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11:45 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.
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.”
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Scoop
Sky News:
NIC'S BABY JOY  —  Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have some big news.  —  So we're going to share it with you on their behalf...  The twosome have had a brand spanking new baby girl.  —  Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born on Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and weighed 6lbs 7oz.
Discussion: PageSix.com
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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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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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.
Starpulse.com:
Paris Hilton To Be Honored With Harvard Lampoon Award  —  Harvard University's Harvard Lampoon, the university's noted comedy magazine, will be honoring Paris Hilton, the star of Regent Releasing's upcoming release “The Hottie & The Nottie,” with the Harvard Lampoon “Woman of the Year” award.
RELATED:
OK! Magazine:   Paris Honored... by Harvard!??
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!”
3am:
Scarlett Johansson to play Courtney  —  When Courtney Love wanted an actress to play her in a film about her rock'n'roll life, the chosen one had to be young, beautiful and fabulous - obviously.  —  So she's asked gorgeous Scarlett Johansson to portray her in the new £30million movie …
Karen Salkin / People.com:
Reese Witherspoon: ‘Not Enough Hours in Day’ with Kids  —  How does Reese Witherspoon stay grounded?  By having children who've barfed on her shoes before award shows.  —  Nevertheless, the Walk the Line Oscar winner - and now-single mother of 8-year-old Ava, and 4-year-old Deacon - says she's glad she's got time at home with them.
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: omg!, Bitten and Bound and TMZ.com
 
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