —  MARY- Kate and Ashley Ol- sen are grov eling at the non-leather shoes of PETA after the animal rightists began a nasty cam paign against the tiny fur-wearing twins.  “The Olsens want to make peace with PETA,” one snitch told Page Six.  The animal...
Discussion: Dlisted and OH NO!!
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
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
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
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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