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8:35 AM ET, January 20, 2008

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Ashley Williams / People.com:
Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony Celebrate with a Baby Shower  —  Jennifer Lopez celebrated her pregnancy with a baby shower Saturday on the rooftop of the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.  —  The singer and her husband Marc Anthony both attended the afternoon shower …
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Lkeatinge / PageSix.com:
J.Lo's Baby Shower Made in Manhattan  —  A very pregnant Jennifer Lopez celebrated the upcoming birth of her firstborn with a baby shower on the rooftop of the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City, New York today.  The singer, 38, arrived with husband of three years Marc Anthony ,39 …
Discussion: dailystab.com
Peta Hellard / NEWS.com.au:
Kidman ‘cold, spoilt diva’  —  VICIOUS claims that Nicole Kidman was cold, petulant and moody are contained in an unauthorised biography about her ex-husband, Tom Cruise.  —  The Andrew Morton book also claims she was dating another Aussie actor when she began seeing Cruise on the set of a blockbuster film …
Discussion: Holy Candy and Hot Momma Gossip
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Libby Keatinge / PageSix.com:
Oh, That's Why They Don't Call You Mom, Nicole  —  Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, and baby Suri aren't the only subjects of speculation in Andrew Morton's new controversial Tom Cruise biography.  Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography reveals sad details of Nicole Kidman's allegedly difficult …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Extreme Showbiz from the News of the World:
Kate Moss's birthday orgy - pics  —  KATE MOSS celebrated her 34th birthday with a sleazy orgy involving THREE other partygoers, I can exclusively reveal.  —  The catwalk queen got hot and sweaty with two female models and a lucky male guest while a crowd of onlookers snorted cocaine and ogled the eye-popping performance.
Discussion: Dlisted
Carol Aye Maung / News of the World:
Fergie ‘daughter’ says: I'm having Doherty's child  —  THE god-daughter of Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed: I'm having Pete Doherty's baby.  —  Laura McLaughlin, 20, who pals call Lola, claims she is three months pregnant by the junkie rocker and the baby due in June.
Discussion: Dlisted
Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times:
Allan Melvin, 84; popular character actor  —  Allan Melvin, a popular character actor who played Cpl. Henshaw on the classic 1950s sitcom “The Phil Silvers Show” and later portrayed Archie Bunker's neighbor and friend Barney on “All in the Family,” has died.  He was 84.
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Lkeatinge / PageSix.com:
Discussion: Dlisted and Hot Momma Gossip
Hellomagazine.com:
hellomagazine.com polls topped by Britney, Sean and Madonna  —  The Grand Finale of hellomagazine.com's Most Attractive and Most Elegant polls is an annual event that draws interest from around the globe and has readers clicking in their thousands.  And this year was no exception.
KCBS-TV:
‘Newhart’ Actress Suzanne Pleshette Dead At 70  —  LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― Suzanne Pleshette, the beautiful, husky-voiced film and theater star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running “The Bob Newhart Show,” has died, said her attorney Robert Finkelstein.
Ewan Fletcher / Daily Mail:
The modest heart-throb: Atonement star James McAvoy's tiny flat and £1,000 Nissan Micra  —  If British actor James McAvoy wins the best actor BAFTA for which he has been nominated, there are likely to be few guests gracing any after-awards party he throws at his home.
Mark Gray / People.com:
Christina Ricci: I'm ‘Obsessed’ with Gambling  —  Speed Racer's new Trixie says she gets plenty of thrills at the track - with only a 1-horsepower engine.  —  “I've learned to love gambling,” Christina Ricci told PEOPLE at the grand opening party for the Palazzo Las Vegas.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Bitten and Bound
Associated Press:
Police Call Kiefer A Good Inmate, Prepare To Release  —  GLENDALE, Calif. — Kiefer Sutherland, who plays the hard-as-nails agent of TV's “24,” was a softy during his 48 days in jail on a drunken-driving charge.  —  Sutherland, scheduled to be released Monday, has spent his sentence cleaning sheets …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Margaret Cho / The Huffington Post:
My Ellen Visit, Deferred  —  I am a big Ellen fan.  I have been one for quite a long time now.  I used to do the local news talk shows with her in San Francisco, when we were both still kids.  I also opened for her at the Other Café when she would work special weekend shows, and she would bring the house down every night.
Discussion: Defamer
New York Post:
SUNDANCE HOT FOR MARY-KATE  —  THE Sundance Film Festival kicked off in snowy Park City, Utah, yesterday with goofy, off-screen antics of the stars and directors just as entertaining as the movies being screened.  —  While audiences finally got to see that creepy kiss between Mary-Kate Olsen …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes Says Suri Is a Fan of American Idol  —  Perhaps Suri Cruise will be an entertainer after all.  —  Not only is the 21-month-old a fan of the Spice Girls, she also digs American Idol.  —  Mom Katie Holmes — who is getting panned by critics for her latest comedy Mad Money …
Jeninne Lee-St. John / Time:
Your Own Personal Paparazzi  —  Struan Vaz and Paige Hill emerged from a performance of the Nutcracker by Ballet Austin last month and were assaulted by photographers and reporters who pursued them for several blocks, snapping shots and asking personal questions.
Discussion: OH NO!! and Jezebel
 
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Michael K / Dlisted:
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Discussion: OH NO!!
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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.

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

 
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