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9:10 AM ET, January 2, 2009

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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 …
Mark Gray / People.com:
Fergie: I'm Working Out Every Day for Wedding  —  Josh Duhamel and Fergie on Dec. 31 at LAVO  —  With her wedding only a few days away on Jan. 10, Fergie is busy tightening and toning her body to make herself look a little more Fergilicious in her wedding dress.
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
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
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
Associated Press:
Downtown Aspen Evacuated in Bomb Scare  —  ASPEN, Colo. — Authorities say they're looking for a former Aspen resident after a bomb scare effectively shut down this resort town on New Year's Eve, one of its busiest nights of the year.  —  Suspicious packages and threatening notes were found at two banks …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
E! Online:
Afternoon Fix: Khloe Kardashian Gets Her Own Baller  —  AP Photo/Dan Steinberg; John M. Heller/Getty Image  —  • There's something about a man in uniform the Kardashians can't seem to resist.  Khloe confirms she's seeing Minnesota Timberwolves guard Rashad McCants.
Arasto / Faded Youth Blog:
KATY PERRY CAPS OFF 2008 WITH A BASH  —  As much as we hate to admit it, 2008 has been Katy Perry's year.  —  She found international fame with her hit song I Kissed A Girl.  She made plans to launch a clothing line.  And she even managed to nap a Grammy nomination.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler and OH NO!!
Just Jared:
Gerard Butler: Happy New Year!  —  Gerard Butler kicks off the new year right, flashing photographers a great big smile as he walks barefoot into the Shore Club from the beach in Miami, Florida on Thursday (January 1).  —  The 39-year-old Scottish stud was seen fiddling with his Blackberry Pearl …
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: Backseat Cuddler and TV Squad
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
 
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Anna Marie de la Fuente / Variety:
NBC News launches its 24/7 streaming service NBC News Now in Latin America in two of its biggest markets, Mexico and Brazil

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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