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7:55 PM ET, January 12, 2008

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Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Joel Madden: ‘We Are Very Blessed’  —  Nicole Richie and Joel Madden greeted the arrival of their daughter with joy and thanks.  —  “We are very blessed she's healthy and beautiful and so good already,” Madden told PEOPLE on Saturday.  “We are very happy.”
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Elizabeth Wolff / PageSix.com:
A Boy For Christina  —  Christina Aguilera gave birth to a baby boy yesterday, PageSix.com has confirmed.  —  The new mom, who was scheduled for a c-section, had the baby on the same day and at the same hospital as Nicole Richie, who is now home with daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden.
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.
Star:
Christina Aguilera Delivers Baby  —  Christina Aguilera, 27, reportedly delivered her baby on Friday, Jan. 11, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the same hospital that Nicole Richie had her baby girl Harlow Winter Kate Madden just hours earlier.  —  Jordan Bratman, a music executive Christina married in 2005, is the father.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Welcome Baby Girl  —  Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have welcomed a baby girl, her rep tells Usmagazine.com.  —  Harlow Winter Kate Madden was born Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A.  —  She weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.  —  A pal was spotted walking …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Back Away From The Wino  —  Mark Ronson and Amy Wino were spotted in London last night doing the usual convenience store drive-by.  She's the British Brit Brit.  They picked up junk food and then headed for the recording studio.  Hopefully Mark is keeping this relationship strictly personal.
Discussion: Doodle Whore
Perez Hilton:
New Couple Alert!  —  Gossip Girl co-stars Penn Badgley and Blake Lively are “100% dating,” a source reveals exclusively to PerezHilton.com.  —  And they're going public with their budding romance!  —  Perezcious spies spotted the pair making out at a private house party in LA on Friday night.
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
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.
Discussion: Hot Momma Gossip
Shawn Adler / MTV Movies Blog:
Elijah Wood Wants To Go Back Again To ‘The Hobbit’  —  Attention Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, and Sean Astin: You've gone “There."  Now get ready to go “Back Again” - at least according to Elijah Wood's conversations with “Hobbit” maestro Peter Jackson.
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.
Billboard:
Cassie Grows Up On Sophomore Album  —  Bad Boy R&B singer Cassie will release her as-yet-untitled sophomore album on May 20, and she says although “I hate to use the words grown-up, I really, really did since the last time around."  —  “I guess I grew up a lot but I'm still in essence the same person,” says the 21-year-old singer.
cityrag:
Rihanna's See Through Nipple Slip  —  For someone who's professed to live in fear of a nipple slip, Rihanna's been working the bra-less see-through dress look a lot.  She needs to read about the flash effect!...  Rihanna Upskirt Defense Moves  —  Celebrity See-Throughs & Nipple Slips
Discussion: Right Celebrity
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
Jeremy Piven Lookin' to Teese?  —  The Golden Globes might be canceled, but the swag suites must go on!  Jeremy Piven was just one nominee to hit Kari Feinstein's Winter Style Lounge at Social to stock up on freebies like...frocks?  —  Obviously, the Be Seduced dress he's holding isn't for himself.
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood
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.
People.com:
Courtney Thorne-Smith Has a Boy  —  Courtney Thorne-Smith and husband Roger Fishman welcomed a son, Jacob Emerson Fishman, on Friday, the actress's rep tells PEOPLE.  —  This is the first child for the According to Jim star and Fishman, who owns a media company.  —  “Mother and dad are thrilled,” the rep says.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Juiced By Sly  —  Janice Dickinson went on “Red Eye” this week and claimed Sylvester Stallone regularly used steroids and even injected her with it.  She said, “He juiced me.  I'd wake up and my arm was as big as Popeye - steroids, testosterone, all that stuff that people say …
Discussion: New York Post
 
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