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3:45 PM ET, January 18, 2009

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Emily Smith / The Sun:
Amy in four-letter outburst (on...the...er...Scrabble board)  —  Bawd game ... Amy plays Sun reporter Emily at Scrabble in St Lucia  —  The wayward singer — who told me she has given up drugs — wanted to spell out rehab as we played during her chaotic “fitness break” in St Lucia — but found the answer was No, No, No.
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Mark Gray / People.com:
Joaquin Phoenix: From Oscar Nominee to Rapper  —  After announcing his retirement from acting in October, Joaquin Phoenix made his first public foray into the music world Friday, saying he was ready to put his real self out there and not hide behind movie characters.  —  “This is me saying this is who I am.
Ian Youngs / BBC:
Pop star Perry in award blunder  —  US singer Katy Perry has been wrongly handed one of the main prizes at France's main music award ceremony.  —  Perry collected the trophy for best international song at the NRJ Awards in Cannes, thinking she had won - but it was intended for Rihanna for Disturbia.
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Miss J: If I'm Not Invited to Tyra Banks' Wedding, “There'll Be a Fight”  —  Take a look at Tyra Banks' sexy style.  —  “I don't even think about that!” the judge, often called Miss J, told Usmagazine.com Monday at an Oxygen Media party for ANTM in NYC.  “I'm too busy in my own head, I can't think about hers.”
Discussion: Top Model Gossip
News of the World:
SINGER'S NEW HOME HAS 10 BEDROOMS, 10 BATHROOMS, A POOL AND CINEMA  —  OOPS! . . .  I deed it again.  This is the new home — well, palace — of former Princess of Pop, Britney Spears.  —  The Circus singer waited as the US house market plummeted before snapping up this sprawling pad for a bargain …
Headgeek / Ain't It Cool News:
Email from Hugh Jackman regarding WOLVERINE reshoots!  —  Hey folks, Harry here... Apparently Hugh tried to send this to me yesterday.  I never received his email.  Today, a concerned fairy godmother connected loosely between myself and the man-god Hugh Jackman, tells me that apparently I'm ignoring an email from Hugh Jackman.
Scott Huver / People.com:
Portia de Rossi Is a Changed Woman Thanks to Marriage  —  Five months after her wedding to Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi is declaring that marriage has “completely changed my life.”  —  “Marriage is a different way of being together,” the actress told PEOPLE Friday while promoting …
People.com:
Patrick Swayze Released From Hospital  —  Patrick Swayze has been released from the hospital, his rep confirms.  —  “I am happy to announce that Patrick Swayze is home after a brief hospitalization for pneumonia,” his rep Annett Wolf tells PEOPLE exclusively.
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Access Hollywood:
Patrick Swayze Released From Hospital
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Mirror.co.uk:
Madonna's personal trainer Tracy Anderson says she'll never let her get fat  —  Crawling under the duvet and bingeing on Ben & Jerry's may be most women's reaction to heartbreak.  But Madonna Louise Ciccone is not most women.  —  Even on the day her multi-million-pound divorce …
Discussion: Perez Hilton and OH NO!!
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
‘Mad Men’ creator Weiner inks deal  —  Lionsgate TV pact includes feature component  —  After months of negotiations, “Mad Men” creator and exec producer Matthew Weiner has cut a two-year deal with Lionsgate TV that will keep him at the helm of his Emmy-winning AMC drama.
Discussion: Gawker, TV Squad and Evil Beet Gossip
Gabrielle Donnelly / Daily Mail:
Thank God I'm not like Angelina: Kate Winslet on motherhood, media, and filming love scenes in front of her husband … Kate Winslet, 33, is in two films out this month - war drama The Reader, and Revolutionary Road, which reunites her with Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
Eugene Hernandez / indieWIRE News:
Senator Takes “Brooklyn's Finest” in First Major Deal of Sundance '09  —  Antoine Fuqua's “Brooklyn's Finest” closed a deal on Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival, with North American rights going to Senator Distribution, Inc. Buzz began building around the film after Friday night's world premiere …
Discussion: Defamer and Cinematical
Britney Spears:
YOUR FIRST LOOK AT BRITNEY'S TOUR  —  Here is your first sneak peek at The Circus Starring Britney Spears, taken at tour rehearsal on Monday night.  —  In this gallery, you can see Britney working with contributing choreographer JaQuel Knight as well as Jose, the Womanizer from the European tour.
 
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