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10:20 AM ET, January 19, 2009

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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.
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PopSugar:
Joaquin Phoenix: Crazy or Crazy Talented?  —  Most of us are worried about Joaquin Phoenix losing it but apparently he has his mind set on being a rapper and he kicked off his debut in Vegas this weekend.  Before we saw these videos many said you could not take him seriously as a rapper …
Discussion: OH NO!!
X17 Online:
Joaquin Phoenix Is A Rapper Now  —  I don't even know what to say.  I thought he was serious about quitting acting, but to do THIS?  Is he for real?  —  Either way, the doc Casey Affleck is filming will be totes fun to watch!  —  Joaquin Phoenix performed in front of a live audience at Lavo in Las Vegas and, well, it's just ridic.
Discussion: Access Hollywood
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.
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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Daily Mail:
KATIE NICHOLL: It's love at first bite for Frances Bean … Singer Courtney Love has a passion for all things British.  —  She's still looking for her dream home in England, and now I'm told she's on the hunt for a perfect English gentleman...for her daughter Frances Bean.
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!!
Access Hollywood:
Maroon 5 & John Legend Rock Inaugural ‘Declare Yourself’ Event  —  WASHINGTON D.C. — Maroon 5, John Legend and DJ Samantha Ronson rocked Washington Sunday night, at what turned out to be one of the most star-studded pre-inauguration parties thus far - the party for Norman Lear's non-profit, Declare Yourself, at DC's Renaissance Hotel.
Discussion: INF Daily
Just Jared:
Shia LaBeouf's Vintage Vehicle  —  Shia LaBeouf, still wearing a protective glove on his left hand, opens a side door of his vintage car before removing a case from the trunk of his vehicle which was parked outside his home in Glendale on Sunday (January 18).
Discussion: OH NO!!
Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
Anne Heche Expecting a Baby Boy!  —  Anne Heche and her beau, actor James Tupper, are going to have a baby boy, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.  —  Guess the famous baby bump!  —  This will be the couple's first child together.  —  “They are thrilled,” her rep said in early December …
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: Bossip.com and Top Model Gossip
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.
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
Discussion: iVillage and Us Weekly
 
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