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2:40 PM ET, January 4, 2008

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Life&Style Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Britney not on drugs!  —  Life & Style can exclusively report that Britney Spears blood tests at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center came back negative, despite earlier reports from police that she appeared to be under the influence of a substance when she was taken from her home after a custody dispute last night.
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 …
Us Weekly:
Hospital Source on Britney: “None of Us Wanted to Go Sit With Her”  —  An insider at L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center tells Usmagazine.com that nobody wanted to be Britney Spears' monitor last night.  —  Spears was rushed to the hospital around 11 p.m. and was designated a “special needs” …
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 …
Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Designated a “Special Needs” Patient on 72-Hour Lockdown  —  After a reportedly intoxicated Britney Spears was rushed to L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Thursday, the singer was designated a “special needs” patient," meaning “they have either overdosed or tried to commit suicide …
Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
Britney's Bathroom Standoff  —  Details of what actually happened inside Britney Spears' Beverly Hills home have begun to emerge and they are, in a word, disturbing.  —  According to reports, when Kevin Federline's bodyguard showed up to collect Sean Preston and Jayden James …
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.
TMZ.com:
K-Fed's Lawyer Headed to Court  —  TMZ has learned K-Fed's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, will scurry to court this morning at 8:30 AM and ask the Commissioner to strip Brit of her visitation rights — at least for now.  We're told there may not be much of an argument and it's almost certain the Commish will see Kaplan's point.
Us Weekly:
TIMELINE: Britney Spears' Trip to the Hospital  —  After Britney Spears defied court-mandated visitation hours Thursday night by refusing to turn over her two sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline, police were called to her home.  Later a reportedly intoxicated Spears was taken via ambulance to L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
TMZ.com:
More Cops, Ambulance Now at Spears' House!  —  UPDATE: Another ambulance, more fire trucks and several additional police cars have just rolled up to Britney's house.  One person on the ground described the situation to us as “scary."  —  Holy Kramer vs. Kramer!
Access Hollywood:
Britney Spears In Involuntary Psychiatric Hold; Lynne Spears Crying; Emergency Custody Hearing Now Over  —  UPDATED (9:49 AM PST) — LA Superior Court confirms to Access that there was an emergency Federline / Spears custody hearing this morning at 8:30 AM.  Mark Vincent Kaplan …
Us Weekly:
Kevin Federline's Lawyer Holds Emergency Hearing in Custody Case  —  Hours after Britney Spears was rushed to the hospital on a gurney, Kevin Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan called an emergency meeting in the couple's ongoing custody battle Friday morning at L.A. Superior Court.
Discussion: Hollywood Headache
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Experts: What's Next for Britney?
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TMZ.com:
TMZ is LIVE: The Lawyers Rush to Court!
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NY Daily News:
Side Dish: Kelly Osbourne's alcohol poisoning  —  Courtney Love may have bitterly fought allegations that she hooked Jack Osbourne on prescription pain pills, but Paris Hilton is openly embracing introducing Kelly Osbourne to booze.  On the way out of Noir in Vegas last weekend …
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 …
Daily Mail:
Singer Natalie Imbruglia splits from husband after four years of marriage  —  Singer Natalie Imbruglia has split from her rock singer husband after four years of marriage, it was announced today.  —  The 32-year-old said she and Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns had grown apart due to the pressures of work.
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