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9:45 AM ET, February 6, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Restraining Order Claims Sam Drugged Brit  —  TMZ has obtained a copy of the restraining order issued last Friday in the Britney Spears saga.  We've reported on the order but we just got a hard copy.  The documents allege Lutfi drugged Britney.  —  The order requires Lutfi to stay 250 yards away …
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Click Here to Read Lynne Spears' Entire Declaration  —  The following is the entirely of Lynne Spears' Declaration as part of the restraining order against Sam Lutfi, released today.  —  I, Lynne Spears, declare:  —  I am the mother of Britney Spears ("Britney")., who is the subject of this action.
Dee Rober / Derober.com:
The Derobers go to Britney Spears' House  —  When Britney's away, the Derobers will play.  The Derobers, famous for the Trump Tip Hoax, have struck again.  Each day, 30,000 people type the phrase “Where does Britney Spears live?” into Google.  And there is no answer to be found.
Michael Fleeman / People.com:
Britney Pleads With Father: 'Let's Get Out of Here'  —  Britney Spears's father has recounted a heartbreaking meeting with his confused daughter as she struggled to cope in a psychiatric hospital.  —  “Come on, daddy, let's get out of here.  Take my hand and let's walk out of here together,” Britney said, according to Jamie Spears.
Discussion: iVillage
TMZ.com:
Jamie Says Brit Believes Sam Stole Her Stuff  —  In Jamie's declaration, he said, “Britney then told me that there was some property of hers that Sam Lutfi had wrongfully taken.  She asked me to help get it back.  I told her that I would.”  —  Remember, a police report was filed claiming a theft at Brit's house.
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Lynne: Sam “Drugged,” Controlled Britney
OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Eric Dane's Fight Against Cancer  —  For actor Eric Dane, the first sign that something was wrong came right after the new year, when the Grey's Anatomy star glanced in the mirror and saw what looked like chapped lips but clearly wasn't.  —  “I went to my dermatologist,” …
Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Michelle Williams Arrives in Heath's Hometown  —  Michelle Williams and her two-year-old daughter arrived in Perth, Australia, Wednesday afternoon local time for Heath Ledger's funeral.  —  Williams, wearing a black dress and black sunglasses, held the striped-dress-clad Matilda in her arms …
People.com:
Confirmed: Jennifer Lopez Expecting Twins  —  The rumors are true, confirmed by no less a source than her father: Jennifer Lopez is expecting twins.  —  And it isn't even a Lopez family first.  —  “Yes, twins,” her dad David Lopez said in an interview on the Spanish-language show Escándalo TV …
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peopleenespanol.com:
It's Official: JLo Is Having Twins!  —  The mom-to-be's father said on Escándalo TV (Telefutura) that he has two grandkids on the way  —  Break out the matching onesies!  Jennifer López will have not one, but two babies!  The singer's father, David López, has announced that his daughter is having twins.
Michael K / Dlisted:
Sexy Time!  —  John Mayer stripped down and got into Borat's infamous neon thong onesie to take a jog around the Mayercrafter Carrier (The John Mayer Cruise) this past weekend.  John really should have gotten a boyzillian before going out in public like that.  I'd definitely hit it, but I'd have to take a trimmer down there first.
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Erin Horgan / that's blogtastic:
pardon my language (part deux)
Discussion: POPSUGAR and Crabbie's Hollywood
Rolling Stone:
Video: John Mayer Frolics on Maiden Voyage of “Mayercraft Carrier”
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Vanity Fair Cancels Its Oscar Party  —  The star-studded bash is the latest victim of the writers' strike  —  The annual Vanity Fair Oscar party is the latest casualty of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike.  The magazine has decided to cancel its annual bash on Academy Awards night.
Discussion: Defamer, CelebWarship and iVillage
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Vanity Fair Cancels Its Oscars Party
Discussion: Jossip and That Other Blog
X17 Online:
Vanity Fair Oscar Party Cancelled!
Discussion: omg!
Beth Hilton / Digital Spy:
Kate Hudson to star in artist biopic  —  Kate Hudson is to take the lead role in Big Eyes, a biopic of 1960s artist Margaret Keane.  —  Keane was famous for her drawings of children with large eyes, which were sold under the name of then-husband Walter.  During their divorce proceedings …
Discussion: Feed Me Gossip
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Michael Fleming / Variety:
Kate Hudson to star in ‘Big Eyes’  —  Actress to play painter Margaret Keane in film  —  Kate Hudson is set to star in “Big Eyes,” the independently financed film about painter Margaret Keane.  —  Pic marks the feature directing debut of Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski; the duo also penned the script (Daily Variety, Oct. 15).
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse looks re-fab as she visits husband Blake in prison  —  Amy Winehouse left rehab today to visit her jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil.  —  The star looked healthier than ever as she emerged from the facility this morning in a figure-hugging pencil skirt and black shirt on her way to Pentonville Prison.
Rolling Stone:
The Tragedy of Britney Spears  —  She was a pop princess.  Now she's in and out of hospitals, rehab and court.  How Britney lost it all.  —  Click here to track Britney Spears' career through a guide to all twenty-four of her videos, from “... Baby One More Time” to “Piece of Me,” …
New York Magazine:
Neil Patrick Harris Is Contemplating a Whole New Drug for ‘Harold & Kumar’  —  Harris and boyfriend David Burtka performed  —  together in Broadway Backwards.Photo: FilmMagic  —  The drug-addled, skirt-chasing Neil Patrick Harris from Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle wasn't the one out to play last night at Broadway Backwards III.
Discussion: WOW Report, Towleroad and Defamer
MovieWeb.com:
EXCLUSIVE: First Look at the Actual Crystal Skull from Indiana Jones 4!  —  Check out the cause of the latest Indiana Jones adventure!  —  A classic Harrison Ford Indy stance over a pile of shipping crates.  —  Check out a new photo from the set of the highly anticipated Steven Spielberg franchise feature.
ETonline:
LARRY BIRKHEAD AND DANNIELYNN VISIT ANNA NICOLE'S GRAVE  —  The pair travel to Nassau on the one-year anniversary of Anna Nicole's death.  —  LARRY BIRKHEAD and his daughter DANNIELYNN journeyed to the Bahamas this week to visit ANNA NICOLE SMITH's final resting place one year after the star's untimely death.
 
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