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3:15 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Eminem — Not Slim Anymore; Big Health Scare!  —  TMZ has learned Eminem was rushed to the hospital over the holidays.  —  We're told Em was taken to a Detroit-area hospital for a serious heart condition and severe pneumonia.  Sources tell TMZ Em's weight has ballooned to over 200 lbs.
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Us Weekly:
Report: Britney Spoke in a British Accent at Hospital  —  Entertainment Tonight is reporting that Britney Spears spoke with a British accent during her short stay at L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last Friday.  —  It isn't the first time she changed her voice.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, Felt Up and CelebWarship
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 …
Michael Starr / New York Post:
SPEARS BABY BOOM  —  BEST ‘ZOEY’ RATINGS EVER  —  NOTHING like a good, juicy scandal to goose the ratings.  —  Last Friday's season-ending episode of “Zoey 101,” starring pregnant, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, averaged 7.3 million viewers - a huge audience for cable and more-than-double the Nickelodeon show's season average.
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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 …
Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
George Takes a Swipe at Jamie Lynn  —  There isn't a celebrity in Hollywood that George Clooney doesn't know (or can't at least get a hold of in 30 minutes or less) but it appears that there is one star he is not interested in spending any time with: Jamie Lynn Spears.
Us Weekly:
Jamie Lynn Spears' Zoey 101 Gets Ratings Bump
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.
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Kewgr / RADAR:
BRAD PITT MUSEUM DREAMS DEMOLISHED
Discussion: Ayyyy!
Baz Bamigboye / Daily Mail:
Nicole Kidman: 'I AM pregnant - and I'm thrilled'  —  Nicole Kidman and her husband of 18 months have confirmed they are expecting their first child - as exclusively revealed in the Daily Mail last month.  —  The Oscar-winning actress and her husband, country and western singer Keith Urban …
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People.com:
Nicole Kidman Is Pregnant
People.com:
Pregnant Nicole Kidman Drops Out of Movie
Discussion: That Other Blog
MSNBC:
Scandal behind the Penn split  —  Plus: Mariah wants 'robot voice'; Shaquille O'Neal makes up for lost time  —  Though Sean Penn and soon-to-be ex-wife Robin Wright remain tight-lipped about the events leading to their breakup, Star Magazine reveals the sordid details of their last weekend together.
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:
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: Lifeline Live and Bitten and Bound
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.
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USA Today:
People still have ‘Choice’  —  While the Critics' Choice Awards were staged free of picketing writers, the Golden Globes and People's Choice have had to make adjustments because stars are reluctant to cross picket lines.  —  Both are switching to a newsier approach.  (Traditional Globes show canceled, 1D).
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E! Online:
Brit Slams Brakes on Weekend Romance  —  Exercising a bit of uncharacteristic caution (finally!), Britney Spears abruptly pulled the plug on her whirlwind weekend with paparazzo Adnan Ghalib and returned alone Monday to her Beverly Hills abode, a source close to Brit exclusively tells E!'s own Ryan Seacrest.
Us Weekly:
Posh Spice Tops Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed List  —  MR. BLACKWELL'S 48TH ANNUAL WORST-DRESSED WOMEN LIST  —  10.)  Alison Arngrim: “Little Nellie of the prairie, looks like a 1940's fashion editor for the Farmers Almanac."  —  9.)  Lindsay Lohan: “Lindsay the fashion frenzy strikes again!
Discussion: Dlisted and LAist
X17 Online:
Britney's Got Shock Value (NOW WITH VIDEO!)  —  Her music of choice for evening outings?  — Timbaland's “Shock Value,” of course!  —  So, here's what Brit talked about while our photog was driving her home:  —  “Can you take me to the Summit house, please?"  —  Then she hopped in and rode shotgun ...
Discussion: Best Week Ever
Daily Mail:
Paris attempts to go incognito with black wig but fails miserably  —  If her plan was to go clubbing incognito by wearing a black wig, then Paris Hilton failed miserably.  —  Perhaps it was the dancing on tables and cuddling other girls which attracted the attention, but as always, the spotlight was on partygirl Paris.
New York Post:
DIRTY CLOTHES ‘SUIT’  —  APPAREL ACCUSER ALLEGES VILE LANGUAGE, ACTS  —  The founder of American Apparel will star in a sexual-harassment trial this week, and he makes Isiah Thomas sound like Susan B. Anthony.  —  Dov Charney walks around his office in his underwear, sleeps with employees …
Discussion: LAist, Jezebel and Digg
Us Weekly:
Katherine Heigl: I'd Like to Start a Family Within the Next Year  —  Following her winter wonderland wedding to musician Josh Kelley, Katherine Heigl says the next step for her is starting a family.  —  She and Kelley hit the L.A. premiere of her new comedy 27 Dresses Monday.
X17 Online:
Britney's Rough Ride Recapped!  —  Just getting into the office?  Need a quick summary of Britney's latest escapade?  We've got you covered!  —  Britney seemed happy enough when we bumped into her - alone except for her assistant Carla - out in Hollywood last night.
Discussion: Extra
 
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