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12:30 PM ET, November 21, 2008

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Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
It's a Boy for Ashlee & Pete!  —  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and husband Pete Wentz welcomed a son Thursday night, PEOPLE confirms.  —  Bronx Mowgli Wentz weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and was 20 1/2 inches long.  —  “Ashlee, Pete and baby Bronx are all healthy and happy, and thank everyone for their well wishes!” a spokesperson tells PEOPLE.
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Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz Welcome Baby Boy!  —  Ashlee Simpson and husband Pete Wentz have welcomed their first child, a boy.  —  Bronx Mowgli Wentz - who weighed 7 lbs, 11 oz, and was 20.5 inches long - was born Thursday night, a spokesperson for the couple confirms to Usmagazine.com.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Angelina Jolie's Carefully Orchestrated Image  —  LOS ANGELES — When Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt negotiated with People and other celebrity magazines this summer for photos of their newborn twins and an interview, the stars were seeking more than the estimated $14 million they received from the deal.
Tom Bryant / Mirror.co.uk:
Madonna and Guy Ritchie granted ‘quickie divorce’  —  Pop star Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie's marriage of nearly eight years was officially declared over in just a few minutes today.  —  The pair were granted a “quickie divorce” at the clinical Principal Registry of the Family Division in High Holburn, London early this morning.
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Daily Mail:
Guy celebrates with his sons as he and Madonna are granted ‘quickie’ divorce … Guy Ritchie took his sons out for a celebratory meal last night ahead of his ‘quickie’ divorce today.  —  What began as a fairytale wedding nearly eight years ago came to an end at the clinical Principal Registry …
Discussion: Dlisted and Socialite Life
Associated Press:   Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Three ABC programs hear no pickup lines  —  ABC made a flurry of midseason programming announcements Thursday, including ordering more episodes of “Life on Mars” and deciding against picking up “Pushing Daisies,” “Dirty Sexy Money” and “Eli Stone” for a full season.
Discussion: /Film and Seriously? OMG!
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Sources: Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Canceled  —  ABC/Scott Garfield, ABC/Craig Sjodin, ABC/Scott Garfield  —  ABC has canceled Pushing Daisies, executive producer Bryan Fuller has confirmed to me exclusively.  —  “I just heard the news,” star Kristin Chenoweth tells us in an exclusive interview tonight.
People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Gives Thumbs Down to Facebook  —  While Jennifer Aniston admits to being technically challenged, she's still wise to when someone's secretly snapping her photo.  —  “My favorite move is when people pretend that they're on the phone,” Aniston, 39, says in next Sunday's …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Joey Bartolomeo / People.com:
Britney Spears: I Lost My Way, Myself  —  Britney Spears in the documentary  —  While advance quotes and video clips from the upcoming MTV documentary Britney: For the Record have been slowly leaking out, on Thursday PEOPLE had an official sneak preview of the revealing chronicle of three months in the life of Britney Spears.
Discussion: Dlisted
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
This Year, Oprah's “Favorite Things” Cost “Next to Nothing”  —  Oprah Winfrey's annual “Favorite Things” show (which airs Nov. 26) won't include her usual pricey gifts.  —  In light of the tight economy, the talk show host, 54, is instead giving away only affordable items.
Michael K / Dlisted:
His Royal Peen!  —  Prince William got caught by a pap giving a golden shower to a fence during one of his polo match and you can see his royal turtle smiling for the cameras.  Actually, I think it's frowning.  It wants some f**king privacy.  And you can tell Prince William is a royal, because he holds his peen all classy-like.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Brian C. Gibson / Film School Rejects:
Will Smith Says Oldboy Won't be Adaptation of Chan-wook Park's Film  —  I just came home from a red carpet premier of Will Smith's film Seven Pounds.  The star is on a tour of premiers promoting the film which is starting to create some major Oscar buzz for the already twice-nominated superstar.
Dotson Rader / PARADE Magazine:
I have great hope for love  —  'Do I need men?" actress reese Witherspoon asks. “  I don't think it's about needing men.  It's about love.  Sitting in a quiet corner of a Beverly Hills hotel lounge overlooking a garden, Reese wears a chic black dress, black open-toe pumps, and gold dangle earrings.
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Apple:
The Wrestler  —  Back in the late '80s, Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler.  Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey.
Associated Press:
Teen wins ‘Twilight’ car on ‘Tyra Banks Show’  —  NEW YORK - Sometimes it pays to have your heart broken.  —  An 18-year-old who was among some 3,000 teens turned away from an autograph session with “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson when the crowd at a San Francisco mall grew unruly …
Tim MacMahon / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas Cowboys' Romo gives break to homeless man  —  tmacmahon@dallasnews.com  —  IRVING - A homeless man who goes by Doc was cashing in change at a Cinemark Theatre in Dallas when a guy walked up and offered to pay his way into the movie.  He planned to spend his day passing out fliers …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip
New York Post:
THERAPY FOR LINDSAY & SAM  —  THE most talked-about twosome in Hollywood are talking with a couples counselor to resolve their escalating problems, an insider told Page Six.  —  Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson “are fighting like cats and dogs,” according to our source.
Emily Bryson York / AdAge:
Michael Phelps Signs Up As Subway Pitchman  —  Olympian Adds Country's Largest Fast Feeder to His Portfolio of Endorsements  —  CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Michael Phelps is racking up endorsements like they're gold medals.  The Olympian has inked a deal with Subway to represent the brand …
 
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