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4:10 PM ET, January 25, 2008

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ETonline:
MARY-KATE OLSEN STATEMENT ON HEATH LEDGER  —  The famous twin makes her first statement on her late friend to ET.  —  MARY-KATE OLSEN is speaking out exclusively to ET on the death of HEATH LEDGER.  —  “Heath was a friend,” she says.  “His death is a tragic loss.
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People.com:
Mary-Kate Calls Heath's Death ‘Tragic’  —  Ledger (left) and Mary-Kate Olsen  —  Mary-Kate Olsen spoke out Friday for the first time since Heath Ledger's death earlier this week.  —  “Heath was a friend.  His death is a tragic loss.  My thoughts are with his family during this very difficult time …
Discussion: poponthepop.com and Wendy Wayrad
Megan Lynn / PageSix.com:
Police Question Mary-Kate Olsen  —  The masseuse who discovered Heath Ledger's body at his SoHo home on Tuesday called Mary-Kate Olsen four times that afternoon — three before she ever dialed 911.  Now MK, who was reportedly dating Heath, is being interviewed by police.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
WATCH: Britney Spears' Bizarre Death Message to Heath Ledger  —  When asked by photographers Thursday how she felt about actor Heath Ledger's death, Britney Spears replied in her British accent, “He's still here.  Oh, yes.  No one ever really dies.  No one.”
Peter G / Us Weekly:
Who Was Heath Ledger's Masseuse?
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Anderson Cooper / ac360blog:
Anderson's View: Heath Ledger coverage
Harvey Levin / TMZ.com:
Mary-Kate Story Bogus
Discussion: F-Listed and New York Magazine
CNN:
Teenager arrested in suicide hijacking plot  —  (CNN) — Authorities have charged a teenage boy who said he planned to hijack a commercial jetliner in an attempt to commit suicide, an FBI spokesman told CNN late Thursday.  —  The 16-year-old was taken into custody by airport police without incident …
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WTVF-TV:
Hijacking Suspect Wanted To Crash Into Concert  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police arrested and charged a teenager Tuesday night at Nashville International Airport.  —  Investigators said he planned to hijack a commercial airliner.  —  The 16-year-old boarded a plane in California bound for Nashville.
Cele|bitchy:
Suri Cruise could be Katie's ex Chris Klein's baby, according to Enquirer  —  There's a lot of circumstantial evidence that suggests that Suri Cruise might not have been born on April 18, 2006 as claimed.  First, her birth certificate wasn't signed by anyone who actually saw Katie or Suri …
Discussion: Geno's World
The Huffington Post:
George Clooney: I Have To Move Because Of Britney Spears  —  George Clooney recently found out he lives a few houses away from Britney Spears.  It was probably the night she was taken to the hospital after the custody stand-off, and now he jokes he has to move.
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
George Clooney on Being Britney Spears' Neighbor: “I Have to Move”
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip
Star:
STAR EXCLUSIVE: ANGELINA PREGNANT WITH TWINS  —  Angelina Jolie is pregnant again —and she is expecting lover Brad Pitt's twins, Star has confirmed.  —  Angie only discovered that she is eating for three over the past week, a source very close to the Lara Croft star reveals.
Simon Cable / Daily Mail:
Madonna splashes £6m on the house next door ... to turn it into a gym  —  Perhaps someone should tell Madonna that walking counts as exercise, too.  —  The singer - famous for her punishing daily workouts - has to stroll just 20 yards from her front door to her own personal gym.
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Michael K / Dlisted:   It's Only Money  —  Madonna bought the home next door …
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Brad Renfro Wanted to Marry His Son's Mother  —  Brad Renfro's friend and on-off girlfriend Samantha Pearson spoke to the actor just 12 hours before he was found dead.  —  “At 11:45 p.m., he was drunk.  The last thing I said to him was, 'Please be careful,'” she tells Us Weekly in the latest issue, on newsstands now.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
NY Daily News:
Heath's role in the hay miffed Mel  —  Mel Gibson has called Heath Ledger's death this week a “tragic loss."  But in recent years, Gibson had distanced himself from the risk-taking actor, it's been claimed.  —  Gibson turned cold toward Ledger after the Aussie star ignored his advice …
People.com:
Jaime Pressly: Marriage Can Wait  —  Jaime Pressly is in no rush to get to the altar with fiancé Eric Cubiche, with whom she has an 8-month-old son, Dezi James.  —  “We're so happy with the way everything is,” Pressly, 30, told PEOPLE at the Pepsi Stuff launch party at Element in Hollywood Thursday …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
TMZ.com:
Nic to Kathleen — I Could Peggy Sue You!  —  Nic Cage is pissed at Kathleen Turner.  —  In her upcoming book, Turner claims that Nicolas Cage was busted twice for DUI and once for stealing a dog.  She wrote, “He'd come across a Chihuahua he liked and stuck it in his jacket.”
Discussion: Dlisted and Celebrity Smack!
New York Post:
SLY SPOUTS OFF  —  SYLVESTER Stallone had an armed guard deliver an advance screener of the new “Rambo” to Howard Stern, who gave the flick five stars when Sly called in yesterday to see if he liked it.  [Kyle Smith's review: Page 37.]  The talk quickly turned to women …
TMZ.com:
Heath's Masseuse Made Four Calls to MK  —  The masseuse who found Heath Ledger's body actually made four calls to Mary-Kate Olsen when she discovered that Ledger wasn't breathing, say cops.  —  The AP reports that Diana Wolozin spent nine minutes ringing MK before she called 911.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo: “Won't Let This Garbage Get Under Their Skin”  —  Jessica Simpson's rep continues to blast OK! magazine for a false story claiming that the singer was dumped by Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.  —  “That rag completely fabricated and made up this story …
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
STAR PROJECTS UNDERWHELM SUNDANCE  —  Smaller films continue to generate buzz  —  While smaller projects and documentaries continued to generate buzz as Sundance started drawing to a close, star-driven vehicles like the Robert De Niro pic “What Just Happened?” and “The Great Buck Howard,” …
Discussion: Defamer
NY Daily News:
Surveillance: Chris Brown and Rihanna on date  —  Chris Brown was spotted on a date with Rihanna at Barneys after his performance Wednesday night at Newark's Prudential Center.  Brown has confessed his crush on the Caribbean diva in the past, telling Us Weekly that they flirted at the 2007 VMAs but …
Donna McConnell / Daily Mail:
Fast food fashion: Sex and the City's Sarah Jessica Parker's wears bizarre doughnut ‘wrap’  —  Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw's fascination with fashion has reached bizarre new heights, judging from the latest on-set pictures from the highly-anticipated new film which is currently being shot in New York.
salisburypost.com:
Judge scolds attorney over men's magazine  —  A Rowan County District Court judge held a local attorney in contempt Wednesday for reading a men's magazine during a court session, according to a contempt order filed in the Rowan County Clerk of Court's Office.
 
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