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4:25 PM ET, February 12, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Like His Big Sister, Paris' Bro Gets a DUI!  —  TMZ has learned 18-year-old Barron Hilton, Paris' little brother, was arrested for DUI in Malibu at 8:30 AM this morning!  —  Cops tell TMZ he was driving a black Mercedes on Pacific Coast Highway with a passenger — not one of his sisters— when he was pulled over at a 76 gas station.
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Ewolff / PageSix.com:
Barron ‘Crashed Into Worker’  —  Barron Hilton allegedly struck a gas station attendant with his car early this morning as he careened into a 76 gas station off the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, PageSix.com can exclusively reveal.  —  The worker, Fernando Tellez, was not hurt …
TMZ.com:
Hey Gas Guy — Get Out of Barron's Way!!
Discussion: The Real Juice …
Sean Borg / PageSix.com:
Paris in Shock Over Brother's Arrest
Discussion: TMZ.com, Perez Hilton and omg!
Danielle Stein / Wmagazine.com:
Sister Act  —  SCARLETT JOHANSSON AND NATALIE PORTMAN—CAST AS RIVALROUS SIBLINGS IN THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL—HAVE SEEMINGLY NOTHING IN COMMON.  BUT AS IT TURNS OUT, THE UTTERLY UNINHIBITED BOMBSHELL AND THE SELF-POSSESSED PIXIE ARE MORE LIKE SISTERS THAN YOU'D THINK.
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Michael K / Dlisted:   I Like The Dog And That's About It  —  ScarJo and Natalie Portman …
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 …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Odd Couple  —  No!  No!  No!  Page Six claims Dita Von Teese …
Discussion: E! Online and F-Listed
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.
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Miley Cyrus: Jamie Lynn Spears Is “Really Excited” for Baby  —  Miley Cyrus is proud of how Jamie Lynn Spears is handling her controversial teen pregnancy.  —  “We've actually been talking,” the Hannah Montana star, 15, told Usmagazine.com at the Official Grammy Talent Gift Lounge in L.A. over the weekend.
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Associated Press:
Mag tells Miley Cyrus to buckle up
Discussion: OH NO!!, Celebridiot and Holy Candy
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Nic Cage Sues Kathleen Turner for Claiming He Stole a Chihuahua  —  On Friday, Nic Cage's attorney began libel proceedings against Kathleen Turner at London's High Court.  —  Cage, 44, is suing Turner, his former Peggy Sue Got Married co-star, 53, for writing in her new autobiography Send Yourself Roses …
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MSat / Cele|bitchy:
Nicolas Cage files libel suit against Kathleen Turner
Discussion: Celebrity Smack! and Blowing Smoke
Page Six:
Going Global?  —  IT looks like Britney Spears' family will do anything to get her away from her “friends” Sam Lutfi and Adnan Ghalib — including putting the pill-popping poptard on tour.  The buzz at the Grammys was that Spears' newfound focus on her dancing is preparation for a world tour.
Discussion: MollyGood
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Elizabeth Wolff / PageSix.com:
Larry Birkhead ‘Only a Sperm Donor’  —  On the one-year anniversary of Anna Nicole Smith's death, her longtime bodyguard — and the man who found her dead in her Florida hotel room that day — is coming forward to say that his former boss only ever considered Larry Birkhead a sperm donor.
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Access Hollywood:
Anna Nicole's Bodyguard Big Moe Takes Aim At Larry Birkhead
Discussion: MollyGood and Towleroad
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.
Dboyle / PageSix.com:
‘Six Cops took Barron Hilton Away’  —  Barron Hilton blew a 0.14 on his breath test for blood alcohol — that's almost double the adult limit of 0.08 in California.  —  An eyewitness tells us that Barron “was so drunk he couldn't speak” and that he failed all three field sobriety tests.
People.com:
Lenny Kravitz Hospitalized in Miami  —  Lenny Kravitz was rushed to Miami's Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday, a spokeswoman for the singer confirmed to Reuters.  —  The rocker, 43, had been stricken with a series of severe respiratory tract infections combined with the flu since mid-January.
Discussion: iVillage
TMZ.com:
Dad to Barron: We'll Talk  —  A rep for Rick Hilton just gave TMZ a statement about Barron's DUI arrest:  —  “I haven't been contacted yet by either my son or the police.  If what I have heard is true, it is very disturbing and I will have a lot to say — but it will be to my son, not the media.”
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Defamer
 
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Michael K / Dlisted:
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Discussion: OH NO!!
Erik Davis / Cinematical:
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Sports Illustrated:
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin considering Brooklyn adoption
Discussion: Dlisted and Gothamist
Hollywoodtuna:
Fergie Lingerie Pictures
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Michael K / Dlisted:
Wino's New Blake  —  Amy Wino has a new Blake in her life.
Cele|bitchy:
Paris Hilton is dating another woman named Paris (update: photos of other Paris)
New York Post:
AXL ROSE ACTS LIKE HOWARD HUGHES
Daily Mail:
Look out, Emma!  Harry Potter's girl makes a new friend …
Discussion: This Is London, Defamer and OH NO!!
Daily Mail:
Belly-dancing Catherine Zeta-Jones's mesmerising turn in new Houdini film
Daily Mail:
Baby Borat on board! Isla Fisher returns to work with daughter in tow
 

 
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Cablevision founder Charles Dolan, a cable TV industry pioneer who launched HBO and AMC Networks and whose family controls Madison Square Garden, dies at 98

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

The Guardian:
The commentary editor of Germany's Welt am Sonntag resigns after the Axel Springer group paper published a piece by Elon Musk in support of far-right AfD party

 
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