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4:05 PM ET, January 28, 2008

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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Pal Tells Barbara Walters Britney's in ‘Treatment’  —  Barbara Walters received a call from Britney Spears's manager and “very good friend” Sam Lutfi, the TV host told her cohorts on Monday's The View - reporting that Lutfi said the pop star was seeking help for what Walters termed “mental issues which are treatable.”
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Us Weekly:
Shar Jackson: Britney Spears' Kids “Don't Know Where She Is”  —  Sean Preston and Jayden James haven't seen their mom Britney Spears since a judge stripped her of visitation rights three weeks ago.  —  And, apparently, they haven't picked up on the fact that their mama is M.I.A.
Discussion: Celebrity Smack! and Jezebel
Daily Mail:
Britney in a boa... browsing in an LA sex shop  —  In recent times, Britney Spears' love life has attracted more attention than her singing career.  —  And judging from the these rather graphic pictures, the star has no intention of slowing things down.  —  The troubled singer …
Discussion: Right Celebrity
New York Post:
JEALOUS RAGES OF BRITNEY PAL  —  BRITNEY Spears' constant companion and “manager,” Sam Lufti, had three restraining orders taken out against him in California before hopping on the pop tart's crazy-train.  Danny Haines, one of the people who obtained a court order, says Lufti told him he should …
Nicholas White / People.com:
Alli Sims: Britney Spears ‘Will Be Fine’  —  As Britney Spears's confidants are being deposed in her child custody case, Alli Sims says Spears is maintaining a positive outlook.  —  “She does seem happy,” Sims told PEOPLE at Saturday's Hugo Boss/Glamour Studio Glam suite, of Spears, 26.
Us Weekly:
Sam Lutfi: Britney Spears Suffers from “Mental Issues,” Is Seeking Treatment
Discussion: Vh1 Blog
Alexis Chiu / People.com:
Brad & Angelina Get Romantic at the Screen Actors Guild Awards  —  They had everybody talking during their major red carpet entrance.  But Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie seemed unable to keep their eyes off each other at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.
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Julie Jordan / People.com:
The actress says her kitty's tail caught fire before the Screen Actors Guild Awards  —  Kate Beckinsale usually saves her drama for the big screen - but on Sunday she had her share of it at home.  —  “Our cat [Clive] caught fire on a candle,” the actress laughed on the red carpet at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Natalie Trombetta / Daily Mail:
Radiant Angelina Jolie fuels pregnancy rumours with a billowing red carpet gown
Discussion: The Superficial
Just Jared:
Brad & Angelina's SAG Smooch
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Angelina Jolie
New York Magazine:
The Happy Hickster  —  “Let's not fool ourselves,” he says with his eyebrows up in his arch, queeny way.  “The truth is?  There are people like Justin Timberlake, males who are cool on radio right now, and then there's me.  If I heard myself in a dance club?
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Ariel Levy / New York Magazine:
The Happy Hickster  —  Clay Aiken sounds like Tootsie, looks like Opie, and hates to go out after dark.  How will he ever survive New York?  —  Clay Aiken is communicating with a groomer about his plans for his famous red hair.  “We're just kind of experimenting—if we can get it where we don't have to cut it, wonderful.
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Ashton & Demi cutting ties with Kabbalah?  —  Plus: Britney buys for baby; celeb sightings; weekend box office surprise  —  With the recent brouhaha surrounding Scientology and its followers, Kaballah's golden couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have fallen off the radar.
MSNBC:
Jamie Lynn Spears endangers unborn baby  —  Plus: Kirsten's GyllenSpoon heartbreak; Justin's Britney excuse  —  A recent report that Jamie Lynn Spears lost her baby turned out to be untrue.  Britney's little sister “was not rushed to the hospital, nor did she suffer a miscarriage,” her rep told Life & Style.
Christopher Nolan / Newsweek:
Charisma as Natural as Gravity  —  Heath Ledger, 28, Actor … One night, as I'm standing on LaSalle Street in Chicago, trying to line up a shot for “The Dark Knight,” a production assistant skateboards into my line of sight.  Silently, I curse the moment that Heath first skated onto our set in full character makeup.
Washington Post:
Making a Splash With Some Serious Activism  —  We're going out on a limb with this one: Generation Y finally has its own Jane Fonda, and it is Hayden Panettiere.  —  Oh, without that messy Viet Cong baggage, of course.  But while other celeb-activists have gone uptown polite …
Discussion: The Superficial and PetSugar
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Susan Mandel / People.com:
Hayden Panettiere Speaks Out at D.C. Whale Rally
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Leah Remini's Crazy Scientology Email?  —  An email tipster forwards the following Scientology indoctrination message, purportedly from TV star Leah Remini.  It reads, “You may know me from ‘King of Queens,’ but what is more important is that I am now OT V and at one point I was a very stalled Clear,” and goes from there.
Daily Mail:
Nicole Richie sheds baby weight just two weeks after giving birth  —  Nicole Richie has shed all her extra weight - just two weeks after giving birth.  —  Dressed in a figure-hugging black dress, the star looked tired and washed-out as she joined new grandfather Lionel Richie at a birthday bash on Friday for his manager in L.A.
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Us Weekly:
New Mom Nicole Richie Shows Off Slim Post-Baby Bod
Discussion: iVillage
Ain't It Cool News:
Exclusive: Who will be DUKE in G.I. JOE?  AICN knows - and knowing is half the battle!  —  Hey folks, Harry here - I heard today that tomorrow afternoon a press release will be going out to the trades and various outlets that a certain young actor had been cast as DUKE - leader of our beloved G.I. JOE crew.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Jessica Alba on Seeing Baby Bump: “It's a Shock to the System”  —  Jessica Alba admitted on NBC's Today Show this morning that she's “never been the one to emphasize anything” about her looks.  —  Still, even she was taken back by how much her body changed since becoming pregnant.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Us Weekly:
New Kids on the Block Singer Slams Reunion Report  —  Sorry New Kids on the Block fans: Despite a Saturday People.com report, there won't be a reunion anytime soon.  —  “I wanted to address the rumors of the NKOTB Reunion Tour,” former boy-bander Danny Wood wrote on his MySpace blog this morning.
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Rick / Hollywoodtuna:
Alessandra Ambrosio's Bikini Pictures Make Me Consider A Career Change  —  Here's Alessandra Ambrosio doing a photo shoot in Miami, and as always, looking damn good in a bikini.  I used to think I had the best job in the world, but I may have finally found one better: the guy who gets paid to adjust Alessandra's bikini.
 
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