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12:40 PM ET, December 19, 2008

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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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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Katie Holmes Celebrates 30th Birthday on Stage — With Cake From Tom  —  Katie Holmes celebrated her 30th birthday Thursday on the Broadway stage — with a little help from the All My Sons audience and husband Tom Cruise.  —  Although Cruise was in Los Angeles at the Valkyrie premiere, he was still there in spirit.
Hellomagazine.com:
While the show goes on for Katie, thoughtful Tom has 30th surprise
Discussion: X17 Online
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
Access Hollywood:
Access Exclusive: Fergie & Josh Duhamel's Wedding Date Revealed!  —  Weddings,Fergie,Celebrities,Couples, TV,Music,Movies  —  Fergie will start the new year with a big change in her life - she's getting married.  —  A little more than a year after getting engaged, Fergie, 33, and Josh Duhamel …
Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Angie Harmon Gives Birth to Third Daughter  —  Angie Harmon and husband Jason Sehorn welcomed their third daughter Thursday, a rep for the actress tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  Emery Hope Sehorn is “a healthy baby girl,” according to the rep. The newest addition joins sisters Finley Faith, 5, and Avery Grace, 3.
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 …
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
David Copperfield Assistant Rushed to Hospital During Las Vegas Show  —  One of David Copperfield's magician's assistants was rushed to the hospital with a severe injury during the finale performance of his MGM Grand Las Vegas show Wednesday, an rep for Copperfield tells Usmagazine.com.
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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.”
Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Serial Starlet Dater Cisco Adler Busted for Bar Brawl  —  Cisco Adler's looks could only take him so far.  —  The unkempt Whitestarr frontman managed to find his way into the hearts of Hollywood hotties Mischa Barton, Kimberly Stewart and Paris Hilton, but now he's made it into the clink.
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Saggy Nuts Arrested!
Discussion: Celebslam.com and X17 Online
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 …
Elaine Aradillas / People.com:
PHOTO: Sean Combs Plays A Lawyer On CSI: Miami  —  His successes in music and fashion came quickly, but Sean “Diddy” Combs, who has vowed to aggressively pursue an acting career, is taking that challenge one role at a time.  —  In this photo exclusive to PEOPLE, Combs goes toe-to-toe …
Discussion: Just Jared
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.
Discussion: Dlisted, Evil Beet Gossip and Yeeeah!
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 and The Blemish
James Robinson / Guardian:
Cosmopolitan says sorry to Scarlett Johansson for disputed quotes  —  Cosmopolitan magazine has been forced to make an embarrassing apology to Scarlett Johansson after running a lengthy interview with the actor that included quotes she denies giving to the title.
Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
Chiklis is creating a drama about investor fraud  —  NEW YORK - Michael Chiklis didn't lose any money in the escalating Bernard Madoff scandal.  But he did fall victim to another Ponzi scheme early this year.  And now, sadder but wiser, he's developing a TV series fueled by his experience.
Discussion: TV Squad
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Kristin Chenoweth joins ‘Legally Mad’  —  Warner Bros. producing David E. Kelley drama  —  Kristin Chenoweth has been tapped to star in NBC's David E. Kelley legal drama.  —  In “Legally Mad,” Chenoweth is set to play Skippy Pylon, a cheerful and brilliant attorney who nonetheless exhibits flashes …
 
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Top 100 interview: ‘SNL’ star Kristen Wiig (No. 25)
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AceShowBiz.com:
Kanye West to Team Up With Rihanna, Tentatively
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Paulene Hinds / Reality TV Magazine:
Dancing With the Stars: Cheryl Burke Releases Workout DVD
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Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Jermaine Dupri: Girlfriend Janet Jackson Not Pregnant
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The Carmen Electra Nude for Playboy of the Day
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Daily Mail:
Hats off to them: Posh and Becks return home for Christmas …
Will Greenlee / TCPalm.com:
Police: Suspicious wife who demands to smell husband's genitals beaten
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Dlisted
 

 
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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