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11:50 AM ET, January 27, 2009

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Just Jared:
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Take Twins To Japan  —  Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at Narita International Airport on Tuesday (January 27) in Narita, Chiba, Japan.  —  The couple was accompanied by all of their kids — Maddox, 7, Pax, 5, Zahara, 4, Shiloh, 2, and 6-month-old twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline.
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Perez Hilton:
The Babies!  The Babies!!!!  —  OMG!!!!  —  They look just like Shiloh!!!!  —  In a very rare public outing with their twins, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrived at the airport in Japan on Tuesday with little Knox - that hat is so cute!  - Vivienne and their entire brood.
Discussion: X17 Online, Lifeline Live and Jezebel
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Jolie-Pitt Family Arrives in Japan!  —  The Jolie-Pitt clan has landed in Japan.  —  Two days after walking the red carpet at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were spotted — with all six of their kids — at Narita International Airport in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
21-Year-Old Evan Rachel Wood Busted Making Out With Movie Dad  —  Stranger things have happened - after all, this is Hollywood.  Evan Rachel Wood, 21, hit headlines last year after she started dating Marilyn Manson (19 years her senior) but since their split in December has she now moved on to 56-year-old veteran actor Mickey Rourke?
Discussion: Dlisted and Bumpshack.com
Hellomagazine.com:
Engagement follows whirlwind romance for Geri and Italian beau  —  No one seeing them together can doubt the strength of their feelings.  They've been pictured snuggling up in romantic locations across the world and recently enjoyed a cosy family outing with her daughter Bluebell.
New York Post:
A-ROD RETREAT  —  MADONNA has resumed her “affair of the heart” with Alex Rodriguez.  Madge spent last weekend with the Yankee slugger - and Joe Torre target - at the East Hampton home of Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld, sources said.  But the downtime did little to calm the recently divorced pop star's nerves.
Wendy Grossman / People.com:
George Clooney Places Himself Up for Adoption  —  George Clooney has made an offer few can refuse: He has placed himself up for adoption.  —  “I always wanted to be adopted, but I couldn't find anyone,” said the star, speaking at a Newseum event in Washington, D.C., with his father …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Hollyscoop
Brian Orloff / People.com:
Fergie & Josh Jet Back from the Bahamas  —  “Fergie” and Josh Duhamel at LAX Airport  —  For newlyweds Fergie and Josh Duhamel, when one honeymoon ended, another began.  —  Back from whirlwind global adventure that took them to the Maldives, an island nation near Sri Lanka, and then the Bahamas …
Discussion: Socialite Life
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:   Fergie, Josh Duhamel Return From Honeymoon
Fox News:
Report: Jen to Upstage Brangelina at the Oscars  —  If 2008 was the year of Jennifer Aniston, 2009 is shaping up to bring even more big moments for the star.  —  At the top of the list are the rumors that Jen will upstage Brad and Angelina at the Oscars, with Star magazine reporting …
Discussion: The Blemish
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Spoiler Chat: Gossip Girl Couples Scoop!  —  Will there ever be luck for Bluck?!  —  We're talking, of course, about TV's hottest (and naughtiest) cat-and-mouse pair: Blair (Leighton Meester) and Chuck (Ed Westwick) on Gossip Girl.  —  All season long, fans have been dying to see them become a real couple.
Discussion: Gossip Girl Insider
Michael Ausiello / EW.com:
Breaking: ABC benches ‘Ugly Betty’  —  Things are looking pretty gloomy for Ugly Betty.  —  In a just-announced Thursday night scheduling tweak, ABC is benching Betty beginning March 26 and replacing it with episodes of Samantha Who? and the new Megan Mullally-Cheryl Hines comedy In the Motherhood.
NY Daily News:
Baldwin shows his Streep smarts  —  Meryl Streep was in a celebratory mood Sunday night following her Best Actress SAG award win, and Alec Baldwin was smart enough to capitalize on it.  —  The actor, a winner for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, interrupted Streep's giddy dance-athon to ask her to appear on …
Discussion: The Superficial and Socialite Life
New York Post:
EATING AGAIN?  —  LINDSAY Lohan looks teeny-tiny in recent photos, but her rep insists she's not heading back to her scary- skinny period.  Responding to rumors we heard that Lohan is “surviving on candy and Red Bull” and “completely stressed out” by her rocky relationship with Samantha Ronson …
New York Post:
EYE ON ‘HEIGHTS’  —  COULD Jennifer Lopez be trying to restart her acting career by hitting Broadway?  Insiders say Lopez is interested in starring in “In the Heights,” the musical about Washington Heights.  She went to the show twice last week and accompanied the producer, Meryl Poster …
Discussion: Just Jared and Pop Crunch
Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Octuplets born in Bellflower [UPDATED]  —  A woman has given birth to octuplets at a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower, hospital officials confirmed today.  —  Updated at 5:10 p.m.: Two physicians who helped in the deliveries said they had planned in advance for the c-section deliveries but were only expecting seven babies.
Josh Grossberg / E! Online:
Michael Jackson Scares Up Broadway Thriller  —  And so the Michael Jackson comeback begins...on Broadway.  —  Finally making good on years of promises about his showbiz return, the erstwhile king of pop announced today that he is working on a stage musical based on his 1982 masterpiece …
STV / Defamer:
How ‘Benjamin Button’ Can Finish 0-For-13 On Oscar Night  —  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button grazed history last week with 13 Academy Award nominations.  But could it seize Oscar legend by the throat on Feb. 22 with 13 losses?  We think so!  —  The previous record for single-year Oscar futility …
Discussion: Carpetbagger
Reg Gonzales / Spinner.com:
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Split  —  Musical sweethearts Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have ended their romantic relationship.  In 2007's indie fairytale film ‘Once,’ the pair charmed audiences with their portrayal of an Irish busker (Hansard) who falls for a young Czech immigrant (Irglova).
Discussion: TMZ.com and New York Magazine
Erik Davis / Cinematical:
Watch This: ‘The Cove’ Trailer  —  Every year I leave Park City, Utah with a couple films I'm more than willing to champion the hell out of so that more folks pay attention and try to watch them when they finally become available.  For me, one of those films this year was The Cove.
Discussion: FilmDrunk and I Watch Stuff
PEOPLE TV Watch:
K-Fed Not Joining Dancing with the Stars  —  Here's one celebrity whose name you won't find on the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars: Kevin Federline.  —  Despite recent rumors that Britney Spears's ex would be getting ready to rumba on season 8 of the ABC dance competition, his rep tells Hollyscoop that they are “not true.”
Discussion: poponthepop.com
Style Watch:
Alec Baldwin's SAG Awards Date?  Daughter Ireland  —  A year after an irate voicemail message that Alec Baldwin left for his daughter, Ireland, leaked on the Internet, the actor proved that the two have put hard feelings behind them.  —  Baldwin gave Ireland a shout-out after winning …
Mark Dagostino / People.com:
Mariska Hargitay Returns to Work  —  Mariska Hargitay  —  Mariska Hargitay has returned to the Law & Order: SVU set, two weeks after news broke that the actress had suffered a partially collapsed lung.  —  “She's back at work,” her rep confirms.  A rep for the production company …
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Michael K / Dlisted:
.....The F**k?  —  Warning.  Watch one of these two videos might get you on the National Sex Offenders list.  You've been warned.  But seriously, this is every shade of WTF.  Scandalist posted two clips from a 1995 documentary about The Chippendiddys.  Yeah, some motherf**ker …
Discussion: Gone Hollywood and Scandalist
 
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