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11:50 AM ET, January 17, 2009

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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.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Beyonce Reveals Inauguration Song  —  Beyonce Knowles has revealed the song she'll sing for Barack and Michelle Obama's first dance on inauguration night Tuesday.  —  “I am so honored that I will be performing for President Obama and the First Lady,” she says in a statement to Entertainment Tonight.
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People.com:
Rachel Griffiths Is Pregnant  —  Rachel Griffiths, who stars on ABC's Brothers & Sisters, is adding another baby to her brood: The mother of two is pregnant with her third child, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.  —  The Australian-born actress, 40, and her husband, Andrew Taylor …
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.
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 …
Ryan Pearson / MiamiHerald.com:
Demi Lovato hopes Obama can end Iraq war  —  UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Disney star Demi Lovato is hoping for some changes under Barack Obama's administration.  —  “Well, our economic system is in a crisis right now,” Lovato, 16, said Friday in an interview.  “I definitely hope that that will change.
Discussion: oceanUP
Simon Perry / People.com:
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Nominated for British Oscars  —  Angelina Jolie in Changeling and Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  —  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt travel well - the couple are up for major prizes at the British equivalent of the Oscars: the Orange British Academy Film Awards.
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Joan Fleischman / MiamiHerald.com:
D-Wade divorce takes tawdry turn  —  Heating up: Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade's divorce from wife Siohvaughn, his high school sweetheart.  In legal papers, she alleges he abandoned his children, committed adultery, and infected her with an unspecified sexually transmitted disease.
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
KINGSTON ROSSDALE: SUPER HERO AND SUPER CUTIE!  —  Save the best for last!  —  How appropriate to end the day on the cutest of notes.  We spotted little Kingston Rossdale dressed up as superhero at Coldwater Canyon Park in California this afternoon.  Kingston hung out with his nanny …
/Film:
Sneak Peek: The Monsters of Where The Wild Things Are  —  Do you want to get a sneak peek at the monsters of Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are?  The skateboard company that Jonze co-founded, Girl Skateboards Company, will be releasing a limited series of skateboards featuring the monsters from the film adaptation.
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon's Baby-Making Plans  —  Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon may not be poppin' out babies right now, but it's gonna happen.  —  “We're definitely into planning a family and stuff but when everything calms down and we get the time,” Cannon told me earlier today after finishing …
Cristina Gibson / E! Online:
“Goofball” Kendra Wilkinson: “I'll Always Love Hef...”  —  Girl Next Door Kendra Wilkinson apparently doesn't want to be persona non grata over her candid Q&A in Us Weekly, so now she's looking to clear up her remarks about living with Hugh Hefner and sneaking sex away from the Mansion.
Robyn Twomey / Time:
Boytox: Botox for Men  —  Botox is now being used by men, some of whom did not even run for President.  The number of men in the U.S. who paid to get a series of tiny injections in their face nearly tripled from 2001 to 2007—to 300,000, or about 7% of the total Botoxed population.
Discussion: CandyKirby.com and Jezebel
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 …
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Associated Press:   Nude photo of 20-year-old Madonna on auction block
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 …
Lisa Timmons / Socialite Life:
Jon Hamm & Tina Fey Ham It Up On ‘30 Rock’  —  In a page out of one of my personal fantasties, Mad Men's Jon Hamm scoots around on a motorcycle in a guest spot on 30 Rock with Tina Fey.  That's right, folks Liz Lemon and Don Draper star in a scene together, although I can't tell what's going on in the scene.
Discussion: TV Squad
Gina Serpe / E! Online:
Boy Oh Boy George: Singer Sentenced to 15 Months  —  Did they really want to jail him?  Yes, as it turns out.  —  Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in prison this morning, two months after a British court found him guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort by tying him to his bed and beating him with a metal chain.
Discussion: iVillage and Scandalist
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Ashlee Simpson and Husband Pete Wentz to Guest Star on CSI  —  Ashlee Simpson is heading back to work for the first time since welcoming son Bronx Mowgli — with some help from husband Pete Wentz.  —  The new parents have signed on to guest star on CSI: NY, sources tell Entertainment Weekly.
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Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:   Call Bronx's Babysitter, CSI: NY Books Pete & Ashlee
 
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Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
ABC Delays End of Daisies, Eli and Dirty Sexy Money
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New York Post:
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The Smoking Gun:
Nick Nolte's “Capital” Offense
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Pamela Warrick / People.com:
Mira Sorvino Breaks Teeth on Set of Miniseries - Literally
Mary Beth / INF Daily:
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Dear Ali, They Aren't Here For You  —  Oh, Aliana...Aliana …
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Mary Beth / INF Daily:
KIM KARDASHIAN: PUT A RING ON IT?
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From Mediagazer:

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:
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

 
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