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11:30 AM ET, January 2, 2008

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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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New York Post:
Sordid Tales Of Clinton-hater  —  RICHARD Mellon Scaife, 75, the conservative Pittsburgh banking billionaire who nearly succeeded in driving President Clinton from office, had lunch with Clinton last summer and said, “I never met such a charismatic man in my whole life.”
Discussion: OH NO!! and Evil Beet Gossip
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 …
Ulrica Wihlborg / People.com:
Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds Marry  —  Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds were married on New Year's Day on a private island off Bora Bora in French Polynesia in front of 25 friends and family, their reps tell PEOPLE.  —  In a sunset ceremony on the beach Tuesday, Edmonds walked barefoot …
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Marcus Errico / E! Online:
Eddie Murphy Rings in 2008
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Necole Bitchie
omg!:
Eddie Murphy, Tracey Edmonds tie knot
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.
OK! Magazine:
Rumor Mill: Kim Kardashian Engaged  —  Sources close to Kim Kardashian are revealing to OK! that the 27-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is now engaged to her boyfriend, 22-year-old Heisman trophy winning football player Reggie Bush.  —  The pair were together in Miami on Dec. 31 …
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Steve Helling / People.com:
Kim Kardashian Wants to Eat Better - but Keep the Curves
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 …
Discussion: Dlisted, TMZ.com and Gabby Babble
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
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: Dlisted
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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: Just Jared
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 …
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
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.
OK! Magazine:
OK!  Exclusive: Is Jason Lewis Jen's Mystery Man?  —  Two days before New Year's Eve, OK! was the first to report that A-list actress Jennifer Aniston had jetted off to Los Cabos, Mexico, with pals Courteney Cox and David Arquette — and a goateed mystery man.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
The Sun:
Tyra Banking on adoption  —  The 34-year-old former supermodel wants to follow in the footsteps of celebrities including MADONNA, SHARON STONE, and ANGELINA JOLIE and BRAD PITT by opening her home to a child in need.  —  She said: “I've wanted to adopt since I was nine.
Discussion: Bossip
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.
Discussion: Cinematical, Just Jared and OH NO!!
New York Post:
3-MAN NIGHT  —  LINDSAY Lohan certainly ended her year with a bang, making out with three different guys in less than 24 hours while in Capri for a film festival.  She was first caught snuggling on a sofa, kissing and holding the hand of waiter Allesandro di Nunzio...
Discussion: Celebritology and Celebrity Mound
 
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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”

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