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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 …
Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney Spears's Attorney Wants to Quit — Britney Spears's latest lawyer, Sorrell Trope, filed a request Wednesday to withdraw from the singer's custody case, court documents show. — “There has been a breakdown in communications between (Spears) and Trope & Trope (law firm) …
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POPSUGAR:
Is Britney's NYE a Sign of a Better '08? — Britney Spears and her boys rang in the new year with a quiet night away from LA and the club scene. While that's far better than last year when she passed out while hosting a party in Vegas, it wouldn't be Britney without a little questionable behavior.
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 …
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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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Kim Kardashian: “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.
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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 …
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.
Us Weekly:
Lauren Conrad and Stephen Colletti Make Out: Round Two! — One night of kissing in public wasn't enough for Lauren Conrad and Stephen Colletti. — The pair made out at Las Vegas' LAX club on Sunday, Dec. 30, the night after flirting and kissing at Central in LA.
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Jamie Lynn Spears Miscarriage Scare — Whether Jamie Lynn Spears is three months pregnant, as she claims, or six months pregnant, as preached by The National Enquirer, childbearing has proven a difficult feat for the sixteen year old. Jamie Lynn's first trimester has been marked by illness and the fear of miscarriage.
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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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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.
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.
Dboyle / PageSix.com:
Leno and Letterman Cross Picket Lines — David Letterman opened his first show since the writers strike began with a full beard, fishnet-clad WGA picketers, Robin Williams and an intro by Hillary Clinton. — “Dave has been off the air for eight long weeks because of the writers strike,” Hillary said, appearing on tape from Iowa.
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.
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Associated Press:
Minnelli to perform again after collapse — NEW YORK - Start spreading the news: Liza Minnelli will sing again. Almost three weeks after collapsing during a show in Sweden, the 61-year-old entertainer was doing fine and preparing for her next gig, Minnelli's lawyer, Allen Arrow, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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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.