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3:50 PM ET, December 19, 2008

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 Top News: 
Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Burglar hits Paris Hilton's home, takes $2 million in jewelry [updated]  —  An estimated $2 million worth of jewelry and other belongings was stolen from the home of Paris Hilton, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.  —  The incident occurred at 5 a.m. at Hilton's Hollywood Hills home on Clarendon Street.
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TMZ.com:
Paris Hilton Burglarized!  —  LAPD sources tell TMZ Paris Hilton's Beverly Hills home was broken into this morning.  —  According to cops, a man in a hooded sweatshirt forced entry into her front door and ransacked her bedroom.  Preliminary reports indicate $2 mil in jewelry and other belongings were taken.
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Paris Hilton Robbed of $2 Million in Jewelry
Los Angeles Times:
Burglars hit Paris Hilton's home, take $2 million in jewelry
Discussion: Scandalist and Yeeeah!
Ken Lee / People.com:
Jewel Heist at Paris Hilton's House
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People.com:
Fergie and Josh Set a Wedding Date!  —  Josh Duhamel and Fergie  —  Fergie and Josh Duhamel have made a special New Year's resolution: a Los Angeles-area wedding on Jan. 10, PEOPLE confirms.  —  The pop star, 33, and the actor, 36, got engaged a little more than a year ago …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Report: Fergie and Fiance Josh Duhamel to Marry Next Month
Karen J. Quan / People.com:
Katie Celebrates Her 30th Birthday Onstage - With a Sweet Surprise from Tom  —  Katie Holmes spent her 30th birthday performing in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons - but her big day did not go unnoticed.  As the curtain fell Thursday, the cast and crew presented …
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Daily Mail:
We're SO together... Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend John Mayer stroll arm-in-arm in rare public display of affection … Jennifer Aniston made it very clear that she and on/off beau John Mayer are very much together as the pair strolled arm-in-arm, in a rare public display of affection in New York last night.
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Mary Beth / INF Daily:
JOHN MAYER AND JEN ANISON CUDDLE UP IN NYC
Discussion: Splash News Online
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer Make Rare PDA in NYC
Discussion: Defamer
Zaz Hollander / Anchorage Daily News:
Levi Johnston's mother hit with drug charges  —  Arrested: her son was in the spotlight as father of bristol palin's baby.  —  zhollander@adn.com  —  WASILLA — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation.
Just Jared:
Diddy Lawyers Up For CSI:Miami  —  Diddy films his part playing defense attorney Derek Powell on Wednesday for an episode of CSI:Miami that will air in February 2009.  —  “I don't want to play no musician, I don't want to play a criminal, Diddy told People about his conversation with CBS execs. ”
Discussion: INF Daily and Best Week Ever
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Elaine Aradillas / People.com:   PHOTO: Sean Combs Plays A Lawyer On CSI: Miami
Alicia Dennis / People.com:
Duggar Family Welcomes 18th (!) Child  —  The Duggar Family, before the latest arrival  —  Give us another J!  —  Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tontitown, Ark., had their eighteenth child Thursday - Jordyn-Grace Makiya, who joins the rest of her J-named siblings.
Mr Holy Moly / Holy Moly!:
NO 'ARM IN IT ETC ETC  —  HM exclusive: Pete Doherty's arm explodes after drug session in studio!  —  It's been a while since the corpse in a pork pie hat, Pete Doherty, did something worthy of being in the news, but this week he's come up with a CRACKER.  —  Old Pete was in a recording studio …
Discussion: Dlisted, The Blemish and CandyKirby.com
Niyaz Pirani / Orange County Register:
Former pro wrestler dies in Costa Mesa rehab home  —  ‘Mad Dog’ Mike Bell, 37, was found dead at Ramona House on the east side of the city.  —  Recommend  —  NEWPORT BEACH - A former professional wrestler turned personal trainer, whose bout with substance abuse was documented in a recent film …
Discussion: Scandalist
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Inside Tara Reid's Decision to Enter Rehab  —  Tara Reid has long been known as a party girl.  But the American Pie actress, who entered rehab last week, is trying to change her life for the better.  —  The specific reason behind her decision to check into Promises Treatment Center had not been revealed …
Discussion: Crazy Days and Nights
Extra:
‘Billie Jean’ Claims to be Blanket's Mommy  —  “Extra” has obtained legal documents from a woman who claims to be the mother of Michael Jackson's son, Prince Michael Jackson II aka Blanket.  Billie Jean Jackson says in a suit filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday that she wants joint legal and physical custody of the child.
NME:
Britney Spears dating Good Charlotte man?  - Taboid Hell  —  Pop princess is hooking up with Paris Hilton's ex  —  Britney Spears reportedly has a new man in her life, and the lucky boy is Good Charlotte's Benji Madden.  —  The pair have apparently been dating since Madden split …
New York Post:
DC HOUSEHUNT  —  OPRAH Winfrey wants to be as close to Barack Obama as possible.  Insiders say Winfrey has started a preliminary search for a home in Washington, DC.  A nine-bedroom Georgetown mansion she's said to have asked about is listed at $50 million, but another source said, “She has never personally been to see it.”
 
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