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6:00 AM ET, January 9, 2008

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Kristin Boehm / People.com:
Britney Spared from Worst-Dressed Lists  —  Just as Mr. Blackwell spared Britney Spears from his annual and infamous worst-dressed list, PETA has pulled the troubled pop star from their style poll.  —  Spears was leading PETA's recently launched worst-dressed celebrity poll …
Associated Press:
Victoria ‘Posh Spice’ Beckham Tops Mr. Blackwell's Annual Worst-Dressed List  —  LOS ANGELES — A decade after singling out the Spice Girls as fashion atrocities, Mr. Blackwell put just one of them — Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham — at the top of his 48th annual worst-dressed list.
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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In Touch Weekly:
What really happened when Britney was hospitalized
Discussion: X17 Online
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Alli Sims Denies Falling Out With Britney Spears
Discussion: POPSUGAR and X17 Online
The Insider Online:
NEW VIDEO: JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT SPEAKS OUT!  —  See All: Jennifer Love Hewitt Ross McCall  —  JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT tells our THOMAS ROBERTS about the reaction to her statements on body image after the headline making shots of her on the beach.  —  Meanwhile, fiancé ROSS McCALL jokes, “I will never wear a bikini again!”
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Just Jared:
Happy Birthday, Zahara Jolie Pitt!  —  Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's third of four children, turns three today.  What a big girl she is now!  —  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRINCESS ZEE!  —  In related news, Don Cheadle accepted the Joel Siegel Award at the 2008 Critics' Choice Awards held …
Discussion: OH NO!!
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Date Night
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
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.
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
TMZ.com:
Don't Believe Suit Against Lindsay is Kaput  —  Internet reports are swirling that Lindsay Lohan has caught a break in a lawsuit filed by a busboy who was injured when Lindsay's car crashed into his vehicle back in 2005.  Not true!  —  Lohan was driving her Mercedes down Robertson when it smashed into a van driven by Raymundo Ortega.
Discussion: OK! Magazine and Hollyscoop
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X17 Online:   Lindsay's Off The Hook!
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.
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
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.
Moneycashhos / RADAR:
GOSSIP GIRL SERENA'S VAN DER NEWNOSEN  —  BEAK TWEAK Blake Lively, before (l.) and after (r.)  —  Hey Upper East Siders!  Gossip Girl here with a pop quiz: Which cast member had a bit of discreet work done on her nose before the show started filming?  —  That would be Blake Lively …
Discussion: Jezebel
Michael Schneider / Variety:
‘Dirt’ season shortened  —  ‘Big Brother: After Dark’ returning to Showtime  —  FX has scheduled its shortened second season of “Dirt,” while Showtime has firmed up plans to bring back another edition of “Big Brother: After Dark."  —  “Dirt” had been given a full 13-episode order by FX …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Daily Mail:
Do women prefer a man to be hairless or hirsute?  —  Pictures of Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke on holiday yesterday sparked a fierce debate among women.  —  For once, it wasn't the quality of his rumba or the passion of his tango that provoked so much comment, but the fact that his back and upper arms were extremely hairy.
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.
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
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
omg!:
People's Choice Awards get around strike  —  LOS ANGELES - The stars of “Grey's Anatomy” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” were among the fan favorites at the 34th annual People's Choice Awards on Tuesday, as CBS scrapped its usual live broadcast of the show in favor of a strike-friendly, pre-taped program.
Jen Heger / PageSix.com:
Britney's Bad Boy Behind the Wheel  —  PageSix.com has exclusively obtained the driving record of Adnan Ghalib, AKA, Brit's Sleaze du Jour, and let's just say: the guy shouldn't be driving her.  Sleaze du Jour has multiple driving infractions on his record, which have resulted in warrants being issued for his arrest.
Discussion: That Other Blog
 
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Joey Buttafuoco Has A Sex Tape Too?!!!
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OK! Magazine:
Britney's Back With a Vengeance!
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Tara Reid Has It Together
Discussion: The Real Juice …
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Chyna's DWI? Dancing While Intoxicated?
Discussion: Dlisted and OH NO!!
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

CNBC:
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