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5:00 PM ET, December 11, 2008

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 Top News: 
TMZ.com:
Macaulay's Sister Dies  —  We've learned Macaulay Culkin's sister died yesterday after being struck by a car.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us Dakota Culkin was walking on the west side of Los Angeles Tuesday when she stepped off a curb and was struck by a car.
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The Huffington Post:
Dakota Culkin, Macaulay's Sister, Dies (PHOTO)
Discussion: Jossip and Us Weekly
Ken Lee / People.com:
Macaulay Culkin's Sister Killed in Traffic Accident
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Rennie Dyball / People.com:
Usher Welcomes Baby No. 2  —  Usher and his wife, Tameka  —  It's a boy - again!  —  Sources confirm to PEOPLE that Usher and his wife Tameka have a new addition to the family: a baby boy born on Wednesday.  —  The new Raymond (whose name has not yet been released) joins older brother Usher Raymond V, who turned 1 on Nov. 26.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Rep: Usher Welcomes Second Son, Names Baby “Naviyd Ely”  —  Usher and wife Tameka have welcomed another boy, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively.  —  Naviyd Ely Raymond was born at 2:33 a.m. Wednesday and weighed 5 lbs, 13 oz.  Their first son, Usher Raymond V, turned 1 on Nov. 26.
Just Jared:   Naviyd Raymond: Usher's New Son!
NY Daily News:
Paltrow hoping to save marriage to Coldplay's Martin  —  Gwyneth Paltrow is desperately trying to save her troubled marriage.  —  Amid recent reports of their rocky romance, Paltrow and her husband, Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, are holed up in their London home “trying to make their marriage better …
ETonline:
EXCLUSIVE: KATE WALSH'S HUSBAND FILES FOR DIVORCE  —  ET breaks news that “Private Practice” star Kate Walsh's husband Alex Young has filed for divorce from the actress.  ET was first to obtain the divorce filing.  —  In divorce papers, Young cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Report: Kate Walsh's Husband Files for Divorce  —  The Private Practice star and Young, a film executive, tied the knot in September 2007 after just a few months of dating.  —  Walsh's former Grey's Anatomy co-stars, including Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley, T.R. Knight, Chandra Wilson …
Chris Johnson / Daily Mail:
Jennifer Aniston poses nude with just a necktie in her most provocative shoot ever … Posing provocatively in nothing but a striped necktie, Jennifer Aniston has appeared in her most sultry photoshoot to date to grace the front cover of American GQ magazine.
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People.com:
Jennifer Aniston Strips Down for GQ Cover
HFPA:
GOLDEN GLOBE(S)®;, HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION® and GOLDEN GLOBE® statuette design mark are the registered trademarks and service marks and the GOLDEN GLOBE® statuette the copyrighted property, of the  —  Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  Copyright © MM-MMVIII Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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New York Post:
NOT OUR BABY  —  ASHLEE Simpson and Pete Wentz are trying to drum up some cash by selling photos of their baby, Bronx Mowgli - but so far, no takers.  A celebrity weekly insider told Page Six, “Pete and Ashlee have approached every single celebrity magazine with offers to sell their first photos, but nobody wants them.
Donna McConnell / Daily Mail:
Is that dress REALLY supposed to look like that Lily or did you fall out of the Nobu broom cupboard? … Lily Allen may well appear to be scratching her head after she was seen leaving her favourite restaurant Nobu, in Central London last night.  —  But it was her unusual choice of dress …
Discussion: Socialite Life and Seriously? OMG!
Phil / Egotastic!:
Aubrey O'Day All Wet And On Her Knees  —  Well, if these aren't the most appropriate pictures of Aubrey O'Day I've ever seen, then I don't know what are.  It's Aubrey sopping wet, and on her knees in some behind-the-scenes pictures from her Complex magazine photoshoot (you know, the one where Aubrey O'Day was topless).
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
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Hollywoodtuna:   Aubrey O'Day, Where She Belongs
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Mark Ruffalo Drops Out of Movie  —  Mark Ruffalo dropped out of the dramatic feature film, Greenburg, and will be replaced by Ben Stiller.  —  It is unclear why Ruffalo — whose brother, Scott Ruffalo, passed away late Monday from a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head — backed out of the project.
Discussion: The Blemish
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People.com:
Mark Ruffalo Drops Out of Movie Role
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Scandalist
Britney Spears:
EXCLUSIVE: Britney's Christmas Message  —  Check out our EXCLUSIVE Christmas message from Britney.  How cute are Jayden and Sean Preston?  Adorable!  —  Jen, Britney's British Bitch
Hollywoodtuna:
Alyssa Milano Because I was Wrong  —  I'd like to make an apology to Alyssa Milano.  When she first came out with the idea of making a women's sports team clothing line I never thought it would work.  I even went so far as to make fun of it.  But 2 years later it's still going strong, and I'm man enough to admit I was wrong.
Karen Valby / EW.com:
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio: EW's Exclusive Reunion Q&A!  —  More than a decade ago, they stepped aboard “Titanic.”  They've finally reunited for “Revolutionary Road,” and this time it's a marriage that hits an iceberg.  A surprising talk with two true friends.  —  PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIGITTE LACOMBE
 
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Mel Gibson: Britney Is Doing “Great”
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
New York Post:
JUST ASKING  —  WHICH actress who plays a teen on a hit TV …
Discussion: Dlisted and Gawker
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Scarlett Johansson: Married Life Is a “Very Beautiful Time for Me”
Discussion: Perez Hilton and I'm Not Obsessed
Bruce Headlam / New York Times:
The Films Are for Him. Got That?
Just Jared:
Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler — FIRST PICS
Discussion: OH NO!! and The IESB
Robert Mendick / Daily Mail:
Revealed: Madonna and Guy STILL fighting over custody of their children
Discussion: X17 Online and L.A. Rag Mag
Kenneth Jones / Playbill.com:
CSC's Uncle Vanya Will Star Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal, Joining O'Hare
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Reuters:
Sci-fi fan Keanu Reeves jumped at alien role
Discussion: Digital Spy
Harriet Ryan / Los Angeles Times:
Samantha Ronson, the Web and suits to spare
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Socialite Life
Cele|bitchy:
Gayle King told Oprah she wasn't looking good after weight gain
Discussion: Media Outrage
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Kim Kardashian, sharing a dance …
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Tori Spelling Back in Talks With 90210
 

 
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