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Daily Mail:
Lourdes acting ambition takes her to New York drama school … Madonna's teenage daughter Lourdes has taken the first steps to becoming an actress. — After moving back to Manhattan with her mother after Madonna split from Guy Ritchie, 14-year-old Lourdes has enrolled at the New York drama school …
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RESCUE WORKER REVEALS DETAILS SURROUNDING JETT TRAVOLTA'S DEATH — Marcus Garvey, the crew chief of the EMT unit that responded to the Travolta's home in the Bahamas and transported Jett Travolta to the hospital, gives all the details surrounding the 16-year-old's tragic death.
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TMZ.com:
John Travolta's Son: Meds Ultimately Didn't Work — TMZ has learned more about the medical condition of John Travolta's son, Jett, and the medication that ultimately didn't work. — We're now told the grand mal seizures Jett suffered were “frequent and extremely serious.”
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TMZ.com:
Travoltas Speak on Jett's Passing — John Travolta and Kelly Preston have released this statement on the passing of their son Jett: — “We would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has sent their love and condolences. Jett was the most wonderful son …
TMZ.com:
Conflict Over Travolta Death — There's a conflict brewing between the Bahama PD and John Travolta's camp regarding the time line of Jett Travolta's death. (See update below) — People who are with Travolta are bristling at the suggestion Jett might have been left unattended for more than 10 hours …
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Monica Rizzo / People.com:
Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff Are Engaged! — Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff — Dancing stars Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff have gotten engaged, PEOPLE has confirmed. — Chmerkovskiy popped the question to his girlfriend of less than six months in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, according to a source.
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E! Online:
Dancing With the Stars' Karina & Maksim Engaged! — Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are looking to perfect their pas de deux. — The Dancing With the Stars pros took the whole ringing in the New Year literally, getting engaged just before the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, a source close to the couple confirms to E! News.
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Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Tara Reid Checks Out of Rehab — Less than a month after checking herself into the Promises Treatment Center, Tara Reid has left rehab, according to a source. — “She checked out on Saturday,” says the source. “She's doing well. The whole family is very positive about this being the new beginning for her.”
Daily Mail:
Wills and Harry go it alone … Princes William and Harry will take another step in their growing public roles by setting up their own offices, I can disclose. — ‘The Boys’: Princes William and Harry hope that setting up their own offices will allow them independence within the Royal Family
Just Jared:
Elijah Wood is Very Venice — Elijah Wood puffs away on his cigarette as he hangs out with a mystery male on Sunday (January 4) in Venice, Calif. — The 27-year-old Lord of The Rings actor was seen picking up a magazine from a newsstand earlier in the day. He later hopped into his Audi A4 with his friend.
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Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
‘Gossip Girl’ exclusive: Michelle Trachtenberg to return — Batten down the hatches, Upper East Siders — Hurricane Georgina is blowing back into town. — Sources confirm to me exclusively that Michelle Trachtenberg is reprising her role as Blake Lively's arch nemesis on Gossip Girl for multiple episodes.
News of the World:
Ex wife reveals Mini-Me was larger than life in bed — MINI-ME pocket rocket Verne Troyer proved size didn't matter the night he first bedded blonde Playboy model Genevieve Gallen. — Because the 2ft 8in tall Celeb Big Brother star took the beauty who would become his wife to HEIGHTS of passion she'd never dreamed of.
