Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:05 PM ET, January 1, 2009

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
Mary Margaret / People.com:
It's a New Year's Eve Wedding for Britney's Brother  —  Britney Spears made it a cozy New Year's Eve with her family - seeing big brother Bryan, 31, tie the knot in a private ceremony in New Orleans.  —  “It was beautiful,” a source tells PEOPLE about the elder Spears's wedding to Graciella Sanchez …
RELATED:
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Stars' 2009 New Year's Resolutions  —  Happy New Year!  Check out celebs' 2009 resolutions:  —  BRITNEY SPEARS:  —  “I would like to stop worrying so much because I worry all the time.  And to learn how to be happier, just in general.  And to stop biting my nails!”  —  EVA LONGORIA PARKER
Jenny / Celebrity Baby Scoop:
Jen & Violet Enjoy Some Mommy & Me Time  —  It was just a check-up!  Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck were seen entering Cedars-Sinai Medical Center yesterday and we couldn't help but wonder if Violet's little brother or sister was about to arrive.  However, later that same day …
Discussion: Hollywood Dame
RELATED:
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Jen ‘n’ Ben's Baby New Year?
Discussion: X17 Online
Ann Powers / Pop & Hiss:
Five things I learned from visiting with Prince: From album plans to thoughts on Prop.  8  —  Tuesday morning, I received the Golden Ticket of journalistic invitations: a summons to Prince's mansion, high atop Mulholland Drive, to hear the new music he'll be releasing sometime after the holidays.
Discussion: Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Barkley: All I Really Wanted Was Oral Sex  —  This may be the very best police report of 2008.  When Charles Barkley was busted in Arizona early this morning for DUI, he told cops he ran a stop sign because he was in a hurry to get some oral sex.  —  According to the officer who wrote the report …
RELATED:
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Sarah Palin: Bristol & Levi ‘Working Their Butts Off to Parent’  —  Sarah and Bristol Palin  —  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hasn't yet said anything publicly about her 4-day-old grandson, Tripp, but she does want people to know that Tripp's parents - her eldest daughter Bristol …
TMZ.com:
Paris' Sex Partner Accused of Brutality  —  Rick Salomon, Paris Hilton's sex tape partner, is being sued by a woman who claims he and his roommate are responsible for a brutal beating.  —  In a lawsuit filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Gertrude Harutunian claims Salomon hosted …
The Sun:
Madge won't like Sacha meshing around  —  Pals no more ... Sacha, as Ali G, starring in Madonna's video for Music  —  She hit 50, split from hubby GUY RITCHIE and put herself through the wringer with a punishing world tour schedule to promote latest album Hard Candy.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Socialite Life
Nellie Andreeva / Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Pitt set for Scorsese's HBO pilot  —  Actor to join Steve Buscemi in drama ‘Boardwalk Empire’  —  Michael Pitt is in final negotiations to star opposite Steve Buscemi in “Boardwalk Empire,” Martin Scorsese's drama pilot for HBO.  —  Written by Terrence Winter and to be directed by Scorsese …
Discussion: TV Squad
Richard White / The Sun:
Look kids ... Amy's pulled Santa  —  SINGER AMY WINEHOUSE has her own secret Santa — after hitting it off with a Caribbean Father Christmas.  —  The star has been nipping off for festive frolics with the mystery man on a sunshine break in St Lucia.  —  Guests revealed Rehab crooner Amy had become …
CNN:
1 million celebrate New Year in New York  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — Strong winds, frigid temperatures and blowing snow froze celebrators from around the world as they ushered in 2009 in New York's Times Square on Wednesday night.  —  The estimated 100 million viewers tuning into the televised event nationwide …
Discussion: Bitten and Bound and OH NO!!
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 5:05 PM ET, January 1, 2009.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
WeSmirch: site main
WeSmirch River: reverse chronological WeSmirch
WeSmirch Mobile: for phones
WeSmirch Leaderboard: WeSmirch's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
WeSmirch RSS feed
WeSmirch on X
 
 
 More News: 
Christine McConville / Boston Herald:
Dane Cook's business-manager brother accused of stealing
Discussion: dailystab.com
TMZ.com:
Shia's Hip Bone's Connected to the Finger Bone?!
Jennifer Godwin / E! Online:
30 Rock Video: Salma Hayek Is a Dirty Nurse!
Discussion: Just Jared
Michael K / Dlisted:
Yes, Diddy, That Really Is Joaquin Phoenix
Discussion: popbytes
 Earlier Picks: 
TMZ.com:
Wrong-Way Richie Hits the High Seas
Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Jeremy Piven texts women en masse to race to his hotel - 1st one there wins
 

 
From Mediagazer:

David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now