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7:45 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.
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.
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
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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.
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 …
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 …
The Superficial:
Christina Aguilera may be giving birth - right now!
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.
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: Hot Momma Gossip 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.”
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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!”
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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Michael K / Dlisted:
Katie Holmes Works For Cheap
Discussion: OH NO!!
omg!:
O.J. Simpson jailed on bail violation  —  LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson was in jail Saturday, accused of violating terms of his bail in an armed robbery case, after a bondsman told authorities the former football star tried to get him to pass a message to a co-defendant.
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Arotondo / PageSix.com:
O.J. Heading Back to Jail
Discussion: Bitten and Bound, omg! and TMZ.com
Ramin Setoodeh / Newsweek:
Achin' Aiken  —  Clay Aiken is sore from rehearsing for ‘Spamalot,’ and now he's sore at us.  —  Clay Aiken makes his Broadway debut next week in “Spamalot."  Although he didn't win “American Idol"—he finished second place on the second season of the show—he's among the show's most successful contestants …
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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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

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