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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.
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 …
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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.
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 …
Us Weekly:
Sam Lutfi: Britney Spears Suffers from “Mental Issues,” Is Seeking Treatment — In a phone call to Barbara Walters, Britney Spears' pal Sam Lutfi revealed that the pop singer “is starting some kind of treatment” for “mental issues,” the talk show host announced on The View Monday.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
Jarett Wieselman / PageSix.com:
Brangelina Twins: She's Drinking Water — Oh, Angelina Jolie, why do you tease us so? First you wear the world's most billowy dress to the Screen Actors Guild awards but refuse to comment on the rumors that you're pregnant with twins and then you spend all night bypassing booze, instead satiating your thirst with lime-infused water.
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Bjordan / SAG Awards Official Web Site:
Final 14th Annual SAG Awards Recipient Press Release — SCREEN ACTORS GUILD HONORS OUTSTANDING FILM AND TELEVISION PERFORMANCES AT THE 14th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® — Los Angeles, California - Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette …
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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.
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Perez Hilton:
Rumor of the Day — This is unsubstantiated at this point, but we are hearing that Jennifer Lopez may be giving birth to her twins at a hospital in Long Island, NY, today. — Stay tuned! — [Images via WENN.]
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 …
KHOP:
MARIAH TUESDAY — KHOP @ 95-1 breaks the hottest new music first! — We just heard from Mariah's team that KHOP can expect a copy of her new single Tuesday, long before other radio stations and iTunes will have it! — So be listening Tuesday for Mariah Carey's new single.
TMZ.com:
Miss Ross Booed in Jamaica, Mon — Oh, the diva has gone and done it this time! — Diana Ross pissed off a crowd of 40,000 at the 2008 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, where Miss Thing, 63, was booed and heckled by Jamaicans attending the festival in Montego Bay …
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Lauren Conrad on Stephen Colletti: “Just Friends” — Though they've been spotted making out and clubbing, Laguna Beach alumni Lauren Conrad insists she and her ex Stephen Colletti are not back on. — “We're just friends,” Conrad told Usmagazine.com at the Bank Nightclub …
Michael K / Dlisted:
The Boyzillian — David Beckham's Emporio Armani panty ads have reportedly been sending straight and gay dudes to salons asking for the “boyzillian." That's when they wax everything and I mean EVERYTHING. Including your f**king dignity. — One 44-year-old father recently had his back, crack and nutsack waxed because of the ads.
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.
