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12:45 AM ET, January 9, 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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Shaheem Reid / MTV:
Eminem Rushed To Hospital: Report
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
ETonline:
JUST IN: BRITNEY SPOKE WITH BRITISH ACCENT AT HOSPITAL  —  ET has the latest...  Sources tell ET that BRITNEY SPEARS spoke with a British accent during her stay at Cedars-Sinai hospital last Friday.  While DR. PHIL wouldn't comment on that during our exclusive interview with him …
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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.
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
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Alli Sims Denies Falling Out With Britney Spears
Discussion: X17 Online
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.
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
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
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!
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
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.
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TMZ.com:
Don't Believe Suit Against Lindsay is Kaput
Discussion: Celebrity OD and Hollyscoop
CelebTV.com:   BUSBOY DROPS CIVIL SUIT AGAINST LINDSAY LOHAN
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.
Extra:
Jennifer Love Hewitt: Criticism ‘Hurt My Feelings’  —  Jennifer Love Hewitt stepped out at last night's premiere of “27 Dresses” and silenced critics who said her body wasn't good enough for Hollywood.  —  The “Ghost Whisperer” star, who took some major hits in the press after photos …
Discussion: X17 Online and Geno's World
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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Seriously? OMG! WTF?:
Katie Holmes looks good without Tom Cruise  —  I can't believe Tom Cruise let Katie Holmes go out to an event without him.  Good thing she has a movie to promote or she would be home with him trying to figure out what to say to Nicole Kidman about her pregnancy.
Discussion: Glitterati Gossip
Michael K / Dlisted:
Armpit Flaps Are In  —  Hollywood hos gotta show cleavage somehow.  Pit Flap is sexy.  Admit it.  Katherine Heigl was the fug of the ball at the premiere of “27 Dresses” last night in Hollyweird.  Kathy was joined by 27 look-a-likes who had to wear the movie's poster to promote the film.
TMZ.com:
Chyna's DWI?  Dancing While Intoxicated?  —  TMZ caught the always trainwrecktastic Chyna at Carrie Anne Inaba's birthday party last night — where she let it slip she may be in the next season of “Dancing with the Stars."  Oh, the humanity!  —  Chyna, with her PR piranha right by her side …
Discussion: Dlisted and OH NO!!
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Is Friday Baby Day for Christina Aguilera?  —  Is Friday the big day for Christina Aguilera?  —  A source tells me that's when the 27-year-old pop princess is scheduled to give birth by C-section to her and hubby Jordan Bratman's first baby!  —  Is it just me, or does it seem like Xtina has been pregnant for, like, ever?
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Elizabeth Wolff / PageSix.com:
Daughter-in-Law From Hell?  —  It may be a mixed blessing that London officials refuse to release Amy Winehouse's hubby from prison because any family reunion is bound to be a bitch.  —  The “Rehab” singer, who has gone off the deep-end in recent months, has infuriated her mother-in-law yet again.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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 and Defamer
 
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