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2:45 PM ET, July 18, 2008

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OK! Magazine:
OK!  Exclusive: Britney Ends Fight to Win Back Custody  —  In a shocking new development, OK! has learned exclusively that Britney Spears has ended her battle to win back custody of her children, Sean Preston and Jayden James, from ex-husband Kevin Federline.
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E! Online:
Britney Agrees to Sole Custody for K-Fed  —  Britney Spears has agreed to hand the parenting reins over to Kevin Federline.  —  K-Fed's longtime attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan exclusively tells E! News that the divorced duo have reached a settlement in their long-gestating custody case.
Ken Lee / People.com:
It's Over: Britney & Kevin Reach a Custody Settlement  —  Britney Spears and her ex Kevin Federline have reached a custody settlement in their epic, year-and-a-half court battle over their two sons.  —  According to the agreement, reportedly signed by all parties, Federline retains sole custody …
X17 Online:
OMG! - BRIT GIVES UP ON THE KIDS! GIVES KEVIN SOLE CUSTODY!!!
Discussion: TMZ.com
Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Salma Hayek's wedding isn't happening  —  Mexican-born actress Salma Hayek and French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault have called off their engagement, their representative confirms to USA TODAY.  —  “We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Actress Salma Hayek Calls Off Engagement to French Billionaire  —  Salma Hayek and French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault — the father of her daughter Valentina — have called off their engagement.  —  “We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled …
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Salma Staying Single: Hayek Engagement Called Off  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Ay, caramba.  Relations between Mexico and France apparently aren't as smooth as once thought.  —  A rep for Salma Hayek and her French billionaire baby daddy, François-Henri Pinault …
Molly Lopez / People.com:
Salma Hayek's Engagement Called Off
Discussion: OH NO!!
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Ex Co-Star Confirms: Jennifer Garner Is Pregnant!  —  Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck are expecting another baby, Garner's former Alias co-star Victor Garber confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  “Yes, she is,” Garber, who currently stars on ABC's Eli Stone, told Us when asked …
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Natalie Finn / E! Online:   Alias Dad Passes the Buck on Jen & Ben Pregnancy
Manohla Dargis / New York Times:
Showdown in Gotham Town  —  Dark as night and nearly as long, Christopher Nolan's new Batman movie feels like a beginning and something of an end.  Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, it goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind …
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TMZ.com:
Kardashian Khaos at the Kourthouse  —  The Kardashian gals turned Khloe's arrival at the Van Nuys courthouse into a full red carpet media event!  — The Ks all took turns talking to the press, until TMZ asked Kris Jenner one great question she refused to answer.
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omg!:
Khloe Kardashian Turns Herself Into Police for DUI  —  Khloe Kardashian turned herself into L.A. Sheriff's Department custody Friday for violating probation following a 2007 DUI arrest, the department confirmed to Usmagazine.com.  —  Khloe was dropped off at the Van Nuys Courthouse, according to the department.
Discussion: X17 Online
KGET-TV:
Parker goes from unsexy to sexy  —  Sarah Jessica Parker has been hailed this year's unexpected crush by a men's magazine bidding to make up with the actress after calling her the unsexiest woman alive.  —  The 43-year-old Sex and the City star was outraged last year when men's publication Maxim bestowed …
Discussion: Perez Hilton, Cele|bitchy and E! Online
Kate Ward / EW.com:
Let ‘Rock of Love’ ‘star’ Daisy de la Hoya ‘entertain’ you!  —  Look carefully at the following restaurant advertisement.  See anything out of place among the enticements for savory garlic shrimp, langostino linguini alfredo, and fire-roasted lobster?  Keep scrolling down, down, down...there you go!
Discussion: Dlisted
Cele|bitchy:
Mischa Barton regrets DUI because it associates her with Paris, Lindsay and Nicole  —  Mischa Barton is featured wearing an open sleeveless denim vest and a goofy felt hat on the upcoming cover of Nylon Magazine.  In the accompanying interview she talks candidly about the DUI she received on the day after Christmas last year.
Discussion: Crabbie's Hollywood
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3am:
Sienna Miller to move in with married lover Balthazar Getty  —  MILLER TO MOVE IN WITH LOVER  —  Her love life has been super messy in the past so you'd think Sienna Miller would take it slowly with her new bloke.  —  But no, she's about to move in with father-of-four Balthazar Getty - just a few weeks after dumping Rhys Ifans.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Access Hollywood:
Access Exclusive: Fergie Cast In Rob Marshall's ‘Nine’  —  In her first significant leading role on the big screen, Fergie (Stacy Ann Ferguson) of the Black Eyed Peas has been cast as one of the final puzzle pieces in Rob Marshall's ensemble musical, “Nine” for The Weinstein Company, Access Hollywood has learned exclusively.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 
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Dave McNary / Variety:
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From Mediagazer:

Oliver Darcy / Status:
New York Magazine says Olivia Nuzzi is on leave after admitting a personal relationship with a campaign figure; sources: the person is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Amazon joins the Motion Picture Association, after a long courtship; the lobbying group's other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and WBD

 
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