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12:50 PM ET, January 9, 2008

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Ken Lee / People.com:
Lawyer: Cops Issued Restraining Order Against Britney Spears  —  LAPD officers slapped Britney Spears with a temporary restraining order last Thursday night during her custody standoff, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.  —  Called an “emergency protective order,” it is enforced for five business days.
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TMZ.com:
Brit Naked Pics Shopped All Over Town  —  The photo agency that employs Britney's creepy BFF is denying reports that they are shopping around nude pics of Britney Spears.  But we've learned they most certainly are.  Pants on fire!!  —  TMZ has confirmed that the semi-nude pics of Brit Brit …
TMZ.com:
Spears Fam Attacks Phil: You Totally Betrayed Us!  —  Jamie and Lynne Spears slammed — and we mean slammed — Dr. Phil this morning, calling the way he handled his contact with Britney a betrayal, inappropriate and a total breach of their trust.  —  Spears family rep Lou Taylor told Meredith Vieira on the …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Britney's Family: Dr. Phil Violated Trust  —  Dr. Phil (left) and Lynne Spears  —  Britney Spears's family is accusing Dr. Phil McGraw of violating their trust by making public statements about his hospital visit with the troubled pop star and his call for her to receive therapy.
Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
Dr. Phil Betrayed The Spears Family  —  Lou Taylor, spokesperson for the entire Spears family except for Britney, appeared on The Today Show this morning and chatted with Meredith Viera about the inappropriate behavior Dr. Phil McGraw exhibited following his visit to see Britney Spears last week.
Discussion: Love B. Scott
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Spears Family Blasts Dr. Phil for Violating Trust
Discussion: Gabby Babble
OK! Magazine:
World Britney Exclusive: “I Would Die For My Boys!”  —  The whole world watched last week as Britney Spears, locked inside her home with her youngest child, left even the most faithful fan questioning her ability to be a good parent to her two young boys, Sean Preston, 2, and 1-year-old Jayden James.
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Jen Heger / PageSix.com:
Britney's Scared to Seek Help  —  Britney Spears knows that she needs psychological help, but is afraid to seek treatment because she fears she will lose her kids forever, a source close to the pop star tells PageSix.com exclusively.  —  The insider reveals that the troubled singer's meltdown …
NY Daily News:
Will Smith boosting Scientology  —  Will Smith has joined the ranks of Hollywood power players actively recruiting for the Church of Scientology.  —  Big stars traditionally distribute “wrap presents” to crew members after completing a film.  His recent gift after wrapping next summer's comedy …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jennifer Lopez: Who Didn't Know I Was Pregnant?  —  Jennifer Lopez is amazed people were surprised when she finally unleashed the big secret and announced she was pregnant.  —  “I kind of feel like everybody knew anyway,” the singer tells Harper's Bazaar for its February issue.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Lopez: I Don't Know if I'll Be a Working Mom  —  Time for some baby babble.  —  Two months after announcing her pregnancy at a Miami concert November 7, Jennifer Lopez — who is seven months along with twins — opens up to Harper's Bazaar in her first interview since sharing the happy news.
Discussion: Dlisted and MollyGood
Michael K / Dlisted:
Paula Abdul Is Bringing Crazy Back  —  Thank Jeebus Paula Abdul is bringing the crazy.  I'm a little burnt out from Brit Brit's insanity and somebody should takeover the crazy reigns just for a second.  Paula reportedly had a complete breakdown in the middle of the airport.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
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Chad Sexington / RADAR:
PAULA ABDUL'S AIRPORT FLIP-OUT
Gavin Edwardsposted / Rolling Stone:
Johnny Depp Sings  —  After belting for the first time in “Sweeney Todd,” Depp rocks out on his life in music  —  Attend the tale of Johnny Depp: still Hollywood's most perverse superstar, he has followed up the family-friendly Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy with Sweeney Todd …
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!”
Inside / Boston Herald:
Blackwell-listed celebs make worst-dressed list  —  Brit style icon Victoria Beckham crossed the Pond to hit the big time in fashion, but yesterday the stick figure known as Posh Spice suffered her first Hollywood flop when fashionisto Mr. Blackwell named her the Worst-Dressed Celebrity of 2007.
Discussion: Dlisted and MTV Buzzworthy Blog
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Queen Latifah hosts a scaled down version of the annual award show  —  Although the writers' strike continues to slow down the award season, on Tuesday night the people were heard - and not just in New Hampshire.  —  Yes, the 34th annual People's Choice Awards carried on.
Discussion: Hot Momma Gossip and Fall TV Watch
Donna McConnell / Daily Mail:
Cellulite and the city: Kim Cattrall's massive bikini bottoms fail to hide her dimpled thighs  —  Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall has often stripped off for her role as the racy Samantha - but in new scenes for the highly-anticipated big screen version she appears to have revealed rather more than she would have liked.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Sean Borg / PageSix.com:
Lauren Conrad Quits The Hills!  —  ....Well, kind of.  PageSix.com has learned that former Laguna Beach star Lauren Conrad is set to move out of her current Hills home for a stunning 2 million dollar, four bedroom, four bath mini-mansion on the Hollywood flats just off Sunset Boulevard.
NY Daily News:
New York Minute  —  Film hunk Josh Hartnett dined Monday with a group of friends at Union Square's Coffee Shop.  —  Whoopi Goldberg hit the upper East Side Stubbs & Wootton to pick out a new pair of slippers last weekend.  —  Singer Jewel hit the Kobe Club in NYC on Saturday night flanked by two gorgeous men in cowboy hats.
Discussion: poponthepop.com
New York Post:
JOEY FUMES OVER VIDEO  —  AMY Fisher embraced her hard-core sex tape, but Joey Buttafuoco is supposedly furious about his.  The former Long Island sleazebag says “Joey Buttafuoco: Caught on Tape” - which is out this week and features him and his second wife, Evanka, going at it …
Discussion: Gabby Babble and WOW Report
 
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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

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