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12:50 PM ET, January 10, 2008

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Zack Taylor / ISTHISHAPPENING.COM:
ITH EXCLUSIVE: AVRIL LAVIGNE PREGNANT!!  —  Wow!!  Must be that time of the year for babies!!  Isthishappening.com has learned exclusively that Canadian singer, Avril Lavigne is pregnant!!  You heard it here first folks!!  Our insider reports that Avril is a month and a half pregnant and that her husband …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Rep: Rocker Avril Lavigne Not Pregnant  —  Jennifer Aniston isn't the only celeb debunking pregnancy rumors.  —  A rep for Avril Lavigne tells Usmagazine.com the rocker is not expecting.  —  Citing an “insider,” Canadian radio host Zack Taylor wrote, “Avril is a month-and-a-half pregnant …
Michael K / Dlisted:
No More Babies!  —  Can we please hijack a Starbucks in Hollywood and spike the frapps with birth control bills?  This has got to stop.  Canadian blog IsThisHappening reports that the “motherf**king princess” Avril Lavigne has a bun in the oven. 23-year-old Avril is reportedly 6 weeks pregnant.
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Katie Holmes Registers for Boston Marathon  —  Katie Holmes has signed on to run the Boston Marathon, Us Weekly reports in its new issue, on newsstands now.  —  The 29-year-old star of Mad Money — who recently said she was “so happy” for Tom Cruise's pregnant ex Nicole Kidman …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes on Nicole Kidman's Pregnancy: “I'm So Happy for Her!”
Discussion: X17 Online and E! Online
TMZ.com:
Pam to Rick — I'm Pregnant, Get Lost!  —  TMZ has learned the divorce between Pam Anderson and Rick Soloman is back on and Pam is pregnant!  —  You'll recall Anderson filed for divorce last month, but called it off just days later.  But sources tell TMZ she is now moving forward with the divorce …
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OK! Magazine:
Britney & Adnan Hit the Big Apple  —  Wednesday afternoon at a small airport in Van Nuys, Calif., Britney Spears and her married boyfriend, paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, boarded a private jet bound for New York City.  —  Hours later, the pair hit the ground at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport, 12 miles west of Manhattan.
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TMZ.com:
Adnan Takes Britney to the Big Apple  —  TMZ has confirmed that Britney Spears hopped a private jet and booked it to New York with new paparazzo boytoy Adnan Ghalib.  —  Spears left Van Nuys Aiport at 4:00 PM PT this afternoon.  We're told Brit Brit, Adnan and one other male passenger were on the plane.
The Insider Online:
New Video: Britney Leaves the Country!  —  “The Insider” has the latest on the pop princess.  —  Check out the latest footage of BRITNEY SPEARS and her new paparazzi pal ADNAN GHALIB!  Despite rumors that the pop singer flew to New York, “The Insider” has learned that she drove down to Rosarito Beach, Mexico, Wednesday with Adnan.
Discussion: Dlisted, Popdirt.com and OH NO!!
TMZ.com:
Jail to Michelle Rodriguez — Get Lost!  —  TMZ has learned that “Lost” star Michelle Rodriguez has been released from Lynwood early, having served just 17 days.  She was originally sentenced to 180 days in the clink stemming from her DUI arrest  —  It's unclear why she was released early — TMZ's on the case.
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Michelle Rodriguez Released from Jail  —  Michelle Rodriguez has been released from jail early after just 17 days, according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Web site.  —  The actress, best known for her role on Lost, was sentenced to 180 days for violating probation stemming from her DUI arrest.
New York Post:
PENNY-PINCHING  —  HERE'S a tip for Jamie Lynn Spears - when you pay your bill at a sit-down restaurant, you're supposed to tip the staff.  The pregnant “Zoey 101” star irked waitresses at La Carreta, a Mexican restaurant 40 miles outside her hometown of Kentwood, La...
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
Joel's Big Bro: Nicole Richie Due ‘In The Next Week’  —  The countdown-to-baby has begun for Nicole Richie and Joel Madden.  —  Their first child is due “sometime in the next week,” Madden's older brother Josh told reporters at the FUZE/Resolution Slenderize bash in Hollywood Wednesday night.
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TMZ.com:
Brit's Ultimate Fake-Out  —  Britney Spears hoaxed us all out — sending out the word she was winging her way to NYC, but HOLA ... she's in Mexico.  —  Video has just surfaced showing Brit driving around Mexico with Adnan, her new BFF/paparazzo.  This followed an elaborate fake-out involving Brit's people …
Liz Hazelton / Daily Mail:
Amy goes Back to Blonde as she ditches her brunette beehive  —  Her brunette beehive is as legendary as her shambolic lifestyle and jazz diva voice.  —  But when Amy Winehouse stepped out to the shops yesterday, she had ditched her gravity-defying barnet for a startling bleached blonde hairdo.
Doug Ferguson / Associated Press:
Golf Channel anchor suspended for remark  —  HONOLULU - Golf Channel suspended anchor Kelly Tilghman for two weeks on Wednesday for saying last week that young players who wanted to challenge Tiger Woods should “lynch him in a back alley."  —  Tilghman was laughing during the exchange Friday …
TMZ.com:
Mischa: I'm 100% Responsible for DUI  —  Mischa Barton just called into “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” and called her recent DUI a major disappointment — and something she never intends to do again.  Duh!  —  Barton was buFsted in December on suspicion of DUI, possession of marijuana …
Discussion: OH NO!!
NY Daily News:
Side Dish  —  Golden girl Tyra Banks says that despite fame and fortune, she's a bird in a gilded cage.  “I'd go to work [on 'The Tyra Banks Show'], and women would be crying in my arms,” she tells the latest issue of Essence, on stands Saturday.  “But then I'd go home and put my key in my door and ... nothing.
Discussion: Stereohyped, MollyGood and OH NO!!
 
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TMZ.com:
Kathy Griffin — Undercover Without Cover
Discussion: OH NO!!
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
John Mayer and Minka Kelly Split
Discussion: X17 Online and Daily Blabber
Karu F. Daniels / Black Voices Blogs:
Kimora Lee Simmons: Baring Her All ... Again
Discussion: Stereohyped and Necole Bitchie
Daily Mail:
'I don't deserve Alesha Dixon's forgiveness', says Javine
Discussion: Popdirt.com
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Milo Ventimiglia Revealed Crush to Hayden Panettiere After Her Split
Discussion: poponthepop.com
Hellomagazine.com:
Diana and other royals were spied on says her bodyguard
Discussion: omg!
OK! Magazine:
Angelina's Itching for a Baby
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
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Alex Fletcher / Digital Spy:
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Beth Hilton / Digital Spy:
Winehouse dyes hair platinum blonde
New York Post:
DOORMAN BANS VIP
Discussion: Gawker
New York Post:
KEEP IT PRIVATE  —  IT'S Ricki Lake as fans have never seen …
Discussion: Gabby Babble
New York Post:
BLEEPING AWFUL  —  ADRIAN Grenier needs the writers' strike …
TMZ.com:
Britney Will Get Help — Like It or Not  —  TMZ has learned …
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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:
Sources: Greek media company Antenna Group is in early talks to acquire Time from Marc Benioff, who bought the magazine in 2018 for $180M

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

 
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