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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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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 …
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.
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 …
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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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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.
Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Nicole Kidman fuels more baby rumours with mystery ‘bump’ — In discovering a sudden affinity for billowing floral-print maternity dresses, Nicole Kidman is doing little to quell growing speculation that she is expecting her first natural child. — The Oscar-winning actress …
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TMZ.com:
B2K's Raz-B is Hanging with Chris Stokes?! — He made — then recanted — serious allegations of rape against former manager Chris Stokes just last week — so why was B2K member Raz-B chilling with Stokes last night? Damage control, anyone?! — TMZ caught De'Mario Monte Thornton …
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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STRIKE BEARD — Both David Letterman and Conan O'Brien sported their strike beard tonight as their shows, along with Jay Leno, returned after the writers strike had taken the shows off the air. Conan O'Brien was adamant to point out that he wholeheartedly supported the writers and stood behind them all the way.
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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 …
Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
Baio's Baby Bundle — Scott Baio went from a commitment phobic has-been to a married man sitting firmly on the C-list thanks to VH1's Scott Baio is 45...and Single. Well, the show is coming back for a second season but Scott is no longer 45, nor single — in fact, the dude's a dad!
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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.
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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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.