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9:45 AM ET, February 1, 2008

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TMZ.com:
“Grey's” Star Checked In to UCLA Psych Ward  —  TMZ has learned actor Justin Chambers, Dr. Alex Karev on “Grey's Anatomy,” checked himself in to the psych ward at UCLA Medical Center this week.  Yes, it's the same place ...  His rep confirmed to TMZ that Chambers checked in on Monday and checked out yesterday.
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Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Source: Kevin ‘Wants Britney to Get Better’  —  Britney Spears's children were safely with Kevin Federline when the pop singer was taken to the hospital Thursday morning for the second time for a psychological evaluation, a source tells PEOPLE.  —  Federline, 29, was not directly involved …
Richard Luscombe / Guardian:
Paparazzo quits in protest at Britney ‘hounding’  —  When paparazzi have a crisis of conscience over the wellbeing of their celebrity prey, events have clearly reached a serious level.  So it is with Britney Spears, the troubled pop star and America's favourite tabloid fodder …
Discussion: Gawker and MollyGood
TMZ.com:
Brit Could Be Involuntary Commitment Candidate  —  Sources at UCLA Medical Center tell TMZ Britney Spears has been classified as “G.D.” — Gravely Disabled.  That is a huge and dangerous deal.  That means the patient is unable to take care of basic needs, such as the acquisition of food, clothing or shelter.
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Lynne Spears Shocked Britney Had “Deteriorated to This Level”  —  Days before Britney Spears' “carefully orchestrated intervention,” her mother Lynne Spears “flew out” to L.A. Sunday and was shocked to see how badly the singer's mental condition had deteriorated, a source close to the singer tells Usmagazine.com.
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National Enquirer:
NATIONAL ENQUIRER EXCLUSIVE: METH BINGE LED TO BRITNEY HOSPITALIZATION  —  Britney Spears had been on a 24-hour meth binge before she was rushed to the hospital, The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.  —  Ironically, she was desperately trying to stay awake — because she was terrified …
TMZ.com:
Chaos Inside UCLA
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Star Jones's New Show Goes Off the Air  —  Star Jones's post-View television effort, The Star Jones Show, is going off the air by “mutual agreement” between her and TruTV, the network announced Thursday.  —  The live, 3 p.m. talk show, airing since September on the former Court TV …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and CelebWarship
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TMZ.com:
truTV Axes “Star Jones Show”  —  TMZ has learned that truTV (formerly known as Court TV) and Star Jones have “mutually agreed to cease production of the “Star Jones Show.  The network said Jones would still serve as a contributing legal expert for the network.  —  TMZ tried to contact Star, but she was not available for comment.
New York Post:
STAR FALLS IN COURT LAUNCH  —  STAR Jones is the first casualty of Court TV's re-launch as truTV.  Last night, the network canceled her daily talk show, with today's episode the last, and said in a statement: “Star will continue as a contributing legal expert to our weekday trial coverage.
Discussion: Stereohyped
Access Hollywood:
Courtney Love On Rehab, Buddhism & Britney  —  Images of Britney Spears strapped to a gurney in early 2008 shocked many, but she wasn't the first celebrity to have it happen to her.  In 2004, rocker Courtney Love was also photographed handcuffed to a gurney, about to be committed for her own erratic behavior.
Discussion: PageSix.com
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Stars Pressure TV Shows to Nix Ledger Drug Video  —  ET, ‘Insider’ Won't Air Video of Deceased Actor After Calls From Publicists, Celebrities  —  Apparently bowing to pressure from celebrities and Hollywood publicists, “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider” won't air a video …
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Daily Mail:
Fears grow for ‘dehydrated’ Amy Winehouse after she's put on a drip in hospital  —  Amy Winehouse is on a hospital drip after becoming dangerously dehydrated as she went “cold turkey” from drugs.  —  The singer, 24, who was recently shamed in a video that apparently showed her smoking crack cocaine …
People.com:
Julianna Margulies & Her Husband Welcome a Son  —  Former E.R. star Julianna Margulies and her lawyer husband Keith Lieberthal welcomed a baby boy, according to the couple's family.  —  “Obviously I'm utterly delighted to be a grandfather,” said Keith's father, Dr. Kenneth Lieberthal, when reached by PEOPLE.
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Perez Hilton:
What Is Going On Here????  —  WTF?  —  #3 - xstr8guy says - reply to this  —  God that is scary!  —  #4 - carrot says - reply to this  —  pete will die soon.  VERY SOON.  —  #5 - chloe says - reply to this  —  this is such an old picture, its from at least a year ago....the other fellow is a musician, Wolfman.
TMZ.com:
Jacko Hides Face, Kids Drop Masks  —  Michael Jackson (left) let two of his kids, Paris and Prince Michael, roam the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas without their usual masks — and they're damned cute!  —  Looks like the apple fell far from the tree.  Very, very far.  —  See Also  — KISS of the JACKO
New York Post:
VERGE OF TROUBLE  —  KIRSTEN Dunst's strange ways have tongues wagging that she's “on the verge of a breakdown.”  The starlet came late, left early, and “acted erratic” during a recent event at Sundance, according to insiders.  The source added that friends of the actress...
Discussion: Dlisted, Yeeeah! and Hot Momma Gossip
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Bachelor Reject DeAnna Pappas to Star in New Season of The Bachelorette  —  After getting dissed on the last season of The Bachelor, DeAnna Pappas will get another shot at finding love on TV.  —  Pappas, 26, a real estate agent from Newnan, Georgia, will headline the next season of ABC's The Bachelorette, airing this summer.
Lee Brown / Daily Mail:
Britney's Brummie boyfriend ‘has been hiding a secret first wife’  —  Britney Spears' boyfriend Adnan Ghalib has reportedly been hiding a secret first wife - a marriage even the bride's parents did not know about.  —  Birmingham paparazzo Adnan is being divorced by current wife Azlynn Berry …
 
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