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TMZ.com:
Brit's Lawyers Will Quit — She's Impossible! — TMZ has learned Britney's latest set of lawyers has bitten the dust. — The high-powered firm of Trope and Trope filed legal papers today asking to withdraw as Brit's hired guns in her custody dispute with K-Daddy.
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney Spears's Attorney Wants to Quit — Britney Spears's latest lawyer, Sorrell Trope, filed a request Wednesday to withdraw from the singer's custody case, court documents show. — “There has been a breakdown in communications between (Spears) and Trope & Trope (law firm) …
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Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Checks Into Hotel With Photog - for Just a Few Hours — New year, new hotel for Britney Spears! — Usmagazine.com has learned the pop star, wearing a black wig and dark sunglasses, and photographer Adnan Ghalib, 35, checked into the Parker Hotel in Palm Springs around 2 a.m. on Jan. 2 …
Us Weekly:
Reps: Ashlee Simpson “Not Engaged” to Pete Wentz — Ashlee Simpson and Fall Out Boy rocker Pete Wentz are not getting hitched, their reps tell Usmagazine.com. — Talk of their engagement started after the singer rocked a ring on her left finger while celebrating the new year at Miami's Shore Club with Wentz.
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Libby Keatinge / PageSix.com:
Ashlee Simpson engaged? — Ashlee Simpson and her boyfriend, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, got hot and heavy at a New Year's Eve party at the Shore Club in Miami, Fla., where Ashlee flaunted a simple band on her left ring finger. Then, on New Year's Day, little Simpson showed off …
Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian Tells Us: “I Am Not Engaged” — Ashlee Simpson isn't the only celeb denying an engagement. — Reality star Kim Kardashian, 26, tells Usmagazine.com that she didn't make it official with NFL running back Reggie Bush, 22, over the weekend in Miami, despite an OK! magazine report.
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OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Inside Katherine Heigl's Wedding! — It couldn't have been more romantic — the sun setting over the Rocky Mountains, the dusting of snow on the ground, the gorgeous bride and handsome groom saying “I do” in a Christmas-themed ceremony before 80 of their closest friends and family.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Flawed — Nothing says “the happiest day of my life” like selling your majorly airbrushed wedding pictures to a magazine. Aww....true love. OK! Magazine got the first pics of Katherine Heigl's wedding to Josh Kelley. Aren't they precious? — It looks like one of those fake wedding pictures they put in picture frames.
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Karen Nickel Anhalt / People.com:
Knut: Coming to Theaters and Voiced by Suri Cruise? — A production company's first pick for the voice of Knut? Suri Cruise — Everybody loves Knut, the polar bear at the Berlin Zoo, who turned one in December. Katie Holmes visited him with daughter Suri, Annie Leibovitz photographed …
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Sandra Rose:
It's Vivica! — It was a tough decision for her to make, but V-103's Porsche Foxx confirmed that Vivica Fox appears in a controversial sex tape that is currently making the rounds. — In the tape, an apparently inebriated Vivica can be seen on her knees servicing a male friend …
Gerri Miller / People.com:
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Returning to The View — Maternity leave is nearly over for The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who returns to the show on Monday, ABC announced. — Hasselbeck, 30, has been away since Oct. 23. She gave birth to son Taylor Thomas on Nov. 9, her second child with Arizona Cardinals quarterback Tim Hasselbeck.
OK! Magazine:
OK! Exclusive: Jamie Lynn Gets Support From K-Fed — Amid all the hateful, untrue rumors of family turmoil following Jamie Lynn Spears' decision to talk exclusively to OK! about her shocking surprise pregnancy, the 16-year-old star has received some support from a very unexpected source — Kevin Federline.
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New York Post:
JUST ASKING — WHICH 40ish actress has finally gotten pregnant for the first time? Her rep is denying it because she's only a month into it, and has suffered miscarriages in the past. Said our source: “Watch for her to get bangs and start wearing hats to hide her...
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Us Weekly:
Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli Share “Long, Passionate” Kiss on New Year's — Leonardo DiCaprio isn't shy about letting people know he is back on with ex Bar Refaeli: They had a hot-and-heavy make-out session at new Las Vegas club, The Bank in the Bellagio Hotel, on New Year's Eve.
Jim Windolf / Vanity Fair:
Keys to the Kingdom — Between them, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have made 13 of the 100 top-grossing movies of all time. Yet they struggled for more than a decade with the upcoming fourth installment of their billion-dollar Indiana Jones franchise, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Arotondo / PageSix.com:
A Bump That Speaks Louder Than Words? — The saying, “Denial ain't just a river in Egypt” may finally be catching up with Nicole Kidman and hubby Keith Urban as they continue to refute rumors that they're expecting. Just check out this picture of the couple and the tell-tale bump Nicole's sporting.
Michael K / Dlisted:
True Glamour — Here's the mug shot of the beauty queen I wrote about earlier. Kumari Fulbright from Arizona was arrested after she allegedly kidnapped and tortured her boyfriend. Her boyfriend escaped, but now she's facing hard time. — Thank you to Kumari's boyfriend …
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POPSUGAR:
LC and Audrina Head Out of The Hills For NYE — 2 hours 28 min ago by PopSugar 33,656 Views … Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge slipped into their fancy party dresses to ring in the New Year in San Diego. LC was looking way too partied out by the end of the night …
