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3:06 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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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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Jana Winter / PageSix.com:   Posh is Mr. Blackwell's Worst-Dressed!
Associated Press:
Posh Spice tops Blackwell worst-dressed
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
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!
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 and E! Online
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.
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.
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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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 …
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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:
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.
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OK! Magazine:
Britney's Back With a Vengeance!  —  Back from her closed-door escapades across Southern California with supposed photographer beau Adnan Ghalib, stir-crazy pop star Britney Spears made her first solo public appearance since last Thursday's hospital horror show.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and TMZ.com
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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.
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
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
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!!
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
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.
 
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