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11:20 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 …
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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NY Daily News:
Bit of a whine house at Grammys
Discussion: Idolator and Wendy Wayrad
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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BBC:
Sick Kravitz admitted to hospital  —  Rock star Lenny Kravitz has been admitted to a hospital in Miami with severe bronchitis, a spokeswoman for the singer has said.  —  The 43-year-old musician has been suffering from a series of respiratory infections and flu since last month.
Discussion: Dlisted and Lifeline Live
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Reuters:
Lenny Kravitz Hospitalized in Miami
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:
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
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 …
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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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...
Hellomagazine.com:
Royal lovebirds Joachim and Marie on ski break with his boys  —  With their wedding just three months away, Prince Joachim of Denmark and his French fiancée Marie Cavallier were clearly revelling in their love as they shared a romantic kiss in the snow on a skiing holiday in Switzerland recently.
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
TMZ.com:
Cat Lady to Paris: I'm Keeping Your Pussy!  —  Paris Hilton left her pussycat at the vet almost two weeks ago and still hasn't gone back to get her.  And now, the woman from whom Paris adopted the cat says Paris can't have the cat back — because she's abandoned it!
Discussion: Dlisted, MollyGood and CelebWarship
 
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