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TMZ.com:
Britney and Sam's Fight Night! — TMZ was there as Britney and constant companion Sam Lutfi got into what we're told was a huge, “really ugly” blowout. — Britney and Sam drove up to the gate of her house when she suddenly jumped out of the car crying — why we're not sure.
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BREAKING NEWS - BRITNEY BREAKDOWN — HOT LINKS : Britney Spears — So here's how it started ... Britney and Sam were inside the gates of Brit's community and Britney got out the car crying, just after 7 pm. Sam got out to try to console her and got angry with photographers who were taking pix and told them to get away.
Finalpixx Blog:
Statement from Adnan via FPX. — Adnan did not try to break into Britney's house. — Anyone who claims that to be the case has been severely misinformed. — The truth is that Sam Lutfi started an argument with Britney and the two ended up in a screaming fight.
Us Weekly:
Britney Spears In Tears, Parents Arrive At House — Britney's parents rushed to the singer's home on Monday evening after she had a huge bust up with her manager Sam Lutfi. — The evening's events began around 6pm when Britney was reduced to tears after an argument with Sam.
OK! Magazine:
Breaking News: Sam and Adnan's Battle Over Britney! — UPDATE: An eyewitness tells OK! that Sam Lutfi and Britney Spears got into a huge fight tonight outside the gates of The Summit around 5 p.m PT. Their argument was so bad that Britney jumped out of the Escalade she and Lutfi were in and walked off down Muholland Drive alone.
Jheger / PageSix.com:
Britney's Wild Night — It's turning out to be another one of those crazy nights for Britney Spears. Earlier this evening, the LAPD responded to the Summit, the gated community where Britney lives. According to Officer Lopez, photographers breached security and tried to get to Brit's house.
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TMZ.com:
Brit to Kids — Pick Up the Phone, Y'all — Britney Spears can reach out and touch her kids — by phone. — TMZ has obtained a minute order from the hearing last week. Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled “Petitioner is to have telephonic contact with the minor children in accordance with the parties' oral stipulation this date.”
Ken Lee / People.com:
Britney Spears Allowed Phone Contact with Kids — Britney Spears is allowed to speak with her children on the telephone but still may not see them, according to court documents released Monday. — “(Spears) is to have telephonic contact with the minor children,” Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled at last week's hearing.
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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.”
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.
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X17 Online:
If A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words... ...then how many words are these pix of Britney Spears pining away for her sons worth? Seriously - Britney's front-page encounter with her son may have gone down in a flash, but it's hard to deny the poignancy of the scene.
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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.
Just Jared:
Adrian Grenier's Perky Package — Adrian Grenier delivers quite the package while exercising and grooving to the beat of his iPod on Sunday in Los Angeles. — The Entourage cutie was seen jogging through his Los Feliz neighborhood in thin-fabric sweats. — Adrian's assets were accentuated almost …
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Rep: Jennifer Lopez Not In Labor — Online reports that Jennifer Lopez is in labor are “not true,” Marc Anthony's rep tells Usmagazine.com. — “It's not true,” the rep tells Us. “We have been getting the same phone calls since last week. Everybody figures it is happening around …
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Mary Margaret / People.com:
Michelle Williams Movie on Hold While She Copes — Michelle Williams at the airport in Sweden — Filming of Michelle Williams's next movie, Blue Valentine, has been put on hold while the actress copes with the death of Heath Ledger, a source tells PEOPLE.
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Vanda Carson / Sydney Morning Herald:
Stars' pet names join in sartorial union — Celebrity couple Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman once kept their pet names for each other secret. — Now they want the world to know that they call each other “Hank” and “Evie” - so they are using the names to make millions by selling clothing under the Hank Evie label.
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New York Post:
BANNED BY BABS — THERE'S a first time for everything, and for the first time in her career, Kathy Griffin was re-banned from a show. “I was supposed to be on ‘The View’ [today],” said Griffin, who performs her final sold-out stand-up show tonight at Madison Square Garden.
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 …
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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?