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12:45 AM ET, January 12, 2008

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People.com:
Nicole Richie, Joel Madden Have a Girl  —  Nicole Richie and her rocker boyfriend Joel Madden are the parents of a daughter, the couple's rep at Handprint Entertainment tells PEOPLE.  —  Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Richie Is in Labor  —  Nicole Richie is giving birth.  —  Joel Madden was spotted walking into the delivery area of L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  —  He was overheard saying, “She's going to start pushing soon."  —  Bro Benji is also there.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian David Alan Grier, Wife Welcome Baby Girl  —  It's a busy night at L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center!  —  Not only did Nicole Richie go into labor Friday, but comedian David Alan Grier and his wife, Christine Y. Kim, welcomed a baby earlier this evening.  —  “Yes, it's a girl!”
TMZ.com:
Baby Kaboom!  Nicole and Christina Pop!  —  UPDATE: People confirms Nicole and Joel welcomed a baby girl, Harlow Winter Kate Madden.  She weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz. and her rep tells the mag, “The beautiful healthy baby girl left the hospital with her ecstatic parents."  And Mark Malkin reports that Xtina has given birth as well.
Discussion: Us Weekly, E! Online, omg! and OH NO!!
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Thorne-Smith Has Baby Boy  —  Actress Courtney Thorne-Smith and husband Roger Fishman welcomed their first child, a boy named Jacob Emerson, Smith's rep confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  “Mother and father are thrilled,” Smith's rep tells Us.  “And the baby is healthy.”
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Richie's Parents Arrive at Hospital  —  A smiling Lionel Richie and his wife Brenda have arrived at L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  —  Mom Brenda showed up first with two others and was escorted by the plain clothes security.  —  Then Lionel showed up with Richie's half-sister, Sophia.
Discussion: E! Online
X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - NICOLE AT THE HOSPITAL NOW!!!
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
E! Online:
Christina's New Genie on the Bottle  —  Suddenly there's a whole new meaning to “Come On Over Baby” for Christina Aguilera.  —  The five-time Grammy winner and hubby Jordan Bratman welcomed their first child in Los Angeles on Friday.  —  The couple announced the birth in a quick text message …
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MSNBC:
Report: Christina Aguilera gives birth  —  This is the first child for the singer and husband Jordan Bratman  —  Life & Style magazine reports that Christina Aguilera's baby has been born.  —  The magazine talked to Jim H. Fogel, a friend of Aguilera's father-in-law.
Lia Haberman / E! Online:
Xtina: Baby Watch Is On!  —  Word on the street is that Christina Aguilera is already at Cedars awaiting a very special delivery—and we're not talking 'bout the Domino's kind.  —  She has allegedly been there since last night, but when Planet Gossip's Marc Malkin checked in this morning …
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Rep: Christina Aguilera Is “Still Pregnant”  —  Christina Aguilera has not yet given birth, despite published reports.  —  “She is still pregnant,” a rep for the singer, 27, tells Usmagazine.com, adding, “she is not in labor"  —  As she and husband Jordan Bratman anticipate a baby …
TMZ.com:
Britney's Last Chance  —  TMZ has learned that Monday's custody hearing could be one of the most important days in Britney Spears' life.  We're told Brit must show and face the judge if she's got any hope of getting her kids back.  Our sources tell us if she doesn't show, or is uncooperative, it could be curtains for her custody case.
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Jen Heger / PageSix.com:
What Brit Can Expect on Monday  —  Despite somewhat startling details being released about Britney Spears' behavior during her meltdown last week, her subsequent early checkout from the psych ward, and her vagabond tour of California and Mexico, a source close to Britney's lawyer …
Discussion: OH NO!! and Hot Momma Gossip
3am:
Britney Spears flees US
Discussion: MollyGood
TMZ.com:
Brit to Cops — “I'm F***ing Hot”  —  Law enforcement sources have told TMZ about the craziness in Britney's house the night she was committed.  It involves profanity, nudity, drugs and wild mood swings.  —  Sources say when the cops showed up, Britney was locked in the master bathroom with Jayden James.
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Claim: Katie Holmes Signed Contract, $3M a Year Prenup  —  Andrew Morton makes some explosive allegations in his new book, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography (out Tuesday).  Among them: wife Katie Holmes signed a contract to commit to Scientology and that her father brokered a high-paying pre-nup.
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New York Post:
SLY RIPS JANICE'S STEROID ‘LIES’  —  THE self-proclaimed “world's first supermodel,” Janice Dickinson, is a publicity hound who will say anything to get attention, according to her former fiancé, Sylvester Stallone.  —  The star of “Rocky” and “Rambo” is furious because Dickinson …
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Michael K / Dlisted:   Juiced By Sly  —  Janice Dickinson went on “Red Eye” …
CNN:
Unknowing twins marry each other  —  LONDON, England (CNN) — British twins who had been separated at birth learned they were related only after they had become husband and wife, a senior British lawmaker said.  The marriage has been annulled.  —  The couple's identities have been protected for legal reasons.
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Boing Boing and Gawker
Melissa / Off the Rack:
Jessica Biel Goes Blonde!  Love It or Hate It?  —  STEVE BAGNESS/MATRIX PHOTOS  —  Forget showing off new looks on the red carpet — Jessica Biel debuted her golden new blonde hair today in Heathrow airport in London!  Jessica's gone from her normal highlighted brown locks to a deep brunette earlier …
TMZ.com:
Good Lord That's a Nice Ass!  —  Kim Cattrall is the luckiest woman on the planet.  Folks, this is her job.  —  Kimmy is actually getting paid to grab Jason Lewis' bare ass.  —  Get the fluffer, stat!
Discussion: Jossip
 
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Hollywood Rag:
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Daily Mail:
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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump's campaign files an FEC complaint claiming WaPo illegally contributed to Harris by running digital ads promoting its critical news coverage of Trump

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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