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11:10 AM ET, January 8, 2008

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Daily Mail:
Britney's flash - and a liaison with ANOTHER photographer  —  Some have cruelly called her turbulent life a car crash and now it seems Britney Spears' can add motor troubles to her list of growing woes.  —  The volatile singer, whose silky camisole top was barely covering her cleavage …
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X17 Online:
BRITNEY BREAKS DOWN  —  Just an hour ago, Brit got a flat tire and here are the first of the pix — she's back home and she gave us the keys to her car!  —  Brit's Mercedes was towed from the 405 — she had driven miles down Sunset with the flat and merged onto the freeway before finally stopping.
Discussion: If I Was A Millionaire and OH NO!!
People.com:
Britney's (Latest) Wild Ride  —  First a meltdown, then a blowout.  —  After finally returning to her Studio City home from her forced hospitalization, Britney Spears ventured out in her car Monday evening, only to end up with a flat tire.  —  Driving her white Mercedes and accompanied by her assistant …
Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Returns Home  —  Britney Spears has ended her bizarre desert retreat.  —  Spears' pal, Sam Lutfi, tells Usmagazine.com that Spears returned to her Beverly Hills home Monday.  —  The troubled pop star's return to the home where she broke down last Thursday night comes …
People.com:
Nicole Kidman Is Pregnant  —  Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are expecting their first child, her rep confirms.  —  “The couple are thrilled,” Catherine Olim says in a statement.  —  For Kidman, this will be her third child.  She and her former husband, Tom Cruise adopted …
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Extra:
‘Extra’ Confirms: Nicole Kidman Pregnant!  —  “Extra” has just confirmed that Nicole Kidman is pregnant.  Her rep tells “Extra,” “Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban confirmed today that they are expecting a baby.  The couple are thrilled.”
Baz Bamigboye / Daily Mail:
Nicole Kidman: 'I AM pregnant - and I'm thrilled'
Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Abandons Car on Street, Cops Impound Vehicle  —  The latest in Britney Spears' troubles: She had her Mercedes towed and impounded by police Monday night after abandoning it on L.A.'s busy Sunset Boulevard after suffering a flat tire.  —  Usmagazine.com was there as an irritated …
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney Spears's Car Impounded  —  Britney and assistant Carla head to the Four Seasons in a Toyota Camry  —  Britney Spears's wild ride left the troubled pop star car-less Monday night, after cops impounded her abandoned vehicle.  —  “Ms. Spears's car was impounded,” …
TMZ.com:   Britney Suffers Another Breakdown
Noelle Hancock / PageSix.com:
Britney Gets Flat Tire, Abandons Mercedes on Roadside
Discussion: Digital Spy
Daily Mail:
Angelina Jolie shows she still has curves in the right places  —  In recent months fans have been concerned for Angelina Jolie's increasing weight loss.  Since the death of her mother last year, the beautiful actress has appeared gaunt and frail.  —  However they need worry no more …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and Lifeline Live
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People.com:
Brad & Angelina, Katie Holmes Step Out for Critics' Choice Awards
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BBC:
Golden Globes ceremony scrapped
Discussion: Goss UK
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
IT'S OFFICAL NOW: NBC And Hollywood Foreign Press Scrap Big …
People.com:
Jamie Lynn Spears Pictured with GED Book  —  It looks like Jamie Lynn Spears is hitting the books.  —  The 16-year-old pregnant star was photographed in Hammond, La. on Friday carrying a GED book, used to study for a high school equivalency degree.  —  Spears, who announced last month …
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Us Weekly:
Jamie Lynn Spears' Zoey 101 Gets Ratings Bump  —  The news that Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant has turned out to be a boom for Nickelodeon .  —  Last Friday's season finale of the kid network's Zoey 101, which stars Spears, garnered 7.3 million viewers - more than double the show's  —  normal viewership.
Discussion: The Superficial
Cele|bitchy:
Brad Pitt caught smoking joints with Steve O  —  Star Magazine has a doozy about how former pothead Brad Pitt was caught smoking a joint with Jackass star Steve O. It's covered in an article about how 44 year-old Pitt must feel old because he's getting Restalyne injections and working hard as a father to four kids.
Discussion: RADAR, WOW Report and Hot Momma Gossip
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Racy pics may be Britney's next debacle  —  Plus: Who's the better Affleck bro?  Kid Rock Waffle House brawl, continued  —  The Scoop  —  As if Britney Spears' close friends and family didn't have enough to worry about, those close to the pop star reveal they're also fearful that her new beau …
Daily Mail:
Pregnant Christina Aguilera shows off her HUGE baby bump in a tiny tight dress  —  Singer Christina Aguilera looked ready to burst as she enjoyed one of her last nights of freedom before the birth of her baby.  —  The heavily pregnant pop star was out in Santa Monica with her husband …
Discussion: MollyGood, Gawker and Bitten and Bound
The Smoking Gun:
Seinfeld, Wife Sued Over Cookbook  —  Author files plagiarism, defamation claim against celebrity couple  —  An author today sued Jerry Seinfeld's wife for allegedly plagiarizing a cookbook she wrote and also accused the comedian of defaming her as a “wacko” during an interview with David Letterman.
New York Post:
MARY JO SEETHES OVER AMY TAPE  —  AMY Fisher's hawking of her sex tape is making Mary Jo Buttafuoco sick.  “She's no Jenna Jameson, she's just a porn star [out] to make money.  She tried to kill somebody, and now you're making money off it,” the ex-wife of Joey Buttafuoco fumed to Steve Grillo on hardrockradiolive.com.
RADAR:
MAXIM FIRES BLURB WHORE PETER HAMMOND  —  Hiring OK! magazine Ruth Hilton as his West Coast editor wasn't the only housecleaning move newly installed Maxim EIC Jim Kaminsky made this weekend: According to sources, the lad mag's PR shill-cum-film critic Peter Hammond, who never met a BRAVURA PIECE …
Discussion: OH NO!! and Cinematical
New York Post:
LUCKY SWITCH  —  IT could have been awkward for Jessica Simpson and her new beau, Tony Romo, had they gone to Costa Rica with her sister, Ashlee, as they planned last weekend, rather than to Cabo San Lucas.  Spies at the Four Seasons in Costa Rica said Ashlee was...
 
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