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4:15 AM ET, January 4, 2008

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Us Weekly:
Police Called as Britney Spears Refuses to Turn Over Children  —  Britney Spears is defying court-mandated custody hours by refusing to turn over her sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline.  —  The pop star was due to turn over Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, at 7 p.m. PST.
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Jen Heger / PageSix.com:
Cops, Lawyers and Paramedics at Britney's House  —  Update: Paramedics arrived on the scene and rolled a gurney into Spears' house.  Sources are now revealing to PageSix.com that “someone is being transferred to the hospital for a mental evaluation."  An ambulance has just pulled into the driveway.
TMZ.com:
Britney Wheeled Out on a Gurney!!  —  OMG THE DRAMA!  TMZ is there as Britney Spears was just wheeled out of her home on a gurney by paramedics!  Why god why?!?  —  We're told Britney is being taken to a local hospital on a “medical hold” — essentially a mental evaluation.
TMZ.com:
Britney's Shortest.  Deposition.  Ever.  —  TMZ was in Century City, Calif. as Brit Brit came — and went — from her scheduled deposition today.  Why the rush?!  —  As K-Fed's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan explained, the depo was originally scheduled to go from 9:45 to 11:45 AM.
TMZ.com:
Brit's Kids Are Safe, She's Under the Influence!  —  TMZ has learned Sean Preston and Jayden James were turned back over K-Fed tonight just before 11:00 PM PT.  —  We're told that while cops were at the troubled pop star's home, they discovered Spears “under the influence of an unknown substance.”
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
OK! Magazine:
Breaking: Tearful Brit Hospitalized After Police Standoff!  —  UPDATES: Britney arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at approximately 12:30am PT. “She was sobbing as she was taken out of her house on a gurney,” a witness tells OK!.  When she arrived at the hospital, she had managed …
Discussion: OH NO!!
Jen Heger / PageSix.com:
Britney Is Going To The Hospital  —  Update: As we exclusively reported earlier, Britney is being taken to a Los Angeles hospital under a heavy police escort.  Britney has been taken to UCLA Medical Center.  —  Los Angeles police officers are at Britney Spears' home tonight …
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad
Ken Lee / People.com:
Police: Britney Being Taken for ‘An Evaluation’  —  Britney Spears is being taken for “an evaluation” after police were called to her Studio City home for a “custodial dispute” Thursday, according to police.  —  At around 8 p.m. police responded to a call “about a custodial dispute regarding …
TMZ.com:
Cops Called to Brit's House for “Custody Dispute”
Discussion: Us Weekly and Hollyscoop
TMZ.com:
TMZ Confirms, Lohan Slips on Sobriety  —  Oh no ... this is not good.  Cameras caught Lindsay Lohan taking a swig out of a bottle of what we've confirmed is champagne on New Year's Eve in Italy.  —  Blair Berk, Lindsay's lawyer, told TMZ, “The good news was that Lindsay stopped herself that night …
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Starpulse.com:
Tom Cruise And Katie Holmes Struggle To Have Second Child  —  Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are reportedly seeking medical advice following a series of failed attempts to conceive a second child.  —  The couple is desperate for a son following the birth of daughter Suri in April 2006 …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Poor Katie  —  Katie Holmes is trying to get knocked up again, but is having some trouble.  Hmmm...what's an alien to do?  Now Magazine reports that Katie and Tom Cruise sought medical help to try and cure this dilemma.  They want a little son for Suri, but Katie isn't producing.
Discussion: Pretty Boring
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Pamela Anderson Moves Ahead With Divorce  —  Off, on, and now off - again.  —  Usmagazine.com has learned that Pamela Anderson had divorce papers personally served to Rick Salomon on Dec. 28.  —  The papers were served two weeks after Anderson first filed for divorce from Salomon …
Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
Reese's Sex Ban  —  It's been widely reported that Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn can't stop butting heads on the set of Four Christmases but apparently it was a scene where they're supposed to bump uglies that really has Reese hot and bothered — but for all the wrong reasons.
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TMZ.com:
Vince Vaughn Sucks One Down
The Post Chronicle:
Victoria Beckham ‘Enemies List’ Bans Hated Celebs From Concerts  —  Victoria Beckham has reportedly banned a host of her celebrity enemies from attending the Spice Girls' reunion concerts.  —  The 33-year-old singer - who is currently in the middle of the band's 17-date residency …
Discussion: WOW Report and Staralicious
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Michael K / Dlisted:   Posh's Ban List
People.com:
The New Obama Girl: Scarlett Johansson  —  Hillary Clinton has Barbra Streisand.  Mike Huckabee has Chuck Norris.  And now presidential candidate Barack Obama has Scarlett Johansson: After partying with beau Ryan Reynolds for New Year's, the actress surfaced at the Iowa Caucuses on Thursday …
TransWorldNews:
Vivica Fox Sex Tape Circulates  —  Actress Vivica A. Fox has a sex tape that has been circulated around recently.  An inebriated Fox is seen on her knees, performing oral sex to an Atlanta man, who was secretly taping her on his cell phone.  —  The man then e-mailed the sex tape to his friends, who then e-mailed it to Fox.
X17 Online:
Alli To Star In A Reality Show  —  You can look forward to some mighty great TV, people!  In Touch Weekly reports that Alli Sims, Brit's cousin and former assistant, is set to star in a reality TV show about her life.  “It's going to be like a female version of Entourage, but for real,” claims an insider.
Charles Agar / Aspen Times:
Goldie Hawn: Paparazzi have ‘shooed us out’  —  Movie star and Old Snowmass resident accuses photographers of foul play  —  ASPEN — Paparazzi have run Goldie Hawn out of Aspen.  —  The movie star has been visiting and living part time in the area for more than 25 years, but over the holidays …
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