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4:00 PM ET, December 22, 2008

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NY Daily News:
Sam more dynamic as a duo with Linds  —  Samantha Ronson may want her relationship with Lindsay Lohan to work for more reasons than just love: Since dating the actress, the deejay's fee per gig has jumped from around $1,500 to as much as $25,000, netting Ronson close to $3 million over the last year.
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Suzanne Rozdeba / Life and Style:
LIFE & STYLE EXCLUSIVE: SAMANTHA RONSON'S BIG SCARE  —  Friends of celebrity DJ Sam Ronson tell Life & Style they received frantic phone calls last night that the DJ was suffering from exhaustion and stress.  “She was calling around.  She knew she had done something wrong,” the friend tells Life & Style.
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Samantha Ronson Hospitalized, Thanks Fans for Support  —  After a visit to a Los Angeles hospital Sunday afternoon, Samantha Ronson is thanking supporters on her MySpace blog.  —  “Thanks for all your messages,” Ronson, 31, wrote in a post on Sunday.  “I'm home and all good.
Extra:
Samantha Ronson is Exhausted!
Discussion: Jossip and OH NO!!
TMZ.com:
Lindsay Lohan and Sam - Downright Hospita-ble
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
‘Entourage’ Star Bashed For Being Diva  —  Actor Jeremy Piven apparently wasn't so popular with his Broadway cast mates in the revival of David Mamet's “Speed the Plow.”  —  After yesterday's matinee, the remaining actors — Raul Esparza and Elizabeth Moss — bashed Piven to their audience after their curtain call.
TMZ.com:
Picture This — Paris Burglar Caught on Tape  —  This could be the most exciting Paris Hilton video since ... well, you know.  —  We've learned the person who broke into Paris Hilton's house last week and allegedly made off with $2 mil in stuff was actually caught on tape by surveillance cams.
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
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Mary Beth / INF Daily:
EXCLUSIVE: PARIS HILTON SMILES WITH RYAN SEACREST AFTER ROBBERY
Discussion: Splash News Online
Perez Hilton:   Paris Speaks, Responds To Burglary
New York Post:
RECESSION FAN  —  MARY-Kate Olsen (above) has found the silver lining in the recession.  A Page Six spy, who recently shared an elevator at Barneys with the diminutive actress, reports Olsen was excited about all the discounted merchandise for the taking.  “It's really sad - the recession is everywhere.
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Michael K / Dlisted:   Mary-Kate Olsen Loves A Good Recession!
Maysa Rawi / Daily Mail:
Free and easy Amy Winehouse looks the picture of health as she piles on the pounds … Amy Winehouse appears to be winning her battle against drugs as she looked the picture of health during a winter break in the sun.  —  And the singer also seems to have gained a considerable amount of weight over the last month.
TMZ.com:
Barack Hard Abs  —  President-elect Barack Obama is still humble enough to do laundry — ON HIS ABS!  —  Check out B.O. in Hawaii this weekend.  Somehow, the folks over at Bauer Griffin got the pic, despite the 1,400 motorcycles blocking the view.  —  See Also  — Obama and Pickler — Total BFF's
Starpulse:
Pamela Anderson's Lumpy Boobs & Busted Face  —  Pam Anderson made an appearance at a car auction this weekend (seriously) and it was not pretty.  The former Baywatch-beauty's endless plastic surgeries don't seem to be holding up too well.  The smeared on make-up, giant lumpy boobs …
Discussion: Gone Hollywood and Hollywood Dame
Ken Baker / E! Online:
Jessica, Ashlee Simpson Celebrate Family Texmas  —  It's going to be a holly-jolly hoedown holiday for Jessica and Ashlee Simpson—and their significant others.  —  Sources tell E! News that Jessica and Dallas Cowboys QB boyfriend Tony Romo and Ashlee and hubby Pete Wentz plan to celebrate Christmas …
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Access Hollywood:
Jessica, Tony, Ashlee & Pete Planning Texas Christmas Celebration
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Jessica Simpson Having Fun Fattening Up Tony Romo  —  LOS ANGELES — Jessica Simpson is on the rise when it comes to her professional life as she continues to make movies, music, apparel and the recent launch of her second fragrance “Fancy.”  But ever since she hooked up with Dallas QB Tony Romo …
Made in Brazil:
Madonna And Jesus Party The Night Away  —  Madonna celebrated her last Sticky & Sweet Tour concert last night in São Paulo at a private party thrown by art director Giovanni Bianco at a club in Pinheiros.  She went to the party not only accessorized by her Chanel resort heels …
Discussion: Pink is the New Blog and Towleroad
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Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Courteney Cox: “Divorce is Not an Option”  —  Courteney Cox and David Arquette are committed to making their marriage work.  —  “I get shocked by people getting divorced all the time, that's why I choose to work on it.  Therapy helps us,” Cox told the UK's Mail on Sunday “It's so easy to grow apart; marriage takes work.
Discussion: poponthepop.com
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Elaine Lipworth / The Mail on Sunday:
She may have been luckier in love than her best Friend Jennifer …
Discussion: Just Jared and The Huffington Post
OK! Magazine:
Cam's Man Moves In!  —  She's a notorious man-eater who has made her aversion to matrimony clear ("There are a lot of ways to approach commitment and relationships — and marriage is just one of them," she said in May).  —  But Cameron Diaz, 36, is getting serious with her model beau, and Jennifer Aniston's ex, Paul Sculfor!
New York Post:
DIRECTOR STRESSES OUT CROWE  —  THE long professional relationship between Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott could come to a cataclysmic end if Crowe gets Scott fired from “Nottingham.”  —  Scott turned Crowe into a major star by casting him in “Gladiator” (2000), a role that won him the Best Actor Oscar.
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 …
Alessandro Poggi / Bloomberg:
Beckham Gets Muted Response From AC Milan Fans, Pledges to Help  —  A A A  —  Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — David Beckham, the world's highest- paid soccer player, got a muted response from the fans of Italian soccer club AC Milan when he was introduced to the crowd at the San Siro yesterday.
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CNN:
On-loan Beckham geared up for Italian job
Discussion: Socialite Life
Colleen Barry / Associated Press:
Beckham, wife enjoy a posh introduction in Milan
Discussion: Lifeline Live, POPSUGAR and popsugar
 
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Everybody Run!!!  —  Brit Brit is back behind the wheel of a working automobile!
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
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