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10:55 AM ET, January 5, 2008

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People.com:
K-Fed's Attorney: ‘There Are No Winners Here’  —  Attorneys for Britney Spears and Kevin Federline met in an emergency closed-door session Friday following the pop singer's 72-hour lockdown for a mental evaluation.  —  Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, wants the judge to suspend …
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Us Weekly:
Alli Sims Didn't Break Down Door to Get to Britney Spears  —  Britney Spears' cousin and former assistant Alli Sims was not involved with rescuing the singer during her breakdown last night.  —  PageSix.com reported Sims used “brute force to pry the singer out of the bathroom …
Noelle Hancock / PageSix.com:
Brit's Assistant Used Hammer to Break Down Door  —  Britney Spears' assistant Alli Sims had to use brute force to pry the singer out of the bathroom where she had barricaded herself with son Jayden James late last night.  —  The drama began earlier that day at the child custody deposition …
Access Hollywood:
Britney Spears In Involuntary Psychiatric Hold; Lynne Spears Crying …
Veryvera / I'm Not Obsessed:
Britney Spears: ‘I Rather Die Than Let Him Have My Babies’
Discussion: poponthepop.com and popbytes
Noelle Hancock / PageSix.com:
Britney Sedated, Refusing Visitors  —  Britney Spears is sedated and resting in the psychiatric unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  A family insider tells PageSix.com that the singer requested that no visitors be admitted and her doctors agreed.  —  Related Articles  —  Britney Loses Kids
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Nhancock / PageSix.com:
Source: Jayden Was Bruised  —  Britney Spears' 2-year-old son Jayden James Federline was hospitalized this morning along with his famous mother.  —  The singer's youngest son was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center via ambulance because Britney said that he had a bruise on him …
TMZ.com:
Order in Brit Case — Visitation Suspended  —  The Commish in the Brit case just issued his order and we got it first.  — K-Fed gets sole legal and physical custody.  Brit gets nothing.  —  Brit's visitation has been “suspended pending further order of the Court."  The order is in effect until January 14.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Penelope Cruz, Sister Engage in Lesbian Lip-Lock  —  LOS ANGELES — Penelope Cruz may have been nominated for an Oscar last year, but this year, the “Volver” star spices up her younger brother's music video with a lesbian lip-lock.  And the other woman in the scene is ... her sister.
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The Superficial:
Penelope Cruz shares a lesbian kiss with a special someone  —  In these screenshots Penelope Cruz plays some sort of hot lesbian librarian in her brother Eduardo Cruz's new music video “Cosas Que Contar."  And who's that woman Penelope is kissing, you ask?  Maybe it's, oh I dunno, her sister Monica.
Discussion: Jen's Juice
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Stars Won't Attend Golden Globe Awards  —  Golden Globe-nominated actors and presenters won't attend the televised award show Jan. 13 because of the writers' strike, the Screen Actors Guild announced Friday.  —  “After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives …
Discussion: Pittwatch.com
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WorldStar Media Player:
Vivica Fox Sex Tape Snippit- Givin Good Brizzle?  PG -13 Version (Is This Really Her)?  Via Mediatakeout  —  WHY DO PEOPLE GO TO THEIR SITES THEY HAVE FAKE STORYS LIKE “Women claims Bill Cosby gave her herpes” WHO THE F**K WOULD BELIVE THAT ALL THEIR STORYS ARE FAKE OR EXAGGERATED!!!  SPREAD THE WORD
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Perez Hilton:
Brad Returns Home  —  The Jolie-Pitt's are in Missouri!  —  Bradley took Angie and the kids to Springfield this week to visit his family.  —  Their trip included a stop Wednesday at Arris' Pizza in Pitts's hometown.  —  The group included Pitt's parents, Jane and Bill, their adult children …
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Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt Takes Angelina Jolie and Kids Home to Mom
Discussion: StarsOrbis and Daily Blabber
Michael K / Dlisted:
My New Favorite Couple  —  Very rarely do I look at pictures and have nothing bad to say.  This has happened to me today with the beautiful Zoe Kravitz and her boyfriend Ben Foster.  Zoe is Lenny's daughter and Ben is was in X-Men or something like that.  So lovely and so precious.
Discussion: URBAN-HOOPLA.COM …
Bonnie Fuller / The Huffington Post:
Britney to Mom & Sis!  Look How Far I'll Go to Get You Out of My Spotlight!  —  After her 16 year old sister Jamie Lynn Spears announced that she was pregnant and commandeered world headlines, the covers of Star and numerous other celebrity news weeklies, Britney knew she would have to do something BIG!
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Popdirt.com
Leslie Simmons / Hollywood Reporter:
Arterton cast as new ‘Bond’ girl  —  British newcomer Gemma Arterton has been cast as the new Bond girl for the latest installment of the James Bond franchise, currently filming in London for Columbia Pictures and MGM, the film's production companies said.  —  Arterton will play “Fields” …
Jessica Herdon / People.com:
Rapper T.I. and His Girlfriend Expecting a Baby  —  Rapper T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) and his on again, off again girlfriend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle of the '90s R&B group Xscape, are expecting another child together, the musician's rep confirms.  —  Cottle, 32, recently posted the news …
Us Weekly:
Mom Apologizes for Writing Fake Hannah Montana Essay  —  How far would you go for your child to see Hannah Montana in concert?  —  A Texas mother admits she helped her daughter win tickets in a contest by writing an essay falsely claiming the girl's father had died in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
Discussion: Holy Candy and CelebWarship
MarketWatch:
Jay Leno could face disciplinary action from WGA  —  Decision to write ‘Tonight Show’ monologue violated union's strike rules  —  CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno could face disciplinary action from the Writers Guild of America for writing his monologue while the nearly 2-month-old writers strike continues.
POPSUGAR:
Pamela Anderson Moves On  —  2 hours 1 min ago by PopSugar 448 Views … As her divorce goes forward, Pamela Anderson sought comfort in the arms of someone else last night: the mascot of the Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team.  Pam was in Canada with some friends to catch a game after her NYE promo duties in Las Vegas.
Joy A / poponthepop.com:
Look at Scarlett Johansson!  —  Scarlett Johansson was in Iowa yesterday, supporting Barack Obama.  She even gave a 15-minute speech to the crowd!  Scar Jo signed autographs, took pictures and gave guys like the one below a boner.  —  source
Discussion: Glitterati Gossip and Wendy Wayrad
 
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