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5:40 PM ET, January 13, 2009

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People.com:
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck Reveal Baby's Name  —  Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner in April 2008  —  A week after their second daughter's birth, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have announced her name, Garner's reps tell PEOPLE exclusively.  —  It is Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Garner and Husband Ben Affleck Name Second Daughter “Seraphina”  —  Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have revealed their second daughter's name: Seraphina, a source confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  The girl was born Jan. 6 in Los Angeles.  —  See how big Jennifer Garner's baby bump got.
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Whitney Port official web site:
My Miami Beach Bikini Malfunction  —  Okay so a couple photos were captured while I was in Miami that weren't the most discreet and I'm sorry if they offended anyone but I got too caught up in the sunshine and the weather that I guess I wasn't as cautious as I should have been.
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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.”
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Woe Is Blake Lively  —  Blake Lively (squint and you'll see the resemblance) is on the cover of Vogue.  Repeat.  The cover of VOGUE.  Personally, I'd rather Wino's Blaaaaaake on the cover.  Or even Blake's hotter sister Robin Lively in one of her amazing Teen Witch outfits.  TOP THAT!
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Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Lively: ‘Gossip Girl fashion unbelievable’
Discussion: X17 Online, Access Hollywood and omg!
Serena French / New York Post:
VOGUE LOOKS LIVELY
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
It's a Girl for Alison Sweeney!  —  The Biggest Loser host Alison Sweeney just gained a daughter.  —  At 12 minutes to midnight on Monday, Sweeney gave birth to a 6 lb.- 7 oz. baby girl named Megan Hope Sanov, PEOPLE confirms exclusively.  —  “Both mommy and baby - and daddy, too - are doing well,” says her rep, Carrie Simons.
OK! Magazine:
Trouble in Paradise for Drew & Cameron?  —  Sunday night's Golden Globes CAA after party at the Sunset Tower Hotel was a 'who's who' of A-list stars.  But for former BFFs, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz, the night was anything but starry.  —  Diaz and Barrymore both arrived …
Discussion: The Superficial and X17 Online
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 …
Rachel Paula Abrahamson / Us Weekly:
Patrick Swayze Remains “Upbeat” in Hospital, Says Mom  —  Cancer-stricken actor Patrick Swayze, who was hospitalized Friday for pneumonia, is “doing fine,” his mother, Patsy Swayze, told Usmagazine.com on Monday.  “He sounds really upbeat and positive.  —  “We don't talk about illness when I talk to him,” she said.
OK! Magazine:
Jenny McCarthy & Jim Carrey's Online Love  —  In his latest comedy Yes Man, Jim Carrey must say “yes” to every opportunity that comes across his path.  In real life, the comedian, 47, has already said yes to a lifetime of love with girlfriend Jenny McCarthy, 36.
TMZ.com:
Hayden Calls Cops After Bouncer Boots Her  —  Hayden Panettiere called the police on herself!  Allow us to explain.  —  Law enforcement tells TMZ Hayden P threw a hero-sized fit when she got tossed out of a 21+ club in Suffern, NY just before Christmas.  We're told a bodyguard noticed …
Discussion: Celebslam and The Blemish
Daily Mail:
Dog owners who dress up their pets could face prosecution … The RSPCA is threatening legal action against dog owners who ‘over-dress’ their pets.  —  Officials claim that putting on items such as boots, all-in-one trousers and hoodies, could be harmful to dogs and lead to prosecution …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Howard Breuer / People.com:
January Jones Prepares to Go Swimming with Sharks  —  January Jones  —  She encounters her share of predators on Mad Men, but now January Jones is preparing to go swimming with sharks for real.  —  The actress, who works with the charity Oceana, which protects and restore the world's oceans …
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 …
Just Jared:
Rihanna Grammy Artwork Revealed  —  Check out this cool new artwork of Rihanna in promotion of the upcoming 51st Grammy Awards via Spinner.  —  All of the text used for Rihanna's portrait contains the song titles from a list of at least 15 songs that inspired her.
Discussion: Spinner.com
ComingSoon.net:
Will Linda Hamilton Be Back for Terminator Salvation?  —  There's been a lot of rumors about the return of the “Governator” Arnold Schwarzenegger for McG's upcoming Terminator Salvation, and while McG remained mum about whether these rumors were true at a special Terminator Salvation roadshow event …
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.
Lizzie Smith / Daily Mail:
Britney leaves ‘jinxed’ home behind and moves into $9m mansion as she starts afresh … Her body has been slimmed and danced back into shape, her career resurrected and her relationship with her family finally restored.  —  Now it seems that Britney Spears is updating her surroundings in fitting with her new start in life.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and L.A. Rag Mag
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.
 
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Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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