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4:20 PM ET, January 2, 2008

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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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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...
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.
Matt Donnelly / PageSix.com:
Katherine Heigl's Wedding Photos Revealed!
Discussion: MollyGood
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.
Discussion: Perez Hilton and X17 Online
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
For Celebrity Magazine, Pregnancy Is a Bonus  —  OK!, the celebrity magazine, could not possibly have purchased all the attention it enjoyed in late December after it got the scoop that Jamie Lynn Spears, the younger and until then less sensational sister of the troubled pop queen Britney Spears, was three months pregnant.
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Lifeline Live and Jezebel
Michael K / Dlisted:   KFed's Totally Going To Be The Godfather
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 …
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.
New York Post:
BRIT SITS  —  Britney Spears enjoyed a quiet New Year's Eve in California with her two kids - and a paparazzo.  The train wreck shacked up with sons Sean Preston, 2, Jayden James, 1, and a court-appointed monitor at a private beach front residence near Dana Point, OK! magazine reported on its Web site.
Discussion: Daily Blabber and Vh1 Blog
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Britney Sure Can Pick 'Em
Discussion: POPSUGAR
New York Post:
SOAK WHAT?  —  ASHTON Kutcher and Demi Moore seem to be persona non grata at hot Chrystie Street cabaret The Box, where owner Simon Hammerstein privately applauded a performer who spilled drinks on the Hollywood power couple this week.  “[Bleep] Ashton and Demi, they are so up their own arses …
Discussion: MollyGood and WOW Report
Us Weekly:
Jake Gyllenhaal Takes Reese Witherspoon's Kids Hiking in Malibu  —  It's all in the family for Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal!  —  The on-again pair, who met while filming their CIA thriller Rendition, spent an afternoon hiking around a Malibu, California, park December 30.
Daily Mail:
Sir Paul McCartney has heart operation as divorce takes its toll  —  Sir Paul McCartney has undergone heart surgery, it has been revealed.  —  The 65-year-old musician has been mired in a bitter divorce battle with Heather Mills for the past 18 months.  —  He complained of feeling unwell …
David Schoetz / ABCNEWS:
Pinup Girl Law Student Indicted in Kidnap  —  Former Miss Arizona Contestant Tied to Ex-Boyfriend's 10-Hour Kidnap, Torture  —  Kumari Fulbright, who participated in the Miss Arizona pageant as Miss Pima County in 2005, and Miss Desert Sun in 2006, also reportedly serves as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Raner Collins.
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Associated Press:
Pageant Queen Charged With Kidnap-Torture
Discussion: Dlisted
Cele|bitchy:
Tyra Banks really did serve McDonalds at staff Christmas party  —  Janet Charlton reported that Tyra Banks didn't give her talk show staff any kind of Christmas bonus and that she had the holiday office party at a dive bar.  Instead of serving food, she showed up with a guy dressed …
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.
Discussion: X17 Online
Nicholas White / People.com:
Jessica Simpson Starts Work on Country Album  —  Jessica Simpson is getting back to her roots.  —  The singer, 27, has begun recording a country album in Nashville, Billboard reports.  —  “I am a country girl,” she told the magazine.  “I grew up in Texas, and country music was what I listened to.
Jen Heger / PageSix.com:
Brit's Courtroom Showdown  —  Expect the sparks to fly in a Van Nuys courtoom today where Britney Spears faces the possibility of being placed on probation for one year as a result of her hit and run accident last summer.  While the hit-and-run charges have been summarily dismissed …
Josef Adalian / Variety:
MTV gives Tila Tequila another shot  —  Network inks deal with 'Love's' exec producer  —  MTV is bellying up to the bar for another “Shot at Love,” the bisexual dating show starring MySpace phenom Tila Tequila that turned into the cabler's biggest hit in over two years.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Courteney Cox Bikini Ass Crack  —  Continuing on the bikini trend, here are just a few small Courteney Cox bikini pictures, but these come with an added, extra bonus: Courteney Cox's ass crack!  Also known as the “coinslot."  —  In similar fashion to last year's Courteney Cox nipple slip bikini incident …
Discussion: WOW Report
 
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TMZ.com:
“Idol” Boob & the Joy of Motorboating
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Donna McConnell / Daily Mail:
Teenage actress Hayden Panettiere IS dating her 30-year-old Heroes co-star
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Pam Anderson Refuses to Class Up Solo NYE
Discussion: People.com
POPSUGAR:
LC and Audrina Head Out of The Hills For NYE
Laura Roberts / Daily Mail:
Pop princess Lily Allen has ditched her chav look to become a style queen
Discussion: Just Jared
TMZ.com:
Kimberley Locked and Loaded with Married Guy?
Discussion: JUICY-NEWS and Bossip
TMZ.com:
Britney Plays with Pap on New Year's?
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POPSUGAR:
Mariah's Little White New Year's Eve
Discussion: Hot Momma Gossip and Extra
Jim Windolf / Vanity Fair:
Keys to the Kingdom  —  Between them, George Lucas …
New York Post:
Sordid Tales Of Clinton-hater
Discussion: OH NO!! and Evil Beet Gossip
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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