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2:30 PM ET, January 13, 2009

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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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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.
TMZ.com:
Howie Mandel Rushed to Hospital
PopEater:   ‘Deal’ Host Howie Mandel Hospitalized
This Is London:
It got ugly for Brad Pitt at Globes party  —  It's probably not the kind of thing he's used to hearing, so it's little wonder Brad Pitt was left dumbstruck when a drunken guest at a party laid into him — for being ugly.  —  Boozy night: Brad Pitt, with Angelina Jolie, was told off by a drunk reveller
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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? …
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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Serena French / New York Post:
VOGUE LOOKS LIVELY
Lara Martin / Digital Spy:
Lively: ‘Gossip Girl fashion unbelievable’
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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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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.
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.
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.
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 …
The Superficial:
Megan Fox: 'I'm a tranny'  —  Megan Fox apparently took some time out yesterday from meeting her incestuous crush Zac Efron to whine about her body to reporters at the Golden Globes.  The Sun reports: … While there's a simple solution to having Salma Hayek's breasts: Buy them.
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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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E! Online:
Katy Perry on Split From Beau: “It Hurts Right Now”  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Katy Perry is hurting.  —  The typically perky pop princess didn't hide her feelings about her split from boyfriend Travis McCoy during an acoustic performance last night at L.A.'s Hotel Café.
Discussion: THE RAD REPORT
 
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