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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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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 …
People.com:
Britney Pap-Happy With New Guy — Is Britney Spears sleeping with the enemy - literally? — The troubled pop star has spent recent weeks with a photographer from the crowd of paparazzi following her day and night. They've been seen going into two hotels together, most recently early Wednesday …
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney Spears's Attorney Wants to Quit
Britney Spears's Attorney Wants to Quit
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Lauren Conrad, LeAnn Rimes Top Us' Weight Winners of the Year List — Have a New Year's resolution to get fit, get healthy and lose weight? — In the new issue of Us Weekly, stars share their diet and fitness secrets that can help make your shape great in 2008.
NY Daily News:
Lohan's scraping by in poor new role — Lindsay Lohan's rocky rehab continues to hurt her bottom line. — A pal of the cash-strapped actress tells us she has been openly asking friends for spending money. — A separate source tell us Ariva - the quit-smoking tobacco lozenge …
Daily Mail:
Jamie Lynn Spears' TV show ‘cancelled’ after teen pregnancy — Britney Spears's pregnant sister Jamie Lynn Spears' hit TV show Zoey 101 has reportedly been cancelled. — The Nickelodeon show is set to broadcast its final episode of the third season in the U.S. on Friday and has already completed filming on the fourth.
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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 …
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 …
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Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Sean Penn Signs on to Judge Cannes — Sean Penn will say “bonjour” to Cannes this summer, the film festival's organizers announced Thursday. — The 47-year-old actor/director - whose separation from his wife, Robin Wright Penn, 41, was confirmed to PEOPLE on Dec. 27 …
Fiona Macrae / Daily Mail:
Stars who spout ‘pseudo-science should check their facts first’ — When your name's Nicole Kidman or Gwyneth Paltrow, everyone wants to hear what you have to say. — But before holding forth on their favourite remedy, celebrities should get their facts straight, experts say.
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Us Weekly:
Dina Lohan Called Riley Giles' Mom After He Blabbed About Lindsay to Tabloid — After Lindsay Lohan's ex Riley Giles, 25, sold their lovemaking details to Britain's News of the World (they appeared December 23), Lohan's mom, Dina, got on the horn to his mom, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue.
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Michelle Tan / People.com:
Gabrielle Reece, Laird Hamilton Have a Son — Volleyball star Gabrielle Reece and her husband, surfer Laird Hamilton, welcomed son Brody Jo Hamilton on New Year's Day in Hawaii, their rep tells PEOPLE. — Brody, who was 8 lb., 2 oz., joins the couple's first child, 4-year-old sister Reece Viola.
New York Post:
ROCK MAKES THE GARDEN HOWL — RAUNCHY stand-up Chris Rock had Madison Square Garden in stitches Monday night, when he kicked off his six-month tour performing for a sold-out New Year's Eve audience of 20,000 fans who gave him a midnight standing ovation. — The comic from Bed-Stuy proclaimed …
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 …
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.
NY Daily News:
New York Minute — A witness tells us Suge Knight was at Las Vegas' Ghost Bar on New Year's Eve getting a lap dance when a wag at the table next to him yelled, “Isn't that the guy who shot Tupac?" Suge pushed the girl off his lap and gave the heckler such an evil look he thought it was advisable to leave the club.
New York Post:
TOO MANY GUESTS — WYCLEF Jean may have gone too far when, live on MTV, he invited “everybody” to his Saddle River, NJ, home for a New Year's bash. After the singer performed on the telecast, he arrived home around 1 a.m. to find more than 500 people partying at his mansion.