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2:45 PM ET, November 18, 2008

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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Jessica Simpson: Ashlee May Induce Labor  —  Jessica Simpson (left) and Ashlee Wentz  —  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is so eager to finally give birth that she may induce labor, her sister Jessica Simpson says.  —  “They're going to have to.  It's already developing really quick,” …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Jessica Simpson: Ashlee Is “Trying Everything” to Bring on Labor  —  Jessica Simpson says her pregnant sister Ashlee, who is due any day, is trying to everything to make that baby come out.  —  “Different foot massages and stuff,” Jessica said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (airing Wednesday).
Hollywoodtuna:   Jessica Simpson's Lips Just Got Juicier
Michael K / Dlisted:   Emo Baby Does Not Want To Come Out
Daily Mail:
‘I feel like a prisoner,’ reveals a tearful Britney Spears as she admits she's lost her passion for life … Britney Spears has compared her new life to a jail sentence in an astonishingly candid interview.  —  The singer, who's father Jamie Spears remains the permanent conservator of her affairs …
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Monique Jessen / People.com:
Britney Spears Calls Her Life Worse Than a Jail Sentence  —  Spears in the documentary  —  Britney Spears says that since her breakdown, her life has been worse than a jail sentence - but that she's slowly healing one day at a time.  —  “I have really good days, and then I have bad days …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Mollygood
Larry Carroll / MTV:
‘Twilight’ Premiere: Robert Pattinson Loses His Hearing, Taylor Lautner Gets An Indecent Proposal  —  ‘I left my brain at the door,’ Pattinson says of shrieking fans surrounding the red carpet.  —  WESTWOOD, California — The nightclub-and-movie-theater- packed neighborhood nestled between Brentwood …
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Robert Pattinson Goes “Completely Deaf” at Twilight Premiere  —  Hundreds of shrieking fans turned out Monday for the Los Angeles premiere of Twilight.  —  Robert Pattinson, who plays sexy vampire Edward, told Usmagazine.com he was used to all the hoopla by now, “but this week it feels like it's grown so much bigger.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Twilight's World Premiere Rocks Los Angeles
Discussion: CelebWarship
Daily Mail:
‘I may quit acting to have more children,’ says Nicole Kidman as she dazzles Down Under at Australia premiere … Nicole Kidman was back on familiar territory today for her hometown premiere of the highly anticipated epic, Australia.  —  The Oscar-winning actress looked a vision in white …
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Annette Dasey / People.com:
Nicole Kidman Ponders Focusing on Family
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Bitten and Bound and Jezebel
Belinda Goldsmith / Reuters:
Nicole Kidman says she's unsure about future acting
Discussion: Socialite Life
Reagan Alexander / People.com:
John & Jen's Date-Night Rendezvous  —  Sunset Towers Hotel was the place for star gazing Monday night, when Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer dropped by for a late-night meal.  —  “They were positively glowing in the candlelight,” an onlooker said of the couple, who took a corner table in the dimly lit, Hollywood landmark.
Cele|bitchy:
Cruise on 2nd anniversary: met at audition, ‘We proved them wrong’  —  Hello!  Magazine has a retrospective on Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' two year marriage, including quotes from insiders on how they make it all work.  Some of Hello!'s sources are named, and seem to have dependable …
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Michael K / Dlisted:   Tommy Girl & Stepford Katie Have Been “Married” For 2 Years
New York Post:
OLD PAL CAPTURES MADONNA'S $10M FACE  —  MADONNA is being paid handsomely to be the new face of Louis Vuitton's 2009 marketing campaign.  The pop queen, who's getting divorced from Guy Ritchie over issues ranging from sex to kabbalah water, is raking in $10 million for her modeling gig, sources told Page Six.
Lizzie Smith / Daily Mail:
Angelina Jolie breaks down paying tribute to late mother who inspired her to play latest role … Angelina Jolie broke down in tears at a London press conference yesterday as she paid tribute to her late mother.  —  The Oscar-winning actress grew teary-eyed as she recalled how difficult …
Discussion: Yeeeah! and Celebrity Smack!
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Cody Linley dancing into the doghouse  —  ‘Hannah’ actor ‘always whining’ on set of ‘Dancing With the Stars’  —  There are conflicting reports from inside the “Dancing With the Stars” camp about Cody Linley, but two sources do agree on one thing: The youngest-ever competitor on the show …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Socialite Life
Perez Hilton:
Michael Jackson is “Sick” - or So He'd Like Us To Believe  —  Wacko Jacko is trying to use a sick note to get out of testifying in London in a suit brought against him by Arab sheikh Al Khalifa.  —  The prince is claiming that Jacko owes him 7 million buckaroos for a contract that the Prince of Pop never carried through with.
Discussion: Reuters and Sandra Rose
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Raphael G. Satter / Associated Press:   Lawyer: Michael Jackson may be too sick to travel
Wendy L. Wilson / Essence.com:
Kim Zolciak: Keeping It ‘Real’  —  Check out interviews and photos of the other Atlanta housewives »  —  View Kim's personal photos with her family and friends »  —  Kim Zolciak started “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” with a great friend, a doting fiancé and a budding singing career.
FemaleFirst:
Chris Martin to retire  —  Chris Martin is planning to retire next year.  —  The Coldplay frontman doesn't want to become an ageing rock star and is keen to quit music before he feels too old.  —  He said: “I'm 31 now and I don't think bands should keep going past 33.
Discussion: Gabby Babble
 
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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Beyonce: I “Still Can't Believe” Justin Timberlake Wore Heels!
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
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Starpulse:
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New York Post:
RESTLESS ANNA  —  IS the empress of fashion ready to move on?
Discussion: Gawker and Scandalist
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Heidi Klum's ‘Honeymoon Is Definitely Not Over’
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
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NY Daily News:
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Barber: Obama Not Bothered by Gray Hair
Discussion: TMZ.com and Cele|bitchy
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
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Discussion: Seriously? OMG!