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11:45 PM ET, January 2, 2008

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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 …
TMZ.com:
Brit Was a No Show at Her Depo  —  TMZ has learned Britney Spears' deposition was scheduled today and she didn't show — again!  —  If we're counting correctly, this is the fifth time her scheduled deposition in the custody case didn't happen.  Last month, Britney claimed she was too ill …
Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney Spears's Attorney Wants to Quit
Discussion: X17 Online
Michael K / Dlisted:
She Should Call Jacoby & Meyers
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
POPSUGAR:   Is Britney's NYE a Sign of a Better '08?
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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 …
Discussion: Dlisted and Top Socialite
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.
Discussion: Yeeeah!
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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.
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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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 …
Discussion: Blowing Smoke
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.
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.
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.
kanyeuniversecity.com:
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT  —  When I was in Europe I would play this game for hours and hours... it helped me zone out.  Everybody would get envolved... Derrick Dudley (Common's manager) and Consequence were the best other than me... I beat Lexi... Don C beat Jay... Tony Williams beat Common …
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.
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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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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