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5:35 PM ET, January 16, 2009

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Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Kimora Lee Simmons, Djimon Hounsou Expecting a Baby!  —  Kimora Lee Simmons and actor Djimon Hounsou are expecting their first child together, a source close to the couple tells Usmagazine.com.  —  See photos of the cutest babies born in 2008.  —  Simmons, 33, has two daughters, Ming Lee …
New York Post:
NO DANCING!  —  SEN. John McCain might regret choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, but an even worse decision will deprive his fellow Americans of what would have been the best season of “Dancing With the Stars” ever.  Our impeccably placed source says, “Just before Thanksgiving …
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Caught!  Jennifer Steps Out With Another Man!  —  Jennifer Aniston was surely looking as if she was doing something, or someone, naughty last night at Chateau Marmont.  An utterly radiant, glowing, just-washed-that-hanger-  —  on-stinky-pop-star-outta-my- fabulously-coiffed hair Jen was dashing down to the valet last night giggling.
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Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Jennifer Aniston seen out with another guy
Discussion: CandyKirby.com
TMZ.com:
Piven's Fish Line Doesn't Fly with Producers  —  TMZ has learned Jeremy Piven's mercury-poisoning story isn't holding water with the producers of his show — and they've filed an official grievance with Actors' Equity, the union that handles Broadway stars.  —  In a statement …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Hollywire.com
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Exclusive: Pete and Ashlee escape to ‘CSI: NY’  —  If there were any lingering doubts as to which of the three CSIs was the most stunt happy, this next story should erase them: Sources confirm to me exclusively that ubiquitous real-life couple Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz just closed a deal to guest star on CSI: NY.
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Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:   Call Bronx's Babysitter, CSI: NY Books Pete & Ashlee
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Casey Affleck helming Joaquin Phoenix docu  —  Film to track actor-turned-rapper's musical career  —  Casey Affleck will track the musical career of Joaquin Phoenix behind the lens of a camera.  —  Affleck is directing a documentary feature on Phoenix, his friend and fellow actor …
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Reuters:
Casey Affleck directing documentary on Joaquin Phoenix
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and The Blemish
Daily Mail:
‘Drug-crazed idiot’ Boy George jailed for 15 months for chaining male escort to wall and beating him … Boy George was sentenced to 15 months jail today for handcuffing a male escort to a wall and beating him with a metal chain.  —  The 47-year-old former Culture Club singer …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Nude Madonna Photo Goes on Auction Block  —  Madonna  —  A full-frontal photograph of Madonna taken in 1979 without any material on the Material Girl and then later published in Playboy is going public - for a price.  —  Christie's auction house in New York, which will hold its sale Feb. 12 …
Discussion: Perez Hilton
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Daily Mail:
Superskinny Lohan goes out for pizza and a bagload of snacks... that should bring back her vanishing curves … Lindsay Lohan stepped out looking much thinner again alarming fans.  —  But judging by the actress's supermarket sweep she appears to keen to get her missing curves back.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Ellen Finally Gets Her Man: George Clooney  —  Baseball greats Joe Morgan, left, and Johnny Bench, with George Clooney and Ellen DeGeneres  —  All season long, since moving into new headquarters on the Warner Bros. lot, Ellen DeGeneres has had one goal in mind: get George Clooney on the show.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Socialite Life
New York Post:
LOVE'S ANTI-SEMITIC RAVINGS  —  COURTNEY Love claims she's not taking drugs anymore, but you wouldn't know it from comments she made in the Jewish magazine Heeb.  Love, whose mother is Jewish but who describes herself as Buddhist, says of ex-husband Kurt Cobain's legacy …
Brian Orloff / People.com:
VIDEO: Jerry O'Connell Debuts His Twin Girls  —  Jerry O'Connell is one proud papa.  So proud, in fact, that the actor cannot help but show off baby pictures on national television.  —  “I don't want to be one of those guys who is like, ‘Look at my babies,’ ” O'Connell, 34, said …
Michael K / Dlisted:
In Case You Blacked It Out The First Time: Lily Allen's Third Nipple  —  I've seen Lily Allen's greatest accomplishment, her third nipple, when she flashed it on her talk show a little while ago, but she did it again in some interview.  The Dutch dude asked her about it, so she gave it up and showed him the goods.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Beyonce to Sing for Obamas' First Dance on Inauguration Night  —  What will she belt out?  —  The Presidential Inaugural Committee won't say.  —  “It is our hope that we can keep the song secret until the moment,” spokeswoman Linda Douglass told The AP.  —  Look back at Beyonce's style hits and misses over the years.
Discussion: Fancast and iVillage
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Tom Hanks Says Mormon Supporters of Proposition 8 ‘Un-American’  —  LOS ANGELES —  Tom Hanks Says Mormon Supporters of Prop-8 “Un-American”  —  Tom Hanks, Executive Producer for HBO's controversial polygamist series “Big Love,” made his feelings toward the Mormon Church's involvement …
Discussion: PopEater, Scandalist and Queerty
MSat / Cele|bitchy:
Are Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler remarrying?  —  Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler in 2007, during one of their many reconciliations.  Photo credit: Bauergriffin.  —  I guess surviving a horrific plane crash and getting second and third degree burns over half his body wasn't enough torture …
Variety:
WB, Fox make deal for ‘Watchmen’  —  Warner to open superhero film March 6  —  Warner Bros. and Fox have settled their very public battle over “Watchmen.”  A deal has been hammered out that that gives WB some face-saving points, but which gives Fox the equivalent of a movie star's gross participation.
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Mary Beth / INF Daily:
SELENA GOMEZ SIGNS FOR FANS AFTER “HOTEL FOR DOGS”
Michael K / Dlisted:
Dear Ali, They Aren't Here For You  —  Oh, Aliana...Aliana …
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TMZ.com:
Lindsay Violates Probation — Technical Foul
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Extra:
‘Idol’ Hopeful's Strange Connection to Britney
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Pamela Anderson's Nipple Is Making A Break For It
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TMZ.com:
Civil War Averted in Bev Hills — For Now
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Brian Orloff / People.com:
Anne Hathaway: I Want to Babysit the Obama Girls
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From Mediagazer:

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:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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