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8:30 PM ET, January 21, 2008

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Ewolff / PageSix.com:
Brit Arrives For Her Deposition  —  Britney Spears has arrived at Kevin Federline's lawyer's office this morning (above) for her deposition in the custody battle to get her kids back, but it looks like all she did to prep for the big day was change her shirt.
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TMZ.com:
Britney Shows Up For Depo!  —  Britney Spears has just shown up for her deposition in the custody battle.  She's at the offices of Mark Vincent Kaplan, K-Fed's attorney .  —  It was scheduled for today after she showed up ridiculously late for the depo earlier this month.
Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney Spears Shows Up for Custody Deposition  —  Britney Spears arrived at the Los Angeles office of Kevin Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, Monday for an ongoing deposition in their custody battle.  —  At 10:40 a.m., Spears, 26, wearing a dark blue top and jeans …
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
WATCH: Britney Spears on Paparazzo Adnan Ghalib: “Never Met Him”  —  Britney Spears seems to have moved on from her paparazzo beau Adnan Ghalib.  —  When asked by a photographer on Sunday if she has a message for Ghalib, the singer responded in a British accent, “I don't know who that is... I have never met him before.”
Discussion: F-Listed, POPSUGAR and CelebWarship
Sgeneroso / PageSix.com:
Britney ‘Safari’  —  BLENDER will feature Britney Spears on its March cover, and magazine insiders told Page Six that the writer “spent a month on a Britney safari, following her actions and talking with those closest to her."  Everyone around Spears seemed baffled by her bizarre behavior, Blender reports.
TMZ.com:
Britney Has Left the Building  —  And she's off!  Britney has now left the deposition — after nearly two and a half hours of testimony.  A new record!  Britney's attorneys Sorrell Trope and Tara Scott tell TMZ Brit was “in good spirits” during the proceeding.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
TMZ.com:
Brit's BFF — the Paparazzi!
Discussion: CelebNewsWire
The Superficial:
Britney Spears denies even knowing Adnan Ghalib
People.com:
John Travolta Defends Tom Cruise  —  John Travolta is coming to the aid of friend - and fellow Scientologist - Tom Cruise following last week's leaked video.  —  The much-discussed clip, still making the rounds on the Web, shows the Mission: Impossible megastar praising the Church of Scientology …
Linda Marx / People.com:
Pamela Anderson Steps Out in Miami  —  It seemed fitting that Pamela Anderson would offer a $28,000 scholarship to Bay Point Schools for troubled youth in Miami.  —  “I have a soft spot for bad boys,” she told the jam-packed ALL-STAR Gala Saturday night in South Beach as she pledged the cash.
Q104.3:
GO GIANTS!  And Throw Tom Brady Off His Game!  —  Want to help throw the Patriots' Tom Brady off his game at the big game?  What better way to do that than to have him seeing his ex-girlfriend / mother of his son Bridget Moynahan everywhere!  —  Tom and Bridget dated for two years …
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse strips down to her bra AGAIN... and reveals a mystery injury  —  Amy Winehouse has sparked new concerns for her health after she revealed an bandage on her arm during a shopping spree in London.  —  The troubled singer was out last night with her father Mitch and some friends …
Discussion: Celebrity Smack! and CelebWarship
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Paris Hilton Calls Harlow Madden “the Coolest Name Ever”  —  Paris Hilton is ready to be Aunt Paris to her friend Nicole Richie's newborn, Harlow Winter Kate Madden.  —  “I'm so excited!"  Hilton told Usmagazine.com at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.  “I've sent her all these presents.
David Germain / Associated Press:
Lohan, Murphy lead Razzie worst-of noms  —  LOS ANGELES - Advice for actors looking to get nominated for worst performance: multiple roles help.  Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy scored multiple nominations Monday for the Razzies, which sort out the worst that Hollywood dredged up the previous year.
TMZ.com:
Jessica Alba's Public Exam  —  Unbeknownst to her, a crude photog went low — real low — by trying to take pictures up Jessica Alba's skirt.  —  The pap smear took place as the mom-to-be made her way down Melrose Ave. last week.  —  See Also  — Alba Caught in Pap Trap
Hollywoodtuna:
Adriana Lima Topless In Esquire  —  Here's Adriana Lima and her Victoria's Secret friends in next month's Esquire magazine.  I have to say, seeing Adriana partially naked is a real treat, but what I'm especially digging is the cover!  Seriously, I wouldn't mind having all 8 of those supermodel legs wrapped around my tiny little head.
Lorenzo Benet / People.com:
Ice Skater Scott Hamilton & His Wife Have a Boy  —  Olympic champion ice skater Scott Hamilton and his wife, Tracie, celebrated the birth of their second son on Monday at a Tennessee hospital, the couple confirmed exclusively to PEOPLE.  —  “Mom and son are doing just fine,” Hamilton said in a text message.
Daily Mail:
Double take: Kate Moss and Pete Doherty depicted as murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady  —  On first glance, the chilling stare, peroxide-blonde hair and snow-white skin are unmistakeably that of convicted child-killer Myra Hindley pictured in the same woollen coat she wore for her 1965 mugshot.
Discussion: Agent Bedhead
Jefferson Reid / E! Online:
Christina and Jordan's Boy Gets His Bris  —  E! News has learned exclusively that new parents Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman held a bris, the Hebrew baby naming and circumcision ritual ceremony, at their Beverly Hills home Sunday.  —  More than a dozen family and friends attended the gathering.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog and lilSugar
Michael K / Dlisted:
Gross.  Gross.  Gross.  Gross.  —  I hate this skank!  I am hungover as hell and it's MLK Day.  All I want to do is post pictures of Paris Hilton looking retarded at Sundance with the caption “Paris Hilton IS A DUMB SKANK WHORE TRAMP UGLY RAT BITCH” written all over it.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Say It Ain't So!  —  No, ScarJo is not knocked up with Ryan Reynolds baby even though the baby bug is going around.  Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if she was.  Bitch's titties were made for milking.  —  Gatecrasher reports that ScarJo might soon announce her engagement to Ryan Reynolds.
Clint Morris / Moviehole.net:
Gosling, the new Jack Ryan!?  —  Though the new film won't be based on one of Tom Clancy's books, it'll still fix on a ‘Young’ Ryan (just as “The Sum of All Fears” did).  —  Here's the original story from earlier today.......  Remember this story from November, 2006?
 
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