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6:50 PM ET, December 1, 2008

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Maureen Dowd / Vanity Fair:
What Tina Wants  —  Tina Fey has rules.  They've guided the 38-year-old writer-comedian through marriage, motherhood, and a career that went into hyperdrive this fall, when her Sarah Palin impression convulsed the nation, boosting the ratings of both Saturday Night Live and her own NBC show, 30 Rock.
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Lizzie Smith / Daily Mail:
Angelina Jolie shows off her flat stomach proving she's NOT pregnant … Repeated denials have failed to quash reports in the U.S. media that Angelina Jolie is three-months pregnant.  —  But rather than worry about the rumours the mother-of-six fell back on a tried and tested method to end them.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt: The Best Meal Angelina Jolie Has Cooked for Me Is Cereal  —  Don't expect Angelina Jolie to whip up a fancy dinner for her six kids and beau Brad Pitt.  —  In the new issue of chef Jamie Oliver's eponymous magazine, Pitt, 44, admits the best meal Jolie has ever cooked for him was “cereals,” according to the U.K. Guardian.
Michael / ecorazzi.com:
Brad Pitt On The Cover Of Architectural Digest For New Orleans' Green Homes
Associated Press:
Ivana Trump separates from fourth hubby Rubicondi  —  NEW YORK - Ivana Trump has issued a statement confirming reports of marital discord with Italian entrepreneur Rossano Rubicondi.  —  Trump, who married Rubicondi in April, says she filed a legal separation agreement three months ago.
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Agence France Presse:
Britney Spears is queen of Yahoo searches in 2008  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Britney Spears reigns supreme in online searches at Yahoo this year despite an historic US presidential election and a global financial crisis.  —  Yahoo users worldwide have made more online queries …
Discussion: Lifeline Live
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Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Simon Cowell: Britney Spears Is in Awe of Me
Emmet Sullivan / People.com:
Simon Cowell Says Britney Spears Is ‘In Awe’ of Him
Discussion: Gone Hollywood and iVillage
Perez Hilton:
Balfour Officially Charged In Hudson Family Murders!!!  —  Finally!  —  Hopefully this will help bring closure to Jennifer Hudson and her family!  —  Chicago police said Monday that they have arrested William Balfour for the murders of the Oscar winner's mother, brother and little nephew.
Discussion: Access Hollywood
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Don Babwin / Associated Press:
Estranged relative arrested in Hudson killings  —  CHICAGO - Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson on Monday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation.
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Marg Helgenberger & Husband Separate After 19 Years  —  CSI star Marg Helgenberger has separated from her husband of nearly 20 years, actor Alan Rosenberg.  —  “After 19 years of marriage, Marg and Alan have decided to take some time apart,” the actress's rep said Monday.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Pop Tarts: Was Gordon Ramsay's Alleged Affair Just a PR Stunt?  —  LOS ANGELES — It has been quite a rough week for top British chef Gordon Ramsay after author Sarah Symonds went public with claims she has been having a ten-year affair with the married “Hell's Kitchen” star.
New York Post:
SEAN MILKS IT  —  JAMES Franco says Sean Penn pushed the gay sex scenes in “Milk” further than he expected.  “In the original script I read, there was only one real kissing scene,” Franco tells next month's Elle.  “A month after [director] Gus [Van Sant] asked me to do it, they sent me another script …
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: ER Star Parminder Nagra Pregnant With First Child  —  ER star Parminder Nagra and her photographer beau, James Stenson, are expecting their first child this summer, the actress confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  “We are thrilled and overjoyed at the prospect of becoming first time parents,” Nagra tells Us.
Michael K / Dlisted:
This S**t Is Impossible  —  If Mary-Kate Olsen is f**king pregnant, then I better go to the vet, because I might have immaculately conceived a litter of Spaghetti Cat's kittens.  If that evil troll can get knocked up, anybody can.  —  Some obvious jokester told the National Enquirer …
Haven Thompson / Editors' Blog:
ED WESTWICK & JESSICA SZOHR: FURTHER INTRIGUE AT DFW  —  This just in: Another one of W's spies also happened to be stuck in the Dallas airport yesterday with the Gossip Girl threesome (see our previous item here).  And he swears to us that after the pals finished up at Chilis Too …
Discussion: Just Jared and Gossip Girl Insider
Starpulse:
Kate Hudson: ‘I Stalked A Man’  —  Kate Hudson once stalked a man she was desperate to date, and even recruited her friends to help her track the unwitting suitor down.  —  The single star confesses she was so obsessed with an unnamed bachelor, she tried to manipulate meetings in the hope he would ask her out.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Housewives of O.C.'s New Kid Talks Feuds  —  Let the catfights begin!  —  Gretchen Rossi, the newest member of the Real Housewives of Orange County, has no problem saying how she really feels about veteran housewife Vicki Gunvalson.  —  “I think sometimes Vicki is in her own little world …
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus Would “Love to Work With” Topless Photographer Again  —  Miley Cyrus doesn't regret her controversial, semi-topless Vanity Fair spread shot by Annie Leibovitz earlier this year.  In fact, she says the pictures inspired her to want to be a photographer.
TMZ.com:
McConaughey Goes Bongos Again  —  No cops were called when Matthew McConaughey banged on a drum in Rio this weekend.  —  Granted, this time there were no drug charges that were eventually dropped and he wasn't hanging out naked with Cole Hauser in the middle of the night.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
Michael K / Dlisted:
The Feeling Is Mutual  —  DOUCHE ALERT!  Put your dirty 'ginas in the air for a free wash!  Dax] Dix Shepard was at Disneyland with his way more famous girlfriend Kristen Bell when he spotted a pap taking pictures of them while they were on “It's A Small World.”  Dax immediately gave the pap the douchebag salute!
Daily Mail:
While mummy's away, daddy David Beckham is left holding the babies (and they're running riot!) … With Posh out of the country and soft touch David in charge, the mischievous Beckham boys couldn't resist running amuck at a basketball game in Los Angeles yesterday.
 
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Simon Perry / People.com:
Divorce Drama for Amy Winehouse?
Discussion: Us Weekly and poponthepop.com
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Spotlight On Reality Stars Who Want To Be Legitimate Actors...But Fail
Kati Cornell / New York Post:
BLOND JUSTICE  —  MODEL ‘ATTACKS’ MISTRESS AT HUBBY'S TRIAL
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