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10:20 AM ET, January 4, 2008

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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.  Look at that shot of her inside the ambulance — she's frickin' smiling!  Why God, why?!?  —  Once in the ambulance, paramedics can be seen trying …
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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.
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 …
Kcampbell / PageSix.com:
Britney Spears on Suicide Watch  —  Britney Spears was admitted to Cedars Sinai hospital in L.A. early this morning following a dramatic evening in which cops were called to her home after she refused to hand her two sons back to her ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Us Weekly:
Britney Spears' Son Released from Hospital to Kevin Federline  —  Sources tell Usmagazine.com that Britney Spears' son, Jayden James, was released from L.A's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shortly after 4 a.m. PST Friday.  —  He was with Kevin Federline's bodyguard.  Their car was being followed by the paparazzi at 4:15 a.m.
Us Weekly:
VIDEO: Watch Britney Spears Being Wheeled on a Stretcher  —  Around 11 p.m. Thursday, a reportedly intoxicated Britney Spears was rushed via ambulance to L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after she defied court-mandated visitation hours Thursday night by refusing to turn over her two sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline.
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:
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: Defamer and We Love Celebs!
TMZ.com:
Jayden Taken to the Hospital Too  —  Two ambulances left Britney's house bound for Cedars-Sinai — one transporting Britney, the other had two-year-old Jayden James in it!  —  A car carrying Jayden's older brother Sean arrived at K-Fed's home a short time later.  No word on what Jayden was being treated for.
Jheger / PageSix.com:
Britney Is At Cedars Senai Medical Center and Has Lost “Tremendous Amount of Weight Due To Stress & Mental Anguish”
Discussion: Perez Hilton, TMZ.com and Love B. Scott
CNN:
Britney Spears taken to hospital for tests  —  LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Pop star Britney Spears was taken to hospital for tests to see if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for a psychological evaluation after police were called to her home Thursday night to mediate a custody dispute, a police spokesman said.
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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New York Post:   LINDSAY HITS BOTTLE AGAIN
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 …
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Exclusive!  Did Penélope Cruz Really Make Out with Her Own Sister?  —  Reports of Penélope Cruz and her sister, Mónica, making out in their younger brother's new music video have been greatly exaggerated.  —  Well, more than exaggerated—the reports are wrong!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Daily. Gay. News.
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Claire Bates / Daily Mail:
Penelope Cruz stars in erotic video to boost brother's pop career
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Sean Borg / PageSix.com:
Lindsay's Old Neighbors: “We Don't Want Her Back”  —  What they say is true: you can never go home again.  Well, if you're a troubled Hollywood starlet then the old adage is true.  —  PageSix.com has learned that Lindsay Lohan's rumored attempts to move back into her old abode will be blocked …
Discussion: Hollyscoop
New York Post:
AVRIL SHOWERS  —  PUNK starlet Avril Lavigne was on the verge of tears New Year's Eve when she lost the spotlight to 'Lil Jon.  The rude rapper was deejaying a countdown party at Prive, where Lavigne was slated to call the countdown.  But before the stroke of midnight, onlookers saw 'Lil Jon …
Discussion: Wendy Wayrad
 
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