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12:55 PM ET, January 22, 2008

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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Singer Amy Winehouse Filmed Using Crack Pipe  —  A shocking new video of Amy Winehouse apparently smoking a crack pipe has surfaced.  —  In the tape, she admits to taking “six valium” before lighting up and inhaling from the pipe.  —  The grainy video, reportedly shot at a party last Friday …
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FListed Says / F-Listed:
Amy Winehouse Caught Smoking Crack  —  The Sun UK has footage of Amy Winehouse allegedly smoking crack at at her East London home at 5am last Friday.  —  I say allegedly because the video footage is somewhat grainy and I can't tell what the hell she's smoking.  It's a pipe for sure, but she could be smoking weed for all I know.
New York Post:
AMY ON CRACK VID: REPORT  —  SKELETAL “Rehab” singer Amy Winehouse was taped in a harrowing ecstasy, cocaine and crack binge at a party just hours before she stumbled into a court to support her jailed husband, Britain's Sun newspaper reported last night .  The 19-minute video shows the addled …
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse's father begs her to get help after she's caught …
Discussion: Gawker
popbytes:
NOT CUTE: AMY WINEHOUSE SMOKIN' CRACK
New York Post:
ALL THE BRITNEY'S A STAGE  —  Britney Spears is in cahoots with the paparazzi to make sure her every move is chronicled on camera, a top snapper says.  Lensman Alison Silva tells celebrity private eye Paul Barresi: “Britney is in on it.  [She] calls the paparazzi before she goes out.
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OK! Magazine:
Britney's Longest Deposition Cut Short  —  While many Americans are enjoying the day off from work today to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, Britney Spears was doing the one thing she's been avoiding for months — giving her deposition in the ongoing custody battle with ex-hubby Kevin Federline.
Discussion: The Superficial
Kathleen Turner / Daily Mail:
Why I detest Burt Reynolds and Nicolas Cage by Kathleen Turner  —  Kathleen Turner made her name as a screen femme fatale in the classic thriller Body Heat.  Her new autobiography reveals with unflinching honesty how crippling illness and the pressures of fame tipped her into alcoholism and despair.
Daily Mail:
Madonna's mystery ‘black eye’ prompts renewed speculation of plastic surgery  —  Superstar Madonna's penchant for wearing sunglasses at night may at first seem impractical - but on closer inspection it appears they have a more prqactical use.  —  The singer appeared to be hiding a big fat bruise …
ESPN:
Brady wearing walking cast while on visit to New York  —  The New England Patriots have sauntered through the rest of the league this year.  But on the verge of perfection, their leader has come up gimpy.  —  Photographs and video show Tom Brady wearing what appears to be a walking cast while in New York on Monday.
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Karen Guregian / Boston Herald:
Shaky Brady sporting cast on foot
Discussion: OH NO!!
OK! Magazine:
A Special Day for Christina's Baby  —  While he'll never remember it, Jan. 20, 2008, was one of the more important days in the life of Christina Aguilera's newborn son.  According to a report on Eonline.com, the soulful singer and her husband Jordan Bratman celebrated little Max Liron Bratman's bris …
Discussion: CelebWarship
Beth Hilton / Digital Spy:
P Diddy wants fourth name change  —  P Diddy has revealed that he wants to be known as Sean John in the future.  —  The rapper - real name Sean Combs - changed his stage name from Puff Daddy to P Diddy in August 2005.  —  He later dropped the P and became Diddy, but is still widely referred to as P Diddy in the UK and New Zealand.
Discussion: WOW Report
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NME:
P Diddy wants another name change
Cele|bitchy:
John Travolta and Kirstie Alley in Scientology indoctrination video  —  It just keeps getting better for Scientology.  Last week a ton of videos came out of Tom Cruise spouting their in-terminology and laughing maniacally.  The “church” tried to yank the videos off YouTube and wherever else …
Discussion: Geno's World and Faded Youth Blog
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TMZ.com:
Paris Gives Letterman Another Shot  —  Remember the last time Paris Hilton went to see David Letterman?  He asked about her stint in the slammer — and she wasn't too stoked about it.  —  But TMZ has learned that Dave's getting another shot with Princess P, and that she'll be a guest on the show on Friday, Feb. 1.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Paris Hilton on Britney Spears: “Everything's Going to Be OK”  —  While Britney Spears' behavior continues to get more erratic (the AP has already written her obituary), she has the support of one celeb: Paris Hilton.  —  Usmagazine.com caught up with the heiress, 26, over the weekend …
New York Post:
CALL IT SUNDANCE IDIOT FESTIVAL  —  WHILE most of the celebrities at Sundance came to see movies or promote them, and actually do some work, the usual hangers-on came along for the ride just to party and cause chaos in Park City.  —  Nicky Hilton, her boyfriend, David Katzenberg …
Perez Hilton:
Britney Betrayed!!!  —  Things between Britney and her paparazzi boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib, went from sweet to sour very quickly.  And Spears' “manager” - Osama Lutfi - is to blame, sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com.  —  “Sam viewed Adnan as a threat,” an insider tells us.
Discussion: Celebrity OD, iVillage and cityrag
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Family, Friends Remember Brad Renfro at Funeral  —  Actor Brad Renfro, who died last Tuesday at age 25, was remembered by family and friends at a funeral and memorial service Monday night in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee.  —  An arrangement of red, white and yellow flowers adorned the closed casket …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Dlisted
People.com:
Awkward Alert: Gisele & Tom Party Next to Her Ex  —  Too close for comfort?  —  Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady braved the freezing temperatures of New York City to party at hotspot Butter Monday night.  (Brady, whose Patriots just earned a spot in the Feb. 3 Super Bowl, wasn't drinking.)
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
Perez Hilton:
Denise vs. Charlie: Heading Back To Court!  —  Denise Richards is such a skank!  —  The unemployed actress is hoping to make some extra money by whoring out her two daughters.  Thankfully, Charlie Sheen is being a good dad and trying to prevent his ex-wife from exploiting their kids.
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Jen Heger / PageSix.com:
Denise Richards Taking Charlie To Custody Court
Discussion: Dlisted and iVillage
Agence France Presse:
Beckham appeals over child deaths in developing world  —  LONDON (AFP) - England football star David Beckham on Tuesday urged the world not to turn its back on “shocking and tragic” child mortality rates in developing countries.  —  Beckham was speaking on his return from a trip to Sierra Leone …
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
And the Nominees Are....  Everyone knew There Would Be Blood and there would be Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor but no one could anticipate that there would be so many surprises!  First, Keira Knightley (Atonement) and Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart) were both shut out of the Best Actress race …
Discussion: X17 Online
 
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
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FemaleFirst:
Naomi Campbell Pulls out of War Film
Discussion: MollyGood
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Daily Mail:
From rock chick to snow bunny: Juliette Lewis hits the Italian slopes
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Michael K / Dlisted:
What Happened To This Child?  —  Aubrey O'Day of Danity Kane was cute at one point.
Discussion: Right Celebrity
TMZ.com:
Britney Has Left the Building
 

 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information

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