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12:15 PM ET, January 13, 2009

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Marisa Laudadio / People.com:
Howie Mandel Hospitalized for Irregular Heartbeat  —  TV host Howie Mandel was hospitalized Monday with an irregular heartbeat, but his condition was not believed to be serious, his rep tells PEOPLE.  —  “Doctors expect him to be released and back to work [Tuesday],” rep Lewis Kay says.
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TMZ.com:
Howie Mandel Rushed to Hospital  —  Sources tell TMZ Howie Mandel was rushed to a Toronto hospital Monday night after suffering severe chest pains.  —  Cops tell us they found Howie conscious and breathing at around 7 PM in the elevator of the Sheraton Hotel on Queen Street.
TMZ.com:
Howie's Doc — Something Sounds Wrong  —  TMZ now has details on the medical scare than landed Howie Mandel in the hospital last night.  —  Here's what we know.  Early in the day, Howie underwent a “cast physical” for his show “Howie Do It.”  After listening to Howie's heart, the doctor said, “I don't like something.”
PopEater:   ‘Deal’ Host Howie Mandel Hospitalized
Perez Hilton:
Howie Hospitalized!!!  —  Howie Mandel was rushed to the emergency room …
Access Hollywood:
'Law & Order: SVU's' Mariska Hargitay Suffers Collapsed Lung  —  Mariska Hargitay is suffering from a collapsed lung, according to a rep for the “Law & Order: SVU” star.  —  “Mariska Hargitay has been sidelined with a pneumothorax (a partially collapsed lung),” the rep told Access Hollywood exclusively.
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Fashion Week Daily:
HEARD  —  Globes scoop!  What went down when the cameras weren't rolling...  (NEW YORK) Blake Lively allegedly refuses to wear anything but a size zero, causing the Gossip Girl costume department to cut the tags from larger-sized samples.  Anyone else think her Nina Ricci gown looked a little snug? …
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Michael Ausiello / Entertainment Weekly's …:
'Grey's Anatomy' exclusive: Melissa George checks out  —  As I taught you long ago, the Golden Globes aren't so much a showcase for award-worthy talent and polarizing fashion as they are a hotbed for exclusive prattle.  To wit, shortly after Sunday's kudosfest ended, Melissa George presented …
People.com:
Wow!  New Mom Naomi Watts Has Already Lost Baby Weight  —  NAomi Watts and Liev Schreiber at Defiance premiere, Jan. 12  —  New moms, eat your hearts out.  On Monday - only two days shy of a month after giving birth to her second child - Naomi Watts was close to having back her pre-baby figure …
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Hellomagazine.com:
Liev with Naomi at first post-baby outing to ‘Defiance’ prem
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Ken Lee / People.com:
Kelly Rutherford Fears Estranged Husband Will Vanish with Son  —  The divorce action between Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford and her estranged husband has turned ugly, with the actress seeking to bar him from leaving the United States with their 2-year-old son for fear they'll disappear.
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Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Aubrey O'Day to Pose for the Cover of Playboy  —  Get ready to see a lot more of Aubrey O'Day!  —  The former Danity King singer will grace the cover of the March issue of Playboy she confirms exclusively to Usmagazine.com.  —  “I'm honored to be a part of the Playboy legacy and look forward …
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Britney's Facebook requires a Harvard grad  —  Plus: Seacrest speaks out on Brangelina diss; how to save the Globes  —  Spoiler alert: If you check in on Britney Spears' Twitter feed, Facebook, MySpace page, and other electronic iterations, you might not really be communicating with Britney Spears.
People.com:
New Kids Announce Plans to Perform - on a Cruise!  —  Call them New Kids on the Boat.  In this exclusive video for People.com, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and Jonathan and Jordan Knight announce their plans to hit the high seas for a concert cruise from May 15-18.
OS | http://www.ocala.com:
Travoltas thank Ocala for support through ‘impossibly painful situation’  —  The following letter from John Travolta and Kelly Preston was sent to the Ocala Star-Banner Monday morning by Travolta's attorney, Michael McDermott.  —  To The People of Ocala  —  The enormous amount of love …
New York Post:
KNICK SLAPPED WITH SEX-HARASS SUIT  —  GUY DRIVER: EDDY CURRY PUT MOVES ON ME  —  Knicks center Eddy Curry was slapped with a shocking sex-harassment suit Monday by his former driver, who claims the 6-foot-11 hoopster tried to solicit gay sex from him.  —  The stunning court papers claim Curry …
MrDisgusting / Bloody-Disgusting:
Major Update on ‘Scream 4’!  —  While all sorts of rumors have been floating around the web over the past six months, we've been digging and digging to get the real story on Dimension Films' Scream 4.  Today we have an update that comes from a 100% reliable source, although I can't use names.
Linda Deutsch / Associated Press:
Victim in Polanski case urges dismissal  —  LOS ANGELES - The woman who was raped by fugitive director Roman Polanski three decades ago when she was 13 has lashed out at the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, saying she is being victimized again by prosecutors' focus on lurid details of what happened to her.
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox, Warners ‘close’ to ‘Watchmen’ settlement  —  Companies met Monday to discuss possible deal  —  Warner Bros. and Fox are “close” to reaching a settlement regarding the “Watchmen” lawsuit, according to those familiar with the dealmaking.  —  A federal judge has ruled that Fox …
TMZ.com:
Jennifer Loves Restraining Orders  —  A 62-year-old man accused of stalking Jennifer Love Hewitt has been ordered to stay the hell away from her — and the Universal Studios Backlot Tour — for the next three years.  —  JLH told a Burbank court she feared for her life after David Nolte began sending …
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Associated Press:   Court grants Love Hewitt restraining order
 
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