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2:50 PM ET, January 17, 2008

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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Brit's Wild Wednesday: 2 a.m. Shopping Spree, British Accent and No Pants  —  Britney Spears' wild antics continued Wednesday night.  —  At 7 p.m., the singer and paparazzo beau Adnan Ghalib kicked off their night at Gaucho Grill in Sherman Oaks, California, where she noshed on two beef empanadas …
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RoughDaddy / TMZ.com:
Brit's Pregnancy Test for “My Friend”  —  She said it.  You believe it?  —  1. Adnan=taking advantage of a retard!  —  2. Ugh!!  —  3. The “friend” with the british accent that keeps popping up in her head.  Multiple personality disorder!
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears' Friend: She Doesn't Want Another Baby
Discussion: CelebWarship
Michael K / Dlisted:
Just Another Night  —  ETOnline reports that Brit Brit led …
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
omg!:
ROLL CALL: Britney Spears: ‘I Wish I Was In College’ & Celebs At 'Cloverfield
Discussion: PageSix.com, Variety and Us Weekly
TMZ.com:
Paps Busted After Crazy Britney Chase  —  TMZ has learned that four paparazzi were arrested for reckless driving last night after chasing Britney Spears' car around Mission Hills, Calif. — and four more were pulled over for driving crazazy-like.  —  Around 11:20 PM last night …
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ETonline:
PAPARAZZI ARRESTED AFTER CHASING BRITNEY SPEARS  —  It's the latest on Britney's wild night!  —  ET confirms that around 11:30 Wednesday night, four paparazzi who were allegedly chasing BRITNEY SPEARS were pulled over and arrested for reckless driving, according to the LAPD.
TMZ.com:
Britney Jumps Between Personalities  —  In a very “Sybil” move, two of Britney's inner voices were fighting for control last night — bouncing from British Brit, “Whea's the cah?” to Southern-fried ding dang Spears in just seconds.  My troops!  —  Before the high speed paparazzi chase …
Discussion: We Love Celebs!
NY Daily News:
Penns split after Miller time  —  There's never a simple reason for a couple to part after 20 years.  But if Sienna Miller didn't cause Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn to split up, some claim she may not have been a good influence.  —  A source recalls a party in a suite at a New York hotel where they both were staying.
USA Today:
Lindsay Lohan hits the black carpet for ‘Cloverfield’ premiere  —  HOLLYWOOD — A fierce-looking Lindsay Lohan made a triumphant return to the premiere circuit Wednesday night for the mysterious monster flick Cloverfield.  —  Matching the black carpet, Lohan wowed in a black mini …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Demi Moore on Ashton, Aging and Parenthood  —  Despite having three daughters, Demi Moore does her best not to overwhelm husband Ashton Kutcher with girl power at home.  —  “We're loaded with females,” the actress, 45, admits to V magazine for its spring preview issue, on sale Monday.
Daily Mail:
Amy, you need 'Rehairb': How Amy Winehouse would look with other celebrity's hairdos  —  Whatever else you could say about troubled songstress Amy Winehouse, you couldn't say she learns from her mistakes.  —  Last week, the British singer's trademark skinny-jeans-and-dirty-ballet- pumps look helped …
USA Today:
First look: ‘X-Files’ returns to theaters, minus alien mythology  —  LOS ANGELES — The sequel is out there.  —  The conspiracy theories will not be.  —  Ten years after the first film and six years after the show went off the air, The X-Files returns to theaters with Fox Mulder …
Pareene / Gawker:
Tom Cruise Uncut: The Freedom Medal Award Ceremony  —  Yesterday's ten minutes of Tom Cruise madness?  Tip of the proverbial iceberg, SPs.  The entire hour-long video, as the boss pointed out, has been passing between journos and Scientology critics for a while now.  And someone sent us the whole director's cut.
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Lesley Messer / People.com:
Blake Lively and Penn Badgley: Just Friends  —  Badgley and Lively filming Gossip Girl  —  They may be hot-and-heavy on their hit show, but Blake Lively swears there's no off-screen romance with her Gossip Girl castmate Penn Badgley.  —  Now that the show's a hit, “Everybody always tries …
New York Magazine:
Rachael Ray Doesn't Like Dunkin' Donuts Coffee Any More Than We Do  —  And if you give me that swill again, expect to get hit with this.  —  Photo: Getty Images  —  A friend of Grub Street writes us: … If this is true, it's is the first thing we've read that makes us like Rachael Ray.
Discussion: Dlisted, TMZ.com, PageSix.com and TV Squad
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New York Post:
NO DAYS WITH RAY  —  WHAT'S COOKING AT RACHAEL'S MAG: DEFECTIONS
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse rushes to visit jailed husband after he threatens divorce  —  Amy Winehouse dashed to visit jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil today amid claims he's threatening to divorce the troubled star.  —  Blake, who is currently on remand in Pentonville prison for alleged assault …
Discussion: X17 Online and L.A. Rag Mag
People.com:
Jenna Bush Planning May 10 Wedding  —  Jenna Bush and her fiancé Henry Hager will marry in a ceremony on May 10, two sources confirm to PEOPLE.  —  One of the sources says the wedding will be held at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas.  —  “It's going to be a small wedding …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Sigh......  Thanks to an excellent photographer, tons of make-up, bright lights, photoshop and gallons of white flour and a few prayers, Kiki Dunst doesn't look completely tragic in the new Spring Miu Miu ads.  It pains me to say this, because I can't stand the slop of oatmeal.
Discussion: MollyGood
TMZ.com:
Latest Ashlee Simpson Model Released  —  A new and improved auburn-haired version of the Ashlee Simpson™ was unveiled at a red carpet event in Hollywood on Wednesday.  She even blinks!  —  Manufacturers of the 2008 model retained the same vapid facial expression …
Bryan Alexander / People.com:
Lawyer: K-Fed Wants to ‘Minimize Hardship’ on Kids  —  Kevin Federline's lawyer says Monday's court decision to keep Britney Spears from visiting her children is a difficult decision with a clear impact on all of the family members.  —  Mark Vincent Kaplan called the court order barring Spears …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Pop Crunch
Daily Mail:
Revealed: The nerdy Birmingham background of Britney's new boyfriend  —  With his nerdy looks and humble background, he seems like any Average Joe in the Midlands.  —  But flash forward a decade and the boy in these photos turns out to be Britney Spears' new boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib.
Tanya Gold / Daily Mail:
Meet Snake-girl - the contortionist getting circus audiences in a twist  —  Nokulunga Buthelezi is standing in a Big Top in London's Docklands with her foot on top of her head.  She removes the foot easily and, just as easily, replaces it with her other one.
Discussion: Dlisted
 
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