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1:35 PM ET, January 20, 2009

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People.com:
Marcia Cross's Husband Is Battling Cancer  —  Tom Mahoney (left) and Marcia Cross  —  Marcia Cross's husband, stockbroker Tom Mahoney, has been diagnosed with cancer, PEOPLE exclusively confirms.  —  “He is currently under treatment and is responding very well,” the actress's rep Heidi Slan says.
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Breanne L. Heldman / E! Online:
Cancer Strikes Marcia Cross' Husband  —  Los Angeles (E! Online) - Marcia Cross may be spending a bit more time at a hospital than on Wisteria Lane for awhile.  —  The Desperate Housewives star's husband Tom Mahoney, 50, has been diagnosed with cancer, E! News confirms.
Discussion: Splash News Online
New York Post:
PARIS IS STAR OF DUMB-DANCE  —  SUNDANCE has gone from being a classy Independent-film festival to a week full of D-listers making fools of themselves.  —  Paris Hilton, who seems to have no interest at all in movies, is even being shunned by her sister.  “Nicky can't stand Paris' new BFF …
Fox News:
Aubrey O'Day Does Playboy, Gets Mad at the Mormons  —  Aubrey O'Day wasn't up to Diddy's standards (hence she was booted from his girl group ‘Danity Kane’ last year) but it definitely sounds as though she's good enough for Hugh Hefner who is putting the aspiring pop star on the cover of Playboy's March issue.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Obama Girls Go Nuts for Miley Cyrus, Jonas Bros at Inaugural Concert  —  The night before becoming America's next first daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama got toasted by tweens.  —  Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers were among the acts that performed at the Kids' Inaugural Concert …
Discussion: X17 Online
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Michelle Tan / People.com:
Queen Latifah, Rosario Dawson to Party at Kids' Inaugural Concert
Mirror.co.uk:
Britney Spears signs £10m deal to write autobiography  —  Critics have been quick to write-off Britney Spears whenever her life has threatened to spiral out of control - but this time she's beaten them to it!  —  The ink should soon be dry on a £10million publishing deal …
Kaiser / Cele|bitchy:
Brad Pitt prefers to die by shark  —  Brad Pitt is talking about death again.  It's appropriate, I suppose, considering The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is about mortality, aging, et cetera.  But I grow weary of these endless musings of Brad's, and I'm a well-documented Brangaloonie.
Discussion: Celebrity Scandals
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Anna Brooke / Reuters:   Brad Pitt not worried about old age
Susan Mandel / People.com:
Oprah Hosts Demi Moore, Faith Hill in Washington, D.C.  —  Oprah Winfrey  —  Oprah Winfrey wasn't just busy getting social in Washington, D.C. In the city for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, the media mogul hosted a star-studded edition of her talk show Monday from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Discussion: Associated Press and iVillage
The Sun:
Brit too rude  —  But after a very public meltdown at the beginning of 2007, the troubled pop princess has got herself back on track and is currently preparing for her world tour where she'll be hoping to prove to everyone that she's better than ever.  —  So Brit could have done with a controversy-free 2009.
People.com:
Jennifer Lopez Starstruck by Barack Obama  —  Even celebrities get starstruck.  Just ask Jennifer Lopez.  —  At the Latino Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C. on Sunday evening, the singer-actress said even with all of Hollywood flocking to the city for the inauguration …
Discussion: CelebWarship
Howard Breuer / People.com:
ER' s Parminder Nagra Weds Longtime Boyfriend  —  Parminder Nagra  —  Parminder Nagra and her longtime boyfriend, celebrity photographer James Stenson, were married Saturday afternoon in Hollywood, the actress's rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  Nagra, 33, who plays Neela Rasgotra on NBC's medical drama ER …
Discussion: Lifeline Live
 
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Fox lands squadron of pilots
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Kate Schweitzer / Us Weekly:
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