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9:00 AM ET, December 22, 2008

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Colleen Barry / Associated Press:
Beckham, wife enjoy a posh introduction in Milan  —  MILAN, Italy (AP) — David Beckham insists this has everything to do with soccer and nothing to do with fashion and celebrity.  —  The 33-year-old midfielder also acknowledged on Saturday that playing for AC Milan on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy is a gamble.
Discussion: POPSUGAR, Lifeline Live and popsugar
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Victoria Beckham's Milan Frockathon  —  Victoria Beckham has made her mark on Milan by wearing three of her dVb dresses, within 15 hours at the weekend.  —  The former Spice Girl was helping her hubby David settle into AC Milan and clearly felt as though one frock wasn't enough to do him and his new teammates proud.
Discussion: Ayyyy!
Associated Press:
Report: Michael Jackson Suffering From Potentially Fatal Health Issues  —  LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson is reportedly in desperate need of an emergency transplant operation to save his life from a rare lung condition, according to the author of a new biography of the singer.
David Caplan / People.com:
Clay Aiken Reflects on a Year of Coming Out, Being a New Dad  —  It's been a year of major developments for Clay Aiken.  —  In late September the American Idol favorite acknowledged in a PEOPLE cover story that he's gay - an announcement that followed the Aug. 8 birth of his first child …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Does Guy Ritchie Have a New Girlfriend?  —  Just as their divorce settlement was making news, Madonna's ex-husband, Guy Ritchie, appeared to be celebrating his freedom and the holidays with someone new - millionaire heiress Jemima Khan.  —  The two attended a London dinner party together earlier …
Dan Wootton / News of the World:
Naked Amy-bition  —  IT is my pleasant duty to report that the normally skeleton-thin Amy Winehouse has finally found her figure.  —  The troubled singer revealed her curves when she slipped off her bikini top for a dip in Caribbean paradise St Lucia.  —  And unless I'm very much mistaken …
New York Post:
MADONNA IN A BRAZILIAN FLING  —  A-ROD might want to haul it down to Brazil and keep an eye on his new lady.  —  Madonna, who was blamed for coming between Alex Rodriguez and his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Cynthia, is having a grand old time in Brazil while on her Sticky & Sweet tour - and without her Yankee boy toy.
Daily Mail:
Gaunt, tired and run-down: Katie Holmes juggles the demands of motherhood and Broadway … In her youth she was famed for her fresh-faced look in the teen show Dawson's Creek.  —  However actress Katie Holmes could not have looked more different from her previous on-screen character when she was pictured in New York.
K.C. Baker / People.com:
Rihanna Ready to Rock Obama Inaugural Ball  —  Rihanna  —  Rihanna plans to rock the nation's capital on President-elect Barack Obama's Inauguration Night - and help feed millions at the same time.  —  The Grammy winner, 20, will perform for the Recording Industry Association …
Discussion: Extra and no one on the corner …
Allison Corneau / Us Weekly:
Jessica Alba, Cash Warren Celebrate Commitment at Weekend Reception  —  Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren's families came together for the first time on Friday to celebrate the couple at their Beverly Hills home.  —  Though they officially wed last summer, Friday's event served as a formal reception to …
Mark Gray / People.com:
Kendra Turns Conservative Since Engagement  —  Bridget Marquardt may have lived in the Playboy Mansion with Kendra Wilkinson, but she hardly recognizes her former housemate - and The Girls Next Door castmate - anymore.  And that's not a bad thing.  —  “She's doing amazing, she's so in love …
Lynn Hirschberg / New York Times:
A Higher Calling  —  WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN saw a local production of “all my sons” near his home in Rochester, and it was, for him, one of those rare, life-altering events where, at an impressionable age, you catch a glimpse of another reality, a world that you never imagined possible.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
 
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
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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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