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6:55 PM ET, January 8, 2008

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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.
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Alli Sims Denies Falling Out With Britney Spears  —  Denying online reports, Alli Sims, Britney Spears' cousin and former assistant, tells Usmagazine.com that her reality show has not been canceled and her trip to New York over the weekend - when Spears was hospitalized - was not an affront to their relationship.
Discussion: X17 Online
In Touch Weekly:
What really happened when Britney was hospitalized  —  In Touch can exclusively reveal what actually happened after Britney Spears checked into LA's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last week.  The troubled pop star was admitted under the assumed name Barbara Jean to the hospital's 3rd floor Psych Unit.
Discussion: X17 Online
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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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.
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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.
Arotondo / PageSix.com:   Britney's Aunt Fears She'll Kill Herself
Pete Norman / People.com:
Kate Winslet Taking Over Nicole Kidman's Role  —  Kidman (left) and Winslet  —  Kate Winslet is stepping in to take over the role vacated by Nicole Kidman in The Reader, PEOPLE has exclusively learned.  —  Sources confirm that, in fact, Winslet was originally offered the role but couldn't commit due to schedule conflicts.
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People.com:
Pregnant Nicole Kidman Drops Out of Movie  —  Nicole Kidman will be a slightly less busy working mom.  —  The actress, whose pregnancy was announced Monday, has withdrawn from the film adaptation of The Reader, it has been confirmed to PEOPLE.  —  Based on German author Bernhard Schlink's …
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!
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Associated Press:
Posh Spice tops Blackwell worst-dressed
Discussion: PageSix.com and Evil Beet Gossip
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.
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Starpulse.com:
Sean Penn Accused Of Infidelity
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Jesus Martinez / DrunkenStepfather:
Paris Hilton Drunken Vagina Exclusive of the Day  —  Some sleazy motherf**ker from LA went to LAX this past Sunday and saw that Paris Hilton was there.  He snapped off some shots of her being the drunken cokewhore that she is and sent them to me.  I thought these were just the boring standard Paris …
Discussion: WOW Report and F-Listed
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Daily Mail:
Paris attempts to go incognito with black wig but fails miserably
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.
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Us Weekly:
Rep: Benji Madden and Sophie Monk Are “Together and Very Happy”  —  As Nicole Richie and Joel Madden anticipate the birth of their first child, a rep for Madden's rocker brother, Benji, confirms that, despite reports of a split, his romance is still going strong.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Michael K / Dlisted:
Joey Buttafuoco Has A Sex Tape Too?!!!  —  Can sex tapes featuring fug ass guidos become illegal before the release of Joey Buttafuoco's tape?  The same company that released Amy Fisher's sex tape have announced that they will also put out a tape Joey made with his wife.  No, not Mary Jo.
TMZ.com:
Why Brit Locked Herself in the Bathroom  —  TMZ has learned what triggered the drama last Thursday night that ended with Britney being strapped to a stretcher and carted off in an ambulance.  —  Unimpeachable sources tell TMZ Brit pitched a fit that she had to attend a deposition …
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.
E! Online:
NBC Can't Spin New-Look Globes  —  Come this weekend, Hollywood won't be busting out its Golden Globes for all the world to ogle.  —  Instead, after last-ditch talks with the striking writers union fell through, NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association scuttled the glittery Globes ceremony …
Us Weekly:
Zahara Turns 3!  —  There's a birthday in Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's household: daughter Zahara turns 3 today!  —  Pitt and Jolie (who rocked the red carpet at last night's Critics' Choice Awards) adopted Zahara in Ethiopia in 2005 (her name means “flower” in Swahili).
Discussion: X17 Online
ESPN:
Report: Golf Channel anchor apologizes for ‘lynch’ remark  —  Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman has apologized after saying during Friday's telecast of the PGA Tour's opening event that today's young players should “lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley."  —  A spokesman for the network …
X17 Online:
Lindsay's Off The Hook!  —  Good news for Lindsay Lohan - she's no longer being sued for her 2005 car crash!  —  CelebTV is reporting that an attorney for Raymundo Ortega has filed a notice of dismissal to drop the $200,000 lawsuit he filed against Lohan almost half a year ago.
Discussion: TMZ.com and Perez Hilton
 
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