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3:30 PM ET, January 23, 2008

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Scott Weinberger / WCBS-TV:
Sources: Drug Packets Found In Ledger's Apartment  —  $20 Bill With Narcotic Residue On It Also Pulled From Scene  —  Featured Slideshows:  —  Reporting  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― New evidence has surfaced in the investigation into the sudden and shocking death of Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger …
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Michelle Collins / Best Week Ever:
When Is a Makeshift Best Buy Tribute to Heath Ledger Too Soon?  The Answer: Always.  —  Yesterday evening, only a few hours after the tragic passing of Heath Ledger, we received this e-mail from reader Don T., who stumbled across a thoughtfully arranged makeshift Heath Ledger Tribute at his local Best Buy in Mission Valley San Diego.
People.com:
Initial Ledger Autopsy Proves Inconclusive  —  Wednesday's autopsy was unable to determine how Heath Ledger died, say officials.  Additional tests and more time are required.  —  “The autopsy was inconclusive,” New York City Medical Examiner spokeswoman Ellen Borakove tells PEOPLE.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Production Shut Down on Heath Ledger's Last Movie  —  Hours after Heath Ledger's untimely death, crew members on the Vancouver set of his new fantasy adventure movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, were sent home, a source tells Us.  —  “I just got the call [Tuesday] …
TMZ.com:
Ledger's Death Doesn't Look Like Suicide  —  Multiple sources in the NYPD tell TMZ, although it's too early to know, it's looking like Heath Ledger's death was accidental and not suicide.  —  There have been numerous reports suggesting that Ledger took his own life by ingesting a boatload of pills.
CNN:
Autopsy fails to find how actor Heath Ledger died  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — An autopsy Wednesday morning on actor Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and a cause-of-death determination will take 10 to 14 days, a medical examiner's spokeswoman said.  —  The Academy Award-nominated actor was found dead Tuesday …
Daily Mail:
Jack Nicholson on drugs death of Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger: ‘I warned him’  —  The news of Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger's death in a New York apartment has caused shockwaves around the world, but it didn't come as a surprise to one Hollywood star.
Elizabeth Wolff / PageSix.com:
Matilda's Godfather, Jake
TMZ.com:
WTF — Britney Left??  —  Britney left?!?  Appears so!  TMZ was in the courtroom when her case was called.  Britney was in the building, but never made it to the courtroom.  When the Commish asked her attorney if she was coming back, she answered “I don't know whether she'll be here or not …
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Defamer, CelebWarship and OH NO!!
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TMZ.com:
Visitation Stays the Same  —  Britney Spears was shut down in her attempt to regain some sort of visitation.  There are no changes.  K-Fed has sole custody and no visitation for Brit for now.  —  Brit arrived at the courthouse and went through the metal detector, but then had a change …
Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney Again Bolts From Courthouse  —  Once again, Britney Spears arrived for a custody hearing Wednesday - then left the courthouse before it began.  —  The emergency hearing, which the pop singer had requested, was then held with ex-husband Kevin Federline in the courtroom.
X17 Online:
Court Spokesman: “No Changes” To Custody Arrangement
Discussion: omg!
X17 Online:
Britney Arrives At Court!
Discussion: TMZ.com
Ken Lee / People.com:
No Visitation for Britney Spears After Hearing
Discussion: iVillage
Kate Stroup / People.com:
Britney's Pap Pal: Our Relationship Is ‘Far From Over’  —  The same day that is wife filed for separation, photogapher Adnan Ghalib took to the airways Tuesday to discuss his relationship with Britney Spears.  —  Despite reports of a split - and seemingly false claims that Spears had taken …
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Bill Hutchinson / NY Daily News:
Papa-ratso blabs about Brit begging for 3rd baby  —  Britney Spears' paparazzo boy toy went public with their relationship Tuesday night, saying the pop tart wrongly thought she was carrying his child - and that she still wants to get pregnant.  —  Adnan Ghalib told “The Insider” and …
OK! Magazine:
OK!  Exclusive: Brit & Adnan Back Together!  —  Even though Britney Spears appeared to be rid of her photographer beau Adnan Ghalib, OK! can exclusively confirm that the troubled singer has rekindled her romance with the former paparazzo.  —  This news comes after sources confirm to OK! …
Nick Parker / The Sun:
Amy Winehouse on crack  —  WILD AMY WINEHOUSE was filmed blitzed out of her skull and struggling to talk after sucking in crack fumes from a glass pipe.  —  The tormented singing sensation took hit after hit of the deadly drug after a 19-minute binge in which she snorted powdered ECSTASY and COCAINE.
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Tariq Panja / Associated Press:
Police Assess Amy Winehouse Footage
Discussion: X17 Online and Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Lil' Wayne Arrested — Again!  —  TMZ has learned that rapper Lil' Wayne has been popped by cops for drugs ... again!  —  Law enforcement officials tell us Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter Jr., was arrested near Yuma, Arizona last night on three felony counts: possession of dangerous drugs …
New York Post:
MUSIC STARS ARE TUNING OUT SEX  —  WE'RE not sure we believe him for a second, but Lenny Kravitz insists he's been celibate for three years.  “[It's] just a promise I made until I get married,” the rocker, who's been married to Lisa Bonet - and linked to Adriana Lima, Devon Aoki …
New York Post:
CRANKY KATHLEEN RIPS CO-STARS  —  SOME celebrities soft-pedal their Hollywood feuds, but not Kathleen Turner, who's taken off the gloves against such stars as Nicolas Cage and Burt Reynolds.  —  In excerpts from her upcoming autobiography, “Send Yourself Roses,” now being serialized in Britain's Daily Mail …
popbytes:
IS JAMIE LYNN SPEARS GIVING UP HER BABY?!?  —  good morning!  it's time to get back on the gossip express with the latest STAR cover featuring a pregnant 16 year old jamie lynn spears thinking about giving up her baby for adoption - which sounds like a hard decision but all she needs …
Discussion: OH NO!!
 
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