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1:05 AM ET, January 16, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Brad Renfro Dies  —  TMZ has learned actor Brad Renfro is dead.  —  The 25-year-old actor was found dead at his Los Angeles home this morning.  The cause of death has not been determined, however, Renfro had a history of drug abuse.  —  Sources tell us Renfro, who had starring roles in …
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MSNBC:
Actor Brad Renfro dead at 25  —  Cause of death hasn't been determined for ‘The Client,’ ‘Ghost World’ star  —  LOS ANGELES - Actor Brad Renfro is dead, the Los Angeles County Coroner confirmed to “Access Hollywood."  —  According to the coroner's office, a Brad Barron Renfro, with the same date of birth as the actor, died today.
Discussion: X17 Online and goldenfiddle
People.com:
Brad Renfro Dies at 25
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Cele|bitchy
TMZ.com:
McConaughey to be a Dad!  —  Matthew McConaughey announced on his website today that his girlfriend, Camilla Alves, is pregnant with his child.  Get ready to hang ten, little baby!  —  McConuaughey wrote, “My girlfriend Camila and I made a baby together ... its 3 months growin in her womb and all looks healthy and lively so far.”
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Matthew McConaughey's Girlfriend Is Pregnant  —  Matthew McConaughey's girlfriend Camila Alves is pregnant with their first child, the actor has announced.  —  McConaughey's rep has confirmed the news exclusively to Usmagazine.com.  —  “My girlfriend Camila and I made a baby together,” …
Megan Lynn / PageSix.com:
Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves Expecting  —  All right, all right, all right.  —  Actor Matthew McConaughey's model girlfriend Camila Alves is pregnant, he announced today on his website.  And while the entry is almost too much of a caricature to be believed — “My girlfriend Camila …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, X17 Online and omg!
In Touch Weekly:
Britney's suicide note  —  The warning signs were there — but few knew the extent of Britney Spears' anguish, until now.  Days before Britney was rushed to the hospital on January 4, she left a suicide note, In Touch has exclusively learned.  According to the insider …
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X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - Britney Leaves Suicide Note?  NOT TRUE!!!  —  X17 can Xclusively report that the In Touch Weekly story about Britney Spears penning a suicide note days before being rushed to Cedars Sinai is “absolutely, 100% NOT true,” Brit's pal Sam Lufti tells X17online.  —  Well, that's a relief!
Discussion: Us Weekly
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Gwyneth Paltrow Admitted to New York Hospital  —  Gwyneth Paltrow was admitted to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday afternoon, Usmagazine.com has learned.  —  “She was slumped over in a wheelchair pushed by [husband] Chris Martin,” an eyewitness tells Us.  “She looked not well.”
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Libby Keatinge / PageSix.com:
Last Photo of Gwyneth Before Her Hospitalization
Discussion: Wizbang Pop! and omg!
Life&Style Weekly:
Exclusive: Britney's nude shopping tirade!  —  Britney Spears' latest crazy behavior happened in the middle of an upscale clothing store!  —  On Jan. 13, the troubled pop star and her boyfriend Adnan Ghalib hit up the Betsey Johnson store at the Westfield Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks …
Mark Graham / Defamer:
The Tom Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientologists Don't Want You To See  —  Didn't get a chance to watch the terrifyingly creepy Tom Cruise video yesterday before Scientologists pulled it off YouTube?  Well, we've managed to get our hands on a copy and now we'd like to invite you to watch in all its technicolor glory.
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Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
Tom's Scandalous Scientology Schpeel  —  Tom Cruise.  Sitting in front of a camera.  Speaking about his beliefs.  —  Who'd have thought what started as a simple promotional campaign would atom bomb into something this huge over the last two days?  The video was originally posted on the Church …
Don Kaplan / New York Post:
‘VIEW’ RINGS 'BELLE  —  'VIEW" co-host Sherri Shepherd went flat- earth again yesterday.  Seems she forgot that legendary soul singer Patti LaBelle is black.  —  During yesterday's talk-around - the first few minutes of “The View” where the show's co-hosts chat about the news of the day …
Discussion: A Hot Mess! and Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Zac Stars in High School Medical Emergency!  —  TMZ has confirmed that “HSM” star Zac Efron was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center today suffering from appendicitis.  Oh no, Troy Bolton!  —  His rep tells us “He had his appendix removed and is recuperating."  —  Story developing ...
Arasto / Faded Youth Blog:
EVA LONGORIA DOES ‘SELF’  —  In the Febrary issue of Self magazine, Eva Longoria reveals she is a real-life Desperate Housewife who flies thousands of miles a week to see her husband.  —  The resident primetime babe says she commutes about three times a week from her job in Los Angeles to San Antonio …
Discussion: Right Celebrity and Love B. Scott
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Longoria has some advice for Simpson
Discussion: Digital Spy
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Book Claims Tom Cruise Once Hit on Jennifer Garner  —  Before his worldwide whirlwind romance with Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise tried wooing Jennifer Garner, according to a new book by Andrew Morton.  —  As Us Weekly reports in its latest issue, on newsstands now, Tom Cruise …
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Alli Sims Lashes Out on Britney's Photog Boyfriend  —  It's one Britney confidant sounding off on another!  —  Alli Sims is speaking out for the first time about her cousin Britney in Us Weekly, and she reveals she's not fond of Britney's new boy toy Adnan Ghalib, saying;  —  “I don't know him.
Discussion: X17 Online and OH NO!!
Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Revealed: Photo of Katie Holmes aged 2...and guess who she looks like  —  They could be identical twins.  In fact these two are mother and daughter - and famous ones at that.  —  These astonishing pictures show just how identical little Suri Cruise is to her mother Katie Holmes when she was the same age.
X17 Online:
Heidi & Seal's Long Goodbye  —  Heidi said goodbye to husband Seal and daughter Leni at LAX Monday, taking her two boys (who were dressed alike) with her as she jetted off from the International terminal.  —  Wonder if she's heading home for another cycle of Germany's Next Top Model?
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Nick Denton / Gawker:
Britney's Pie  —  Funny how even the driest of magazines finds a way to bring in the celebrity-obsessed reader.  Portfolio's Duff McDonald makes a heroic effort to calculate the size of the Britney Spears economy.  Record companies, paparazzi photographers, celebrity tabloids …
Discussion: OH NO!! and Hollyscoop
New York Post:
SECRET IS OUT  —  IT looks like Victoria's Secret angel Alessandra Ambrosio won't be strutting down the runway in her skivvies anytime soon.  The Brazilian beauty, 26, is pregnant with her first child.  “She's a few months along,” said our insider.  Ambrosio is thrilled...
 
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump sues CBS News in a Texas court, claiming CBS engaged in election interference “through malicious, deceptive” editing of its 60 Minutes Harris interview

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

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