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10:05 AM ET, January 9, 2009

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Eunice Oh / People.com:
Tom Cruise Speaks Out About Jett Travolta's Death  —  Tom Cruise, a family friend of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, is speaking out about the tragic death of their 16-year-old son Jett.  —  “I remember Jett when he was born,” Cruise, 46, says on The View, scheduled to air on Friday.
Sheila Marikar / ABCNEWS:
Cruise Calls Travolta Tragedy ‘Horrific,’ Defends Scientology
Discussion: Lifeline Live and MomLogic
Heath Ledger / The Huffington Post:
Lisa Bonet's New Baby: Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa  —  You know her as Lisa Bonet from “The Cosby Show,” and Lilakoi Moon (Bonet changed her name in 1995) has given birth to her third child: Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa.  —  Lilakoi, 41, has a daughter Zoe, 20 …
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Hellomagazine.com:
Brad and Ang in movie star mode as Critics kick off award season  —  While they're almost as well known these days for being the parents of six as they are for their screen careers, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were very much in movie star mode this week as they attended the latest Hollywood pre-Oscars award ceremony.
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Susan King / Los Angeles Times:
‘Slumdog’ is the Critics' Choice  —  Indie sleeper wins best film, best director, best writer, best composer and best young actor.  —  “ Slumdog Millionaire,” a drama set in Mumbai about a young Indian man on a game show, was the big winner Thursday evening at the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s 14th annual Critics Choice Awards.
TMZ.com:
Kevin Costner 911  —  TMZ has learned Kevin Costner was rushed to the hospital Tuesday.  —  It happened in Hollywood, at around 10 AM.  We're told Costner was driving to a meeting when he began feeling ill and lightheaded — so bad he pulled over and called 911.  As he waited for paramedics, we're told Costner began vomiting.
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Kevin Costner Briefly Hospitalized
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People.com:
Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Is Pregnant  —  Ugly Betty star Ana Ortiz is pregnant with her first child, PEOPLE has learned.  —  Ortiz, 37, and her husband Noah Lebenzon, the guitarist for the band Half Life, are expecting the baby at the end of July.  —  “They are thrilled and ecstatic,” says a friend of the New York City-based couple.
Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
Trump rounds up celebs for new ‘Apprentice’ season  —  NEW YORK - Early last October, NBC unveiled the 16-member cast of “Celebrity Apprentice” to reporters.  Everyone on hand at the locked-down news conference swore to keep the participants' identities a secret until NBC said “go.”
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Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Trump Enlists New Batch of Celebrity Apprentices
Discussion: TV Envy
Whitney Pastorek / EW.com:
‘Celebrity Apprentice 2’: Who will be fired...and why!
Guy Patrick / The Sun:
Ronaldo wrecks Ferrari in smash  —  Smash ... Ronaldo's wrecked Ferrari sportscar  —  The lucky Manchester Utd winger escaped without a scratch after the Italian sportscar was smashed to smithereens in a crash early today.  —  Witnesses said his car was a “mangled wreck” - and police say it is a write-off.
Debra Lewis-Boothman / People.com:
R. Kelly & Wife Finalize Divorce  —  R&B singer R. Kelly and his wife of 11 years, Andrea Lee Kelly, are officially divorced, according to a statement from their lawyers Thursday.  —  Kelly, 42, and Andrea, 35, will have joint custody of their three children.  No other details were revealed.
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Blind Riddle: Which Heroes Star Wants Out?  —  Looks like T.R. Knight may be setting a trend.  —  Sources close to Heroes tell me that one of the show's stars has asked to leave the show at the end of the current season, in part because of a lack of screen time.
Discussion: I'm Not Obsessed and OH NO!!
Britney Spears / Contactmusic.com:
BRITNEY SPEARS - JEWELLER DESIGNING $27,000 GEM FOR BRITNEY'S GRAMMY NIGHT  —  Jewellery designer DARA DUBINET has designed a $27,000 (GBP18,000) black Chinese agate rock ring for BRITNEY SPEARS to wear to the Grammy Awards in February (09).  —  Dubinet started work on the huge gem …
Phil / Egotastic!:
Mischa Barton Posted Bikini Pictures  —  Wow!  Mischa Barton is really scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to trying to get publicity.  We've already seen her posing for staged “paparazzi” bikini pictures, and now she's posting bikini pictures on her website, in a bid to get attention.
Discussion: Celebslam
Access Hollywood:
Sanjaya Returns!  —  American Idol,Music,Memoirs,Reality TV,Authors  —  One of “American Idol's” most memorable alums is coming back in a big way.  —  Sanjaya Malakar, who was known as much for his big hair & personality as for his mediocre voice on his unsuccessful “Idol” Season 6 campaign …
Discussion: Evil Beet Gossip and Perez Hilton
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Real Housewives Star Sheree Ready to Be ‘Single & Hot’  —  Sheree Whitfield, one of the stars of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, is flying high these days.  Whitfield — along with Nene Leakes, Lisa Wu-Hartwell, Deshawn Snow and Kim Zolciak — made the show Bravo's most successful Housewives franchise …
PARADE Magazine:
Liev Schreiber's On-Set Rivalry  —  Liev Schreiber and Daniel Craig co-star in Defiance as Jewish brothers who take refuge in the forest to escape the Nazis during WWII.  And Schreiber admits that he and Craig pushed each other's buttons during filming.  —  Schreiber also gets ready …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
New York Post:
‘CITY’ GUY HAS ARREST RECORD  —  THE $100 fine that insufferable Nevan Donahue had to pay for spitting on the subway on last week's episode of MTV's “The City” is the least of his legal worries.  According to the clerk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, Donahue, 28, has a warrant out for his arrest …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin: Media goes easy on Kennedy  —  Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) believes Caroline Kennedy is getting softer press treatment in her pursuit of the New York Senate seat than Palin did as the GOP vice presidential nominee because of Kennedy's social class.  —  “I've been interested …
Jesus Martinez / DrunkenStepfather:
Amy Winehouse is the New Nike Spokesperson of the Day  —  Word on the internet is that Amy Winehouse is the new spokesperson from Nike.  I guess they liked that she had an emaciated body of a Kenyan runner and the lung capacity of a 75 year old chain smoker.
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
 
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