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11:00 AM ET, February 12, 2008

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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears Teaches Children at Dance Class  —  Britney Spears taught dance to children not much older than her own boys on Monday at Millennium Dance Complex in North Hollywood.  —  The pop star — who skipped the Grammys — kicked off the class by introducing herself to each five year old and shaking their hand, a source said.
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People.com:
Britney Spears Steps into Dance Class - As Teacher  —  Britney Spears has class - dance class, that is.  —  The 26-year-old singer - who's in the midst of a custody battle over her own kids, Preston, 2, and Jayden, 1 - logged some quality kiddie time Monday, teaching dance an hour-long dance lesson to a group of six children.
OK! Magazine:
Britney Teaches Kids to Kick Up Their Heels  —  For a group of L.A.-area kids with dreams of being a dancer, a lesson from a famous hoofer is a memorable experience — and when that dancer happens to be Britney Spears, it's sure to be a day they'll never forget!
New York Post:
LOVE & LUST AT THE GRAMMYS  —  FERGIE and her fiancé, Josh Duhamel, are moving up their wedding date because the “Glamorous” songbird is pregnant, according to gossips at Clive Davis' pre-Grammys bash at the Beverly Hilton.  —  “She picked up a wedding dress while she was in New York …
TMZ.com:
Brit's Manager Allegedly Uses Mercedes Ploy  —  New documents were filed in the Brit conservatorship hearing last Thursday — and now we know why the conservators want to give Brit's business manager the ax.  —  Lawyers for the conservators accused business manager Howard Grossman of ignoring their ground rules.
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People.com:
Natalie Cole: Amy's Wins Send a ‘Bad Message’  —  “I don't think she should have won,” the veteran Grammy winner says of Winehouse  —  Dr. Phil, move over.  There's a new advocate for tough love on the circuit: Natalie Cole.  —  The multiple Grammy winner - her first win, in 1975 …
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Daily Mail:
Baby Borat on board!  Isla Fisher returns to work with daughter in tow  —  After months away from work, Isla Fisher is back shooting a new romantic comedy, but this time she's juggling another role - motherhood.  —  The actress was spotted totting around her daughter Olive between takes …
People.com:
Michelle Williams Back in New York City  —  Days after taking a plunge in the ocean following Heath Ledger's wake in Australia, Michelle Williams is back in New York City.  —  The actress, who had been shooting the film Mammoth before her ex's untimely death, was spotted Monday in SoHo outside …
Discussion: poponthepop.com
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Michelle Williams Heads Back to Work
Mark Gray / People.com:
Joel: Baby Harlow Is 'Definitely a Mama's Girl'  —  Joel Madden is in love with his new baby daughter, Harlow, and she is in love with ... her mother - at least for now.  —  She's “definitely a mama's girl,” the rocker told PEOPLE before a gig as a deejay at Prive Las Vegas on Friday.
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TMZ.com:
LiLo Pal Pushing Her Off the Wagon?  —  Lindsay Lohan has ditched most of her bad habits from before rehab, but there's one she can't seem to shake — and it has family and friends saying no, no, no.  —  His name is Patrick Aufdenkamp, a friend/hanger-on of Lindsay's since well before she went to rehab, dating back three years.
Daily Mail:
Belly-dancing Catherine Zeta-Jones's mesmerising turn in new Houdini film  —  Catherine Zeta-Jones has cast her magic over a new film based on famous escape artist Harry Houdini.  —  The actress, who wears a bejewelled, belly-baring outfit in one scene, plays a psychic who has an affair …
New York Post:
AXL ROSE ACTS LIKE HOWARD HUGHES  —  AXL Rose has become a “virtual recluse” in his Malibu mansion for the past 15 years, according to a new tell-all on the former Guns N' Roses rocker.  “These days he is regarded by some as almost a Howard Hughes figure, the bearded, sun-baked...
Reuters:
Lenny Kravitz Hospitalized in Miami  —  Rock star Lenny Kravitz was admitted to a Miami hospital Monday suffering from severe bronchitis, a spokeswoman for the singer said.  —  The 43-year-old musician had been suffering from a series of severe respiratory tract infections in tandem …
Daily Mail:
What would Harry say?  Emma Watson makes a new friend...heartbreaker rocker Johnny Borrell  —  Harry Potter starlet Emma Watson stepped out with a racy new look at a star-studded party last night, but it was her choice of companion that raised eyebrows as she left with Razorlight rocker Johnny Borrell.
 
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